Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Re LIVE/Story/Main Story 16: Glittering Children

Glittering Children
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Glittering Children is the sixteenth chapter of the main story of Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Re LIVE. It is the fourth chapter of Arcana Arcadia.

Transcript

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10
• Part 11
• Part 12
• Part 13
• Part 14
• Part 15

Glittering Children Part 1

Elle:

"Play A (Tentative Title)"—.

Elle:

"Timeless Play"—it brims with love for every story that has ever existed and will be handed down for all eternity.

Elle:

But this play doesn't exist yet.

Elle:

An insatiable appetite for writing and the power to write a magnificent play—those are qualities she doesn't have yet at her young age.

Elle:

That's why...we have to devote our attention to it. In order to complete "Play A".

Elle:

As fuel to help the "girl" who will write this play reach the future.

Elle:

The heated and intense brilliance from the Stage Girls.

Elle:

"Play A (Tentative Title)". A play about the Stage Girls' way of life.

Elle:

Charming those who watch with an overflow of brilliance. Every time they stand on stage, they revive and continue to shine.

Elle:

To live for the stage and be alive on the stage—Stage Girls.

Elle:

To aim for the "Shapeless Play" and "Unknown Lead"...

Elle:

Sing, dance, and compete. The curtain rises for the Stage Girls' Revue.

Elle:

We will show you an inspiring performance.

Elle:

"Play A (Tentative Title)". This play...

Elle:

...has yet to receive a proper title.

Arcana Arcadia
Act 4 "Glittering Children"

Tsukasa:

I learned in the play that day that you can't stand on the stage by being kind.

Tsukasa:

Seal my memories with everyone inside my heart. The curtain rises to my own story!

Tsukasa:

Frontier School of Arts Tsukasa Ebisu—Alone on this path, to Frontier!

Lalafin:

Even if I'm older, I continue to determinedly chase after that answer I found that day!

Lalafin:

Love in costume! Courage in props! Change in the future! A big star!

Lalafin:

Frontier School of Arts Lalafin Nonomiya—Explosion of brilliance, to Frontier!

Aruru:

Tsukasa-chan... Lalafin...

Aruru:

Shizuha-chan... Misora...

Shizuha:

"Revue Frontier"—This is our revue to bring Aruru Otsuki back to the stage.

Misora:

Aruru... We don't know how deep, dark, and painful the thing you have hidden inside your heart is. But...

Tsukasa:

If you are lost, we'll bring you back.

Lalafin:

If you've lost your brilliance, we'll find it for you.

Shizuha:

Now... Sing, dance—

Aruru:

—Stop it!

Aruru:

I told you I don't want to go back to the stage!

Misora:

Aruru...

Aruru:

...I just need to drop my cloak, right?

Tsukasa & Lalafin:

...?!

Aruru:

I just need to drop this myself, yes!?

Aruru:

I'm not doing it! Not this stage! I don't want to fight you guys!

Shizuha:

You don't have a say. This is "Revue Frontier".

Shizuha:

This is my stage and our play. Even if you drop your cloak, it won't end.

Aruru:

...?!

Shizuha:

With your own will—

Tsukasa:

Take on the "Unknown Lead". Not for someone else's sake, but for your own.

Lalafin:

Until you find that will of yours.

Aruru:

What is this about... Why? Why are you doing this!? I already said I don't want to stand on the stage anymore!

Aruru:

You're all terrible! Why can't you just leave me alone!?

Aruru:

Because... We're all just strangers now!

Aruru:

Aaaaah!

Shizuha:

Yes, you're right... It's scary to be alone.

Shizuha:

Being betrayed by those you trusted... It must be painful, scary, and sad for you.

Shizuha:

How I was when we first met might have comforted you like that.

Aruru:

Shizuha-chan...

Shizuha:

But...things have changed. I have changed.

Shizuha:

I was sick of myself for being used by grown-ups. I was scared of hurting someone with my acting...

Shizuha:

I who had been abandoned by powerless co-stars—you're the one who saved me.

Shizuha:

I stopped being afraid of getting hurt and only focused on continuing to walk forward at full speed.

Shizuha:

You accepted, forgave, and agreed with my cowardly self. You accepted the raging beast inside me.

Aruru:

Ngh!

Aruru:

...Stop it, Shizuha-chan...!

Shizuha:

I know I'm being arrogant, selfish, and rude... That I'm not considering your feelings even one tiny bit.

Shizuha:

But... That's what you taught me as a Stage Girl.

Aruru:

...Huh?

Shizuha:

You showered me with intense brilliance when I was resting my wings. You forcefully brought me back onto the stage. I was absorbed with my own wounds and sleeping in the dark—

Aruru:

I..I just wanted to perform together with you!

Shizuha:

Yes, that's right. Then you lit a fire in the hungry beast who had been sealed away.

Shizuha:

Now that I've been awakened...I'll never go back to hiding. Now that I've been awakened, I won't stay still.

Shizuha:

I must move forward—to the Wild!

Aruru:

Ngh...!

Aruru:

But why, Shizuha-chan... Why...

Tsukasa:

Why won't we leave you alone? Yes, it would make you feel that way.

Tsukasa:

But you see... We can't just leave you. We can't pretend we didn't see. Because—

Tsukasa:

You're a "star".

Aruru:

What...?

Glittering Children Part 2

Tsukasa:

Stealing people's gaze against their will, burning hearts with their brilliance—once your paths have crossed, there's no turning back. One can never go back. An existence that changes people's lives forever.

Tsukasa:

An existence that draws everyone in with forceful gravity and creates a stage that's never been seen before. That is a "star"!

Aruru:

...!!

Tsukasa:

You see, you were the one who changed me. I used to think the stage and acting were just about skillfully handling the role you've been given.

Tsukasa:

But you taught me to think about the kind of person they are, where they came from, and what their lives are like.

Tsukasa:

You taught me the meaning behind playing another person—what it means to "act out" another person's life.

Tsukasa:

Think long and hard about the role... And then move my body, become the role, and understand the role.

Tsukasa:

I learned that that's what "acting" is about. It's a long and harsh path. I finally understood that.

Aruru:

Tsukasa-chan...

Tsukasa:

Thanks to that, I was able to challenge even Kiryuin-sensei. And even when I had Tendo-san and Yukishiro-san as my opponents, I was able to hold my own on stage!

Tsukasa:

I was only able to do those things because you changed me! That's the amount of passion you hold!

Tsukasa:

There's no way I can just stand and watch someone with that kind of passion walk away from the stage!

Tsukasa:

How could I leave you when you've lost your brilliance!

Tsukasa:

I want to save you! Even if I have to risk my life for it!

Aruru:

Ngh... Why? Why would you go to such lengths...!

Lalafin:

Why would we go to such lengths to bring you back to the stage?

Lalafin:

It's because we're all...obsessed with seeing you on stage and seeing your stage!

Aruru:

Lalafin...?

Lalafin:

Only Stage Girls can save another Stage Girl. And things that happen on the stage can only be resolved on the stage.

Lalafin:

That's why we're coming at you with brilliance. Combined with all of our attachments, gratitude, and feelings!

Lalafin:

Just like when you woke us up!

Aruru:

Aah!

Lalafin:

With the brilliance we got from you, now's our turn to help you remember yours.

Lalafin:

Hey, Aruru. Do you remember?

Lalafin:

"For me, happiness is having everyone watch our play. And making the audience feel happy as a result!"

Lalafin:

"And the stage is a place where everybody can feel like this." That's what you had said.

Aruru:

What...? Oh... When you were Cinderella!

Lalafin:

We believe in you. You on stage shine the brightest.

Lalafin:

You on stage are the happiest.

Lalafin:

We are proof of that.

Lalafin:

We transformed after being showered in your happy brilliance.

Lalafin:

I've transformed from Lalafin Nonomiya—to the Real Lalafin Nonomiya! Into one who can talk about the things I love and have the strength to carry through.

Lalafin:

That's why we're coming at you with brilliance.

Lalafin:

We're older than you, yet...we're forcing our own selfish feelings onto you. I'm sorry, but...

Tsukasa:

We can't let a star like you walk away from the stage!

Shizuha:

We can't let the stage lose Aruru-chan!

Tsukasa & Lalafin & Shizuha & Misora:

So please—Come back!

Aruru:

Urgh! Huff... Huff... Huff...!

Aruru:

You're so mean... All of you...coming together...

Aruru:

You're all terrible! What you're saying is ridiculous! I can't believe you! You don't care about my feelings at all!

Aruru:

The reason I was able to work so hard on stage up until now...was for my family's sake. I only made it so far because I wanted to make everyone happy!

Aruru:

I stood on the stage to make people happy and bring smiles to their faces.

Aruru:

But...none of you need that anymore. The happiest stage we create together...

Aruru:

You don't need it anymore, so you threw it away! You left me all by myself on the happy stage!

Aruru:

I can't...make anyone happy by myself. Everyone's gone...

Aruru:

There's nothing anymore. None of you, no happiness, no stage...

Aruru:

*sniffle*... *sobs*

Misora:

Aruru...!

Aruru:

If I can't make anyone happy. If I can't make anyone smile...there's no reason for me to stand on the stage.

Aruru:

I don't have the right to stand on stage...! I have nothing, yet you're telling me to stand on stage again!?

Aruru:

Even though I no longer have my family to stand on stage together with!? Even though no one wants to be happy anymore!?

Aruru:

Even though...I've been orphaned again!?

Tsukasa & Lalafin & Shizuha & Misora:

......!

Aruru:

The "paradise" I had finally found...is gone! If it's a stage without everyone...then there's no reason for me to stand on it!

Aruru:

None. There's none. Nothing!

Misora:

...Aruru.

Misora:

...Why won't you understand? You're the one who doesn't understand your own importance—your own brilliance.

Misora:

Aruru... You're the "Moon".

Aruru:

"Moon"...?

Misora:

Yes. The big and gentle full moon floating in the night sky, gently lighting up the pitch black wilderness we're all moving forward in.

Misora:

Bigger and brighter than any star—the Moon.

Misora:

After being showered in your brilliance, we all became true Stage Girls. We "rediscovered" our lost selves!

Misora:

Without you, "Captain Twins", "New Cinderella", "Sailor's Call", "Alice in Wonderland"...

Misora:

None of them would've existed!

Aruru:

Misora...!

Misora:

To tell you the truth...I wish I could watch the stage together with you forever.

