Previous chapter: https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/290618085>Home 219: A serious talk, right?>Sidebar: What is Yuu's reason for visiting Ginga...?>[A few minutes earlier...]>Thank you very much for accommodating me on such short notice,>manager!>Still, are you sure this is okay?>I know Ginga-kun must be busy...>It's all right.>You helped us out back at the southern isles, after all...>And, besides...>I'm really the one who should be thanking you.>...Ginga-san...>I'm worried that if I can't provide him with a little human contact, >he's going to die...>Huh?
>[Low voice] Ginga-san!>You've stayed holed up in there for five days now...!>(*Whisper whisper*)>Ginga-san!>...A piece of human garbage that can't even manage to write a single song>doesn't have the right to breath fresh outside air, you know...>[Kurokawa Ginga - Actor-singer - Worked alongside Yuu during his time as a child actor]>I'm begging you... Just let me shut myself in here until I'm finished...>(*Shut...*)>When he's in that mode,>anything staff members like me say to him will just make him feel more pressure...!>Please, Ayase-kun!>Would you be Ginga-san's conversation partner!?
>[...And so, back at the present:]>It seems like you've got a lot on your plate...>You really don't mind?>Nah.>I'm guessing you want to talk about something serious, right?>Y->Yes!>Come on in.>It's a bit messy, though...>Thank you very much!>Sorry to intr...
>...Is he doing black magic!?>G-Ginga-kun,>Weren't you trying to come up with a new song...?>I am, what about it?>I-I see...>...Does it always get this difficult?>Maybe once a year or so...>A single human being can't just pump out fresh "messages" on repeat, you know...>And the only thing garbage like me can smoothly pump out anymore is more garbage...>[Negative]>Ginga-kun!
>Not to mention... This "courage-inspiring support song" they requested this time...>Paper: Do your best! Fight <- Are crap lyrics like this all you can write? Trash>I'm not capable of writing a positive song like that...>(Insulting himself)>(*Phwooo...*)>...Ginga-kun...>Why don't you take a bath?>(*Fwooom...*)>...Sorry you had to do all this right after getting here, Ayase...>...So,>what did you want to talk about?
>...Do you think I'm capable of standing by the sisters' side?>...This will take a little while to explain,>but please listen the whole way through.>I mentioned this back when we were at the southern isles,>but right now,>I am under the care of the Mikadono family.>What's more, Mikadono-san has asked me>to help the sisters overcome their personal "walls"...
>Even though I can't really *do* anything,>as I kept supporting them through housework and such,>I started thinking that I want to become their *partner*, someone who supports them from the side.>And then,>when it looked like I might have to be separated from them at our school festival,>I started strongly feeling>that I want to *be* by their side, to *stand* by their side.>...Housework? Support?>He's been doing that kind of thing for those three...?>(That's amazing...)>Back then,>I thought that I might be able to achieve that by continuing to do my best like I have been until now.>But...
>When Kazuki-san started talking>about possibly leaving to go overseas...>I...>Couldn't do anything besides seeing her off.>For all my talk of wanting to stand by their side,>that was all that I was capable of.>...The three of them...>They keep progressing, moving forward,>at incredible speeds.
>I've come to realize...>That to stand side-by-side with people like them, I'm going to have to keep galloping forwards, as well.>(*Thmp...*)>...So,>I wanted to talk to you, Ginga-kun, because you've actually gone head-to-head with "talent" in earnest.>I mean, I obviously couldn't talk to the sisters about this...>I'd like to know if you have any concrete hints about what to do...>...Sorry to tell you this when you seem so enthusiastic, but...
>The reality is what you see here.>People who have talent...>As if that weren't enough by itself,>they then *also* work harder than normal people do.>Genuinely trying to keep up with someone like that>is neither pretty, nor admirable.
>>290798290That's the life.
>To be honest, I've come close to falling behind countless times.>It takes everything I have>to continue to stand by Sena's side as the "Twin Stars".>I can't even imagine what kinds of paths those three will follow from here on out,>but surely trying to keep going while standing by *all* of their sides is impossible?>What happened with Kazuki-san>will eventually happen with Niko-san and Miwa-san, too.>You can keep doing housework, and be waiting for them at home.>Don't you think that's enough?
>>290798344We are horror now.
>...Ginga-kun is still a prodigy,>who's managed to stay at the forefront ever since his child actor days.>And even then...>He thinks about all these things,>and has this many worries...>...Like I thought...>It really would be difficult for someone like me, huh...?>In other words...
>It's...>No different from anything else I've done until now, is it!?>If you think about it,>there's never been a single thing that I've managed to accomplish without difficulties!>Which means,>(*Boom!*)>I'll just have to *do* it!>(...Heh.)
>You never do things by halves, do you, Ayase?>It was the same thing back at the southern isles.>Th->thank you!>And since it's you we're talking about,>I have faitht that you'll be able to do it, too.>...After all, the amazing thing about you>is that you understand the things you *can't* do.
>>290798369>It's called aura, bro!
>And even though you know something's impossible, you still keep striving for it...>That's what I think is great about you.>Say,>you've met a lot of different people over this past year, right?>Why not first try asking them what they think about it?>Y->yeah!>I'll have a word with my manager know, too.>(Maybe he can let you watch him work?)>(Ah...) Actually...
>I already asked him to do that...>(Hehehe...)>(Perhaps you could let me watch you work after this~?)>(As much as you want!)>...You *really* don't do things by halves, huh?>Thank you so much,>Ginga-kun!>I feel a lot more courageous now!>Oh, by the way...
>>290798642NO SHIT!
>Has anything happened...>With Sena-chan, recently?>[A person who hasn't made any real progress after New Year]>S-sorry, let's forget about that topic!>Thanks a lot~!>...He really is something,>isn't he.>Now, then...
>Sidebar: Both of then begin moving forward... Next week, a center color page to commemorate the volume release!Thanks for reading!
