["Soyo is so gentle—she'll definitely forgive us."
Although it was Shiina Taki who clashed with Soyo yesterday, the two girls still placed the blame on themselves—after all, Takamatsu Tomori did sing.
"Why did Sakiko come, anyway?"]
Maid Sakiko: Was I not supposed to come?
Seeing this part, Nagasaki Soyo finally let out a small sigh of relief.
She believed she wasn't a petty person—yesterday, she had just temporarily lost control of her emotions.
After all, there was no way she'd actually fall out with her current bandmates over something like that, right?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
So the following development should be—
she reconciles with Tomori and the others, and everything moves forward smoothly, right?
["Do you know she's at Haneoka?"
Chihaya Anon asked Tomori.
"She's in the class next door."
Tomori hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Let's go see her!"
Anon bent down slightly to look at Tomori as she made the suggestion.
"I'm kind of concerned too!"
After a brief flashback of Tomori during yesterday's Live, the two of them headed to the neighboring class to find Sakiko Togawa. However, "dark Sakiko" was indeed cold and distant.
In the anime, even her classmates didn't seem to know her full name.
In the end, Sakiko appeared herself—but she showed no intention of acknowledging Tomori at all.
After that, Shiina Taki and Yahata Umiri made brief appearances.
Then the focus shifted back to Tomori and Anon. From their conversation, it was revealed that Soyo hadn't shown up to MyGO!!!!! for three days.
The two of them had even gone to Tsukinomori Girls' Academy to wait for her—only to find out that Soyo had taken leave and was staying at home.]
"..."
This time, Soyo had nothing to say.
But inside, she couldn't help but feel a growing resentment toward her anime self.
Although Sakiko breaking down, crying, and running away made Soyo feel uncomfortable too—was it really necessary to go that far?
What if Tomori and the others misunderstood and thought she was the unstable factor ruining the band's harmony?
"Soyo."
Beside her, Mrs. Nagasaki couldn't help but sigh.
"Having a group of friends who care about you like this is something very precious."
"You should cherish it."
"…I will, Mom."
Nagasaki Soyo had completely given up at this point—she didn't even bother drawing the "fiction vs reality" line anymore.
After all, things couldn't possibly get any worse… right?
And besides, she believed she wouldn't repeat the mistakes of her anime counterpart.
Because the current her was no longer the old Soyo.
She was a Soyo who had awakened—who wanted everything.
The events in the anime had no right to define her!
However, this change in Soyo wasn't something the others knew.
"Soyo…"
Watching the development in the anime, Takamatsu Tomori's gaze dimmed slightly.
They had finally managed to come together as a group—were they really going to repeat the same mistakes again?
"That girl…"
Shiina Taki frowned.
Skipping practice just because of her own feelings—what did she even think the band and Tomori were?
"Wait, seriously? Is the band going to fall apart again?"
Over on Chihaya Anon's side, she was already mentally exhausted.
Back when she first wanted to form a band, she thought the biggest challenge was Tomori.
As long as she could convince Tomori, the band would be set!
With Kamijou Mutsuki's help, she got Tomori to join—then started chasing after her.
She overcame her own dark past, then Taki went emo.
Once Taki stabilized, now Soyo was hiding at home and not showing up.
At this point, she understood more than ever—every single member of this band had their own "special skill."
And not a single one of them was easy to deal with!
[In the anime, after failing to catch Soyo, the two of them head to Tomori's house together.]
She hadn't even been to Tomori's house herself—and that damn pink-haired girl already had?!
Watching the scene on screen, Shiina Taki couldn't help biting her lip, a look of jealousy appearing on her face.
Beside her, her older sister glanced at that unmistakable "losing heroine" expression and sighed softly.
Who exactly did this kid take after?
As for the Taki–Tomori shippers…they were already used to losing.
If Taki could actually win, then a certain country's football team might as well make it into the World Cup!
[In the anime, Chihaya Anon curiously looks around Tomori's room.]
Taki: She knew it—this pink-haired one is up to no good!
Waaah, this is Tomori's room—you're not allowed to look!
["Thanks!"
Seeing the milk Tomori brought over, Anon thanked her.
"Are these all lyrics?"
However, compared to the milk, she seemed more interested in the notebook beside it.
"Ah—bugs!"
Then she got startled by the insect on the cover.
"Rhinoceros beetle."
Takamatsu Tomori calmly explained the beetle on the cover.
"A bug is a bug!"
Not everyone could sync up with Tomori's wavelength like "White Sakiko" could—just from this, you could tell the weight of a "first love."
"Sakiko…"
At this moment, Tomori looked at the notebook cover, recalling her.
"She brought me into the light."
"She also brought everyone together."
"She started Crychic… she was so warm… everything was…"
"Because she was there."
"But…"
"I sang Haruhikage… and hurt her."
As Tomori finished speaking, the scene shifted—to Nagasaki Soyo.
Although there had been hints before, this was the first time the anime so clearly showed Soyo bombarding Sakiko with messages.
That dense wall of texts—it carried a kind of "gravity" no weaker than Tomori's. Then the shot changed again—revealing Soyo's beautifully composed face.]
Wait—why is this happening again?
For most viewers, this part of the story only raised concerns about MyGO!!!!! falling apart.
But for a certain "maid Sakiko," this was basically a public record of her suffering.
At this point, she felt like the show shouldn't even be called MyGO!!!!! anymore—it should be called Toyokawa Sakiko's Torture Manual!
"I really…"
Sakiko Togawa pressed her lips together, her gaze wavering.
"…made that many mistakes?"
She had only wanted to avoid dragging them down with her—yet time and time again, she ended up hurting her former friends.
She had even just gone to watch a Live to support them—and somehow that alone made Soyo shut herself in and nearly caused MyGO!!!!! to fall apart.
At this point, she was starting to wonder if she was simply incompatible with her former bandmates.
"You brought this on yourself, Sakiko~"
"Mm…"
Originally still feeling down, Sakiko instantly puffed up her cheeks at the boy's words.
Couldn't he see she was upset?
Not only did he not comfort her—he was even making sarcastic remarks!
But then—
"It's me… I'm the one who owes Tomori an apology."
Kamijou Mutsuki's words pulled her out of those meaningless negative emotions.
"I can't just ignore the current Tomori!"
The girl made her decision.
At first, she had only wanted to cut off the bonds of the past.
But now, after unintentionally making so many mistakes—she could no longer cling to that selfish way of thinking.
She had to take responsibility for what she had done.
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