NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE

Take him! Don't you dare lose! Die!

Don't forget, you're carrying everyone's money out there!

Hey, when's Mom coming back?

Huh? Quit worrying.

She'll come back if she feels like it. Don't think about it.

For real?

And if she doesn't, then screw it, that's how it is.

Hey, Nechika, root for number five!

If it wins, we're having hamburger steaks!

...but not really making much forward progress.

Where's Mom?

- Don't get your hopes up. - Go! Go!

- Pass 'em! Come on! - It's okay. I'm here.

Pass 'em!

Hell yeah!

Gross.

...a remarkably lifeless finish.

- What are you doing here?! - What's going on?!

I love your face!

I'll support you forever!

Thanks. I just felt like coming out for a little night air.

You alone?

You're cute.

How about we grab some coffee?

I just want someone to talk to.

The city gets lonely at night.

What, nervous?

No, that's not it, is it?

Ah, you're one of those three idiots.

Oh, you know me?

I'm flattered.

NECHIKA-SAMA

You're the little Miss Angel, aren't you?

You can tell?

Of course I can. You've got the same bone structure.

Huh. So this is what you're like normally. Not bad at all.

Ame @raincandy_U Unknown location, unemployed

Sorry for bugging you.

My bad!

You were gonna take me somewhere, right?

To some trendy little café.

You've just heard the midsummer hit song, "Night and Dark: Rip Open the Night."

All right, coming up next, the buzzworthy band that blew up on social media, yeah!

I'm honored KAngel would take an interest in me.

Everyone has nights when they feel lonely.

Besides, you seem easier to talk to than that loud purple one

and the lolita girl who's totally shut herself up inside her own little world.

Keeping those two tucked safely away from reality is part of my job, too.

You're more...

MORE LIKE ME

No way! They're getting more into it than you are.

Anyway, I heard social media is what got your band started?

Yeah, pretty much.

Relatively speaking, at least in part.

We're both the kind of people who learned to survive by being sneaky.

...and next thing I knew, I was in a band.

"Next thing I knew, I was in a band."

You get that sense?

Of course.

Why?!

After all the booze I bought you?!

Host Addict Panyami @pnyapnya_ray Looking for someone to work with Must be married to manager I consolidated notes on how to get married to your manager!

Ikki Kuronuma @CLUB_BELAGE @ikki_ikki_4649_ikki Can't get drunk on booze? Then come drink with me! I'll get you drunk on my love in no time. Host addicts are...

You're just too damn clingy.

And pay off the rest of what you owe me.

I even went out to turn tricks so I could pay you back!

Yeah, you went out. And then you came right back.

Because I hated it! What was I supposed to do?!

Kouichi Aizawa / DX Advanced... @it_solution... An "interpreter" for on-site work and technology. We are a business that solves your issue using IT. From setting up to effective management! Please feel free to...

Seriously, why are girls in the nightlife district always such airheads?

Naoto Kurosaki / IT Solu... @it_solution_... Instead of "selling" we "get results." We will set-up an effective DX at your work, from business improvement to refining the rules. Feel free to...

Women have it easy. They can make money with their bodies,

and when they can't, they just smack some guy around,

make a scene, and get paid again.

That's what they call double-dipping, right?

Goushi Onizuka / Heavy Machinery... @heavy_mach_r... Backhoe excavator is my partner. My job is my battleground. Log-in right when I get home. New characters are the best! Family and friends come first.

God, shut the hell up!

Rina Onizuka / Protector of the House @rina_home_guard I'm a housewife, but my fighting spirit goes on! Former gyaru to current Mom-gyaru X1 Remarried club.

Hey! Cut it out, that's dangerous!

Geez, say something to them, will you?

End turn!

Sure, it's nice when adults can enjoy the story too,

Teroron / Anime... @tero_ani... I create and direct, and such. Focus on acting and layout. Currently not accepting new work.

Yamame (Yuu Nanase) / Ani... @yama... Key animation focus. Mostly work with digital. Currently putting a pause on accepting new work.

Ponnyo / Production @pnyo_genga_sub_3242 Freelance producer. Low-key kinda getting popular. Will not be accepting new work for a while.

but at the end of the day, toys are meant to be used.

