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Amazing_Grace:

--- Quote from: ZetaFlare on October 04, 2014, 03:03:38 am ---For a Nozomi unit, Setsuna for sure, but definitely more Chiyo than Hikari or Momoko (who only used their tough-girl attitudes to hide their inner insecurities...Momoko wanting to be noticed and Hikari with her little inferiority complex).

I gave Chiyo kind of a serious pull-no-punches attitude too as kind of an example of how experience breeds wisdom. Being an idol for five years, she knows pretty much every rope that needs to be known, but never got the chance to experience it because of all those incompetent staff members she worked under.

Hinata is special to me. I just simply had to have a disabled idol, so I turned the hyper loli trope into a girl that actually does have ADHD (loud voice, impulsive, etc). Not sure if any really do exist, but being mildly disabled myself, it does send a message.

Sorry I'm a bit distracted by Smash Bros. right now but once I get the chance I'll start on Emi's story.

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Yeah, you're right, actually. That would certainly be an interesting unit. Maybe it'll be my first one when(/if?) this becomes a thing.
With Setsuna as leader because Eri Kitamura.

I like the idea of a disabled idol. It shows that just because someone is a little different, it doesn't mean they can't be talented and lovable. That's part of what I like about my Aime. And it's what makes Hinara so special and unique.

Maka:
I haven't been keeping up with updates as much because school, but I have bad ADHD myself so it's cool to see an idol that has it! The hyperactive version of ADHD surfaces more in boys and girls tend to get the more forgetful/distracted type, but either gender having either type isn't unheard of!

ZetaFlare:
Sorry I'm late guys. 3DS Smash Bros has become a major distraction for me since it came out. Anyway, on to business with ZetaPro's youngest and silliest idol!

Hanasaki Emi’s Route

Kenji first meets Emi at a nearby park. She is entertaining some kids at the playground, telling jokes, making up silly stories, and talking to her self-made frog puppet named Kerosuke. All the kids laugh and cheer, much to Emi’s delight. As Kenji catches her attention, she begins speaking to him happily using cutesy slang, which does confuse him a bit, but still makes him chuckle. He can tell Emi is a sweet, innocent child who loves to play around. Even at her age, the way she makes her audience happy gives her the potential to really become an amazing performer. When Kenji tells Emi the news of her upcoming debut, she is overjoyed. She cannot wait to spread smiles to even more people. Emi tries her best to call Kenji “producer,” but she winds up getting tongue-tied a couple of times (once on purpose, just to get Kenji to laugh). Because she finds “producer” so hard to say, Emi decides to nickname him “P-chan.” Kenji actually likes this name, believing it has a nice, cute ring to it.

Depending on who her partners are, they may be skeptical or even annoyed with Emi’s playful nature. They believe she is way too immature to be a leader. Still, Emi is determined to make any of her partners as happy as can be no matter what it takes.

While Emi’s intentions are good, she clearly does not take her job seriously. She has a tendency to improvise the lyrics of a song to make them sound cute and funny, including slurs, alternate pronunciations, sound effects, and vocalizing syllables that are meant to be sung. Sometimes she will make silly faces in order to really bring out the emotion of a song or certain lyrics, usually overdoing it. During promotion events, she will use her silly antics to try to make the staff and even the director laugh as well. During commercials, she will sometimes take Kerosuke along to back her up. Still, not everyone appreciates Emi’s approach and will sometimes ask her to calm down and take her job more seriously. Occasionally, Emi will pout whenever she does not have her way (usually towards Kenji), but she even tries to make her pouts sound cute and funny. However, she still knows what it is like to be a real performer. Some way, somehow, she always seems to have the tendency to get the job done.

After Emi’s unit’s victory over 876Pro at the White Lotus Festival, Kenji has a chat with Emi on the drive back to the office. He is really impressed that Emi is able to perform so well and please her audience. However, he also feels a bit concerned, thinking Emi may be going too far with her silly and childish approach. It’s almost as if she believes the idol world is nothing more than a game to her. Emi tells Kenji the only thing she thinks about is making her audience happy. Her parents are actually both pretty successful in the entertainment business. Her father is a stand-up comedian and her mother is a puppeteer. Emi learned a few tricks of the trade from them. Emi’s mother was the one who taught her how to make Kerosuke. It’s a pretty simple hand puppet and does not stand out in any way, but she takes a lot of pride in it. When she began to see idols on TV, her eyes were all aglow by their constant smiles and the happiness of their audience. She could tell everyone was having fun, especially the idols. Emi knew right then and there she wanted to become an idol too. However, she decided to develop a singing style all her own. As she began practicing and reading lyrics, Emi began to improvise, trying to either emphasize the feelings of a song or just to make it sound as cute and comedic as possible. Now that Emi is a tried-and-true idol, her big mission is to become Japan’s very first “improv idol” and spread smiles and laughter to everyone who watches her perform. Kenji actually finds Emi’s dream interesting and hope she sees it through. Still, he wonders if future events might eventually force her to change her approach…

