I became a girl group idol for my sister.

Mika Komatsu nodded: "I see, a threat, huh? Using yourself as a threat is the most effective, after all, someone is kind-hearted."

After saying that, she asked with some curiosity, "By the way, don't you have to go to class?"

"Director Yamazaki got me a certificate that allows me to take five or six days off, so I don't need to go for now," Miyamoto said, brushing his teeth and washing his face. After finishing everything, he felt refreshed, stimulated by the cold water.

"Honestly, why don't you just tell the school that you're an idol? That way you won't have to come up with different excuses to ask for leave every time, and they won't categorize you as a bad student who doesn't study properly."

As Mika Komatsu spoke, she quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face, then began to take care of other things.

As for makeup, it's usually done at the theater.

Breakfast consisted of bread with a fried egg, ham, milk, and lettuce—simple yet nutritious.

After quickly finishing breakfast and washing the dishes, the three of them went out.

When the three of them arrived at the theater, Shimada Yurina, who was already there, looked at them with some surprise.

"That's strange, why did the three of you come together today?"

She glanced at Miyuki Eian and then at Miyamoto Sei.

"I know that Miyu-chan is staying with Mika-chan temporarily, but what about you, Nana-chan?"

"I stayed at their place last night because it got too late," Miyamoto answered honestly to avoid any strange speculation from the other party.

"Is that so?!" Shimada Yurina stroked her chin. "Since the three of you have already gotten together so late at night, why don't we get together sometime too? Come to the dorm, let's all have hot pot together!"

As soon as she said that, the others became interested as well.

"Hot pot? Great!"

"When?"

Seeing the group of people who quickly gathered around, Shimada Yurina thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it next time when we have a break. After all, Nana and the others are very busy right now, so they can only spare some time during their breaks."

After thinking for a moment, the group nodded. Miyamoto and the others, who were currently busy with their own team's affairs, were indeed among the busiest graduate students.

If the initial formation of Unit by the three of them made them feel jealous, they have now transformed that jealousy into their own strength, propelling themselves and their companions forward.

Miyamoto thought for a moment and said loudly, "By the way, Ms. Hanayagi taught me some basic dance last time. Let's practice together since it's still early today!"

"Teacher Hanayagi? Is it Hanayagi Fangmingya?"

"Oh my god, this is so lucky!"

"I want to learn! I want to learn!"

Seeing the group of people excitedly change into their practice clothes, Miyamoto smiled and said, "It's just some basic movements, like some ballet moves, so don't get your hopes up too high."

"No, no, no, even the basic moves are amazing. This can really improve your dancing skills. I remember clearly what Mika-chan said last time."

"That's right, I must study hard. I won't stop at being a graduate student!"

Miyamoto Sei did his best to teach everyone the basic skills he had learned from Hanayagi Yoshiaki last time. For everyone who aspired to become official members, no one was relaxed at this time.

Learn everything you can, and then do your best to make it your own. That's how everyone has been doing this for the past few months.

If you lack talent, then make up for it with your hard work and sweat!

Two hours passed quickly. Miyamoto taught everyone as much as he could what he had learned. As for what followed, that would naturally depend on everyone's own daily training.

This kind of training must be done in their spare time. What they need to do next is daily training, which is training related to the performances they will be performing.

After all, they are not the kind of idols who need to study for years before standing on the stage to perform. They are idols who constantly improve and move forward under the watchful eyes of the audience.

They are SKR-style idols, just like that, idols who have grown up in the idol system!

"Team graduate students, get ready, the first performance is yours!" Hasegawa Subaru shouted as he walked in, signaling the start of the day's work.

"understood!"

"We'll be there soon!"

Everyone chatted happily, quickly wiping away sweat and touching up their makeup, each one appearing full of energy.

After studying for these past few days, Miyamoto Sei is now incredibly skilled at makeup. After finishing her makeup, she took out her phone, made a peace sign with a smile, snapped a photo, and posted it on her Twitter account with a little heart and a short caption.

"Shall we begin today's work?"

This is Miyamoto Nana's Twitter account and has nothing to do with Miyamoto Sei!

Chapter Thirty: Preparing to Rent a Room [Third Update]

"I know that the three of you must have very little time on weekdays, and you only need to learn how to play the few songs you want to sing. However, I still hope that the three of you can learn the basics of the instruments."

The music teacher, standing in front of the three, spoke in a fairly clear voice.

