IN REGARD TO COSPLAYING AT THE BUNKASAI, IN REGARD TO COSPLAYING OUTSIDE OF IT. 

 [Scene: Ryoo Gakuen's Bunkasai. Upbeat music plays ]
 

 Tsukasa: The bunkasai is fun, isn't it?
 
 Kagami: Should you get that excited about it?
 
 Tsukasa: Festivals are supposed to be fun. Don't you feel
 like shouting for joy?
 
 Kagami: It's not like I don't understand. 
 
 Konata: But listen - in the end, our class had a coffee lounge and
 Kagami's class had a coffee lounge. There's no art to it. 
 
 Kagami: Well, for someone who cosplays at her part-time job, 
 there may be no art to putting aprons over our school uniforms. 
 
 Konata: No, there is some art there. And some moe. 
 
 Tsukasa: Moe? 
 
 Konata: To put it succinctly, . . . hmmm. (a beat) Miyuki-san!
 
 Miyuki: Hai! 
 
 Konata: You came at just the right time. Could you stand there and
 spin one time? 
 
 Miyuki: Spin? Uhh . . . Like this? 
 
 Konata: Yessss . . . that's it! How very much like you, Miyuki-san! 
 You lifted your skirt up just enough that we still weren't able to see
 your undies! 
 
 Miyuki: My undies?
 
 Kagami: Wait! That's not moe! It's just far-out sexual harrassment by a middle-aged
 man! 
 
 Tsukasa: Oh wow. 
 
 [LATER]
 
 [The sound of washing dishes and utensils.]
 
 Konata: I need to get back to my class. 
 
 Tsukasa: Is it that time already? Kona-chan, it's time for us to change shifts. 
 
 Konata: What a bother. 
 
 Kagami: Get back to it. Less yappenin', more happenin'. 
 I need to swap spots with the salesgirl, so I'm heading on out. 
 
 Konata: Oh, that's right. Kagami, you're going to cosplay! I want to see that! 
 I have to! Okay Tsukasa, I'm going to skip this shift. 
 
 Tsukasa: That's no good, Kona-chan. 
 
 Kagami: Don't come see me! I won't show you that! 
 
 Konata: Don't be so stingy. It's not like you'll lose anything. 
 
 Kagami: No! You're like a harrassing old man!

[LATER] 
 
 Kuroi: Hey guys! Are all of you seriously having fun? 
 
 Konata: I don't understand what you mean, Sensei. 
 
 Kuroi: Well, that's still fine. Can you bring me a beer?
 
 Tsukasa: Sensei, we don't have any beer here. 
 
 Kuroi: What's with that lame excuse? 
 
 Tsukasa: Be we don't have any. Really. 
 
 Kuroi: I am kidding. No need to take it so seriously. 
 
 Tsukasa: Oh, is that it? (giggles) 
 
 Konata: That's not good, Sensei. That Kansai teasing is rough on a 
 ditz like Tsukasa. 
 
 Kuroi: What are you saying? I'm not from Kansai. 
 
 Tsukasa: What?  Is that right?
 
 Kuroi: Didn't I tell you? Even I was born in Kanagawa. 
 
 Konata: Even so, your harshness doesn't ever change. 
 
 Kuroi: (laughs) (frustrated growl) Okay then! Izumi, I'll put you in a
 hold. 
 
 Konata: (tapping out) I give! I give! 
 
 Tsukasa: (nervous laughter) 

 [LATER]
 
 Yui: Hello! Is Konata there? There you are! 
 
 Konata: Yui Neesan? What about your job? 
 
 Yui: I took the day off! 
 
 Konata: Oh, again? 
 
 Yui: Yutaka said she really wanted to attend the bunkasai, so I got the day off. 
 
 Konata: Yuchan is kind. 
 
 Yui: And she did ask me to do it, so I have to. 
 
 Konata: You're acting like a proper neesan. 
 
 Yui: (settles in) Can I get a beer? 
 
 Konata: Sorry, Yui-neechan. Someone already made that joke. 
 
 Yui: Was it a fool requesting beer at the bunkasai?
 
 Kuroi: Don't call me a fool! 
 
 Yui: Are you the one that snatched away my chance to use the joke?
 
 Kuroi: No, I'm the one who used it first. Izumi, who is this?
 
 Konata: She's my cousin. She's a police officer in traffic enforcement. 
 
 Kuroi: (shocked) A cop would come to our bunkasai and ask for booze!?
 
 Yui: Who is this flashy Kansai-jin?
 
 Konata: My homeroom teacher, Kuroi-sensei. 
 She's in charge of world history, and she's not really from Kansai. 

 Kuroi: You're letting the bunkasai be an excuse to ignore my rank. 
 Shall we go out somewhere and get a drink?
 
 Yui: Good idea! Okay Konata, I'm going out for a drink with sensei, so
 I'll leave the rest to you. 
 
 Konata: Wait! The both of you, wait!  
 
 Tsukasa: Wow, Kona-chan got trolled by someone else.
 
 [LATER]
 
 (The group is walking away from the school.)
 
 Yui: Wow, I'm beat. 
 
 Tsukasa: But it was really fun. 
 
 Kagami: Yes. 
 
 Konata: Dang it, it ended before I could see Kagami's cosplay. 
 
 Kagami: I'm telling you it wasn't cosplay! 
 
 Yu: When you think about it, it's a uniform plus an apron. You have
 both at home, right?
 
 Konata: Yes, that's true. 
 
 Kagami: I was hoping to see Konata teased a little more. 
 
 Konata: Oh, that's right. The two of you live at a shrine, right?
 
 Kagami: Why are you asking all of a sudden?
 
 Konata: Do you cosplay as miko around the time of the new year? 
 
 Tsukasa: Yes. It's really busy then, so we help out. 
 
 Kagami: The amount of toshidama we get depends 
 on whether we help or not. 
 
 Konata: But you'd help whether or not it changed. 
 
 Kagami: Hmm. You're not going to say that it's cosplay, right?
 
 Konata: It turns out that this year, I'm going to wear a miko outfit. 
 
 Kagami: What? What's that about?
 
 Konata: For the year's end, the cosplay cafe I work at is offering a big bonus
 to your hourly rate if you dress up as a miko. 
 
 Kagami: What the heck!?
 
 Tsukasa: Bet everyone wears matching stuff. 
 
 Konata: So if you like, come see us for part-time work. 
 
 Kagami: I don't have to, so I won't. 
 
 
 END PART 4