"This is so hard-!"
"Ugh, my legs."
"Who wants to go get some water!"
"Let’s go before the showers fill up!"
Once a year, the whole class looked like death because of the National Physical Fitness Test, held for elementary and middle school students across the country.
It was fairly difficult, since it was comprehensively evaluated through a variety of events: grip strength, sit-ups, a seated flexibility test, repeated side jumps, 20-meter shuttle runs, long-distance running, 50-meter sprinting, standing long jump, and softball throw.
Each event was worth 10 points, but it was safe to say there were almost no students, male or female, who scored a perfect mark.
Of course—
"...Hey, did you see Aqua’s grip strength score? He was like Baki or something. And his softball throw went way past the line!"
"We’re boys, so we ran 1,500 meters. Aqua came in first among us. He beat second place by a whole minute and thirty seconds. I saw it on the teacher’s timer."
"Did you hear? Ruby-chan’s standing long jump and 50-meter sprint were almost the same as the baseball club boys in the class next door. Seriously! And her softball throw too!"
"I overheard the PE teacher saying this test would probably end with the twins taking first place for boys and girls again..."
The twins, who had inherited their father and mother’s outstanding physical abilities, posted overwhelming results.
It was a little overwhelming to be the center of so many hungry, admiring stares from PE teachers and the students in charge of sports clubs, though.
Both Aqua and Ruby had enjoyed sports since they were little, following their parents, who loved exercise.
In Ruby’s case especially, she had trained her stamina and endurance under the B Komachi aunties, so there was nothing difficult about it.
"Carry me on your back, big bro!"
"...You serious?"
"Hehe— about 90 percent? Maybe because I moved around a lot after a while? I think my legs are already getting sore."
"......I’ll carry you as far as the front of the house."
"Waaah-!? R-really?"
A little embarrassed that people might see, Aqua eventually let his clingy little sister climb onto his back.
In the late-September weather, which had started to cool, Ruby rode on her brother’s back with a grin, enjoying a happy little moment.
"You’re home?"
"Welcome back, Ruby-chan, Aku-chan-★"
"Mama♥ Papa♥ We’re home-!"
"Big broooother-! Sisteeeer-♥"
"Ameee-♥"
"Nunna- hyung-!"
"Amberrrrrrr-♥"
When they entered the front door together, the whole family came out to greet them.
They saw their parents and siblings every day, but even so, Ruby was always very happy to see them.
"Huuuaaah-"
After showering and eating the snack her parents had made with love, Ruby lay on her bed and stretched out long.
It couldn’t be helped that she was tired after moving her body so much for the first time in a while.
Lactic acid was building up in her muscles-!
This was the muscle’s ultimate technique for getting healthy!
In her head, Piyeong’s dynamic, high-pitched voice played automatically.
She thought about taking a nap, but—
"Mm..."
Instead, Ruby picked up her smartphone.
On [JAHOO!], Ruby connected to the portal site and, after a moment’s thought, placed both thumbs on the touchscreen keyboard.
[Search] [Arima Kana]
Information about Piyeong Gymnastics, listed on the portal site, appeared before Ruby’s eyes.
"...And she’s only a year older."
Ruby muttered in an annoyed voice.
As she kept reading the information about Piyeong Gymnastics, one fact flashed through her mind, and she sprang up from her seat.
"Wait a second— she’s the same age as Akane unni!?"
Ruby’s red, starlit eyes briefly gleamed with a strange light.
Piyeong Gymnastics had debuted a little earlier, but Akane had also worked as a child actress since she was young, so maybe they at least knew each other’s faces from around that time—
"Eh— I’ve never once heard Akane unni talk about Piyeong Gymnastics."
For some reason... during all the time she’d spent with Akane, she had never heard a single word about Piyeong Gymnastics.
Well, even if they’d debuted around the same time, if they never got to appear together it would be hard to become close, and with Piyeong Gymnastics’s nasty personality, it was also very possible Akane had found out in advance and cut ties with her.
Ruby, who had let her imagination run on pure speculation, brushed her lower lip with her left index finger, then tilted her head at a thought that suddenly came to mind.
"Come to think of it, big bro and Akane unni are only a year apart. But he’s never once..."
He had never called her [Akane noona], or [Akane-chan], or [Akane sunbae].
He only called her [Akane].
"Huh?"
Ruby’s face slowly filled with curiosity.
One year apart....
Ruby herself didn’t really pay much attention to being "one year apart," but still, one year was one whole year, so in her mind it was only natural that depending on closeness, situation, and formality, you should use the appropriate way of addressing someone.