Misora:

But we're Stage Girls. I can't just be your "fan".

Aruru:

My...fan...?

Lalafin:

Yes, your fan. That dazzling brilliance of yours... I wish I could watch it forever.

Lalafin:

But because we're Stage Girls...

Tsukasa:

Aruru's voice that makes everyone happy... I wish I could listen to it forever.

Tsukasa:

But because we're Stage Girls...

Shizuha:

When I stand on the same stage as you, it makes me happy, but I also don't want to lose to you.

Shizuha:

Because we're Stage Girls.

Shizuha:

Stage Girls are demanding. We want a brilliance stronger than ours to make us grow.

Lalafin:

Stage Girls seek to collide with one another through our bodies and raw emotions on stage.

Tsukasa:

Stage Girls' brilliance fuels Stage Girls to become even stronger. That's why we're greedy. That's why we're selfish, arrogant, and self-centered.

Misora:

Struggling for the center of the stage—Position Zero. We chose to collide with you on stage.

Aruru:

But... But you're all leaving, no!? You've thrown me away!

Misora:

We're going our separate ways right now. We're building our strength as individual Stage Girls...

Misora:

Because I want to give off even more brilliance... So that I can stand on the same stage as you as something that surpasses family—as "co-stars".

Aruru:

...!? "Co-stars"...?

Glittering Children Part 3

Misora:

We haven't thrown you away, Aruru. This isn't farewell. We're setting off on a journey. This isn't the end, but the beginning.

Tsukasa:

The curtain is closing on a certain stage now, so the curtains may rise for a new stage.

Lalafin:

A new stage... so we can grow and perform together on our future stage!

Shizuha:

We become stronger Stage Girls through the "lead role", so we can create a happy stage that's even stronger and more dazzling.

Misora:

That's why we're setting off on a journey. This isn't the end, but the beginning.

Misora:

A journey... for the five of us.

Aruru:

...Not the end, but the beginning... That is why we must...separate.

Aruru:

That is why..."Wild Pirates" disbanded.

Aruru:

...Really?

Misora:

You don't believe us? Our words—all the brilliance we came at you with.

Aruru:

...No, I do. It was a warm brilliance.

Aruru:

The warmth from the lighting pouring down from the stage...is proof that all your feelings are real.

Aruru:

The sturdiness of the stage we're standing on...shows the strength of your determination.

Aruru:

...Do I?

Aruru:

Do I have a reason...to return to the stage?

Aruru:

A reason to return to the stage without any of you. Even though I no longer have a family to make happy.

Tsukasa:

That's...something you must find yourself.

Lalafin:

Because the lead for the "Aruru Otsuki" stage is you!

Aruru:

...Do I...really?

Aruru:

My own stage... Do I really have that?

Tsukasa & Lalafin:

You do! You do, you do!

Misora & Shizuha:

You do, you do!

Shizuha:

Any miracle can happen on stage.

Misora:

We can be whatever we want on stage. A stage where only you can be the lead—that's a treasure only you can find. I'm sure it's out there.

Misora:

So...come back to the stage, Aruru.

Aruru:

Misora...

Aruru:

Shizuha-chan... Lalafin, Tsukasa-chan.

Tsukasa & Lalafin & Shizuha:

Yes.

Aruru:

Everyone...

Misora:

I know...you'll find it... And one day...you'll be found.

Aruru:

Huh?

Misora:

I think you'll be found. You on the stage as the lead standing at Position Zero—your mother will find you.

Aruru:

...What.

Lalafin:

Oh, that's right! That could happen!

Tsukasa:

The Performance Festival is a huge stage watched by everyone across the nation.

Shizuha:

Yes... With your brilliance, I'm sure.

Aruru:

What...

Aruru:

......

Aruru:

I see... I'll be found, huh...

Misora:

Yes, I know—

Aruru:

Pfft... Hahahahaha!

Tsukasa & Lalafin & Shizuha:

...!?

Misora:

Aruru...?

Aruru:

Haha... Hee hee! You're right. That is a possibility...

Aruru:

Yes, okay. I've decided.

Aruru:

I'm...not going with you guys.

Misora:

Huh...?

Aruru:

Because I'm different from all of you.

Aruru:

I've never thought of it that way. And I can't think of it that way.

Tsukasa:

Aruru... What are you...

Aruru:

"Mother."

Aruru:

That word...doesn't exist in my life.

Aruru:

"Mother." The first person...to abandon me.

Aruru:

"Mother." The person responsible...for me having to walk this empty life. An evil, evil witch.

Aruru:

"Mother." My most hated existence.

Tsukasa & Lalafin & Shizuha:

......!

Aruru:

Every time I have to read the word "mother", whether it's in a script or as one of my lines... These feelings well up inside me. Loneliness, emptiness, sadness...anger.

Aruru:

Every time I mutter "mother", it feels like I'm being struck with something I don't have... Just trying to suppress these sinister emotions takes everything out of me.

Aruru:

Something sinister—the complete opposite of happy—surging up... I really, really hated it.

Aruru:

"Mother." The word that I absolutely hate with every fiber of my being.

Misora:

Oh...Aruru... That was—I didn't mean...!

Aruru:

My mother will find me?

Aruru:

The Performance Festival is the stage that everyone aims for, so she'll notice me?

Aruru:

Pfft... Hahaha! Don't make me laugh.

Aruru:

If she wanted to find me, she wouldn't have abandoned me in the first place. I wouldn't be an orphan in the first place.

Aruru:

And also... If I have to stand in the center of the stage and be famous for her to come pick me up...I definitely won't recognize her as my "mother".

Aruru:

So you see? That's how I think...I'm different from all of you.

Aruru:

And that's why...you couldn't become a family with me.

Lalafin:

Aruru!

Shizuha:

You're wrong, Aruru-chan! That's not—!

Aruru:

I see... If I get up on stage, become the lead, and stand at Position Zero...

Aruru:

My "mother" may find me...

Aruru:

There is a possibility. There is for sure.

Aruru:

In which case...I will never, ever stand on stage again. I'm not returning to the stage.

Misora:

Aruru! I'm sorry. That wasn't my intention!

Aruru:

...I wish I hadn't wanted a family.

Aruru:

I wish I'd never started...playing family on stage.

Aruru:

(Child)
I wish...I'd never met any of you. I wish...I'd never met the stage!!

Aruru:

(Child)
*sniffle*... Waaaaaaaaaaah...!

Aruru:

(Child)
Waaaaah!

Tsukasa & Lalafin:

Aruru!?

Misora:

That's...! Aruru from when we first met her—when she met the stage!?

Shizuha:

Aruru-chan, why are you—!

Aruru:

(Child)
Don't touch me!

Shizuha:

...!?

Aruru:

(Child)
I don't know any of you... Don't come near me!

Misora:

Ah... Aruru!

Misora:

Wait—!

Glittering Children Part 4

Misora:

Huff... Huff...

Tsukasa:

Misora, did you find her!?

Misora:

No, not yet.

Lalafin:

Huff... Huff... No luck on my end either!

Shizuha:

Just where did she go?

Misora:

What should I do... I...

Misora:

I had no idea she had such strong feelings about the word "mother".

Tsukasa:

Misora...

Misora:

I talked about the thing that Aruru hates the most without thinking... I hurt her...!

Misora:

I'm supposed to be her best friend... Yet I know nothing about her...!

Lalafin:

Misora...

Shizuha:

Yeah... I've never seen her like that before.

Misora:

Ngh... I'm sorry, Aruru! I'm so sorry!

Misora:

I'm sorry I hurt you! I won't talk about it again! So please... Please come back, Aruru!

Misora:

Aruru! Where are you!?

Misora:

Aruru—!

---

Aruru:

Huff... Huff...

Aruru:

Don't come near me... Just stop chasing after me...

Aruru:

I have to run away. I don't want to see them anymore...

Aruru:

I couldn't hold it in.

Aruru:

I let everyone see...the thing I never wanted to show... The thing deep inside my heart... I'd been hiding the dark side of me in a place I never wanted anyone to find.

Aruru:

The opposite of happy—the me that I hate.

Aruru:

If I stood at Position Zero...I might be found...by "mother".

Aruru:

Ngh...

Aruru:

Huff... Huff...!

Aruru:

...I've got to run away from the stage. I have to leave the stage.

Aruru:

But...where to? I've got nowhere to go...nowhere to return to... I have nothing.

Aruru:

...Maybe this is my punishment for being greedy.

Aruru:

I finally found my own family... My own paradise.

Aruru:

Because it was fun and peaceful and happy, I—I wanted to be with everyone forever. I wanted to continue creating stages together.

Aruru:

That's what I wished for. I kept on wishing for it. Greedily and selfishly... That's why...I lost everything.

Aruru:

Everything... Probably because I met the stage.

Aruru:

My name is Aruru Otsuki... I know nothing about myself.

Aruru:

The stage was where I could become something.

Aruru:

I didn't want anyone to know that I'm empty. I didn't want to ruin the stage.

Aruru:

That's why I smiled more and acted brighter than anyone else—to spread happiness to others. I wanted to feel needed, so I continued to sing, dance and act—

Aruru:

Thanks to that...everyone in the theater troupe accepted me. They let me stand on stage.

Aruru:

"The bright and energetic Aruru-chan is our precious little girl."

Aruru:

"Just think of us as your family."

Aruru:

Misora's parents said that to me. It made me so happy.

Aruru:

I felt like I'd finally found the place I belong to. The family I'd always wanted...

Aruru:

But on the way back as I was walking by myself, I looked up at the moon and thought, "If we're family, why am I walking back to the institution by myself?"

Aruru:

I turned back and what I saw was Misora's smile when she was with her parents. I saw the warmth of a true family.

Aruru:

...I'm grateful for Misora. Her parents have also been wonderful to me. But...

Aruru:

But...Misora's parents are...Misora's parents.

Aruru:

That heartwarming sight I saw...doesn't belong to me.

Aruru:

But...I had to continue acting as the energetic and happy Aruru Otsuki who smiles brighter than anyone else.

Aruru:

My role...isn't someone who stops, looks down, and cries.

Aruru:

That's why I continued to sing, act, and dance. And I finally found it.

Aruru:

I found the "Wild Pirates"... I found my family.

Aruru:

...I was happy. I found us. I found our own family.

Aruru:

A true family creating the same stage together. I found—my paradise.

Aruru:

But...

Aruru:

But everyone has...left our paradise... I'm all by myself again.

