#anyways. BOOM DOUBLE POST. sorry for the extended hiatus unfortunately it will have to happen again and Worse

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Run! Sports Festival! Committee Rush! Event Story Summary

TL;DR: The Miya Girls sports festival is soon approaching. Saki invites Haruka to join the planning committee for the event, along with Emu. Though the rest of the committee members just wanted to do the same day as last year, Emu and Haruka manage to convince them to let them plan a new day where everyone, regardless of ability, can have fun. Through Emu, Haruka, and Saki's hard work, the rest of the committee was motivated to plan an incredible day.

On the day of the event, all the teams compete in events like ball toss and bamboo tug-of-war. Emu competes in the three-legged race with Mafuyu, and though she's intimidated by her false smile, the pair end up winning.

One of the students slated to run the final relay race ended up hurting their leg, so Haruka stepped in for them. Emu reassures her that things will be fine: they've been working together for so long, their baton pass will be great! When the event eventually comes around, Haruka managed to close the gap for the second years, successfully pass the baton to Emu, who narrowly won the final stretch against Mafuyu thanks to Miku's cheering (who had been hidden in a nearby tree). Immediately after the win, Emu runs to hug Haruka, joined by Ichika, Saki, and Honami. Though Haruka is sad that the day is now over, Emu shares advice from her grandpa about the fun waiting in the next day.

Fan translation (HLYF) / Official English YouTube Upload

Chapter 1: A classmate finds the penguin eraser Haruka accidentally dropped, but gets flustered upon learning it belongs to the idol. Saki and Ichika soon approach and ask if she'd like to get lunch, to which she agrees. Saki begins talking about the upcoming sports festival. She bonds with Haruka over never having the chance to do these things as kids. Saki has also joined the planning committee for the event, to which Haruka is surprised by the lack of popularity around. Saki asks if Haruka would join the committee, too. Since the rest of MORE MORE JUMP! are ok with it, she agrees. Meanwhile, Emu dances down the hallway, singing about the sports festival.

Chapter 2: Saki and Haruka are disappointed by the lack of creativity within the planning, as they've only been using ideas from the past year. Suddenly, Emu speaks up about how she wants to come up with a whole bunch of new ideas so everyone, athletic or not, can have a fun time and leave with a smile! However, the other committee members aren't willing to put in the time at shut her down. Haruka decides to support Emu anyways and proposes reviving old events to make things more manageable. The committee eventually relents and lets them (and Saki) create a schedule.

Chapter 3: Emu and Haruka go to the gym storeroom to check supplies. Emu's excited to be inside, since she'd only been able to look through the window before (which happened to be two stories up). Haruka asks why Emu keeps mentioning shows, so she explains her job at Phoenix Wonderland. Haruka admires the goal of making others smile and decides to go see a show one day.

Saki gives the rest of the committee members the advertisement posters, while Emu hands them the completed event list. She and Haruka will keep working on a manageable schedule so even busy students can compete in something. Once the two finished a while later, Saki handed them a completed participant list. The hard work they'd shown motivated the others to pitch in more.

Chapter 4: Emu goes to practice the three-legged race with the upperclassmen. She's partnered with Mafuyu, who despite being popular with the others, scared Emu with her false smile. Honami comes over to say hi, immediately noticing Emu's nervousness. She assumes it's because of Mafuyu's strong reputation and cheers them on.

Later in the SEKAI, Miku complains to KAITO about not seeing Emu much recently. Coincidentally, Emu pops into the SEKAI at that moment. She's come to tell Miku all about the fun stuff she'd planned. Miku decides to come as a cheerleader since she can't directly participate.

Chapter 5: The day of the festival arrives. Shiho, Kohane, and Minori participate in the ball toss, but Shiho can't get herself to throw the cute animal themed balls. Some students gossip about how well Shizuku and Airi did in the bamboo tug-of-war, too. Miku pops by with hand-made pom-poms to cheer Emu on, so Emu places her phone in a special tree so Miku can see everything without being detected.

The time for the three legged race has arrived. Though Emu is still scared of Mafuyu, she wants to do her best for Miku. The pair ended up taking first place. For just a moment, Emu thinks she's seen a true smile from Mafuyu, but the false one returns the moment the others come over to congratulate them.

Chapter 6: A student accidentally injured their leg and was no longer able to compete in the grand finale relay race. Saki takes them to the nurse, and Haruka takes their place as the substitute. Though she's a bit nervous about the baton pass, Emu reassures her that it will be fine, since they've been working together on the committee for so long. The two practice a bit before the big event.

At the start of the race, the first years are in last but slowly catching up. Haruka takes the baton and closes the gap even more. Haruka's pass to Emu was flawless, leaving an intense race for the finish to Emu and Mafuyu.

Chapter 7: Thanks to Miku's cheering, Emu managed to just barely win the race for the first year team. She immediately runs to celebrate with Haruka. Haruka tears up, happy she decided to return to school. Ichika, Saki, and Honami all join in on the celebration. Emu then goes to retrieve her phone, where Miku congratulates Emu on the win. Emu thanks Miku for the support and tries showing her around the school, but gets called over by the cleaning committee before she can.

Chapter 8: Saki invites Haruka to her celebratory dinner party after they finish cleaning up, to which she accepts. When cleaning with Emu, she admits she's sad by the day being over. Emu tells her that her grandpa once said the fun is waiting for what lies in tomorrow, so even though today is done, there's still much more left to do! Haruka laughs, since Emu reminds her of Minori.

A few days later, the classmate that had gotten injured hands Haruka a limited-edition Phenny keychain as a thank you, and also asks if she'd like to hang out together one day.

Card Stories: Emu / Haruka / Miku / Mafuyu / Saki