Tsukiuta. Girls’ 3rd Season CD 1 – Christmas Kirai Drama

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Summary – Having graduated from Diana Academy, Kurisu had moved on to the Goddess Institute. Currently, she’s doing her year of preparatory training in order to become an official Goddess assistant. Doing the first school broadcast at her alma mater for the first time in a while, she seemed to be in perfect form at first glance.

However, in truth, she had her own worries. Such worries came from whether or not she’d be able to fulfill the role of “support” for someone else as an “assistant,” considering her own personality. And the secret countermeasure that she thought up was...!?

1. Drama – “Words from Kurisu-sama”

 

[Students are chatting in the school. The broadcast jingle plays.]

 

Kurisu: “Ahh—Ah. Ahh~

Test, test. Mic test. Mmhmm!

Ahem.

Good day to all the students of Diana Academy. I am the previous student council president, Hijiri Kurisu.

As you all may know, I graduated from this very school, Diana Academy. I proceeded to higher education at the Goddess Institute. I am spending my fruitful days studying.

A Goddess Institute graduate student. Such a thing means that I have officially become but one certified Goddess candidate.

If things proceed well, by next spring, I’ll have finished a year of preparatory training. I’ll finally have the chance to work underneath a current Goddess for practical work experience.

In anticipation for that, I’ve been blessed here with the opportunity of recounting to all the current students, my juniors who have the selection exam lying in wait, my experiences and the like, presumptuous as it may be.

Ugh, wait...

 

AHHHH! NO! NO, NO, NO, I CAN’T TAKE THIS!

I knew it! I can’t handle this! It’s impossible! This doesn’t suit my personality!!

 

[She tosses the script.]

 

And while we’re at it, I know we did this exact same sequence of events when I was a first year, right!? All it’s got going for it is serious stuffiness out the roof; looks like that hasn’t changed a single bit!!

No way! Nuh uh, absolutely not!

I absolutely re~fuse to do something like this!!

It’s lacking reality! It’s lacking in real-life passion and power!

Things are gonna come to an end with me going on a spiel of boring topics and then it’ll be in one ear and out the other for them!

So, anyway~!

 

[Kurisu lounges, flopping back.]

 

Listen well, and listen good, you hear~? Keep those ears open, my juniors!

BASICALLY! Nothing will be easy for you if your goal is to become a Goddess!

A genius such as yours truly, even Hijiri Kurisu-sama, cries upon listening—cries upon retelling it all. I’ve worked just so hard for it all until now!

Just getting good test scores isn’t enough! You’ll need to study all sorts of things!

At times, you get swept into the explosions caused by experiments... At times, you’ll need to put your body on the line to garner laughs... At times, you’ll have even been turned into a rabbit plush...!

Even so, you don’t give up! Strong heart, guts, and resolve is necessary, dangit!

Think you can become a Goddess while laughing elegantly, like, “Ohoho~”? Perish the thought!

You’ll need to train your mind and body, becoming strong enough to fight a bear post-hibernation with your bare hands!!

Let waterfalls strike you and pay close attention! Only those with blood, sweat, tears, and internal pluck will be able to approach that throne of glory—

Mgrgrhgh—

 

[Kurisu is muffled, and the microphone receives feedback.]

 

Mrrgh~!”

 

Hina: “Ku... Kurisu-chan~! Why are you lecturing them!?

I thought you were telling them something decent up until halfway through, but that’s totally horrible!

I don’t think even you experienced such a passionate, fervor-filled epic, right~!?

Goddesses are people who guide the spiritual energy on Earth to go into a direction that makes sure it doesn’t get led astray. It’s a job that serves to bridge the gap between the Moon and Earth...!

Umm! Umm...!? Anyway!

Goddesses aren’t martial artists~!”

 

Kurisu: “Ah—Wait—Hey—Hey!

Let go of me, Hina! *groans* I was finally getting on the groove, you know!?”

 

Hina: “Just what do you intend on talking about after this!?

Don’t terrify the hearts of the girls who aspire to become Goddesses!”

 

Kurisu: “Hmph! If a lecture of this caliber is enough to unnerve those girls’ weak hearts into backing off from their goal, they aren’t even meant for becoming Goddesses in the first place!”

 

Hina: “Gah, that stabbed me~!

Currently, right now, at this very moment, I’m the one who was incredibly unnerved by all the stuff you said! That’s normal to do!

Fighting a bear post-hibernation with your bare hands is absolutely impossible! Because you’re gonna get gobbled up~!”

 

Kurisu: “Don’t you dare get all weak-kneed on me, Hina. If you give up, that’s where the match is over.”

