Grab the mic!

Cast -

MC Breaker/Bronte: Ramona Wolf
Empress a.k.a. ChiLL: Lilja Kurtbay
Dancer: Yonaguni Hikari
Graffiti: Wang Xue


Act One

The city of 'UENO,' where young people gather.

Tonight, as always, block parties were being held throughout the city.

Young people competed with their skills in their respective specialties-music, dance, graffiti art.

In the centre of the city was a particularly lively district with a large crowd.

What was being held there was the 'Grand Party'.

Held once a year, it was a party where the fiercest competitors who had risen from each block party competed against each other.

Success at this performance would grant a chance at a major debut.

The narrow gate to success that every performer aimed for and dreamed of.

Watching that party from a slight distance from the crowd was a girl.

Her name was Bronte. A rookie rapper with the alias 'MC Breaker.'

Bronte glared at the party's bustle and clenched her fists tightly.

Act Two

-Before Bronte was called 'MC Breaker'.

Bronte lost her father when she was young and grew up in a single parent household with her sister, who was three years older.

She was very quiet and reserved, always the kind of child who hid behind her mother and sister.

Though quiet, she had friends, got along well with her sister who had moved out independently, and though not wealthy, was reasonably happy.

Bronte loved singing and dancing. However, she would never show it except when alone or in front of her mother and sister.

Both her mother and sister praised Bronte's sense of rhythm and encouraged her to perform in public, but the shy Bronte stubbornly refused.

One day, her sister, who had returned home, learned about the school festival at Bronte's school and secretly recommended Bronte for a stage performance.

Her sister had started hip-hop after leaving home and wanted Bronte to come to the forefront with confidence too.

When people saw the video of Bronte singing and dancing, everyone hoped for Bronte's performance.

Bronte was embarrassed and declined, but both classmates and teachers wished for Bronte to sing.

Pushed by everyone, Bronte finally decided to participate.

However, on the day of the school festival performance, Bronte, tormented by nervousness, stood frozen on stage and couldn't dance.

The friends who had been cheering for Bronte were worried, but classmates who knew nothing blamed Bronte as a "loser".

Bronte stopped dancing after that.

Her mother comforted and encouraged Bronte, and her sister regretted and apologised for forcefully making her participate, but Bronte had closed her heart.

Act Three

-Back to the present.

Before the Grand Party in UENO, Bronte was indulging in reminiscing with her companions.

"Yeah, yeah, when we first met you were seriously radiating tragedy."

"Truly a loser, a lost puppy."

Dancer and Graffiti, her companions, laughed at MC Breaker's story, which now seemed unimaginable.

"But you know, this story has a continuation-"

Bronte began to speak again.

Some time after Bronte had closed her heart, her sister came home.

Her sister had continued to refine her singing and dancing, and by then had become 'Empress a.k.a. ChiLL', a famous MC in those circles.

Empress a.k.a. ChiLL glanced at Bronte with an icy gaze and laughed through her nose.

"Forever the tragic heroine, loser's scream again."

Despite this being a reunion after a long time, Bronte couldn't hide her bewilderment at her sister suddenly dissing her.

"Having you as a sister is a nuisance-you know you're an embarrassment, don't you!?"

Shocked by her sister's unexpected words, Bronte impulsively ran out of the house.

"You've got to crawl back up...with your own strength."

While watching Bronte's back, Empress a.k.a. ChiLL let slip her true feelings as a sister.

Of course, those feelings could never reach Bronte...

×××

Having run out of the house, Bronte wandered the town aimlessly.

To think she had made her sister suffer so much. She muttered quietly, blaming herself.

Then she bumped shoulders with a passerby.

"That hurt, you gloomy loser."

Being called a loser even by a stranger, something snapped inside Bronte.

"Me, a loser? Don't decide that on your own! Fine, I'm a loser-but even losers have feelings and pride!"

Shouting and shouting, when Bronte came to her senses, the person she'd bumped into grinned at her spirit.

"You're good-wanna grab a mic and shout?"

"Eh, you mean..."

×××

Bronte thrust her fist toward Dancer, saying "I owe who I am today to you."

Yes, the one who awakened her that time was her companion Dancer, who was with her now.

"Your sense of rhythm was genius from when we first met," Dancer responded with a fist bump.

"Now we just need to reach the top," Graffiti said, placing a palm over their fists.

Act Four

Present-day 'UENO.'

Bronte, known as 'MC Breaker', stepped into the Grand Party with trusted companions.

Now there wasn't a person in UENO who didn't know MC Breaker's name.

Amidst great cheers, MC Breaker and her companions took the stage.

More cheers arose, and walking leisurely down the opposite runway was the 'Empress a.k.a. ChiLL' team.

"You finally came, loser."

The two glared at each other, but somehow Empress a.k.a. ChiLL looked happy.

And the battle began.

MC Breaker grabbed the mic and shouted:

"Right here, right now, who's the star-just watch, the loser's rebellion, yeah!"


Ramona Wolf
Hmm...rapping was a first for me, but rhyming is interesting. Though I'm not used to somewhat rough language like 'dissing'...

Ramona Wolf
Still, me being the younger sister and Lilja being the older sister...this is an unusual situation.

Lilja Kurtbay
Instead of protecting me, Ramona comes to defeat me. New.

Ramona Wolf
Ha ha ha, indeed. We've never had a stage where we competed this intensely.

Lilja Kurtbay
It's a bit different from Gingaza's usual style, but this situation is good because Ramona can see me well.

Ramona Wolf
See...? You mean the battle on stage? It's a serious match, so I am certainly watching you-

Lilja Kurtbay
Sharp eyes, earnest expression...beautiful. I want to keep watching. So Ramona, look at me too.

Ramona Wolf
Hey now, don't stare at me so much...!

Ramona Wolf
Whew...Lilja's sensibilities are truly unique. So I won't be overwhelmed, I'll polish my 'dissing' skills and respond in kind!

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Pub: 12 Dec 2025 22:05 UTC

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