Whether this was her second life or not, the fact that she herself was one year younger than Akane was a fact, and it was part of the social common sense she had learned in both her past and present lives.
But then—
'Big bro... what is that?'
A question mark seemed to pop up over Ruby’s head.
Had the two of them already sorted out how to address each other beforehand?
If it was the weak-willed Akane unni, maybe she had been overpowered by the momentum of the younger Aqua, who was still a senior in the troupe from when they first joined, and had allowed him to call her by the rather casual [Akane]?
But if that was the case—
'Akane unni didn’t seem to care much either.'
What was this...?
Since Akane herself didn’t seem to care, it was hard for a third party to ask questions about what might just be a matter of the older brother’s pride in his second life, with a total age somewhere around fifty.
"Eh, but yesterday big bro definitely called Piyeong Gymnastics something like 『Arima Kana』, righttt—"
...Was it just his personal habit?
Come to think of it, Papa was one year younger than Mama, yet from the first time they met in the troupe until now, he had always called her 『Ai』.
Mama didn’t seem to care about that either.
Rather, she seemed to want him to call her that, and whenever Papa held Mama close and called her 『Ai,』 Mama would end up wearing the happiest smile.
"......"
Was this a habit of the Hoshino family men? Then... Amber would probably do the same when he grew up too....
Ruby felt as if one of the basic common-sense rules she had always believed in had collapsed, but she quickly shook her head and returned to the main point, focusing on Piyeong Gymnastics’s bio profile.
'Heh, she’s tiny, isn’t she? But Mama is of course adorable and cute and sings well and dances well and acts well, so it doesn’t matter at all!'
Ruby, who now felt proud of her own height as it approached 160 cm, stood up with a smug expression and lifted one flexible leg.
Long. So long!
She was short, but thanks to inheriting Mama’s body, which looked less like a human body and more like a doll’s with crazy proportions, she was truly elegant!
However, Ruby’s smug smile turned to utter shock when she found a single line in the profile.
"...Y-Youoto High School entertainment department student...?"
Ruby’s face instantly turned ashen.
Her mortal enemy was enrolled in the entertainment department of the very high school she planned to attend, and as a first-year senior at that.
Her heart lurched, and cold sweat broke out on its own.
To deny reality, Ruby forced a stiff smile and lay back down with her pillow under her head.
"M-maybe w-we won’t know because we’re b-both busy with activities? Mm~ Honestly, it’s not like Ruby is the only one there(?). Yeah."
Ruby, who was excellent at deleting inconvenient facts from her memory, hurriedly swiped down on her smartphone screen.
Her interest in the bio profile plummeted, and Ruby went back into SNS.
She wanted to see more reactions to yesterday’s drama broadcast.
"Ughhh...!"
A groan escaped her, and a川-shaped crease formed between Ruby’s brows.
- Wow, yesterday was pretty amazing too!
- Ai-chan’s acting was seriously incredible yesterday!
- I stayed up late yesterday because of this drama, not because I wanted to work overtime, right?
People online were pouring out praise for yesterday’s episode.
- Arima Kana? That child actress, she was pretty good, wasn’t she?
- I hadn’t seen her in a while, so it was nice to see her again. She was famous in the industry as the "genius child actress who could cry in 10 seconds," right?
- Her face was cute too. Her voice was nice!
- The way she matched acting with Ai was really fresh and lovely. Adorable.
- She looked less like a mother and daughter and more like sisters.
- Wasn’t she a child actress who’d been quiet for a while? Judging by her acting, Director Gotanda definitely has an eye for picking actors?
ㄴ He’s always had an excellent eye for picking actors. Did you know Ai-chan’s first film debut and first drama debut were both cast by Director Gotanda?
ㄴ RE: Wow, I didn’t know that.
"......"
Ruby stared fiercely at her smartphone with a strange expression that was half-smile, half-not.
Praise for her beloved favorite—Mama—was mixed together with praise for Piyeong Gymnastics, so she couldn’t even dislike it.
"Kuuuuungh."
Ruby turned over onto her stomach, pressed a pillow against her chest, and kept watching the reactions as she scrolled down.
"Hmph...! It’s thanks to our Mama, you know."
Ruby, muttering in a sulky voice, suddenly widened her red eyes.
- Hm~ Even so, she still can’t shake the image of a washed-up child actress. Her acting was actually a disaster too, lol.
"......"
As usual, if there are good comments, there are bad ones too.
