Part 1
Between Worlds
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Len
Aha...!
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Len
There you are, MEIKO! I finally found you!
Len
Remember how we got separated after being sent over to that SEKAI together?
Len
Can you tell me more about where you went after we got split up?
MEIKO
Of course.
Len
So, while I was witnessing how Akito and Toya first met, you were with An the whole time?
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MEIKO
Yes, that's right. She practiced and performed in events all by herself, while looking very hard for someone she could call her partner.
Len
I see...
Len
But that must've been really hard.
I mean, she didn't meet Kohane until high school, right?
I mean, she didn't meet Kohane until high school, right?
Len
Which means... She kept searching for over two years?
MEIKO
Right...
MEIKO
Not only did she struggle to find a good partner, she had to deal with a lot of naysayers.
MEIKO
Yes. That fragment only allowed me to catch glimpses of what happened up until she met Kohane...
MEIKO
But I was able to see how people's thoughts regarding RAD WEEKEND changed on Vivid Street as more and more time progressed.
MEIKO
Immediately following it, a lot of people wanted to put on an event that would surpass it. But it would soon turn into “that legendary night”, which nobody would ever surpass.
Len
Oh...
MEIKO
As the competition increased, and as people began to try harder and harder, both the performers and their audience slowly began coming to terms with a harsh reality.
MEIKO
Putting on an event that surpasses RAD WEEKEND would be impossibly difficult.
MEIKO
As more and more began to revere RAD WEEKEND as “that legendary night”, the number of people hoping to surpass it dwindled significantly.
Len
...
Len
Trying to find a partner who'd allow her to surpass that night must've been so hard...
MEIKO
But hard work and dedication ultimately pays off.
Len
Yeah, because she found the best partner she could've asked for in Kohane!
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MEIKO
This sort of applies to everyone in all the other SEKAI too, but fate, it seems, has a strange sense of humor...
MEIKO
Actually, Len, do you know the story behind how Kohane and An met?
Len
Umm... Kohane got lost on her way back from the store, stumbled upon a cafe where she happened to hear someone singing and decided to go in, right?
MEIKO
So, imagine if her mother hadn't asked her to go out and buy that CD...
MEIKO
Or if she hadn't gotten lost after taking that back alley.
Len
And what if An wasn't singing there?!
Len
Still, what are the odds?
Do you think their feelings had anything to do with them meeting?
Do you think their feelings had anything to do with them meeting?
Len
Oh, what if their feelings made Kohane's mom ask her to go buy that CD...?!
MEIKO
In that sense, them meeting could be considered a miracle.
MEIKO
Or Nagi slowly nudged them closer and closer together as she watched them from up above.
Len
Their next goal is to stand on top of the world, right?
MEIKO
Yes, they really do like to dream big, don't they?
Len
But I bet they'll succeed!