NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE

HEY, CUTIES!

[music playing quietly over speakers]

You've gotta be kidding.

Right when I'm about to get off the KAngel stream,

this fucking asshole from work calls?

Yes, hello?

Oh, yes, sorry!

R--right.

R--right, I understand, but...

...it's my day off.

It must be tough juggling childcare, too, huh, Chief?

What? No, no, no! That--that's not what I meant!

Hello?

Hello?

Oh, man, it's cold.

And now I'm sobering up.

Just keep your eyes on me, okay?

Three! Two! One!

Huh?

- Huh?

- - Hey, cutie.

- Sorry for interrupting your rehearsal!

- Whether I'm singing in front of one lost little bunny

or a whole bunch of lost lambs doesn't really make

a huge difference to me, you know?

But you don't have to worry.

You'll forget that IRL relationships stuff soon.

I'll give my best

live performance just for you, 'kay?

I think I can die happy now!

- Well, make sure you don't die yet.

The show's gonna start.

[Alobahn +81 feat. KOTOKO's "INTERNET OVERDOSE"]

Thank you! Watching you

is the only time I feel alive, KAngel!

- I see. If that's the case,

then I've gotta take responsibility for it.

You're so faithful to your angel that you're guaranteed

to find happiness in the end.

I'll be there to pick you up when you die, okay?

- The moment we've all been waiting for!

She's already gained millions of subscribers after

her recent debut,

and she continues to soar to the very top

of the streaming world like a comet!

You know her as the Internet Angel,

the ultra cutest of them all, KAngel!

- Time for the fairy tale to start.

I'll show you a dream that you'll never forget.

KAngel!

Three, two, one!

[keyboard clacking and mouse clicking]

- Buy energy drinks. - I've got work.

This world is crazy.

Ever since social media got big,

looks, popularity, income, friend count,

relationship history, IQ--

every statistic gets turned into a number and monitored.

Everyone knows it isn't normal.

But no one dares to speak up about it.

Wild beliefs, being annoying, going viral--

the more you stand out,

the more your social value is measured.

And low social value hits you directly in real life.

The numbers and the surveillance society are king.

Pretending you don't care about people,

but you're a slave to social media.

This world is crazy.

MAJORING IN NAIL ART AT SHIBUYA BEAUTY ACADEMY

Good morning.

Drinking milk makes your senses nice and sharp.

Now, Ultra-violence preparation complete!

Complete!

Hey, so on the down low,

how 'bout you write down your digits for me?

- Heh, you ever consider becoming a sugar baby?

- I wanna go to Korea for plastic surgery

but I gotta save, like, two mil.

Yeah, good luck.

What about that old dude you mentioned?

Can you squeeze more out of him?

Preparation complete!

Preparation complete!

That guy's broke now.

Also, I think he gave me an STD or something.

Ew, really?

- Like, I was already born with mono-lids,

and now this happens?

- Preparation complete! Preparation complete!

- Hey, you two wanna hang out with us?

Huh? You're asking us?

Why? What for?

- A bunch of hot guys are coming and you two are cute.

You should take advantage.

I appreciate the thought,

but we're honestly not into that.

- What a waste.

Well, guess no real point in pushing it.

See ya.

Hey, wanna hang?

I dunno. Should we?

Disgusting.

- By the way, Kache. - Huh? What is it?

- You, uh--you got a boyfriend? - Sure don't.

- Let's go somewhere else next time, you and me.

- Uh-- - I hit it big at pachinko,

so I've got cash right now.

Y--you listening? You're not drunk, are you?

Just fuck off.

Killer Queen.

Yeah, I'm okay.

If it's me and P,

then I know I can become

the number one streamer in the world.

This world is so ugly,

but the two of us will always shine like stars in

the night sky.

Unfortunately, nothing really lasts forever.

P, I love you.

The only reason I can even work

as hard as I do is 'cause you're here with me.

I love you.

I love you so much.

Goodnight, my love.

- Hey, that Michica girl was your classmate, wasn't she?

- Yeah, we still hang out sometimes.

- Next time you do, you should introduce me.

- No way. - Don't be like that.

Maybe she's got some composing gigs I can take on.

- And what makes you think that she'd give work to some amateur?

You barely even practice anymore.

- Shut up. I'll make it big someday.

You'll see.

[keyboard clacking and mouse clicking]

That's just wishful thinking.

Neither of us has any sort of special talent.

So quit it with the god complex.

- There are some people who think influencers

are from a different world and say whatever they wanna say.

'Cause if they admit we're human like them,

then they'd think, "Why can't I become like that?"

and crash out. You can talk the big talk,

but everybody gets put on blast sooner or later.

You talk the big talk,

but everybody cracks sooner or later.

I mean, you're known for getting criticized daily.

It's not normal criticism.

They flame you, set you on fire.

Picking apart everything you say and do makes them feel good

because they're addicted to revolutions.

But they don't do it to help people.

It's just to see the guillotine fall.