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Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Kokoro
Wow, wow~!! Hagumi, the way you move is so sharp, yet so smooth! As expected from a team captain!
Hagumi
Hehehe. Until pretty recently I've only been playing sports, but it helps with playing in the band too.
Kokoro
Teamwork is key. There's no "I" in sports... or in band! Hagumi, can you play other sports besides softball?
Hagumi
Yeah! I'm pretty much good at all of them.
Kokoro
Team sports, too?
Hagumi
Mhm. I'm probably better with a team than one-man sports.
Kokoro
That's awesome! I'm really athletic, but for some reason I can't show it unless I'm doing something on my own.
Hagumi
What? Why?! You can like, backflip, and you jump so much higher than even me!
Kokoro
I thought the same, but we sure live in a mysterious world. Strange things happening all the time!
Hagumi
I guess this is one of those times. But if I were your coach, you'd definitely be the star player.
Hagumi
It's possible if you're the kind of person who can lead everyone when you're all in a tough spot.
Kokoro
Doesn't that mean you can be the star player?
Hagumi
Huh?
Kokoro
I feel like when I'm in a pinch, I can count of you to be there.
Kokoro
And it's not only you. Kaoru, Kanon and Michelle, too. And my family, the people at school...
Kokoro
The kids in my neighborhood, the people downtown. Actually, pretty much everyone I've ever met.
Kokoro
Wait. If everyone is a star, then that means there won't be any other types of players.
Hagumi
Hehehe. Those kinds of teams exist, too. At least, if you're talking about the strongest ones.
Kokoro
Really? So it's fine! Everyone in the world can be a star player. You're a star, and I'm a star!
Hagumi
Mhm. You really are Kokoron. I've come to believe that with all my heart.
Kokoro
That's because it's true. But thanks to you, I know a little more about sports.
Kokoro
Thanks, star captain! I can always count on you! ā¦ Hmm.
Hagumi
What's up?
Kokoro
What's the difference between a captain and a star player?
Hagumi
Uhm... I guess the captain is the person that brings the team together. Even when you're losing, they'll pick everyone back up.
Hagumi
I've always been full of energy, so the team made me captain because I could get the other players excited to get back in the game.
Kokoro
That's amazing! So then, the captain of Hello, Happy World! would be...
Kokoro, Hagumi
Michelle!!
Hagumi
Hahaha, of course. Michelle always puts the pep in my step.
Hagumi
...
Kokoro
Hagumi?
Hagumi
Hm? Hmm... Haha...
Hagumi
When I'm playing sports, I'm praised for being full of spirit, but when I'm home, my mom and dad get mad and tell me to quiet down.
Kokoro
Ah. Recently I've been told to shut up a lot too! Who was it? Michelle's friend, you know the person!
Hagumi
My family is always saying I should be more tame because I'm a girl...
Kokoro
What about them?
Hagumi
That's the thing! They're not tame! Not even a bit!!
Hagumi
They'll fight, and mom will push around the vacuum, and dad will go for a run, and because "it felt good," he'll stay out for three days!
Hagumi
So it's weird for them to say I have to be tame because I was born a girl.
Kokoro
Yeah. You should be able to choose whether you're calm or energetic. Whichever you like.
Hagumi
Yeah, yeah. So that's what I told them the other day. But then we all got into this huge fight!
Hagumi
They keep saying a girl should be gentle, but my mom is the worst when she gets angry. Our tub broke during her last outburst.
Kokoro
Oh no! Were you able to get it fixed?
Hagumi
Yeah. But we couldn't get it fixed that day, so we all had to go to a bathhouse.
Hagumi
It'd been a while since we'd been there. I was small the last time we went. My mom and I went into the bath together.
Hagumi
At first she was mad and wouldn't say a word. But little by little she started to talk, and we had a long conversation.
Hagumi
She told me that she was feeling lonely because I joined a band, and I was already busy with softball, so I'm hardly home.
Hagumi
She said she worries sometimes, too. That maybe something bad could happen because I stay out late. But mostly she was sad.
Kokoro
...
Hagumi
She could've just said she was lonely from the start! Sure, I'm busy with bass practice, but I have time to help sell croquettes!
Hagumi
You know, having been away from the bathhouse for so long, I could've sworn that the mountain in the picture on the wall was supposed to be bigger.
Hagumi
I felt happy that I could go there with my mom and see that picture again. Not that a broken tub is a good thing.
Hagumi
Ah... I'm just sort of rambling. I don't even know where I was going with this. Hehe, sorry.
