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So you're not gonna budge an inch on this?!
Not under those conditions...
You're sure about that?
Positive.
H-Hey...
What are you guys talking about so seriously?
Rumble Rumble Rumble
It's Switch...
He won't trade with me, even though he's got two of the same!
You're dead-set against it?!
Dead-set!
Are you little kids?!
Episode 30: Turned the Crank-nyora!
What's wrong with you?! You're in high school!
Fighting over trading toys...
All the other boys around here are much more mature!
You're the only ones yip-yapping over some toy!
Huh?
Bossun? Switch?!
Were you listening to a word I said?!
Yip-yip-yap-yap...
I got Sidewinder!
I finally have the brother combo of this and Death Salamander!
"Der", "der", "der", "der". I don't get it...
I'm going home.
Cool, see ya!
Awesome! I never thought I'd get it on the first try!
Switch, you give it a shot, too!
I have a feeling a rare one's gonna come out!
Look at this!
They even properly reproduced this detail!
It's a slightly deformed, chubby version,
but that actually makes it more realistic.
Hey, what the hell?!
Don't give me the brush-off!
You two are real pieces of work!
Here! Let me see that!
You can't stand being alone, huh?
Wha...?! I-I don't wanna be told that by you!
These are two of the leaders of the evil organization, Darksiders,
Sidewinder and his little brother, Death Salamander!
How cute!
Those little guys are totally cute!
And they're bad guys?
All of the villainous leaders are cute for some reason.
I don't even know what show they're from.
It's a special effects hero show that's a secret breakout hit
Super Slim-Figured Slenders
only among some hardcore fans!
In other words, it's not popular at all!
Slenders are a five-person hero team.
First, we've got the leader, Red Commander!
He's skinny! Like a stick!
This hero is just skin and bones!
As the name implies, "Super Slim-Figured Slenders"
is a group formed by a thin leader.
Why do all the heroes and villains all have "der" at the end of their names?
It's annoying!
This is the sub-leader!
Blue Subleader!
His position is his name?!
The only woman in the group, Pink Cheerleader!
Another irritating name!
She's not a leader!
And she's not even slender!
The strongest member of the Slenders, Sepia Expander!
This guy's not slender either!
And sepia's a boring color!
Rumored to eventually betray the team, we have Cocoa Brown Suspender!
He's just a regular fat guy!
Anything's okay as long as it's got "der"?!
Annoying names, boring colors...
What the hell's wrong with them?!
The five together are...
Super Slim-Figured Slenders!
Except for Leader and Subleader, they're all fat!
Are they even interested?!
I can't believe you guys are so into this crap!
You look like fools!
I really am going home now!
Cool, see ya!
I got another head boss! Rose Madder!
Ooh... This is the first time I've seen it.
Lemme see! Lemme see! Lemme see!
Let me do it once, too!
How lonely can you get?
It's the first time I've done this!
Here? I turn this?
I turn this, right?!
I wonder which "der" this is...
Th-That's...
Anthony.
Antho... ny?!
There's no "der" at the end?! Where's the "der"?!
Anthony is just the boy who calls the Slenders over when the Darksiders appear.
That's the Slenders' alert system?
I hate it! I don't want this one!
I want a cute Darksider!
Not even a hero or villain... That's just lame.
What'd you get, Bossun?
Bartender...
Lame!
Your figure is a regular old man!
Oh, shut up!
Bartender is an essential character!
He's the landlord of the Slenders' headquarters,
and on weekends, he takes a soba-making class!
He's definitely a regular old man!
Slim Crusader!
Now that's a cool one!
Slim Crusader is the mysterious champion who comes racing in
when the Slenders are in a pinch.
He's so powerful that he can pretty much
wipe out all of the Darksiders by himself.
Then who needs the Slenders?!
I'm not even interested in this,
but I won't be satisfied unless I get a good one!
Anthony again?!
I don't need Anthony!
And why is he a foreigner?!
Pisses me off! Pisses me off! Pisses me off!
What's this?
It's Merrymader!
Merrymader?
