KitsuneRoyale: Well, I told you so. Here's where the five schoolgirls choose their costumes.
Part 2: The Outfits
After picking up where we left off, we first notice Tomo walking down the schoolgirl costume aisle. Apparently, she grew tired of the Lupin series, realising that no one thought that she looked Fujiko Mine. Therefore, she decided to pursue something else. "Hmm…", Tomo pondered. "So many schoolgirl outfits… which should I choose…" As Tomo tries to decide, we notice a shady man wearing glasses (and it's not Kimura, so don't bother asking) walking next to her.
"Um, excuse me", Tomo said to the shady store clerk, "I'm going for a look that's not like a normal person. What do you recommend?:
"Well", responded the store clerk, "I never watched many anime mainly involving anime schoolgirls, but there is one that I'm suggesting. This character is not interested in any ordinary person; she is more interested in pursuing aliens, time travellers, or even espers."
"Ooh", Tomo said, while being enticed, "sounds interesting. What does it look like?"
"Try this." The Store Clerk picked up a costume for Tomo. It was a white long-sleeve sailor fuku with a light blue skirt accompanied with a belt. It also featured a shoulder-hair length brown hair with an orange head band with each end having a ribbon connected to it.
"This character looks familiar", Tomo said, "but why can't I remember her name?" Tomo then thinks back to buying her first manga featuring the girl in that same outfit, with the words 'Haruhi Suzumiya' labelled in Japanese on the front of the book. "Now I remember! Why did you-" But before she could finish her sentence, the clerk walked away, then turned to Tomo. He gives her a smile, then walks down a different aisle. "What a weird man", Tomo thought. "Oh well, better try this outfit on."
Tomo enters the change room. A minute later (Well what time would you think she would get dressed?) after she got out of the change room, she then looked into the mirror. Tomo, mirroring her exact pose, finally found what she wanted to cosplay at the convention: Haruhi Suzumiya. She even began quoting her character. "I'm Haruhi Suzumiya", Tomo monologues, "from East Junior High. First off, I'm not interested in ordinary people, but if any of you are aliens, time-travellers or espers, please come see me. That is all." Tomo, pleased by her own performance, began laughing at herself. "I'm so good at this!"
Meanwhile, in a different aisle, we notice Chiyo-chan grabbing a different costume which was somewhat like a miko's. The only noticeable change was the hair; which was long and blue. And it also featured a ceremonial scythe that was used to tear cotton fabric up (what was that thing called?) with the outfit. "Hmm…", Chiyo said while looking at the outfit with interest. Chiyo grabbed that costume and entered the change room. By the time she got out, she then looked into the mirror. She then started to mimic the traditional miko performance, and then even attempted to quote the girl. "I don't know where this girl's from", Chiyo said, "but I like it, and I want to take it home with me! Nipah~" (Now do you know who that girl is?)
In the next aisle, we notice the girl with the glasses in an aisle that featured classic anime character costumes. She somewhat had a hard time choosing which costume she would want to wear. The same clerk then appeared in that aisle. "What do you wish to seek", announced the store clerk?
"Um", Yomi pondered, realizing she can't think of anything, "a costume?"
"What kind of costume is that?"
"I sort of want to go where no other person has gone before", Yomi replied.
The clerk is judging her notably with her height, somewhat average physique, and sight. He took off her glasses, and then held up three fingers. "How many fingers am I holding up", said the store clerk?
"Three", Yomi answered, even though she couldn't see properly with her blurred eye.
"I see." The clerk gave back her glasses and then picked out a costume featuring black hair wrapped in a red hairband, a white samurai robe with a wooden sword, much like the one that could slice a truck, but 10 times weaker than the real one. "Try this costume."
Yomi was a bit confused about this costume, hoping that there would be something else than that. Nonetheless, she went into the change room and tried it on. She then exited the change room, and looked into the mirror. She completely turned around, and then noticed a gap at the front left side of the costume, revealing her leg. "Is it supposed to look like that", Yomi questioned?
