HEY, CUTIES!
I'M OMGkawaiiAngel AKA KAngel
BLESS
You've gotta be kidding me. Right when I'm finally getting off to KAngel's stream
this fucking asshole from work calls me?
Yes, hello?
Yes, sorry. Yes.
Right. I understand, but today's my day off.
Must be tough juggling childcare, huh, Chief?
No! That's not what I meant!
Um, hello?
Hello? Hello?
Man, it's cold.
Ugh, I'm kinda sobering up.
Like it? Don't like it? To you, I'm just poison, huh?
Like it! Even so, you'll still drink it
Just keep your eyes on me, 'kay!
Three!
Two!
One!
Hey, cutie.
Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt your rehearsal!
Whether I'm singing in front of a lost little bunny,
or lost lambs, it doesn't make a difference.
You don't have to worry.
All that real-world relationship stuff? You'll forget it soon enough.
I'm gonna give my best live performance.
Just for you, 'kay!
I think I could die happy now!
Don't die just yet.
The show's about to start.
I've been waiting for this!
Watching you is the only time I feel alive, KAngel!
I see. If you're gonna say that much, then I gotta take responsibility, huh?
Someone faithful to angels like you
will surely achieve happiness in the end.
I'll come to pick you up when you die, okay?
BLESS
And here we go!
In just a short time since her debut,
she's already gained millions of subscribers!
Still soaring to the very top of the streaming world like a comet,
the Internet Angel,
the ultra-cutest of them all,
it's KAngel!
Now then, let the fairy tale begin.
You see a dream that you'll never, ever forget.
KAngel!
Three! Two! One!
Smiling down on you just like an angel
A strong hallucination, INTERNET GIRL
Whispering in your ear like a devil
A downer just for you, NEEDY GIRL
BLESS
Go grab some energy drinks.
I've got work today.
This world is insane.
Ever since social media showed up,
looks, popularity, income, number of friends, relationship history, IQ,
Hey, girl, you're really cute.
I've got a part-time gig that pays crazy good. Interested?
every possible stat gets turned into a number and monitored.
Oh! Long time no see! You remember me, right? It's me.
Everyone knows it's abnormal, but no one can speak up.
Hey, don't ignore me!
How dangerous your beliefs are, how annoying you are,
whether you've gone viral in a scandal...
The more you stand out, the more numbers get stacked onto you
and used to measure your "social value."
And low social value? That hits you directly in real life.
No one can escape the numbers. Or the surveillance society.
Pretending you don't care about other people,
but you still can't smash the phone you're holding.
This world is insane.
@kache Majoring in Nail Art at Shibuya Beauty Academy Guest Appearance: Hourly + Sales Package Type 40%~70%
Good morning.
Milk sharpens your senses.
Ultra-violence...
preparation... complete!
Complete!
And hey! Give me your number on the down low, okay?
You ever thought about being a sugar baby?
I wanna get plastic surgery, so I wanna go to Korea.
But I gotta save like two million.
No way you're saving that.
Can't you get more from that one old guy?
Preparation complete!
Nope. That guy's broke now.
Also, this is the worst, but I might've caught like an STD.
Ew. Seriously?
Honestly, if you weren't born with double eyelids,
you already lost the parental lottery.
Preparation complete!
Hey, you two wanna hang out with us?
Huh? Us? Why all of a sudden?
A bunch of hot guys are coming. Don't wanna let it go to waste.
You're both cute, after all.
I appreciate the thought, but we're not into that.
Aw, what a waste. Well, no point pushing it. Sorry.
You wanna hang out with us?
What do you think?
Trash.
Kache! Kache!
Yeah?
You got a boyfriend or something?
Nope.
Then next time, let's go somewhere nice.
I hit it big at pachinko the other day. I've got cash right now.
Hey, are you even listening? What, are you drunk?
Fuck off and die.
Killer Queen...
Yeah. I'm okay.
If it's me and P, we can become the number one streamers in the world.
Even in a world this ugly, at least the two of us won't forget how to shine.
It might not last forever, though.
P, I love you.
I can only work this hard because you're here, P.
I love you.
I love you so much.
Good night.
That Michica girl was your classmate, right?
Yeah. We still hang out sometimes.
Hey, next time, let me meet her.
No.
Come on.
