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[inspirational orchestral music]

[birds chirping]

[synthesizer music]

♪ rhythmic music playing ♪

♪ Young Shiori singing ♪

Hmm.

[exhales]

♪ singing ♪

I finished it!

[exhales]

YOUNG SHIORI: Uh...

[exhales]

[heart beating]

[heartbeat intensifies]

[exhales sharply]

[inhales deeply]

[exhales]

[groans]

[glass cracks] Ah!

[crackling]

[glass shatters]

[crowd laughing]

- FEMALE BULLY A: Wow! - MALE BULLY B: Who made this?

MALE BULLY C: This sounds terrible!

FEMALE BULLY B: No one would ever listen to this trash!

FEMALE BULLY C: This is the worst thing I've ever heard!

[all laughing]

[screams]

[thuds]

[screams]

[breathing heavily]

[distant thudding]

Jeez, does he always have to be this noisy?

[thudding]

Hmm?

[thudding]

Ah!

[grunts]

SHIORI: Wow, Mom.

That's a whole lotta food for two guys.

NORIKO: Morning. That your way of saying you won't be eating?

SHIROI: Eh, no, sorry.

I've gotta go meet up with Kirara.

Ah! [groans]

Huh?

Don't forget what I always say.

A healthy body's what feeds a healthy mind.

[exhales]

Whatever.

If you've got grievances, you had better speak.

SHIORI: Grievances? I love the sound of judo in the morning!

It's everything I've ever wanted in life, Dad!

[door slams]

[birds chirping]

[distant seagulls cawing]

[mobile phone chimes]

Huh?

KIRARA: I found the perfect place!

Let's meet there instead.

SHIORI: Seriously?

[phone chimes]

Ah!

But I was just there.

[beeps]

[chiming]

SHIORI: Aww, that's so cute!

Where'd she get that sticker?

[chiming]

[boat horn blows]

[waves splashing]

Wait, what?

She said around here, right?

Uh, did I make a wrong turn?

Where even am I?

[breathing heavily]

Okay, let me check maps.

Uh, wait. Where, what?

Uh...

[gasps]

[whimpers]

Where did it go?

Oh, I should tell Kirara that I'm gonna be late

Oh! Except I can't 'cause I don't have a phone!

Aww!

- KIRARA: Shiori! - Huh?

[gasps] Huh?

- KIRARA: ♪ Shiori ♪ - SHIORI: Huh?

Ah, there you are, Kirara.

[distant seagulls cawing]

SHIORI: Sorry! Sorry! I'm so sorry!

I lost my phone on the way here.

So I had no way to check the map or text you.

Just goes to show, without smartphones, humans are doomed.

[laughing]

Hmm?

[gasps]

Huh?

- SHIORI: What? - [laughs]

That's so like you.

[gasping]

But I could have sworn I checked my pocket.

Sorry.

[exhales]

Girl, quit apologizing all the time.

[gasps]

Sorry.

[gasps]

[exhales]

Ah! Look.

I know, right?

SHIORI: Kirara and I have always been friends.

Pretty much since I can remember.

Even so, we're total opposites.

It feels like Kirara was born to be an influencer.

She's always just had an eye for this kind of stuff.

[camera shutter clicks]

KIRARA: Oh, get this!

My horoscope says the sun and moon

are aligning through my zodiac,

making today my luckiest yet!

Today, the stars are on my side.

Uh?

SHIORI: But she can be a little out there.

Look! The sun is perfectly aligned with the clouds!

This is a sign!

There.

But is it really okay to film here?

We're trespassing, aren't we?

KIRARA: You know what?

You should start your own solo channel!

That way you'd reach your goal

of saving for our cafe even faster!

SHIORI: Um, no, I'm good.

I don't think I'm cut out for that sort of thing.

KIRARA: Oh, please. You totally are.

No, I-I mean, I don't think people would really

I can't...

YOUNG KIRARA: Let's upload this video to both our channels!

Ah! Sounds good.

It's just, what if we actually get 100 million likes?

If that happens, let's open a cafe together!

Yeah! It'll be a super cute one, too.

Right?

BOTH: Ready, set, post!

SHIORI: But what happened after that was brutal.

Kirara told me she got hundreds of likes on the video she posted

on her channel, but the one I posted...

...only got 15.

Okay, let's see if we can nail this dance on the first take.

Okay.

[Klang Ruler's "RUN!" playing]

KLANG RULER: ♪ Run ♪

♪ Run A, B, C, D ♪

♪ Run ♪

♪ Run ♪

♪ Run A, B, C, D ♪

♪ Run ♪

[gasping]

Huh?

Don't be shy! Come on!

[gasps]

[whimpering]

Yeah!

Huh?

Uh...

[groans]

♪ Klang Ruler rapping in Japanese ♪

[quiet snickering]

♪ Klang Ruler singing in Japanese ♪

[clanging]

[groans]

[rapid clacking]

KLANG RULER: ♪ Run ♪

[Klang ruler singing in Japanese]

♪ Run ♪

♪ Run A, B, C, D ♪

♪ Run ♪

[glass shatters]

[static hisses]

♪ song ends ♪

[distant train approaching]

KANA: Anyone down to try that

new Thai food stall in Bashamichi?

TOUKO: Oh, heck yeah!

SI-NA: Love me some spicy food!

Oh, great. Thai food?

[inhales and exhales sharply]

[cell phone vibrates]

TEXTER D: Heading to the crepe shop next week. Any takers?

MAYU: I would love to get a group together

to check out this one boutique.

EUREKA: Karaoke after school today! Who's with me?

[groans]

[cell phone vibrates]

[static hisses]

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: All right, class,

today we're starting the early modern period.

We'll be going over how the medieval period ended...

Ah! Seriously?

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: ...the key turning points that led into the

early modern era...

No way! It's going viral, too?

[groaning]

So, Miss Maezawa.

- [Shiori wails] - What exactly is going viral?

SHIORI: Nothing is! Sorry about that!

All right, if you say so.

Now, ancient aliens...

PONOKKO: How did they even get this shot?

LEGENDARY NAKATA: That was a nasty fall!

MINERAL EVERYDAY: Glad the girl wasn't hurt,

but not gonna lie...

SHIORI: Oh, no. I can't take this.

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: Uh, in summary...

SHIORI: Wonder where Kirara is.

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: ...revolves around the Protestant Reformation.

SHIORI: Why did you post that video without asking me?

I thought you were my friend.

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: ...talk about the Reformation,

let's discuss the end of medieval Europe...

SHIORI: Maybe that's a bit much.

[Shiori groans]

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: ...everything from religion

[static hisses, glass cracking]

- Hmm? - PROFESSOR TOSAKA: At the center

of it all was the Holy Roman Empire.

SHIORI: When I have a lot on my mind,

I dump everything on my secret vent account, DonkeyEar.

She may have posted that video like it was no big deal,

but it's a huge deal to me! Why didn't she ask me first?

Her channel's so popular she can make even

a nobody like me go viral.

But I don't want that. I don't want to be connected to judo.

Not after what happened.

[thuds]

KEIZOU: Please forgive my daughter.

SHIORI: I don't remember it well,

but I still feel bad about it.

Which is why I don't want to have anything

to do with judo anymore.

Easier said than done.

[cell phone vibrates]

[Shiori gasps]

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: This gave rise to what would later...

SHIORI: Huh? "Kento's being a creep?" Wait, what?

[Yamada babbling]

[Shiori exhales]

YAMADA: Something to say?

[Shiori exhales]

- SHIORI: Not to you. - [Yamada groans]

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: Since you're all staring at your phones.

But for the three of you who are... [school bell chiming]

SHIORI: I don't see Kirara here.

SHIORI: Hey, is it okay if we talk about that video?

Sorry to bother you.

I'm at our usual spot in the mall.

I'll kill time till you get here.

So just text me when you get here, okay?

[chiming]

50,000?

Jeez, I had no idea she had such a fan base.

[Shiori groans]

SHIORI: Doubt someone like me could pull this off.

- Pardon me. - [gasps]

SHIORI: Huh? She isn't talking to me, is she?

[gasps]

- PASSERBY A: Right? - PASSERBY B: Really?

PASSERBY B: Huh?

PASSERBY A: Hey, isn't that the girl from the video?

- PASSERBY B: Heh, yeah, right. - PASSERBY A: Guess not, huh?

[Passerby A chuckles]

- PASSERBY A: Oh, right, uh... - [exhales]

- ATTENDANT: Excuse me, miss. - Mm?

Would you like to purchase that or

[gasps] Oh, no! I'm sorry!

I didn't wanna buy it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

[Attendant gasps]

[breathing heavily]

I need her to delete that video right now!

SHIORI: Huh?

My screen's broken?

Huh?

Uh...

[rapid chiming]

[indistinct chatter]

SUGURU: Careful!

Huh?

Are you all right there?

There were a bunch of chat stickers and...

SHIORI: What?

Hold on. You saw the stickers?

Yeah, I did.

I don't believe it.

[Shiori groans]

You may very well turn out to be my destiny.

I'm sorry, your what?

His destiny?

Weirdo.

SHIORI: I waited but Kirara never showed up.

[crickets chirping]

[door slides open and shut]

I'm home.

[gasps]

Huh?

[gasps]

You all right? You're looking rather pale.

SHIORI: I'm fine.

Perhaps a little more training would do you good.

[opens and shuts distant door]

[grunts]

[bag fumbling]

SHIORI: Ugh, I must have scrambled my brain

with that stupid rolling break-fall.

I wonder when I cracked it.

Ah, she read it!

SHIORI: Why did you post that video?

It has over 50,000 views.

I feel like everywhere I go, people are talking about me.

Please!

It's so bad. I'm having these weird hallucinations.

You have to take that video down! I'm begging you!

[chimes]

Huh?

KIRARA: You're really having hallucinations?

That's not the point.

SHIORI: Yes, I am!

So please delete that video!

[fingers tapping on screen]

[chimes]

Hey, I know you're there! Answer me!

[phone trilling]

SHIORI: Kirara, what's going on with you?

[trilling continues]

So today's lesson begins in 1642. The Puritan Revolution.

This is widely considered

the world's first civilian revolution.