"Of course", the store clerk responded. "That's how the outfit is." Yomi began thinking for a brief moment, then decided to reluctantly accept the costume. As she got back into the change room, Sakaki appeared in the aisle, she too, looking for something else. She approached the store clerk. Without saying anything, the clerk then turned to Sakaki.
"May I help you", the store clerk asked?
"Yes", Sakaki said. "I'm looking for a costume."
"What kind of costume?"
"Something that's animal related", Sakaki answered.
"I see", the store clerk responded. "Follow me." Sakaki, unaware of his movements, followed him. As Yomi came out with the costume the clerk prescribed her, she noticed that he was gone.
"I better catch up with Tomo and Chiyo", Yomi thought to herself, trying to find the place where they entered. Yomi then walks to where Tomo and Chiyo are supposed to meet. Meanwhile, Sakaki eventually follows the clerk to the animal aisle. "This is the animal aisle", the store clerk said. "You can't go wrong here, unless if you're a man! I know it sounds silly when I say it, but still… So, tell me what you've done today."
"Early in the morning", said Sakaki, "at school, I noticed a cat sitting on the wall of a house. It was so cute, I wanted to pet it, but no matter how hard I try to pet it, that cat always seems to bite my hand, or even leave before I pet it."
"I think I may have the outfit for you", said the store clerk, "since that you like cats, but cats don't like you." The store clerk picked up a purple outfit with wolf ears on the purple hair and a wolf tail. It also featured a weapon shaped like a cross, with a light purple stream at the top (which is supposed to resembled a whip, even thought it's known as a spear. (NOTE: Familiar?)) "Is that a cat outfit", Sakaki asked the store clerk?
"No", the store clerk answered, "this is not a cat outfit." (NOTE: at this point I've decided to call the 'coutfit' whatever the **** I want.)
"It's not a cat outfit, even it has ears and a tail…", Sakaki thought. "Would it fit me?"
"Who knows", answered the store clerk, thinking that this outfit was never chosen by any other person due to the size of the outfit. Sakaki, without hesitation, entered the change room. In a minute, she went out of the change room, with her body looking like a different person (the top may not have enhanced the breast, but it did help fit her physique). "It turns out I was wrong", said the store clerk. "It actually did fit you. Oh, and try not to be offended, but this outfit comes with the waitress costume *holds up the purple waitress outfit from Tokyo Mew Mew*".
At the corner of the aisle, we notice a girl with short hair spying on Sakaki. "Why would Miss Sakaki want to be in a place like this", a woman named Kaori asked herself? "Is she going out with her friends tomorrow at that convention? And why is she wearing that wolf-like outfit?"
"So what do you think", the store clerk asked Sakaki? "I'll take it", Sakaki replied.
"Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get out of this aisle. Being the only man in this aisle really creeps me out." As the store clerk left the aisle that Sakaki was in, she then went back into the change room. After that, Kaori had an idea. "Since Miss Sakaki's cosplaying as Zakuro, maybe I should cosplay as Mint for the event tomorrow", Kaori thought, since her fetish for Sakaki grown stronger throughout her years in school. Kaori then quickly grabbed the blue outfit with the bird wings and tail and quickly walked away from the aisle. As Sakaki got out of the change room, she noticed someone walking quickly out of the aisle.
"Who could that have been", Sakaki questioned herself? Sakaki then walked up to the area where the schoolgirls agreed to meet. Meanwhile, Osaka had a hard time choosing an outfit that would suit her best. She noticed a shady store clerk who appeared in the aisle where Osaka was.
"I never thought I would get out of this aisle", said the store clerk. "AH", the store clerk screamed!
"Excuse me, mister", Osaka said to the store clerk, "can you tell where the clerk is?"
"He's right here", said the store clerk, being impatient.
"Where?"
"Oh, for the love of- I'm the store clerk", he said with frustration!
"Oh", Osaka said. "Can you help me? I can't decide on an outfit I want to wear."
"I see", the store clerk said. "Well, with your amusing characteristic, I have just the outfit for you!" As the store clerk picks an outfit, the screen fades to black.
After Osaka arrived, they then purchased their own outfit they chose. "Thank you for coming", the store clerk said, mimicking Apu. "I'll see you in hell!"
"WHAT", said everyone?
