Seaside Fashionista Episode 6 Part 1

Title card pops up right away, and as per Housamo tradition the title for this chapter is the event’s name, Seaside Fashionista.

Camera then tunes into Arachne’s (cannot even be described as barely clean) room as she’s suddenly yelling over the design sketches she’s been working over for half the day until her eyes have gone bloodshot. You suggest she have some tea if she’s feeling stuck. She turns to you and asks you to listen to her as she brings up her genius.

You ask if it’s expanding or if it’s crumbling. Going A, she yells yes and that the ideas just keep coming to her. She is a little worried with how severe the schedule is looking, but thanks to your phone calls the models have been lined up without issue. And thanks to the measuring battles she’s already done she can see the lines that would best suit them.

She can just get to cutting and sewing without distractions, if not for her inability to pick something. She’s sure that whatever she does go with will turn out to be a masterpiece, but everything she looks at looks wrong for one reason or another. You suggest she go back to the original intention and ask her what this year’s theme is.

Arachne answers that the theme is cultural exchange. It’s not just about harmony nor is it about reconciliation. She frames it as not coloring someone not being colored by someone. From you to her, from her to someone else, different cultures interact and form a momentary world.

Whether it be sports clothes with endurance able to handle any intense action, clothes for a marriage ceremony with a touch of gorgeous courtesy, or an eye catching suit made for hospitality, all of those things can be put into clothes through cultural influences. Arachne asserts that clothes is the exchange point for cultures.

Arachne then reluctantly admits that Gyumao was right and the way she was before would never have been able to express the theme right. But now she can after getting hints from everyone she interacted with over the course of the event. You ask her if she’s figured something out, so she says it’s her contradiction and her weakness she hid behind her pride.

Arachne talks about how she wanted to be accepted by the world but was resigned to it never happening. Her Shadow came about as her way of resisting the denial, disdain, and scorn, and since she always looked away from it she was always irritated. But now she understands. Now she can face it.

Arachne says even she has a dark shadow inside her, just like Wakan Tanka. She has conflicting thoughts inside her, just like Zabaniya. And she has expectations she wants to meet, just like Suzuka. Then there’s you, Tsathoggua, and Amatsumara, who have all noticed this and helped her to see it. Since she pushed everyone around with her haughtiness, she has to go look at herself right in the eye. That’s who she is.

Arachne says her self and her fashion is something she has to create on her own. In which case...Arachne says she’s made a decision on what direction to take it. Arachne then asks you to call everyone over for one last measuring battle, which she says will launch an attack on the TMC’s Bonus Track.

Scene shifts as time skips to the point where you meet everyone at the event area. Wakan Tanka says he’ll help of course Arachne if she needs it. She helped give him a way to understand the pain inside himself when it comes to you. He hopes to make it a great fashion show.

Zabaniya says he was surprised when he heard the talk about him being a model. Then again you were the one who taught him a new way of understanding things. He probably wouldn’t have found it on his own, so he agrees to help since this could also spark something new for him. That said he does ask for a calming design if possible.

Suzuka talks about how the Kabukicho folks always pay their debts, and she owes you for a lot. Her helping you out here won’t be enough to balance it all out. Suzuka also decides to warn you of something, just in case: i-it’s not like she wants to wear Arachne’s clothes or anything!

Amatsumara is surprised at the idea of having an old man like him be a swimsuit model too, but he finds the idea gutsy. He agrees to go along with it and says he’ll make it flashy.

Narration says that everyone has agreed to do this, though there is one person there who looks sullen. That turns out to be Tsathoggua, who feels he can’t be a model. You either say you want to see him in a swimsuit, say it’s only a little less clothing than what he normally wears, or comment about his chubby body.

Tsathoggua tries to insist he can’t do it and that the very idea of him being a swimsuit model is crazy. Arachne seems surprised and asks him why he thinks so. He says he’s the exact opposite of most models. No matter how good Arachne’s swimsuit would be he feels he just can’t do it.

Arachne proclaims that belief to be nonsensical. She says it’s because he’s here that she can adhere to the theme of the event, which Tsathoggua asks about. Arachne explains the theme and says she’s given it some thought. From what she concluded, she needs Tsathoggua to be there to do it right.

Arachne then talks about the future of her fashion. She does partly mean it in terms of the show, but since she wants to challenge herself ‘again’ she wants Tsathoggua to help her. He doesn’t answer at first, so you ask him to help too.

