Chapter 1/Episode 10

### Start Again!

(With Karin having joined, the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's goals and how you'll reach them are coming together! You then seek out the most radiant former member, Setsuna, but you can't seem to find her no matter who you ask.)
 **Player:** Well, we've just got two more left. I want us to share information on any promising girls while we discuss where Setsuna might be.
 **Rina:** No one asked I knew where Setsuna was.
 **Ai:** Yeah, I asked everyone I could and got squat. This is a tough one!
 **Kanata:** Looks like we'll have to make a School Idol Setsuna Yuki Search Team.
 **Aymu:** ...Er... And what does that entail?
 **Kanata:** We form an official search team and gather up eyewitness from all over the school!
 **Shizuku:** That's a... little dramatic.
 **Rina:** ...But sounds fun.
 **Kanata:** I think that's what it'll take to find Setsuna, personally.
 **Player:** Finding Setsuna sounds like it'll be tough.
 **Emma:** No one in our year knows her, either. What year was she, again?
 **Ai:** Well, she was famous from flying solo already, so there's no way she's a first year, right?
 **Karin:** We're a really big school, so I think we'll have a lot of trouble if we don't have a lead.
 **Rina:** But no one we've asked has seen her anywhere.
 **Karin:** Yeah...
 **Kasumi:** ...Hey, maybe... and this is a big maybe. Maybe this is a trap on the president's part?!
 **Ai:** A trap?!
 **Ayumu:** What are you talking about, Kasumi?
 **Kasumi:** Like, what if she kidnapped Setsuna so we'd waste all our time looking for her? Because I mean, you only really need five people to run a club!
 **Karin:** ...You're right. This should be enough people to run a club, easy. That's what the rules say, too.
 **Ai:** How about we try negotiating with her?
 **Player:** But we made a promise with the president, and I want to keep it.
 **Player:** Once we start this school idol thing, we're going to face way tougher challenges. I want us to do our best now, so we can get to where we need to be.
 **Player:** And don't worry. Since we're doing what we love, this is going to go really well - we'll see Setsuna, too. And I'm sure she'll come back then.
 **Ayumu:** You really do love school idols, don't you?
 **Player:** Well, don't we all?
 **Emma:** You know, you're right. Let's look for Setsuna.
 **Karin:** Yeah, let's give it a shot.
 **Shizuku:** Sure!
 **Rina:** Rina-chan Board says, "Let's do this!"
 **Ai:** We've still got time till the end of the month, so let's give it our best!
 **Student Council President:** Just as I thought! I knew you would do your best to gather up ten members and revive the club!
 **Player:** Huh?
 **Kasumi:** P-President?
 **Kanata:** Huh? What? Wh-What's going on?
 **Student Council President:** Ahh, nuts, I did it again! I forgot to turn off student council mode!
 **Player:** Student... council mode? W-Wait, president, are you... Setsuna Yuki?
 **Setsuna:** That's right. I'm Setsuna.
 **Setsuna:** Now do you believe me?
 **Everyone:** Hwah?!
 **Emma:** Sh-She really is Setsuna.
 **Shizuku:** N-No way. I can't believe Setsuna was the student council president!
 **Karin:** Wait, you saw her at assembelies but didn't recognize her? Even though you used to work together?
 **Kanata:** That's when I always sleep.
 **Shizuku:** I'm shocked that I couldn't recognize her.
 **Kasumi:** You're the student council president and a school idol at the same time? Th-That's no fair. I called you a robot, Setsuna!
 **Setsuna:** Haha, well... I was pretty mean to you, so you shouldn't worry about that. I'm the one who should apologize.
 **Kasumi:** \*Whine\* Setsunaaa!
 **Kasumi:** B-Biut, why'd you tell us to do something as tough as get ten members? You didn't want the club to get disbanded either, right?!
