I’ KILL FOR A NAME CHANGE RIGHT ‘wow | (uid y~ o HER NAME ISN'T AS PAINFUL AS MINE. WHAT’S WRONG, \ AQUA~? YOU CALL YOURSELF A MOTHER? OH, BUT I VO REMEMBER THE NAMES OF PEOPLE I THINK ARE Wl IT’S NOT MY FAULT I’M BAD AT REMEMBERING PEOPLE’S YOU EVEN DON’T EVEN REFUSED = HAVE A TO VO = PASSPORT! OVERSEAS SHOOTS!!! NAMES AND FACES. TALENTED, PRESIDENT AWW, HE’S 5000 MEAN! JAPANESE MEN HAVE SUCH IDEALIZED STANVARIS FOR MOTHEi
I KNOW THIS PERSON \\ FROM my PREVIOUS * LIFE. f/ \ iyi? _ Strawberry~ ~~ ~xW [ roductions/Inc, TAN Re President JAYS } Ichigo Saito WS jie yy] ull ZZ PRESIDENT )\ “Freshly StrawPro DISCUSS Meeting HER FUTURE ACTIVI- Dealing with * +the kids 4 MUSIC PROGRAM. OF OA course. Nagar \ TONIGHT’S CAST, BUT YOU CAN HANDLE HE OTHER IT, RIGHT? MEMBERS ARE REALLY CREEPED OUT BY YOUR BIAS 4 MY WIFE WILL LOOK ¥ | AFTER THE ; KIDS.
CAN I BRING MY u KIDS TO IF THE j ; THE WORLD z STUDIO? FINDS OUT, ; YOUR LIFE AS AN IPOL 13 INSTANTLY OVER. AS THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING YOU, My AGENCY WOULP BE DONE FOR. YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR KIDS WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING OR VO PAPERWORK AT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE. IF THERE’S AN EMER- THEN GENCY AND YOU TELL YOU REALLY PEOPLE F HAVE TO YOURE LEAVE THE {\ gaBysit-
IT MAY BUT WITH Al’S PRETTY HOPELESS WE'RE HEADING over. HEARSAL.
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CAMERA WILL BE SWITCHING OVER IN WE HAVE TO PRAISE THEM ABOUT THE ONLY SOMETHING. PRAISE- WHAT’LL IT WORTHY BE? THING I : . . SEE |5 THE Y : “! LISTENED / WELL, TO THE THIS IS THEY TRACK. THE KIND AREN’T OF THING GOOD THAT OR BAD. SELLS, I SUST ya AVERAGE. MASSPRODUCED IDOLS.
‘ I'VE r | NEVER EVEN HEARD OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTIONS. SHE SEEMS LIKE THE PROVUCER’S TYPE. I RECOGNIZE THEIR NAME, BUT Q I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT Ay oF THEM IN THE : aa Miner oe PAST HALF INDIES \ YEAR OR 40. GOING : A MAIN- STREAM. <—/m WHO PUSHED TO GET : THEM ON fe i THE re = s SHOW? HY / WANNA A ASK THAT / cP) at GIRL OUT / ——_ ae FOR ~ DINNER? _. GIRLS j t NICE. ; WHAT IF ; WE MAKE / HER 70 SEXY MOVELING?
TO CONCEAL LIES AND // SCHEMING. & | RETEND. SAME GOES THEY'RE TRYING pop THE) TO MAKE BIG SHOTS. SOMETHING - THEY'RE ONLY VOOKING AT THE - NE S } # nl GRUPGINGTHAT'S FINE, BRING IT ON. YY ")\.. SMILES | AREA FAS FACADE... YOU CAN'T CAUSE ISSUES FOR THE BROAD- CAST. ..TO DRAW | OUT THE | MAXIMUM LEVEL OF EVEN THE STAFF TELL LIES... FROM ANY PERFORMER. ANP YOU KNOW
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HE RISKS LOSING EVERYTHING IF SHE GETS CAUGHT. HE JUST CAN’T STAY SANE... WHEN THE LIGHT IN ..PEOPLE... \j FRONT OF At. YOU IS TOO STRONG...
THEY'RE LIKE MOTHS DRAWN TOA FLAME... AND? WHEN THEY REALIZE THEIR WINGS ARE BURNING OFF, IT’S EVEN HARDER FOR THEM TO STOP BEING ABLE TO WATCH OVER Al FROM UP CLOSE MAKES ME HAPPY... SIMPLY GET BURNED.
mi THE POINT WHERE THE GUY WHO KILLEV ME... HAS MY GRATITUVE.