End turn.

People keep forgetting this stuff is made to sell toys to kids! And attack!

Mm, yes, yes. One must also take the belt's durability into account.

Those two are dead serious about sharpening their souls and building solid selves.

They really think that's how they can change the world.

I'm barely managing my own life and the tiny bit around me I can actually reach.

As Miss Angel, you're tied up in a lot of shit, huh?

But Miss Angel is amazing, though. So amazing that...

...it's about time Karamazov put her out of her misery.

KAngel's going to lose?

The times are changing.

Now it's the turn of the generation raised on KAngel to rise up.

You people?

Yeah. Including our purple girl.

Hey, I'm talking to you!

I said enough already. We're done.

Like hell! We are not breaking up!

Hey! These brats are not listening to a word I say!

Say something to them!

Forget that, look at this! Holy shit! This thing is totally rigged!

Do those girls even realize they only get to survive because of men?

Totally, no kidding.

Still, the very idea of the bishoujo character is getting stale.

We've already seen every ridiculous gimmick trait there is.

Right?

I thought you showed people dreams without ever believing in them yourself.

That's right. This isn't some fairy tale.

Looking at it objectively, Karamazov has a fighting chance to seize the era.

Purple Denpa Girl and the Lolita maiden are the genuine article.

And I'm the crafty little rat supporting them from behind.

The three of us could kill even a god.

You said you loved me!

I did love you back then.

But now I hate how fucking suffocating you've gotten. You get that?

Love addiction.

Yeah, looks like he's already milked that girl dry.

Still, he's an amateur.

That host...

Dumping her face-to-face just means he's weak.

If he'd just ignored her messages and ended it by blocking her,

he probably couldn't have lived with the guilt.

Isn't your fan service kind of like that, too?

It's still different from directly showering someone of the opposite sex with money.

With me, it stays within regular stan behavior.

Buying merch, sending supers, that kind of thing.

That's a far cry from fake romance.

I'm kind.

Addictive tendencies, drug abuse, self-harm.

In the end, they run off into delinquency because nothing fulfills them

more than that does, and they're scared and never get saved.

Restrictions are necessary, but that's not really the problem.

Someone has to shut up and listen to kids

who ended up with no choice but to live like that.

Is that why you're a streamer?

That's one of the official reasons, anyway.

Miss Angel used to stream while totally zooted in the early days too, remember?

That's when you really blew up.

You were cute like that.

It was ridiculous, wasn't it? Back then I was desperate.

I got tons of criticism, but I did tell people not to copy me.

It's not like I was encouraging it.

Though I do understand why people were influenced by it.

I was scared of all sorts of things, so I took pills and blurred it all out.

Then sometimes I'd end up streaming on impulse.

I was just trying to stay alive, that's all.

Even just living has a purpose.

What do you want so badly that you keep living?

I want that.

Well, yeah.

If a girl like that existed, everybody'd follow her.

She's beautiful. You're a good person, Miss Angel.

I'm high right now.

You've never cared about normal ideas of right and wrong, have you?

Because you know the ugliest thing there is

is getting so hung up on that stuff you lose sight of everything else.

The only one who can decide what counts as good or evil is the person themselves.

And the fact is, there are girls who started to shine because they looked up to KAngel.

I'm just fleecing morons who idolize me.

You're saying that assuming I'll deny it. You're leaning on me.

Cute.

If money were all you wanted, there are way more efficient ways to bleed people dry.

The masses don't follow someone who acts for a shallow reason like that.

There's real madness in KAngel's eyes.

I don't really want to see that much, and I don't want to be seen either.

So I usually keep half my face hidden.

I'm sneaky, so I end up seeing things from every angle.

I'm basically the one who handles the money, too.

Michica only sees herself, and Lollipop sees way too much of everyone else.

The three of us balance each other out perfectly.

What about me?

You took everything on alone, carried it all alone, and still look good.

You really did try, didn't you?

You just decide what other people are supposed to be and bulldoze ahead with it.

Oh, let me posture a little. Your cute kohai's earned that much.