Eh...
Okay, on to the next problem.
Kurosaki, would you please solve it?
Hm?
Oh, it looks like Kurosaki Mea isn't here today.
Did Kurosaki-san catch a cold?
Nana-chan?
Eh?
No idea.
I don't really know, either.
I bought cake for Mea, too.
She'll be surprised if I show up suddenly to give it to her, won't she?
She seemed kind of down today.
If there's something she's worried about,
she could have spoken to me about it...
Because we're friends.
Damn it!
What are you, a monster?!
W-What's going on...?
Are you going to run away?
I'm even holding back for you, so let's play a little more.
Mea...
fushigi na yasuragi kanshou
不思議な安らぎ観賞
This strange feeling of peaceful enjoyment
shibaraku kono mama
しばらくこのまま
Will continue for a while
rikai funou puroburemu bousou
理解不能プロブレム暴走
An impossible to solve problem runs wild
genin wa?
原因は？
And the cause is?
kimi to iru to kudaranai oshie wasureru
君といるとくだらない教え忘れる
Whenever I'm with you, I forget all about these boring lessons
kono henka kara umaretahonshin ukeireyou
この変化から生まれた本心受け入れよう
I want you to accept the true feelings born from this change
harimegutta saisho no kokoro
張り巡った最初の心
I reeled in the first heart I could hook
taguriyose sotto seebushita
手繰り寄せそっとセーブした
Carefully saving it
hyouteki ni fukuzatsu na mune no yami takushite
標的に複雑な胸の闇託して
I use the complicated darkness in my heart on my target
Care me! Care me! Care me! Care me!
naiteru kokoro atatamete yatto kizuita
泣いてる心温めてやっと気づいた
As I warmed the crying heart, I finally realised
watashi no himitsu heiki wa nani yori mo tsuyoku katakumusunda
私の秘密兵器はなによりも強く硬く結んだ
That more than anything, my secret weapon is strongly, firmly bound
kimi to no tsunagari
君との繋がり
With my connection to you
「After a storm comes a calm
~Friends~」
What I heard from Rito-san about yesterday...
Momo-chan.
Nana!
What's that appearance?
Is that trans...?
T-That's right.
This is my true appearance.
I am not Kurosaki Mea.
I am a second-generation trans weapon, created from Yami-oneechan... Golden Darkness' data, Mea.
A weapon...
Nana-chan, let's stop it.
Stop pretending to be friends.
Because that's all it is, right?
I was only pretending to be an Earthling under Master's orders.
There's no way a weapon and a person would be able to understand each others' hearts, after all.
How's Nana?
She's been secluded in her room ever since she came home.
She spoke normally to big sister and Mikan-san,
who don't know about what happened, though.
No way she wouldn't feel down after that.
I might have been hoping for it because Mikan-san and Yami-san were such close friends.
That Nana could become the key to changing Mea-san's heart.
But...
When I think of how Nana feels after being rejected as a "pretend friend"...
If it was going to be like this, maybe I should have separated them.
That's not true, Momo.
I'm going to go talk to Nana.
Rito-san...
I have to say it to Nana!
Ouch...
This familiar sensation is...!
No, Rito!
M-My tail is...!
Lala!
I'm sorry!
Wait, why are you naked?!
Why...?
Because I just took a shower.
So why are you here, Rito?
I have some business with Nana.
I see.
Thank you, Rito.
You want to try to cheer Nana up, right?
It seems something happened between her and Mea-chan.
Did you hear about it from Nana?
No.
She told me yesterday she was going out to give cake to Mea.
But after she came home, she didn't say a word about it,
so I became a little worried.
The fact that she didn't say anything meant she must not have wanted to talk about it,
so I was a bit hesitant to ask.
But since you're here, I'm sure it'll be okay!
It's fine, so just hurry up and put some clothes on.
Okay!
Oh, Rito.
I think you should bring your shoes.
Shoes?
Yeah.
It's true, she's not in her room.
Hm?
I guess I should go in here...?
W-What is this place?!
Rito?
Hey, Dorasuke!
That's not food.
He's someone I know!
I'm saved...
Good grief...
It's because you came into my digital safari without permission.