Aruru:

...The end.

Aruru:

......

Glittering Children Part 5

Aruru:

I wonder if I wouldn't have had to feel this way if I at least had my "mother".

Aruru:

If "mother" hadn't abandoned me, I would've been somebody's daughter... I might have become "somebody".

Misora:

Aruru! Aruru—!

Shizuha:

Aruru-chan, where are you!?

Lalafin:

Answer us, Aruru—!

Tsukasa:

Aruru! Please come out!

Misora:

Aruru, answer us!

Aruru:

Everyone... Misora...

Aruru:

Misora told me I'm the "Moon".

Aruru:

That I'm bigger and brighter than any star.

Aruru:

...But she's wrong.

Aruru:

I'm just...the moon that's painted on the stage set. A paper-thin moon—a paper moon.

Aruru:

So just leave me alone. The kinder they are to me, the sadder I become. I realize that I'm different from everyone.

Aruru:

If I'd known it would turn out like this, that day...that stage—

---

Aruru:

(Child)
A stage play?

Institution Teacher:

Yes, that's right. There's a theater troupe called "Sky Blue Theater Troupe".

Institution Teacher:

They go around to all the institutions and have all these fun performances.

Girl:

Ooh, I'm excited! I love stage plays!

Boy:

What kind of story are they going to tell us?

Institution Teacher:

It's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

Girl:

Wow, I love that story!

Aruru:

(Child)
What is...a stage play?

Girl:

You don't know? A play is...um...well...

Institution Staff:

Performers sing, dance, and act. They perform a really fun story. That's what a play is.

Aruru:

(Child)
...I don't really understand.

Institution Staff:

Heh heh, I'm sure you'll love it once you've seen it.

Institution Staff:

A girl the same age as you is playing the lead, Dorothy.

Girl:

Whoa, that's so cool! I wanna get her signature!

Institution Staff:

They're coming all the way here for us, so make sure to be on your best behavior, okay?

Girl:

Okay! "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"! I'm so excited!

Aruru:

(Child)
A stage play...

---

Aruru:

Yes, that stage. That's when I met the stage.

Aruru:

But... If I'm going to be cast aside by everyone and be alone again... If I'm going to lose the family I finally found...

Aruru:

...I wish I hadn't met the stage...in the first place...

Misora:

No, don't say that!

Misora:

You can't, Aruru. You can't say you wish you'd never met the stage!

Aruru:

Misora...

Misora:

We met on that day on that stage. And that's what led to today's Frontier!

Misora:

It led to meeting Shizuha-senpai, Tsukasa-senpai, and Lalafin-senpai!

Misora:

You can't... You can't just pretend it didn't happen!

Aruru:

But I can...

Aruru:

I can!

Aruru:

Because anything...can happen on stage.

Aruru:

Even if...it's to erase something like meeting the stage!!

Misora:

Ah...Aruru—!

????:

...Well, this is a bother. We can't have you do something like that.

Aruru:

Huh?!

????:

If you made it so you never met the stage—

????:

Then I'd never get to stand on stage!

Aruru:

Who...Who are you?

????:

Who am I...? Oh, what am I gonna do with you?

Elle Nishino:

Sparkling bullets, loaded onto wings and clad in flowers of love that have so magnificently bloomed.

Elle Nishino:

A future star born in the present. Live in tomorrow on the connected stage!

Elle Nishino:

Frontier School of Arts Elle Nishino—Aim for Arcadia, to Frontier!

Aruru:

...?!

Misora:

E...Elle-chan?!

Lalafin:

That uniform...It's Frontier's uniform!

Elle Nishino:

Yes! I'm Elle Nishino from Frontier School of Arts. Your junior.

Elle Nishino:

...Or I guess, "future" junior!

Tsukasa:

Our future...junior!?

Tsukasa:

You aren't Ellelle-chan or Elle-chan...but Elle Nishino!?

Elle Nishino:

"This—Might have once been a dream, or perhaps a memory from here on."

Elle Nishino:

...The preface of a certain play.

Tsukasa:

Might have once been a dream...?

Lalafin:

Or perhaps a memory from here on...? What do you mean?

Shizuha:

......!

Shizuha:

Do you mean...this stage exists both in the past and also the future?

Elle Nishino:

Exactly, Shizuha-senpai.

Shizuha:

I see... I don't really understand...but I do.

Tsukasa:

Shizuha, what does this mean? What do you understand!?

Shizuha:

You can be whoever you want on stage. Anything can happen...

Shizuha:

If Aruru-chan goes back to her childhood and makes it so she never met the stage...

Tsukasa:

It means it's possible for the future Elle-chan to be on this stage right now!?

Lalafin:

Then...that Elle-chan—!

Elle Nishino:

Hey..."Aruru".

Elle Nishino:

It's because you're empty and have nothing... Because you craved stronger than anyone else to become something... That's why you met the stage.

Elle Nishino:

Saying how you wish you'd never met that stage... Stop being such a drama queen already!

Elle Nishino:

Because "Troupe A" can't miss a single person.

Aruru:

Wait...Whaaat!?

Elle Nishino:

All right, let's raise the curtains! To your heart! To your past! Let's jump onto your stage...!

Elle Nishino:

To the stage to bring you back—!!

Aruru:

M-My past!?

Elle Nishino:

It's showtime!!

Aruru:

Whoa... Aahhh!

Tsukasa:

To Aruru's stage—

Shizuha & Lalafin:

To Aruru's past—

Misora:

That's where we're jumping!?

Glittering Children Part 6

Star Girl:

"I was once a nobody."

Star Girl:

"I was small, young, and naive. I wasn't good at interacting with other people and retreated into my own world. My only joy was to think about magic."

Star Girl:

"In the world of magic, I can be whatever I want. I can go wherever I want."

Star Girl:

"But then...the people around me admonished me in a cold-hearted, overbearing, and mocking way."

Star Girl:

"'Stop drawing all by yourself and go run around the mountains.'"

Star Girl:

"'Stop making magic all by yourself and go make friends.'"

Star Girl:

"'Be a normal human being'—they said."

Star Girl:

"I was shunned. I was told by a normal world that I wasn't normal."

Star Girl:

"...I was angry."

Star Girl:

"So I worked even harder and became even more isolated."

Star Girl:

"The frustration from not being understood by anyone. The bitterness from not being accepted by anyone..."

Star Girl:

"And from those feelings, the magic I created became increasingly violent, arrogant, and selfish."

Star Girl:

"One day, the magic books I drew piled up high enough to bury the entire room—I came to be known as the 'Witch of the West' and everyone feared me."

Star Girl:

"But I was fine with that. This way, I can immerse myself into creating magic."

Star Girl:

"All by myself in my corner of the world, quietly, without anyone knowing, and no one to disturb me—"

Star Girl:

"But then my world...was broken."

Star Girl:

"By these intruders who called themselves 'Wild Pirates'...and their leader, Dorothy Ann."

Star Girl:

"I was captivated by her overflowing brilliance and her confidence as she ran ahead leading her friends."

Star Girl:

"...So cool."

Star Girl:

"She's the complete opposite of a nobody like me who has nothing... She was overflowing with confidence."

Star Girl:

"Bright and full of hope—an existence that brings happiness to others."

Star Girl:

"Dorothy looked at me and said..."

Dorothy Ann:

"Why are you alone? Where are you?"

Star Girl:

"And then...she jumped into this library and found me."

Star Girl:

"She told me... Me who creates magic, lives for magic, and can't live in a world without it..."

Dorothy Ann:

"You said it, didn't you? That you have nothing."

Dorothy Ann:

"But you do! You do, you do!"

Dorothy Ann:

"You have a lot of possibilities! You were able to create such amazing magic!"

Star Girl:

"Her smile was this dazzling brilliance. She accepted me and grabbed my hand. Warm and dazzling—"

Star Girl:

"The brilliance of a...Star."

Star Girl:

"Up until now, no one has ever praised my magic."

Star Girl:

"She was the first one to praise me."

Star Girl:

"Up until now, no one has ever acknowledged me."

Star Girl:

"She was the first one to acknowledge me."

Star Girl:

"The person who jumped into my world and accepted me for who I am."

Star Girl:

"Bright and dazzling—my...Star."

Dorothy Ann:

"We will always be waiting for the magic you make."

Dorothy Ann:

"Let's make dreams come true with your magic one day."

Dorothy Ann:

"I'll be waiting. At the end of the moonlight... At the promised place—the secret paradise."

Star Girl:

"And just like that, the 'Witch of the West' who controls the story takes her last breath after being showered in Dorothy's brilliance."

Star Girl:

"And she was reborn as a young girl."

Star Girl:

"That person's brilliance gave birth to her...the one to inherit the stars. As 'Star Girl'—"

Star Girl:

"I lost my memory when I was reborn, but there are things that I can still remember."

Star Girl:

"The happiness I felt from being accepted for who I am—"

Star Girl:

"'I'll be waiting. At the end of the moonlight... At the promised place—the secret paradise.'"

Star Girl:

"And I can clearly remember that promise."

Star Girl:

"That's why I'm on this journey. A journey to fulfill that promise."

Star Girl:

"And then on that journey, I met a lot of people."

Star Girl:

"The High Priestess who continues to believe in things that are invisible to the eye. The doctor who was hanged for protecting me."

Star Girl:

"The Magician who gave their life to use magic for the last time. The Devil who let me continue on my journey."

Star Girl:

"The Hierophant who sacrificed themselves for everyone in town. The Chariot who didn't stop walking towards their goal."

Star Girl:

"The judge who repeats the same ending over and over again to protect justice. The prosecutor who respects temperance more than anyone else."

Star Girl:

"The Hermit who announces a new ending. Sun, the singer who sees me off on my journey."

Star Girl:

"The strength to bring about a big change that I would never have been able to do myself. I continued on my journey...while feeling the turn of the wheel of fortune."

Star Girl:

"And then that day the Hermit saw me off in 'Happiness City'—"

Star Girl:

"When I looked up at the night sky and the moon wasn't there—I vaguely remembered."

Star Girl:

"I was once a witch."

Star Girl:

"I took my last breath after being showered in that person's brilliance and was reborn."

Star Girl:

"And the promise—'I'll be waiting. At the end of the moonlight... At the promised place—the secret paradise.'"

Star Girl:

"That person's smile."

Star Girl:

"...The lost moon. I'm sure something has happened to them."