Ruby knew that, but when she saw a bad comment after only seeing praise for Piyeong Gymnastics, she couldn’t hide her flustered expression.
Naturally, Ruby thought back to Mama and Piyeong Gymnastics’s acting in yesterday’s drama and frowned slightly.
"What’s your problem?"
Ruby unconsciously memorized the commenter’s IP and nickname, then quickly lifted the thumb that had almost pressed the [reply] button without her realizing it.
Whether Piyeong Gymnastics got cursed out or not, that had nothing to do with her, right!?
"......"
Ruby stared at her smartphone for a while, then shook her head.
...Anyway, anyway, it has nothing to do with me.
Ruby puffed out her cheeks and, pretending she hadn’t just been looking at the malicious comment, swiped down the screen.
It still felt vaguely unpleasant to just let it pass, but Ruby still didn’t want to open her heart to Piyeong Gymnastics yet.
Like big bro said, people change as they live, but—
'For now. Let’s keep watching a little longer.'
Ruby decided to approach things cautiously.
Because the main principle of Hoshino Ruby’s second-life philosophy was precisely "caution"!
"Humnyamnyamnyam-"
Having finished thinking, Ruby rolled back onto her side, lay down properly, and—
put her pillow under her head and fell asleep as drowsiness washed over her.
-
If you already know everything through voluntary spoilers, can you still enjoy it?
The answer is, of course you can.
Director Gotanda showed the script he wrote to the parents first, and the parents spent time reading lines and practicing with the children.
Thanks to that, Aqua, Ruby, and Ame came to know the entire beginning and end of [The Bird in the Cage].
You might think a drama is less interesting if you already know the beginning and the end.
"It’s starting~!"
♪♬-
The greatest power of visual media lies in the "visual" itself.
When dialogue, actions, and each character’s personality, expressed only in writing, are elevated by music that delights the eyes and ears and by the performance of real actors, it can truly rise to the level of "art."
Careful filming, sound, and lighting that meticulously set up every detail of the actors’ voices and expressions, plus painstaking editing of the cut scenes, and outstanding music that heightens immersion in the drama.
Because they knew the beginning and the end, they had no choice but to sit in front of the TV with hearts pounding, eagerly wondering how this part would be broadcast.
"......"
[...What? Doctor, that can’t be right. My daughter... that... ]
Even though they knew that [Aizawa Yui] was destined for a tragic death that would leave [Aizawa Honoka] forever behind.
Calmly.
Ruby stared at Mama’s tears on the TV with a composure that even surprised herself.
Last week, she had remembered Mama telling her that the person Director Gotanda had used as the model for [Aizawa Yui] was none other than herself.
Too malicious to be called a coincidence.
And yet, coincidence had always been like that.
Whether it was fate already decided, or just a stroke of misfortune that had singled her out from among countless people.
Only the god who had reincarnated her as the child of the one she loved, together with the brother who loved her, would know.
"......"
The tears of [Aizawa Honoka], who had come face to face with the cruel fate of having to send off a beloved family member, became a mirror reflecting Ruby’s past-life memories.
In the script, the part describing [Aizawa Honoka]’s past was relatively short and concise compared to the other sections.
It was simply a narrative meant to impress upon viewers how turbulent her life had been, and how she was the destined partner of [Hiroki].
But Ruby knew.
The story of the poor mother and daughter, whose twenty-seven years of experience across past and present lives had been melted down under the name of "coincidence"...
Would be heavier and more heartbreaking than any story contained in [The Bird in the Cage].
"Hh..."
Was it the scene of herself crying while hugging Kana on TV that triggered the emotions she had felt during filming?
The girl, whose starlit eyes had been sparkling, let out a sigh close to a groan and gently bit her lip.
These were scenes filmed with as much concentration and immersion as the long takes with Kaoru.
No, in some parts, she had put even more effort and heart into them than she had when filming with her husband.
[Chemotherapy will... be very grueling and difficult. You should prepare yourself for the possibility that she may not be able to complete it until the end. ]
[Ahh.... ]
[It’ll be okay! She can get through this. ]
When [Aizawa Honoka]’s face went pale and she could no longer answer because of her worry for her daughter and the cruel reality, [Aizawa Yui] answered the doctor in her own spirited voice.
Ruby felt an all-too-familiar sense of déjà vu as she looked at [Arima Kana].
"...Ah."
Ruby unconsciously bit down on her dry lips and recalled her memories from her past life.
The young girl had been unable to do anything. She only wanted to devote herself to treatment and get better, for her parents’ sake too, but...
