Nova Cluster ☆ Shining Big Bang! | Origin - 2

〈Location: Meeting room〉

Mao: Until i entered high school, I wasn’t really interested in idols.

If you want to hear a story about Subaru’s family― no, if you see Subaru, you’ll understand what kind of a shining idol his father was.

He was probably someone like Subaru. Someone who loves idols more than anyone else, someone who loves idol activities……

He was like the very concept of an idol, a super idol who anyone could approve of.

But. Even such a father, after he was framed for such an underhanded scheme, he was slandered and ridiculed…… Everything he treasured was snatched from him and he died a criminal.

After that, they avoided giving out his name until the ‘SS’ at the end of last year.

They said he was a blemish on the entertainment world, the absolute worst idol…….

I don’t really know about it so I can’t say anything on it, but I’m sure he loved and was loved by idols more than anyone else.

The idol industry abandoned such a ‘number one’ idol. And ever since, they’ve been looking the other way and pretending it never happened.


Subaru: …...ah, I get what Sari~ wants to say.


Makoto: Yeah. To put it simply, Isara-kun wanted to say that, huh.

Up until just recently, the idol industry seemed to have wanted to cover up the trail of what happened to Akehoshi’s father and have people forget about it.

And now, they’re saying they want us to introduce ourselves with a smile.

At the end of the day, they only gave a simple apology as to how Akehoshi-kun’s father was treated, and are doing large-scale reporting on ES’s important news instead…...

They’re flooding it with all these other topics to try and wash it away. Not only did they not even try to clear the name of the deceased, they’re trying to make everyone forget about the dark things that happened.

They’re covering it up with bright and hopeful stories and ignoring the child who is crying his eyes out in the darkness.


Mao: Yeah. It’s as if they’re trying to say “such a kid doesn’t exist”. But it’s not like it’s that easy to just not exist― in any case, one such person is existing in front of me right now.


Subaru: …….


Mao: Subaru. Do you dislike the idol industry’s attitude towards things, or rather the air about it? You’re probably angry or you hate it, no― are you sad?

I was wondering if that was what was wrong. Negative emotions like sadness or anger, you don’t seem like you’re good at managing them by yourself…...

It was all going on in your subconscious so that was probably why you were stuck in that odd stupor and couldn’t get interested in the project this time, right?


Hokuto: Is that right, Akehoshi?


Subaru: Um…… Mm~, mmm~mm?


Hokuto: Why are you moaning.


Subaru: No, it feels like I touched a part of my brain that I don’t normally use…… It’s like it tickles, it’s a weird feeling.

Ahaha. We’re talking about serious matters and I can’t get used to it, I’m laughing.


Hokuto: Don’t laugh. If you’re sad, cry, if you’re upset, get angry. It’s a right given to any child, and if anyone wants to deny that, we’ll bring them down.


Subaru: Hokke~’s a bit over the top…… Then again, that way of sinking our teeth into irritating people is just like us.

But there’s no concrete enemy this time, so in other words, putting up a fight is pointless.

Instead of that, I’ve come come up with a much better way of blowing away my gloominess. And then after that, some way or another, I’ll be able to get excited.


Hokuto: A way to blow away the gloominess?


Subaru: Yep. I listened to what Sari~ tried his best to come up with….. I mean, everything’s all linked together, explanations are hard! It’s impossible to put into words!


Mao: Ahaha. That’s fine then. Oh look, Anzu’s coming this way.

I feel like if we discuss everything we’ve been struggling to understand with her, we’ll find an answer.

O~i Anzu! Wait, no, ‘Producer’! We’re sorry for always having to trouble you, but we have something we want to share with you, so could you come over for a bit?




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