I am [It's not enough to just be cute.]

The other day, Sunou Honda was running an exciting project on X.

I thought, I just have to jump on this...! and asked her right away, and before long, a reply arrived.

W-wow...!

Even though I interact with Sunou-san on a daily basis, I never expected such an accurate and wonderful copy that describes me to be created...! (And so quickly, too.)

I almost feel like she understands me better than I understand myself; it's actually a little scary. It's true, I'm not satisfied with just being "cute."

That's right, Sunou-san is an amazing person after all... (realizing this only now).

While I wonder if it's really okay for me to be interacting so casually with such an amazing person through note, there's also a part of me that's brazen enough to think, isn't that the beauty of note?

In any case, I'm soaring with excitement after having such an amazing person write such an amazing copy for me.

Just as I was feeling all light and airy, C.Diem-san even gave me a copy.

"Hoshigari" (greedy) + "ri" makes "Hoshigari". It's cute, but the greed is front and center, which is also very wonderful. It seems I can't hide my desires after all.

I shouldn't have been like this in the past.

"He who chases two rabbits catches none"—I used to genuinely believe that. I always acted with the intention of not trying to get everything, but rather securing what I could definitely get. I was conservative, cautious, and lived a steady life. That was me.

Then, at some point, I started trying my hand at everything. The trigger was probably a message from a certain favorite of mine saying,
"Let's live more greedily.".

It's not that I'll do anything just because my favorite idol said so, but this message resonated with me strangely.
I realized that even though no one told me so, I might have had a subconscious awareness that 'desire' is 'evil'.

Come to think of it, my past favorite idols were all greedy.
They are the kind of people who, if asked 'What do you do?', would answer that they do this, that, and the other thing—they do it all! And they are the kind of people who actually make it all happen.

There is no doubt that I am who I am today because I have been influenced, in no small part, by such energetic idols.

Strangely enough, I feel like many of the people I interact with on note and social media lately are also greedy.
Seeing people who are active in various fields makes me want to be even greedier myself.

Mastering one thing is, of course, cool. Being just 'cute' is also, of course, fine. I love that kind of artisan spirit, and I have a great desire to emulate it.

But for me,

[Being cute just isn't enough.]

So, I added a little bit to my profile section.

Receiving this catchphrase has made me resolve once again that I want to continue living greedily.

Please continue to look kindly upon Rii, who 'being cute just isn't enough' for.

Sunou-san, Diem-san, thank you once again!!!

Bonus

A record of my struggle to create a header that includes the catchphrase.