Kanon!
Naru Hall is mine!
Here we go!
The results are in!
The NNS award for best new artist goes to...
Nakagawa Kanon-san!
You did it!
You did it, Kanon-chan!
Congratulations, Kanon-chan!
NNS Best New Artist
Nakagawa Kanon
Thank you very much.
She's so cute!
Without further ado, the stage is yours!
Here's "All 4 You"!
Kanon-chan won best new artist, Kami-niisama.
Who's that?
She's currently the most popular idol!
Look!
Worthless.
What?
Take a closer look.
Isn't she cute?
You're part of the TV generation.
Is your ribbon meant to mimic Kanon-chan, by chance?
I wanted to feel like an idol...
Idols and television are relics of the past.
What are you talking about?
We live in the era of video game idols!
The era of video game idols!
After all this time, "idols" are finally worthy of the definition.
Never-changing video game idols represent the ideals we've long sought.
I object!
Look how cute that real girl is.
She's cuter than any imaginary girl!
Living idols are actually limited by the real world.
What is an idol?
An idol is the embodiment of an eternal ideal.
Yet a living idol is doomed to fall!
Their skin begins to sag, they get wrinkles,
they smoke, they retire over scandal,
The views and opinions expressed in this segment are strictly those of the main character.
and as they mature, you hear things you never wanted to hear about!
However!
Video game idols are different!
Unlike living idols, video game idols improve by the second.
They began as pixilated sprites.
Then they received a larger color pallet and voices.
Yay! I can talk!
Eventually, they could be trained.
They were drawn in 3D once gaming hardware was up to spec.
They come with a background story.
Their attributes far outshine live idols.
Meanwhile, how have live idols improved?
Hi!
Nothing has changed.
This is a new era, one of superior video game idols who never fall!
Sparkling!
The live idol industry is a sinking ship!
All aboard for the new era!
The ship is departing!
For the new world!
New World <--- Old World
Wait for me!
You two...
mind your table manners!
Thank you!
That was Nakagawa Kanon-chan!
Thank you very much.
Kami-sama may say otherwise,
but I think Kanon-chan is plenty cute.
Yay!
Time for your bath, Kanon-chan!
Okay...
It's finally lunchtime!
Kami-niisama!
Let's go to the cafeteria—
Really?
Yeah, I saw her come in.
What's going on?
Something strange is going on in here.
I see more people than usual.
It has been two months.
Two months since what?
Oh yeah, you haven't met her yet.
She's coming to school.
That's right, the one and only Nakagawa Kanon-sama!
Look, there's no one around.
This is my secret place.
Best new artist, huh?
I worked hard,
really hard...
These days, most girls are glamorous and energetic.
I'm surprised that someone as plain and old-fashioned as me won the award.
Perhaps I really am an idol now.
Well then, time to study!
Oh, someone's here.
Did you hear me talking to myself?
Hello.
That's pretty extraordinary, you knowing about this place.
Who are you?
I'm busy, don't talk to me.
I guess you're right.
Obviously there would be people who still don't recognize me.
A perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene.
Why...
Why didn't he recognize me?
I'm not an idol?
It's a lie!
A lie, a lie!
Once again, a perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene.
Please... let me save the game!
Kami-niisama!
Why didn't you tell me she was in our class?
Kanon-chan?
It's really you!
You recognize me?
Yes, of course!
Give me something to write on, Onii-sama!
Please sign this!
That's...
Certainly!
Give it here!
Here you go.
This is amazing!
I go to the same school as a famous person!
By no means...
I'm not really that famous.
Give it back!
Oh, yeah, congratulations on your award for best new artist.
Thank you, but I still have a long way to go.
I want...
I want to touch everyone's hearts with my music!
I've already been touched!
It won't come off!
Is this oil-based?
You're so mean, Onii-sama!
Why didn't you tell me about Kanon-chan?
We're even in the same class!
The same class...
I already told you, I have no interest in worthless living idols!
Broken record, but a perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene!!
People in my own class don't even know who I am.
I'm not an idol!
I'm just trash!
Trash, trash!
Two is a bad idea!
Bad idea!
Stop upsetting me, stop upsetting me.
Save, save!
Stop upsetting me.
Crap, I can't see the screen!
What's your name?
K-Katsuragi...!
Katsuragi-kun...
Somehow, I've gotten involved with a dangerous person.
May our paths never cross again.
Kami-niisama!
This is a disaster!
You're just as bad!
It's Kanon-chan!
She's... see?
A loose soul?
That's right.
Nakagawa Kanon-chan is our next target!
It's Kanon-chan!
Kanon-chan came to school!
Everyone else recognizes me.
Why doesn't Katsuragi-kun recognize me.
We're even in the same class.
The same class!
Look over here, Kanon-chan!
I will defeat you, Katsuragi-kun!
mijikai kami wo nabikasete
Short hair flutters in the wind.
ribon kakumei okoshichau
Here comes a ribbon revolution.
rainbow rainbow na mirai
Revolutionary future.
minna no koe ga kikitai no
I want to hear the voices of the world.
minna ni todoke ai no uta
A song of love for everyone.
meromero na melody
Lovelutionary melody.
ashita mo aeru kana?