Star Girl:

"That's why...That's why I'm searching for them."

Star Girl:

"In search of the lost moon."

---

Dorothy Ann:

"My name is Dorothy Ann."

Dorothy Ann:

"I was raised surrounded by many people."

Dorothy Ann:

"I was raised by my strict aunt and kind uncle. I live happily everyday with my dog, Toto—"

Dorothy Ann:

"I'm very happy."

Dorothy Ann:

"But I... I know nothing about myself."

Dorothy Ann:

"About my parents or where I was born. Why I'm being raised by my uncle and aunt..."

Dorothy Ann:

"All I had was my name 'Dorothy'."

Dorothy Ann:

'But I'm happy. I'm happy to live with my aunt, uncle, and Toto—"

Dorothy Ann:

"That's what I thought."

Glittering Children Part 7

Dorothy Ann:

"That day when a tornado appeared all of a sudden, Toto and I were blown away to the 'Land of Oz'."

Dorothy Ann:

"And that's where I met them—"

Dorothy Ann:

"The Tin Man 'with no heart', the Scarecrow 'with no brain', and the Lion 'with no courage'..."

Dorothy Ann:

"My dear friends... I don't know my real family, but...they became my real family."

Dorothy Ann:

"We went on a long, long adventure. But at the end of that adventure—"

Dorothy Ann:

"The Tin Man gets a 'heart', the Scarecrow gets a 'brain', and the Lion gets 'courage'. Together we defeat the Witch of the West—"

Dorothy Ann:

"And I was able to go back home."

Dorothy Ann:

"And we all lived happily ever after."

Dorothy Ann:

"..."

Dorothy Ann:

"At least...that's what I thought."

Dorothy Ann:

"When I got back, I had changed."

Dorothy Ann:

"Overcoming hardships for my family and getting your hands on the thing you've been searching for—I got to experience all of that during my adventure in that fantastic world. I had a magical time there... I got a taste of it."

Dorothy Ann:

"After I got a taste of it...I realized I had nothing in my life in Kansas."

Dorothy Ann:

"Everyone was able to gain what they were searching for on our adventure; yet, I found out I had nothing."

Dorothy Ann:

"As our adventure drew to a close—I realized I had nothing."

Dorothy Ann:

"..."

Dorothy Ann:

"*sigh* Again...I'm thinking about it again."

Dorothy Ann:

"Sweep the house, clean the cattle shed, harvest the hay...I have so many things to do... But once again..."

Dorothy Ann:

"...No. No, I can't have this."

Dorothy Ann:

"I should be happy."

Dorothy Ann:

"My strict aunt and kind uncle raised me. I'm living happily everyday with my dog, Toto—"

Dorothy Ann:

"I have nothing. There's nothing for me. So why am I thinking about stuff like that..."

Star Girl:

"In which case—!"

Star Girl:

"Help your uncle and aunt out, grow up, become an adult, and live a normal life?"

Dorothy Ann:

"Huh...?"

Star Girl:

"I...want to see it!"

Star Girl:

"Beyond the world―I want to chase after it forever and ever!"

Dorothy Ann:

"What...!?"

Dorothy Ann:

"Wait, where am I!? Who...are you!?"

Star Girl:

"I'm the top star of this theater troupe—that's right, 'Star Girl'!"

Dorothy Ann:

"Star...girl?"

Dorothy Ann:

"What you said earlier..."

Dorothy Ann:

"I've never said something like that...Yet I feel like I've said it before somehow..."

Star Girl:

"That's right. That was once...a 'line' you said on 'stage'."

Dorothy Ann:

"Stage...? Line...?"

Star Girl:

"Yeah!"

Star Girl:

"So let's go. Let's go chase whatever is beyond the world!"

Star Girl:

"We made a promise."

Star Girl:

"You said you'll be waiting at the end of the moonlight... At the promised place—the secret paradise."

Dorothy Ann:

"Promise...?"

Star Girl:

"We haven't fulfilled our promise yet."

Star Girl:

"That's why I came to look for you. You who have turned into a small child."

Star Girl:

"You were lost and crying out...hoping for someone to find you."

Star Girl:

"You who told me my magic was amazing."

Dorothy Ann:

"...I-I don't know. I don't know you."

Dorothy Ann:

"There's no promise. I never made any promises with you."

Dorothy Ann:

"I have...nothing."

Dorothy Ann:

"No place for me to go, nothing I want to become, no family to protect, no meaning for my existence, no value—"

Dorothy Ann:

"No...real mother either."

Dorothy Ann:

"I have nothing, so this is all I can do. Sweep the house, clean the cattle shed, harvest the hay..."

Star Girl:

"...Do you really believe that?"

Dorothy Ann:

"...Then are you saying I have something? Tell me what I have then!"

Dorothy Ann:

"What do I have? Prove it to me! Right now!"

Star Girl:

"—You have me!!"

Dorothy Ann:

"...Huh?"

Star Girl:

"Have you forgotten about me?"

Star Girl:

"I'm the Witch of the West who died after being showered in your brilliance."

Star Girl:

"I was reborn because of you—I'm 'Star Girl'."

Star Girl:

"I was born from your brilliance—I'm your daughter!"

Dorothy Ann:

"D-Daughter!?"

Star Girl:

"You have no mother? You have nowhere to go, nothing you want to become, no family you want to protect—nothing?"

Star Girl:

"So what!?"

Star Girl:

"Me being born from your brilliance is more compelling evidence than any that you ARE somebody!!"

Star Girl:

"You gave birth to my existence."

Star Girl:

"Or are you still going to whine about having nothing!?"

Star Girl:

"Hey, 'Mama Dorothy'!"

Dorothy Ann:

"M-Mama!? I'm...your Mama!?"

Star Girl:

"Yes, that's right."

Star Girl:

"There might not be any evidence here right now...about who you are..."

Star Girl:

"But it's definitely out there somewhere. It might not be the time or place right now, but in the future."

Star Girl:

"I...am proof of that!"

Dorothy Ann:

"What...What do you mean..."

Dorothy Ann:

"What, that's so strange!"

Dorothy Ann:

"Proof that I'm somebody...isn't here, but in the future...?"

Dorothy Ann:

"That's so absurd! And you're telling me to just believe!?"

Dorothy Ann:

"That's...nonsense! Ridiculous!"

Star Girl:

"Yes, it's ridiculous... But that's what the 'Wild Pirates' are about, right?"

Dorothy Ann:

"...What!?"

Star Girl:

"You barge into someone else's world and forcefully shower brilliance on them and make them change into a different creature... What a ridiculous existence."

Star Girl:

"But that's the kind of creature we are, no?"

Star Girl:

"We take something ordinary that girls enjoy and give it our all. Because we're an unimaginable existence."

Star Girl:

"Ridiculous, you say? Bring it on!"

Star Girl:

"The one who taught me that... The one who made me into that, is you! 'Mama Dorothy'!"

Glittering Children Part 8

Star Girl:

"Ridiculous, you say? Bring it on!"

Star Girl:

"The one who taught me that... The one who made me into that, is you! 'Mama Dorothy'!"

Dorothy Ann:

"I'm your Mama... T-That's not...!"

Judgement:

"—You do have something."

Dorothy Ann:

"...!?"

Hope:

"That's right! Anything can happen on stage!"

Charity:

"Oh geez... We're the ones who went on the journey with you..."

Faith:

"Yeah. Don't let yourself get swept up by this young girl who appeared out of nowhere!"

Dorothy Ann:

"Y-You guys are...!?"

Faith:

"Have you forgotten about us? Ohh...you just don't recognize us!"

Faith:

"My name is—'Faith'!"

Faith:

"I was once Mary Bow, the faithful dog you guided and ran headlong with you as a part of the 'Wild Pirates'!"

Faith:

"But now...I'm not taking the lead for somebody else. I'm taking the lead for myself and running ahead by myself!"

Faith:

"I've decided I'll believe in my own possibilities!"

Dorothy Ann:

"M-Mary...!? Mary Bow!?"

Hope:

"My name is—'Hope'!"

Hope:

"You once pulled me up and gave me the strength to declare what is important to me—"

Hope:

"Tin Man... Also known as Masked Bun the noble thief Rabbit Steel!"

Hope:

"I no longer need a mask...

Hope:

"If I carry through as my true self, I'm sure the future will open up for me! I've found my hope for that!

Dorothy Ann:

"Rabbit!"

Charity:

"My name is—'Charity'."

Charity:

"I learned what it means to be a better person and the importance of continuing to think—"

Charity:

"Scarecrow—Straw Ma'am!"

Charity:

"I crave it now... I want to become an even stronger and better existence!"

Dorothy Ann:

"Straw Ma'am...!"

Judgement:

"I am—'Judgement'."

Judgement:

"I met you and was able to get over my own weakness and was released from the prison inside my heart—"

Judgement:

"Cowardly Lion—Captain Leona."

Judgement:

"I'm no longer afraid of getting hurt."

Judgement:

"Even if someone were to get hurt, I will never stop walking—I've made my decision!"

Dorothy Ann:

"Leona... You're Leona..."

Judgement:

"We are the 'Wild Pirates'..."

Charity:

"We who had nothing were able to become something after being showered in your brilliance."

Faith:

"We went from 'we'—to 'me'. We were able to do that because of you."

Hope:

"We've found the 'role' we must play—on our own stage."

Dorothy Ann:

"The 'role'...you must play...?"

Dorothy Ann:

"Then..."

Dorothy Ann:

"You mean...you've all found it? The next new role of your own."

Dorothy Ann:

"Is that why...you were reborn?"

Dorothy Ann:

"From Mary Bow to 'Faith'. Rabbit Steel to 'Hope'."

Dorothy Ann:

"Straw Ma'am to 'Charity'. And Captain Leona to...'Judgement'."

Judgement:

"Yes, that's right."

Dorothy Ann:

"..."

Dorothy Ann:

"That's why...that's why you all set off on your own journey?"

Dorothy Ann:

"In search of your own 'stage'...away from your 'family' stage..."

Dorothy Ann:

"Away from me..."

Dorothy Ann:

"Wait...?"

Dorothy Ann:

"I just said...'stage'?"

Star Girl:

"Yes, stage. This is...a stage."

Star Girl:

"The path you've walked down... The wilderness we've walked down is...a stage."

Dorothy Ann:

"A stage..."

Judgement:

"The stage at night is the dawn of reality..."

Judgement:

"The stage needs the 'moon' to light up everyone."