I don't know this one!
He's a hero that appeared in the theatrical version.
He's a minor character, so not many figures were made.
Huh...
But his character evolved with the story,
so it was released as a five-figure series.
I have two of them myself.
The second one is Deflader.
He looks kind of bummed out.
Did someone get ticked off at him?
I bet he went overboard on the merrymaking and someone got pissed!
Is this guy really a hero?!
I don't have the third and fourth ones, but the last one is...
I-Can't-Take-It-Anymoder!
What happened?!
Look at him!
What did he do in forms three and four?!
Man, I totally want that!
All right! This goddess of victory is gonna get the rarest of all!
Anthony...
I'm done... I mean, I want a "der", too!
Come on! Let's go, rare one!
Yes! A head boss, Clam Chowder!
Cute!!
That! I want something like that!
I'll trade you Anthony for it!
No way! Forget about it!
When you wanna make a trade, you've gotta offer something of equal value!
With Clam Chowder, it won't balance out unless you put up like three figures!
Yeah, I get it... Guess I have no choice...
These are really important to me, but...
Here!
I don't need them!
You said you'd trade for three figures!
Now just hand it over and nobody gets hurt!
What are you, a thug?!
Whoa. Look at all this...
Man, a whole treasure trove...
You think we've almost got a complete collection here?
Yeah... The only one we don't have is Spy Spider.
Ooh, then we've gotta get it, by hook or by crook!
Except...
...the machine's empty!
That makes me want it even more!
I totally want it!
Wait! There's one left!
You can see inside a little bit!
I see a lot of legs!
I bet it's Spy Spider!
It's a miracle! If we get that, the collection will be complete!
We're lucky!
W-What should I do?! I-I c-c-can't s-stop sh-sh-sh-shaking!
Jeez, you're nervous!
But with this, our dream's gonna come true!
Take a deep breath!
Okay! I'm gonna do it!
I'm gonna...
I-I'm outta 100-yen coins!
Crap, so am I...
Me too...
I'll make change!
Go, Switch!
What? What happened?!
A kid beat us to it!
He got our Spider!
W-Wait a second! Hey!
We really, really want that one!
W-Will you trade it to us for three figures of your choice?!
Yeah! How 'bout it?! How 'bout it?!
Hmm...
Okay! I'll trade for three.
Thank you, little boy!
Thanks a lot, little boy!
Here we go! We got Spider!
This is a good one, too...
And this one? But...
We finally got it...
Why are we crying?
Hurry up, open it!
And let me bow to Spider!
Hard to open with sweaty hands...
Calm down, Bossun!
Come on, Spider!
The wrong one! It's Breeder!
Not even close to Spider!
We've already got four Breeders!
That's 24 legs!
N-No good... We can't give up on it now...
Let's find another machine...
We can't back down, but... but...
Hey!
Yeah?
What?
You guys wanted Spy Spider?
I've got doubles of that, so you wanna trade?
Here. I'll do it for six figures.
Spider!
Yes!!
"Super Slim-Figured Slenders" figure collection complete!
Six figures, six figures...
Later...
...we experienced...
...abject emptiness.
C-Can I say it?
Why did we waste so much money on this junk?
I told you... Don't talk about that.
Ooh! Merrymader's 3rd and 4th forms!
It's as brilliant as Columbus's egg!
Let me see! I mean, enough already!
Got a minute?
We want your advice about Momoka-san.
We're still in the depths of despair...
Sorry for barging in on you like this.
We really didn't wanna bother you and Switch.
What about me?
So what about Momoka?
Actually, we haven't been hangin' around with her lately.
Part of it's 'cause Momoka-san is so busy with work...
But these days, it's like she a whole 'nother person!
It's gotten hard just approachin' her...
But I think it can't be helped, you know?
Student or not, people change when they start working.
I don't see the problem.
It's good that she's working really hard.
Ma'am!
They weren't listening...
What should we do, Ma'am?!
What'd I tell you?! Um...
We want her to go back to bein' the old Momoka-san!
Don't be so selfish!
