But just like she once sang—
"Now that I've left you, what right do I have to care anymore?"
At this point, did she really still have the right to approach Tomori and make up for her past mistakes?
Could she… really go back?
Compared to the troubled Sakiko Togawa, Chihaya Anon felt like she was living in her shadow.
Even though she was the one sitting across from Tomori, the person reflected in Tomori's eyes was someone else entirely.
Pain. It hurt too much.
For once, Anon could truly empathize with Shiina Taki.
And at this moment, Taki's feelings were pretty much the same.
That woman was the one who abandoned them back then—so why was Tomori still unable to let her go?
You may have lost Sakiko—but you still have me!
She might not be able to play piano, but she could absolutely take on composition, right?
Tomori, just forget her—I'll play drums and support you, we can keep the band going!
At the same time, some girls who knew Nagasaki Soyo were seeing, for the first time, the "heavy" side hidden beneath that gentle, almost motherly personality.
Was this really the Soyo they knew?
Wasn't this a bit… too heavy?
Clearly, they didn't understand—admiration is the emotion furthest from true understanding.
Even Nagasaki-san looked at her daughter with a complicated expression.
She wanted to convince herself that anime and reality shouldn't be conflated—but deep down, she felt like she had just glimpsed a side of her daughter she had never known.
Thinking this, a faint trace of guilt appeared in her eyes.
She hadn't paid enough attention to her daughter.
[At this moment, the anime's focus shifted away from Soyo.
The scene opened with a sky full of stars inside a planetarium—but this time, the protagonist wasn't Tomori.
It was Misumi Uika.
After watching the stars, just as Uika put on her sunglasses and prepared to leave, she saw—at the entrance of the planetarium—a figure she never expected.
Like a girl who had already achieved success, encountering the "white moonlight" of her childhood once again.
She looked at her, tilted her head slightly, and smiled.
"Uika, you still like looking at the stars, huh?"]
Oh no.
It's that innately evil blue-haired brat again!
Looking at the scene in the anime, Uika's gaze became somewhat absent-minded, while Donut Lady could not help but feel a slight jolt in her heart.
Could it be that someone was about to steal her place?
["Sorry, even though I was the one who asked you out."
Following Sakiko, Uika arrived together with her on a bridge over a pond covered with lotus leaves and lotus flowers.
"I have to leave very soon."
"It's okay. I'm already very happy just to see you for a little while."
Then, the two girls, reunited after a long separation, happily began chatting.
During this time, Uika also displayed a level of emotional gravity completely no less than Tomori and Soyo, and through her recollections revealed the fact that she and Sakiko were childhood friends.
The two had known each other since they were young. They had caught rhinoceros beetles together and watched the stars together."]
How could this be!
After learning this fact, Miss Mana was dealt a heavy blow.
If that was the case, didn't that mean Donut Lady was actually the latecomer?
And what was this with Sakiko?
A childhood friend descending from the heavens?
Donut Lady felt that if this kept up, she was going to end up sitting at the same table as Taki.
["In the anime, the two girls talked about stories from their childhood, and in the end they smiled at each other.
"How nostalgic!"
Sakiko sighed like this while recalling those memories.
However, just as the two girls were chatting happily, Sakiko's phone suddenly rang.
"It's time."
Sakiko took out her phone, turned off the alarm, and the expression on her face became serious.
"Today, I have something very important I want to tell you!"]
Hearing Sakiko's line from the anime, Donut Lady instantly became alert.
She had something she wanted to say to Uika?
What could she possibly have to say to Uika?!
It had to be that woman—her sudden appearance was definitely to snatch Uika away from her!
Donut Lady felt like she was about to cry. The Big Demon King hadn't even left yet, and now another Sakiko had shown up.
Why was it that there were always people coveting her Uika?
This was just too hard for her!
"Uika, are you going to leave me and go with that Sakiko?"
With a mist forming in her eyes, Donut Lady said this to her partner beside her.
At this moment, her mindset was extremely pessimistic.
After all, just watching Sakiko in the anime was already enough to make Uika unable to look away.
She could already imagine the scene where Sakiko squeezed her out and took her place.
Sakiko, in the space that originally belonged to her and Uika, eating her donuts and even wearing her clothes.
Seeing this, Uika curiously asked, "Why are you eating Mana's donuts and wearing her clothes?"
Sakiko turned back and smiled brightly.
"If you're going to chase excitement, then go all the way~"
Just imagining that hellish image made Donut Lady feel like her brain was trembling.
Not that kind of thing!
If Uika was going to be stolen away by another woman, at least let it be a hundred years later!
"How could that be!"
Uika had originally been immersed in the anime's plot, but when she turned her head, she was startled by her partner's reaction.
"I understand Sakiko,"
Uika looked at Donut Lady and said seriously,
"My childhood friend is upright and principled—how could she be the kind of person who steals someone else's partner?"
"Mana, just relax!"
"But…"
Uika's words clearly failed to convince Mana.
"We'll be partners for life!"
And just like that, Donut Lady was sunk by a gravity technique learned from the Tomori.
"I believe you, Uika."
The girl said so.
"We're a community bound by fate!"
"We're going to form Sumimi together for a lifetime!"
[In the anime, the camera had already moved away from Uika and Sakiko, and shifted to Soyo.
At this moment, the girl was lying on her side on the bed, looking at her phone.
The shot zoomed in on the phone, and the screen showed Soyo searching for how to confirm whether she had been muted.
Then the girl's pupils suddenly shrank, and she sat up from the bed. Clearly, the answer was already obvious.
When the girl raised her head again, all the light had completely disappeared from her eyes.
Soyo (Blackened)]
"Soyo… got muted…"
They still remembered how earlier, when facing unfriendly comments online, Soyo had suggested to Taki that muting was better than blocking.
And now, this bullet from the past had struck the girl right between the eyebrows.
Even those who weren't very familiar with Soyo felt that she was somewhat pitiful at this moment.
After all, anyone who had watched MyGO!!!!! knew how Soyo felt about Sakiko.
She had even fallen out with her teammates just because they sang Haruhikage and made Sakiko cry.
And in the end, Sakiko turned around and muted her!
Tragic—this was truly too tragic!
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