(to be continued)

ZetaFlare:
Hanasaki Emi's Route, cont.

Emi still relies on her usual strategies, but her skills keep improving day by day. However, it still is not enough during the Sunny Beach Festival as her unit is singlehandedly destroyed by Maya. Emi is far from shaken by such a humiliating loss. She simply laughs it off and keeps on smiling. Maya is a little disappointed from the lack of a challenge provided by her opponents, but one she sees Emi, she considers her the most precious little thing ever. She loves her upbeat nature and infectious smile, but she admires her performer’s aura even more. Emi is really glad to meet Maya, amazed by both her incredible skill and her constant happiness. She can tell that although Maya does take her job seriously, she seems to be having fun at the same time. Maya believes she and Emi can become very good friends. However, believing they will meet again in the near future, she encourages Emi to keep improving her skills through lessons and putting her heart and soul into her work. Maya believes Emi really does have the potential to become a truly incredible idol. Emi claims she will try her best, but there was one more thing Maya left out that Emi always does—to greet every day with a smile! Maya laughs joyfully as she exits the festival grounds.

Back at the office, Emi, still aglow with happiness, tries her hardest to cheer up her partners. To her, a loss is a loss no matter how big. They can always get momentum back in their favor with successful performances in the future. However, some of her partners (depending on who they are) blame Emi for their loss. They do not approve of her “improv idol” style, believe she plays around too much during work, and is not at all fit to be a leader in general. Still, even though she acts childish every now and then, Kenji can see that Emi is steadily improving as a professional idol. Besides, he knows Emi is right. Losses happen and the idol world is full of so much overwhelming talent like Maya and the idols of 765Pro. Forgetting about the past and looking towards the future while living in the present seems like the unit’s best hope in bouncing back. Some of the idols cannot believe their producer would take the side of a child, but Kenji has somewhat of a gut feeling that Emi knows what she is doing. That smile and enthusiasm she has seem almost eternal. Who knows…maybe she could set a good example for some of the more overly-serious idols? Emi thanks Kenji for standing up for her. Her partners start to feel that perhaps they do not trust her as much as they should, so they promise to put a little more faith in her.

As Maya informs her producer of her latest victory, she tells him her opponent was a real hoot and had tons of fun chatting with her. The producer, however, does not take Emi seriously at all. Maya’s opponent was but a child...she is hardly a threat.

As Emi predicted, the units optimism and enthusiasm returned after a couple of successful outings. However, two weeks after the Sunny Beach Festival during a meet-and-greet, one quirky fan appears to have taken a rather peculiar interest in Emi. Claiming he has wanted to meet her for the longest time, he takes Emi’s hand and walks her over to a large tree nearby. Once under the tree and seemingly away from the public eye, the fan proceeds to caress her and tell her she has the cutest smile he has ever seen, wondering how she almost always stays so happy. Emi laughs as his hand strokes her face, thinking it tickles. Not knowing what to do, Emi decides to tell him one of her silly stories for laughs. Kenji notices she has been missing for a while and begins searching for her. Once he finds her underneath the tree, he is creeped out by the fan’s advances towards her and angrily tells him to back off. With his cover blown, the fan hastily flees the scene in frustration hoping to avoid getting caught by authorities. Emi wonders why Kenji scared the fan away, thinking he was just an ordinary fan who enjoyed her improv idol routine and sought to entertain him like everyone else. Kenji informs Emi that the man might have wanted her for more than just a laugh, considering how he tried to take her away and the way he consoled her. He warns her to be careful of that man, thinking he might be some sort of creeper. Later on during a signing event, the same fan sneaks up behind Emi and tries to lift her skirt to get a good view of her panties (which happen to be the white teddy bear print variety). Emi hears him giggle, turns around, and asks the man if he might have lost something. She then recognizes him as the same guy who took her underneath the tree and “tickled” her, which gives her a bit of a shock. Some of Emi’s true fans are disgusted by the man’s actions. With the situation growing worse, he proceeds to wrap his arms around Emi and caress her, claiming to be her father. Emi then tells the other fans that the man is not her father. “He not even Emi’s uncle!” The fans proceed to chase the creeper away, calling him a pervert and a lolicon. Kenji hears the commotion and asks Emi what’s going on. When Emi tells him what happened, Kenji gets worried and thinks about cancelling the event to prevent further mishap. However, Emi wants to keep it going, not at all willing to disappoint her true fans. Kenji reluctantly decides to comply with Emi’s request, but asks Kaito to beef up security so the creep does not bother Emi again. Emi regains her contagious smile as the event proceeds as planned.