Now, "revolution" comes from the French word "révolution",

meaning to bring to a full circle.

FEMALE COMMENTER D: I'm pretty sure this is AI.

MALE COMMENTER B: That rolling break-fall was sick!

MALE COMMENTER C: The girl who fell is so cute!

Huh?

[Shiori exhales]

Maybe this is all just me being strange...

FEMALE COMMENTER E: Isn't this Shiori from class?

[Shiori gasps]

[whimpers]

[students whispering]

[glass shattering]

Huh?

FEMALE STICKER A: Does she think

she's important enough for us to care?

MALE STICKER A: She used judo to break her fall.

I bet she fell on purpose.

No, no. Ah!

No, no, no, no, no!

[water splashing] [Shiori gasps]

SHIORI: Water?

What is happening?

CURSED VOICES: Found you.

CURSED VOICES: You have nowhere left to run.

[gasps]

[glass shattering]

[screaming]

CURSED VOICES: Join us. Join us!

[water rushing]

[water exiting through drain]

SHIORI: Huh?

Where am I?

SHIORI: It's getting worse.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

[grunting]

Hello? Can anyone hear me?

[whimpers]

[knocking]

KOMORI: Hello? Have you been trapped inside?

[Shiori gasps]

KOMORI: Oh, uh, right. Guess this is the ladies' room.

- Sorry. - SHIORI: Who are you?

KOMORI: My name's Komori. It, uh,

means "small forest" in Japanese.

Anyway, uh...

SHIORI: I'm in the girls' bathroom,

and some creep is blocking the door.

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: This led to the current...

- KOKONE: Shiori needs help. - What's up?

Hey, keep it down.

Miss Maezawa!

SHOUKO: Mr. Tosaka's on his way.

[inhales and exhales sharply]

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: Miss Maezawa, are you okay?

[crowbar creaks]

[metal clangs]

[door creaks]

Are you okay?

Eh?

[both screaming]

I can't believe it. You're human!

Huh?

Did a sticker just talk to me?

It's Komori, actually.

So it's not just me.

You see me as a sticker, too.

PROFESSOR TOSAKA: Um, Miss Maezawa? You in here?

SHOUKO: Sir, look!

[indistinct chatter]

[Yamada laughs] Wow.

Wouldn't have expected that from Shiori.

Oh, that girl. What on Earth is she thinking?

[Yamada laughs] YAMADA: Sad news!

Got an update on 17-year-old Shiori Maezawa.

The cuckoo has finally flown the nest.

SHIORI: What?

[Komori chuckles] KOMORI: That's not a very good look

for you, is it?

Wait. Wait, what exactly is going on?

Well, I can only assume your phone screen suddenly broke?

Huh? How did you know that?

Thought so. You're trapped in here, too.

Inside your smartphone.

Where those with shattered screens reside.

Welcome to the Labyrinth.

Inside my phone? The Labyrinth?

Sorry, I'm not following.

KOMORI: Well, one day my phone shattered, just like yours.

Seven years have passed since I got trapped here.

- And then you showed up. - Seven years?

[paper rustling]

KOMORI: Check the date.

SHIORI: What, October 1st, 2019?

KOMORI: I've had this magazine since I got here.

I must have been reading it the day I was trapped.

You're kidding.

[both grunt]

[breathing heavily]

Oh.

What is this?

[distant traffic passing and honking]

[boat horn blows]

Okay.

Now that I'm here, what's my next move?

I could turn my life around.

A revolution, maybe.

SHIORI: Oh, I know this store.

♪ upbeat music playing ♪

Ah, this is where Kirara shops for all her designer clothes.

That's a whole lot of zeroes.

- Oh, excuse me. - ATTENDANT B: Yes?

Uh, do you think I could pull this off?

Oh, yeah.

ATTENDANT B: I have to say, it looks great on you.

Right?

[Komori squeaking]

KOMORI: Nowadays, people rely on their smartphones

for literally everything.

Your phone has your name, your birthday,

your credit card numbers, your bank account,

your search history, and

everything you've ever posted online.

You store so much information about yourself on these things,

your phone might as well be another you.

[glass shatters] [shouts]

When you see your phone screen break, my guess,

it's a representation that you yourself are broken.

SHIORI: What?

KOMORI: I lost all my memories when I woke up in this world.

But I'll never forget that sound.

That awful, deafening crack of my heart shattering into

a million pieces.

[exhales] [zipper unzips]

Okay, I think I get the picture.

As you can see, nothing about me is broken.

My memory's fine, too.

Wait, that's not what I...

Not the underground!

[water dripping]

SHIORI: Okay, you can wake up now. Wake up.

ADVERTISEMENT: Ready to meet the real you?

It's time to tell the world you've been reborn.

Your perfect self awaits.

Quit it with the ads.

[Gloomy Bear snarling]

SHIORI: Komori?

Hey, I'm not in the mood for pranks right now.

[Gloomy Bear snarling]

[indistinct chatter]

[screams]

Huh?

[Shiori breathing heavily]

[Shiori wailing]

SHIORI: Komori! Help me!

[groans in slow motion]

[Shiori groans]

[indistinct chatter]

KOMORI: I did try to warn you.

[indistinct chatter]

SHIORI: What even are these things? Friends of yours?

KOMORI: What? No. Of course not.

These are wild stickers.

SHIORI: Wild stickers?

They infest all the underground shopping centers.

[both grunting]

But, uh, if I were to guess,

this might be our future, too.

Lost down here as mindless stickers.

Yeah, like that'll happen.

Hey, wait. If this world is inside a phone,

then maybe our phones are the key.

Get yours out and let's take a look at it.

It could be how we escape.

KOMORI: I don't have a phone.

SHIORI: Why not?

I don't need it anymore.

Huh?

[screaming]

[liquid splashes]

[train horn echoing]

Where are we?

KOMORI: The human world is a cruel place.

The weak are forced to crawl like worms.

Huh?

KOMORI: But in this world I can live free

of that reality and all its cruelty.

So there's no reason at all for me to go back to it

or any reason that I would need a smartphone.

SHIORI: Really?

I dunno.

Or maybe I lost my phone and that's what turned me into

a useless sticker.

Right. Oh, wait!

I need to get in touch with Kirara.

SHIORI: Ah, she deleted her accounts?

Wait, what?

SHIORI: Hey, everyone. Sorry, I know this is gonna sound crazy,

but I'm trapped in some sort of parallel phone dimension.

Can anyone help me?

KOMORI: Parallel phone dimension?

[exhales]

RUKIO: Ha, ha. Very funny, Shiori.

[Tangerine laughs] TANGERINE: Good try, girl.

Come on!

SHIORI: I know, I'm sorry.

I'm probably losing my mind, but I swear it's true.

Hey, why do you keep apologizing for every little thing?

SHIORI: Because.

KOMORI: Could it be,

maybe you never really felt like

you belonged in that world, either?

What? No, that's not true.

[phone ringing] [gasps]

[phone beeps] Hello?

@REVOLUTION: What is your problem?

People are gonna think I'm a total psycho thanks to you.

SHIORI: Huh?

Who is this?

It's me! M, E, me!

- You're me? - REVOLUTION: Girl!

REVOLUTION: Hah, you look pathetic.

- How are there two of me? - No kiddin'.

Seriously, though, stop being so cringe.

It's not a good look.

Mm!

- Wait, that's - Yeah, you like?

[Revolution chuckles] Bye-bye!

My-my-my-my money!

[crying]

KOMORI: What's the point of worrying about money?

It has no use here.

Kirara and I want to open a cafe.

That's what the money is for.

KOMORI: Ooh, like a themed cafe?

It won't be like the kind of cafe that you would go to.

SHIORI: Kirara's got this eye for design.

It's gonna be so cute.

Someday.

Someday, huh?

It's a shame that vague dreams

like that never stand up to reality

when it comes a-knockin'.

That other Shiori is probably the version

of you who just indulges every impulse.

And tragically, fortune favors the bold.

It's sad, but that's just how life works.

So there's another me out there?

And she's taking my life?

[beeping]

SHIORI: Ah, and now she's taking my account!

[train brakes squeaking]

Where are you going?

Where else? It's time I go home!

I'm gonna eat a good meal, get lots of sleep,

and then I'm gonna wake up from this stupid nightmare!

[groans]

KEIZOU: She's late.

It's fine. I'm sure she'll be home any minute.

[door slides open] KEIZOU: Mm?

I'm home!

[phone trilling]

[receiver clicks] SHIORI: Mom?

Where are you? I-I think I'm in some trouble.

NORIKO: Oh, sweetheart. Even after all these years,

you're still full of surprises.

SHIORI: Huh?

NORIKO: Spending 30,000 yen on a cab!

Your father was so shocked, he went straight to bed.

[Noriko laughs]

SHIORI: Mom, you don't get it! That wasn't me!

NORIKO: Don't worry.

I'll talk to your father and explain

that you're just at that age.

SHIORI: No, that isn't the problem!

NORIKO: Well, whatever it is, just apologize tomorrow.

You know your father's already upset

because the dojo isn't doing so well.

This isn't about judo, Mom!

[phone receiver clicks and beeps]

SHIORI: Why don't you ever listen to me?

SHIORI: I don't get it.

What did I do wrong to deserve this?

KOMORI: I don't remember you doing anything wrong,

but what do I know?

I don't remember anything.

SHIORI: Komori? Why are you here?

Pardon me. Thought I heard someone, is all.

Ah, what do I do?

KOMORI: Do you have a boyfriend who could help?

I do not have a boyfriend!

Okay, touchy subject.

You know what? This isn't real.

It's just a nightmare.

I'm going to bed. Goodnight.

KOMORI: I don't think this is a dream, Shiori.

[Komori springing]

[distant animals calling]

SHIORI: This is actually happening.

Someone, please help me!

I'm trapped in this deserted city

that's part of some kind of digital world.

My body back in the real world has been taken over

by another version of me.

And this weird rabbit sticker

told me I'm actually inside my smartphone.

[glass shatters]

Apparently this is where broken people end up,

and losing your phone can turn you into a sticker.

[groans]

I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

[phone chimes] SHIORI: Huh?

