This is so cool! I get to meet the real live VIRTUAL SINGERS Miku and Rin!

Hey, hey! Let's talk more!

O-Okay! Um, I'll think about what we can talk about, so you think too!

Okay!

Hehehe, what should we talk about?

(Miku! What's going on?!

An shrunk, and she's forgotten all about us!)

(This is just a hunch, but I think the owner of this SEKAI's feelings is An herself.)

(That's why she's been so strongly affected by the feelings that make this place up.)

(I thought so too, but...

Why would An's own feelings be so mean to her like that?)

(For now, let's focus on talking with An.)

(Part of her or not, these emotions shouldn't be able to remove her memories completely. She should remember while we're talking.)

Sorry for the wait. An, we'd love to know more about you. Is that okay?

Yeah! Ask me anything!

Okay, can you tell us what your favorite things are?

My favorite thing is singing!

Daddy teaches me all kinds of things!

Daddy's really good at singing too!

He's on a team with his friends, and they're called—

Huh? Who were they...?

I know he told me the team name, too...

Okay, can you tell me about your team, then?

My team...

Oh, right! We're Vivid BAD SQUAD!

Me and Kohane, and Akito and Toya! The four of us want to put on an event bigger and better than RAD WEEKEND!

Just like I thought, her memories aren't totally gone.

An! I'd like to know more about RAD WEEKEND. What kind of event was it?

Right! Um...

H-Huh?

I watched it with lots of people I really like, but... I can't remember it very well...

Um, Daddy was there too, and...

Huh?

I can't remember Daddy's face...

Why...

Why...?

It's a really...really precious memory...

But I can't remember...

What's wrong with me?

An...

An. Do you want those memories back?

Yeah!

They're really important memories to me!

Even if it will make you feel sadder than you do right now?

Huh?

Miku, you don't have to say it like that...

But it's the truth.

These feelings didn't remove her memories, but they did affect them. Which means...

Even if only a little bit, some part of An feels like things might be better this way.

Ah...

Then, what that other An said earlier...

Those, too, are feelings An has inside her.

An, what do you want to do?

You get to decide.

I...

(What am I supposed to do?)

(I know these memories are precious to me... I do, but...)

(I'm scared...)

(I want to remember, but I don't at the same time!)

I don't know!

I don't know what I should do!!!

...

Huh?

Rin...?

When you were hurting, I was right beside you, but I couldn't do anything for you.

This time, I'm here for you!

I won't leave you alone!

...!

(That's right. I...)

I...

We...!

...!

I won't forget.

I won't forget Aunt Nagi, Uncle Taiga, or anyone from Vivid Street!

Because I promised! To shoulder Aunt Nagi's feelings...everyone's feelings!

I swear...

I swear we'll take them there!

To go where Aunt Nagi couldn't, beyond her dream!!!

Ah...

An...!

Rin...

Thank you.

You helped me remember what's precious to me, Rin.

Thank you, too, Miku.

I'm okay now.

Hey, the An from this SEKAI.

You're watching, right?

I'm sorry. I remembered.

Why are you sorry?

Because it's true, there have been times when I've thought it would be easier if I could forget it all.

So you'll just forgive them, just that easily?

Daddy, Uncle Taiga and everyone else from Vivid Street who lied to us, and Aunt Nagi...

It wasn't easy.

I cried a lot, and screamed a lot, and I really resented them too...

But... In the end, I just can't help but love Dad and everyone.

And no matter how much I cry, it won't bring Aunt Nagi back.

But her feelings... Her dream. Those are still with me, and I can carry them with me.

I see...

I guess you don't need me anymore, then.

No, that's not it at all.

I want to remember it all. The sadness and pain I felt back then, enough to make me want to forget everything.

If I forgot, that's when I feel like Aunt Nagi would really go away.

So I plan to remember forever, until the day I die, and when I'm face to face with Aunt Nagi again, I'll tell her...

“I bet you think you're sooo clever!”

That sounds good.

Whew! We made it back!

Miku, Rin, I really have to thank you.

If you hadn't been with me, things might have gotten really bad there.

You can say that again!

I hope you think twice about picking stuff up off the ground from now on!

I will, I will.

So, what now? We were going to practice, but want to call it for today and rest up at MEIKO's?

No. If it's okay with you two, I'd like to practice. That other me really lit a fire under me, after all!

Okay. We're with you.

Thanks!

Now, let's sing!