Dorothy Ann:

"'Moon'...?"

Faith:

"Yes...you... You are the 'Moon'."

Faith:

"The big and gentle full moon floating in the night sky, gently lighting up the pitch black wilderness we're all moving forward in."

Faith:

"Bigger and brighter than any star—the Moon."

Charity:

"But if you stay lost below the stage...there will be no one to play the 'Moon'."

Hope:

"The paper moon on stage will remain paper forever."

Dorothy Ann:

"If I don't play...?"

Judgement:

"Look, it's waiting for you on stage—the role that wants to be played by you."

Charity:

"The stage...is looking for you."

Hope:

"Yet...you are running away. Do you plan on running away forever below the stage?"

Dorothy Ann:

"Huh..."

Judgement:

"Running away from the happiness that comes from standing up on the stage to sing, dance, and act. The exhilaration of playing somebody else and living their life—"

Hope:

"From the audience's smiles you see from the stage—"

Faith:

"From the miracle of meeting the stage and the happiness born from it—"

Star Girl:

"You who live for the stage is running away from the 'stage'—"

Dorothy Ann:

"I...live...for the stage...?"

*thump* *thump*

Dorothy Ann:

"...!"

Star Girl:

"You've just been throwing a tantrum. You were lonely and sad over everybody leaving..."

Star Girl:

"You were just in a bad mood. Being left alone is painful and scary..."

Star Girl:

"But you knew. There's no way you could ever come to hate the stage."

Star Girl:

"You're loved by the stage... You love it more than anyone."

Faith:

"That's what you've always been saying."

Charity:

"You just don't listen. This girl can be so stubborn once she's decided on something."

Hope:

"Well, it's normal for there to be times when you want to just scream, cry, and run away from it all."

Dorothy Ann:

"E-Everyone...?"

Charity:

"Your new role is waiting for you."

Judgement:

"The play that's yet to be seen—"

Hope:

"It's waiting for you on stage!"

Faith:

"There are stages that can't be born without you."

Star Girl:

"There's me who wouldn't be born!"

Star Girl:

"So things like sweeping the house, cleaning the shed, harvesting the hay—leave all of that behind!"

Star Girl:

"Come back...Dorothy!"

Faith & Hope:

"Back to where we met..."

Charity & Judgement:

"Back to what we love..."

All:

"Back to the stage!"

Dorothy Ann:

"...!"

*thump* *thump*

Dorothy Ann:

"Back to where we met—"

Dorothy Ann:

"Back to what we love—"

Dorothy Ann:

"Back to...the 'stage'..."

Faith:

"It's on the stage! You who believes in me!"

Hope:

"There's hope!"

Charity:

"There's love!"

Judgement:

"There's courage!"

Star Girl:

"There's so much on your stage—!"

All:

"There's so much! There is, there is!"

Dorothy Ann:

"...!"

Glittering Children Part 9

Aruru:

......

Elle Nishino:

...Welcome home.

All:

Welcome home, Aruru.

Aruru:

I...I'm home...

Aruru:

......

Misora:

What's the matter?

Aruru:

I... What am I gonna do? I came back to the stage.

Aruru:

Everyone's gone and I'm going to be all alone... My "mother" might find me...

Aruru:

None of my problems have been solved... Everyone led me back onto the stage...

Aruru:

And Elle-chan...just who are you...?

Aruru:

That's right...! I...what do I do...!?

Aruru:

I came back...to the stage!

Aruru:

That stage was so dazzling... It looked like so much fun...I ended up taking everyone's hands without thinking...

Elle Nishino:

*inhale*

Elle Nishino:

Hi-yah!

*clunk*

Aruru:

Ack...! OWWWWWWW!

Misora:

Whoa...

Shizuha:

That was a perfect headbutt.

Tsukasa:

Right in the center.

Lalafin:

That looks...painful.

Aruru:

Owwwww...it HURTS! Why did you do that!?

Elle Nishino:

You came back to the stage and you're STILL whining... Did that wake you up?

Elle Nishino:

Can't you see how worried everyone is about you and how hard they've been trying to bring you back to the stage?

Aruru:

Owww...huh...?

Elle Nishino:

Everyone's gone and I'm going to be all alone. My "mother" might find me.

Elle Nishino:

So what?

Aruru:

So what...?

Elle Nishino:

You came back to the stage. Compared to that, everything else is trivial.

Aruru:

Trivial... Trivial, you say...!?

Elle Nishino:

Yes. I don't care about your past or your feelings. I'm being forceful, arrogant, and selfish as I'm saying this.

Elle Nishino:

I'm a Stage Girl. I want to watch your play, so I brought you back to the stage.

Elle Nishino:

Because you're the one who forcefully, arrogantly, and selfishly made me into a Stage Girl.

Elle Nishino:

That's right. I'm the daughter born from your brilliance.

Elle Nishino:

You jumped onto my stage and pulled me onto the stage. You created me...Stage Girl Elle Nishino. "Mama Aruru".

Aruru:

Mama Aruru...!

Elle Nishino:

I could only live by creating stories and lived for my stories...

Elle Nishino:

You're the one who found me. You accepted me.

Elle Nishino:

You're the one who...led me to the stage.

Elle Nishino:

That's why this time...I came to find you. I chased after the sound of you crying.

Elle Nishino:

The older me in the future came looking for the younger you who had left the stage. From a future stage to this stage.

Elle Nishino:

I found my way of life—thanks to you. I found the path of creation through the stage.

Elle Nishino:

You're my sign. My proof.

Elle Nishino:

So now it's my turn to find you. It's my turn to become your proof.

Elle Nishino:

I'm your proof, mama.

Aruru:

...!

Elle Nishino:

A Stage Girl born from your brilliance is proof that there is meaning and value behind you standing on stage.

Elle Nishino:

You gave birth to Stage Girl Elle Nishino. You have such solid proof yet...

Elle Nishino:

You're still uncertain about who you are? You're still worried about standing on the stage?

Elle Nishino:

If you won't get a hold of yourself, I won't be able to stand on the stage in the future, you know.

Elle Nishino:

If you won't stand on the stage, I can't be born.

Aruru:

Huh...what are you saying...?

Shizuha:

...Butterfly effect.

Aruru:

Huh?

Shizuha:

Even something as minor as the flap of a butterfly's wings...can cause a far-reaching ripple effect.

Shizuha:

Your brilliance is the cause and effect that made a little girl into a Stage Girl... That girl went up on stage and came to find the younger you who ran away.

Shizuha:

Fate...the circle of cause and effect. Heh heh...

Tsukasa:

This is exactly what it means when we say any miracle can happen on stage.

Lalafin:

About that!

Lalafin:

She keeps talking about being the daughter, but we also became Stage Girls after being showered in Aruru's brilliance, you know.

Shizuha:

Yes, all our appeals just fall on deaf ears because once Aruru's decided on something, she just doesn't listen...

Tsukasa:

We're the same as Elle-chan. We're also your daughters born from your brilliance.

Aruru:

What!? W-Wait a minute. Even you're my daughter...? Stop confusing me even further!

Tsukasa:

Then...I'll be the kind older sister who you gave birth to.

Shizuha:

I'm the slightly strict older sister I suppose.

Misora:

I'll be your twin sister!

Lalafin:

I'll be—

Tsukasa:

The younger sister?

Lalafin:

Hey! Why am I the only younger sister!?

Tsukasa:

Well...you're the smallest.

Lalafin:

No, I don't want that! I wanna be the older sister!

Elle Nishino:

Pfft...hahahaha! Lalafin-senpai, you're so cute!

Shizuha:

Heh heh, then you can be the small and cute older sister, all right?

Lalafin:

Hmph! The "small" is unnecessary!

Tsukasa:

You don't deny the cute part though.

Lalafin:

Well, you know...

Misora & Shizuha & Tsukasa:

Hehe... Hahahaha!

Glittering Children Part 10

Shizuha & Misora & Tsukasa:

Hehe...hahahaha!

Aruru:

Just wait a minute! Why are you all laughing so happily!?

Aruru:

Am I the only one who doesn't understand what's going on!?

Misora:

—Rebellious phase.

Aruru:

Huh?

Misora:

This is just your rebellious phase, right?

Misora:

Because you're an orphan, you can't cause trouble for anyone. You have to be a good girl and make everyone happy.

Misora:

But everyone set off on their own journey and left you behind by yourself. So you felt lonely and sad...

Misora:

You're not crying about having nothing...but throwing a tantrum. This is your first rebellious phase.

Lalafin:

Positive Aruru in her negative mode, huh.

Aruru:

You guys are so mean... I was being serious when I said I didn't want to stand on the stage anymore! I was actually sad and lonely!

Misora:

But...you're back. You came back for us.

Elle Nishino:

To the stage where everyone is waiting.

Aruru:

Everyone is...waiting...?

Tsukasa:

We all became Stage Girls after receiving your brilliance.

Lalafin:

You've influenced so many people already.

Shizuha:

You've turned so many humans into different creatures—you're a sinful person.

Elle Nishino:

If you don't want to stand on the stage anymore...I might disappear from the future.

Aruru:

What!?

Lalafin:

That's a big responsibility!

Aruru:

I-I feel like I'm being threatened!

Elle Nishino:

So make up your mind.

Elle Nishino:

Because we're connected in the future. We're connected on the stage.

Aruru:

We are...connected on the stage.

Elle Nishino:

Surpassing time, just like you and me. Just like you and my other seniors.

Elle Nishino:

You're not alone. You'll never be alone. I—We are proof of that.

Aruru:

Elle-chan...

Shizuha:

...Elle-chan's warm brilliance is exactly like Aruru-chan.

Aruru:

Huh...?

Tsukasa:

Elle-chan, the school uniform you're wearing... You're our junior.

Elle Nishino:

Yes. Frontier School of Arts...You're all my seniors! Well...for now at least.

Lalafin:

What do you mean?

Elle Nishino:

Because me right now is only one of the many possibilities.

Elle Nishino:

If Mama Aruru won't get a hold of herself, I might end up in Seisho or Siegfeld or Rinmeikan, you know?

Misora:

Whaat? We can't have that!

Misora:

Aruru! For the sake of our future junior, you must stay on the stage at all cost!

Aruru:

Whaaat!? So I AM being threatened!

Misora:

Then...are you gonna step off the stage?

Aruru:

Urk...

Misora:

So?

Aruru:

N-No...I won't! I'm definitely not stepping off!