This person is named Shiraishinian. He is a music teacher and is proficient in many instruments. However, according to him, although he can play them all, he is not particularly good at any of them.

Teaching others is fine, but it's definitely not acceptable to perform it yourself.

Miyamoto Satoru was being modest; at least to Miyamoto Satoru and the others, Shiraishi's playing skills were far superior to those of ordinary people.

Moreover, as someone who plays many musical instruments and mainly teaches, there is really no need to compare myself with professional masters.

"I understand, Mr. Shiraishi!"

Raise your hand, just like a student answering a question in class, Miyamoto shouted.

Miyamoto Sei generally approves of Shiraishi's approach, not only because a solid foundation can help them when playing other pieces in the future, but also because a solid foundation itself is beneficial for playing the pieces they will be learning.

Learning with basic skills and learning without basic skills are two completely different concepts.

The latter can be learned by rote memorization, while the former requires studying music theory.

Most importantly, just listening to the music he played, Miyamoto felt an instinctive sense of joy. He loved the sound the strings made when his fingers touched them.

Maybe I really have a special connection with music...

Miyamoto thought to himself.

However, because they needed to learn the basics, their workload actually increased considerably.

Just Miyamoto Sei himself needed to learn the correct finger posture, as well as things like changing strings, tuning, chords, and so on, and also things like rhythm, scales, note names, solfège, and so on. One by one, these terms popped out of Shiraishi Nishi's mouth and bounced on his forehead.

This made Miyamoto Sei secretly sigh; indeed, learning a musical instrument was no easy task.

After finishing their instrument lessons, the group naturally went on to take voice acting courses.

Since the group wasn't considered official students at the Japan Broadcasting and Acting Institute, but rather commuters, no one complained about their absence from class.

Saori Onishi was naturally very curious about the three who had arrived a little late.

However, Miyamoto easily dodged Onishi Saori's embrace with a sideways movement, which made the other party let out a soft "tch".

"What? You guys are going to learn musical instruments now? Just because there are scenes of playing instruments in anime?"

After hearing the explanations from Miyamoto Sei and the others, Onishi Saori couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Just because there are scenes of playing musical instruments in the anime, the voice actors are required to learn to play instruments. Isn't that asking too much of a voice actor?

"Because we're an idol group, the purpose of the anime is to promote our unit. So since there were instrumental performances in the anime, there must be instrumental performances on stage as well. For that reason, we need to learn instruments..."

Miyamoto said, completely ignoring the other person's "tch".

"That's true. You guys are different from us professional voice actors. You're part of an idol group. You guys are such a hassle."

Nodding slightly, Oonishi Saori thought for a moment.

"As expected, idols are really powerful!"

"I think voice actors who do voice acting for anime are amazing, they can have so many different voices..."

"Hehe, no, it's not that amazing!"

Seeing Saori Onishi shyly denying it, Miyamoto Sei tried hard to resist the urge to roll his eyes. I was talking about those senior voice actors, not you, you who like to take advantage of people!

……

Monday, January 2017, 3.

Miyamoto told his older sister about the decision he had made after thinking about it for a long time.

"Why are you suddenly deciding to move out?"

Rina Miyamoto looked at Sei Miyamoto, seemingly puzzled by the sudden decision to move out.

“Because everyone has grown up, I feel it’s a bit inconvenient to stay at home…” Miyamoto said, bringing out the reason that she felt was the hardest to refuse after thinking for a long time. “In addition, I spend a lot of time on the train every day, so I’m thinking of renting a place that is closer to my workplace.”

"I get the feeling you're addicted to working now," Miyamoto Rina remarked, then asked, "So, where do you plan to rent?"

"I saw a house in Chiyoda, 26 square meters, for only 90,000 yen, which is quite cheap."

He told Miyamoto Rina about the places he had found and liked, and Miyamoto Rina nodded slightly upon hearing the price.

"It is indeed quite cheap, but how much do you earn in a month? If you're just working for a living and the income isn't enough, it's not worth it."

"Not counting extra income, it's about 21 yen a month." Miyamoto told Miyamoto Rina about her relatively stable income over this period. This did not include income from photo books or single CDs. If those were included, the average monthly income would be even higher.

This is also thanks to the fact that graduate students now perform about 30 shows a month, or even more, which is why they have so much income.

It's safe to say that as long as they remain graduate students, the number of performances each month will likely not change much.

It's even possible that other things, such as the need for official members to engage in other activities, could lead to an increase in the number of their theater performances.