Momoka travels in a different circle now!
Indeed... When someone says "Kibitsu Momoka" now,
the first thing you think is "popular voice actress".
I'm sure even she's confused by the major changes in her circumstances.
You shouldn't expect things to go back to the way they were with her.
After all, things are going smoothly with her work.
Standing on the sidelines and cheering her on without rocking the boat
is what real friends would do.
But it's not like Momoka has forgotten about you.
Understand that.
All right?
We understand, Ma'am! Switch!
And let's leave the rest to those two.
Yeah. I'm sure she and Switch will...
Th-That's...
I wonder how she's changed...
My guess is she acts more mature after entering the "real world".
That makes sense.
What are you doing?!
Nobody listens to me anyway...
Yes?
Long time no see-yee!
Hiii!
Ma'ammy, Boss-tas, it's been too long-a-dong!
Ma'ammy?
Boss-tas?
What are you saying?! You're Momoka, aren't you?
It's been too long-a-dong! Vroom-vroom head!
She's changed so much, I don't even know where to start...
Are you really Momoka?
Zat's me!
What was that?
Today, Momotan's brought you the "Liberty Maji" DVD that her voice stars in-nyora!
The first-time limited edition!
Would you sign it-nyora?!
Sure-nyora!
So this is how she's changed...
I couldn't have predicted this.
What happened to you?!
Nothin' much, silly!
As always, Momotan's groovin' on her bubbly beam!
Chuu-san better not have given her one of his weird potions...
I'm Chuu-san.
For starters, what's with that outfit?!
I mean, you look good...
...but before, your clothes had more of a rebel 'tude.
Are you trying to look cute in that?
I am cute, woot!
I swear I'll open up a can of woot-ass on you!
I mean, sure, you look cute, but...
Hella cute-y!
Whee!
You shut it, four-eyes!
Cu-cu...
You don't have to say it!
Don't go to the "other side"!
It's Slim Crusader-nyora!
What the hell kinda way to talk is that?!
It's repulsive! It pisses me off!
And what language is it in the first place?!
It's Momotan language!
Mo...
Like that exists!
It's a blend of words that Momoka was already using on her blog,
anime characters' verbal tics and net slang-da nyon!
Don't you talk like that!
She even has a blog...
Wait, you knew about it?
Of course. It's my top bookmark.
Momoka's blog is the most popular one out there.
Seriously?! Why didn't you tell me about it?!
Uploadidy!
Sent
Don't update your blog here!
All 237 updates of "Momotan's Blog" yesterday were a riot-o!
Really? All of your comments make me weally weally happy, Polungatan!
Polungatan
Hey! My eyes are half-closed there! Do a retake!
I wanna go home...
Anyway, I believe "overmethoding" is what's at work here.
Right there! Another expression that makes no sense to me!
Over-whating?
Momoka often plays moe characters.
Dedicated as she is, Momoka gets too into the anime characters
and they have an effect on her.
The strong influence of characters and people
has resulted in Momota's own language...
"Overmethoding", huh? Whatever...
Momoka is too open, ya know?
Not long ago at all...
...she wore a long skirt and spoke in dated Yankee slang...
If youse piss us off, all hell's gonna break loose!
That's how you talked!
Right?!
I did notty-not!
Hey, you're in some heavy denial there.
Momotan came here from the planet Peach-nyora!
Now she's trying to bury her history and replace it with sci-fi!
Momotan hates bad girlies!
You were clearly a juvenile delinquent!
Wrong-nyora!
Stop saying that!
You can't really blame her...
To some people, Momoka is like an idol.
It's better to hide anything that could become a scandal.
Is that like your agency's policy?
Yeah...
The people at the agency told me...
...that even voice actresses are getting to be more and more like idols.
Creating a character is important...
In today's world, a moe character voice actress
needs to become a moe character herself...
So I threw myself into it,
and somewhere along the line, this kind of personality became second nature.
I get how you wanna do your very best.
But Momoka... You don't have to forget your past.
If you turn your back on that,
you're turning your back on the people you cared about then.
