IDOL×IDOL STORY! - Ch. 43 - Cry of the Soul

[MangaDex]

 

[konny135]

Thank you for the TL!

 

[Tds-PdV]

I just realized the ship’s crew must be having a lot of fun. Not only participating as audience live and have your support heard, but also seeing the progress and drama uncut and unedited in real time.

 

[CommonTruth]

Training Camp Round 2: Star Battle Test - Results

Vanguard: Senba Ritsu VS Hitoto Hitoe - Ritsu wins 4-3 (White Stars 1, Black Stars 0)
Second Guard: Horyu Shiori VS Todoroki Urara - Urara wins 7-0 (White Stars 1, Black Stars 1)
Stalwart: Aoi Michiru VS Hiiragi Koyuki - Michiru wins 5-2 (White Stars 2, Black Stars 1)
Vice Captain: Futaba Yuuri VS Futaba Tsumugi
Captain: Nagisa Mimi VS Nanakusa Ibuki


White Star Reserves: Akagiri Hibana, Kokonoe Karin, Koinumaru Suzu
Black Star Reserves: Kotomori Anon, Toma Shuri

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If Yuuri wins here, the White Stars win. So for dramatic tension, you'd expect Tsumugi to win so it all comes down to the final battle, but you never know...

As a reminder, the losing team will be judged, and the one person deemed unfit to debut will be eliminated. This could be one of the reserves, too, not just the five people doing battle. Theoretically even someone who won their individual battle isn't immune from being eliminated if they were on the losing team, but that seems extremely unlikely.

Ritsu, Urara, and Michiru are likely safe since they won their battles. No way Hitoe gets eliminated at this point, and it's unlikely that this is how Koyuki's story ends either. Of the competitors so far, Shiori is at highest risk of elimination. But we still got two battles to go... and there's always the reserves.

 

[Soneca]

We've been served most of the spectacle through color commentary, and though it's working just fine, it makes me wonder how it'd be if adapted into an anime (specially if we got the same quality as bocchi the rock, it'd be amazing).

To me it's very heartwarming to see Tsumugi's perspective and current posture regarding her relationship with her sister, I hope her feeling can get across (it's this type of story, so fortunately, of course they will). Non-stop action, siblings face to face, let's go!

Thank you very much for the scanlation, as always.

 

[SatansBestBuddy]

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[MiniMarps]

• Severely asthmatic
• Living in the shadow of her far more naturally talented older sister
• Can't dance, but tries her best

It's a very rare thing that I find a manga character as personally relatable as Tsumugi.

 

[potatoawards]

Wtf is this bullshit of a chapter ? They brushed of Koyuki and her loss to start another battle, the only character that had actual development besides the main two for a kid full of ego that didnt want anyone to pity her (then proceed to make a chapter about pitying her) where the logic is Just "she believes in people even If they dont believe her" wtf is this Naruto BS ? Like the Author has to understand that we cant hear the song so you cant Just pull BS like this as the sole reason for someone to Win. Im so mad wtf

 

[zokoi19]

Wtf is this bullshit of a chapter ? They brushed of Koyuki and her loss to start another battle, the only character that had actual development besides the main two

are we reading the same manga? The author tried pretty hard (especially in this arc) to flesh out all the girls. Did you just, ignore the character development of Ritsu and Shiori, right before this???

for a kid full of ego that didnt want anyone to pity her (then proceed to make a chapter about pitying her) where the logic is Just "she believes in people even If they dont believe her" wtf is this Naruto BS ? Like the Author has to understand that we cant hear the song so you cant Just pull BS like this as the sole reason for someone to Win. Im so mad wtf

I don't think you're very media literate, because you don't seem to understand Michiru's character arc so far. Girl's being exploited by her parents as a money-printer, as the adults in the idol industry as a pawn, a chess piece for their own political gains. She knows all of this and knows full well she can't do shit to fix this (without the money by debuting as idol she's fucking dead, but debuting is also a dead end because she will only be exploited even further), which is why she's in despair. However, even in the depth of such a no-hope situation, Michiru still want to have faith in other people, still want to believe there's hope in the end. That's why her singing is much more touching, and allows her to win.

If you read all of that and still think Michiru winning is bullshit, then you do you.

 

[zokoi19]

thanks for the chapter!!!!

UWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

the sound I made when Yuuri vs Tsumugi battle started can't be described.
I'M SO HYPED FOR THIS!!!!! GO TSUMUGI, WIN THE BATTLE, CRUSH HER!!!!!