SUGURU: You may very well turn out to be my destiny.

Are you all right there?

SHIORI: Destiny guy?

SHIORI: Can you help me?

[phone ringing]

[gasps]

Hmm.

[ringing continues]

[phone beeps]

Uh, hello?

Are you the guy I met on the escalator earlier?

You truly are a fascinating individual.

SHIORI: So, can you help me?

I certainly hope so,

but first we need to diagnose

the cause of your current mental state.

There's nothing wrong with my mental state!

The fact is I'm trapped in this world!

My present hypothesis is that

you have an overly sensitive mind.

SHIORI: What do you mean?

And because of that, you're very fragile.

SHIORI: Uh, but I'm not overly sensitive.

In that case, well,

perhaps your sensitivity could be related

to that issue you had with that friend of yours.

SHIORI: What issue?

This one here.

You said you were upset about a video someone shared online

without your permission.

SHIORI: Ah! How did you find my DonkeyEar account?

Smartphone tech is part of my research at college.

And I'm pretty good at playing detective, too.

SHIORI: Eh?

Why don't I tell you about some of my research first?

As phones continue to evolve,

that is from 4G to 5G and beyond,

the radio waves get shorter.

And the shorter the wavelengths are,

the more data they can carry.

When that happens, there's innovation.

SUGURU: So I push that even further.

My system tunes the wavelength down to. 005 millimeters,

perfectly matching the neuron's perikaryon

so the axons start resonating with the signal.

Once your synaptic network harmonizes, thought meets code.

Which means you're in the device.

I call it XG, and it's my magnum opus.

SHIORI: I have no idea what you just said.

[laughs] In other words,

I've basically made a mobile app

that links your brain to your phone.

- SHIORI: Your brain to your phone? - That's right.

I was using it to test

transmissions for XG waves yesterday.

And with your brain being so highly sensitive,

my signal affected you in some way, likely causing visions.

Wait, then does that mean your experiment trapped me here?

SUGURU: Hard to say, really.

My XG research is still incomplete, after all.

So even I don't know the full extent of what it's capable of.

What? But that's so irresponsible!

Which is exactly why I'm rushing to complete the system.

SUGURU: I wanna do everything I can to help you.

If this other version you spoke about

is on this side in your body,

- I'll see if I can try to talk to her. - [gasps]

SHIORI: Then you can fix this?

Yes, of course. Don't worry.

I promise I'll find a way to save the real you.

Thank you so much.

[beeping]

SUGURU: One last thing.

Sure, go for it.

SUGURU: I think that video went viral

because people saw a charm in you

that you yourself can't see.

Ah! There's no way that's true!

Oh, and be mindful of your phone's battery level.

If it ends up running out,

you may or may not turn into a sticker.

[Shiori gasps] I'm at 3%.

SUGURU: It's getting late,

so please try to settle your mind and get some sleep.

Mm.

[beeping]

[Shiori exhales]

Thank you.

[beeping and clicking]

[clacking on keyboard]

SUGURU: Another version of her.

[gasps] Wait a second.

If I incorporate her into the system...

[keyboard clacking]

[beeps]

[gasps]

You really are turning out to be my destiny.

[rumbles]

[water dripping]

[Shiori groans]

It's pretty here.

[rumbling] Huh?

Ah!

KIRARA: You're the one keeping me trapped down here.

You're so selfish. [cracks screen]

[shouts]

Wait, was that...

...a dream? [cell phone buzzing]

[shouts]

[screams]

[upbeat techno music]

[gasps]

So I'm not dreaming!

[tapping]

[cell phone trilling]

What the heck are you doing in my house?

Well maybe that's because this is my house.

SHIORI: Who even are you?

I already told you. I'm me.

You of all people should know that.

SHIORI: Nobody is me except me!

[groans]

@REVOLUTION: Relax. I'll take it from here.

- SHIORI: Huh? - ♪ Ta-da ♪

[giggles] Gotta go!

SHIORI: Hey, wait! Where are you

[static hisses]

Ah!

- BOY: Yeah, she looks totally different. - Hmm. Ah!

FEMALE CLASSMATE C: Hey, uh, what's up with Shiori?

She's been acting strange since yesterday.

FEMALE CLASSMATE C: Did you see that weird text she sent?

YAMADA: Mornin'.

- Ah! Wha-What happened to you? - Huh?

Well, you see, I've been reborn.

- Ah! - FEMALE CLASSMATE D: Shiori!

- You look so cute today! - SHOUKO: Sorry.

You know, about yesterday.

It's fine. You're fine.

FEMALE CLASSMATE C: I love your hair. It's so cute.

- SHOUKO: Is that a designer phone case? - Of course.

- Check it. - PROFESSOR TOSAKA: All right.

What's all this about?

Class has started. Take your seats.

@REVOLUTION: Chill out. We're just having fun.

Hey, girls, let's get a selfie with our favorite teacher.

One, two, three!

[camera shutter clicks]

[Klang Ruler's "RUN!"]

[cat meows]

♪ ♪

♪ Run ♪

♪ Run A, B, C, D ♪

♪ Run ♪

YAMADA: Yo, are you sure you're Shiori?

Of course I am.

How else would I know you can't pitch straight?

Hmm!

[groans]

[gasps]

@REVOLUTION: Dad, lighten up a little.

- [giggles] - [Keizou gasps]

[camera shutter clicks]

Your likes are skyrocketing!

They sure are. Hey!

You can't just barge into someone's house!

This is private property, you know!

Private from who?

You can't trespass in a world

where you and I are the only two inhabitants.

Oh, what, so that makes it okay?

I believe that it does.

KOMORI: But more importantly, it seems like

something is bothering you right now!

[Shiori groans]

I wonder where Kirara is.

She's not in any of the imposter's photos.

[escalator creaking]

@REVOLUTION: Mm, likes are rollin' in,

but it's still nowhere near enough, though.

Hmm, if I really wanna get 100 million likes,

I'm gonna have to do something really crazy.

[phone trilling]

[phone receiver clicks] KIRARA'S MOTHER: Kurashina residence.

SHIORI: Hi, this is Shiori.

KIRARA'S MOTHER: Shiori! It's been a while.

SHIORI: Yeah, is Kirara home?

I can't seem to get in touch with her.

KIRARA'S MOTHER: Oh, that is so sweet of you to check in.

I'm sorry but, uh,

Kirara really doesn't wanna see anyone right now.

SHIORI: Oh, okay. Thanks.

[doorbell rings]

Yep, I knew it.

Of course no one's here.

KOMORI: I keep tellin' ya.

Just you and me here.

SHIORI: It's locked. Where's the...

- Oh, I know. - KOMORI: Hmm?

[Komori gasps]

[Komori groaning]

[door unlocks]

[gasps]

Now-now we're trespassing!

You can't trespass in a world where

you and I are the only inhabitants!

[gasps]

Oh, no.

- KOMORI: What a mess. - SHIORI: What happened here?

[Komori gasps]

If I were to guess,

it looks like your friend was trapped down here, too.

KOMORI: But she might already be a sticker!

What? No!

SHIORI: It's not turning on.

[gasps]

Huh?

SHIORI: What's this weird pattern?

KOMORI: I'm sorry!

- Huh? - It's just,

the thought of you two like this, I can't help but cry!

KOMORI: It seems there was a misunderstanding

and that you've hurt each other.

Reality can be such a cruel thing.

I can tell just by looking.

Your friend was here and was broken.

KOMORI: And you were the reason why.

[thunder cracks]

KOMORI: I believe that pattern is a curse.

No way.

[screams]

CURSED VOICES: Found you.

[buzzing]

[gasps]

[shouts]

Shiori!

CURSED VOICES: Found you. Found you. Found you.

[Shiori shouting]

CURSED VOICES: Nowhere to run.

SHIORI: What is going on?

Let's just get out of here!

CURSED VOICES: Nowhere to run.

[Komori shouts]

CURSED VOICES: Nowhere to run.

SHIORI: Wait, I dropped my phone!

CURSED VOICES: Nowhere to run!

KOMORI: No time! Run!

@REVOLUTION: Okay, so, like, what do I actually wanna do?

Maybe the stuff she doesn't?

I know. I should ask AI. It'll know what I should do.

[gasping]

Huh?

[shouting]

@REVOLUTION: What? I lost my phone?

[Shiori breathing heavily]

Where-where in the world are we?

The space here feels distorted.

[distant footsteps] Huh?

Huh? Is that Kirara? [grunts]

SHIORI: Wait! Hey, Kirara, wait!

[doors creak]

[gears clicking]

What is this place?

[both shout]

[both screaming]

[both whimpering]

SHIORI: Stickers?

[beeping]

[Stickers shouting]

- KOMORI: Uh? - SHIORI: Huh? Uh?

KOMORI: Wait, does this mean the wild stickers are all

just people whose souls have been crushed out of them?

[clangs]

SHIORI: What?

[booms] [all screaming]

[both whimpering]

FEMALE CURSED VOICE A: You do not belong here.

- You are against the rules. - Huh? What rules?

- The hands! - Run!

CURSED VOICES: Against the rules! Against the rules!

[shouts]

[shouts]

[groans]

[gasps]

[clangs] Huh?

[grunting]

SHIORI: Huh? A passcode?

[buzzing] What?

You can't do it from that side!

My passcode's a N!

Start it at the bottom and write it like this!

Huh! Okay!

KOMORI: N! [grunts]

Ah! It's backwards. Do it like this!

MALE CURSED VOICE B: All is one.

FEMALE CURSED VOICE A: We won't let you get away!

I'm sorry!

- [shouting] - CURSED VOICES: Like and subscribe!

[buzzing]

[Cursed Voices screaming]

FEMALE CURSED VOICE A: Strange.

We can't get through.

MALE CURSED VOICE A: Was a bug introduced into this world?

MALE CURSED VOICE B: Find another way inside!

[all shouting]

Oh, boy.

We're in real trouble now.

[Shiori breathing heavily]

They aren't chasing me.

[gasps]

What is that?

[girl humming]

[whooshing]

[pinwheels clacking]

[exhales]

[door creaks shut]

- GIRL: Welcome. - [Shiori gasps]

Kirara. Is that you?

