Volume 3

Summary
While he works at the village hall, Yoshio has a premonition of his fate: to promote tourism to Kumade Village! But Kumade only produces bland vegetables, so what is he to do? Machi and even Hibiki get drawn into this large project.

Hibiki has been hanging around lately and spending time with Machi. Machi doesn’t have any friends around her age, let alone any girls to talk with. Yoshio and Natsu encourage Hibiki to stay around longer, but with slightly different aims. Yoshio is oblivious to Hibiki’s feelings toward him and is solely focused on promoting the Kumade Village. Meanwhile Natsu can see it plain as day, and he agrees with Yoshio that she makes Machi happy, he also wants to see Hibiki with Yoshio, even if she won’t admit that is what she wants.

Machi learns from Hibiki and Yoshio’s interactions and how to read the mood. She was a little naive to it prior.

Yoshio later encourages Machi to become an idol. He starts off by having her give samples to customers in a local supermarket. Machi absolutely dreads it, but with Hibiki and Yoshio's encouragement, she becomes more comfortable speaking with crowds. That confidence did not carry over when Yoshio had Machi preform a song for a smaller, but more rambunctious crowd.

Natsu is guilty that he does not want Machi to leave the village and prays that she will stay. She has a nightmare that night where the people in Sendai city pelted her with rocks and called her names. The next morning she tied herself to a pillar and said she will not go. Much to Natsu's elation, she adds that she has given up and will stay in Kumade. Consistently she is pushed to do things that overwhelm her rather than encourage her, as no one seems to understand until it is too late for her. For now, her motivation is depleted and she dreads the city.

Chapters

 * Chapter 13: Something Frightening
 * Chapter 14: Urahara
 * Chapter 15: PR
 * Chapter 16: On the Floor
 * Chapter 17: This Is An Idol?!
 * Chapter 18: Nightmare