Cinderella Project Unit Plan Top Secret
CD debut?
Yes. You two and you three will make your CD debut as separate units.
What should I do? What should I do? It's a CD! A CD! Shiburin! Shimamu!
- Congratulations! - That's fantastic! A CD debut!
What to do? It's so sudden...
CD?
No fair! What about me? I wanna put out a CD too!
T-That's right! What about the rest of us, nya?
Other plans are pending.
Uzuki, there's leftover cake from yesterday.
I'll have some!
Here you go. Have the whole thing.
Sure!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CD DEBUT
I'll see you later, Hanako.
By the way...
I may not be able to help out at the store much more.
I'm going to make my CD debut.
Honda, are you serious?
Wow! I'll go to your concert for sure!
Thanks! Although I don't even know if we'll have a concert yet.
Of course you will!
How about we all make a banner?
Nice idea! Let's make a huge one!
It's not for you to make!
- Oops! - Oh, Mio!
Nitta-san and Anastasia-san aside,
you put them in a real sink-or-swim situation.
It may be a little soon,
but this is the chance for songs to be written for Honda-san and the others.
You're lucky the person has time to write songs for this.
I do think you made the right choice.
Yes. And they've gained some experience by being on stage already,
so the timing just felt right.
You'll be even busier.
Recording, a campaign, and concerts...
- The agency has great expectations. - Yes.
- A concert? - We get to do that?
Yes. Although it's more like a mini-concert to promote your CD.
Wow! A concert!
Yes! I can't wait!
- I wonder what kind of concert it'll be. - I'll do my best!
Are the songs already finished?
No, we're going to think about that next...
Wait a minute, nya! No, we're going to think about that next...
Wait a minute, nya!
We aren't happy they got here after us but are making their debut first, nya!
Have a showdown with us, nya!
Nya!
I finally won, nya!
Yay! Yay!
You're really good at this.
Why did I have to play, too?
I'll try harder!
Producer, I won the showdown, so I want you to let me make my CD debut, nya!
Me too! Me too!
I wanna sing a lot of cute songs!
Um...
There you are!
Your break is over!
- I'm sorry! - Just come with me!
I'll remember this, nya!
- Even though we won... - See you later, nya!
We'll beat you next time!
Excuse me.
Nice to meet you. I'm the trainer in charge of the voice lessons.
You're one of the three sisters...
If something happens twice, it'll happen a third time.
I look forward to working together.
I look forward to working with you.
Well, to start, I'd like you to sing one at a time.
O-Okay.
Nothing but the basics, nya...
Hey, let's challenge them one more time.
Let's play cards! Okay?
This isn't fun and games, nya.
I'm talking a serious showdown with our existence as idols on the line.
Existence as idols?
You haven't done anything yet that even qualifies as idol-like.
Did you challenge them to a showdown again?
And we won, nya!
- But you lost. - We did not lose, nya!
D-Don't fight...
Don't all of you want to put out a CD?
Cool, very cool!
Yes!
I'm surprised, because I didn't think our debut song would be this cool.
Meteor...
The song is like a shooting star.
Yeah, it is like that.
- Please, nya! - Nya!
All right, Miku, nyan! Now I can get revenge...
Excuse us. Are you on break?
Six of you?!
Wait, we've only got five!
Relax, nya.
Minami-chan, Anya-chan, we've come to negotiate, nya!
Welcome to our concert, nyan!
Minami, nyan!
Um... You can squish me all you like, nya!
Anyan!
My pads feel good... nya?
How's that?
- The Nyan, nyan unit is cute, right? - Too pushy.
That's terrible, nya!
Minami-san and Anastasia are more cool than cute.
I think you should go with rock!
Don't you think this is better?
Hey, want to come over and look at my cool stickers?
I have cute stickers, too.
Something, something...
Something...
What the heck is "something, something," nya?
After all, I don't understand Russian!
You guys aren't a unit to begin with.
You're not in a band either, Riina-chan!
You just dissed rock!
Why don't you play air guitar by yourself, nya?
What?! Wanna have a showdown?
What's going on?
Miku-chan thinks there's room for one more person in Minami-san's unit.