[vocal music]

[labored breathing]

How do I get outta here?

[gasps]

[Stickers shouting]

[screams]

SHIORI: What is this place?

GIRL: The Inner Recesses.

SHIORI: Okay.

And do you know what's going on with all those stickers?

GIRL: Stickers are nothing but masks.

Masks people use to hide all the pain and suffering they feel.

[Shiori gasps]

They're masks?

GIRL: In the end,

the only way to truly escape is to become the mask.

- [Shiori yelps] - GIRL: You're the same as them.

You'll turn into a sticker soon, too.

CURSED VOICES: We found you.

[whimpers]

[@Revolution breathing heavily] My phone! Where is it?

[labored breathing]

Oh, no.

@REVOLUTION: Without it, I can't get likes,

and then nobody will like me!

- [gasps] - [Suguru grunts]

- SUGURU: Finally found you. - [@Revolution yelps]

If I were to guess, you're looking for this?

- SUGURU: Miss Other Shiori? - [@Revolution gasps]

Ah.

Thank you very much.

[chuckles]

KOMORI: Stop it! Ah, not the hat!

[shouting]

[Stickers shouting]

ALL: LOL! LOL! LOL!

[Komori groans]

[gasps]

Shiori's passcode!

[grunts]

[beeping]

[groaning]

Huh? Hey, let me out of these things!

FEMALE CURSED VOICE C: You're a cheater.

What do you mean by that?

MALE CURSED VOICE C: You are against the rules.

MALE CURSED VOICE A: Two versions

cannot exist at the same time.

[Shiori gasps]

FEMALE CURSED VOICE A: The fake must be destroyed.

No, wait! Hold on! You've got the wrong person.

She's the fake version, not me!

FEMALE CURSED VOICE B: You sure about that?

MALE CURSED VOICE B: She's gathering millions of likes.

That's proof of her worth to the world!

That's not proof. Please! I'm the real me.

FEMALE CURSED VOICE C: There's only one profile for you.

MALE CURSED VOICE A: Whoever runs out of power first gets

smashed into a sticker! [alarm siren blaring]

[screams]

[Shiori whimpering]

[gears clicking]

[whooshes] [gasps]

KOMORI: N!

[panicked breathing]

Huh?

KOMORI: You're okay!

I made it just in time!

SHIORI: Komori! Thank you! I was so scared!

KOMORI: Look around! You're safe.

You were just passed out on the floor, is all.

Passed out? So all that was it a dream?

Yes, it was. Just a nightmare. Here.

[Shiori gasps]

SHIORI: Thank you. But...

...girl I saw earlier,

it was my friend Kirara.

You're telling me that you saw your friend?

SHIORI: Dear Kirara. This is Shiori.

If you're trapped in this world and come across this letter,

please find a way to contact me.

If we work together, I know we can make it home.

But if for whatever reason you can't

reach me through any of my usual accounts,

I have a secret account I've never shared with anyone.

It's called "DonkeyEar."

KOMORI: Still, to think that this

world and the one in your dream

are connected to each other in some way.

Yeah, they may be, but I'm not really sure about that.

What I do know is I've got to get in touch with her somehow.

[phone chiming] [gasps]

Wait, is that her?

- [Shiori gasps] No, it's

- KOMORI: Who is it? - Suguru!

SHIORI: I am so glad you called. Things have gotten worse.

My friend Kirara is uh, hold on, Suguru.

Is that you?

I'm still me.

And just like I promised,

I'm here to meet with the other you today.

Huh?

THUG: Hey! You don't know who you're messin' with, brat!

@REVOLUTION: Excuse me? You're the one who bumped into me.

MC: Both of you, knock it off! THUG: You wanna go?

Then let's go!

[exhales]

[Shiori grunts]

[Thug groans]

[gasps]

- [exhales] - SPECTATOR: She out of her mind?

- KOKONE: Shiori? - MAN: What is she doing?

MC: Wh-hey!

We wanna have fun and you ought to know.

No one wants you around. You show-offs should go.

[crowd cheering]

[Shiori groans]

I have to say, that version of you's a real firecracker.

SHIORI: That's not me!

But you don't get to choose who you are.

The world chooses for you.

SUGURU: And with every like she gets closer to 100 million,

the more and more she becomes the ideal you.

SUGURU: What, who are you?

- I've always been me. - [Shiori gasps]

How do you not know who this is, girl?

He's Suguru Kagami. He's, like, a mega famous producer.

[Shiori gasps]

You never planned to save me.

KOMORI: Shiori, no!

Destroy that and you lose your only link to the other side!

@REVOLUTION: Bye-bye!

[beeping]

KOMORI: Based on everything that we know,

I believe Suguru Kagami created the structure of this world.

It wouldn't be unreasonable

to call it a network symbiosis of sorts.

Which brings me back to this darn magazine!

Why was I holding this when I got here?

I originally thought it was because

I was a fan of the pin-up girl,

but the true reason is right here!

Listen to what it says here.

Someone known by the initials S.K. very likely Suguru Kagami

was accused of scamming victims of bullying on social media.

He claimed that his XG System was the solution

to relieve all their suffering.

XG System?

Wait! Suguru was telling me about it.

It links your brain to your phone.

It links your brain?

That means this world is connected to your

inner consciousness on a quantum level.

And that connection could be unstable.

KAGAMI: And if that factory you saw down there is real,

then that must be what turned me into a sticker.

So then if Kirara actually is there,

there has to be a way that we can get down there and save her!

But remember,

the other Shiori's still out there collecting likes.

If she hits 100 million like she's aiming to...

...then it can only mean it'll be game over for us!

SUGURU: Looks like you're already making headlines.

"Yokohama event hijacked.

Teenager destroys rivals in epic rap battle."

Pretty cool.

No, it wasn't!

That guy got in my face, so I just took care of it.

But if it gets me likes, then it's whatever, I guess.

Mm, God, if you're listening,

please send me more likes so I can finally crush Kirara

and leave her in my dust!

Don't worry. You'll get your wish soon enough.

Really?

SUGURU: Mystery girl aims for 100 million likes

on her quest for perfection.

Behind her is one of Japan's hottest tech disruptors.

Viral producer Suguru Kagami!

It's exactly the kind of story the public wants to hear.

@REVOLUTION: You really think people care

what some random teenager has to say?

SUGURU: You sing, you dance, you're not afraid to speak out.

You're becoming a generational icon, and once you do,

everything will fall into place.

The truth is perception is everything.

In the modern world, image is power.

[whooshes]

KOMORI: And ever since that day,

that version of Shiori Maezawa became Shiori@Revolution,

kickstarting her journey to become the most

famous girl in all of Japan.

Meanwhile, the real Shiori is stuck down here.

I get it!

She's gotten so many likes.

@REVOLUTION: This soft serve is so yummy! New fav alert!

[groans] [tapping on phone screen]

SHIORI: JK! That's not my favorite.

My actual favorite is sweet buns.

What do you guys think of today's fit?

SHIORI: That's not my style at all.

What's wrong with comfy sweats?

Cute, right? Check out my brand new Gloomy Bear nails.

SHIORI: This isn't who I really am! You've got to believe me!

[exhales sharply]

@REVOLUTION: Sorry, everyone.

Looks like my account got hacked.

But I'm back now.

Comment down below if you're listening to F Yoko.

Good evening, my beautiful revolutionaries!

And if you're new here, then welcome!

The new Shiori@Revolution channel is now officially live!

We have a lot of exciting content coming soon.

So make sure to like and subscribe.

Mom, Dad, you watching? Hi!

SHIORI: Of course not.

They're early risers. They're obviously asleep by now.

[squeaking]

[chalk clacking on blackboard]

[beeping]

@REVOLUTION: ♪ Ta-da ♪

My likeness is now open source! That's right!

Slap my face on any and everything!

Yay!

NAKI: Shiori era!

MALE COMMENTER D: So we can just use her for anything?

MALE COMMENTER E: People are so gonna take advantage of this.

[Female Commenter G scoffs] So it's that kinda business.

Mm, not a business.

More like a movement.

Look, basically,

I'm gonna collab on things we all enjoy, okay?

So feel free to use my image.

[door bell chiming]

MALE ATTENDANT: Hey, welcome in.

[upbeat techno music]

[chiming]

@REVOLUTION: Sure enough,

that blew up exactly like you said it would.

100 million likes is still a long ways off, though.

SUGURU: True, but we're still right on track.

@REVOLUTION: Yeah, but I'm getting backlash for this, too.

MALE THUG: Shiori's so annoying.

MALE FLAMER A: Hate her.

FEMALE FLAMER A: She acts like some hotshot.

MALE FLAMER B: Ugh, she's being shoved down our throats.

FEMALE FLAMER B: Whole persona is fake.

MALE FLAMER C: Ha, ha, more like Shi-bore-ri.

FEMALE FLAMER C: Ugh, she's so over-hyped.

FEMALE FLAMER D: Money can't buy talent, sweetie.

I don't get people.

Why are they so mad just because I'm happy?

What, do they think that, like, dragging others down

will raise them up or something?

It's trash. It belongs in the trash can.

We just have to delete what we don't need.

SHIORI: Huh? They're gone?

SUGURU: The real world and the internet

are two sides of the same coins,

so social media is a mirror image of reality.

Okay.

SUGURU: Yes, both of our brains

are connected to the network via XG.

And that's why the people I just deleted

no longer exist in this world.

@REVOLUTION: So then if everyone in

the world installs XG on their phones

SUGURU: Exactly. Anyone who gets in your way will be gone.

So go ahead. Sing, dance, and write your songs.

Huh?

SUGURU: Feel free to express yourself as much as you want.

[gasps]

@REVOLUTION: Hey!

Your personal history's quite compelling.

Every childhood dream you had, every secret hope.

@REVOLUTION: Stop it! Give that back!

Ah, let go of me!

SUGURU: You don't have to be scared anymore.

- [@Revolution gasps] - SUGURU: You're never going

to be alone again. I promise.

How do we get back to the cafe?

There's gotta be a way for us to find it again, right?

We're running out of time.

And she's almost at 100 million likes!

What if Kirara isn't trapped here?