[T/N: You know it and you love it. It's the classic Slam Dunk reference, with the quote being from the coach.]

 

Hina: “At the point you’re fighting a bear with your bare hands, your very life is what’s close to being over~!!”

 

[The broadcast is called off.]

 

Kurisu: Ah—Wait! Staff people! I’m still in the middle of talking! Why are you stopping me!?

...Hah!? Recording suspended!?

GH!

Oh, come on, why!? Things were just about to get interesting!!

Gah, darn it!! No one gets my genius!! None of you get it at all!

These days, instead of wanting someone who puts on an act to be all refined and polished, people prefer to hear things that are more true-to-life, a little intense!

 

Hina: Kurisu-chan... You said the exact same thing when you were a first year, too. I think what they mean by “intense” is worlds apart from what you meant...

Fweh...

 

-

 

Hina: *sighs* Hweeeeuuh...

 

Kurisu: Goodness, gracious. Quite a long sigh you just let out. Your happiness is escaping you, Hina.

 

Hina: Kurisu-chan... How can you stay so confident and proud when they got so upset at you?

 

Kurisu: What? There’s no way that was bad enough to be considered them getting upset at me.

 

Hina: I do believe that it would... normally...

...Fweh. You really haven’t changed, Kurisu-chan.

 

Kurisu: Oh~ my! I’ve changed where I’ve needed to. After all, Kurisu-sama never stops and constantly pursues evolution and challenges!

 

Hina: That school announcement would be considered a challenge, I suppose...

 

Kurisu: Oh, it’s a challenge, without a doubt! I’ve heard that Diana Academy hasn’t had any students with that impact or that oomph since I graduated.

They’re more on the quiet side... like, they’re all honor students? So basically, that’s why I wanted to spice things up a little bit, y’know? You could say that I wanted to stimulate them~!

Anyway! It’s like that!

 

Hina: Your method of stimulating others is way too off the mark~!

Also, them being honor students is... normal, isn’t it? Goddess candidate students are pretty much the textbook definition of having exceptional grades and amazing conduct and morals...

...Saying that myself makes me realize that it’s a real miracle I made it in here. Ehehehe...

 

Kurisu: You become a Negative Nancy at the weirdest points. As always.

Let alone being a Goddess candidate student, you’ve already become a Goddess candidate who performs practical jobs underneath a current active-duty Goddess.

Puff out your chest in pride a little more, why don’t you! Flat as it may be!

Hina: The flat part is uncalled for~! I have more to my chest than you do, Kurisu-chan!

 

Kurisu: Ngrk—Gh!

...W-We’ll get back on topic.

Just for the record, it’s not like I said that being an honor student is particularly bad by any means. Wrapping it up with a single phrase of “honor student” might sound like I’ve lumped them all into one group without regard for their individualities, but I do think there are all sorts of girls out there.

Mm, but... uh... It’s more like, a little more... I think there are some girls out there who could bring out a bit more of their own unique them-ness, see?

 

Hina: Their own unique... them-ness?

 

Kurisu: Yep. Hina, you too. Also... well, for Chisa and Wakaba, their grades weren’t all that impressive, but I guess you could say they’re a total explosion of individuality!

They have something that belongs to them and themselves only, right?

That’s why I think they were able to become Goddess candidates too.

All sorts and all types like that gather up – that’s exactly why something unexpected can happen. That’s why we can get even better results from it all!

 

Hina: I see...! Unexpected results, huh? It’s like we’re doing an experiment, Kurisu-chan!

 

Kurisu: You hit the nail on the head!

I have the belief that life is... an endlessly grand experiment. We’re constantly searching for something, trying something out, failing, succeeding, and repeating trial-and-error. That’s how we move forward!

 

Hina: You’re right. Even today was... trial-and-error, wasn’t it... *chuckling*

Because we got shooed out of the broadcast room...

*sighs* Aw, man. I was looking forward to it because I thought the two of us could work on a job together.

I was expecting myself to at least fumble my words during the speech, but to think we’d get kicked out before even heading into the speech itself... Now that was unexpected.

 

Kurisu: Oh my gosh, Hina. You were looking forward to it...? You wanted to talk that much?

Well, I guess... that’s my fault.

 

Hina: Ah! No, don’t worry about it. That’s not what I meant. Not that I wanted to talk, but... it’s that I wanted to work with you, Kurisu-chan.

Because, hasn’t it been a long time since we last worked together?

 

Kurisu: I guess so. Compared to when we were in the Academy, the Institute has a lot more self-study. The things we learn are done according to our aptitude, and everyone’s different, too.

 

Hina: Yep, you got it. We live in the same building, so we can meet up with each other off work, but it’s not like we can really work together all that often.

