Author's Note: This story is for those who did not get enough of TAMANAWA! It requires a pretty unusual sense of humor to enjoy him, so this may not be enjoyable for everyone (or anyone). Just putting it out there to see if there's any interest. There are some added minor characters that will stay minor.

WARNING: The following work contains BUSINESS language and Anti-8mantic views that do not reflect the views of the author. Reader discretion is advised.

Chapter 1: The Beginning and ORIGINS of Our PROJECT

It was near the end of the year, in November. With the evening sunset providing light and ILLUMINATION through the windows of the student council office, I was reviewing my past ACCOMPLISHMENTS while performing a self PERFORMANCE REVIEW on what I had achieved since taking office.

My fond memories of the IDEAS suggested during our PRODUCTIVE BRAINSTORMING sessions were interrupted by the opening of the door. It was our teacher Maeno-sensei.

Maeno-sensei was a trendy and FASHIONABLE bachelor, who strongly valued his students' INDEPENDENCE and ability to work without SUPERVISION. Thus he rarely appeared in front of students, and only showed up once in a while to offer SUGGESTIONS. This time was no different.

"A-re? Tamanawa-kun, are you the only one here?"

"That is correct. Since BUSINESS HOURS are over, the rest of the TEAM have been dismissed. I am still here because as the LEADER, I have to show LEADERSHIP and lead by example. If I put in the most effort and-"

"Ah it's fine, it's fine. Your speeches are too long-winded. Tamanawa-kun, do you have plans for Christmas?"

"Yes actually-"

"Cancel them. I have been thinking, you haven't actually done anything since you were elected have you?"

...

"What are you saying Maeno-sensei?"

Were the papers and MEMOS in front of me summarizing our activities not enough PROOF of our RESULTS?

"Haven't we been adhering to our CORE OBJECTIVES and STANDARD PRACTICES by holding several BRAINSTORMING sessions and providing numerous ideas and SUGGESTIONS to improve and AUGMENT our-"

"Enough. Tamanawa-kun, I don't really care about those things. I am talking about flashy things. Fun things. Like the cultural festival held by the nearby Sobu High a while back. You guys should do something like that for Christmas.

I know! You should work together with Sobu High to hold a public event at the community center! Remember to make it flashy okay? See you."

Just as suddenly as he appeared, Maeno-sensei left the room before I could respond. I was somewhat reluctant to CANCEL my Christmas plans, but if that was the work our SUPERIOR requested, then we the student council have a DUTY to obey and FULFILL.

A few weeks later, our PROJECT was now PROGRESSING smoothly and without any MAJOR problems, thanks to my efforts and LEADERSHIP qualities.

At first, the student council of Sobu High seemed reluctant to COOPERATE. However, Maeno-sensei got in touch with a teacher on the other side, and they were PERSUADED and convinced to join our UNITED FRONT.

Unfortunately, it seems that Sobu High's reputation for being an ELITE school was OVERRATED. It did not match the actual ABILITY of their student council. During our BRAINSTORMING sessions, I quickly DISCOVERED and realized that their student council did not contain a single THOUGHT LEADER. Not one of them was CAPABLE of coming up with or producing any CREATIVE IDEAS.

To make matters worse, they had a severe lack of INITIATIVE. Their LEADER, the first-year Iroha-chan, would happily accept our SUGGESTIONS and any tasks we gave her, but she would never come up with her own OPINIONS or voice any thoughts on what DIRECTIONS our CONFERENCE should take.

However, such setbacks are merely small CHALLENGES for great leaders to surpass and OVERCOME. Not everyone was blessed with the SKILLS and talent required to be THOUGHT LEADERS like my own council after all.

As such, I planned and devised an ELEGANT solution: since they were not PARTICIPANTS in the CREATIVE PROCESS, we could LEVERAGE their resulting FREEDOM by assigning them various menial jobs. Thus the SYNERGY of our COLLABORATION was greatly and EFFECTIVELY increased.

While REVIEWING these past events in the Training Room of the EVENT VENUE, there was a knock on the door.

"Yes, please come in."

The door opened and a familiar face with flaxen hair entered the room while responding.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Iroha-chan, over here."

There were a number of tasks and ASSIGNMENTS that I needed to assign to her before our meeting, so it was best to get it done at the start. While thinking that, I suddenly noticed that a new face was following Iroha-chan.

"Who's this?"

"Aah, one of our helping workers!"

"Ooh!"

That was a pleasant surprise. The Sobu High council was finally showing some INITIATIVE by recruiting new volunteers and increasing our MANPOWER.

"I'm Tamanawa. I'm Kaihin Sogo's student council president. Nice to meet you!"

"...Ah, nice to meet you."

An unmotivated response. I examined this new recruit. A slouching figure with his hands in his pockets. Everything about him seemed tired and lethargic. I guess we could not expect much from him.

If anything, the look in his eyes was anti-social and uncooperative. A great leader should take action early to nip problems in the bud. Thus, I should give him a slight warning here, to discourage any disruptive behaviors later on.

"I'm really glad we could plan together with Sobu High. I was thinking about how we need to form a PARTNERSHIP that will bring about a SYNERGY effect where we both can RESPECT each other, you see."

By emphasizing PARTNERSHIP and RESPECT, I was indirectly informing him that he should keep any unfriendly tendencies he might have in check. At the time, it seemed that my warning had worked. During the following BRAINSTORMING session, he merely nodded politely to various ideas without doing anything. Thus I lowered my guard.

In hindsight, this was a mistake.