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

<It is...>

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

<...>

<Oh...!>

<Huh? Whoa!

Miku, what's up?!>

<Please come to SEKAI...>

<Huh?>

<Does that mean... Enanan?!>

<...!>

Ena...

Ena! Are you okay?!

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

And thank you for the song, Kanade...

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

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!

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

I see...

Your songs really are nice and gentle...

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

I'm glad...

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

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

...

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

But I'm scared...

Scared...?

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

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

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...

I didn't realize...

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

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

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

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

No, that's not true...

But I hate myself for thinking that.

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

Ena...

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

I don't need your pity...

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.

...

I agree...

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

Huh?

That's why I was drawn to your art.

That's why I asked you to join N25...

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

N25 needs you, Ena. It needs your art.

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

Right, Mafuyu?

...

Is there something wrong with wanting to be appreciated?

Huh?

M-Mafuyu...?!

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

Because...

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

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

...

Why do you make it sound so easy?

But yeah.

You're right.

Sigh...

My head was a complete mess, huh?

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

Ena...!

Sigh...

Wow, my room's a mess.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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