That’s why I was looking forward to today a whole bunch!

 

Kurisu: A whole bunch?

 

Hina: Yep! Bunches and bunches!

 

Kurisu: Really?

 

Hina: Mmhmm!

 

Kurisu: I-I was looking forward to it a normal amount, though!

 

Hina: Sure, got it! Just saying, your ears are red.

 

Kurisu: Shut the heckie up!

 

Hina: All right~ Ufufu.

 

Kurisu: Well, anyway! We were released earlier than planned, so...

 

Hina: You could also say that we were kicked out.

 

Kurisu: Shaddap!

Anyway! We have some free time, so shall we go for some tea, Hina?

Let’s have teatime on that familiar terrace.

 

Hina: Sounds good. Let’s do it!

 

2. Drama – “A Night Alone for Kurisu-sama”

 

Kurisu: Hwaah~! I worked nice and good today!

I got to check out how the Academy looked, through a nostalgia filter. I had a nice chat with Hina over some delicious tea. That sure was one fulfilling day...

Still... Hina’s still a scatterbrain even after becoming a Goddess candidate.

Who thought she’d get so into our conversation that she tipped over her cup of tea!

 

Hina: And so, I dropped by Earth the other day! I was supposed to have erased my presence, but a little boy nearby definitely saw me. He called me an angel!

 

Kurisu: Huh, wow. I’ve heard that there are occasionally kids out there who see us like that. I guess that story’s real.

 

Hina: Yeah! I’ve only heard the rumor, it was my first time meeting someone like that, and it really came out of nowhere. I got so, so surprised that I accidentally—

 

[Hina knocks over her teacup and it spills.]

 

Kurisu, Hina: HWUUUUAAAH!?

 

Kurisu: ...Let’s just pray that it only spilled onto the wrinkles of her outfit.

But the way she’s talking that much just goes to show how passionate she is about her Goddess candidate work.

Working underneath an active-duty Goddess... practical work experience... I wonder just what kind of person I’ll be working under?

It’s a one-per-person deal, so it’s important that I have good compatibility with the Goddess I’m working with...

...One per person.

I get that I’m talking about myself this way, but even though I’m exceptional, I’m as exceptionally cheeky... stubborn... unyielding...

I’m the type of person to be... tough dealing with, huh...

And yes, my head’s telling me, “If you get that, then do something about it!”

But no matter how much I urge myself to “keep it in, keep it in,” like, it comes out all on its own...

 

*groan* It’s only at times like this that I wish I could’ve been one of those types like Hina: the very picture of hardworking and admirable!

I hope I don’t get into a fight with the Goddess~!

......Huh? ...Wait a second.

...I-it’s not like I’d get fired if I argue with my Goddess when I’m this close to my dream... right...?

In the case of a fight, both guilty parties will be tried and punished together? Right?

...Uh, wait, no. I shouldn’t be expecting arguments in the first place. I should go at it with the mindset of going down without a fuss...

Ugh, wait! I can’t even imagine a future where things turn out well~~!

GAH!

 

You’re facing a crisis, Hijiri Kurisu...!

It’s the only weak point of mine, someone who is basically flawless and perfect in literally everything!

Basically... it’s... working in a group!!

Having to match myself to what someone else is doing is just something I’m so, so horrible at! Yet someone like me...!

I’m faced with the crisis-filled reality that starting next spring, I’ll be working one-on-one with a human whom I’ll be meeting for the first time and having to work alongside them for a while!

When spring comes, and I haven’t changed in the slightest, I can already envision it: a future where it all comes crashing down on me!

 

Uwaaah~! Gosh! I heard that each and every Goddess works independently of one another, so I thought it’d be a perfect job for me~!

But who knew that before I set off on my own, I’d have this trial lying in wait!!?

...Wait, no. Struggling and clutching my head won’t change anything about the situation I’ve found myself in.

This isn’t the time to be concerned about my petty pride when I’m faced with making my dream a reality.

My dream... My dream of becoming a Goddess...

I’m definitely, most certainly gonna make my dream come true! I’m gonna make it a reality, no matter what!

All right!!

 

3. Drama – “A Challenge for Kurisu-sama”

 

Hina: A Goddess candidate unit...?

 

Kurisu: Why, yes! A fine proposition, isn’t it? Judging by how the Goddess Institute is structured right now, Goddesses and Goddess candidates are independent of one another.

So basically, they’ve got no lateral communication for work. Each and every one of us is doing something unique, of our own.

Still, I know that things have chugged on without incident until now, but I bet that by accumulating all sorts of things, there’ll be something that can come outta it!