 **Setsuna:** I wanted to keep it going, but... I was afraid. Since I'm the one who brought us this low.
 **Shizuku:** No one thinks it's your fault, Setsuna!
 **Setsuna:** No, I loved school idols so much and couldn't contain it. I wanted to share those feelings with everyone, so I pushed so much onto you girls.
 **Setsuna:** I knew it wasn't right, but I couldn't help myself. And I was really afraid that would distance me from all of you.
 **Player:** But you were watching over us while playing it off as coincidence, right? Doesn't that mean you want to start things over, too?
 **Kanata:** Yeah, Setsuna, she came up with a really nice ideaaa.
 **Emma:** Yeah, I think it'll really work out for us!
 **Kasumi:** That's right! So you'll come back too, right, Setsuna?
 **Shizuku:** Look at how many idol hopefuls we have! Join our new school idol club, Setsuna!
 **Setsuna:** Girls...
 **Setsuna:** I'm a little worried, though. What if I start again, and my love of idols goes wild?
 **Player:** Don't worry! Let me take all that love and use to cheer you all on!
 **Player:** Because everyone here loves school idols, too! You're among friends!
 **Setsuna:** Thank you. Thank you so much! Please, let me officially join the school idol club!
 **Player:** Now we've got nine members! And it feels like we'll find our tenth really soon!
 **Setsuna:** Oh, I think we've already found her.
 **Ayumu:** Yeah!
 **Karin:** Everyone knows, right?
 **Ai:** You're the only one who hasn't figured it out.
 **Rina:** You're being quite dense.
 **Emma:** You really can't tell?
 **Kanata:** Even I can tell, and I'm half asleeeep.
 **Shizuku:** Who's the one who brought us all together?
 **Kasumi:** The person who was so nervous on the first day she dashed the opposite direction of the student council room!
 **Player:** Huh? Er...
 **Setsuna:** I told you to get ten members of the school idol club, but I didn't tell you to get ten school idols.
 **Setsuna:** I'm looking right at the tenth.
 **Everyone:** It's you!
 **Player:** Me?!
 **Kasumi:** The school idol club is back in business!
 **Player:** Th-Thank you, everyone! Now I can cheer you school idols on!
 **Setsuna:** There is just one thing I'd like to ask, since we've started again. I wanted you to be our new chief!
 **Player:** Huh?! Me?!
 **Setsuna:** You're the one who brought us all together and made the club again. If you're at the center, I'm sure it'll work out this time!
 **Ayumu:** I'm for it! I mean, you're the one who got us into this!
 **Shizuku:** I think it's a good idea, too! Without you, I don't think I would have been able to be so honest about wanting to return.
 **Kanata:** Yeah, without you, those tests would have destroyed me.
 **Ai:** No one's got any objections, right?!
 **Setsuna:** ...Well, how about it?
 **Player:** I-I promise to always be on your side, everyone, no matter what happens! I'll cheer you on with everything I've got!
 **Karin:** All right, Chief, what's the best thing our club's going to do?
 **Player:** Well, um, we could go for...
 **Rina:** Go for what?
 **Player:** The School Idol Festival!
 **Everyone:** The what?!
 **Ayumu:** THAT'S what we're starting with?!
 **Player:** Well, that's where all of the school idol fans gather, right? It's like a school idol culture festival!
 **Player:** I want us to be in the School Idol Festival as Nijigasaki High School's idols!
 **Emma:** Y-You really think we can pull it off?
 **Rina:** Aim for the top.
 **Karin:** Rina's right, it's a pretty big target, but that makes it all the more worth overcoming!
 **Ayumu:** W-Well... If you say so, I'll do my best!
 **Kasumi:** This is no time for napping, huh?
 **Ai:** All right, my soul's on fire now!
 **Setsuna:** It's the stage of my dreams!
 **Shizuku:** The biggest school idol event, with idols from all over the country!
 **Kasumi:** That means μ's and Aqours are going to be there, too! We'll be on the same stage as them, it'll be huge!
 **Player:** The Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is back in business! Let's do our best, everyone!
 **Everyone:** Yeah!