#minori is ofc going along with it bc shes an idol and shes like 'yeah we should have our own cheer!!' and tsukasas like 'what a great idea!'

[ramblingsekai]

Oh god I somehow miscounted and thought I was done with my review of the April Fools Event groups. Ok so here I am with a late Part 5 for the group, Hobbyist Meetings, on a Weekend or Kyujitsu, Shumijin Doushi de. Similar to 25ji, I don’t know how to tag them, but I put both names just in case. Anyways, let’s gooooo.

So similar to 25ji, this group all met online and Mizuki declares that they’re the leader of the group. In the first convo, they’re all meeting together in person offline for the first time and they all seem pretty similar to their OG selves. Ofc, each of them seem to have big differences when you compare the paths they took. Since Honami is here and not in a band w/ her friends, it’s theorized that she didn’t make up with them. Minori is here too and while she is definitely still an idol fan, especially a fan of Haruka’s, she isn’t an idol. She might still be trying, but I’m honestly not sure if the idol companies in the area will pick her with what we know about them. Nene seems pretty similar to her original self, but it doesn’t look like she’s trying to be on stage anymore and I’m not sure how close she is to Rui in this AU. And then Mizuki is the leader here, and not a part of 25ji since we’ve established in previous posts that 25ji never formed. But still, based on their likes and conversation, they all seem to get along pretty well and Mizuki is pretty happy they’re all getting along.

They keep meeting offline and are getting along more and more. Mizuki doesn’t seem to be angsting that much about their secret around the others, but that might be bc Minori & Honami are from Miya and Nene seems to keep to herself so she might not know. Nene is slowly coming out of her shell around the others and is bonding over musicals and video games with them. Minori and Honami are also bonding over their dogs as well which is pretty cute. And then they actually go to Phoenix Wonderland in their last convo. This is probably the most overlap between groups from all of the conversations we’ve seen so far. Mizuki likes the stage group’s show bc they’re a sentai nerd, Nene and Honami point out that Kohane is actually a surprisingly good singer (guess some things don’t change), and Minori is close to dying bc she saw Haruka up close on stage. And then after waking up Minori, they all decide to chat some more.

So yeah, I mean all of the convos are fluffy and cute slice of life stuff with this group which I’m fine with (I like it), but it also doesn’t really give me much to work with here. A thing I noticed was that Honami mentioned that Kohane is Minori’s classmate, so I guess the class structures are still relatively the same. Though I wonder if Minori and Kohane aren’t as close as friends with Shiho since Shiho is probably out of school a lot bc of her idol group. The same idea can also apply to An, I wonder if Mizuki isn’t as close friends with An since An wouldn’t have as much time to help out with the disciplinary committee as an idol. Mizuki mentions that they don’t really have people they can talk about their hobbies with, but Mizuki didn’t really seem to have a lot of friends at the start of the main story either. I think Mizuki is still friends with Rui here, but it’s hard to say if Mizuki talks to Rui a lot since Rui is partners with Tsukasa here. I also wonder if Nene maybe isn’t as close to Rui here as well since I’m not sure how long Rui has been running around with Tsukasa here.  Minori also never met Haruka here on the rooftop, so I’m guessing she never met Airi or Shizuku either.

This group seems like a fun group and that they could even easily become friends in the original story. Good vibes between the group. But I also wonder how long they would remain friends or how deep their friendship would go. Also, I’m not sure their issues would really be addressed. If Honami will ever realize that she doesn’t talk about her actual opinions with her school friends, if Minori will be forced to give up her dreams of being an idol w/ continuous rejections, if Nene will get over her stage anxiety, or if Mizuki would ever reveal their secret. It’s hard to say if any of those issues would be touched and well that might lead to regrets further down the line. It’s also kind of a group with some layers of sadness too since there are missed chances here. Mizuki never meets 25ji and as a result, they don’t have someone like Ena who will try to help them learn how to trust. Honami doesn’t make up with her childhood friends. Nene doesn’t have Rui around and doesn’t reignite her desire to be on the stage again bc of her stage anxiety still being there. Minori might end up giving up her idol dream bc she’s not given her chance here. But yeah with these AU versions, I guess they can’t be sad bc they don’t know what they never had. So while I do like this group, it’s also a little sad to me.

A little rushed, but I also don’t really have much to say about this group. I might do another part or an epilogue as a wrap up on some thoughts on this AU as a whole as well as maybe some scenarios. I really liked this event and might bring it up in the future bc it’s super interesting. Thanks for reading!