Well, even if you say that...
What is this place, anyways?
It's a cyberspace where animals I've befriended live.
Do you mean the animals you call with the D-Dial come from here?
That's right.
In order for the animals to live in a place as much like their home planet as possible,
it simulates various environments and ecosystems.
It's impressive, isn't it?
But why did you come here?
T-There are times when you want to be alone too, aren't there?
I heard from Momo.
You know about the situation with Mea, right?
Y-Yeah...
I'm sorry, I...
I was worried.
Mea said she had an older sister, and yet she lives by herself.
I thought maybe there were some complicated circumstances that she couldn't talk to other people about.
That even if she wouldn't tell me about it now,
maybe if we became closer she would open up to me eventually.
I thought about how I should respond when the time came.
I never thought that her big sister would be Yami.
I must have looked like such a fool, not knowing a thing.
Nana, that's not-
That's not true?
I-I was earnest.
I really thought we were friends.
But to Mea, it was nothing but an act.
Nana, just once more...
Will you try talking to Mea?
About what?!
She said it loud and clear.
Let's stop pretending to be friends.
Mea didn't think anything of me!
It's enough!
It doesn't matter!
I don't-
Eh?
Nana, calm down.
Can I ask you one question?
Nana, do you still think of Mea as a friend?
Do you still want to be friends with her?
Of course I still want to be friends!
I wouldn't come to hate her so easily!
But it's impossible.
Mea doesn't have those feelings.
That's not true!
My body came under Mea's control with her trans ability.
At that time, Mea's feelings came flowing into me.
Eh?
Mea's heart was filled with feelings of uneasiness and loneliness.
Like she was lost between being a person and a weapon.
Certainly, up until now she may have been pretending to be friends.
Because Mea was hiding her true self from you, Nana.
But that's different now, right?
But now that her secret's out,
I'm sure you can become closer than before!
You only have to redo it.
This time without pretending, as real friends.
Real friends...?
I see.
Rito-san said that?
Yeah.
Hey, Momo.
Hm?
I'm going to try talking to Mea one more time.
Yeah!
What is it?
Are you getting dizzy?
Huh?! N-No.
B-Being hugged feels good, huh?
Yeah.
You were hugged by Rito-san, weren't you?
Hugged?!
By that beast?!
H-How could you say tha-
Momo, what are you-?!
Hm?
Nothing much.
A hug from Rito-san?!
He hasn't even done that to me!
You're so cheeky, Nana.
W-Why, you...!
Will you cut it out!
Looks like she's cheered up.
Yeah.
As expected of Rito.
Nana.
I'll see you later.
So embarrassing.
Mikado.
I'll leave a bathrobe here.
Thank you, Tear.
Momo-chan called a little bit ago.
She said Nana-chan is going to try to see Mea-san one more time.
I see.
She's a strong girl.
Yeah.
Mea-san...
This was the right thing to do, wasn't it, Master?
Our path in life and Nana-chan's are different.
That's right.
A world of battle.
That's my path.
From the start, my friendship with Nana-chan would end when I bring Yami-oneechan back into space.
It only ended a little bit more quickly.
That's how it should be, but...
Why do I feel so down?
Are you going to set it up from this far away?
Don't worry.
This tiny little gravity bomb is my trump card.
When it goes off, this whole area will become a mountain of rubble in an instant.
If I'm not mistaken, you're...
Mea!
So this is where you were?
Nana-chan, why?
Despite his appearance, Marimotta has a strong sense of smell.
He remembered your smell from when you played with him before,
so he helped me find you.
Thank you.
Not that.
I said it, didn't I?
I'm done pretending to be friends.
I have something to tell you, so listen.
Stay away!
Nana!
Wait, Momo!
Rito-san, what are you doing at a time like this!
I'm sorry.
Why?!
Why won't it hit?!
Mea, I'm coming over there.
That's...
That's... a failure for a weapon!
Stay away!
What is this place?
Eh? Rito?
Eh?
Wai-
W-What are you doing?!
Stop it, you beast!
H-Hey!
This...
No! This isn't Rito!
That's something I created using a strong image from your heart, Nana-chan.
So it was Rito-senpai who got you to come here?