 

Hina: Oh... Kurisu-chan, you said that the other day at the Academy, didn’t you?

 

Kurisu: I sure did! Even in Diana Academy we started working together as a unit for the first time in its history, as a provisional venture. That’s when we started working as Fluna, right?

Six of us, all with differently scattered skills and specialties, gathered up. We motivated each other, complemented each other, and as a result of that, we managed to wonderfully pass the final selection exam. We’re Goddess candidates.

I think this result is nothing to sneeze at!

I heard that school itself is actually starting to officially recommend unit activities, starting this year.

 

Hina: Um, yeah! I heard that too. Aren’t you happy? It means that our activities were acknowledged!

 

Kurisu: In that case, we should carry over that sorta success to the Goddess Institute too!

It’s not just good because it isn’t problematic. If there’s the possibility that we could make things even better, then not incorporating that is absolute malice! It’s evil at its core!

 

Hina: I-I see.

Kurisu: I’ve actually negotiated with the higher-ups and gotten the go-ahead on putting it into practice with a test case.

Congratulations, Hina! I’ve added your name to the unit, too!

 

Hina: HUUUUUH!?

That’s an ex post facto approval at its finest!

 

Kurisu: Consider it an honor, why don’t you?

 

Hina: A-all... right... U-understood...

Y-you’re amazing, Kurisu-chan. I guess this is what people mean when they call something the foundation of a learning structure...

 

Kurisu: My motto is that I’m never satisfied with where I’m at in the present, and that I keep challenging myself!

 

Hina: *sighs* Phew... I’ve gotten used to getting dragged along, but... But I really do think that power of yours is amazing, Kurisu-chan.

 

Kurisu: ......Hm... It’s... not something you should be so impressed with.

 

Hina: Huh?

 

Kurisu: I said a bunch of stuff to make myself look good, or at least save face, but...

...Er, no. Yeah, I know I do think it’ll yield results, so I think we should do it, but the reason why I suggested it...

Is totally just a normal, personal reason.

 

Hina: Um... a personal... reason?

 

Kurisu: I...... I want you... to help me out... is what I’m saying.

 

Hina: What?

 

Kurisu: ...Aagh, gosh! I’m telling you to help me out!

I know you know perfectly well that I’m fundamentally the type to keep charging forward as I try things out, all on my own.

And yeah, I know I’m enough of a genius to prove that I can make that sort of things possible...

Yet on the flip side, I’m bad at working in groups!

 

Hina: Ah! Er, yes. I know quite well...

 

Kurisu: That’s why I’m predicting that, if things keep going on this way, when I do become a Goddess candidate, I’ll clash with my Goddess and things will all fall apart.

 

Hina: A-aah... That does... sound plausible.

 

Kurisu: The fact that you acknowledged it, and that you accepted it, irritates me to no end, you know?

 

Hina: You’re too unreasonable~!

 

Kurisu: A~ny~way!

So, a countermeasure to help someone like me manage it is... that I have no choice but to make friends who are on my side, who know my weaknesses and can stop my reckless actions.

And for me, “friends” are...

 

Hina: Fluna, huh?

 

Kurisu: ...Yeah.

 

Hina: Ufufu. I see!

 

Kurisu: Hina and I, and also... Chisa, Wakaba, Yuki, and Ai. The unit we made is something that formed immense results for me.

Relying on others doesn’t mean that I’ve lost in any way. Showing others my weakness isn’t a bad thing at all.

I thought... that I wanted to rely on the people who taught me that sort of thing, one more time.

 

Hina: Kurisu-chan...

 

Kurisu: What, you got a problem with that!?

 

Hina: Ehehe... No, I don’t. Not a problem at all.

Well... I was surprised, don’t get me wrong. I think it’s great, though.

Honestly, there have been multiple times I’ve wondered if things are enough for me to keep going on like this while working as a Goddess candidate.

It’s like, hesitation... or like, confusion. Unlike the time we were at the Academy, we’re going off on our own while we work, so we don’t know what anyone else, aside from ourselves, is doing.

I was a little... scared of not knowing. It’s stressful comparing yourself to others, but also, not having anyone to compare yourself to is just as stressful.

I’d be happy if I got the chance to hear about all sorts of stuff while we’re doing our unit activities~

I think it’d be great if all of us... managed to become wonderful Goddesses!

 

Kurisu: Then that means... you’re going through with Fluna’s restart?

 

Hina: Yep! After all, my name’s already written there. Right?

 

Kurisu: Yeah, of course!! All right~! We’re gonna do it, Hina!

Heading full speed ahead toward the ideal Goddess I have in my dreams! I’m making a direct beeline towards it!