See, Uzuki-chan's unit has three people, but Minami-chan's unit only has two!
Why not add one more person?
Three people would be perfect!
You know, I wanna have a fun unit!
I think it is a good idea, but...
Nitta-san and Anastasia-san's unit will remain at two people.
I apologize, but preparations are already underway.
I don't believe this, nya...
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I am sorry. It is unfortunate.
Sorry.
That's okay.
And that's the schedule for the release events.
Finally, I have a homework assignment.
Homework?! Yuck!
It's important homework for all three of you.
Please think of a name for your unit.
W-We're going to?!
That's totally important! What should we do?
Like what kind of name would be good?
One that would be easy to remember, I should think.
But any name that would fit the three of you.
I have a question.
Why the three of us?
Shiburin, you don't wanna be with us?
That's not it.
Why were we chosen and not Miku, for example?
It was an overall judgment.
I don't really understand...
Singing, dancing, guts?
Timing and balance, too.
By balance, you mean the members?
I see. The space cadet, the straight person and the natural airhead.
I'm the airhead?
What's this? The fact you don't realize it means you're in even deeper.
I-I am not, Mio-chan!
A natural airhead never thinks she's an airhead!
Hello. Everything going smoothly?
More or less as we decided.
And those girls?
Yes. They're doing their best.
Everything hangs on you.
How about Milk Tea?
That's cute!
It's cute, but I don't know if it'd be right for our unit name...
Got it. Let's add "ginger".
Ginger Milk Tea! Delicious!
Do you have an idea, Mio?
I thought of several, actually.
Wow, look at that list!
Which one is your favorite?
Fried Chicken!
Veto.
How could you, to the meat that saved me in my hour of need?
What kind of name do you think is good, Rin-chan?
Princess Blue?
Princess Blue!
Are you a princess?
Not me! That's what my dad...
Hello!
Hello.
I'm tapped.
Nothing's coming to mind...
There's still time.
If you don't mind, could you help us think of ideas?
Please.
All right.
Great! Just like that.
And smile! Now move!
Makeup coming in!
I worked up a sweat.
Hey, Minami-chan and Anastasia are recording today.
Lucky! I wanna sing, too!
I'm gonna tell the producer I want a song!
Yeah!
It'll only end up with him telling you that it's being considered.
Then what should I do?
When you're at a crosswalk, look right, look left,
and then look right once more before crossing the street.
When you get in a car, make sure you put the seat belt on properly.
If you don't, we'll arrest you!
Psychic Arrest!
Hey, Yuko-chan!
Your body is the crime here, Shizuku-chan.
I was so nervous.
Our "big sisters" up there were like real policewomen.
I hear Sanae-san really is a former police officer.
Wow!
What are you doing?
We were imagining what it'd be like if we did make our CD debut.
The producer is busy, so we're thinking for him, nya.
Huh...
Finished! Here's my debut proposal, nya!
A cute outfit, a cute song, and doing a cute dance with cute cats!
Of course, the call is... "Nya!"
Cute...
It's more like a petting event than a concert? Only cats...
Debut proposal, huh?
Maybe I'll think of one, too.
I'll think of one, too!
Kirari-chan...
Anzu-chan, naughty girl, you skipped out on work again!
Now is the time to seal away the grimoire!
What kind of proposal do you have, Miria-chan?
All of us singing together outside.
A cute concert, huh?
Mine is a guerrilla gig right in the middle of Shibuya!
A guerrilla gig?!
I see your smile again and again
Starting to overflow in the middle of time
Is that your unit name?
Da.
Yes.
We're gonna have a concert together, right?
Yeah. I'm glad we'll be together.
If it were just the two of us... you know?
Minamin, you two have nothing to worry about.
I'm sure the audience will love you.
I guess I would do a guerrilla rock gig at Budokan.
If you have permission at the place, it's not guerrilla, nya!
Riina, you copied me!
I didn't copy. It's at Budokan.
Ranko-chan!
Are you done?
I would have a precious festival with servants who share my soul.
I'd like the people in the audience to eat my homemade cookies.
That's sweet! I'm sure they'd be pleased.
What kind of debut do you want, Chieri-chan?
