NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE

We each turned away from reality

and sank deeper and deeper into the internet.

BLESS

Yes! I'm sorry!

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

First thing tomorrow morning! Um, I'll tell the client.

Yes! I'm sorry.

I really wanted to go to that concert.

SLIDE TO TURN OFF

I said there's no more!

Bullshit there isn't! Hand it over!

I'm telling you, there's nothing, I swear!

Hey! Stop it!

Then go make more money!

What?! I'm a student! I can't do any more than this!

Huh? You think you're the only one who has it rough?!

Do you have any idea how much I'm suffering?!

Maybe you're not trying hard enough! You don't even practice anymore!

What'd you say?!

I'm sorry. I...

Don't come near me.

I'm such a piece of shit. I'm so sorry.

I... I don't have anyone but you.

We're gonna teach you what happens when you defy our angel.

Hey! Get out here, brat!

You watching the stream? We're coming for you next!

Whoa, dude!

Nice bloomers! Drop dead!

There it is! There's that pattern!

Gevanni did it all in one night!

I'm literally dead!

I am a princess more beautiful than anyone.

Dad?

SHOOT ME WITH THAT PURPLE GUN

Okay! Cut!

Where'd my name come from?

Little late to ask now, but when I was a kid,

I read "Sugar Candy Bullets Can't Pierce Anything."

It was about how "lollipops," sweet little candy bullets like that,

can't punch through the thick wall of reality.

I loved it so much.

But then I got sad, realizing you can't stay like candy forever.

Even so, sitting there in front of my screen,

I thought I'd take my purple gun and blast my way through this cramped-ass reality.

Who would've thought our little girl would end up starring in a movie?

Mom?! Dad?!

I'm just glad you're finally able to go outside.

Why the hell are you here?!

Honestly. You suddenly ran out of the house,

saying you were going to see KAngel's concert.

You were dead serious about chasing after that girl, huh?

Did you manage to become friends?

Shut up! That was ages ago! Ages!

Little by little, we drifted away from the internet.

We faced reality.

And slowly, ever so slowly, we grew able to walk at a steady pace.

Each of us started down our own path through the real world.

Lollipop went on to become a world-famous fashion artist and entrepreneur.

After starring in a movie here in Japan, she declared,

"Japan's way too tiny a stage for my brilliance," and set off for Europe.

She built her own brand

and used her streams to talk about fashion as a way of dressing up the soul.

Lollipop's message had an enormous influence on boys and girls all around the world,

saying that fashion could give you courage and confidence.

Mass production should be aligned with demand.

Even after becoming wildly popular as a businesswoman,

haters sneered that she was, "obviously just in it for the money," and she snapped,

hijacked some tanks,

and drove it through town while scattering her entire fortune to the masses.

Her outrageous stunts sparked controversy every single time.

But each time, the rock-and-roll legend of Lollipop only spread further,

winning her even more supporters.

I'll deliver glittering dresses and accessories straight to you!

All you have to do is wrap yourself in the elegance woven into those clothes,

hold your head high, and burst out of your room!

Sweet, dazzling, Lollipop fashion will decorate your soul like a jewel!

Bang!

Sorry I'm late!

Michica found success as a model and became a princess of lolita fashion,

admired by goths all over the world.

She would sometimes model dresses made by Lollipop.

Well? What do you think of this dress?

A little big.

The two built a strong relationship.

So, what is this group of people?

Please, a message for your fans around the world!

This is part of the job, too.

She also became able

to speak about her past self-harm and experience with drug overdose.

Self-harm and OD-ing will only lead you further into misery.

But there is always a reason people end up in an environment where they do those things.

So first, don't just shove them away and tell them to "stop it."

Listen to them. Just listen.

And after that, read this.

Recently, she also published a novel.

Its title is "Darkside of the Moon."

Her dreamy, fantastical worldview

gave sweet hallucinations to teenagers all across the globe.

Congratulations on the movie adaptation!

And with you starring as yourself! How do you feel right now?

No matter how cruel and ugly the world may be,

as long as I can remain beautiful, that's enough.

Even if I fall into hell,

even covered in blood, I'm more beautiful than anyone.

Nechika disappeared from our lives without a word.

The other two said they always had a feeling it would happen eventually.

That was what led to Karamazov breaking up, and each of them setting off on their own path.

I'LL ALWAYS BE CHEERING YOU ON

Sometimes, we worry about where Nechika might be.

But the money she sends home to her younger brothers never stops,

and that's how they know she's still out there.

The three brothers say the same thing.

As long as she's alive, that's enough!

Living past the happily-ever-after is boring as hell.

So I decided to go looking for the rest of the dream.

Finally found you, goth girl.

Why?

Your imaginary friends don't show up anymore, do they?

You looked lonely, being all by yourself forever.

There were so many futures that could have been.

Any one of us could've gone insane at any moment.

We were all walking along a paper-thin line of possibility.

Like a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tornado.

Somewhere out there, a lonely girl happened to touch an angel,

and that capricious angel happened to answer her.

So, spoiled princess who got everything she ever wanted,

what do you wish for next?

I never got the thing I wanted most.

And what's that?

You already have it, don't you? The former angel has friends.

Back in middle school, someone I knew online killed themself.

It's hard to save someone on the other side of the screen.

Yeah. There was nothing I could do.

I was barely holding myself together.

But I remember thinking so hard, that if I could save even one lonely otaku...

And yet, I...

You've saved so many people.

So you'll never have to be alone again.

Here.

Come on, Giovanni. Let's go find true happiness.