Is this your trans ability to enter peoples' hearts?
Please, promise me you'll go home.
If you do, I'll stop this.
I've remembered it.
The feeling of battle.
The world I live in.
I'm certain that Master left me alone so that I would understand that.
I shouldn't be with you any more, Nana-chan.
After all, you're a person and I'm a weapon.
So...
That has nothing to do with it.
Eh?
Whether you're a weapon or a person... the title doesn't matter!
The thing that's important is our feelings!
Mea, please be my friend again!
Without pretending, as real friends!
Real friends...?
Let's go to school together again...
Play together... talk about different things...
Eat sweets... and smile together.
Ah... But... I...
I won't forget how Master taught me that I'm a weapon.
I don't even know how long I'll be able to stay in this city.
I told you, didn't I?
Whether it's a person, an animal, or even a weapon doesn't matter to me.
You're just Mea.
Nana-chan...
What is this...?
It feels like my heart is becoming lighter.
That's not fair.
If you say it like that, there's no way I can turn you down.
It feels like they've taken a step forward.
Who's there?!
Eh?
They were getting a little too mischievous, so I took care of them.
Yami!
Momo, I'll leave handing them over to the galaxy police to you.
Ah, yes.
I must thank Nana for what she did for Mea.
You knew about all of it?
Well, she is my little sister.
Yami-oneechan...?
Onee-chan, you said to me before...
That you wanted me to know about the warmth of contact with a person.
You said that it was the thing that I needed to understand you, Yami-oneechan.
I... get the feeling that I understand what you meant a little bit, now.
This city is too peaceful, isn't it?
Yes.
There's no battle, and it doesn't smell like blood, either.
Those who live here are all strange and naive people.
Strange?
It's strange for weapons like us to be in a place like this, isn't it?
Yes.
But it makes me feel like I want to stay here for a little while longer.
I feel the same.
It's such a bother, isn't it?
Yes.
It's such a bother, this city.
Mea.
Master!
Master, um... I...
Nana-chan...
Don't say anything.
In fact, I welcome the chance to understand Golden Darkness' heart by your living here.
Because we must understand.
Then...!
You may spend your time as you please for the time being.
Yes!
Thanks to you Mea, I'm beginning to understand.
What it is that's leading you astray.
It is certainly an unnecessary feeling for a weapon.
I suppose I can no longer continue to hide myself from people.
I can't sleep.
I'm so glad I went to see Mea one more time.
I wonder if it was thanks to that hug from him?
It was so warm inside his arms.
Thanks for the food.
Got it.
I-I'll just sneak into bed with him.
M-Mikan-san!
Rito-san was amazing in his sleep again today-
Wait... Nana?!
What are you doing in the middle of the night, you beast?!
Nana, calm down!
Rito-san was doing it unconsciously!
You damn beast!
niwasaki yureru hana ga tsun to senobi de kotaeru
庭先揺れる花がツンと背伸びで応える
The flower swaying in the garden answers by stretching up
tsumasakidachi de asa ni ohayou no kisu
つま先立ちで朝におはようのKiss
To give a good morning kiss standing on tiptoes
saa yukou
さあ行こう
Now let's go!
fui ni tsumujikaze omowazu shagamikomu
不意につむじ風思わずしゃがみ込む
Caught off guard by the sudden whirlwind, I reflexively crouch down
fuwari sukaato ni kakushita yowasatsuyoku haratte miseta
ふわりスカートに隠した弱さ 強く払ってみせた
I firmly brush off the weakness hidden inside my skirt
fuzoroi de sainan na nichijou ni sakihokorou
不揃いで災難な日常に咲き誇ろう
Let's bloom to our fullest in this strange everyday life full of misfortune
sunao ni sodatanai kara chanto mitenakucha
素直に育たないからちゃんと見てなくちゃ
I can't be honest, so you have to pay close attention
tameratta ano omoi sotto tsuchi ni umetanda
躊躇ったあの想いそっと土に埋めたんだ
I carefully buried the memory of my hesitance in the soil
A flower blooming in your heart
sono hi o yume mite
その日を夢見て
I dream of that day
Next Time
「Summer festival
~The Festival Begins~」