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### š *Tensura: Multiversal Shenanigans*
**Arc 3 ā Komi Can't Communicate**
**Chapter 24: Cherry Blossoms and Dragon-Sized Club Recruitments**
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**\[Scene: Itan High ā Club Recruitment Day]**
Banners flapped in the wind. Stalls lined the courtyard. Clubs vied for new members with the desperation of starving wolves.
**Tadano (to Rimuru):** "Soā¦ club recruitment's kind of intense."
**Rimuru (watching a kendo duel break out):** "This feels like a battle royale. And I've *been* in one."
**Ciel:**
> "Recommended action: Observe local custom. Avoid signing anything without reading the fine print."
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**\[Meanwhile, Milim and Ramiris explored the booths.]**
**Milim (holding five flyers):** "Okay, the martial arts club wants me, the drama club *begged* me, and the cooking club gave me free cake. I think I'm in all of them now?"
**Ramiris (riding a balloon shaped like a cat):** "I joined the gardening club by accident. I thought they were giving away dirt."
**Milim:** "Was it tasty?"
**Ramiris:** "Crunchy."
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**\[Komi watched the crowd nervously, Tadano by her side.]**
She clutched a flyer for the literature club. Her eyes darted from booth to booth like a deer surrounded by extroverts.
**Tadano:** "We can take it slow. Want me to talk to them for you?"
Komi nodded, grateful.
Just thenā
**Veldora stomped in with a cape and a notebook.**
**Veldora:** "I have decidedā¦ to start my own club!"
**Rimuru:** "Oh no."
**Veldora (dramatically):** "The Manga Analysis, Appreciation, and Recreation Society! Or MAARS!"
**Ciel:**
> "An acronym this forced should be declared illegal."
**Veldora (grinning):** "We shall read mangaā¦ discuss mangaā¦ and *become* manga!"
**Najimi (walking by):** "So cosplay?"
**Veldora:** "YES!"
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**\[Cut to: Komi being gently dragged by Milim to various booths.]**
**Milim:** "Come on, Komi! You have the aura of a secret martial arts master! Let's visit the dojo!"
Komi shook her head furiously.
**Ramiris (suddenly appearing):** "What about art club? You can draw silently!"
Komi paused.
**Tadano (smiling):** "That might actually be a good fit."
Komi scribbled:
> "Maybeā¦ if someone comes with me."
**Milim (saluting):** "We march at dawn!"
**Ramiris:** "That's now."
**Milim:** "Then we march at NOW!"
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**\[Meanwhile, Rimuru was cornered by a group of overly energetic science club members.]**
**Science Club President:** "You have a slime-like body? Incredible! Would you let us study yourā¦ uh, everything?"
**Rimuru:** "I'd rather not be dissected today."
**Ciel:**
> "Threat level: Mild. Nerds."
**Rimuru (smiling nervously):** "Okay, okay, I'll join your club *if* you promise no poking, prodding, or vaporizing."
**Science Club:** "Deal!"
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**\[Cut to Veldora setting up his club booth.]**
**Banner:** *"JOIN MAARS ā BECOME THE MAIN CHARACTER!"*
He had laid out dozens of manga volumes, cosplay wigs, and handwritten fanfiction titled "*My Reincarnated Life as a School Idol Dragon*."
**Veldora (grinning):** "Now I simply wait for destiny to bring me disciples."
**Rimuru (facepalming):** "Why do I feel like this will become the most popular club?"
**Ciel:**
> "Prediction: 78.6% chance MAARS will gain cult-like popularity."
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**\[Later that day, Komi, Tadano, Milim, Ramiris, and Rimuru gathered under the cherry tree again.]**
Komi clutched a sketchpad from the art club. She smiled faintly.
**Komi (writing):**
> "I think I joinedā¦ three clubs."
**Rimuru:** "That's more than me!"
**Tadano:** "You only joined the manga club because Veldora begged."
**Veldora (off-screen):** "I heard that!"
**Ramiris (spinning):** "I joined gardening, art, AND animal club! There was a rabbit!"
**Milim:** "I joined all the food-related clubs."
**Rimuru (laughing):** "We've basically hijacked this school."
**Ciel:**
> "Correction: We have assimilated this school."
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**\[Final shot: A group photo under the cherry tree, snapped by Najimi.]**
Everyone was grinning, some posing (Veldora did a "cool guy" peace sign), others mid-chaos. Komi stood at the center, slightly blushing, holding up a small sign:
> "Friends."
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**To Be Continuedā¦**