Elle Nishino:

Phew...thank goodness. Thank you...for returning to the stage.

Elle Nishino:

I love you, Mama Aruru.

Aruru:

Huh...

Elle Nishino:

Aruru Otsuki—my star who continues to make so many people happy from up on the stage. Even now that I've grown up, you're still the goal I'm aiming for.

Elle Nishino:

A big "moon" that shines gently on stage, guiding me.

Elle Nishino:

Thank you for finding me. I love you, Mama Aruru.

Aruru:

...!

Misora:

Yes, we love you, Aruru.

Misora:

—I love you.

Aruru:

...?!

Misora:

You, who lit up the new path I needed to go down.

Lalafin:

You, who gave me the strength to declare what is important to me.

Tsukasa:

You, who taught me the importance of seeking the best and continuing to think deeply.

Shizuha:

You, who gave me the true courage to not fear getting hurt.

Misora:

Together with all our gratitude and the greatest happiness.

Shizuha & Misora & Lalafin & Tsukasa:

We love you, Aruru.

Aruru:

Everyone...!

Aruru:

*sigh* So warm... Everyone's warmth...everyone's brilliance...!

Tsukasa:

We got all of that from you.

Aruru:

I've always wanted to be held like this...

Aruru:

I love you... I've always wanted to be told those words...

Misora:

We've always loved you.

Lalafin:

Always by your side.

Shizuha:

On the same stage.

Aruru:

I'm...connected with everyone.

Aruru:

I'm not alone...

Aruru:

*sniffle* Waaaaaah...!

Aruru:

*sob* Waaaaaaah!

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Aruru:

*sob* Waaaaaah...!

Lalafin:

Aruru...you're being a big baby!

Tsukasa:

She's been holding it in all along.

Misora:

"It's something that's always been with me, so that's why I had lost track of it."

Misora:

I'm sorry, Aruru. I wasn't able to tell you the words you needed to hear the most.

Aruru:

No...it's fine! You've given me a lot...

Aruru:

I have a lot! I'm so full...with everyone's brilliance. I'm satisfied. It feels like the first time I saw the stage...

Aruru:

Like the first time I stepped up on stage...!

Shizuha:

Thank you...Aruru-chan, for always bringing us happiness.

Shizuha:

Thank you for making everyone happy.

Shizuha:

But from now on...it's your turn to be happy. On your own stage, through your own happiness.

Aruru:

My own stage...my happiness...?

Aruru:

Oh...that's right...

Aruru:

I don't understand... I don't understand but...I think I get it.

Aruru:

Misora, Shizuha-chan, Tsukasa-chan, and Lalafin... All of you are trying to stand on that stage.

Aruru:

On your own stage.

Aruru:

Leaving me...leaving Frontier's stage to go to your own stage. You're not casting me away...but to set off on a journey so that each of us can stand on our very own stage.

Misora:

Yes, exactly.

Shizuha:

A stage that has begun will end one day. There's no stage that doesn't end and no two stages are ever the same.

Tsukasa:

Until the day when the curtain rises again to a new performance... So we can become the leads on our own stage.

Lalafin:

We must finish performing "Revue Frontier" and lower the curtain. So that the curtain can rise again to a new stage.

Misora:

We who were once family are now rivals..."co-stars" so that we may stand on the next stage.

Aruru:

Rivals... Co-stars...

Misora:

We...want to be like you. We want to give off brilliance like yours.

Misora:

I want to stand in the center of the stage.

Lalafin:

Just looking up to you isn't enough.

Tsukasa:

...I can't remain as your fan forever.

Shizuha:

That's why we're rival—co-stars, so that we may stand on the next stage.

Shizuha:

We'll become rivals...and all aim for Position Zero.

Tsukasa:

Because we love you. Because we want to be like you...!

Aruru:

......

Aruru:

I understand... I understand now...

Aruru:

My twin sister, kind older sister, strict older sister, small, cute older sister, and reliable daughter... There are so many different roles but...

Aruru:

I'm the only one who can play my role.

Aruru:

I'm the only one who can play Aruru Otsuki.

Elle Nishino:

...Yes, that's right.

Aruru:

Whether it's a tragedy or comedy. A happy ending or an open-ended one... Sci-fi, suspense, rom-com, revenge...everything. It's all my own stage...!

Aruru:

That's why we set off on a journey. To our very own stage...to play our own "lead"...!

Elle Nishino:

Do you finally understand?

Aruru:

Yeah.

Misora:

Do you still wish...you had never met us?

Aruru:

No.

Misora:

Do you still wish...you had never met the stage?

Aruru:

No.

Aruru:

It's because I met everyone and because of everyone that we were able to create all those stages up until now.

Aruru:

But...

Aruru:

My stage is my very own stage... I must continue going down my own journey.

Elle Nishino:

*SIGH* You're really such a handful!

Elle Nishino:

That's what everyone has been saying all along!

Aruru:

R-Really? Sorry!

Elle Nishino:

No, I should be thanking you. Thank you for returning to the stage.

Aruru:

Oh...Elle-chan!?

Elle Nishino:

Huh? Oh...I have to go.

Elle Nishino:

They're...the future is calling for me. It's almost time for my scene.

Aruru:

Elle-chan...

Aruru:

Thank you...for coming to find me.

Aruru:

Thank you for proving to me that I'm not empty...that I'm not alone.

Elle Nishino:

It's fine, don't worry about it. We're family connected through brilliance, right?

Aruru:

Yeah... Elle-chan, your stage...I'll come watch it one day.

Elle Nishino:

Okay, it's a promise. I'll be waiting for you in the future.

Elle Nishino:

"At the end of the moonlight... The promised place – the secret paradise."

Elle Nishino:

I'll be chasing after you one day—

Aruru:

......

Aruru:

She's gone...

Misora:

...That's amazing, Aruru. You have a daughter.

Aruru:

...It feels kinda strange.

Lalafin:

Hold up, you've got your small and cute older sister right here!

Misora:

You agree that you're small!

Tsukasa:

You also have your kind older sister!

Shizuha:

Have you forgotten about your strict older sister?

Aruru:

O-Oh... This is really embarrassing...

Aruru:

I was being called mama, yet I bawled like a child...

Misora:

I was happy. Because one's rebellious phase...one's true side is something only family get to see.

Aruru:

Misora...

Aruru:

Yeah...thanks to you, I understand now.

Aruru:

I realized that I love the stage. That I can't leave the stage and that I live for the stage...that I'm a Stage Girl.

Aruru:

And I'm connected with everyone...through the stage. I'm not alone. I'm not empty.

Misora:

I guess we finally got through to you? All the things we've wanted to tell you...

Aruru:

Yeah...I'm not alone.

Aruru:

We're here because of everyone. And we set off on our journeys—

Aruru:

So that one day we'll be able to fly even higher together. So that we can stand on our own stages.

Tsukasa:

Aruru...!

Aruru:

Yeah... I finally understand now...

Aruru:

Waaaaaah!

Misora:

...?!

Aruru:

I actually knew...! But I just didn't want to believe it...!

Aruru:

That's why I threw a fit and pretended I didn't understand. I didn't listen to any of you...

Aruru:

I can't hear...I don't want to hear... I made up all these excuses...and ran away...

Aruru:

But...I'm back on the stage now.

Aruru:

The stage where everyone is.

Aruru:

I finally...understand.

Shizuha:

Aruru-chan...

Misora:

You're really such a handful!

Aruru:

Ahh! You said the same thing as Elle-chan.

Misora:

Heh heh!

Lalafin:

Now there's nothing to worry about!

Lalafin:

We know that Frontier School of Arts will still exist when Elle-chan has grown up!

Tsukasa:

Why were you worrying about that!?

Lalafin:

Well, that's—!

Aruru:

Heh heh... Hahaha! I'm sorry for worrying everyone!

Aruru:

You're right. If I were to deny myself, then I'd be denying our past, all the performances we've done at Frontier, the path we've been walking down in the wilderness...

Aruru:

I would've been denying us as Stage Girls.

Aruru:

Even her existence in the future...

Shizuha:

Even if we're apart, we're still Stage Girls. We're connected through the stage—both in the past and in the future.

Tsukasa:

And Stage Girls are...selfish, greedy, and arrogant creatures who continue to go after brilliance.

Lalafin:

Creatures who aim for their own place—we continue to challenge even greater heights at the ends of the wilderness.

Misora:

We're rivals fighting to become the "Unknown Lead".

Aruru:

From family to rivals...

Shizuha:

The center of the stage—Position Zero.

Shizuha:

Aruru-chan, this is the stage. This is the "Revue Frontier" stage.

Tsukasa:

If you don't have the strength to continue walking in the wilderness, take your fall here and put an end to it.

Lalafin:

If you have the will to move forward in the wilderness...defeat us and move on!

Misora:

Show us, Aruru Otsuki...

Misora:

—Who are you?

Aruru:

...!

Aruru:

I'll show you...the proof that I'm a Stage Girl!

Misora:

Shall we begin? "Revue Frontier"!

Aruru:

Let's begin! "Revue Frontier"!

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Misora:

Shall we begin? "Revue Frontier"!

Aruru:

Let's begin! "Revue Frontier"!

Misora:

HAAAAH...!

Aruru:

Ngh!

Lalafin:

Aaaaargh!

Aruru:

Whoa!

Tsukasa:

Hyah!

Aruru:

Nggh!

Shizuha:

You're wide open, Aruru-chan!

Aruru:

Eeeek!

Aruru:

Huff... Huff...

Aruru:

Huff... Huff... Wow...amazing!

Aruru:

So this is everyone's brilliance...!

Aruru:

Dazzling...hot...and really beautiful. This is...

Aruru:

This is your determination to aim for your own stage—your own lead! This is everyone's brilliance!

Aruru:

...I've lost mine, so hammer it into me!

Aruru:

...I was a coward, so come at me with your Stage Girl brilliance!

Shizuha:

Haaaaaah!

Aruru:

Nggh!

Aruru:

...Amazing...! A dazzling brilliance I've never seen before...!

Shizuha:

We're performing together—as "rivals".

Aruru:

Rivals...!

Tsukasa:

We're your dear family...but on the stage, there's only one lead!

Tsukasa:

Once someone is the lead...you either get off the stage...or take over the lead. Those are the only two choices!

Aruru:

...!

Tsukasa:

But I'm not giving in to anyone... I decided to risk my life to compete for it!