Back at the office, Kenji tells the President the news. The President feels pretty horrible, hoping Emi might not have to put up with lolicons like that one man. He and Kenji worry, not wanting Emi to put up with the evils of the world at such a tender, innocent age. Emi happily tells them not to worry about her…she’s just fine. She does admit the man from earlier gave her a bit of a scare, but that’s all in the past now. Besides, she knows her real fans love and care for her too much. Emi believes she is not in any sort of trouble. Kenji grows concerned and hopes and prays that Emi is right and not just being too optimistic…

(to be continued)

ZetaFlare:
Sorry if updates have been a little slow. I recently landed a full-time temp job (yay!). Don't worry, it will not keep me away from my hobbies! Besides, my weekends are usually free.

Hanasaki Emi's Route, cont.

As the weeks go by, Emi tells Kenji she has been receiving numerous emails from the same address almost daily, most of which praise her, flatter her, or even ask when her next public appearance is. In fact, the most recent one asks her when her next gravure photoshoot will be published and wonders if she will wear a cute bikini during the shoot. Kenji is slightly disgusted by the news. Believing the one who sent the emails is trying to stalk her, he tells Emi to block the address. Emi does not quite know how, but she will make sure to ask her parents to do so. Kenji suspects the same guy who harassed her at the earlier meet-and-greet might be up to his old tricks again, but Emi believes it could be someone else. There are so many “fish in the ocean,” the chances of the spammer being the same lolicon as before are slim to none.

One week after Emi’s unit encounters 961Pro/Ryuuguu Komachi, Emi decides to hold a barbeque and game event in a large park so she can play and have fun with her fans especially with her younger fanbase (she has gotten the attention and adoration of numerous children since her debut). During the event, everything seems to be sunshine and daisies for Emi as she plays every game available and takes some time to tell silly jokes and stories to some of her fans. All of their smiles and laughter satisfy and delight Emi. Later, a mysterious man dressed as a cute dinosaur mascot appears and proceeds to push and shove fans out of the way in order to get to Emi. Emi does not remember inviting a mascot character, but thinks he looks adorable and is happy to be able to play with him. All of a sudden, the character’s true personality begins to show as he begins forcibly monopolizing Emi’s time and repeatedly touches her, even going as far as feeling up her skirt. Emi’s joy quickly turns to fear as she feels highly uncomfortable with the mascot’s sudden advances and overly-intense kindness. Kenji suddenly hears a familiar voice emit a very shrill scream and immediately rushes to the scene. Kenji orders the mascot to quit harassing Emi, but the mascot shoves Kenji to the ground, puts his foot on his chest, and tells him to stay out of his way, much to Emi’s shock. As the mascot makes his way back towards Emi, Kenji stands back up and angrily tackles the mascot to the ground, knocking off his mask in the process. Kenji’s fears are confirmed…the perverted mascot character is revealed to be the exact same man who harassed Emi in two earlier events. Kenji asks the stalker about his motives—about why he was so desperate to be with Emi and why he would always get up close and in her face. The stalker stutters a bit, but he eventually lashes out at Kenji in order to desperately defend himself, stating he has come from all the way across the country just to meet her. He buys all her merchandise and tries his best to attend every single one of Emi’s live performances. It also turns out he was the one who sent Emi all of those rapid-fire emails. He feels as though he had a right to spend more time with her than any of her other fans. Kenji is pretty much convinced the man’s perverted actions were intentional and he has no desire to reflect on his wrongdoings. To prevent him from causing Emi any more harm, Kenji bans the man from all of Emi’s future events and will inform the President of ZetaPro of his actions. “Now get out!” The lolicon runs away defeated and frustrated. Emi quickly clings to Kenji, trembling with fear. For the first time since she was an infant, tears roll down her cheek. With her voice beginning to break a little, Emi tells Kenji how scared she was of that man. No matter how much she begged him to stop, he just kept touching her. Kenji comforts her and assures her everything is fine now. That man will not be bothering her ever again. The whole event was set up so that Emi and her fans could have a good, fun time together…not to attract lolicons. Believing crying does not become of Emi, Kenji decides to revive her smile by resuming the festivities. A couple of Emi’s younger fans even try to cheer her up by imitating Kerosuke’s voice. Emi tries her best to have fun, but is still trembling a bit from her experience with the lolicon.