Tsathoggua then decides to ask what she would do if he were to say no. Arachne says she’ll look for someone else, though she’s not sure she can pull that off. Tsathoggua doesn’t want her to do that because she’ll really hurt herself this time, so he agrees to help a bit more.

Tsathoggua says he’s a hardcore NEET so he hates working. But he also hates seeing his friends overwork themselves to the point of collapsing just as much. He’ll set his own things aside for now, but he plans on loafing about for about a century once this is all over. Arachne thanks him, and you can thank him too and suggest working hard together. Alternatively you can also say you love him.

Going C, Tsathoggua is a bit surprised and says you’re bold. He says he loves you too. In any case Wakan Tanka brings up the measuring battle and asks if that’s about to happen. Suzuka says she doesn’t mind doing it again but warns she might heat up even further. Zabaniya asks if it’s really going to be all of them against Arachne.

Arachne says that would be the case since she’ll have to teach them about modeling. She does admit it’s a bit much to do that all by herself, so she asks you to help fight with her as support. You say this will be the last battle, say it’ll be done perfectly, or say you’re fashion blind.

Arachne says you don’t need to get worked up as you are also one of her materials. You’re important for this show, so she asks you to be sure to help her. Then she starts the episode battle saying she’ll be going all in. The story continues after.

After the battle the story picks up midway as Arachne talks about how great everyone’s Shadows are. She also talks about how great it feels the Shadow threads take shape as it comes through the space between fantasy and reality.

Wakan Tanka has no idea what it is Arachne is talking about but is happy for her. Suzuka notes that Arachne is getting sharper and challenges her to keep up as she kicks it up a notch herself. Narration then describes Arachne’s thread flying around like silver rain.

Tsathoggua is surprised and asks if Arachne was always that strong since she’s holding up so well against five people. Zabaniya notes it’s not just that you’re supporting her, and Amatsumara is impressed saying it’s not like how she was the first time he fought her.

Arachne continues spinning patterns that only she can see, as always ever in pursuit of the brilliance she wishes to express. She starts talking about how she can see the greatest stage, then about how a profound contradiction will at some point tear dreams and reality apart. The space between the two is where a Shadow is buried, and bringing charm to that shadow is what her fashion is all about.

A flash hits Arachne as she gets her mental image of what to do. You ask her if she’s ready, so she asks you who you think she is. She boasts about being a super high school elite level fashion designer and a genius. She then pulls out her phone as she smiles.

She tells everyone she’s already gotten the swimsuits designed and gets ready to show them. Suzuka asks her what the point of the battle is, and Tsathoggua is on disbelief they fought if there wasn’t a need for it. Arachne says there was because she was stuck on how she wanted to handle everyone’s outfits. So once she had the battle she settled on what she wanted.

Arachne also says that the battle was for teaching them how to move like models. It’s not like Amatsumara could have gotten up on stage as he was already, and she figured it was faster than explaining it verbally. Amatsumara laughs and says he kinda likes that method of understanding. Zabaniya says that on second thought, the movements did seem more like choreography than battle movements.

Arachne says that’s what it was and moves on to showing them the swimsuits. Zabaniya and Tsathoggua seem surprised, while everyone else are clearer about liking the designs. Arachne asks if they were that moved by what they saw, then turns to you to ask what you think about her swimsuits. When you see, you ask if everyone can actually wear them.

Zabaniya says he was somewhat prepared, but this is still more than what he was expecting. Still, he proclaims he’s ready to see it through to the end. Suzuka seems hesistant but says it’s good because that’s what high school girls nowadays have to do.

Amatsumara laughs about the proposed swimsuit and thinks it’s a bold idea to have him wear it. He swears he’ll show he’s still got it to keep up with his students. Tsathoggua thinks it’s really bold and thinks it’s probably too late to ask for a redesign. He then asks for seconds of the honey drinks to get himself ready to do this.

Wakan Tanka says he’ll happily wear whatever it is Arachne has if she’s picking it out for him. He swears to run as hard as he can on the grounds known as the runway. Arachne nods at all this and starts making a phone call to Gyumao saying everything is ready, so the swimsuit show can go as planned. She also says she’ll send him an email with the details since it’ll be busy up until the last day for her.

Once the call is done she turns to everyone and says there’s not much time left. She then starts having everyone rehearse their movements, telling them to be ready since she’ll be strict with the directing. You turn to everyone and say you should all work hard on it.

Narration talks about how Arachne cheers you all on. There’s a mix of cheerful, consenting, and resigned reactions, and Arachne goes on with her instructions again. The episode part ends as narration skips to the day of the show for everyone’s debut.