Guerrilla Tactics

Our first show and our inauguration ceremony are next week! Let’s get hype, you guys!

Man… I’m not sure if we can do this.

Don’t worry about it too much, Tao. Our performance has been getting better by the day.

(It’s been a week since the press release came out… People on the internet have been talking about how everyone in the team are convicts…)

(And they’re not saying the kindest things… Ev3ns are set to perform during their inauguration ceremony, but I’m a little worried about how it’ll go…)

I’m sorry for the trouble, Chief. I should’ve promoted them a bit better.

Huh? Nayuki-kun, you’re doing everything you can! You even got us that outdoor venue in Ward 10.

Did our parents not tell you that we could use the Yokohama Arena?

My parents told me that we could, but you’re not able to fill a venue that large yet. We should focus on booking medium-sized venues until you gain a larger fanbase.

Smaller venues have a nice intimate feel to them. ♪ And yeah, if our first venue’s too big, then…

Taotao prolly wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Ugh, my stomach hurts. I’m so nervous…

They’ll be performing in the evening, right?

Since Ev3ns is our Evening Team, we should have them perform during the evening as much as possible, so they can stick to their concept.

They were standing in front of a sunset in their promotional photo, so their venue for this upcoming performance is outdoors to build off of that.

You’re as reliable as always, Nayuki!

Tch. Chief, Karigane-san should be here in a moment.

Good day, everyone. I would like to take your measurements, so I can create your outfits.

Our outfits?! You’re gonna make all of them in a week?!

I-Is that enough time…?

(It’s more than enough. After all, Sakujiro-san created the outfits for the Morning Team and the Noon Team by himself too.)

Yes. Now if you will excuse me, may I ask you gentlemen to remove your outerwear?

Oh, you want to touch my body? I’m not cheap, you know.

Measurements can be taken immediately using a body scan.

No, that will be quite alright. I must do it myself, so I can create a concept for your outfits by observing your physiques. In order words, I require more than just the numbers.

I see. Understood.

You’re very fast at taking measurements!

Yes, I am quite used to this task. Kinouchi-san, may I ask you to remove your clothing? Please, do not be shy.

Huh? Oh, sure… Is this good?

Yes, thank you. Ah, you are more muscular than I expected… Oh? Is this…a tuberculosis vaccine scar?

Huh?

How very rare. To my knowledge, tuberculosis vaccines have long since stopped leaving scars.

Ah, no, this is just…

Hm…

Well, I suppose it is quite wonderful as an accessory.

(I feel like Taotao’s trying to hide something…)

Chief, I have taken all of their measurements, so I shall be on my way.

I’m excited to see what you make, Sakujiro-san!

I shall do my best to meet your expectations.

Look, it’s my new outfit! O-M-G, I totally wanna stream in this! It’s literally so adorbs!

Sakujiro-san actually finished them in time for our show… Is he even human…?

Oh… It hugs my body in all the right ways.

Checking range of motion. No restrictions found.

Tomorrow’s our inauguration ceremony and our first official concert! I’m looking forward to rehearsing in our new outfits.

You seem to be in awfully high spirits, Naked King.

We performed in our prison uniforms in Beppu, so I’m totes excited to show everyone our new fits. It’s gonna be, like, the bomb dot com! ♪

“The bomb dot com”… 90s slang term… Meaning: amazing, cool.

*sigh…*

Oh, good evening, Nayuki-kun! We were just going over the schedule for the ceremony.

Nayuki, you look exhuasted. Did something happen?

I’m sorry, Chief. The venue we were supposed to perform at tomorrow just rescinded their acceptance.

What…?! But why?!

Well…Ev3ns has been getting quite a lot of criticism online, so the venue’s owners have received complaints.

No way…

Oh, well… Yeah, I kinda expected that. Ev3ns has a lot of haters.

But we can’t let them get away with this! I propose we take legal action.

Now that they’ve made an enemy out of me…I’ll make sure they regret it.

N-Nayuki-kun, I think we should focus on coming up with a backup plan for the show tomorrow…

…I’ve reached out to every venue I could think of, but setting up a show for tomorrow evening is just too sudden for all of them.

If we have so many haters, I don’t suppose the situation would change even if we were to find a new venue.

Man… This whole social media thing is scary…

It is what it is. Every idol has haters. We just need to ignore them and keep doing our thing.

Are you saying that we should win them over with our performance? Kafka mentioned something similar to us a while ago.

I have an idea. If regular venues won’t accept us, then maybe we can try this…

Wait, those guys were on TV the other day…

Huh? You mean Ev3ns?!

Hello, Yokohama Station! We are Ev3ns! Starting today, your evenings will belong to us!

We have a song to perform for you, and we’d appreciate it if you stayed to watch us!

Is this a guerrilla gig?!

Fuck off! Damn criminals!

This heckling adds something special to the performance!

Lemme show you guys what I can do!

Wow… His name is Chihiro-kun, right? He’s a really good dancer…

Those two are so good at singing! Um… Oh, I found their names! Kinari-kun and Tao-kun!

Raito-san and Kuguri-san’s visuals are out of this world…! M-Maybe I should stan them…

…!

……

(I had so much fun dancing! I really connected with the song… I feel like we did even better than we did in Beppu!)

Thank you for watching! We’ll always be here to perform for you during the golden hour!

So we hope you’ll join us!

Aw, only one song?! We want moooore!

See you next time!

Th-Thank you so much for watching.

Why the hell are you still here?! Get lost!

We managed to make the guerrilla gig a success!

They only performed one song, but…I’m glad our street performance permit application was accepted.

Taotao… You got a banana peel on your head! O-M-G, I’m literally dying!

Huh?! Oh, you’re right. I was so caught up in singing that I didn’t notice.

I assume a hater threw it at you. I saw it happen myself.

They threw empty cans and eggs at us too. What a waste of perfectly good eggs. They could’ve been delicious with some ramen.

THAT’S your problem with it? Like… Haha! Ahahaha!

It was literally SO funny how we kept dancing with all those things being thrown at us! Taotao singing with a banana peel on his head was insane!

Yeah, you’re right. Haha… That’s pretty funny.

……

Huh? Kinyari, did you just smile?! No way!

……

That was SOOOO cute! Can you do it again?!

Would you say it was “the bomb dot com”?

…They’re very resilient.

I’m such a horrible manager that I lost their concert venue, but they’re not blaming me. They’ve always been the ones saving me ever since our Beppu trip.

Nayuki-kun…

…I have an announcement, everyone!

I’ll try and secure as many street performance permits for you as I can. Let’s keep doing these guerrilla gigs and increasing your fanbase.

Sounds great! We did promise to always perform for them, after all.

We should perform every day!

Every day?!

But maybe I’ll get over my stage fright if we do…

*sigh…* This is such a pain, but I suppose we’re still setting the scene.

If that is a new order, I will accept.

(Kinari-kun looks kinda happy… Well, they still have haters, but now they have fans too. I’m excited for tomorrow’s gig!)