Is it possible that she's here by choice?

I doubt that. Kirara's nothing like you.

Are you sure about that?

Whatever reason Suguru Kagami had for creating this world,

I can't say that I know them.

But what I do know is that there isn't any conflict here,

or any kind of pressures that you'd

find out in the real world.

And given all the suffering she felt,

it wouldn't be strange at all

if Kirara wanted to abandon reality.

I mean, even if that was true,

that wouldn't stop me from trying to save her.

You know what our best bet to do now is?

Get our hands on Suguru's phone. Capisce ?

How are we supposed to do that?

[booming] [both gasping]

[roaring]

Is that a trash can? Ah!

[booming]

MALE FLAMER A: What the heck is going on?

MALE FLAMER C: What is this? Where am I?

What the heck are these things? Don't touch me!

- [Male Flamer C gasps] - FEMALE FLAMER D: Get away!

- MALE FLAMER B: What are these things? - What's going on?

Last I remember, I was ripping into Shiori,

but now where am I? Huh?

[Sticker growls]

MALE THUG: The heck is that?

[scoffs] Get lost, squirt!

[gasps] Wait!

The black one with the horns!

Huh? Yeah, what about it?

Kirara uses it. It's the last one she sent me!

Shiori, wait!

[snarling]

[Male Thug shouting]

MALE THUG: Get off me, you little parasite!

SHIORI: Leave her alone!

[snarls]

[groans] Why, you-you little

[groans]

[all chattering]

[Sticker snarling]

Kirara, is that really you?

[Sticker snarling]

[Shiori gasping]

SHIORI: Wait! Where are you going?

[chattering]

What does any of this mean?

Was that her?

We really need to get Suguru's phone.

[Shiori gasps]

Komori, look at this!

She's racking up likes on my account like crazy!

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no!

KOMORI: Look at Suguru. His smile!

SHIORI: What?

KOMORI: That is not how a grown man

should be looking at a girl her age.

[fireworks popping]

[plate clinks]

@REVOLUTION: There's something I've been meaning to ask.

So, uh, how did you know that this

would all play out the way it did?

SUGURU: Well, back in high school,

I was a pretty well-known gamer.

Then I channeled that experience into building an app.

And for a while, it was well-received.

But then the more popular it became,

the quicker it all crumbled.

And overnight, my reviews went up in flames.

[flame crackles]

Oh. Then...

SUGURU: And then I found my calling.

I set out to build a system that could

protect people from similar online abuse.

Eventually, I found that the signal smartphones emit

can actually be quite harmful to the way our brains function.

Is that true?

So I tried to think of some way to use that.

A way that it could set people's

minds free instead of hurting them.

And that's XG, right?

SUGURU: Sadly, that was nothing more than wishful thinking.

Huh? But you finished it, didn't you?

I did, thanks to you.

Wait, me?

SUGURU: You split yourself in two because deep down you wanted

to change who you were, right?

You made me realize, if you wanna become someone new,

all you have to do is redesign yourself.

What do you mean?

SUGURU: I rewrote my own data so I could reach my full potential.

Someone capable of completing the XG system.

@REVOLUTION: Are you serious?

I think that's more than enough about the past.

It's time we thought about our future.

[gasps]

- [Suguru chuckles] - [@Revolution gasps]

SUGURU: Shiori, will you help me bring XG to the world?

We'll create a future where everyone

lives as who they truly want to be.

That sounds...

...wonderful.

A world where everyone gets to live as who they want to be.

[exhales]

That's all I've ever wanted.

[phone ringing]

[groans]

[phone beeps]

[hisses]

What do you want, stalker?

Listen to me! The XG app.

You have to delete it from your phone

so all this can end. I'm begging you!

@REVOLUTION: What? No! That would ruin everything.

You have to believe me!

And Komori says Suguru's been looking at you weird.

If he asks you to his room,

you can't go under any circumstances!

Enough already. I know what you're thinking.

SHIORI: What?

Oh, no! What if my bra and underwear don't match?

Help me! What to do? What to do?

@REVOLUTION: What do other people do?

Maybe I should ask people online!

What is wrong with you?

What's wrong with you?

You can try to drag me down all you want,

but nothing's gonna stop me from chasing my dream.

And if there's one thing you've taught me,

it's that holding yourself back just

to play nice with others is beyond pathetic.

[buzzing]

SHIORI: Uh, something's going on.

You look like you're glitching.

If you don't have a dream, then get lost!

Oh, wait a sec! You did have a dream!

You wanted to be Kirara!

Just admit you were hoping you'd get

the 100 million likes, not her!

That's not true! You are so full of it! Besides

- [snarls] - SHIORI: You're the one who

@REVOLUTION: And we're done.

You're just a little girl who's trying to act all big!

[gasps]

[phone chimes]

[chiming repeatedly]

[whistling and clapping on TV]

SHIORI: Kento! Come to the InterContinental. I need you!

YAMADA: What? That's random.

No, thanks. I'm good.

KOMORI: Young girl asks young boy to a hotel and he says no?

Boys and girls can just be friends, you know!

We are only friends!

If you say so!

SHIORI: Please! You're my only hope! I thought you liked me.

Ew! I would never say that!

What's that got to do with anything?

[elevator door dings]

[doors slide open]

@REVOLUTION: What's that?

SUGURU: The beginning of a new era.

The Shiori@Revolution festival!

And amidst the rapturous joy of the crowd,

XG will reach its true completion.

@REVOLUTION: So this is it.

Your masterpiece.

Are you ready?

SUGURU: Let's not keep them waiting.

[taps phone screen] [chimes]

[whooshing]

[keyboard clacking]

KOMORI: All right, I'm in!

According to the hotel's logs, Suguru is in suite 2501.

Looks like I might be able to hack

the room key from this world, too!

[Shiori gasps]

- YAMADA: I'm here. - SHIORI: Kento!

[Yamada breathing heavily]

[phone chimes] YAMADA: Oh.

SHIORI: Head to room 2501 on the 25th floor.

You have to find a phone for me!

YAMADA: What do you mean, a phone?

I thought you said someone kidnapped you.

SHIORI: I have been kidnapped! Hurry!

YAMADA: But I'm not a guest here!

How am I supposed to get in?

SHIORI: Just figure it out, okay?

YAMADA: Okay, sure thing. [elevator door dings]

[doors sliding open] [gasps]

[applause]

@REVOLUTION: Ladies and gentlemen,

it is my absolute pleasure

to welcome each and every one of you

to the Shiori Summit!

Thank you for coming!

[applause]

I'd like to introduce you to my father.

A judo master.

When I was little, he put me in the dojo,

and from the moment I could walk, all I ever did was train.

@REVOLUTION: I learned next to other students at

my family's personal dojo.

Sparring, drills, break-falls, day after day.

Everything hurt. Everything stank.

I was building muscles I never asked for.

I hated how different I was from all the other girls.

And that's when I met her. A girl who could sing and dance.

She was a star.

And the little girl inside me was screaming,

"I want to be like her."

I forgot all about judo. We sang and danced.

It was the happiest I'd ever been.

And yet there was one very

important difference between the two of us.

[light clicks]

Kirara was the one who got all the likes. Not me.

Our world is a game of musical chairs.

[light clicks]

The moment someone claims a seat, that chair is taken.

No one else gets to sit there no matter

how badly they may want to.

It didn't matter how hard I tried

or how much I wanted to be loved

the way she was.

That chair was taken.

It was never going to be mine.

Then...

...I finally got my own chair.

[beeping]

What if everyone could do the same thing?

What if every single person could have their own chair?

Imagine a world where nobody ever has to feel the pain I did.

Where nobody has to give up on their dreams.

So, today I'm here to present you an app.

One that can change you,

transforming you into who you've always dreamed of being!

This is XG, the foundation of a brand-new era.

XG will bring us together to revolutionize the world!

[cheers and applause]

SUGURU: Picture it. An entire population content.

Public unrest a thing of the past.

How does that sound?

MALE AVATAR: That sounds truly wonderful.

I'll put in the authorization

for your mass experiment in Minatomirai.

You can expect formal clearance within a few days.

[beeping]

Appreciated.

[knocking on door]

MALE ROOM SERVICE: Room service.

Let me know if you need anything else, sir.

[cart rattling]

[door creaking]

[ice rattles]

SUGURU: A toast to our bright future.

Don't worry. It's non-alcoholic.

[footsteps approaching]

[Suguru sits on bed] @REVOLUTION: Hmm?

[gasps] No, stop!

[whooshing]

[gasps] What is that?

Success. The fruit of all my labors,

and of everything I've ever desired.

[@Revolution gasps]

Like you,

I'm also a being who originated from that other world.

So you're like me?

I knew it. Just as I thought.

You really are my destiny, Shiori.

What exactly are we? Do you know?

We're very much ourselves.

You want my best guess?

We are what resided inside of these.

But the useless shells you and I were born from shattered.

SUGURU: We came to this world

so we could finally attain real bodies of our own.

If the festival doesn't succeed,

what will end up happening to us?

Don't worry. You can leave everything to me, Shiori.

[Shiori gasps]

[beeping]

- Hey, are you okay? - [Suguru gasping]

YAMADA: Hey, you.

Get away from her!

What are you doing here? Stop it!

Give that back!

[both groaning]

She's 17, you psycho! [blow lands]

[groans]

[thuds]

[breathing heavily]

What is your problem?

[liquid sloshing]

[groaning]

[Suguru breathing heavily]

Looks like I don't have much time left in this body.

[groans]

YAMADA: Ah, did she have to hit that hard?

I can't believe there's two Shioris.

I hope she didn't report me to the cops.

[phone chiming] Hmm?

[phone beeps]

Kento? Hey! You can't see me, but I am here.

Really. And this is Komori. He's here with me.

Wait, who, you're friends with a sticker?

YAMADA: You're serious?

SHIORI: I know it's hard to believe.

Did you see that video of me that went viral?

You mean the one of you falling?

SHIORI: I got so many mean comments from it.

And then my phone shattered out of nowhere.

Ever since, I've been trapped in this world.

Now it's like it doesn't matter if

a broken person like me keeps living or not.

Maybe I am broken.