IF THIS REINCARNATION... I WANTED TO HELP HER GIVE BIRTH TO NORMAL CHILDREN... OBSESSIONS TOWARVS HER... 50, I'M GOING TO A! ENJOY WN f MYSELF
INSAAANE!!! ALREADY STARTED?! <= SESS | WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP?! SHOULD HAVE TO PAY A BILLION TO WATCH THIS!!! mini
CRAP, I JUST CHANGED MY DIAPER BUT T FEEL LIKE I GOTTA GO AGAIN!!! BODIES GET NEEDLESSLY SLEEPY, SO WE SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER OUT!!! I TRIED TO WAKE YOU UP SEVERAL TIMES. LIVE BROADCASTS ARE MEANT TO BE WATCHET IN REAL TIME! WHY CAN’T YOU WAKE ME UP?! THIS IDIOT IS SHE MUST BE A GHOST "CUZ I'M GETTING GOOSEISN'T THE EXPRESBUMPS! SIVENESS OF we \ I GOTTA REWATCH THE RECORDING ASAP!!! HER TURNS JUST RIDICULOUS?! THE LITTLE SISTER I WAS GIVEN IN MY NEW LIFE.
PERFORMANCE!!!
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= DiWa 2iy _ Jock cae? Sw'y OH, LOOK! NY IT’S MAMA! Arent \ amazing’ TODAY, SHE’S LIVING HER A MOTHER OF TWO AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL BECOME HUMAN TEST WE WERE SUBIECTS IF. REBORN ANU HAVE MEMO- TOVAY, I'M RIES FROM PRETEND- OUR PREVI- ING TO BE OUS LIVES. A BABY AS USUAL. MY YOUNGER TWIN SISTER. a IT'WASS T; - BACK. ZISCOVEREL, — WHEN’? THESTRLITH FINALLY. _ ABOLITARER, oll : || | ACCEPTED. EAIRLYQEARLYg gy WON: (Vi Vimae OW
ISN’T IT OBVIOUS An THAT HER PERFOR- 9 GO all DIE INA IT'S MANCES : a { FIRE! YOURE INEVITABLE ARE E JUST AN APE THAT MAN- HIGHER Sie eae AGEMENT QUALITY?! _\ UNDERSTAND WOUL? , FAVOR HER ANNA BEAUTY AND AT THIS apie POINT! TORENT: reer SHE WAS | biel SEARCH- ee he eg OLD HAG PE hue ANYWAY! GETTING ON TWIT- LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND say | THAT AGAIN, | DONKEY- FACE! (,
THIS POSSIBILITY. pane AS MAMA'S I’M JUST i \\ HE LAW O EXERTING \ NATURE 505 / 1 NATURE SAYS I SHOULD RAL RIGHT. Wig CaN \ fa SUCK HER 40 I { WERE YOU KNOW... FEMALE IN YOUR FAST LIFE TOO?
MY MORAL COMPASS PUTS YOU IN THE WRONG TOO, THOUGH. YOU'RE DEFINITELY CREEFIER THAN ME. GOOD THING I WAS BORN AS A GIRL sO I CAN LAWFULLY TASTE BOOBS! AHHH, POOR \ MAMA. I’LL PROTECT HER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE... — WELL, IZE= DIDNIT. GY PERSONAL WELL, AN OLD MAN BREASTFEEDING N\IS JUST WRONG FROM AN ETHICAL STAND- | HER OWN CHILD IS AN OTAKU OBSESSED WITH HER. THAT’S 5O MUST'VE BEEN THIS KIN? OF GIRL IN HER PAST
I WANNA CHANGE a. MY DIAPER, |IF ||, | | | 4060 |
BUT INSTEAD I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF A SIXTEEN-YEAROLD IDOL’S KIDS?! 1 I VION’T GET MARRIED TO BECOME A DAMN BABYSITTER IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! WHAT SHE’S SAYING IS SURPRISINGLY VALIZ AREN'T I THE PRESIAND THE N\A\ FATHER’S UNKNOWN, 50 SHE’S A SINGLE PARENT?! | THAT’S WAY TOO DARK!!! BEING ABLE TO SERVE MAMA IS NOTHING BUT PURE ‘\ HAPPINESS.