Even that desire dulled after her parents’ visits became infrequent once she left Tokyo and came down to that general hospital in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Chemotherapy is painful. More painful than the word painful can express, it is agonizing and cruel.
What was even sadder was...
'When no one is by my side.'
The despair of realizing too late that even the family she thought was the pillar holding up her life had ultimately abandoned her.
Ruby’s red, starlit eyes lost their light for a moment and wandered through the air.
The disgustingly perfect acting of [Arima Kana] made her remember the pain as if a spike were being driven straight into her chest.
How can you... act that exactly?
Even though a reality more terrifying than the devil inside her body was right in front of her—
The smile of a sick person forcing herself to reassure the precious person she loved.
"Ruby."
"......"
At the call of her beloved brother, Ruby calmly turned her head and looked into his blue, starlit eyes.
They were as calm and steady as ever, but—
"...Why? Ah. Huh?"
Ruby belatedly realized that tears had slipped down her cheeks and gathered at the tip of her chin.
"Sis? You’re crying?"
"Huh? Ah, no..."
"Ruby."
Ruby, startled, hurriedly wiped at her tears and shook her head, but Aqua quietly took his little sister’s hand in his own.
"It’s okay. I’m here beside you. It’s okay."
"......"
In her past life, which had been nothing but excruciating loneliness and pain, the only pillar that had ever held her hand—[Teacher]—was by her side.
Ruby, as if by magic, felt her heart quietly settle as she slowly regulated her breathing and looked back at the TV.
[D-Don’t say things like preparing myself! Y-You didn’t say that at first, did you...! You said our Yui could live again if she got treatment. But... ]
The hope that she could endure lasted only a moment. [Aizawa Yui]’s condition had worsened far faster than expected, and it had become too severe to do anything about.
At the doctor’s words to prepare herself, [Aizawa Honoka] collapsed to the floor and burst into tears.
The pain of a [mother] facing the fate of losing her [child] cannot be described in any words.
"Huk..."
"Ai."
The girl, who had been holding back tears the whole time, finally became overwhelmed and let them spill out.
Even if it was only acting, the emotions she felt while playing [Aizawa Honoka] were utterly sincere.
For Ai, whose maternal love for her four children ran so deep, the scenes she filmed with Kana had to be even more intense than the others.
♪♬-
[Aizawa Honoka] worked desperately, day and night, to earn money for treatment.
As the characters’ clothing gradually changed and the seasons shifted—
In the dark hospital room, filled only with the sound of a humidifier and the operating noise of medical equipment, there was a scene where [Aizawa Yui], lying in bed, opened her sunken eyelids.
[Agh, Yui, are you okay?!]
[I’m okay. It just hurts where the IV needle is inserted. Hehe- ]
Tears welled and spilled in Ruby’s red, starlit eyes.
With no change in expression at all. Just still, like a carved statue. No emotion was drawn on her face.
But inside those starlit eyes, where the tears had spread, only endless sorrow shone.
[Why are you crying again? I said I’m fine... ]
...Teacher. I’m okay. I’m okay....
[Ah, sorry. I promised I wouldn’t cry, didn’t I, Yui? Mom’s sorry... sorry. ]
The smile of [Aizawa Yui]—[Arima Kana]—spread across the TV screen.
No, what was spreading was Ruby’s own tears as she watched [Aizawa Yui] on the screen.
Ruby understood the meaning of [Arima Kana]’s smile better than anyone.
...Teacher. It’s okay. Don’t cry~
Without realizing it, Ruby bit down hard on her lip as she felt something hot begin to surge up from the depths of her eyes.
At the same time, the hand that was holding her brother’s tightened unconsciously.
Just one more time for the person staying by her side.
Selfishness, and altruism, to reassure the person she loved just one more time.
[Mom. Look at me. Okay?]
[Huk... no.... Mom... still... ]
For the sake of the person who would send her off and remain forever heartbroken.
Until the very end....
"Huk..."
Ruby, who had been watching the TV quietly, turned her head and looked at her brother.
One day— on a day not long before winter.
Teacher had stayed beside her and held her hand while watching over her like that.
Even though the bleak reality they had to face must have frightened Teacher just as much.
"Ruby."
[It’s okay. Mom. You can forget Yui... so please, Mom, always smile. ]
Smile a hundred times more than the tears you shed.
Whenever you think of me, crying like a child... I don’t like that very much.
