NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE

So, how was tonight's stream with your one and only KAngel?

Ohhh, okay, mm-hmm. You're all fired up, huh?

LeafinGarden192 1,000 YOU WERE THE BEST TODAY, TOO!!!!

Then I guess it's about time we wrapped things up.

Now listen, you little freaks. Take a damn bath before you go to bed!

If people start saying OMGkawaiiAngel's fans stink,

I will seriously never forgive you!

This is so much fun!

Bless!

Magnificent.

The blind adoration of my faithful, the lowlife trash-talk of my haters...

The whole world has its eyes on me.

Nobody sees it. Not the girl underneath.

Not the bottom-feeding loser who couldn't even make it through middle school.

All their smug little critiques, all their exaggerated reactions...

Not one of them understands a damn thing.

P should be all I need.

But I was the girl nobody ever looked at.

And now the whole world is validating me. Expecting something from me.

DIRTY STUFF

No drug on earth can beat the high my own brain is pumping through me.

It feels so fucking good.

Your collection's gotten pretty huge.

I do toy reviews every now and then, too.

Like that one!

They ended up using the limited-edition color in the actual show,

so now it's worth a fortune.

Man, Karamazov really has come a long way.

DEADLY POISON DENPA GIRL PURPLE LOLLIPOP

It has. At this rate, taking the top spot wouldn't be strange at all.

NECHIKA-SAMA

Obviously!

Keep this up, and Karamazov's gonna stand at the very peak of this country!

Heroes always get replaced by the next generation.

Are you ready to drag the Angel down to earth?

What's this? Has the radiant glory of Lady Lollipop finally inspired you?

Then I guess it's time to give the people what they want.

Let's go take it! The zenith of the streamer world!

That washed-up old hag calling herself the Internet Angel?

Time for her to fall from grace! We're going angel-hunting!

Assuming she doesn't get scared and run away, anyway.

She'll accept. The Angel will definitely accept your challenge.

I've already cast the spell that'll make sure of it.

Huh?

I show people dreams, but I don't tell lies.

Declare it loud and proud.

We're ready to bet everything on one tiny purple girl.

We, Karamazov, will surpass the old god!

All right!

Deadly Poison Denpa Girl Purple Lollipop...

and the other two!

We, Karamazov, the hottest, strongest streamer group of the moment,

are here to send off that anachronistic relic who's been squatting on the internet forever,

coasting on past glory and calling it "salvation"!

The stronger the poison, the sweeter it tastes.

I like it.

Why don't we let all the little internet birdies see it, too?

Kache @Kache Nail and beauty type influencer

MICHICA GOKUBARA

Y-You're declaring war on OMGkawaiiAngel?!

It was something we'd have to do eventually. So this is fate.

You're on a whole other level now, Michica.

Have no fear! The time has come!

That's all there is to...

Oh! Is that a new ring?

Yes! Nechika bought it for me.

And this inverted cross is from Michica.

All right!

Tomorrow night, we're doing a stream to announce the battle!

And we'll book a huge venue, too!

The date will be Christmas. The holy night.

Between the crowd at the venue and everyone watching the stream,

an unfathomable number of spectators will decide the winner.

The champion of this era will be chosen!

It will be our moment of judgment.

There once was a timid boy named Giovanni.

His life wasn't going very well

and little by little, he began to wonder what "happiness" really was.

More than anything, he loved talking about the night sky with his best friend, Campanella.

One night, Giovanni left home to see the Festival of the Milky Way,

but some mean classmates started bullying him.

As Giovanni sat all alone on a hill outside town, feeling totally dejected,

a dazzling announcement rang out, "Galaxy Station."

And then, before his eyes, the Galactic Railroad came racing across the night sky.

Campanella was already sitting inside.

The two of them talked about all kinds of things.

Surrounded by the mysterious, beautiful sights,

they even spoke of the one true God.

And eventually, the two of them made a vow.

That they would search for "true happiness" together.

Giovanni was overjoyed to have made that promise with his best friend.

Campanella, it's just the two of us again.

Let's go on together, forever and ever.

Like that scorpion, I don't care if my body burns a hundred times over,

as long as it's for everyone's true happiness.

Yeah. I feel the same way.

But what is true happiness, really?

I don't know.

But as the Galactic Railroad neared its final stop, Giovanni noticed

that Campanella's body was beginning to fade away.

Campanella?!

Campanella!

Giovanni, left behind, later learned the truth.

One of the classmates who had bullied him had fallen into the river,

Campanella, no.

and Campanella had disappeared after saving that child.

Campanella!

Up through the third draft of this story, a character named Dr. Bulganillo appeared

and taught Giovanni about happiness and how he should live from then on.

However, in the fourth draft, the version most commonly published today,

the Doctor was erased, leaving us with this lonely ending.

Why did Kenji Miyazawa deliberately rewrite the ending this way?

What is true happiness, really?

The end.

We meet again.

What were you doing?

Nothing. I had a little time to kill, so I was just watching the merry-go-round.

That sounds lovely. You look happy.

Maybe "true happiness" is just little moments like this.

Is that Kenji Miyazawa?

Yeah. Do you like him?

A streamer I love recommended him.

She even did reading streams of his work.

I see. So what were you doing out here?

Me? I have to make an important announcement tomorrow

and I guess I was feeling restless.

You shouldn't get too nervous.

What will be, will be.

Maybe this jittery, nervous feeling is when I'm happiest.

Even more than the actual moment.

Sanity or insanity. I don't know which one brings true happiness.

You remind me of that streamer I mentioned.

Not your appearance, exactly. More like the color of your soul.

I feel like my nerves are finally calming down.

It's nice, having someone you're into.

I have a boyfriend, but I don't have anyone that I stan or anything.

But right now, that person is my rival.

It's kind of a long story.

Think you can beat this rival?

Yes. I will.

On my own, I'm weak, but with the three of us, absolutely.

It's okay. This place is old, so that happens all the time.

That doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

"The phenomenon called 'I' is a single blue illumination

of the hypothesized, organic alternating current lamp."

"A compound of all transparent ghosts."

Kenji Miyazawa.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

Like the night sky.

This moment really is happiness.

The clouds of Andromeda

Are the shape of a fish's mouth

The Great Bear's foot points to the north

Reaching out to five places

I should get going.

Um, would you tell me your name?

Ame.

Miss Ame.

Just Ame is fine.

P's calling, so I should head home, too.

That must be nice. I bet your boyfriend's a great guy, too.

He is!

Look! See?

This is a picture from when we went to the beach together the other day.

So, Michica, you said you had a fun dream? What was it about?

Right. So it took place in a magical kingdom,

and I was a detective who was highly insightful.

Today's incident was a request from the princess.

It was regarding a case of attempted murder on the royal jester.

So I questioned the alleged murderer who was being kept in jail.

But I located the real killer with my sharp deductive powers.