WHEAT IF I \ SELL THIS Wo SUICY INFO FI WAS JUST KIDDING, BUT FY WERE YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING POSSIBLE... OUR SIZES , Nii Wo Umee ITIL \\ | ZEFINITELY| || BE IVANGER- Moushrol) | Meave) HER *( WHAT DO WE D0?! KILL HER?/ T don't care about anything anymore! Guess
| PICTURES F TH MATERNITY NOTEBOOK! (THAT'LL PUSH | \ WA HEH HEH... I'LL : SELL THESE THE TOP OF ih ee SSE AND USE THE THE MONTHLY Wd wy | | { MONEY TO BUY RANKING... \ ce : a MOET AT THE i HOST CLUB. ~ THE THIRST IN YOUR & HEART wi) §=CANNOT BE QUENCHED [| & BY CHAM-
DOES YOUR COMMON | SENSE SAY THAT A MESBABIES SENGER CAN TALK? | = ¢] EVEN IF YOU SAY I DON’T GOV SENT BELIEVE IN THAT RELIGIOUS STUFF, SO... AI-SAN’S APPEARING IN A PROGRAM WHERE THEY PRANK THE MANAGERS OR I’'vE SOMETHING Soe. Ors GUESS IT rer James j| TABLE IS RUBY- WASN’T ao a teed DANGERO— CHAN. POSSIBLE eee: THERE'S A CAMERA SOME- WHERE, RIGHT?
VERGE OF |, 4 ALL FOR ¥ rhe PROS AEANDON: | PECTS OF | IMMEDIATE one FINANCIAL GAIN. x alatl : ae B Al HOSHI- “e NO HAS | \\e BEEN | 'TIS YOUR AND HER = CHOSEN | DUTY TO TWIN CHIL PROTECT AW UREN, TOO, AWA\ Have BEEN TASKED WITH A GRAND DESTINY. CIFICAL @ = a WHAT’S pi f v S5PECIFI- le Me y YOUR % CALLY? | , ie You pice td | CONTINUE, g 6PE- ICALLY! | YOU WILL | ; ia Sf peg ~ ——
[HL ANAM DOTE ON AND OBEY THESE THEIR CHILEVERY DREN... COMMANT. . Hf \FYOUDO | 50, REMAR- | RYING A HANDSOME SB ACTOR IS NOT ' OUT OF THE
EITHER WAY, THERE’S A LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN VO AS INFANTS. WE NEEDED AN ADULT COLLABORAWAS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? NOW WE’LL BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE TOO. Marrying a THAT WAS NO, THAT A PRETTY was my | TA AN i] CONVINCING FIRST H)/// ‘ y PERFOR- TIME is ; gen MANCE, — : ‘ THOUGH. PTING: 7 A\ THEATER YOu HAVE GREW UP IN J Wi ff) DIDN'T AN UNCONVENTIONAL PLAYS AT SCHOOL?
ACTRESS IN THE FUTURE. I’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE.
5000 SHE'S THE GOOD AT EMBODI- NCING! MENT OF Pee CHARISMA! LOVE YOU JUST AS MUCH, VOC! --SARINACHAN. I LOVE AI-CHAN THE MOST IN THE WHOLE PASSION WHEN IT CAME TO Al WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS GIRL’S...
WASN’T TALKING IF YOURE TO YOU. GONNA SLEEF GO TO THE BEDROOM. a \ < COULDN'T HAVE BEEN... i ...BECAUSE SARINA WAS / MY NAME IN | MY PREVI- ! OUS LIFE.
[AKAYAKASAKAEXIMENG OY OKOW ARI} ([( cHaPreR 4 )]] .-BUT IT WAS \ THAT ONE VIDEO THAT MADE ME THINK, “THE GENERAL PUBLIC DISCOVERED MAN, THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. WOULD BE IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW? Interview #3 “| IDOLS I'VE LOVED IN MY LIFE? SHE WAS POPULAR IN THE OTAKU COMMUNITY TO BEGIN WITH... YOu KNOW, THE ONE WITH THE BABY TWINS. I WONVER WHAT THEY’RE UP TO THESE DAYS.