Maybe she could pass some composing gigs my way or something.
Why would she give work to some amateur?
You barely even practice anymore.
Shut up. I'm gonna make it big.
There's nothing we can do. It's not like we have any special talent.
So don't act all high and mighty like you're a god.
Those people think influencers are from some other world
and just say whatever they want.
Because if they admit that we're human just like them,
they'd go crazy thinking, "Why can't I become like that?"
So instead, they either bully us like we're not human or worship us obsessively.
You talk big, but everyone blows up sooner or later.
You've been criticized plenty of times, too.
They don't just criticize. They burn you.
If they can't reach you, they set you on fire.
Picking apart every word and action, and it makes them feel good.
They're addicted to revolution.
Not the kind that helps people live.
They're alive just to see the guillotine fall.
Die!
Then what are we supposed to do?
They could just stop comparing themselves to other people.
And yet they open their phone themselves,
connecting to an endless crowd of strangers.
They compare themselves to people above them and sink into melancholy.
They know what happiness feels like, but they keep pretending to be miserable.
Someone has to take on the pain.
So the person who was saved here can go on to save someone...
I was watching that.
Who cares about some weirdo girl like that? She's shady.
More importantly, I lost again today because my teammates were garbage.
Aren't you supposed to be practicing guitar?
I said I would. By the way...
I wonder if those guys
at your concept café would lose their shit if they found out you have a boyfriend.
I'm tired.
Oh, come on.
Stop it!
No.
I don't want to.
All right then, everyone. Live strong!
Don't get fooled by fake rock-and-roll posers.
If you hate something, say you hate it. If it's gross, say it's gross.
And scrub yourself clean in the bath!
Brush your teeth!
No matter what happens, KAngel will always be watching over you
from the other side of the screen, sparkling.
Bless!
No. Don't.
What's with that outfit? Are you quitting school?
It's pretty, right?
Just shutting off your brain
and following the school rules of wearing the uniform of a slave...
I wanted to tear it off as fast as possible.
Michica, do you find school that repulsive?
I do. It's just a factory that turns us into cogs for society.
I have no intention of becoming some rusted machine part.
I don't need to keep attending.
I'm going somewhere freer.
Somewhere I can become the most beautiful princess of all.
For those of you about to pass out from a nasty cough...
Today we've invited an expert on internet culture to join us.
Thank you for joining us here.
Thank you for having me.
Right now, young people have become completely brainwashed by stan culture.
They worship the stars they support as if they were gods,
and blindly let themselves be pulled along by them.
And despite wielding such enormous influence,
they make inappropriate remarks, use drugs, and stage extreme performances.
Influencers without morals are becoming a serious problem.
My daughter's being influenced by her, too.
Sometimes she streams late at night when she's feeling depressed,
and I'm scared she's starting to see herself in that girl.
I worry that kids idolizing these influencers, these illusions,
will grow up without any sense of normalcy.
And from what I understand, she didn't even finish high school.
I get that it's because she's so outrageous
and outside the norm that younger generations are drawn to her.
But if that's what's trending, then the internet really is finished.
If this harmful sway that influencers hold continues to spread,
we may have no choice but to consider regulating youth video streaming itself.
We're talking about the most popular figure right now,
therefore the one causing the greatest concern over negative influence, it's...
KAngel.
That angel girl.
KAngel.
OMGkawaiiAngel.
I'm just living the way I want, as the Internet Angel.
Even if I don't go to school, even if I'm depressed, even if I hurt myself,
all of that is proof that I'm me.
I'm going to live without hiding one bit of it.
You ignored me when I was nobody.
But the moment I start to bloom, you switch to tearing apart my character.
Always craving the next new thrill.
And when someone stands out, you envy them and beat them down.
Truly selfish to the core.
But an angel's job is to embrace even this hopeless mess of a world.
KAngel won't lose to a bunch of criticism! I'm gonna keep going!
Because there are so many of you out there cheering me on!
Bipolar or not, leave it to me.
In this day and age, what's the most important thing right now?
It's dreams.
Everyone just wants to keep dreaming long, happy dreams.
They're scared of going back to reality,
so they'd rather swim comfortably in a world that suits them.
Doesn't being the one who makes others dream stress you out?
Everybody feels stress.
Have you ever wanted to die?
Every night.
