Chapter 3

## Proposal 3

This is the third chapter in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Kimura, Kanamori, and Shimoda are at work, when suddenly a giant insect flies into the room, causing Kanamori to scream and everyone else to panic. Thankfully, Ueda comes to the rescue by catching the insect with her bare hands.

Since the insect likely came from the insect department, Ueda offers to show Shimoda since he has not been there yet. Inside the insect department, Shimoda is introduced to the team in charge, which consists of seven guys who all look the same (but wear different shirts). After returning the insect, Ueda and Shimoda head to the original office when Kanamori yells out another cry. They turn around to see her on the floor in a state of shock next to a poison dart frog, which she touched.

Kanamori goes on about how she wished she could have died differently. Luckily, Meido comes into the room and calms her nerves claiming that the frog she touched doesn’t have any poison yet. Shimoda and Kanamori are both relieved. Meido then shares more info on the frog with Shimoda, explaining how its offspring survives in small ponds using cannibalism. Shimoda is shocked by this, whereas Meido thinks it is cute. Ueda then explains to Shimoda that Meido is responsible for designing all the cute animals that come through the department.

Ueda then remembers a new order came in from God for a creature that is “adorably uncute”. Kanamori is angry that God sent them another vague request. Meido volunteers to take on the project. A few days later, Shimoda asks the team about the status of the project. Meido explains that the creature she designed will be a parasite that thrives in water. She then goes on to explain its morbid features, which leaves Shimoda at a loss for words. Kanamori, who had been listening in, suggests improving the design by making the creature smaller, to play on the cute factor. Shimoda then remembers how the insect department shrinks their designs down to a smaller scale and suggests that Meido collaborate with their team. As they head over to the insect department, they get divine approval from God for their new animal, the horsehair worm.

A few days later, Shimoda walks into the office and finds Meido at the table hard at work, while the others watch. Meido is on the verge of creating a new “adorably uncute” animal that would be better than her previous design. She mutters a list of its morbid features as she goes, shocking both Shimoda and Kanamori (who drops her teacup on the floor). After she is done, she thanks Unabara for offering her some advice earlier. She then presents her new design to the rest of the team, the Koala. Shimoda is pleased that the animal turned out cute in the end, and receives God’s stamp of approval.

Kanamori then shows Meido a new bird that she recently designed based on a poison dart frog. Meido comes up with the idea to make the bird poisonous so that it can defend against snakes, which intrigues Kanamori. God then gives his stamp of approval on the bird, the pitohui, with Ueda claiming that a lot of cute animals got made that day.

## New Animals

* Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (*Dendrobates leucomelas*)
* Koala (*Phascolarctos cinereus*)
* Horsehair worm *(Paragordius tricuspidatus)*
* Pitohui

## Trivia

* The Pitohui that Kanamori designed is a subspecies known as the Hooded Pitohui. In total, there are 8 different pitohui subspecies.