We each turned away from reality
and sank deeper and deeper into the internet.
BLESS
Yes! I'm sorry!
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
First thing tomorrow morning! Um, I'll tell the client.
Yes! I'm sorry.
I really wanted to go to that concert.
SLIDE TO TURN OFF
I said there's no more!
Bullshit there isn't! Hand it over!
I'm telling you, there's nothing, I swear!
Hey! Stop it!
Then go make more money!
What?! I'm a student! I can't do any more than this!
Huh? You think you're the only one who has it rough?!
Do you have any idea how much I'm suffering?!
Maybe you're not trying hard enough! You don't even practice anymore!
What'd you say?!
I'm sorry. I...
Don't come near me.
I'm such a piece of shit. I'm so sorry.
I... I don't have anyone but you.
We're gonna teach you what happens when you defy our angel.
Hey! Get out here, brat!
You watching the stream? We're coming for you next!
Whoa, dude!
Nice bloomers! Drop dead!
There it is! There's that pattern!
Gevanni did it all in one night!
I'm literally dead!
I am a princess more beautiful than anyone.
Dad?
SHOOT ME WITH THAT PURPLE GUN
Okay! Cut!
Where'd my name come from?
Little late to ask now, but when I was a kid,
I read "Sugar Candy Bullets Can't Pierce Anything."
It was about how "lollipops," sweet little candy bullets like that,
can't punch through the thick wall of reality.
I loved it so much.
But then I got sad, realizing you can't stay like candy forever.
Even so, sitting there in front of my screen,
I thought I'd take my purple gun and blast my way through this cramped-ass reality.
Who would've thought our little girl would end up starring in a movie?
Mom?! Dad?!
I'm just glad you're finally able to go outside.
Why the hell are you here?!
Honestly. You suddenly ran out of the house,
saying you were going to see KAngel's concert.
You were dead serious about chasing after that girl, huh?
Did you manage to become friends?
Shut up! That was ages ago! Ages!
Little by little, we drifted away from the internet.
We faced reality.
And slowly, ever so slowly, we grew able to walk at a steady pace.
Each of us started down our own path through the real world.
Lollipop went on to become a world-famous fashion artist and entrepreneur.
After starring in a movie here in Japan, she declared,
"Japan's way too tiny a stage for my brilliance," and set off for Europe.
She built her own brand
and used her streams to talk about fashion as a way of dressing up the soul.
Lollipop's message had an enormous influence on boys and girls all around the world,
saying that fashion could give you courage and confidence.
Mass production should be aligned with demand.
Even after becoming wildly popular as a businesswoman,
haters sneered that she was, "obviously just in it for the money," and she snapped,
hijacked some tanks,
and drove it through town while scattering her entire fortune to the masses.
Her outrageous stunts sparked controversy every single time.
But each time, the rock-and-roll legend of Lollipop only spread further,
winning her even more supporters.
I'll deliver glittering dresses and accessories straight to you!
All you have to do is wrap yourself in the elegance woven into those clothes,
hold your head high, and burst out of your room!
Sweet, dazzling, Lollipop fashion will decorate your soul like a jewel!
Bang!
Sorry I'm late!
Michica found success as a model and became a princess of lolita fashion,
admired by goths all over the world.
She would sometimes model dresses made by Lollipop.
Well? What do you think of this dress?
A little big.
The two built a strong relationship.
So, what is this group of people?
Please, a message for your fans around the world!
This is part of the job, too.
She also became able
to speak about her past self-harm and experience with drug overdose.
Self-harm and OD-ing will only lead you further into misery.
But there is always a reason people end up in an environment where they do those things.
So first, don't just shove them away and tell them to "stop it."
Listen to them. Just listen.
And after that, read this.
Recently, she also published a novel.
Its title is "Darkside of the Moon."
Her dreamy, fantastical worldview
gave sweet hallucinations to teenagers all across the globe.
Congratulations on the movie adaptation!
And with you starring as yourself! How do you feel right now?
No matter how cruel and ugly the world may be,
as long as I can remain beautiful, that's enough.
Even if I fall into hell,
even covered in blood, I'm more beautiful than anyone.
Nechika disappeared from our lives without a word.
The other two said they always had a feeling it would happen eventually.
That was what led to Karamazov breaking up, and each of them setting off on their own path.
I'LL ALWAYS BE CHEERING YOU ON
Sometimes, we worry about where Nechika might be.
But the money she sends home to her younger brothers never stops,
and that's how they know she's still out there.
The three brothers say the same thing.
As long as she's alive, that's enough!
Living past the happily-ever-after is boring as hell.
So I decided to go looking for the rest of the dream.
Finally found you, goth girl.
Why?
Your imaginary friends don't show up anymore, do they?
You looked lonely, being all by yourself forever.
There were so many futures that could have been.
Any one of us could've gone insane at any moment.
We were all walking along a paper-thin line of possibility.
Like a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tornado.
Somewhere out there, a lonely girl happened to touch an angel,
and that capricious angel happened to answer her.
So, spoiled princess who got everything she ever wanted,
what do you wish for next?
I never got the thing I wanted most.