Tsukasa:

What about you, Aruru!?

Aruru:

I...I'm not going to step down from the stage again!

Lalafin:

Yes, that's what it means to be rivals!

Aruru:

...!

Lalafin:

There are areas that we can only reach...by performing as rivals on stage.

Misora:

We can only deepen our knowledge of certain roles...by competing fiercely as rivals on stage!

Aruru:

...!!

Misora:

That's why I know together with you, we'll be able to fly to even higher and farther! We'll be able to see a far away stage...that no one has ever seen before!

Aruru:

A stage...that no one has ever seen before!

Tsukasa:

Yes...that's why we must change. The way we are right now isn't enough!

Shizuha:

Always strive for improvement, for change!

Lalafin:

We will change!

Tsukasa:

A brand new stage!

Misora:

From family to rivals to co-stars—!

Shizuha:

No reliance nor conflict... We're independent—accepting and recognizing one another—improving together!

Lalafin:

From "family" to "company"—a Super Transformation!!

Aruru:

From family...to company...

Aruru:

From "family"...to "theater troupe"...!?

Misora:

Yes. Even if we aren't always together, we're connected through the stage. We're a collection of individual Stage Girls—a "theater troupe".

Aruru:

I see... So that's the evolved version of our relationship...!

Aruru:

A new us—!?

Aruru:

I didn't know you were all thinking these things... You've been thinking so far ahead, while I've just been stuck on "family"...

Aruru:

I see... So that's why we're disbanding the "Wild Pirates".

Aruru:

So that we can evolve from "family"...to "theater troupe".

Misora:

Exactly, Aruru!

Aruru:

...I'm the only who's late.

Aruru:

...I don't want to lose.

Aruru:

I don't want to lose...to everyone's brilliance.

Aruru:

It's bright and captivating and makes me want to keep watching forever, but... I'm... I can't stay as your fan!

Aruru:

I don't want to be a fan! I don't want to lose to you guys!

Tsukasa:

You don't want to lose? That's not enough!

Aruru:

Huh?!

Tsukasa:

Can't you see what's beyond this Revue? It's the stage to compete for the "Unknown Lead"!

Lalafin:

The explosion of brilliance competing for the role of the lead in the "Timeless Play"!

Aruru:

What...

Aruru:

I can't see it...yet.

Aruru:

But...I want to. I want to see it.

Aruru:

The stage to compete with rivals for the "Unknown Lead"... I want to see the view from the "Timeless Play"—

Aruru:

No, not to see.

Aruru:

I want to stand on it. Me, on that stage.

Aruru:

I want to stand as the "Unknown Lead" in the "Timeless Play"—as Position Zero!

Elle Nishino:

That's "paradise"—

Elle Nishino:

A Stage Girl's... A "paradise" no one has ever seen before—

Aruru:

Elle-chan!?

Aruru:

Paradise...Stage Girl's paradise...

Aruru:

Something like that...I'll be the first one!

Aruru:

The center of the stage!

Aruru:

So...I'll become the "Unknown Lead"!

Misora:

Aruru...!

Shizuha:

Then come and get it! With your own two hands, from your rivals—on the stage!

Aruru:

Yeah...I can see the clashing brilliance. I can see the sparks flying from emotions, attachments, and fate...

Aruru:

This is what a stage is...!

Aruru:

The excitement...my heart won't stop racing!

Aruru:

Karen-chan...I found it. This is my "Stage of Destiny".

Aruru:

I found it...what I lost as a Stage Girl.

Aruru:

It's something that's always been with me, yet I lost track of it... My lost brilliance... My love for the stage...!

Aruru:

I lost my feeling of just how much I LOVE the stage!!

Aruru:

Karen-chan, wait for me on the stage of "Play A".

Aruru:

I'll definitely be there as your rival competing for the "Unknown Lead"—I will become the unknown lead!

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Aruru:

Karen-chan, wait for me on the stage of "Play A".

Aruru:

I'll definitely be there as your rival competing for the "Unknown Lead"—I will become the unknown lead!

Shizuha:

Oh, you think this stage is finished?

Tsukasa:

You're not getting off that easily!

Lalafin:

This Revue won't end until you've taken all of us down!

Aruru:

......

Aruru:

Thank you...Shizuha-chan.

Shizuha:

Huh?

Aruru:

Because you made the decision in my stead while I was lost...and we were able to raise the curtain on our performance.

Aruru:

Thank you...Tsukasa-chan.

Tsukasa:

...!

Aruru:

You've thought long and hard...about what to do to make it an even better stage.

Aruru:

Thank you, Lalafin.

Lalafin:

...!

Aruru:

Your energy and positivity is hope itself... You're the energy that moves our stage forward with force.

Aruru:

Thank you, Misora.

Misora:

...!

Aruru:

Your compass...your belief in me...is what has guided me so far.

Aruru:

And finally... Thank you, Elle-chan.

Aruru:

You made me believe that I'm not alone.

Aruru:

I'm sorry, everyone. I'm going.

Aruru:

Even if I have to take all of you down, I'm going down this trackless path by myself.

Aruru:

Just like how I jumped onto the stage of "Oz" that Misora was in—believe in my instincts...believe in my fate...!

Aruru:

I'll go find my own stage. So I can stand on the stage as the lead—

Misora:

Let's go, Aruru!

Misora:

To your own stage...To your own new continent for "new discoveries"!

Shizuha:

So you can make "true discoveries" for standing on the stage...for your reason to perform!

Lalafin:

For your "heart's discoveries"—the stage your heart wants, the role your heart wants!

Tsukasa:

For "deep discoveries"—your most important self that's buried deep within you!

Aruru:

Yes, I'll go find them!

Aruru:

My own stage at the end of this wilderness—the end of this stage—

Aruru:

I'll go make a "discovery"!

Aruru:

That's why I'll strike down anything that stands in my way! Arrogantly, selfishly, rudely!

Aruru:

*inhale*

Aruru:

I shall light the path with my moonlight! It's all right to move forward with confidence!

Aruru:

Sparkling bullets, loaded onto wings and heading far ahead to a future stage!

Aruru:

Frontier School of Arts—Aruru Otsuki, head wind to Frontier!

Aruru:

My new discovery!

Lalafin & Misora:

...!!

Shizuha & Tsukasa:

...!!

Aruru:

Phew...

Aruru:

Position Zero!!

Misora:

...This is Aruru's brilliance...!

Tsukasa:

The energy to change self-proclaimed Stage Girls into true Stage Girls...!

Lalafin:

A dazzling brilliance that changes the existence of whoever is watching...

Shizuha:

You were reborn with your new discovery, I see.

Shizuha & Tsukasa & Lalafin & Misora:

Hehe...!

Shizuha & Tsukasa & Lalafin & Misora:

Aim for the big stage! Onwards, Aruru Otsuki!!

Aruru:

...Yes!

Aruru:

Yeah!!

---

Andrew:

......

Elle:

A clashing of brilliance that no one has ever seen before...

Elle:

..."Revue Frontier" is over.

Andrew:

Ellelle! You're back!

Elle:

I'm back...? What have I been...?

Andrew:

You were on the stage. You were wearing the Frontier school uniform and were on the "Revue Frontier" stage.

Andrew:

As Frontier School of Arts's Elle Nishino.

Elle:

Me...?

Elle:

I somehow feel like I've been dreaming all this time. I'm supposed to be in a dream...

*scribble scribble*

Elle:

"Star Girl looked up and noticed..."

Elle:

"a big moon rising into the night sky."

Elle:

"Using the moonlight as her guide, the Star Girl began walking once again."

Andrew:

...! Elle has started writing again!

Elle:

The continuation of the story...of "Play A"!

Michiru:

(Frontier's Revue...has restarted Elle-chan's story.)

Michiru:

(The Elle-chan from the future jumped onto the stage...and saved the present day Aruru-chan...)

Michiru:

("Judgement", "Faith", "Hope", "Charity"...and "Moon".)

Michiru:

(......)

Michiru:

(Don't tell me...does this mean that "Play A"...)

---

Nana:

..."Play A".

Nana:

The present day Aruru-chan's brilliance made Elle-chan into a future Stage Girl...

Nana:

And future Elle-chan's brilliance returned the present day Aruru-chan into a Stage Girl...

Nana:

The Elle-chan who came from the future... She's...

Nana:

She's definitely proof of the future... She might also be proof of the "Play A" being finished.

Nana:

She might be proof that after everyone competes for the lead role, "Play A" gets finished.

Nana:

That...won't do.

Nana:

I have to stop it here...the fight for the lead. The stage where everyone fights won't end.

Nana:

—I have to stop it.

Nana:

If it doesn't stop here...I'll take everyone down and the possibility of "Play A"—

????:

That...definitely won't do.

Nana:

...!? Maya-chan?

Maya:

Trying to end "Play A" out of your own righteousness, arrogance, and justice...

Maya:

Nana Daiba. I...won't let you.

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Maya:

Brilliance of the moon and love of the star—

Maya:

Collect the light from all and deliver it to your hearts.

Maya:

Maya Tendo, head of the 99th Class—I will show you my brilliance!

Elle:

...!

Elle:

Maya...Tendo...?

Nana:

Maya-chan...why?

Nana:

I didn't get a message about a Revue starting...

Maya:

Yes, I've jumped on.

Maya:

Forcefully...onto your stage.

Nana:

But that's—

Maya:

Oh, impossible, you say?

Maya:

This is the stage... It answers to Stage Girl passion, audio, lighting, stage design, costume...everything.

Maya:

I will never allow you to do something like taking down everyone and putting a stop to "Play A's" possibilities.

Nana:

...Maya-chan.

Nana:

...Okay, I understand.

Nana:

Heavy fruit born from the stage.

Nana:

Because everyone is soft—I must protect them all.

Nana:

99th Class, Nana Daiba—I will protect everyone's stage forever!

Andrew:

W-What's happening!? A Revue started out of the blue!

Elle:

...It's just like Maya Tendo said.

Elle:

It answered to the audio, lighting, stage design, costume...to Stage Girl passion.

Andrew:

The stage has answered to a Stage Girl's passion...

Andrew:

This is what Revue is...

Elle:

I see...

---

Elle:

Revue...

Elle:

A spellbinding performance conjured out of song and dance...

Andrew:

The one who shows the most brilliant Revue and lights the fire in the young girl's heart...

Elle:

—Will be on the path to become the "Unknown Lead".