A FEW MONTHS AFTER Al RETURNEV TO WORK... -..B-KOMACHI’S STEADY ADVANCE... --WAS at | \ XQ) NONEXI5- THIS ce S ) TENT. MONTH'S | | SALARY IS IN THE 200 THOU- SAND5...* *About $2,000
DIDN'T OUR LAST SINGLE RANK, LIKE, CUT RIDICULOUSLY LOW? WHY IS IT ONLY BOTHERING YOU Y you sHouto KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIN PROFIT MARGINS. YOU'VE REALIZED THE UNPLEASANT HEY, THIS AGENCY IS REALLY STINGY... UNLIKE THE BIG COMPANIES THAT HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM MANUFACTURING TO DISTRIBUTION, WE’RE JUST A TINY TALENT AGENCY. I REALIZED THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUNV MONEY.
OOo ; AND HAVE THEM TAKE LESSONS. TO SELL BETTER... AND EARN A LOT MORE MONEY, RIGHT? I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM HAPPY THE WAY I AM BUT I WANT TO SEND THESE KIDS TO GOOD SCHOOL4... IN ORVER ' OPTIONG...
Have you 4 SIGH... I’M consider OFF TO MY 2 0 LESSONS. IN, LIKE... COMMER- CIALS OR MOVIES? FIRST OF ' Hy} ALL, STOP \ ~ | EATING THAT we ane VAN Ail Cosmet | EXPENSIVE WATCH THE |\ ny ICE CREAM. HOUSE FOR ME, OKAY? HEY, DON’T IDOLS MAKE A MILLION YEN A MONTH?* *About $10,000
Pp CONCERTS ARE SQUARELY IN THE RED AND OUTEIT pa DOESN'T iestiiral COSTS ARE SELL WELL. DEDUCTED _ FROM THEIR THERE'S NO war?! = WORKERS : DON'T GET il PAID FAIRLY!!! ie i ALL OF THE / OTAKU CAN ot TAKE TURNS OFFERING UP THEIR LIVERS TO Al, AND YOUR WE SELL THINKING THEM... 15 WHAT’S HOPELES4. STOP IT WITH THAT POST- Ai \ ae | APOCALYF- y TIC VIEW OF RELIGION. MUSIC ROYAL 123% APPEARANCE 72? FEES ARE a : 1h ~ in estogies ZIT, wh \ ( THE WORLD | ‘Vj i | 2 IF HARD NAL 4) \ Wi) TIES AND TV SPLIT BETWEEN THE MEMBERG... ONLY A SMALL x HANDFUL OF IDOLS CAN MAKE A MILLION /¥/, A MONTH. DO YOU HAVE A PROMISING IDEA?
\ AND SHE'S Ag . SHE TAKES | SHE CAN B-KOMA- LESSONS, ZING AN CHI IS A DOES VOICE | VANCE ANT POPULAR TRAINING, SHE-HAS) | |GROUR AND EVEN Alerear J), | 20 way? PRACTICES FACE. } CHOREOG- "HI / RAPHY AT (ZZ HOME AT AX Ve | WW \ = = \ Ty Ts | N EVEN F YOU SAY THAT... tt MARKET HER BETTER!!! it N A Hl IN THE SITUATION, END, AN IDOL WHERE THEY GROUP IS CAN BARELY \\\\ DOZENS OF Solo Musician GET WORK BY \\ PEOPLE SELLING THEM- SUNTLED SELVES ASA \ --TO COMPETE FOR WORK WITH A SINGLE ENTERTAINER. NZ a ING ASA HAS A SOLO PERHIGH FORMER... BARRIER TO ENTRY, YOU KNOW?
AND END ~ ae r uP WORKING My PART-TIME AT ye HIGH-END RESTAURANTS IN ROPPONGI OR SPONGING OFF OF GUYS IN MINATO TO GET BY? TOKYO’S A SCARY PLACE. IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO FIGHT ON YOUR OWN. RATHER THAN “SOMEONE IN B-KOMACHI.” BEING EXEMPLARY BY IDOL STANDARDS ISN’T ENOUGH. AREN'T THERE » TONS OF FORMER IDOLS WHO GRADUATE TO PURSUE THEIR /j OWN CAREERS, HA \\ ONLY TO BE AW \\\ UNABLE TO FIND fom = ) WORK... I AGREE THAT Al IS AMAZING... BUT THAT’S ONLY WITHIN THE REALM PROFITABLE WORK |S WORK THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS “Al”...
YOU JUST RECOVERED, 50 DON’T PUSH YOURSELF TOO i HARD, OKAY? Jf AI-CHAN, YOU SEEM A LITTLE NO, THIS IS BECAUSE I MISSED LUNCH! ARE YOU \\. PUTTING ON | BX