"You…"
After hearing Anon's words, the inferiority complex that had been buried deep in Taki's heart instantly exploded, and she was about to lose her temper.
However, someone lost their temper even faster—namely, Taki in the animation.
["So you're saying I'm unreliable?"
The comfort and concern from Soyo and Tomori instead triggered the girl's inferiority complex.
"That's not what I meant…"
Seeing things going wrong, Soyo quickly spoke up, trying to stabilize Taki's emotions.
"I can't do it like Sakiko!"]
Wait—who even said anything about you?
And why is it Sakiko again?!
Hearing Taki bring up Sakiko-sensei once more, the band girls present all felt their emotions become a little complicated.
A ghost.
A ghost named Sakiko.
Hovering above the MyGO band.
Anon: I feel like I'm always living in her (Sakiko's) shadow.
Wait a second—wasn't I the one constantly being pressured?
So how are you the one having a breakdown instead?
Anon couldn't help thinking: Taki, is your mentality really this fragile?
"Um…"
Looking at Taki, who had been halfway into a rage but got awkwardly interrupted by her animated counterpart, Anon laughed awkwardly.
"About what I said earlier—just pretend I never said it. It's actually good to revise the score more often, striving for perfection and all that~"
"Chihaya, what do you mean by that?"
However, seeing Anon's attitude—like she was coaxing a child—the Taki who had barely calmed down suddenly had her blood pressure rise again.
"Are you treating me like a kid?"
"But I didn't expect Taki to have such complicated feelings toward Sakiko."
At this moment, Soyo also chimed in, making the situation even more complicated.
"I—"
Hearing Soyo's words, Taki's pale face flushed red.
"I just don't have the kind of talent Sakiko—or that guy Kamijou—has! What do you want me to do about it?!"
Animated Taki had already said it once, so there was no need to repeat it again in real life.
"Then how about you quit the band, Taki?"
For some reason, after hearing Taki's words, Anon blurted that out instinctively.
Taki: ?
Wait—although that really was her true thought, she never actually intended to quit the band!
This pink-haired girl was definitely taking revenge on purpose!
"Ano-chan…"
Tomori also took Anon's words seriously and immediately became flustered.
"Um… it shouldn't come to that, right?"
Soyo's tone also became somewhat subtle.
If Taki left, then what would happen to her Crychic?
"I…"
Taki herself had a rather complicated expression on her face.
"See? That settles it."
Seeing the reactions of the girls, Anon spread her hands.
"Even though you're not as cute as me, Taki, and you like pressuring people, and you're bad at talking, and your personality isn't great, as teammates we won't dislike you!"
"…Should I thank you for that?"
After Anon's barrage, all the inferiority complex and other messy emotions in Taki's heart completely disappeared.
All she felt now was that her fists were itching.
However, the expressions on the other girls' faces were a bit subtle.
It was that familiar feeling again…
Kamijou Mutsuki: This girl is too much like me—she must not be allowed to live!
"Um…"
After hearing Anon's words, Soyo seemed to want to smooth things over a bit for her old bandmate.
"Please don't say that. Taki still has many strengths."
"For example?"
"..."
Soyo's brain suddenly froze.
Wait—what do you mean by that?
Taki seriously suspected that Soyo was cooperating with this pink-haired girl to mock her.
"How can you all be like this?"
Seeing this, Kamijou Mutsuki spoke up for Taki.
"Our Taki—when it comes to ability, she has a great figure."
"When it comes to personality, she also has a great figure."
"How can you talk about her like that?"
He admitted it—he was a Taki body fan.
So basically, aside from her figure, she had nothing else going for her, right?
And also—who are you calling "our"?!
Besides… how indecent!
The girl's cheeks turned slightly red.
Umiri: "..."
Indeed, a man with good taste.
Meanwhile, Mutsumi looked down at the tips of her shoes, feeling slightly uncomfortable inside.
"Besides, it's not like Taki can't even play the drums."
"…What exactly are you implying?"
Anon, who had been smiling just a moment ago, now had a dark expression on her face.
"Who exactly are you implying things about here?"
And Taki—what's with that expression of suddenly feeling relieved?
"We… all have our flaws,"
In the end, it still had to be Tomori.
"But everyone is a member of the band, so… it's okay!"
"Tomori…"
Both Anon and Taki were clearly moved.
[In the animation, after breaking down, Taki withdrew into herself and even stopped attending practice.
Anon and Tomori had no choice but to channel Soyo's spirit and go block her at the gate of Hanasakigawa Girls' School.
"Why are you so slow?"
Before Taki had even left the school, she saw Anon and Tomori waiting there for her.
"We waited 2 hours, 56 minutes, and 31 seconds!"
Anon said this while looking at her phone.
"Taki."
Tomori called softly.
Seeing the two girls waiting there, Taki paused for a moment, then instinctively turned around and ran.
"She ran?"
Anon immediately chased after her.
"Anon!"
Tomori followed behind Anon.
"Don't run!"
"I'm not running!"
"You're the one insisting on chasing me!"
And just like that, the two girls started chasing after each other.]
"Wait—why did they suddenly start running?"
So the "Go" in MyGO is actually this kind of "go"?
["Who would stop and wait for you?"
"Then I'll just keep chasing you!"
"You're seriously so annoying!"
In the animation, the chase scene soon reached its conclusion.
Taki ran outside and happened to run straight into Tomori.
"Tomori?"
The girl instinctively stopped in her tracks.
"Got you…"
Seeing this, Anon tried to seize the opportunity to capture Taki, but she accidentally tripped and tackled her to the ground.
"This is the sixth release of the marine creatures series."
Seeing the two who had fallen to the ground, Tomori instinctively handed over some band-aids, while also habitually introducing the little animal printed on them.
Then Anon couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Taki, who was pinned beneath her, asked.
"Because it's super cute!"
"Tomori is obviously cute!"
Even at a time like this, she still didn't forget to show devotion to her best friend—truly worthy of being Taki.
After that, the two sat down on a nearby bench while Tomori helped put band-aids on them.
And after going through that chase, Taki seemed to have figured something out.
Amid the bickering between the two, the cat appeared—playing with another cat.
Finally, the scene cut to Soyo alone, looking at the Crychic website.
And with that, the episode came to an end.]
So in the animation, this was how it got resolved?
The two in the animation seemed like they said nothing at all, yet at the same time, it felt like they had said everything.
"So, Rikki, there's no need to feel inferior,"
Although it was rare, Anon felt as if she saw a reflection of her past self in Taki.
"We're going to form a band together for a lifetime. No one cares about something like that."
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