Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (阿波連さんははかれない)

Good morning, Tama-chan.

Morning!

G-Good morning.

Those loose socks are cute.

Th-Thanks.

Gyaru fashion can be so cute.

I wanna try wearing some.

I've got another pair...

New ones!

Can I try them on?

You bet!

Shirorin!

Hey, I think they look good!

Yeah! You're adorbs, Aha-chan!

Thanks.

Looking real nice, Reina-chan!

Good morning, Oshiro-san.

You borrowed a pair from Tamanaha-san, huh?

Kinda makes me wanna do your hair to match.

Good idea!

Sounds like fun.

Shall we give it a go, then?

Episode Four An Idol, Huh?

Morning.

Good morning, Raido-kun.

Aharen-san's gone gyaru!

She's always been so modest fashion-wise.

What brought this on?!

Hang on. According to some, gyaru fashion...

is a way to express desire for independence.

Smashing outdated conceptions and yearning for transformation,

all manifesting as radical fashion. Or so the theory goes.

And so this must mean...

personal growth!

I need to encourage Aharen-san as she continues on her journey.

Even trying a different look, you're as cute as ever.

Thank you.

Huh?

Shoot.

I forgot the printout for this lesson.

Do you want to look at mine?

Nice! That's real radical of you, Aharen-san!

What did I just say?!

Don't tell me...

Is gyaru culture taking over my brain?!

GYARU

GYARU GYARU

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Has my subconscious desire to keep up with Aharen-san led to this?

Not good. I need to hold on to my own individuality.

I'm gonna go wash my face real quick.

Back!

Yo, Reina-chan.

Rei...!

Is it just me, or is first period an absolute drag?

I am feeling kinda tired.

I know, right?

So, like, in that case...

There's a shot you're feeling sluggy 'cause you're short on vitamin B1, y'hear?

Best medicine for that is brown rice, pork, and soy beans!

Last thing you want is to ditch class cuz you're wiped.

I believe I'm developing a decent amount of esteem resistance.

The two of them acting a bit close isn't enough to get to me anymore.

Good morning.

Sup!

Yo, we got the number one teacher in the house!

We're all set here, so kick it with the lesson whenever!

Counting on class in god mode, thanks much!

That I did not see coming!

This is bad! I sense life-threatening levels of Esteem Danger Syndrome...

Study amongst yourselves for now!

Oh, ya forget something?

Hey, it can happen to anyone. No biggie.

GG on another day of school!

How's about we head into town

and we... have ourselves a little fun?

I wanna go.

All in!

Okay, let's-a-go!

Donation Box

Thanks, my man!

Donation Box

Good morning, Raido-kun.

Yo, Reina-chan! Another day, another bae, am I right?

What've we got here? You goin' for the OG look now?

What's up? You feel like something different?

You wanna rap about it?

I let everyone dress me up like that yesterday.

Gyaru fashion was fun.

Oh, cool, cool. So just taking it for a test run?

Word, word. I hear that. Right on.

Welp, let's head to school.

Another day done.

Raido-kun.

As close as ever today, I see. What's up?

Let's go to the arcade today.

Sure. Sounds good.

Aharen-san doesn't ask me out much...

I'm trying to get it to turn out right.

This is...

that popular game with a target audience of young girls, Primitive Planet.

Also known as PriPla for short.

Lovely

Reina

CUTE

Nice

Good Ensemble

cute

It's an idol game where you enjoy dressing up your character.

I wanna try that outfit

cute

CUTE!!!!

Too cute

Though it's been out for a good while, it's kept up its popularity,

with concerts, mobile games, and a new anime series in the works.

It's a major hit.

I'm back.

Sorry to make you wait.

I had fun watching, so no worries.

I got into the game a while ago...

After Oshiro-san's makeover yesterday, I got the urge to play it again.

Yeah, you can wear all the outfits you want in a game.

Care to give it a go, Raido-kun?

You can have the outfits I got doubles of.

I mean, I...

Okay, sure.

Shirorin!

Create your character to play

Okay

Aharen-san wanted me to try this for myself.

I've never played a game like this before, though.

Go Back

Confirm

You start with character creation.

I see.

Calm

Choose your face type

Laid-back

Gentle

You get to choose your face?

Calm

How should I even make my character look?

Let's go for majorly cute.

Rai-chan

Cutie

Rai-chan

What a cute girl

Super cute

Looking good

Rai-chan! Rai-chan!

Something like this.

Cute

Now use the outfits I have to dress her up.

Like so?

So good

Wonderful

The kind of cuteness that draws you in

Stylish

How cute.

Cute

Here comes the dance segment.

Right.

Precious Performance

After that, you collect the outfit and save card, and that's the game.

I get it. I think I see how you could get into this.

I'm glad.

Huh? Aharen Reina?

Futaba-chan.

Do you play PriPla too, Futaba-chan?

What? No way.

I'm too old for that kind of thing.

You two are—

It's King Aha!

Is that your character, King Aha?!

Awesome!

So cool!

I wanna try this game, too!

You can have some of my extra outfits.

That's our king!

I wanna play!

Me, too! Me, too!

I-I'm playing, too!

All righty.

OMG

Rai-chan

Wonderful

Cute

That looks good on you

This outfit I pulled an all-nighter to come up with... It's coming together!