I can't imagine... Me, making my debut?
But I wish I could make even one person happy, even just a little.
Is there some problem?
No. Nothing.
There's nothing, and that kind of makes me worry.
Is that what you call confidence?
Yeah. All we have are the nice song and outfits the producer prepared for us.
We've never even been on stage.
Minami...
I have to pull myself together, right?
I was chosen, so I have to do my best.
And I'm gonna make my worldwide debut!
I'll settle for all of Japan first, nya!
We can all play tag and play with water...
Chocolate, cinnamon, and strawberries...
Cocoa-flavored would be good, too.
I wonder if you can reserve a public park.
I wanna wear a cute, frilly dress and have all these dazzling lights on me
and everyone will be happy-happy!
How about you, Anzu-chan?
I wanna sleep.
Producer!
Listen to this!
We brought our minds to bear on debut proposals!
We think you should give them serious consideration!
Thank you. I'll review these proposals.
...but you probably shouldn't get your hopes up.
Well, that didn't work...
I thought it was a good idea...
Soul salvation...
Going by his reaction, it looks like we won't be making our debut soon.
If we do our lessons and work hard we'll be able to make our debut soon. Right?
I'm not giving up!
Since it's come to this, I'm going on strike, nya!
Let's all do our best with our lessons.
Yeah!
Right, I'll do my best.
Everyone!
Have you seen the producer?
We...
What is it again?
...demand eight days off a week!
Don't just say whatever comes to mind!
Anzu-chan! Miku-chan! Rika-chan!
Everyone...
Where's the producer?
In a meeting somewhere...
On strike again?
Cutting off the enemy's food supply is one of the basics of strategy.
I'm sure they'll be shocked when they find out they can't eat.
Excuse me, you're making a scene...
What's the order?
Um, an iced tea.
Okay!
Thank you!
Sure!
It's okay...
You guys are completely surrounded!
Peacefully surrender!
Forget it!
Your mom is crying!
Your big sister Mika is gonna cry, too!
- Then I'll stop. - Nya! Rika-chan!
- The two of can do our best then, nya! - For justice for us!
I want you to promise that we'll make our debut, nya!
Then I quit, too.
Anzu-chan, you too?
Miku-chan, stop this!
You're causing problems for everyone.
Let's talk to the producer about our debut!
I did, nya.
Over and over. But I never got a good answer.
Why not? Why is the answer no?
We're doing our best too, so why?
I was thrilled when I passed the audition for the Cinderella Project.
I had faith that if I did my best during the lessons
as well as with the work we were given here and there,
I'd eventually be able to make my debut.
But more and more, I'm left behind...
Left alone...
What am I doing wrong? Should I work harder?
How much harder?
I have no idea!
But I don't want things to keep going like this. I wanna become an idol, too.
I wanna make my debut!
I'm sorry, Maekawa-san!
We're going to have all of you make your debut.
Really?
It wasn't set, so I couldn't talk about it,
but Nitta-san and the others are the first wave.
After that, we'll have the second and third wave of units making their debut.
Producer...
Sheesh. You should've said so before...
Yeah, really.
It's decided that we're all gonna make our debut?
Mayday! Mayday!
Anzu-chan! Got you!
Let me go!
I envy them their youth.
Let me rephrase that! Because I still have my youth!
I'll be 17 for eternity!
Sorry for bailing out on you early.
That's okay. I was too hasty about the whole thing.
Miku-chan.
I don't want things to go on just like they are either.
I'm not sure about your methods,
but it could qualify as rock.
I'm sorry.
You five!
We're gonna do our best to get stronger until the day of our debut, nya!
So fight, nya!
Minami...
Right.
Let's do this!
- Right! - Yeah.
Good! Nice and cheerful!
It's like, "Hey, we're making our debut!"
This "New Generations"...
Your tentative unit name.
I needed to put something there...
What does it mean?
That a new age has begun for you.
That's cool!
I like it.
That strikes a chord.
We'll use it as our unit name, right?
Yes!
Sure.
Understood. Then your unit name is New Generations.
Right!
Thank you!
I see. So our age is about to begin.
EPISODE 6