Chapter 91

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Author: citrullus\n

Character cheat sheet. This is mainly for me, and people who took a break from the novel.\n

Yukiya Kitahara(北原雪哉) now (雪耶): The protagonist. A junior high student, 14, and  now a Snow girl. Short black hair, beautiful pale skin.\n

Syuuji Kitahara(北原修司): Yukiya’s father, and owner of the Snow House.(雪乃亭) Which is located in Hyousei Village(氷清村)\n

Yukino(雪乃): Yukiya’s mother, and is a snow woman/ Yuki Onna.\n

Hazuki Natsumi(夏美) and Saeki Tomonori(佐伯智則): Yukiya’s friends and classmates.\n

Hikura Kouko(氷倉凍子). The evil young Yuki Onna. Sharp eyes, and long black hair. Reiko is her mom.(冷子) And Himiko(氷見子)is her lackey.\n

Azusa Okamoto AKA Azuchi (岡本梓 ) Girl friend.\n

Mai Fujisaki (藤崎舞) Girl Friend.\n

TN: Mamuni \n

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“The Snow Girls? What is that?”\n

It was during the chatter of recess that Fujisaki-san and Okamoto-san abruptly brought up the topic.\n

“Ehh? You don’t know Yukki?”\n

The boring idle talk about TV and Internet videos led into it.\n

Also, Recently among the girls, my name has changed from Yukiya-chan to Yukki.\n

“It’s the local idol group, it was recently formed in our prefecture.”\n

That was the first I heard of this.\n

“No, I never heard of them.”\n

They all gave a nod of understanding.\n

I probably seem like I know nothing about pop culture.\n

It makes sense. Whenever I open my mouth it’s usually about the store.\n

It was like that even when I was a boy.\n

“Is Miss Hyosei a part of that group? I saw them at the snow festival.”\n

I remembered a woman walking along with the mascot Hyosei-kun at the snow festival.\n

She had thick makeup along with a stash that said “Miss Hyosei” over her thick fashioned jacket. She also had a microphone in one hand to appeal to the visitors.\n

“That person is an event only PR person, just there for promoting tourism. She usually does different work.”\n

“I see.”\n

I also found out that it’s Matsuda-san from the soft ball tennis’s club older sister. . .And she was originally working for the local tourism company as an office worker.\n

And then there is Hyosei-kun which is well known in the town.\n

Both are mascots for the local town from the town’s PR department.\n

Though it seems that the SnowGirls are different.\n

“This is a full fledged idol team, and they are spreading across the whole country.”\n

She brought out smartphone. It was on a website that showed an article. The “Snow Country Daily News” I couldn’t really read it from here.\n

“Look, here here.”\n

She handed me her phone. It said “This local Prefecture’s four girl idol group. The SnowGirls Idol group’s refreshing debut.”\n

There were also PR banners on the side promoting the prefecture’s famous amenities such as skiing and food.\n

But in the article, it was talking about a new song to the fan.\n

It seems that they are also doing idol activities.\n

On a side note, the official website was very elaborate. It used videos and animations in a modern design.\n

It was even designed for smartphone use.\n

It sort of got me interested in trying that.\n

“Huh, I never knew. . .”\n

“They have been doing a lot of promotions here and there. I’ve seen it in front of Hyosei Station, and also on the streets.”\n

“I-Is that so?”\n

Everyone has apparently seen it, so they were still shocked I haven’t.\n

“Yukiya-chan, you’ve been busy with your family shop, haven’t you.”\n

“Y-Yeah.”\n

Alot of the people in Hyosei Village help their family business. I’m not the only one.\n

Honestly I was just late to it. It’s not like I plan on living under a rock.\n

“So what is this Idol group doing?”\n

“Well look and see.”\n

She then pointed to the corner of the top. There was a headline announcement.\n

“Recruiting members?”\n

When you click the banner it takes you to a custom page with an application form.\n

“Why don’t you apply?”\n

“You should definitely apply, you are super cute.”\n

So because Yukki is cute. They are trying to sweet talk me.\n

Is that the reason I’m being talked to?\n

“But I just got to Hyosei Village, and local idol groups are tough, aren’t they?”\n

I gently refused. Yukiya(♀) Kitahara is a newcomer to this village.\n

I could definitely go. And my peers are cheering me on for it.\n

But even if the crowd cheers, I will not climb that tree.\n

I’m also busy helping the store, and above all, singing and dancing in public seems embarrassing. \n

Regardless, my curiosity got me to look closer at their webpage.\n

“Local Idol Snow Girl celebrating the first anniversary of formation, huh. . .”\n

For recruitment, contact OrangeStar PRO.\n

Never heard of it, but it seems like an entertainment agency. Though there is a general consensus that it is an established agency.\n

There is also a blog that is being updated moderately.\n

Mai Asakura-san, straight black hair.\n

Yuuki Mina-san, Twin tail hair.\n

Mutsumi Hiruta-san. A pigtail on the side of her shortcut hair.\n

These seem to be the current members.\n

They surely are cute. . . That’s a common sentiment between all of them.\n

“There was actually a fourth, but that one seemed to have graduated.”\n

Okamoto-san softly informed me. She seems to know a lot about idols.\n

“Graduated?”\n

“Yeah, it means leave the group.”\n

So it’s a gentle industry term.\n

Seems that there must be various ups and downs in being an idol.\n

But still. . .Leaving after one year. Those ups and downs must have been intense.\n

They’re also planning on appearing on the local radio later this week? Also a mini live event at the prefecture’s small concert hall. Photo session, and a handshake event, etc.\n

And other live events.\n

Please vote in the popularity contest? Huh?\n

On the side it says they are 18th place. Hmm, I don’t know if that’s good or not.\n

There are 48 prefectures, so they are doing good?\n

“Hmm. . .”\n

“I saw only a few enthusiast fans, so I wonder if they are doing well.”\n

It doesn’t seem like they are that popular outside of snow country. Though they do have some enthusiastic cult-like fans.\n

It’s still a growing group.\n

I mean, although it’s a local idol group, I didn’t even know that it was in my area. So they still have a long way to go.\n

“Well. . .There are countless idols right now.”\n

“And even if it appeals to the snowy country, it would be quite difficult to break out of that.”\n

Everybody else had the same thought.\n

It’s not uncommon to have a local idol group.\n

“Regardless, it’s impossible for me to join them.”\n

I politely declined again while waving my hands.\n

If a friend perhaps invited me to go with them as a casual thing, not trying to join, maybe I’ll go through with it. Then I doubt there would be anything spectacular.\n

“Fair enough.”\n

Okamoto-san and Fujisaki-san agreed.\n

I think even if I was good at singing and dancing, I wouldn’t be interested.\n

I don’t want to be an idol, or child actor, so it’s out of the question in the first place. Regardless this kind of thing requires a certain amount of skill, not just an appearance.\n

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This was a weird chapter. At first I thought the author just really liked idols and wanted to add that in the story, but in the author note they said they know very little about idols, and to bear with them. \n

So I wonder what they will do with this plot?\n

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/Next.\n

Also I’ll be working on the 3rd part of the other novel. So stay tuned for that if you are interested.

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