I couldn't have stopped it if I tried!

YAMADA: You're not making any sense.

SHIORI: Look, I know that this is my reality.

[exhales]

[groans]

All right, fine! I believe you!

[gasps]

I mean, it feels like there's something big going on here.

Besides...

Besides?

I can see it on your face.

I can tell that you aren't lying to me right now.

[gasps] Kento!

- Shiori, please! - Now that you're gonna be helping us,

I bet that we can find Kirara!

How crazy is this gonna get?

SHIORI: Am I asking too much?

It's just, Kirara's phone cracked

and I think she's trapped here, too.

I don't wanna leave without her.

[groans]

I swear, I don't think I'm ever going to figure you out, Shiori.

Oh, that's right. Speaking of, I heard him talking.

YAMADA: That guy said something weird about getting real bodies.

[Shiori gasps]

KOMORI: A real body trapped in a virtual space

and a labyrinth connected to the deep psyche.

Another version of yourself.

The true one...

[shouts]

Komori?

KOMORI: That means the festival and XG...

- Suguru's plan is to - SHIORI: Komori? What's wrong?

That means the festival, what?

- Komori! - YAMADA: Shiori!

- Hey, stay with me! YAMADA: Shiori what's happening?

[springs clang] [gasps]

LOL.

Komori? What? Oh, no.

- LOL. - SHIORI: What happened?

- SHIORI: What do I do? - LOL.

SHIORI: Komori.

LOL.

@REVOLUTION: ♪ Sail, sail away ♪

[@Revolution singing in Japanese]

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

[muffled music playing]

["Sailor, Sail On 'DNB'" playing]

[@Revolution breathing heavily]

@REVOLUTION: Shut up. Shut up!

[beeping]

Hi, hi. Morning, all!

Don't forget that my Shiori@Revolution Festival

is happening tonight!

Witness the world be reborn with me.

Download my app to interact with fans

and stay posted on all my latest updates.

All right,

I'll be seeing you all at Cosmo World later tonight!

What do you mean, you're giving up?

Do you know how many nights

I stayed up looking for ways to try to save you?

SHIORI: I've been trying to think of a way out of this,

and I've got nothing.

LOL?

But Komori told me he got

sent here because his heart was shattered.

He's broken. I'm broken.

The world just doesn't need us.

SHIORI: I should have just

let them turn me into a sticker after all.

Then at least I wouldn't have my memories or any of this pain.

Besides, the me in the real world seems happy, doesn't she?

YAMADA: Shiori, wait. You can't just give up.

You said this guy uses some sort of radio waves, right?

So all we need to do is find out where he's transmitting from

and destroy his tower.

SHIORI: How?

YAMADA: Uh, well, I mean, Yokohama has over 100 towers.

And it's possible he's actually

using TV station gear to broadcast more widely.

SHIORI: Exactly. Not to mention the festival's tonight.

YAMADA: So that's it, then?

You're just going to abandon Kirara?

SHIORI: I'm not abandoning her!

Kirara's a sticker now.

And it's all my fault.

YAMADA: Hey, Shiori?

Sorry. I shouldn't have said that.

SHIORI: I'm the one who should apologize

for dragging you into all of this.

To be honest,

I don't know why you're trying so hard to help me.

None of this is your problem.

[exhales]

Wait, are you doing this for Kirara?

No!

- KOMORI: LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. - YAMADA: It's 'cause, I mean,

you were like, "I thought you liked me," so...

What? That was Komori, not me.

I wouldn't say something cringy like that.

YAMADA: What? Are you kidding me?

Oh, sure! Of course it wasn't you!

And I bet next you'll try to tell me that Komori's

the one who broke my arm, too!

SHIORI: Your arm? What are you talking about?

You and I need to talk. [phone beeps]

So I assume you've been talking with her, then?

And you know about this whole "other me" business?

What? I don't know what you're talking about.

No need to play dumb with me.

You know we're, like, literally the same person, right?

So why not choose me?

Aren't I enough?

You might be Shiori, but you're not the one that I know.

Who may or may not still be playing dumb

about breaking my arm.

Oh, I see.

She's erased her memory, then.

Doesn't remember breaking it.

Erased?

That's right. Kinda heartless.

YAMADA: But you remember?

@REVOLUTION: The worst moment of my life, yeah.

YAMADA: The worst?

Meanwhile, Little Miss Innocent

gets to forget whatever she wants!

@REVOLUTION: So, your choice.

YAMADA: What is it you want, anyway?

@REVOLUTION: Destiny.

I wanna beat it!

@REVOLUTION: Once I hit 100 million likes,

I'll finally be the dream version that everyone loves.

And when that happens, I won't need her anymore.

[glass shatters]

So then [cell phone vibrates]

@REVOLUTION: Sent you a code for my app.

You should come. It's gonna be one memorable night.

Hey, wait!

[car humming]

[exhales]

[gasps] Are you okay?

@REVOLUTION: You look...

SUGURU: Yeah. I'm-I'm vanishing.

@REVOLUTION: Don't worry.

You're okay. We're gonna fix this.

SUGURU: Yeah.

[car humming]

[tires squeal]

[Yamada breathing heavily]

SUGURU: That the boy from the hotel? [beeps]

@REVOLUTION: Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's on her side.

[Yamada groans]

[phones beeping rapidly]

SHIORI: Really seems like

we're headed straight for the end of the world.

LOL?

[exhales sharply] [phone chiming]

Hmm?

Why's he calling? [phone beeps]

[Yamada breathing heavily]

YAMADA: They-they just went into the venue for the festival.

Oh.

Hey, did the article you read about that

incident say anything else about Suguru?

Not at all.

He's a total mystery.

- I don't know a thing about him. - YAMADA: What?

SHIORI: Like, I thought he was old when we first met,

but then he said he was in college.

And then come to find out he's famous.

YAMADA: Wait, that's it!

So I found this on a shady website,

but if he really is a student like you said, then I've got it!

This article mentions a lab in a radio tower,

and it might be his.

SHIORI: I've been there before!

That's where I made that viral video with Kirara!

YAMADA: Like I told you!

[bike chain rattling]

[Shiori exhales sharply]

Feels like I'm right back where it all began.

[quiet beeping and buzzing]

[loud beeping]

[groaning]

I got in.

SHIORI: What is this place?

CONSTRUCTION CREW: Little more! Yeah! Yeah, more!

@REVOLUTION: You're sure this will be enough

to get me 100 million likes?

[Suguru chuckles]

Well, let's start the rehearsal.

[rumbling]

- [gasps] - [Suguru groaning]

Not yet. [groans]

@REVOLUTION: Are you okay?

[shouts]

[Cursed Voices talking at once]

Gross! What is this?

MALE CURSED VOICE B: Worthless!

Why don't you have 100 million likes yet?

No! Get out of my head!

FEMALE CURSED VOICE C: Maybe nobody loves her.

MALE CURSED VOICE A: She doesn't have any confidence.

Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up,

shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!

Shiori, what's going on?

Got it!

[gasps]

Hey, where are you going?

[Suguru groans]

What could be causing this?

[whirring]

[Shiori gasps] Wow.

This is it. We actually found Suguru's lab.

[gasps]

SHIORI: Registered participant?

Let's see. Komori. Komori. Komori.

He's not in here?

[gasping]

A rabbit? Is that supposed to be Komori?

- KOMORI: LOL. - [gasps]

KOMORI: LMAO.

[gasps]

SHIORI: What is that?

Wait! You found your phone, didn't you?

KOMORI: LMAO.

LOL. LOL.

LOL.

[exhales]

- It's time for you to remember. - KOMORI: No!

[beeping]

[Komori groaning]

[gasps] Komori?

[Komori groaning]

Ah, Shiori!

You're okay.

KOMORI: How long was I out? What's happened?

Uh, about that.

I just figured something out.

- Komori, you are Suguru Kagami. - KOMORI: I am?

No!

January 16th, 2018.

Manami Ahkashi.

The harassment never stops.

It's like I'm fading away from reality.

Like there's glass between me and the surrounding world.

Every voice I hear sounds like it's attacking me.

February 14th.

I hallucinated that chat stickers came to life.

All you wanted to do

was make a difference in these people's lives.

SHIORI: But that article painted you in such a bad light

that the whole internet turned on you.

KOMORI: Yeah, and the magazine labeled it a fraud case.

[glass shatters] That broke me.

Truth is, I was already a mess.

The backlash I suffered back

in high school gave me such bad anxiety,

I failed my entrance exams.

Not once or twice, but three times.

Oh.

I managed to scrape my way into a no-name university eventually

and built this whole thing with my start-up.

But I was so terrified of being attacked again that I built

a completely different persona to stand in for me.

[exhales]

And that's this three-eyed rabbit man.

[beeping] [Shiori gasps]

SHIORI: That's pretty impressive.

But in reality, I was just reduced to a stupid sticker!

[whimpers]

[Komori quietly crying]

[sobs]

[crying]

SHIORI: Oh, Komori.

You've been through so much, haven't you?

[Komori crying]

KOMORI: But th-the XG system, I couldn't finish it.

And this world is the result of my failure.

Now everyone's a sticker...

[sobbing]

...because of me!

BOTH: Huh?

- KOMORI: You! - SHIORI: Kirara?

KOMORI: I see. You're here for revenge, then. Is that it?

- Well, come on, then! - Tell me.

Are you Kirara or not?

- [snarls] - [both gasping]

[all shouting]

I'm sorry. Ah, come back!

Komori, listen to me!

You have to put an end to XG.

[Komori groans] No!

Huh? Wh-Why not?

We can finally go back to the real world!

KOMORI: I'm a con man in the real world!

Being responsible for all that is too much.

Would you quit it with that?

KOMORI: None of it matters anymore!

- I'm better off forgotten! - [gasps]

[static hissing] [Shiori gasps]

SHIORI: I know you're scared, but you have to be brave!

[Komori groans]

- [crying] - [exhales sharply]

Ah, you know what? Fine, then! I'll figure it out myself!

[water splashing]

[Komori crying]

[beeping]

[engine whirs]

[tires squeal]

[gasps] What a mess.

Still, I can't allow myself to vanish just yet.