Next week, the President informs Kenji and Emi of a recent email he received from Emi’s parents. They have heard the news of the barbeque incident and are highly concerned and disgusted with their daughter’s safety. Believing ZetaPro is taking advantage of Emi’s innocence and promoting her as lolicon bait, they plan to pull her from the idol world next week. Emi does not want to quit being an idol. Despite the numerous incidents with that one creepy man, she has had so much fun bringing smiles and laugher to all of her fan as a special improv idol. As long as there is still sadness in Japan, her quest is far from over! The President replies to the email, assuring Emi’s parents that they were trying to promote Emi as a cute, innocent, funny child idol so she could have a healthy growing experience. The President, Kenji, and even Emi herself never wanted to promote her as a sexy loli icon. They made their rules with interacting with Emi as clear as possible. Some people, be they lolicons or common perverts, will get out of hand now and then. This happens to numerous idols regardless of age or bust size. Rest assured the stalker from before has been taken care of and is no longer a threat to Emi’s safety. Nearly all of her real fans follow the rules as well as their own morals…these are the people that truly love their sweet little comedic cherub. As Emi heads off to work that week, she hopes her parents understand. That evening, Emi receives some fantastic news. Her parents responded back and have decided to allow her to continue performing. Emi is so delighted!

On the day of the IU preliminaries, Emi wants to try to brighten the tense atmosphere by working her magic, putting on an overly cute and silly display. Kenji finds her and takes her back to her group. He understands she wants to have everyone smile and have fun, but she is just being a slight distraction right now. All of those idols need some time to focus here. The IU is one of the country’s biggest idol tournaments and so many competitors have been working long and hard to attain the status of “top idol.” Once ZetaPro finds out they have been placed in the same competition block as NAZO, Emi and Maya are overjoyed to be able to see each other again. After sharing a bit of a laugh, Kagura snaps Maya out of her happy moment and asks her to focus on the task at hand. To her all that child is doing is trying to distract her. Kagura then turns to Emi, telling her she is not in the playground anymore. She faces three big-league idols. She really wants to teach her that nothing will come of her foolish games. Emi is not sure how well her unit will fare, but tells them to go in with a smile and just have fun. That’s all that matters to her. Much to everyone’s surprise (and Emi’s excitement), ZetaPro passes the audition, but places a distant second to NAZO. Maya is highly impressed with Emi’s progress. Even though Emi may believe this is all fun and games to her, she is beginning to realize her true potential as a performer. Her skills have improved drastically since their last encounter. Kagura cannot understand why Maya praises Emi so much and angrily silences Maya. Emi is just a child. She has no real talent. She never takes her job seriously. She has no ambition other than spreading happiness, which is highly absurd to Kagura. Goddesses like the members of NAZO never lose to little kids and should never take them seriously. Children should not even be idols at all. Kagura then turns to Emi, hoping Emi enjoys her fifteen minutes of fame because unless she grows up and takes her idol job seriously, her career will ultimately come crashing down hard. Emi happily tells Kagura she will try her best. Kagura gets annoyed with Emi’s contagious happiness and tells her partners to get away from her before they start uncontrollably smiling, laughing, and talking with cutesy slang. Just before she exits the venue, Maya turns around and talks to Emi. She tells her that while she is doing very well, the gap between them is still immense. Maya urges Emi to keep on practicing and getting better, eagerly anticipating the next time they will be able to compete against each other. “Oh, and be sure to keep smiling too,” she laughs, remembering what Emi told her before.

(to be continued)

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