Shigure
Listening to her opinion... But...Futaba-san is...

Hatsumi
...She's still here. Inside me...

Hatsumi
Even now, I have Futaba evaluate my work. Is this good enough... Would you be happy with this...

Iruru
......

Hatsumi
...Soon after I graduated from elementary school...Futaba passed away. The cause was a simple accident...

Hatsumi
She disappeared so suddenly...

Hatsumi
For a while, I couldn't do anything. Back then, all I could do was cry...I was a mess.

Nikako
Ren-san...

Hatsumi
But...I realised it wouldn't do to just keep grieving. I thought Futaba wouldn't smile if I kept showing her that side of me.

Hatsumi
After getting back to normal life, some time later... I ended up doing theatre again for my high school cultural festival.

Hatsumi
As I worked on acting again after so long...I remembered the words I'd promised Futaba.

Hatsumi
To only think about giving the best performance I believe in...and so, I pursued the acting I wanted to do.

Hatsumi
When the play ended...I was praised for my acting and received a standing ovation.

Hatsumi
At that moment, I vividly remembered Futaba. Her smile as she watched my performance...

Hatsumi
I felt like Futaba was right there beside me...

Hatsumi
If I continue giving performances that satisfy me...Futaba will keep smiling. Always, within me...

Hatsumi
That's why...I still continue acting to this day.

Daikoku
The source of my Lord's actions is...Futaba-san's smile...

Iruru
I had no idea about any of this...

Iruru
An actor who acts freely and proudly, doing whatever she wants... That's what I thought Hatsumi was...

Iruru
But all of that...was for your sister's smile...

Hatsumi
I think it's a trite story myself. That's why I've always kept it hidden...

Hatsumi
This is my privacy...something I don't need to talk about... Making such excuses, I kept running away.

Hatsumi
When I just didn't want my weaknesses to be known...

Hatsumi
To all of you who've believed in me and followed me all this time...I built a wall, preventing you from getting too close...

Hatsumi
I'm truly sorry...it's all because I'm weak.

Iruru
...You're not weak at all.

Iruru
Rather...I think you're incredibly strong. Because you were able to expose your vulnerabilities like this.

Hatsumi
Huh...?

Shigure
...Everyone has secrets to begin with.

Shigure
Isn't it normal to want to hide them?

Daikoku
I...would be too scared to talk about my weaknesses...

Daikoku
The fact that you chose to do so makes you amazing, my Lord...!

Nikako
...Ren-san trusted us and told us everything important inside her.

Nikako
That makes me really happy...!

Hatsumi
Everyone...

Iruru
Besides, I'm sure Futaba-san thinks so too. That she doesn't want Hatsumi to suffer alone.

Iruru
So don't blame yourself like that.

Iruru
...I might not be someone whose opinion you can listen to yet, but we're here for you.

Hatsumi
...Iruru.

Hatsumi
(I see...now I have others besides Futaba...people who will smile with me...)

Hatsumi
(And...)

Futaba
I understand. I'm your biggest fan, after all.

Hatsumi
(Suffering alone... Indeed...Futaba wouldn't wish for that.)

Hatsumi
I might have been trapped. By a fantasy of Futaba that I created on my own...

Hatsumi
Thinking I was writing what I wanted, I was just being controlled by that fantasy...

Hatsumi
The real Futaba wouldn't be happy with something like that...

Iruru
If you understand that, then there's only one thing to do.

Iruru
Let's do the play that Hatsumi truly wants to do this time.

Hatsumi
...Yes. Let's do that!