Epilogue

Shu: (Hmph... you certainly know how to keep me on my toes, boy.)

(This is precisely why I hate working with other units. Involving oneself with others only serves to hold them back; people should realize this truth about the world more quickly.)

(But, still... I’m glad that they look so happy.)

(Rei, Wataru, Kanata... were we able to protect what was important to us?)

Mika: Oshi-san, we’re up once this song ends. Get ready~ Not that I need to tell you that.

You’re always in tip-top shape ♪

Shu: Kagehira.

I’ve caused you great pains until now.

Mika: Huh? What’s with that all the sudden? You’ve been mighty weird lately, what’s wrong? Are you dyin’?

Shu: Watch your mouth, you fool.

...Recently, Mademoiselle has stopped replying to me as much; it seems I may have also become a bit faint of heart.

Now that Nito has left my side...

There is no person left to listen to my soliloquies; I have no choice but to talk to an inferior product like you.

Mika: Ahaha. Yup, you sound just like yourself whenever ya start sayin’ all those mean things to me, Oshi-san ♪

Shu: To find joy in such insults is so... you truly are a failure. Ah, how hideous you are.

Mika: Sure am. But despite that, you never once abandoned me. You kept my by your side this whole time.

Even if it was just to pass the time or entertain yourself, you still dressed me up all pretty-like and held onto me.

That’s why I can’t live without your warmth anymore, Oshi-san. Ya gotta take responsibility for me now~ It’s you an’ me, together forever ♪

Even if Nazuna-nii goes far away an’ Maddie stops talkin’ for good... it’ll be okay, ‘cause I’m here. I’ll always, always be with you.

Even if I’m just a no-good, creepy doll who can’t do nothin’ on his own.

Shu: ......

Mika: Even if you graduate or if you somehow couldn’t make nothin’ no more...

Even if Valkyrie disappeared or if you died, I’d stick with you right into the depths of hell.

Shu: Kagehira. Why would you go that far for me...?

Mika: It’s fine if you don’t get it.

But you’re all detail-oriented an’ you got a great memory an’ you’re smart and understand everything perfectly all the time, so why can’t you understand something so important?

Shu: I can hardly make heads or tails of something so ambiguous. But you’re being awfully impudent for a failed work of art.

Mika: ...Oshi-san. You remember way back when, when we met at that garbage dump?

Nah, I’ll bet you forgot. Or maybe you thought I’s someone else...

But you had me wear some girl’s clothes right then ♪

Shu: ...? I’ve not the first clue what you’re saying, but we have got to start singing now.

Stop slacking off and prepare yourself; Valkyrie’s performances must always be flawless.

Mika: Ahaha. You don’t gotta tell me that again. Even I know that much ♪

“♪ ~ ♪ ~ ♪”

Shu: ...Don’t start running amok so suddenly. You never move how I command, despite being a doll.

(Well, that’s fine. In fact, it doesn’t feel so bad, even, watching you from behind...)

(You have always been right at my back, clinging to me like a shadow.)

(If we are together every moment of every day... some amount of warmth and sentiment is bound to emerge between us.)

“♪ ~ ♪ ~ ♪”

Natsume: Ahaha. You are as friendly as ever, Shu-nii-san ♪

Shu: Boy. Get out of our way; it is our turn now.

Natsume: It’s fine, isn’t it? This is a joint performance, after all... I’ve wanted to stand on stage with you for quite some time now.

To be honest, I’m quite envious of your doll... ♪

Shu: ...If that was what you wanted, my sweet, then we would never refuse you.

Rather, you should just speak your mind. I regret that I’m not so good at conjecture.

Natsume: Pardon? Are you finally realizing this?!

Mika: Hey... What’re you doin’ bein’ all buddy-buddy with Oshi-san? C’mon, that’s my Oshi-san!

Natsume: Ahaha... How do you feel about him calling you his, Shu-nii-san?

Shu: Hmph. I’ve been too kind to him lately, so he’s gotten cocky. I must fine-tune him still more. He really is such a handful.

Look, Kagehira: your steps are point one seconds too slow!

Mika: Ngah? Sorry, Oshi-san?

Shu: Never mind; I expected nothing of you to begin with, you useless, repulsive, distorted failure of a doll...

Though I suppose I am to blame for clinging to such a thing so dearly.

Mademoiselle: “Even if others see it as a shabby, dirty doll, if you take it away from a child he’ll surely react as if you’ve lit his hair on fire.”

“That shows how important it is to them, and how much they love it.”

“You should be a bit more aware of that... Shu-kun ♪”

Shu: Mademoiselle? You spoke just now, even though I wasn’t addressing you...?

Natsume: It’s Halloween, Shu-nii-san. Even ghosts can speak; ahaha... ♪

Mika: I told ya, you’re way too close to Oshi-san! It’s Valkyrie’s time to shine, so all y’all step back!

Right now, it’s just Oshi-san and his doll that gets to stand at the top of the world!

Mika: Ahaha! You’re havin’ fun, ain’tcha Oshi-san? Let’s sing and dance our hearts out today!

You’re the biggest genius in the whole wide world. Everything you make’s a work of art that’ll go down in history forever ♪

It’s a masterpiece! That’s why this moment right here’ll last for eternity! No matter how much we die an’ get reborn, it’ll go on forever an’ ever!

We’ll stay together ‘til the end of the world, Oshi-san ♪

Oh, I’m so happy! Am I even allowed to be so happy...? ♪