And then have a good talk to fix your relationship please!! I'm a sucker for family drama ngl

also, and I'm definitely bragging, but all 3 predictions so far (that I made back in chapter 39) has been correct!!

 

[jouyato]

ik yuuri was tryna build her sister's character up and help w socialising but jesus fucking christ making her apologise for having an asthma attack is real fucked up what the hell. even the others were like "bro it's not that big a deal" yuuri just weird af man

 

[potatoawards]

which is why she's in despair. However, even in the depth of such a no-hope situation, Michiru still want to have faith in other people, still want to believe there's hope in the end.

Cool so it's bullshit lol, everything we know so far from her is a tell no show so there's no emotion to be developed by the reader. Her reasoning for winning is also once again something that got ass pulled 5 pages before the moment.

"oh i had a bad childhood but now i'm living in hope of a bright future" that's literally the past of 90% of the WSJ MCs lol

Literally the sukuna of this series, an excuse fest of artificial reasons to praise a character just because it's the only one with common sense lol

 

[zokoi19]

ik yuuri was tryna build her sister's character up and help w socialising but jesus fucking christ making her apologise for having an asthma attack is real fucked up what the hell. even the others were like "bro it's not that big a deal" yuuri just weird af man

I feel that making her apologize was also a bit to Yuuri's satisfaction too. Anw, while it was mean and weird, at least it helped as an ice-breaker, allowing others to tell Tsumugi it's no big deal, helping her to be a bit more confidence.

 

[Soneca]

Cool so it's bullshit lol, everything we know so far from her is a tell no show so there's no emotion to be developed by the reader. Her reasoning for winning is also once again something that got ass pulled 5 pages before the moment.

"oh i had a bad childhood but now i'm living in hope of a bright future" that's literally the past of 90% of the WSJ MCs lol

Literally the sukuna of this series, an excuse fest of artificial reasons to praise a character just because it's the only one with common sense lol

I mean, that's not the only defining factor that gave her the win, it's been said and shown from the start that Michiru was more skilled, in great part because she had far more experience (years, compared to a few months), and though Koyuki's growth since the beginning of the cruiser has been amazing and a surprise to everyone (specially her teachers), it was clearly an uphill battle for her, there's just so much you can do to improve in a such a short amount of time. The new factor of this chapter in particular was that Michiru was actually giving a less technical performance compared to her practice sessions (more than likely given to her confrontation with Karin on the bath), something that a lot of characters noticed and commented on, and that served as an edge for her to give a more emotional performance that could sway the audience (it was clearly a close decision though). The author then used this to show a bit of Tsubasa's perspective on the situation, and to give a bit of commentary on the theme (and reality) of the exploitation of minors in the entertainment industry.

I particularly feel no bullshit coming from this presentation, though I think I can understand how you feel. The way this battle in particular was depicted, feels a bit rushed, I think mostly due to no time being given to digest the outcome (we didn't get any time to see how either Koyuki or Michiru feel after it ended, though I don't doubt we'll get that soon). I think this is fine, due to the amount of characters present in the story, and I think the author is doing a good job so far.

 

[FlameTaJaDoru]

The SSS might be the luckiest reality show production of all time. They don't even need to manufacture drama, these girls are doing their job for them fr fr

Anyway, my gut is saying that the White Stars will lose. But I can't think of who would be eliminated if that happens.

Easiest pick would be Hibana? But that's boring.
Suzu hasn't really done anything to warrant being eliminated this round either.
Karin probably won't get eliminated, it'd feel weird to cut her story short right here.
Mimisuke won't be either because lol.

So I guess for me it's down to Shiori or Yuuri. I actually like both of them so I'd feel bad either way.

 

[zokoi19]

The SSS might be the luckiest reality show production of all time. They don't even need to manufacture drama, these girls are doing their job for them fr fr

maybe you haven't watched idol survival shows. In shows like that there are about 100 participants, all working with the goal of being debuted, and most of the time the debut group only has about 5-9 slots. Having that much people competing over such a small prize always lead to tension and drama.
The producer will of course try to play the drama up or edit things to make it even more exciting, but most of the time there are already drama.

 

[Viracocha72]

Well that sure was a tease. They keep building up Koyuki, who readers are emotionally invested in, to all of a sudden to just switch the spotlight over to Michiru, who we know pretty much nothing about and pretty much don't have any interest in at this point. It would make more sense if we'd seen more of her backstory and had more of a connection to her but that's not the case. Hopefully it's just something like this is another way to push Koyuki forward again. But seriously if she ends up being the one getting eliminated her entire storyline will have been totally wasted.