【OSHI NO KO】 (【推しの子】)

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Wow!

Himura-san's a genius!

Even the demo's release quality.

The thought that you two will ruin this with your singing makes me feel so bad.

Ooh, harsh as ever.

It's all good.

The recordings will get processed to hell and back in Cubase or Pro Tools.

Even tone-deaf vocals will come out sounding okay.

Does that not depress you?

Hey, so you got your new song?

Yep, yep!

The new B-Komachi's first-ever original number!

It's a great song, and I get to flex my skills to make it go viral!

Oh, so it came out good?

In that case, I know we were only planning to shoot a music video for STAR*T,

but wanna shoot one for the new song, too?

Anemone Monemone Instagrammer and Video Creator

Huh? Wouldn't that be impossible with our schedule?

MEMcho

We're only shooting STAR*T in the studio. One day will be enough for that.

I got a few storyboard ideas stocked up in my head from my walks around here, too.

If you don't mind going with the kind of video I want to make,

we won't need much prep.

How about it?

Now that...

is gonna make me expect something great.

A brilliant creator friend in need is a friend indeed!

Let me talk to the president about it.

Thanks for letting me join.

What's an outsider doing here?

You're the one who made the whole "recharge from Tokyo Blade" suggestion.

Gah, yeah, but still!

It's Akane-chan, in the flesh! I watched Love for Real!

You're so pretty! And cute!

Please.

You're so much cuter, Ruby-san.

Why would someone this beautiful date my brother?

What kind of dirt does he have on you?

What the heck do you think I am?

My brother has his flaws, but I hope you'll be with him forever.

That makes one of us!

Also, uh, Akane-san...

May I call you "Onee-chan"?!

What?!

I've always wanted a big sis! You'll be my sister one day, right?

You're gonna marry into the family, right?

Er, um...

What have I done to deserve this?

I was so excited about this trip, too.

Who am I supposed to root for here?!

Welcome to Takachiho A town of myths, valleys, and peace of mind

Welcome to Takachiho A town of myths, valleys, and peace of mind

What a weird twist of fate.

I never expected to be here again.

Welcome to Takachiho. I'm Anemone, the video director.

Anemone!

Long time no see, MEMcho!

I'm Saitou of Strawberry Productions.

We look forward to working with you.

Likewise!

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come all the way out here.

Fun townscape, isn't it?

Y-Yeah.

What made you set up your company here?

For one, my digital workflow focused on 3DCG and VFX allowed for it,

but the bigger reason was simply that I love nature.

The town where I was born, where I grew up...

and also the town where I died.

The air's really fresh, and it's surrounded by mountains.

Is it like a spiritual power spot with lots of big shrines and stuff?

It's famous for its shrine to the goddess of entertainment.

Oh, yeah?

Was was her name again? She's in Japanese myths...

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto.

The goddess worshiped at Aratate Shrine.

Oh, you know!

She's the patron goddess of music and the arts,

so showbiz types come down from Tokyo to pray to her all the time.

The place is auspicious, so I'm never short on work.

Really? Let's go pray!

I'd heard about it, but I've never actually been!

You totally should.

But first...

We have two music videos to shoot, so the schedule is jam-packed.

Change into your costumes and get in the studio!

Okay!

Good luck.

They're scrambling.

What should we do?

This says the Ama-no-Iwato from Japanese mythology is nearby.

Y'know, the cave where Amaterasu holed up,

leading to the gods holding a banquet around it to make her come out.

The gods, huh?

Do you have a taste for the occult, Aqua-kun?

Whether I like it or not,

I can't deny there's some truth to it all.

It's fascinating, right?

There's somewhere I want to go.

Sure. We can go wherever you want.

Where to?

The hospital.

Huh?

Do you have a tummyache? Want some medicine?

That's not it.

The hospital where Ruby and I were born is around here.

Did your grandparents live here or something?

And your mom came home to give birth?

Yeah, something like that.

Sounds like MEM had no idea this was our birthplace.

Talk about a crazy coincidence.

I couldn't believe it either.

I just want to ask about something. I'll be right back.

Excuse me.

I believe a doctor named Gorou Amamiya worked here.

Amamiya, you say?

It seems Amamiya-san abruptly fell out of touch one day.

The hospital treated it as if he'd quit.

Is that so?

It's been over fifteen years.

There's been plenty of staff turnover,

and none of the coworkers I was close to are around.

What did you check up on?

Someone I knew worked here.

Huh? Where are you going?

Just looking for something. You wait inside, Akane.

No, I'll go with you.

You must've been a rambunctious little kid, Aqua-kun.

Even if the great outdoors was your playground, this is just an animal track.

It was around here.

Akane, speaking hypothetically...

Do you think one could find the corpse of a pet who'd gotten lost here 15 years ago?

Well, if it was buried, you might find the bones.

But if left exposed, wild animals would've gotten to it and scattered the remains,

so probably not.

Right.

Aqua-kun came all the way here looking for an old pet dog?

He's so cute sometimes!

I'm out of luck if he buried me, but it's not like I have to find it.

Let the sleeping dead lie, I guess.

Sorry for dragging you all over the place.

Don't be. I'm the one who said we could go wherever you wanted,

and I'm just following you around.

This one's the last spot.

What is this place?

My friend's house.

That said, the residents are all dead. Nobody lives here anymore.

Amamiya

If you came all this way, they must've been important to you.

Who was this?

Gorou Amamiya.

He didn't have a mother.

It was a critical postpartum hemorrhage.

She hid her pregnancy from her parents

and gave birth at home all alone, but she lost too much blood.

By the time the ambulance got there, it was too late.

Since nobody knew who his father was, he was placed in his grandparents' care.

Apparently, things got pretty awkward.

He got on fine with his grandma, but his grandpa was another matter.

His mother had died giving birth to him,

and he never managed to get over the guilt.

Even when he decided to go to med school...

You're going to be an ob-gyn?

To save others like your mother? You are such a sweet young lad!

He actually wanted to be a surgeon.

There was a really cool surgeon in one of his favorite books.

He wanted to be like him,

but in the end, all he could do was live life in line with people's hopes for him.

Even as a doctor, he was powerless.

How is that even possible?

Sarina might pass away, and her parents won't even show up?!

They both work all the way over in Tokyo. They can't get here right away.

And they call themselves parents?!

A mother's supposed to—

That's just a fantasy. There are plenty of parents like hers.

Sarina-chan was really fond of you.

Go be with her and send her off.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Sensei.

Ai's Fan For All Eternity!!!

You can have that.

When I was doing better,

I went to a B-Komachi concert, just the once.

I won that from a capsule machine.

Think of it as me and take good care of it.

You got it. I'll treasure it forever.

And I mean forever.

Sensei?

I love you.

Even if I'm reborn...

I know...

The gods must be compassionate.

They took two souls who'd never truly had mothers,