And that's kind of...
...a sad thing to do, ya know?
Y-Yeah...
You're right.
Who're you?!
What the...?
Cut it out! Hold still!
Bastard!
What are you doing?
Nyara?
Ma'am! This guys is a tabloid photographer!
What?! What the hell do you think you're doing?!
So, Kibitsu Momoka...
...used to be a Yankee?
This is a scoop!
Wha...?!
My SLR!
Let's format this data, shall we?
What the hell are you doing, destroying the tools of my trade?!
Hey, old man...
Is it really that much fun uncovering somebody's past?
Um...
Mess with me...
...and I'll rip out your eyes, put 'em on sticks
and make you suck on eyeball-flavored Pelocans, moron!
H-Help!
Wait!
You forgot your camera!
Sorry...
We didn't mean to get in your way, Momoka-san...
If people learn we hung out together, it'll spell trouble for you...
No... It's my bad, you guys.
Momoka-san...
You said "you guys"!
That just wasn't me.
Seeing Ma'am blow her stack like that
made me realize this is the world I love...
I woke up!
Momoka-san!
Tomorrow, I'm gonna be on an afternoon talk show.
If you can, I want ya to watch it.
I'm gonna set things right the way I know how!
Yeah!
We'll watch it for sure!
Sounds good.
That's a promise-da nyon!
It's probably gonna take a while to shake that off.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome to "Teruko's Room".
Our guest today is a 17-year-old 2nd-year high school student
and popular voice actress who's as adorable as a doll.
As a voice actress, her specialty is anime and so on.
So please welcome today's guest, Kibitsu Momoka-san.
What's wrong, Bossun?
Momoka's... Oh, nothing...
My, my... Your face is as lovely as your voice, dear.
But you're certainly wearing an eccentric outfit.
It looks like you're the leader of a girl gang.
Now is that to prepare for a role?
Decidedly
This is the real me.
So, the show you're most known for is "Liberty Maji",
"Maji" meaning serious, yes?
Today, did you...
Um... Actually, I...
Oh, how about a lolly?
It's century egg-flavored! Absolutely delicious!
It tastes more like a century egg than a century egg!
Please listen to what I have to say!
I used to be a delinquent.
I don't do anything bad now.
But I hurt a lot of people a long time ago
and I want everyone to understand that.
Being a performer is fun.
I think it suits me and I can honestly say that it's what I wanna do.
But I don't want to pretend to be what I'm not.
And now, a word from our sponsor that you won't want to miss...
And so, as of today, I'm no longer a voice actress!
From now on, I'm gonna roll up my sleeves and live my life as the real me!
Just watch me!
Momoka... Attagirl...
Yeah. You've got heart, Momoka.
Oh, to be young again...
We really do have to cut to a commercial...
That being said, I'm confiscating this.
Hey, wait!
For now, I'm going to blow it up, but you can pick up the pieces later.
N-No, don't blow it up, Chuu-san!
I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention! Chuu-san!
That was great!
I was moved!
Now that was the Momoka-san we know!
I'm done with being a voice actress, but I'm still gonna do my best as a performer,
so do I have your backs?
'Course!
It's been easy up to now, but I'm sure the going's gonna get rough...
Still, I'm gonna...
Kibitsu Momoka...
I found her... I found her!
Our new heroine!
I-I'll do my best!
The moment I saw her, I felt destiny calling...
"Kibitsu Momoka has made the transition from voice actress to leading lady.
She's making her debut as an actress in the title role
of the upcoming TV drama, 'Yankee Detective'."
G-Girl...
How far are you gonna go?!
I art going to quit being a samurai.
Then... Then at this rate, you're gonna end up being a lazy-ass salaryman!
Is that what you want for your life?!
The youngsters realized the unlimited possibilities of samurai. Period.
Quit being a samurai and if you make your dream come true, Shinzou-kun...
Please marry me then!
Next time, "Samurai and Clothes".
His dream won't betray Shinzou.
Shinzou won't betray his dream. In good times or in bad times...