[chimes]

[whirring]

[Komori whimpers]

[beeping]

KOMORI: At this rate, if I don't do anything...

[beeping]

SUGURU: Oh, I see.

So the system's been glitching because you're still around.

[Komori breathing heavily]

[phone ringing]

It couldn't be!

[phone ringing]

[Komori groans] [beeps]

[whirring]

Well, how long has it been, now? Seven years?

You're still alive?

I-I regained my lost memories because someone had to stop you!

[Suguru scoffs] Funny!

I've been the one fighting your fight since you're too weak

to do anything for yourself!

I didn't ask you for any of that!

And with you still skulking around

every little corner of the Labyrinth,

the system is refusing to verify me

KOMORI: Because you don't exist!

You're nothing but ones and zeroes walking around!

And you're nothing but trash!

SUGURU: I will get my body and become real.

[whooshing]

[wailing]

[gasps] Would you wait?

[screams]

[rumbling and chiming]

Hyper Virtuarian Combat System.

Engage!

[beeping]

[rumbling]

[beeping]

[grunts]

[groans]

[engine booms]

Dream Mecha Merge!

[whooshing and clanging]

[grunts] [tires squealing]

SUGURU: Boosters on!

[engines roaring]

[humming]

[clanging]

Cockpit system, on!

[clanging]

Virtuarion Rabbit!

KOMORI: Wait! Is that, no!

[rumbling]

That's the build from my favorite game!

[beeping]

You can't hide!

Oh, no. [shouts]

[booming]

[screams]

[gasps]

[exhales] What?

[all chattering]

[whimpers]

[distant booming]

[gasps] Why is there a giant rabbit?

[beeping]

[Komori groans] Man, I suck.

What do I do?

- Is there no way to stop him? - [phone beeping]

[gasps] Wait! Could it be?

[all shouting]

[rumbling]

[shouting]

Oh, no!

[screams]

Rabbit Power!

[whooshing]

[screaming]

Huh?

KOMORI: Go! Leave this to me!

[Yoshiki Fukuyama's "Usagiman"]

SHIORI: Is that you, Komori?

[grunts] All right.

Let's go!

[Stickers chattering]

KOMORI: He who walks the online path,

extinguishing the flames of trolls!

I am Giant Rabbit Man!

[rumbling]

Color me surprised.

I never thought I'd see the day

a coward like you would fight back.

[Komori scoffs] On behalf of the flamed,

I will punish you!

[phone chiming]

[phone beeps]

SHIORI: Kento! Where are you?

I tried. I really did the best that I could to get you back.

SHIORI: I need you to go to Kirara's house now!

Suguru's trying to destroy this world!

And Komori's fighting him, but he's in trouble!

What? Explain that to me again because I don't understand you!

[phone chimes]

[Yamada gasping]

[whooshing]

YAMADA: Huh?

I know what to do now!

[beams buzzing]

[footsteps booming]

KOMORI: You have no right!

Don't use Shiori for your twisted gain!

[Suguru gasps] Hold still.

Construction Vehicle Beam!

KOMORI: Folding Fan Force Field!

[grunting]

Now block this.

[ammunition chattering]

[Komori groans]

[gasps]

[booming]

[Komori wails]

[booming]

SUGURU: I'm using Shiori?

She's only here because you were so desperate for company!

Only one of us is doing things out of twisted desires,

and it's you.

[Komori gasps]

[rumbling]

KOMORI: Shut up! That's not true!

Take it back! Take it back! Take it back! [screams]

[grunting]

[Suguru grunts] Jigenmaru Attack!

[gasps]

[Shiori screams]

No.

[Suguru cackling] You're weak.

You'll always be weak! [phone ringing]

SHIORI: Suguru! Suguru, stop!

SUGURU: Oh, it's you.

Don't worry. I'm almost done here.

I plan to save the real you, just like I promised.

What are you even using her for, anyway?

Well, you and I, or rather, the version of you who's with me

will rewrite the narrative of the world

so everyone can become their ideal self.

You can't do that, because you're not saving anyone.

SHIORI: You're trapping people.

You've basically created a prison!

SUGURU: No! Reality is the real prison!

[whirring]

[Komori grunts]

What?

[booming]

[labored breathing]

[cell phone chiming]

[Yamada gasps] I'm almost out of battery?

Don't fail me now, legs!

Push! [groans]

[electric sparking] [Komori groans]

SHIORI: Komori! Are you okay?

KOMORI: Shiori! It's not safe here!

- Save yourself! - SHIORI: No!

[Shiori gasps]

- [Komori gasps] - SHIORI: Your stance is all wrong!

Make sure it's nice and solid.

When he gets in close enough, follow through!

[all cheering]

KOMORI: Uh, all right!

[Komori grunts]

[gasps]

YAMADA: Shiori?

KOMORI: This world is under my protection!

That was amazing, Komori!

[all chattering]

- Aww, you guys... - [Suguru scoffs]

You're just a sad little sticker

who couldn't handle the real world!

KOMORI: I'm not losing to you!

SUGURU: Enough talk! This ends now.

KOMORI: What?

- [all chattering] - Huh?

ALL: Like! Like! Like!

KOMORI: Thank you, everyone.

I won't let you down!

Great job. Keep it going, everybody!

[whooshes]

Let's go. Eternal Bashing!

KOMORI: Self-Acceptance Attack!

[both shouting]

[booming]

[both groaning]

Rabbit Man!

KOMORI: Shiori!

[shouts]

[rumbling]

Give it up!

[both groaning]

[Komori gasps]

SUGURU: Eject!

- [all shouting] - SHIORI: Komori!

[booming]

[Kirara exhales] Shiori?

@REVOLUTION: Wow. What a difference.

It's almost like we swapped places or something.

- KIRARA: Why did you write this letter? - Hmm?

Are you messing with me?

[rain pattering]

KOMORI: In the end, I'm still not good enough.

[groans]

[thuds]

[buzzing]

[Suguru breathing heavily]

SUGURU: That takes care of that nuisance.

Now it's time for the main event.

[rumbling]

- Hey, so, uh - @REVOLUTION: Huh?

What were you and Kirara talking about?

Nothing much.

Just that I always looked up to her.

But now I finally see the truth.

I've moved on, I guess.

I really don't need Kirara anymore.

Mm!

[gasps] Shiori.

[gasps]

YAMADA: That wasn't Shiori!

I mean, she was Shiori, but, like,

that wasn't the real Shiori!

- Huh? - Also, can you lend me a power bank?

[rain pattering]

SHIORI: Komori!

[Komori whimpers]

I-I really tried my best.

- This is as far as I could go. - SHIORI: You were amazing.

You were. You did more than enough.

Everyone's safe because of you.

[Komori chuckles]

[groaning]

[groans]

- [Sticker whimpers] - [gasping]

Huh?

Are you crying for him, too?

[Sticker whimpering]

[phone ringing] Huh?

[phone trills and clicks]

[Shiori gasps] Kirara?

Shiori?

Is that really you?

Yeah. It's me. The real Shiori.

And I'm gonna save the you trapped in the Labyrinth!

I swear! I'll bring you home!

Huh?

I don't understand what you're saying.

SHIORI: I've been trapped in here a long time.

And I've lost so much.

Just now, another friend of mine had to suffer because of me.

I can't take anymore loss.

I refuse to lose you, too, Kirara.

So I'm going to be brave and just ask you.

Why did you post that video?

Why would you not ask me first?

[gasps]

Shiori, remember that thing we filmed when we were kids?

- That video? - SHIORI: Of course.

We both posted it, and I only got 15 likes.

That might be true.

- But that's not all. - SHIORI: What?

I mean, sure, the video got lots of likes on my channel.

But then it also got a lot of comments as well.

KIRARA: And most of them were about how cute you were.

Huh?

KIRARA: Ever since then,

whenever I think about that video,

it always makes me push myself harder.

I didn't want to lose to you.

You always made me feel like I wasn't good enough, Shiori.

[exhales]

It's just, that's why I've been working really hard lately.

So I thought that maybe this time things would be different.

That's why I posted that video!

So then you did do it on purpose.

And yet things still turned out the same.

I was so shocked, I started hallucinating.

Then you said you were seeing things, too.

KIRARA: I thought it was a ll because of

the black magic I was using,

and I got really scared.

So I freaked out and smashed my phone.

[glass shatters]

SHIORI: Wait. So, you're not trapped in that cafe?

KIRARA: No.

SHIORI: Then, who was that girl down there?

KIRARA: What girl?

It doesn't matter.

I'm just glad you're okay.

KIRARA: I know you need help.

I'm sorry I can't do anything.

It's just...

...I'm so tired.

Huh?

And that's why I don't think the other Shiori

was wrong to say what she did.

You don't need me. I don't think you ever really did.

No! That's not true

Shiori? Shiori! Shiori!

MALE STAFF: All right, everyone, we've got a full house tonight,

so please bear with us.

We'll begin letting everyone in shortly by

your assigned group number.

Thank you again for your continued patience.

[@Revolution groans]

[gasping]

[heartbeat pounding]

I'm not scared. I'm not scared. I'm not scared.

Ah! Her accounts are gone!

- They're what? - Like they've completely vanished!

It's like they never existed!

No way!

Dammit.

Shiori, she disappeared,

and never remembered what happened with us.

She's gone.

I did a lot for her.

And she didn't even say bye!

[rain pattering]

SHIORI: Kirara.

I...

Oh!

Wait, that means...

...that sticker wasn't Kirara.

It was that girl Komori was trying to help.

See that, Komori?

You made a difference in her life after all.

I hope Kirara can feel how much I care about her, too.

Even if it was small, we made a difference, right?

[crying]

Goodbye, everyone.

[groaning]

SHIORI: Goodbye, me.

[whimpers]

[banging and screeching]

I'm not scared. I'm not scared. I'm not.

[breathing heavily]

Don't panic.

Everything's okay.

I have 100 million likes.

I've got this.

[crowd cheering]

KIRARA: Hang on! Look!

Shiori's letter.

She told me she has a secret account named DonkeyEar.

Wait, really?

Shiori's still out there somewhere!

[bubbling]

FEMALE CURSED VOICE C: She has returned.