Elle:

"Timeless Play"...

Andrew:

Struggling for the "Unknown Lead"—

Elle:

Sing.

Andrew:

Dance.

Andrew & Elle:

Battle for brilliance.

Maya:

Haaaah!

Nana:

Ngh... Hyah!

Maya:

—Hngh!

Nana:

...Maya-chan, don't get in my way.

Nana:

It's because something like "Play A" exists that everyone has ended up aiming to be the lead.

Nana:

Because something like "Play A"...something like "Unknown Lead" exists...that everyone has gone mad, competing for the lead role...!

Nana:

Yuyuko-chan and everyone from Rinmeikan have been sucked in by the different Tamao-chan—

Nana:

Michiru-chan and Akira-chan... The two of them who had been so close have now been torn apart—

Nana:

Everyone from Frontier are now separated...!

Nana:

This stage...we're supposed to be "together" for it!!

Maya:

Ugh!

Maya:

Ngh... Competing eagerly for the lead role...! What's wrong with that!?

Maya:

What's wrong with being apart to fight for the lead role!?

Nana:

It won't do!

Nana:

A stage can't be created with one person—with just the lead! A stage is passionate, beautiful, dazzling because "we" create it together!

Nana:

A stage that's just for choosing one sole lead... A stage like that... I'll never agree with it! I won't allow it!

Maya:

Nggh!

Nana:

So I'll be the one to protect...I have to protect "everyone"!

Nana:

I'll put a stop to this fighting for the "Unknown Lead"—!

Maya:

Take down..."everyone", you say?

Nana:

...!

Maya:

So you're stepping on "everyone's" feelings...for the sake of your own stage.

Nana:

N-No!

Maya:

People are "individuals" and we each have our own "identity"...

Maya:

The stage is a collection of that. By clashing with our own "individuality" and "identity", a chemical reaction occurs, giving birth to a stage that no one could have predicted.

Maya:

Rejecting everyone's feelings of wanting to aim for the lead...is the same as eliminating the future and its possibilities.

Maya:

Do you think a stage like that...would get filled with brilliance?

Maya:

That there would be explosions of brilliance clashing...explosions of passion burning up in flames!? Do you think a stage that no one could have predicted would be born!?

Nana:

...!

Maya:

If a single person were to rule over the entire stage...then all the possibilities will have been thrown away...the death of a stage.

Maya:

Trampled by one person...a dying stage.

Nana:

No, I just...!

Maya:

But you're thinking it, right? If it's for "everyone's" sake, then I don't mind casting away "Play A".

Maya:

If it's for the sake of your "everyone", then it's fine to ignore "individuality" and "identity".

Nana:

I didn't say that!

Maya:

Hyah!

Nana:

Huff... Huff... Huff...

Nana:

I...I want to protect everyone... I just want to protect "everyone's" stage!

Maya:

Pfft... Heh heh...

Maya:

How ironic...

Nana:

Why...

Maya:

Your feelings and actions...is what will cause the death of the stage.

Nana:

Why...are you still standing?

Maya:

Arrogance, selfishness, greed... Exactly like a Stage Girl. Very well!

Maya:

However...the stage doesn't only belong to you!

Maya:

...Aruru Otsuki-san started walking—with her own feet on her own frontier.

Maya:

If they get dragged down by Tomoe-san, then that's just as far as the Rinmeikan Performance Association can get with their skills.

Maya:

Siegfeld—the stage of the king isn't something that will waver with a bit of conflict!

Maya:

Daiba-san... You know too little.

Nana:

Huh...?

Maya:

About the feelings of the Stage Girls who gather on stage. About what a stage is made out of.

Maya:

A stage that can be ruled by you who know nothing... A stage ruled only by you...

Maya:

I absolutely cannot and will not accept that in my "world"!

Nana:

In which case... I... I will fight for it with my "justice"!

Nana:

It's not use, Maya-chan... No matter how many times we do this, you can't win. You'll never win.

Maya:

Huh...I can't win? ...No matter how many times?

Maya:

You're talking as if...you've done this over and over again.

Nana:

I just...know.

Nana:

I know your strength, your brilliance—your everything.

Maya:

...I see.

Maya:

Then...I really cannot allow for this.

Maya:

Me who couldn't beat you... Maya Tendo—"World" who lost to you!

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Maya:

Huh...I can't win? ...No matter how many times?

Maya:

You're talking as if...you've done this over and over again.

Nana:

I just...know.

Nana:

I know your strength, your brilliance—your everything.

Maya:

...I see.

Maya:

Then...I really cannot allow for this.

Maya:

Me who couldn't beat you... Maya Tendo—"World" who lost to you!

Maya:

...Incredible, Nana Daiba-san. You are...strong.

Nana:

Maya-chan...

Maya:

Long limbs, resonating voice, athletic body... You have the skills to work both on the stage and behind the scenes...

Maya:

I suppose I could call you...a Stage Girl who is loved by the stage.

Maya:

However...

Nana:

...?!

Maya:

I've been captivated by the stage since I was young. I gave my all to the stage and lived with the stage up until now—

Maya:

I have the stage experience that won't lose to anyone. The time I've spent with the stage has been rich.

Maya:

I have been running down this one path all along. I won't lose twice...

Maya:

I won't allow it!

Nana:

Ngh...

Nana:

I'm telling you it's no use.

Nana:

No matter how many times we do this, you can't win. You'll never win.

Maya:

..."Never"?

Maya:

"Never", you say...? Don't be so arrogant!

Nana:

...?!

Maya:

A Stage Girl who knows defeat is strong. A Stage Girl who has overcome defeat is even stronger!

Maya:

You want to rule the stage?

Maya:

Stage Girls...Maya Tendo—

Maya:

Aren't things that can be so easily ruled by your will!

Nana:

What...is this!?

Maya:

Drive off oppression, domination, and coercion! Glorify freedom and let emotions erupt—that's what Stage Girls are!

Elle:

...!

Elle:

Oppression...domination...coercion...

Elle:

These are hard words... But...it's really passionate...and makes my heart beat fast...!

Nana:

Ngh...!

Maya:

Attachment toward the stage, pursuing the stage, burning out on the stage—!

Maya:

That's a Stage Girl's way of life!

Elle:

"Attachment...pursuing...burning out..."...?

Elle:

...That's...

Elle:

"That's—my way of life!"

Elle:

...Oh...I have to write...

Elle:

The lines are overflowing... The story—!

Maya:

Hehe...!

Maya:

"Timeless Play"...and then the "Unknown Lead"—!

Maya:

My strong and intense attachment—is the motivation!!

Nana:

What...is this heat!? This...radiance!?

Nana:

How are you able to push back...!?

Maya:

I want to watch the "Timeless Play". I want to stand up there as the "Unknown Lead".

Maya:

We are Stage Girls. You either want to stand on the stage or not... You either want to watch the play or not...

Maya:

If you want to "stand" and "watch", then victory is inevitable!

Nana:

What...is this brilliance...this brightness...!?

Nana:

I don't know...this Maya-chan!

Nana:

...!! This...

Nana:

The brilliance that...Karen-chan gave off that time!?

Maya:

Stage Girls are getting better day by day—extremely well said!

Maya:

Even if I once lost to you, I will only take you down and push forward on the next stage!

Maya:

You're loved by the stage... So what!?

Maya:

The one who loves the stage more than anyone—is me!

Nana:

...!!

Maya:

You want to end "Play A"? You want to take down "everyone"?

Maya:

Not a chance...! You who know nothing about this world...!

Maya:

Don't you look down on my "world"...on the stage!! Nana Daiba!!

Nana:

...!

Maya:

—Position Zero. This is Maya Tendo!

Maya:

The same stage doesn't exist. Neither does the same defeat.

Nana:

...!

Elle:

Drive off oppression, domination, and coercion! Glorify freedom and let emotions erupt...

Andrew:

That's what Stage Girls are.

Elle:

Even if I lose... I will break and push forward on the next stage.

Andrew:

Stage Girls are getting better day by day...

Elle:

...I know.

Elle:

The "Revue of Justice and Absoluteness" is over.

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Nana:

......

Nana:

I didn't know...about this strong brilliance of yours.

Nana:

Why...? Why was it so bright...?

Maya:

In order to protect and complete "Play A"...I absolutely cannot lose.

Maya:

I'm a fan of the stories she creates...

Maya:

A fan of Elle-san.

Nana:

Elle-chan's fan...

Nana:

Those are your..."feelings". Your... "individuality" and "identity"...?

Maya:

Yes... My spirit doesn't need your protecting. My own Position Zero.

Nana:

Don't need...my protection...

Maya:

Yes...it doesn't exist on stage—the "everyone" that you so wish to protect.

Nana:

Huh...?

Maya:

The only things waiting on stage are "individuals" and "identities"—a collection of individual Stage Girls.

Maya:

Independent Stage Girls.

Nana:

Independent...

Maya:

Lumping "everyone" into one is too rough...too rude.

Maya:

"Everyone" doesn't exist.

Maya:

You're just casting away each and everyone's "individuality" and "identity". You're just trying to change it into the "everyone" you're so attached to.

Nana:

...!

Maya:

Stage Girls...a sinful existence that aims for each of their own stars by dancing, singing, and fighting for brilliance.

Maya:

They bear the blame and clash, fight, and compete in order to stand on their own stage by themselves.

Maya:

That's right... Your attachment toward "everyone" is also a sin.

Maya:

Attachment as a Stage Girl. Your "individuality" and "identity".

Maya:

Thinking of "everyone" you've met, you don't want to separate and get hurt. Your own, dim brilliance.

Maya:

A wish that's kinder and stronger than anyone else—pure and foolish like a young child.

Nana:

...!

Nana:

Maya-chan...

Nana:

Thinking about my friends...don't want to separate and get hurt...

Nana:

I wanted to protect "everyone". I have to protect and finish the stage...

Nana:

But...I... What I actually wanted to protect was...

Nana:

I didn't want to separate and get hurt... I—

Maya:

We are sinful Stage Girls... Meaning we don't need things like redemption.

Maya:

If you think destroying the "Timeless Play" is the "justice" needed to protect everyone, then keep on fighting. I will be your opponent. No matter how many times.

Nana:

...!

Maya:

Otherwise—

Junna:

Watch until the end with your own eyes. Burn it into your eyes.

Junna:

...The brilliance of each and every Stage Girl.

Junna:

Together as "Play A".

Nana:

...!