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Nice to meet you. I'm Mia Koide.

Sorry, I'm a little drunk.

Former Idol Running for City Council Mia Koide

By the way...

I was an idol a long time ago.

Then I did gravure.

In an unexpected turn of events, I'm now running for city council.

Don't you think idols and politicians are pretty similar?

They both get controlled and consumed.

But you know, I'm used to that sort of thing.

I think that if I try my hardest, I can really help someone somewhere.

Just kidding.

Well, anyway...

I'm Mia Koide, age 26.

I'm starting a new life as a city council hopeful.

Here, this is my new boyfriend.

Mia's Childhood Friend Sayaka Yamanaka

Wow, Sayaka your type's changed over the years.

Isn't he ugly?

Sayaka's Older Brother Masashi Yamanaka

Shut up!

I don't wanna hear it from you.

He's so nice.

Everyday he cooks and waits for me to come home.

That's so great.

Where did you find a guy like that?

He's from that market bakery, right?

You'd come home with bread everyday.

Yeah, I got really fat.

Mia, do you have a boyfriend?

Nope.

You seem like you'd be surrounded with great guys.

Hey, introduce some to me.

Nah, I've got nothing.

Ever since I came back here,

I haven't had a lot of chances to see people from Tokyo.

You shouldn't get your hopes up.

When Mia was an idol, I tried going to one of her performances and the place was empty.

--Shut up.

But you were successful as a gravure idol, weren't you?

--Sort of.

So... you've gotta have better guys than the ones around here.

Introduce some to me.

Anyway, why did you decide to run for office?

It was recommended to me by a prominent city councilman.

I just thought I'd use my bit of fame to its fullest.

By the way, you didn't date while you were doing gravure?

I didn't.

Huh? There was no dating ban, right?

No, there wasn't.

But I just wasn't able do well with any guy I liked.

The moment I liked somebody, something'd go wrong.

I so wanna hear about your unrequited love as a gravure idol.

It's not that interesting.

Come on. I wanna hear.

--No, no.

Tell us.

Spill.

Spill it.

--I won't.

Spill.

--You gotta...

Or you'll get my fist.

You'll get his fist.

--I'm good.

Hm? Give it to her.

--Here it goes.

I really wanna hear...

He was really nice...

If you lose next, you're treating me to dinner.

Okay

Okay, let's go.

Names of any prime ministers, living or dead.

Itagaki Taisuke.

Yamagata Aritomo

Ito Hirobumi.

Okuma Shigenobu

Katsura Taro.

Shigeru Yoshida

Kakuei Tanaka.

Bsaku Sato

Bzzt.

Isn't Bsaku Sato a TV personality?

Eisaku Sato, however, served 3 terms.

Was that it?

Yay!

You owe me dinner tonight.

I'll ask my mom.

What? Let's go out to eat.

Isn't it terrible to make your mom do the cooking?

Don't worry about it.

Okay.

So what should we bet on next?

Let's take a break

What? Let's play!

You've got no stamina.

Isn't it fun to get a little exercise?

I'm tired

I wanna play some more!

Oh, a phone call?

"Mom"

It's your mom?

Go ahead.

That's the kind of person he was.

Sounds nice.

So nice.

He was.

He was determined and had a steady income.

His looks weren't bad either.

I really liked him.

Got any pictures?

I do. Wanna see?

Here.

A three shot?

Is that the mom?

Yeah, it is.

She was really friendly.

Do you have any two shots?

I do.

Here.

That's just him and his mom.

Any with you?

Nope, none.

What?

They were a really close family.

I ended up becoming part of the family too.

Even though you weren't dating?

--Yeah, isn't that weird?

So I'd ask him to spend time with me,

Yeah.

He'd be like, "Yeah, okay."

Uh-huh.

But when we'd finally meet...

Yeah?

She'd be there.

What?

The mom?

Yeah, she'd come.

When we went to an amusement park, the attractions would mostly seat two, right?

Yeah.

There too?

I couldn't sit next to him.

That's awful.

I'd be fine if that was all.

But I'd go to his parents' house sometimes,

and there'd be nothing to do so we'd take a nap.

--What's up with that?

And I'd try to sleep but...

There she'd be.

She slept between you two?

Yeah.

We wouldn't be able to do duets at karaoke,

and I'd hear nothing but Judy Ongg.

How old was he?

35.

What? Dealbreaker, dealbreaker!

He's a momma's boy. That's a dealbreaker.

But in my eyes, he was so perfect.

If it was fine with Mia...

Then why did you give up on him?

He actually had a girlfriend.

It was so shocking.

I was so focused on trying to get his mom off me

And his mom was so focused on staying on me.

Neither of us realized.

What was up with that?

What was up with that?

What was up with that?

Anyway, sing a bit. Forget all about it.

We used to go to karaoke a lot, right?

Pull yourself together, Mia Koide.

I'm going to become the top politician!

After this... Mia Koide will belt a nostalgic classic

Lipstick Message Lyrics: Yumi Arai Composition: Yumi Arai

In order to meet his mom

I'm riding the train by myself

The darkening cityscape and stream of cars

Pass by the corner of my eyes

He's probably realizing it now

The message in the bathroom written in rouge

As long as his affair goes on

I'm not coming home

Leaving my worries

Ding dong, the city grows distant

He'll get a call from his mother next morning

She'll scold you for me, my darling

She'll scold you for me, my darling

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