"I mean, thank you, come again."
"Ok…, let's just get out of here", said Tomo. The schoolgirls left the door the same way they got in; going together, trying to go through that same door, being squashed. "Did we forget something", Yomi said, trying not to break the fourth wall.
"Oh, I think we have", Tomo said, being embarrased. "So anyway, which outfit did you guys get? I got this cool outfit", Tomo said, while holding up her Haruhi Suzumiya outfit.
"Who recommended that for you", said Yomi?
"That store clerk with the glasses. Why do you ask?"
"He was that same store clerk who recommended this outfit", Yomi responded, while holding up Suzuka's outfit from Outlaw Star. Tomo looks like she's going to laugh. She couldn't hold back anymore, so she bursted out laughing. "How could he have recommended that outfit for someone who was so flabby at the legs", Tomo said, in between laughing. Yomi knocks Tomo down on the concrete floor, ironically in the same position. "Stop being so damn rude", said Yomi, in a furious state!
"Well, how could he?"
Yomi calmed down for a few seconds. "I wanted something that I didn't normally go after; therefore, he recommended this outfit", Yomi responded.
"He was the one who recommended this outfit for me", Sakaki said, while holding up her outfit. Tomo was literally jaw-dropped. She couldn't believe that Sakaki bought an outfit like this. "What's wrong", Sakaki said, realizing Tomo looking shocked. "N-n-nothing", Tomo said.
"I'm sorry to say that I've never seen the store clerk in my aisle. That's the aisle where I got this cute outfit", Chiyo said, while holding up Rika's miko outfit.
"Uh, Chiyo", Tomo said.
"Yes?"
"She's in the anime where everyone keeps dieing in almost every arc."
"WHAT", Chiyo said, while shocked.
"Yeah", Tomo said. "I remember a scene where-" Yomi covers up Tomo's mouth. "What she's trying to say, Chiyo, is that she never heard of this character before", Yomi said, trying not to scare Chiyo-chan.
"Oh?"
"Yomi", finally able to get away from Yomi's hand, "how could you have done this?"
"Because she's a young girl, and this anime is too violent for her", Yomi whispered to Tomo, yet.
"Well how could I have known, Tomo said to Yomi. Osaka, what outfit did you get?"
"That strange man with glasses recommended this outfit for me", Osaka said, while holding Nano's outfit from Nichijou (It's a great anime, I suggest you watch it). Tomo was literally into panic mode. Chiyo went to white. Sakaki slowly became frightened, and Yomi became worried for the sake of the group? "Don't tell me Kimura was working in here, was he", Yomi said to Osaka.
"No", Osaka replied, it was that person who called himself a store clerk." From that point, everyone was relieved. "For a second, I thought it was Kimura recommending that", Tomo said, still trying to relax. "Where is he, anyway?"
"Over there", Osaka said while pointing. Everyone turned around to notice Kimura crossing the streets and then stops to where the schoolgirls were standing.
"Oh, hello girls", Kimura said. "Why are you here?"
Tomo gulps. "We were going to a convention tomorrow, so we bought outfits for each other", Tomo said, while trying to relax. "That's understandable. Just remember: you should dispose of trash in a receptacle, and sort it accordingly" (NOTE: I took that speech at the very end of the episode, so stop asking. (NOTE WITHIN A NOTE: Sorry about putting *stop asking* on every note.)).
"But Mr Kimura, why are you here", Yomi questioned?
"Believe it or not", Kimura said, "I too have an interest in events like this. So I've decided to buy a costume as well. Goodbye." Kimura then entered the door, but before the door closes, he turns back. "What I wouldn't give to watch them change", Kimura thought.
"Is it just me, or did we encounter something like this in the series", Tomo asked?
"Maybe", Yomi answered. "But I don't remember." As the girls walked away from the shop, we notice Kagura walking to it. As she opens the front door, the screen fades to white.
KitsuneRoyale: I know it's my most unusual choices, to say the least, but I've decided based on each of their characteristics. And why was Kagura walking into the shop? Nobody knows *spooky hands*. *laughs* Just kidding. You'll find out soon in the next chapter.
See you again!