#from the rabbitube videos we learned that tamaki can draw (i think we also saw this somewhere in the game story too? i wish i could find it

[always-a-joyful-note]

Love the way that Tamaki and Sogo are initially constrasted as opposites until it turns out those opposite lifestyles still resulted in very similar pains. Rich family vs poor family -> abandoned by said family and lost a precious family member to death. Approaches life through self defense vs approaches life by giving in to others -> both stemming from family issues and loneliness. Pursued idolhood to find someone vs pursued idolhood to find themselves -> influenced by a precious outside force (sister vs uncle) whom they could not reach in the end for some reason. Says too much vs says too little -> they are failures in communication

But of course we can't forget how they do meet in the middle (the mezzo (aka moderate, middle, half....)). How they try and find a way to communicate, how they find both themselves and each other and what they need, how while they don't reach the person they want to reach they do reach each other, etc....

[osakaso5]

Tamaki Yotsuba RabbiTube Rabbit TV Part 1: Spending Time With Tamaki

Part 2 | Part 3

Staff: ...Now, on to the RabbiTube project.

Staff: Our plan is to introduce the videos by featuring clips on NEXT Re:vale!

Staff: We'd really appreciate it if you could show a side of yourselves that people don't usually get to see on TV. It's a pleasure to be working with you!

Momo: We've got high hopes for you guys!

Yuki: Feel free to fully expose yourselves to the public.

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha, please be gentle with us! Looks like I'm gonna have to do a RabbiTube study marathon..!

Gaku Yaotome: By the way, Tenn, I saw you watching RabbiTube videos the other day. Do you know any good ones?

Tenn Kujo: ...I was just watching cat videos.

Gaku Yaotome: Cats, huh. That's not gonna help us learn anything.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: ...I think they might help! You could learn ways to entertain and soothe people...

Gaku Yaotome:  Ryu, not all of us are gonna be able to do that...

Yuki: ...I'm liking the idea of Kitty Gaku.

Tenn Kujo: ...Pfft...

Gaku Yaotome: Tenn, why're you laughing!?

Riku Nanase: Kitties..! So could it be like a video of Iori going into a cat café?

Iori Izumi: Why do I have to go to a cat café!?

Yamato Nikaido: I'm not too excited about making videos like that, either...

Tamaki Yotsuba: I wanna do a pudding tasting!

Sogo Osaka: ...Personally, I'd like to rank my top 100 spices from all around the world...

Nagi Rokuya: And I shall hold a Cocona watch party!

Mitsuki Izumi: You guys aren't bringing anything new to the table!

Iori Izumi: ...Actually, I suppose animal videos do have their appeal, despite how banal they are...

Riku Nanase: Did you say something, Iori?

Iori Izumi: No, nothing.

Momo: Ahaha! Great, you're already brainstorming ideas!

Momo: You've all got the right idea! We wanna see you act natural for your RabbiTubes!

Yuki: Let's have a fun year doing this.

IDOLiSH7 & TRIGGER: Yessir! 

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Riku Nanase: We're going to be RabbiTubers for our birthday project this year..!

Sogo Osaka: All the group chats up until now were fun, so it's kind of a shame that we won't be doing one this year.

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Fair enough. It'll be awesome to make videos for our fans, but I wish we could have our own celebrations too!

Yamato Nikaido: It's become kind of a tradition by now.

Nagi Rokuya: ...We do not work together as much as we used to. Though I understand that it is difficult to match all our schedules...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Do we not get to eat Mikki's cakes this year?

Mitsuki Izumi: The cakes are the one thing we're gonna make for sure! Right, Iori!?

Iori Izumi: Yes. I'll help, too.

Riku Nanase: Hmm... Celebrations...

Riku Nanase: Ah! Why don't we all go somewhere together for our birthdays?

Riku Nanase: I guess we probably can't all go... But we can get our manager to arrange it so at least some of us can hang out!

Mitsuki Izumi: Going out, huh... That does sound like a nice change of pace from all the group RabbitChats!

Yamato Nikaido: It's a shame that we won't all be able to go, but getting to choose a spot does make it feel more special. ...You should take me to a beer brewery, by the way.

Mitsuki Izumi: Sounds like you've already got one in mind!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Let's take lots of pics and videos for the guys who can't go. We can send them over RabbitChat.

Nagi Rokuya: OH! A wonderful idea. It will make us all feel as if we are there.

Iori Izumi: I'm sure uploading them to Rabitter would make many people happy, as well.

Sogo Osaka: That sounds fun..! Let's ask our manager about it tomorrow.

Riku Nanase: Yep! ...Looks like we're going to have pretty fun birthdays again! 

- - - -

Tamaki Yotsuba: A King Pudding Museum..! Wow, I'm in heaven..!

Yamato Nikaido: Haha. Calling it heaven is a little much, don't you think?

Tsumugi Takanashi: He's our resident pudding lover, after all.

Sogo Osaka: I'm glad you like it. This museum was built at the end of last year, so I figured you hadn't been here yet.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Nope! Did you come up with this, So-chan!?

Sogo Osaka: No, it was Yamato-san's idea. He's the one who told us about the museum.