KAngel, do you live in that dream world all the time?
Nope! If I'm going to show everyone dreams,
then I have to look at the real world, too.
That's how you learn to make peace with things and become an adult.
So you're an adult, then?
No.
I'm just not so fairy-tale naïve that I'd lose sight of what reality is.
So does that mean you're going to be a child forever, KAngel?
As if.
As long as my youth still has market value,
I'll make use of my position as a "young girl."
But the moment that runs out, you'll drop me instantly, won't you?
That's the turning point.
You've streamed while taking excessive medication before.
What do you think about the criticism
that you're bad for children's education and a negative influence on society?
You're absolutely right!
I've never once thought about education, so please, criticize me all you like!
I'm just me.
If some kid copies me and starts acting out, that's not my problem.
I've never told anyone to do that.
When people blame everything on others,
that's when things spiral and make bigger mistakes.
And besides, nobody can live by being "right" all the time.
Instead of getting angry or banning things,
why not start by listening to why those kids are hurting?
I see.
Everyone just wants someone to listen.
If you can hear children crying all around you,
then it means this country still has a future.
Shut the fuck up!
That meltdown stream you did went viral.
You gained a lot of new fans and new haters, right?
People love stimulation.
Poison and medicine are two sides of the same coin.
So what gives you joy in your life?
Shooting people in video games!
Okay, and?
Being on the phone with my friends while shooting people in video games!
Nice!
And getting carried by dudes who just want to hook up while we stomp the enemy!
You're not bad yourself.
Care to join me, KAngel?
My streams are monetized, you know.
I don't come cheap.
Getting paid to kill tons of people? That's the best!
Just like real life, right?
The population's grown too big and everything's boiling over.
The people who were here first have lost their place
and are quietly cultivating their resentment.
Meanwhile, regular folks who aren't used to the internet
just spew abuse without thinking.
Men and women are at each other's throats nonstop,
and more and more people are profiting by
stirring up fights and drop shipping the chaos.
Young people don't have money, and they don't know any adults they can trust,
so they "stan" streamers like me
and shift the responsibility for their lives onto us.
Everyone's slowly going a little crazy.
But they still think it's "more fun" than reality, at least for now.
Half truth, half bravado.
We push through the chaos somehow, trying not to get attacked.
And merge our thinking with social media itself.
Thank you for your time for this interview.
Oh, just one more thing.
Anything to say about the recently trending group, Karamazov?
She's special.
The way her soul shines is different.
Sometimes she looks like a real angel and other times she smiles like a devil.
I think it's that huge swing between the two that makes her so captivating.
She sees things differently than ordinary people.
But in the end, we'll surpass her.
I'm sure even she feels threatened by Karamazov's momentum.
Even the famed Internet Angel is still just human.
This world is overflowing with poison.
Slowly, very slowly, it will eat away at her holiness.
Some are saying they might pose a threat to you. What do you think?
Who's Karamazov?
I've never heard of them.
DEADLY POISON DENPA GIRL PURPLE LOLLIPOP
I'm not really interested in other people,
but if our leader's jealous every single night,
then she must really admire her.
What?!
She did say she started streaming because she looked up to KAngel.
NECHIKA-SAMA
Nechika, you idiot! Don't make stuff up like that!
That flashy color scheme designed to
stand out for the masses isn't really my taste.
MICHICA GOKUBARA
Though I guess our whole purple aesthetic isn't exactly subtle either.
Hey, you guys!
Michica, I hear today was your friend's first guest shift, right?
Oh?
You're pretty hard on your friend.
I'm not interested in what happens in the lower world.
I think your friend has a pretty face, too. Is it Kache?
Being able to walk even while covered in mud
is a privilege reserved for the commoners.
I want to die.
She's arrogant!
She's foolishly full of herself!
She acts like she can do everything on her own,
like she's desperate to be seen by everyone.
And yet, I think she's beautiful.
I may be nothing but a commoner,
but I understand what it means to have spirit.
I'll be the one to kill her.
I won't let anyone else do it.
I'll kill her and then I'll die, too!
Bang!
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
A ray of light, illuminating the chaotic internet of today, OMGkawaiiAngel.
The up-and-coming streaming group, Karamazov.
Two paths cross in the light.
Next time, "Just the Two of Us."
EPISODE 2