MALE CURSED VOICE C: To where she belongs.

MALE CURSED VOICE A: Returned in her dream form.

FEMALE CURSED VOICE A: And now, you can forget everything.

FEMALE CURSED VOICE B: Within eternity and oblivion.

CURSED VOICES: Within the Labyrinth.

The inner recesses of everyone's hearts.

Inner recesses?

[gasps]

So I ended up turning into a sticker, too.

[gasps]

SHIORI: Whoa. These are my memories.

KEIZOU: Shiori must learn judo.

If she has a body that's strong enough,

nothing will ever break her.

NORIKO: Honey, she says she doesn't want to.

Wouldn't it be better to just let her be?

I'll do it, Dad.

Back then, I was so afraid of hurting Dad,

I convinced myself having my own voice was selfish.

[groans]

NORIKO: You're not planning on staying home, are you?

Our daughter's chasing her dreams right now.

Are you afraid she's becoming a stranger?

KEIZOU: Of course not!

[car horns honking]

[Yamada breathing heavily]

YAMADA: I'm going to take out the receiver.

While I'm doing that,

I need you to do whatever it takes to find Shiori.

Do you think this will work?

Can we really bring Shiori back?

- [gasps] - There's no room for doubt here.

We are making this happen!

[grunts]

[exhales]

- [gasps] - SUGURU: Miss me?

You weren't worried, were you?

I was merely taking out the trash.

Now nothing stands in the way of our existence.

Finally, all that's left to do is build our new world together.

Mm. Here's to our new world.

[phone chimes]

CROWD: Likes! Likes! Likes! Likes! Likes! Likes! Likes!

Likes! Likes! Likes!

[crowd cheering]

@REVOLUTION: 100 million likes!

[cheers and applause]

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

[@Revolution singing in Japanese]

["Sailor, Sail On 'DNB'" playing]

Oh, no, it started!

[singing continues]

[chains rattling]

[clinking]

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪

Shiori!

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

[chiming]

[chiming]

[chiming]

[rumbling]

Incredible.

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

Huh? Kento?

[wailing]

[gasps] Shiori!

@REVOLUTION: ♪ Sailor sail on ♪

SHIORI: So this is it.

This is the end?

Huh?

[water bubbling]

- [gasps] - YOUNG YAMADA: Shiori!

Uh, yeah?

Huh?

So, you, uh I wanted to ask you.

You like me, right?

- What? - [gasps]

You're lucky I'm not picky. Really lucky.

[crowd laughing]

- [gasps] - [growls]

- Jerk! - [gasps]

You're the worst!

[Young Yamada shouts]

[glass shatters]

I don't remember that!

[groaning]

What?

[electric sparking]

[groaning and screaming]

[Yamada gasps] What's going on?

SHIORI: Kento, I'm sorry.

YAMADA: Huh? Wait a sec.

Shiori?

[Shiori gasps]

Will this world vanish, too?

[whimpers]

[gasps] Kento?

Shiori, is that really you?

You look kinda different!

SHIORI: Stop! You can't go back if you come in here!

The other version of you here is in big trouble!

SHIORI: Huh? What's going on?

You need to log into DonkeyEar!

[grunts]

SHIORI: I can't.

I'm out of battery!

Incoming!

[gasps]

[chimes]

Yes! My DonkeyEar account.

Ah!

KIRARA: It's Kirara. If you're reading this,

call Kento's phone as soon as you can.

Kirara!

[phone chimes]

[gasps] Shiori!

Is that really you? Are you okay?

Listen to me!

My life was always better because you were in it.

I made it this far because of you!

And to be honest...

...you're my everything!

That's so sweet.

But no.

You don't need me to be your everything, Shiori.

In the end, you're you. [crowd grunts]

And you're already everything that you need!

What? I am me?

[water rushing] [gasps]

[lights clicking]

[crowd cheering]

Ladies and gentlemen!

I have a special announcement to make.

SUGURU: The world has been reborn!

And as I welcome every one of you, I hereby declare,

Shiori and I will become the Adam and Eve of the new world!

♪ Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" plays ♪

[crowd cheering]

[exhales] What are

[gasps]

SUGURU: Shall we?

Huh? No!

- Now. - [Shiori gasps]

Come, Shiori.

[electric sparking] [Shiori groaning]

- Huh? - YAMADA: I object!

Huh? Kento?

SUGURU: You again.

Hah!

- I have an announcement, too! - SHIORI: What?

I am your friend Kento.

And I am here to tell you,

I've seen a fascinating new side to you,

and I think that you're beautiful!

What?

What are you saying?

YAMADA: Four years ago I was too young

and stupid to know any better,

and I made the most embarrassing confession of my life.

I want to apologize to you now.

I know I hurt you, and I'm so sorry!

[electric sizzling]

It's time to take out the trash. - What?

[church bells ringing]

[whooshing]

[crowd chattering]

Huh? Shiori?

- [gasps] - [chuckles]

Why did you make everyone look like the two of us?

Of course I did.

They became the ideal version of themselves,

which is us, obviously.

What? No!

This is nothing like the world I always dreamed of!

SHIORI: This is all wrong!

The whole point was for everyone to live their own dreams.

Oh, great.

Take him out!

- What? - ALL: Sir!

[gasps]

Shiori!

- Give me that! - YAMADA: I thought about it.

[grunting] Which one of you I should choose!

- Come now. It's time to go. - YAMADA: But no matter how

- hard I try... - Stop it!

- Let me go! - ...it's something I can't do!

- [scoffs] - Huh?

I choose both!

[buzzing]

- [Suguru groans] - [screams]

So I ask you!

[shouts]

[grunts] Both of you!

- [gasps] - YAMADA: Please go out with me!

Uh, what?

Please say yes! I'll be good to you!

Wha-you

[shouts]

- [wailing] - @REVOLUTION: You're still here?

Huh?

How long are you gonna keep dragging me down?

[exhales]

@REVOLUTION: All you ever do is worry what people think

and spam stickers instead of telling people how you feel.

That's why I push so hard.

- Huh? - [@Revolution grunts]

You don't know how hard I tried.

I've been stretching myself thin.

100 million likes changed nothing!

[glass shatters] Huh?

Those cracks.

[glass shattering]

[gasps]

No matter how many likes I collected...

...the pain never went away.

It hurt so much.

Ah! I'm sorry!

Ah, you never do anything except say sorry!

- No, don't! - [gasps]

I get it! I understand now!

My phone didn't just shatter on its own!

I was the one who broke it!

[both gasping]

My dreams, my future, I was shattering all of it.

[glass crackling]

[rumbling]

Every time I was too scared to take a step forward,

every time I hid behind a sticker

instead of saying how I felt,

I was breaking you. Breaking me.

[both gasping]

I was just...

[exhales]

[gasping]

The truth is, I was jealous.

I always wanted to be you.

SHIORI: You just went out and did everything I couldn't.

And you kept going without me.

@REVOLUTION: But in the end, I took it way too far.

Because this whole time I never could figure it out.

I don't know what I wanted!

[crackling]

You didn't know?

[gasps]

[quiet chiming]

Is that me?

[gasps] I have to know!

[metal clangs] [Shiori screams]

[Shiori grunts]

[groans]

Thank you, me.

[gasps]

You know, what I really wanted was never 100 million likes.

What I wanted...

...was for us...

...to embrace our feelings.

To feel all of them.

[@Revolution gasps]

SHIORI: From now on, it's you and me, forever.

[inhales]

♪ singing in Japanese ♪

♪ singing "Sailor, Sail On -Kokoro Awasete-" ♪

♪ singing in Japanese ♪

♪ Shiori and @Revolution singing together ♪

[booms]

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail away ♪

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

[Suguru grunting]

SUGURU: I'll just delete everyone all at once!

[crowd shouting]

♪ singing continues ♪

[groans]

SHIORI: I...

I...

SHIORI: I...

I...

@REVOLUTION: I...

I...

@REVOLUTION: I...

[gasps]

I am...

SHIORI: I am...

I...

@REVOLUTION: I am...

[Shiori gasps]

I am...

- @REVOLUTION: I am... - [gasps]

I am...

BOTH: I am me!

♪ both singing in Japanese ♪

SUGURU: Enough!

[groaning]

- [gasps] - You again?

[groans]

YAMADA: Shiori!

♪ singing continues ♪

[shouts]

Take this!

[groans]

Hye!

[electric buzzing]

[booming]

[crowd applauding]

Uh, what?

- KIRARA: Shiori? - [gasps]

- SHIORI: Kirara. - Are you, uh...

Huh?

- Are you the real Shiori? - [gasps]

[shouting]

- [wails] - Huh?

[chuckles nervously]

[laughs] Welcome back.

That's the Shiori I know.

CROWD: Shiori! Shiori!

Go on. Time for your curtain call.

SHIORI: Huh? Uh, okay.

CROWD: Shiori! Shiori! Shiori!

[sobbing]

You were right, dear. Look at her go.

My little girl grew up and flew away without me.

[crowd cheering]

She sure did. But don't worry. You'll always have me.

[chuckles]

Hey, Shiori!

[gasping]

[both grunting]

[gasps]

I've been thinking.

It's about time I took responsibility for everything.

About time you took [gasps]

Is that you, Komori?

I have to thank you.

If it wasn't for you, I would be lost.

But I finally found my courage.

SHIORI: I did, too.

I'm not afraid anymore because of you!

I'll never forget you!

You've made me so much braver!

YAMADA: Shiori, I asked you a question.

Are you going to give me an answer?

[gasps]

[exhales]

[grunts]

[shuddering]

SHIORI: Thank you, Kento.

[chuckles nervously]

SHIORI: But...

...not right now.

Take this!

[Yamada screaming]

[ATARASHII GAKKO!'s "Sailor, Sail On"]

[ATTARASHII GAKKO! singing in Japanese]

♪ Melody ♪

♪ Harmony ♪

♪ Memory ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance, ♪

♪ dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Why, why, why ♪

♪ Melody ♪

♪ Harmony ♪

♪ Memory ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance dance dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Try, try, try ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Cry, cry, cry ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪

♪ Sailor sail on ♪

♪ Sail, sail away ♪

♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