Chapter 24

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Chapter 25

This is chapter 24 in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Shimoda walks into an empty design department, when Unabara comes up from behind startling him. Upon being asked what he is up to, Shimoda explains to Unabara that he came to check on everyone’s progress. The latest request from God is “an animal with a courtship ritual so cute, it makes your heart squeeze.” Unabara informs him that everyone is hard at work behind closed doors. Since he is nearly finished with his design, Unabara decides to accompany Shimoda as they check in on the others.

The first person they check on is Kanamori, who has dressed herself in a feathered outfit and singing karaoke. Both Shimoda and Unabara are stunned and confused by Kanamori’s performance. Shimoda gets a shock when Kanamori fluffs out the feathers, and Unabara becomes embarrassed when Kanamori has him join in as a backup singer. After a few seconds, Shimoda interrupts the song and asks Kanamori if this was for the order from God. Kanamori replies yes and explains to Shimoda how birds impress potential mates with their feathers, singing, and in some cases plumping.

Intrigued to know their opinions, Kanamori asks the two what they thought of her performance. Unabara replies that it was impressive, but notes that he can’t determine whether it would work without someone to compare it to. Surprised by the epiphany, Kanamori immediately asked Shimoda to dance along with her much to his dismay. As the two engage together, Unabara comments how the display is making him blush. This makes Kanamori realize that she can incorporate it into her animal.

She then designs her animal to have a mating ritual where one would force a less experienced one to perform together. Thus improving its chances and intern teaches the other to do the same in the future. Unabara concurs with the love between a teacher and a student relationship. Suddenly, God sends a message with divine approval and the Long-tailed Manakin is born. Kanamori celebrates being the first to finish while Shimoda and Unabara go to check on the others.

In the next room they find the interior transformed into a summertime rice paddy environment. Meido is standing over by a waterfall while Mizushima and Kimura are a few feet away engaged in what Shimoda recognizes as a rap battle. After the two stop for a break, they ask Unabara to judge who the winner is. However, Unabara is unfamiliar with hip-hop music and points to Meido nearby. But Meido chimes in stating that she didn’t hear the lyrics due to the nearby waterfall.

Seeing the shocked looks on Shimoda and Unabara’s faces, the three explained that the set up was to simulate a frog’s environment. When male frogs compete for a mate, they utilize their vocals to see who cooks the loudest. To help Meido out, the boys offered to engage in a rap battle to see if they could get Meido’s heart to throb.

Since it appeared that their lyrics didn’t have any effect, Mizushima and Kimura decide to see if a display of strength will work. The two engage in hand-to-hand combat shocking the others. Suddenly, the impact of the battle causes a nearby cliff to crumble resulting in a rockslide. One boulder manages to break away and is about to fall on the two, when out of nowhere, Unabara jumps in and delivers a powerful kick destroying the boulder. While everyone gets their bearings together, Meido gets an idea of showing off one's muscles to impress the female. After a few tweaks to her frog design, God sends divine approval and the Foot-flagging frog is born.

After receiving thanks for their help, Unabara and Shimoda return to the main office. Unabara then begins work on the courtship ritual for his seal design. Thinking back to Kanamori’s display, Unabara contemplates using the seal's lung capacity. But before he can come up with an idea, one of his seal prototypes inflates a section of their head to form a bladder. The other prototype then joins in and the two start to engage in a battle. Suddenly, one of the seals inflates a reddish-black sac out of its nostril and is declared the winner.

Looking at his design Unabara explains that the sack is the seal's mucous membrane. Unabara admits that he did write “body inflates” on his rough draft, but had not decided on which part to inflate. Shimoda notes how the whole situation made his nose twitch. Suddenly, Shimoda receives a message from God giving divine approval and the hooded seal is born, much to Unabara’s surprise.

## New Animals

* Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis)
* Foot-flagging Frog (Staurois)
* Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)