Amagi Brilliant Park's
V1 - Chapter 3 Part 3
Work is done for today.
The guests on display at the plaza were counted as the ones who entered, so the arrival was still in line with what he expected: 1,491.
PR manager Tricen worked hard, and managed to upload the 30 yen Amagi Brilliant Park promotion to the internet around dinnertime. The sexy ad video that made Moffle so angry is currently on both the park's homepage, and the popular video site.
After returning home tired around midnight, Seiya checked the total clicks from the promotional video. Tricen was right when he said that girls have a pretty big appeal; it is a clear and shameless one, but a tactic that will definitely attract attention.
Never underestimate the appeal of. Attracting attention is their top priority. They have to do anything to get there. However, the opposite of his expectations, the total clicks from the notification video were only 83.
It's been four hours since he uploaded his promotion. Even if it was just people connected to the park checking it out out of curiosity, he wanted it to be a little higher. Maybe he is still naive.
[Today's park visitor: 1,491. (97,298 of target)/12 days left.]
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Seiya also took a day off from school the next day. It was the first day of the 30 yen campaign; he could not just sit in class and wait for the report. He went to the park early in the morning to see how things were on stage, micro-management, and held conferences.
The arrival was even lower than the previous day. It was a work day; wednesday. Of course there won't be many people there. After all, not many people knew about the 30 yen campaign. Seiya plans to keep promoting this week, with inserts in newspapers and the like, but he has doubts about how much attention will be garnered.
On the sidelines of various tasks and meetings, he continued to check the Internet. Just before closing time, there were 163 total clicks in the notification video. There is hardly any increase at all.
He passed through the cast's entrance as he walked home, holding his head in disappointment, as security officers called him.
“Go home, Kanie-san?”
“Yah..”
“Today is a strange day, right?” the security guard reviewed.
“…?”
“Yah... As you know, there are several surveillance cameras on stage,” he confessed. “They also installed audio. I watch them at leisure, and..”
“Dan?” Seiya asked back. The security guard smiled awkwardly, as if unsure of what to say.
“I heard a lot of laughter, from the cast and guests.”.
Seiya was really exhausted. He was exhausted, so he paid no attention to the words of the security guard. Their arrival numbers were completely hopeless. A laugh? he thought, What good is that for us?
He went home and checked their total clicks again: 218. This isimpossible. How could he bring 100,000 people to the park when only 200 saw this video?
[Today's park visitor: 1,448. (95,850 of target)/11 days left.]
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Suzuran Shopping Area, North Gate of Amagi Station
They return to ‘Savage,’ bar yakitori near Amagi Station.
“I came because you said you had an opening celebration.” Isuzu said. “Why are the four of us here?” He sits around a table in a tatami-fighting room with Moffle, Macaron, and Tiramii.
“I invited the others, but they didn't come, fumo..” Moffle said.
“Moffle is surprisingly unpopular, ron.” Macaron said.
“Social drink after work is not as trendy first, mii. Especially because there is no overtime pay.” said Tiramii.
“Well, it's okay, fumo. The important thing is that the work is done for today. Toast..”
Listless and haphazard, the four of them raised their glasses together. Isuzu's glass inevitably struck Moffle's glass, which sat next to it, and belonged to Tiramii, who was sitting right in front of him. But Macaron was sitting across the table diagonally, so he awkwardly couldn't make contact. It wasn't worth it for him to ask for another toast, but he still felt a bit rude about pulling his glass.
“.....” For the first time, Isuzu has just felt the awkwardness of failing to to toast with someone not too close to him.
The three of them finished the beer and Hoppy in their glasses, then took out the***** in-depth. Isuzu drank oolong tea, so he only drank enough to adjust the mood.
“...So, Macaron? What about the lawyer, mii?”
“They are willing to give me some extra time on my daughter's alimony payment. But he sent her to a private school, so there was a lot of cost, ron.” Macaron whispered softly.
Moffle glanced at him from the corner of his eye. “I told you not to get involved with that woman, fumo. An ex-idol is always an excessive spender. Nothing good will come out of it, fumo.”
“You've told me many times, ron..” There's pain in Macaron's voice. “But when we got married, I thought she was the prettiest woman in the world, ron.”.
“Marriage is the end of life, fumo.” Moffle declared with great authority.
As far as Isuzu knows, Moffle has never been married. That must be some kind of saying.
“I agree, mii. These are the wise words of the old Tiramii.. ‘When you see a beautiful woman, assume she is a prostitute.’ It will save you many times, mii. You know?”
Tiramii's thoughtless speech enraged Macaron. “Did you call my ex-wife a whore, ron?!”
“Of course, mii. He's already got a new guy, right?”
“Yah... I've heard about it, but..” Macaron's voice shrinks.
“And she wasn't a virgin when you were married, mii. Moffle says you're stressed because of that, for a while.”
“I-It's true that I was surprised when she said she was going through wild years, but... Ngh. Stop this, ron!” Macaron clutched his head in agony. Next to him, Moffle blew out a lump of cigarette smoke.
“Yah. Her past partner isn't a big deal, fumo. Rolling with the fist of life is part of the exercise of a man, fumo.”
“That's a good way of expression, mii.”
“You will go through many experiences in life, fumo. One day you might see this back and think ‘that's hard, but it's not too bad,’ fumo.”
“Your speech doesn't make me any better, ron!”
What would the guests think if they heard this grim conversation? Isuzu cleared his throat loudly, as if telling them to stop. “So, is this really supposed to be the opening celebration?” tanyakanya. “I think we'll talk about something lively. I'm disappointed.”
The three of them looked at him with contempt.
“Do not be too insensitive, fumo.”
“It's just a small talk that builds up the main discussion, ron.”
“You should appreciate our efforts to relieve tension, mii.”
They talk in turn.
“And besides, there's not much to talk about, mii. I thought if there was, I'd like to hear more about him.”
“Yes, that's what I think, ron.”
“Himself?” Isuzu asked.
“Kanie Seiya, ron.”
“Ya, yes.” Giggling, Tiramii mimicked Seiya's usual expression. All he did was turn his mouth into a frown with an angry look, however, he did not seem too similar to him. “Tell me honestly, mii! Isuzu-chan, do you like it?”
“I don't understand what you're asking.” he replied sharply.
“You spend time with him more than anyone in the park, mii. We know you've been very protective of him. It's interesting, mii.”
“Yah... that's my job,” he said in self-defense. “No suspicions about me supporting him.”
The three of them narrowed their eyes at him with deep curiosity.
“Stay, we want to know whether you like it or not, mii.”
“Honest of all, ron.”
“Enter everything. You'll feel better, fumo.”
How could they be so insensitive? he wonders. No matter how I answer them, they will misinterpret them. Then, if he heard it, it could lead to a terrible misunderstanding. He can't take it. That will cause problems in some ways.
“...I went.” he announced rudely.
As Isuzu stood up, the three quickly whispered.
“Oh? Avoiding the subject, is that it, fumo?”
“What does that mean you like it? Is that how we should interpret it, ron?!”
“I heard he spent the night at his house, mii. I bet they've done it, mii.”
“...All of you. You deserve to feel death.” To avoid causing trouble for the restaurant, he fired one bullet of pain right into each mascot. Leaving the three writhing in pain behind him, Isuzu left the yakitori bar.
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