Will I see you tomorrow?
kitto aeru yo ne
I'm sure I will.
mune no tokimeki wa
I want to tell you all about
tsutaetai na
how fast my heart beats.
I my me idol
I, my, me, idol.
watashi idol
I am an idol.
minna wo ucchau zo
Gonna shoot everyone
love kanon de
with my love cannon.
ban ban!
Bang, Bang!
I my me idol
I, my, me, idol.
watashi wo mite ne
Watch me now.
minna no haato nerai utsu yo
Gonna capture everyone's heart
mou hanasanai
and never let them go.
anata ni tsutaetai
I want you to know.
I my me idol
I, my, me, idol.
watashi idol
I am an idol.
minna wo ucchauzo
Gonna shoot everyone
love kanon de
with my love cannon.
ban ban!
Bang, Bang!
I my me idol
I, my, me, idol.
watashi wo mite ne!
Watch me now.
anata no haato nerai utsu yo
Gonna capture your heart
zutto hanasanai
and never let you go.
Good work!
Manager!
How did I do?
Was anything off?
You were perfect.
You're always perfect.
Every time!
Thank you very much!
I'll be excusing myself then.
She has the voice, the looks, and the personality.
Thank you!
She has nothing to fear!
Thank you!
No, she still has a lot to learn.
She has completely changed from when she was in Citron.
Well, a lot has happened...
Nakagawa Kanon.
Born on March 3rd, 16 years old.
The first conventional idol in years.
Would a conventional idol pull a stun gun?
That must be the loose soul's fault.
In any case, I don't want anything to do with her.
Don't say that, Kami-niisama!
Have you forgotten that our lives depend on capturing loose souls?
In life, where there is save data, there is hope.
Seriously, why do loose souls always go after strange girls?
A CD?
Either way, we have to do this!
Dear Katsuragi-kun,
Come to the roof after school...
please.
Kanon?!
She also wrote that she'll punish you if you don't show up.
Sorry for asking you to meet me here!
She sounds awfully timid for having threatened me.
This won't take very long, but could you keep this a secret?
I'll be in trouble if my manager finds out.
Katsuragi-kun...
I'm going to defeat you!
Defeat me?
Listen up!
Here's "All 4 You"!
Kanon-chan is going to sing?
ALL 4 YOU shiroi suna ni
All for you, on white sand.
ALL 4 YOU hadashi no ai
All for you, barefoot love.
Do you hear that?
What's that?
Hey, isn't this one of Kanon-chan's song?
No way, where's it coming from?!
I think it's coming from the roof.
kimi to hashiri nuketai
I want to run with you
tokonatsu iro no koi kanaetai yo
and make this summer love come true.
Kanon-chan is singing right in front of me!
But why is she doing this for Kami-sama?
Oh, well.
It doesn't matter.
You make me feel uneasy, Katsuragi-kun.
You put me off balance.
You're my enemy.
But I'm an idol!
So I fight by singing and dancing!
Katsuragi-kun...
I'll make you my fan!
kodou wo tsunaida sillhouette
A silhouette of beating hearts...
ALL 4 YOU shiroi suna ni
All for you, on white sand.
ALL 4 YOU-
All for you—
So what do you want?
Am I supposed to listen to you sing?
Here it comes!
Oh, no, I'm late for the recording.
Please come back tomorrow!
You'd better show up!
How is this a secret?
At least my PFP is safe!
Why were you so cold toward her, Kami-sama?
Kanon-chan went to all this trouble for you.
Look beyond appearances.
I clearly shouldn't take the bait.
Watch out!
If you come across an event that's too good to be true,
it's probably poison.
In games, love is about chasing girls.
If a girl chases after you, it's likely a trap.
Idols are particularly difficult to catch, yet she's the one chasing me!
A wise man would simply ignore her!
I see...
Besides, she erased my PFP's memory.
That's your main reason, isn't it?
The Next Day
I've never sung this to an audience before!
Please listen to my new song, "Happy Crescent"!
kokuban socchi noke de
Paying no attention to the blackboard,
chirari mitsumeru
I sneak a glance
saki wa amai yokogao fantasy
at the sweet face of my fantasy.
totsuzen kousha no ura
Suddenly, we're behind the school building
soudan renai moodo
talking about love.
I wonder why she's trying so hard.
Does it really matter that one person doesn't recognize her?
What do you choose?
Do I jump in...
or stay out?
donkan sugi na romeo san
A clueless Romeo.
happy happy happy kuresento
Happy, happy, happy crescent.
I feel great!
happy happy happy purezento
A happy present for you.
I feel like I could perform in the Dome right now.
That's right...
I'm not the person I used to be!
I'm an idol now!
How did you like it?
It's no use...
I'm no good.
It's no use... I'm no good!
She disappeared?
Flag 6.0 I'm Ordinary?
These girls are pixels, data.
I know that.
In that case, how would you describe the girl you like?
Protein? Calcium?
It's a pointless argument.
The important thing is true love.
Isn't that what you people always say?
True love...