Kokoro
You don't have to apologize! What a great story! One of family bonds!
Hagumi
Y-you think so? Ehehe.
Kokoro
And I got a super awesome picture in my head of the bath area. It all warms my heart!
Kokoro
I've been to places like Hierapolis and Tabacon, but that seem like even more fun! I hope it becomes a world heritage site soon!
Hagumi
I don't know if it could be a world heritage site, but it's pretty famous around town! Hey, if you want, why don't we go together?
Kokoro
Can we?! Okay, I'll prepare the jet, then!
Hagumi
Actually, there are jetted baths for both men and women already, so that's okay! But don't forget your towel.
Kokoro
Okay!
Transcript
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Hagumi
Hey~, BanG Dreamer! Ehehe, I always surprise you, huh? Sorry!
Hagumi
One of my friends was really surprised the other day when I greeted her with this!
Hagumi
BanG Dreamer.
Hagumi
It makes you smile when you hear it, right?
Hagumi
Right? Right?! That's why I'm gonna keep saying it until everyone in the world knows it!
Hagumi
Ehehe, I'm joking!
Hagumi
But I really wish everyone knew it. If everyone in the world used these words I thought up...
Hagumi
Just thinking about it makes me happy!
Hagumi
... Hm? Yeah, that's right!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!! ... This was my idea!
Hagumi
Well, I didn't really think about it... I just kinda came up with it!
Hagumi
When we first started the band, we talked about this kinda thing at Kokoro's house!
Hagumi
We were talking about how we can use music to make the whole world smile, but... I had no idea what to do.
Hagumi
So then I said I could try making funny faces for everyone, but that idea got turned down...
Hagumi
Actually, back then we didn't even have instruments~.
Hagumi
I wonder how we got them...
Hagumi
... Oh, that's right! Mii-kun said we need instruments to play music, and when Kokoro said she wanted them, they just appeared!
Hagumi
And that's when I thought we should have some kind of chant or thing we say!
Hagumi
You know, like how they have in sports and stuff.
Hagumi
I've always been playing some kind of sport, so I thought it was normal to have a chant.
Hagumi
And when I said the first thing that came to mind... everyone loved it!
Hagumi
It just doesn't feel right if there's no chant, you know what I mean?
Hagumi
Right? Right?! Having a proper chant is so important!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Hagumi
After we decided on our chant, we grabbed our instruments and gave it a try!
Hagumi
We just kinda went with the flow, so everyone was all over the place.
Hagumi
... Huh? We got the order the wrong way around?
Hagumi
Oh... so normal bands have their instruments, and plan the songs they are going to play~.
Hagumi
So chants and stuff come later, huh~?
Hagumi
But-but-but, I don't think that's our style!
Hagumi
I really think you just gotta go for it sometimes!
Hagumi
You think so too, right? I think choosing a chant first is the most Hello, Happy World! way to do it!
Hagumi
Oh, that reminds me... we didn't even have a name for the band either, ahaha!
Hagumi
At the time, the only thing we were thinking about was making everyone in the world smile.
Hagumi
The name of the band, songs, none of those things were a priority.
Hagumi
Michelle wasn't there at the time, but Mii-kun was.
Hagumi
I wish Michelle could've been there for our very first meeting though~.
Hagumi
Hmm, when I think about this kinda stuff, it really feels like ages ago!
Hagumi
... Ah, but it's actually not that long ago, huh?
Hagumi
Anyway, that's how we decided on our chant!
Hagumi
Okay, since I've finished telling you about it...!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Hagumi
C'mon! Say it with me!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Hagumi
Mmm! Perfect!!
Hagumi
The sound, the meaning, the way we decided on it, everything is just so Hello, Happy World!!
Hagumi
We're gonna stick with this chant, and keep doing the Hello, Happy World! way!
Hagumi
It'll just be boring if we decided everything first like other bands do!
Hagumi
We're just gonna jump right into everything~!
Hagumi
So... keep watching over us, okay?
Hagumi
There might be lots of things that surprise you, but that's just how we are!
Hagumi
You know, just thinking about the future makes me feel so excited!
Hagumi
I wanna shout out our chant as loud as I can!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!
Hagumi
Ah... maybe I was little bit too loud...? Everyone's looking at us...
Hagumi
Ehehe, that didn't quite work out right...
Hagumi
Just because I like it, doesn't mean I should be noisy, right?
Hagumi
I'll make sure I'm not too loud when I shout it out in the future!
Hagumi
Anyway, I've got practice after this! See ya~!
Hagumi
Happy! Lucky! Smile! Hooray!!