[Don’t say that, don’t say that. Mom— Yui has to keep living with Mom... Mom... Mom... I want to live with Yui. I don’t want to forget... I can’t forget... ]
[Aizawa Honoka]—the sobbing voice of [Ai], her [favorite], the [Mama] she loved more than anyone in the world.
Why did the sight of Mama crying while hugging the Piyeong Gymnastics she hated so much in Ruby’s place hurt her heart this badly?
Instead of jealousy and hatred, Ruby found herself praying that the script’s predetermined ending would somehow be wrong—without even realizing it.
She wanted to see [Aizawa Yui] miraculously recover, returning to health again—
She desperately wanted to see [Arima Kana] smiling brightly, living happily and harmoniously with the Mama she loved.
So much.
She wanted to see it so badly.
[Yui is always on Mom’s side, okay? Just like Mom hugged me when things were hard... Yui will— Yui will always hug Mom too. I definitely will. So... ]
Tears glimmering in her red eyes fell drop by drop, soaking the pillow.
But the smile, in contrast, grew even deeper. Brighter. Shining like the sun, trying to drive away the darkness in those starlit eyes.
[Even if you cry... please... stop soon. And smile.... Yui will smile with Mom too. Promise?]
[Yui... nghh— I, I promise... I promise.... Yui... ]
[Until you have someone who truly loves Mom... someone so amazing that I’d be jealous... until then, I’ll keep protecting Mom.... ]
[Aizawa Yui]—[Arima Kana]’s eyes shone brilliantly.
[Aizawa Honoka]—[Hoshino Ai]’s tear-blurred starlit eyes soon blazed with a dazzling light, answering her daughter’s love.
So that even for a single moment, they could etch each other’s warmth and love into their hearts and remember it.
The sorrowful resolve the mother and daughter might have been sharing for the last time reached its peak together with the plaintive music.
"Huk— sob— ngh!"
Tears poured out endlessly.
Ruby tried to wipe away the tears streaming down uncontrollably with both hands, but—
They would not stop. Tears spilled out as if a dam had burst.
"Unni... sob-"
"Ame... sob sob— unni loves you so much. Nghh— I love you... I love big bro too, really..."
"Ruby..."
Even her beloved little sister was on the verge of tears, and feeling the sweep of intense emotion, Ruby stood up, tightly holding Aqua and Ame’s hands, and headed for the sofa where their parents were sitting.
Even her beloved Mama was crying and sobbing in Papa’s arms.
Ruby sensed it instinctively.
That the sorrow reflected in Mama’s eyes was not simply sorrow for 『Arima Kana』—for [Aizawa Yui]—alone.
And so.
"Ruby?"
"Mama! Huk— Mama! Waaah-! I love you! Mama!"
Like a baby even younger than Ame or Amber.
Ruby burst into tears and threw herself into Mama’s arms.
These were not merely tears shed at a sad scene in a drama.
Promise, reliance, love for a precious person, a beloved person.
The tears of 『Hoshino Ruby』, who had actually experienced the pain of [Aizawa Yui] rather than that of some other person, were—
"Ruby-! Ruby! Ah, Ruby! Mama loves you too! So, so much! Okay?"
"Huk-huk— waaah! Mama!"
"Mommmmyyy— sisteeeer!"
"Ame loves you so much too! Mom really— sob sob— really loves you so much."
Ai hugged Ruby tightly, comforting her as she cried out with [sincerity] from her own arms.
So that the tears, spreading like the Milky Way, would not reach the child in her arms—
Wiping away the tears gathered on her cheeks and chin—
Just like the love and smile she had given [Aizawa Yui]—[Arima Kana].
"I love you."
Ai wore a starlit smile and held her beloved children tightly in her arms.
. . .
"......"
She had cried her eyes out.
Ruby rubbed her swollen, bloodshot eyes with her hand and sniffled.
In Mama’s arms, then in Papa and big bro’s arms, and then she herself held Ame tightly.
Even when Amber woke from sleep because of the crying and tilted his head with bright eyes, asking, "Why are you crying, sis?", she held him close too.
Only after holding the people she loved in her arms like that was Ruby able to stop crying.
By then, the drama had already ended.
She was late to feel embarrassed and awkward, but—
"Sniff."
She had no regrets at all.
No matter how she thought about it, Director Gotanda—the grumpy old bachelor—was out of his mind.
'How... did he direct it so exactly?'
Her beloved Mama was, of course, always and naturally the best, so there was no problem there—
But Piyeong Gymnastics’s acting was absurdly good.
