Kanade's Room

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Mizuki

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<It's so quiet without Enanan here...>
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Kanade

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<It is...>
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Mizuki

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<Is she really gonna be okay...?>
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Mafuyu

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<...>

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Kanade

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<Oh...!>
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Mizuki

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<Huh? Whoa!
Miku, what's up?!>
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Miku

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<Please come to SEKAI...>
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Mafuyu

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<Huh?>
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Mizuki

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<Does that mean... Enanan?!>
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Kanade

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<...!>
Empty SEKAI

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Kanade

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Ena...
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Mizuki

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Ena! Are you okay?!
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Ena

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I am. I'm sorry for making you worry so much...
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Ena

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And thank you for the song, Kanade...
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Kanade

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You're welcome. I was hoping you'd hear it...
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Mizuki

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Kanade made that song just for you, Ena. She just knocked the melody and stuff out crazy fast by getting into the zone or something!
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Kanade

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I needed her to hear it as soon as possible so...
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Ena

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I see...
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Ena

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Your songs really are nice and gentle...
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Ena

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It felt so warm and made my heart sink a little, but I immediately got that you wanted to get those feelings across...
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Kanade

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I'm glad...
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Kanade

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I want you to draw something for this song, Ena...
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Kanade

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I want to see how you visualize it and what you'll make...
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Ena

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...
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Ena

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I... I want to draw too...
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Ena

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But I'm scared...
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Kanade

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Scared...?
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Ena

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No matter how much I draw, no one recognizes my art. It didn't feel like I was doing anything at all...

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Ena

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I thought that my art was being appreciated since they were a part of these songs but...
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Ena

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In the end, no one acknowledges my art unless it has music attached to it. No one cares unless I say that I'm the artist for N25...
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Kanade

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I didn't realize...
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Ena

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My father even told me a while back that I don't have any talent...
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Ena

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I was so frustrated by that and I kept on drawing to prove him wrong...
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Ena

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But it's just like he said. I really don't have any talent. I really won't get any recognition...
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Ena

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And if that's the case, then there's no point in me drawing anymore...
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Ena

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No, that's not true...
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Ena

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But I hate myself for thinking that.
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Ena

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I hate the part of me that can't draw unless they get some sort of attention...!
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Mizuki

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Ena...
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Mizuki

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You say that you don't have any talent, Ena, but I don't think so...
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Ena

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I don't need your pity...
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Mizuki

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That's not what this is! Your dad or these others may not acknowledge your art, but at the very least, I like what you draw.
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Ena

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...
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Kanade

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I agree...
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Kanade

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And I don't believe that you're the kind of person that needs recognition in order to draw, Ena.
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Ena

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Huh?
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Kanade

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That's why I was drawn to your art.
That's why I asked you to join N25...
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Kanade

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If you need acknowledgement from someone, then I'll do just that.
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Kanade

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N25 needs you, Ena. It needs your art.
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Mizuki

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Yeah! We're the ones that really appreciate you as an artist!
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Mizuki

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Right, Mafuyu?
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Mafuyu

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...
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Mafuyu

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Is there something wrong with wanting to be appreciated?
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Ena

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Huh?
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Mizuki

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M-Mafuyu...?!
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Mafuyu

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Why do you hate the part of you that wants attention?
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Ena

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Because...
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Mafuyu

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If no one acknowledges or recognizes you now, just keep drawing until someone does.
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Mafuyu

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We have to keep creating what we do anyway so...
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Ena

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...
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Ena

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Why do you make it sound so easy?
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Ena

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But yeah.
You're right.

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Ena

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Sigh...
My head was a complete mess, huh?
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Ena

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I'll try drawing something. I don't know if it'll be any good, but I'll try.
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Kanade

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Ena...!
Ena's Room
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Ena

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Sigh...
Wow, my room's a mess.

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Ena

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I'd like to draw now, but cleaning up might have to come first.
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Ena

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And getting my paint cleaned and sorted is gonna be such a pain. Everything else is all over the place too.

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Ena

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Well, I can start by getting them back on the shelf and...

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Ena

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Huh? This is... My old sketch book?
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Ena

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I haven't seen this in ages. It's from back in elementary school.
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Ena

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Wow, I used to be terrible. I guess I just learned to wet wash, but the paper is all bent out of shape now.
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Ena

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And this was when I decided to become an artist...
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Ena

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(But now... I'm different from that girl with her head in the clouds.)
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Ena

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Hey, little me... Is it really okay for me to keep drawing like this?
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