So What if the Princess is Bulky?

is the 2nd chapter of the 9th volume and the 61st chapter overall of the Attack on Titan: Junior High manga, written and illustrated by .
== Overview ==
The second half of the class play begins with Reiner as a substitute for Krista and Armin's improvised script to stall time. Krista is eventually found by Frieda, but the class runs into a few more problems along the way.
== Story ==
Reiner, dressed in a princess costume, substitutes for Krista onstage while Frieda looks for her. Armin improvises on the spot to stall time, acting out a scene about kissing a prince to break the curse that was sworn upon the princess. Backstage, Eren opposes Armin's improv and suggests that he must find a way to kill off the princess before his scene.
At the Student Council room, Hitch ties a rope around an unconscious Krista and intends to switch their costumes. However, Frieda bombs the door open and subdues Hitch. She saves Krista and takes her back to the theater, where she learns that Eren, playing the prince, is nowhere to be seen, causing them to improvise another nonsense storyline to buy time. Frieda orders the class to conclude the improvisation by kissing the princess to break the curse, but they refuse. With this, Frieda dresses herself in Jean's discarded horse costume and enters the stage to kiss Reiner, the cursed princess.
Ten minutes before, Jean took Eren away from the stage and attacked him with a karate chop to the neck. Jean revealed that he was jealous of Eren for stealing the lead role from him. He tried to take Eren's costume, but Eren awakened and ridiculed his strength. Eren learned that Jean was working with Hitch the entire time and asked him if he was capable of kissing Reiner onstage. Jean admitted that he was not, so Eren headed back to the theater, having accepted his role to kiss Reiner no matter what. Meanwhile, Frieda indirectly kisses Reiner in costume, which effectively breaks the curse and allows Krista to resume her role. However, Eren is still missing, prompting Frieda to step onstage in a maid costume to defeat the Titans and save the princess.
When Eren returns, he is disappointed to find out that the play has ended with Frieda as the hero. Eren is unhappy with the outcome of the play, so he wields his plastic sword to attack. Frieda expects Eren to attack her, but he jumps into the audience to attack the Titan students instead. Although the class tries to help, Eren is defeated swiftly. Pixis and Zackly, two teachers at Attack Junior High School, watch the commotion unfold from a balcony. They notice how the script is similar to that of last year's play and that Eren is reminiscent of a former student who is passionate about defeating Titans. Before the day ends, the class gathers with their teacher, who reveals that the drama festival was cancelled, while Eren cheers for himself for being able to attack the Titan students at the end of the play.
== Characters in order of appearance ==
== Navigation ==
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