Chapter 6

**Chapter 6: No Matter What Anyone Else says, I'm Cute!!!!** is the sixth and last chapter of vol. 1 of *We are Magical Boys*.

## Summary

*Thrilling♡Pink has been beaten by the overpowered Lofty☾Purple. Can he and Blue reclaim their spots as the heroes of Yamikumo?!*

## Synopsis

Pink continues to attack Lofty☾Purple over the course of several days, but regardless of his efforts he can't do anything. They're surrounded by his fans, who will continue to give him power, while "*Pink-chan*" has been left alone. Purple tells him to give up. By now his fans are fed up with Pink interfering, and they throw trash at him until he leaves.

Pink meets up with Blue, who tells him to forget about it for now. They don't need to worry about Yamikumo for the time being, they can just head to the next town. It's not like Purple will be here forever, so Pink shouldn't worry about it. Pink angrily tells him that its wrong to let a jerk like that defeat them. Blue expected him to say that, but lately it feels like Pink has been getting caught up in Purple's pace. He isn't sure how to say it exactly, so he excuses himself to patrol in the neighboring town.

Pink remains stubborn and he later returns to Purple to try again, as long as Purple isn't being powered up then they should be evenly matched. Unfortunately, he still can't do anything. Pink helplessly wonders why until Purple points out that he didn't realize he is only *partially transformed* at the moment. Pink observes himself in alarm to see that his dress, hair and wand are much smaller than normal, and before he can react Purple attacks him again. He tells Pink that without support, pride and confidence means nothing. He can't possibly expect to win when he's been abandoned. With his ability to fly gone, Pink makes a hasty retreat.

By the time he reaches town he's become depressed. He feels worse when he spots a group of girls, the very same ones who were showering him with praise and gifts recently. They refuse to look at him now.

As Thrilling♡Pink he has no charm, and he's lost everyone's support.

Someone cries out and Pink realizes Purple and yellow aren't nearby, so he rushes to the alleyway the voice came from. Despite how battered he is, he encourages himself not to give up yet. He can't help anyone if he starts thinking so negatively, so he has to remember that he's a very cute superhero.

He arrives to find a group of bullies harassing a teen and stealing his money. Pink leaps into the air and kicks one of them to release the boy, but as he lands he comes to realize he is lacking in power. He can't just run away though, leaping at the guys as the boy watches the brawl before him. Pink beats the guys senseless until they are unconscious, but the boy becomes angry and runs away. Pink is disappointed by his lack of gratitude and received no light crystals for his efforts. As it begins to rain, he sadly makes his way home.

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It's been three days since then, and after school Makoto approaches Kaito's friends to ask if they've seen him. They haven't, and it's making them worry he could be sick, so they planned on visiting him. They offer to let him know Makoto was worried about him.

Transforming into Blue, Makoto flies over to the Odagiri apartment to find Kaito beneath his blanket. He hands over some papers from school, along with some leftover carrot bread from lunch. He asks to know what happened that reduced Kaito to this sorry state, and Kaito reveals that he lost his ability to transform. Blue deduces that he lost his confidence and joins him on the bed, and Kaito asks how he can be confident when nobody is willing to look at him anymore. The one person he could help wasn't even grateful. Kaito recalls the boy, who ran away when he attempted to check on him after dealing with the bullies. He apologized for not being Lofty☾Purple.

Even if Thrilling♡Pink is around, it won't make anyone happy.

To lighten the mood, Blue offers to kiss him, but Kaito doesn't budge. He decides to give him some space for now, but before leaving he tells him that without Thrilling♡Pink, there will be at least one sad person. He also believes Pink can overcome this hurdle, because if he truly felt like he was done then his transformation ring would have vanished. Kaito also has to focus on his school-work before his grades suffer, so he wants to see him at school tomorrow.

Kaito heads to the restroom to clean his face. He feels a little better now that Blue tried to raise his spirits, but he still can't shake his sadness. He wonders who the one person is that he was referring to, only to look in the mirror and see himself as a heartbroken Thrilling♡Pink. As he thinks about how pretty he felt as his Magical Boy self, he begins to cry and apologizes for having let him down. He doesn't notice the transformation ring react to his feelings.

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The following day, Purple is preparing to beat up more bullies when everyone is surprised by Pink's sudden arrival. His girliness upgraded, and he is more determined than ever to make Purple realize how serious he is about protecting Yamikumo. Purple remarks on his persistence, having thought he gave up since its been a while since they last saw each other. To everyone's surprise, Pink flies at him and punches Purple with enough force to throw him to the ground. Angered, Purple rises as Yellow commentates on the shocking event, and Purple demands to know where this sudden boost of power came from. Pink tells him that he is very cute, and he earnestly believes that. He refuses to lose to the likes of someone who dresses *slutty*.

Purple is severely shocked by this and becomes extremely flustered, to the point of tears as the audience slowly begin to realize that he possesses a certain sexiness they don't normally see in Magical Boys. Somehow, this encourages them to cheer him on, granting him more strength. But this time, his strong blast of magic is met with one from Pink, and he attempts to discourage him again by pointing out that nobody wants him to win. Nobody is on his side. Pink doesn't waver, his strength increasing as he tells Purple that this is untrue- he has himself as his support.

His overwhelming magic throws Purple into the distance and Yellow hurriedly flies after him, along with the crowd desperate to find him. Blue approaches Pink to reveal he saw the display that just unfolded. Pink feels embarrassed as Blue recalls how passionate he was about his cuteness and teases him. He's not making fun of him though. The boys share a high-five, only for Blue to insist he is *much* cuter than Pink to provoke him.

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Yellow locates Purple just outside of the shop he was thrown at and realizes he is un-transformed; revealing himself as the boy Pink helped. Yellow tells Akito to take things easy since he got so roughed up, but Akito ignores him out of blind fury. He snaps at Yellow and remarks that once he's healed up, he's going back there- until he remembers Pink rescuing him. He changes his mind, saying they will search for another town that could use them. Yellow curiously asks why he changed his mind, trailing behind his partner who tells him to shut up.

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Purple and Yellow left, and soon Pink and Blue reclaimed their status as Yamikumo's heroes.

However, Kaito's friends are beginning to grow suspicious while observing a picture of Thrilling♡Pink. He looks like Kaito.

## Quotes

* Rowdy◇Blue: *If you were to fly to the next town over or somewhere else, it's not as if you wouldn't be able to help people out, so you don't have to go out of your way to drive him out...*

* Lofty☾Purple: *It doesn't seem like you've noticed. Take a closer look at your Girliness, Pink-chan.*

## Trivia

* This is the first appearance of Thrilling♡Pink using *Lala Girliness*. Although at this point it wasn't named.