Ruby, who knew from her past-life experience what it was like to actually go through illness and treatment and remembered in detail the thoughts, emotions, and feelings of those times, couldn’t believe Piyeong Gymnastics’s acting even after seeing it with her own eyes.
"......"
Was it Director Gotanda’s insane directing skill?
Or Piyeong Gymnastics’s final burst of brilliance, inspired by Mama’s incredible acting?
Or was there help from a third party?
"Sniff."
She didn’t know.
She hated to admit it.
...She hated admitting it to death, but—
"......"
Ruby was finally able to feel "gratitude" toward [Arima Kana].
Once again.
It was sudden, but—
Because she had reminded her of the preciousness and love of the family beside her.
"Big bro..."
If big bro hadn’t held her hand.
She would have closed her eyes before finishing the drama, or deliberately looked away and distracted herself with something else.
But because, just like in her past life, he held her hand when she was struggling and hurting—
Ruby was able to watch the drama with a much steadier heart.
A precious, grateful person.
...Teacher.
"...Uu."
Ruby pulled the blanket over her face and shook her head back and forth.
She had cried so much that the redness still hadn’t gone away, and her white face was flushed an even deeper red.
Peeking out—
She lowered the blanket slightly, and Ruby’s starlit eyes darted around the air.
Countless complicated emotions flashed through her, but—
"......"
Letting out a small sigh, Ruby picked up her smartphone, turned on the screen, and went back to SNS to check people’s reactions to the drama.
- I really cried like crazy.
- It was so sad...
- I used up a whole box of tissues crying.
- I miss my eldest brother who went to heaven first.
- I’m cured now, but because I know how hard that time was, my wife and I cried our eyes out for a long time. I’m always grateful for each day we’re given.
- I was crying at Ai-chan’s crying performance, and my dog licked my tears.
- Hoshino Ai is obviously amazing, but Arima Kana’s acting shone like the sun. She didn’t get intimidated even in front of the incredible actress Hoshino Ai.
- It was even sadder because they suited each other so well, like a real mother and daughter.
- Damn, please let the male lead and female lead be happy...
- If you don’t give us a happy ending, I’m seriously willing to go to Director Gotanda’s house. I’ll prepare a lot, a lot of flowers for him.
"Pfft-"
There were many different reactions, but as expected, the praise for Mama was overwhelmingly dominant.
[Arima Kana]’s acting was also receiving tremendous praise.
For some reason, Ruby felt happy.
"......"
Sniffling, Ruby stared at her smartphone’s touchscreen keyboard for a moment and fidgeted with both thumbs.
She wanted to leave a comment too.
- Hm. Didn’t really feel like the acting was that insane. Arima Kana really is just a washed-up child actress, lol. Just retire already. Don’t ruin your reputation. (755.11.xxx.xx)
The nickname was different, but not until the familiar IP and tone caught her eye.
Ruby’s red, starlit eyes instantly darkened.
Ruby’s inherited memory, along with her father’s intuition and judgment, flashed like a light bulb turning on.
"......"
Ruby turned on her VPN, chose one of the 42 alternate accounts she had made with her brother, and immediately logged into SNS.
This time, instead of ignoring the lingering discomfort and passing it by, Ruby deliberately pressed the [reply] button with a forceful tap.
Then she sharpened her eyes and landed her decisive blow.
- Hm. Didn’t really feel like the acting was that insane. Arima Kana really is just a washed-up child actress, lol. Just retire already. Don’t ruin your reputation.
ㄴ RE: What are you talking about, you idiot? You shameless little loser. Her acting was insanely amazing!!!!! Don’t talk like you know anything. Instead of leaving malicious comments, go outside and get a job!
"Hah! Like that means anything! Go ahead and reply one more time! I’ll chew you out properly even if I have to stay up all night!"
With a very satisfied smile, Ruby refreshed the board out of habit, ready for a keyboard battle.
And then—
- [This post has been deleted]
ㄴ RE: What are you talking about, you idiot? You shameless little loser. Her acting was insanely amazing!!!!! Don’t talk like you know anything. Instead of leaving malicious comments, go outside and get a job!
"......Eh?"
Ruby’s eyes filled with confusion, and a question mark floated up.
Was their mental strength weaker than expected for a fight?
Or had they chickened out and deleted it because they got scared of the facts?
Only the writer beyond the internet would know the truth, but—
"Hehe-"
Well, people do change little by little as they live.
Ruby, who had fought back and won for [Arima Kana] for the first time, ended up breaking into a bright smile of joy.
Couple spots where arima kana is misplaced with Piyeong Gymnastic