Yamato Nikaido: ...I would've been totally okay with you taking the credit for this, Sou...

Sogo Osaka: Why? I don't see any reason to lie about it.

Yamato Nikaido: I'm just here to keep things running smoothly.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Running..?

Yamato Nikaido: Hahaha. Don't think too hard on it. ...So, Tama, what do you wanna see?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Everything from this side of the place to that side of the place!

Sogo Osaka: ...Uh... The toilets are on that side of this floor...

Tamaki Yotsuba: I didn't mean the toilets!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Ah, here are  some pamphlets.

Yamato Nikaido: Thanks. ...Let's head over here, for starters. The King Pudding History Theater.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Let's go!!! Time to learn history!

Sogo Osaka: I wish he was this passionate about his actual studies... 

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Tamaki Yotsuba: ...That was awesome..! I can't believe the pudding jar looks different from what it used to..!

Yamato Nikaido: I didn't really know about this pudding brand before we started living in the dorm together, so it was pretty interesting to me, too...

Tsumugi Takanashi: It turns out Princess Meringue's character wasn't added until much later..!

Sogo Osaka: ...Did they change the containers for convenience's sake? Or did they have some other reason for it? Maybe food products just change with the times...

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...So-chan, you're clearly thinking way too hard about this.

Sogo Osaka: Huh? I wouldn't say that...

Tamaki Yotsuba: You're not allowed to think hard today! And my word is law!

Sogo Osaka: It is?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yep, since it's my birthday. ...I'm King Tamaki! Hehe.

Yamato Nikaido: That's one hell of a king we've got.

Tsumugi Takanashi: You're today's star, Tamaki-san, so you can ask us anything!

Sogo Osaka: Exactly. As long as it's something we can do, of course.

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...Anything...

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...In that case, I wanna eat this museum's limited edition pudding with you guys!

Yamato Nikaido: Wow, they've even got their own pudding flavor.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Let's see... according to the pamphlet, you can even go see where it's made!

Sogo Osaka: Are you sure you want to ask us something so small, Tamaki-kun?

Tamaki Yotsuba: It's not small. I know you and Yama-san don't like sweets.

Tamaki Yotsuba: But if I'm selfish and ask you to eat it together with me, maybe it'll taste better to you guys.

Yamato Nikaido: ...That doesn't even come close to being selfish, Tama.

Yamato Nikaido: Let's go have a treat! King's orders.

Yamato, Sogo, & Tsumugi: Yeah..!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Hehe. Awesome. 

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Tamaki Yotsuba: Wow... Look at all those puddings on the conveyor belt!

Tamaki Yotsuba: I wonder if I could even eat this many in my lifetime.

Sogo Osaka: W-within your lifetime? Well, if you were to eat two every day for 80 years...

Yamato Nikaido: Sou, King Tamaki told you not to think too hard, remember?

Sogo Osaka: Ah... I-I'm sorry. I guess that was more of a rhetorical question.

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...I wish I could've come here with Aya and Mom, too.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Tamaki-san...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Haha. I know that's not possible. But King Pudding's just really special to me.

Sogo Osaka: ...We'll come here with all of IDOLiSH7 another time. You can count on that.

Tamaki Yotsuba: So-chan...

Yamato Nikaido: Yep. Sorry, manager, but we're hoping you could arrange our schedules for that...

Tsumugi Takanashi: Of course! I'll work something out!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Guys... Thanks a lot.

Yamato Nikaido: 'Kay, time to eat. Let's go have some of that limited edition pudding.

Sogo Osaka: I wonder what makes it so unique.

Tamaki Yotsuba: You get to pick your own toppings!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Also, you get to draw on the label!

Sogo Osaka: D-draw!?

Yamato Nikaido: That's pretty cool. Your pudding's guaranteed to be one- of-a-kind.

Tamaki Yotsuba: I know, right!? That's why I said this was heaven!

Yamato Nikaido: Haha. Figures.

Tsumugi Takanashi: No wonder so many of the people who passed us by were holding all kinds of puddings I'd never seen before!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yeah! I'm gonna put a ton of chocolate sprinkles on mine. I wonder if they come in 7 colors?

Yamato Nikaido: Let's hope they do! And even if they don't we can use something else to make up for it.

Sogo Osaka: Just out of curiosity, do they have any spicy...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Nope!

Sogo Osaka: I knew it...

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...Listen.

Yamato Nikaido: Hm? What's up?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Thanks a lot... For bringing me here today.

Tamaki Yotsuba: King Pudding was a big part of my memories with Aya and Mom, so I'm really happy I get to share it with you guys.

Tamaki Yotsuba: We got to make some new memories together!

Tsumugi Takanashi: ...And we'll make many more, so your life as an idol is just as bright as your life was with them!

Yamato Nikaido: You're pretty dear to us, Tama. So you should tell us more about yourself.

Sogo Osaka: Can you teach us what kind of topping goes best with King Pudding?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Sure! But it's not gonna be beer or tabasco!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Hee hee. Let's use this chance to take a picture of you all..!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Say cheese..! 

End of Part 1.