And what's that?
You already have it, don't you? The former angel has friends.
Back in middle school, someone I knew online killed themself.
It's hard to save someone on the other side of the screen.
Yeah. There was nothing I could do.
I was barely holding myself together.
But I remember thinking so hard, that if I could save even one lonely otaku...
And yet, I...
You've saved so many people.
So you'll never have to be alone again.
Here.
Come on, Giovanni. Let's go find true happiness.
Espera, moça!
Tchau! Boa viagem!
Thank you, Campanella.
Oh, right.
Ame isn't my real name. It's...
And as for me, who's not an angel, and not a former number-one streamer in Japan...
Well, I had my share of ups and downs.
When I saw your nails back then, Kache, I thought they were amazing.
As someone aiming to become an artisan too, I truly wanted to cheer you on.
And I want to keep supporting your dream.
So, here...
You know my brand isn't the kind of thing you can afford, right?
I'm sorry. I don't really know what stuff like this is supposed to cost.
But I thought something from your brand would make her happiest, Lollipop.
She gave me some earrings a long time ago.
We'll call this paying her back.
Don't look up the price!
It's worth a hundred million bowls of your ramen!
Thank you so much! I swear I'll make her happy!
And if you don't...
I'll kill you.
Yes! I'm ready for that!
Is this...
Thank you.
You don't care about fashion at all, but somehow you knew the best brand.
It's the best accessory ever!
He's really grown up.
Well, I suppose he has my blessing.
You guys are heavy!
She looks happier than anyone I've ever seen.
Yo!
- Wait, huh? - H-Hey.
Were you eavesdropping on us?!
Easy, easy.
Tee-hee!
Appearing and disappearing out of nowhere.
What exactly are you playing at?
I heard your entire nationwide tour sold out!
You're basically a top-tier artist now! Amazing!
No, not at all.
Do you remember the first time you appeared on this show?
It's a memory I'd like to erase.
And now this is its own dark history. Well, whatever!
Now, here's one seriously feel-good number!
I listen to it all the time myself.
EZ DO DANCE!
So many things really did happen.
But now...
I'm happily walking through my ordinary life.
My very own ordinary life.
Are you going to vanish somewhere too?
I decided I wanted to see a new world.
Now that this place is complete, I have no regrets.
I'm going to find true happiness.
If someone who wanders in here can be saved, that's enough.
Even if it only eases their loneliness for a single moment.
There is no God in this world.
And that's exactly why, when some lonely soul prays,
there has to be a place where they can be saved.
A clockwork angel born from the distortions of the internet.
Before you disappear from the internet,
would you fulfill the wish of the girl you saved?
Sure. I'm an angel, after all.
KAngel.
OPEN IMMEDIATELY
Oh, you're there.
Hey, cutie!
A ray of light...
illuminating this chaotic internet of the current era!
The Internet Angel...
has descended.
I've come to pick you up!
Filthy in that otaku way. Gross!
All right, you're coming with me to see the ocean!
The ocean?
KAngel?
Yep!
KAngel, I tried my best!
Even though I could never fit into society, I worked,
and I kept living even when people laughed at me!
Yeah. You did great.
That's really amazing.
Incredible! It really is.
The ocean! Let's see the ocean!
It's right there.
Oh, that's right!
It's beautiful!
And so big!
KAngel, KAngel!
Yes?
KAngel, wh-what was school like for you?
The worst.
- Yeah, for me too. - Yep.
The way you can make jokes out of everything,
like, "What the heck is this?" And they'll get all rowdy.
I don't know about you, but I was a little envious.
You seemed so free.
I see.
- KAngel, KAngel! - Uh-huh?
Um...
Do you have parents? Like any memories with them?
I mean, do you live with your mom and dad and grandpa and grandma?
- I don't really have anyone like that. - No? No one?
Yeah, I see.
But there's this concept, of existing on your own.
That that's how you should live. I admire that.
I-It's like overcoming all obstacles.
That's just my idea. It's incredible.
KAngel, KAngel!
Oh no, what should I ask? Um, okay...
Whenever things got hard, I'd go back and watch your old streams.
They gave me courage.
Thank you!
It's okay. From now on, we'll always be together.
Yeah! I love you, KAngel.
I love you too, Little Otaku.
Secret time!
Beyond this point lie major spoilers for your life!
Anyone who isn't ready, turn off your monitor right now!
Three!
Two!
One!
Aww. It ended so cleanly, too.
You really are a greedy little thing.
Yeah. This ending is just one of countless possibilities.
One little piece of all the potential inside me.
Humans can become anything.
And that's a very cruel thing.
Because all of you have infinite possibilities, too.
At the same time, there are countless futures where you never become anyone at all.
Like changing channels. Like opening the next video.
Just keep consuming other people,
clinging to the hope of possibility, and wandering forever.
True happiness exists nowhere but inside your own brain.
Every ending is happy, and every ending is miserable.
The answer is right in front of you, but you'll never see it. Poor thing.
Still, don't forget to keep trying to be happy.
In this world with no gods and no angels, good night.
Come on, let's put our hands together.
Bless!