Kanon!
Naru Hall is mine!
This is it!
Here it is!
The NNS Best New Artist award goes to...
Nakagawa Kanon!
You did it!
You did it, Kanon!
Congratulations, Kanon!
NNS Best New Artist Nakagawa Kanon
Thank you very much.
She's so cute!
The stage is yours!
Here's "All 4 You!"
Kanon won Best New Artist, Divine Brother.
Who's that?
The most popular idol right now!
Look!
Worthless.
What?
Look at her.
Isn't she cute?
You're part of the TV generation.
Hmm?
Are you trying to copy Kanon with that ribbon?
Ah...
I wanted to feel like an idol...
Idols and TVs are mere relics of a previous generation.
What do you mean?
We live in the era of game idols!
The era of game idols!
After many long years, "idols" are finally worthy of their original definition.
Game idols, immune to wear and tear, represent the ideal we once sought.
Objection!
Look at how cute this real girl is.
She's much cuter than any of your girls who don't exist!
In fact, real idols are limited by the real world.
What is an idol?
An idol embodies the concept of an eternal ideal.
Yet, idols in the real world are guaranteed to decline!
Their skin starts to sag and they get wrinkles.
They smoke, have to retire because of 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 know!
However!
Game idols are different!
Unlike real idols, game idols improve by the second.
They began as pixilated sprites.
Then they got voices and a wider variety of colors.
Yay! I can talk!
Eventually, they could be trained.
Once the hardware was good enough, they became 3D.
They come with complete backgrounds and stories.
Their specifications dwarf those of real idols.
Meanwhile, have real idols improved at all?
Hi!
Nothing's changed.
A new age of high-spec game idols who never decline!
Sparkling!
The real idol industry is a sinking ship!
All aboard the new age!
The ship is departing!
For the new world!
New World <--- Old World
W-Wait for me!
Kids...
Show some table manners!
Thank you!
That was Nakagawa Kanon!
Thank you very much.
The Divine One may say otherwise,
but I think that Kanon is more than cute enough.
Yay!
Kanon, go take a bath.
O-Okay...
It's finally lunchtime!
Divine Brother!
Let's go visit the food vendor...
Huh?
Really?
Yeah, I saw her come in.
What's going on?
There's something strange about the classroom...
I see more people than usual.
It's been two months.
Um...
Two months since what?
Oh, right.
You've never seen her before.
She's coming to school.
Yep.
The one and only Nakagawa Kanon!
What?!
Look, there's no one around.
This is my secret place.
Best New Artist...
I worked hard.
Worked hard...
Most girls now have more energy and glamour.
I'm not sure that the award should have gone to someone as plain and old-fashioned as I am.
Maybe I'm really an idol now...
Okay!
Time to study!
Oh, there's someone here...
Did you hear me talking to myself?
Hello.
You must be special, to know about this place.
Who are you?
I'm busy.
Don't talk to me.
Of course...
There are still people who don't recognize me.
A perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene.
Why...
Why didn't he recognize me?
I'm no idol...
It's all a lie!
One big lie!
Once again, a perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene.
Please...
Please let me save my game!
Divine Brother!
Why didn't you tell me that she was in our class?
K-Kanon?
In the flesh!
You recognize me?
Y-Yes! Of course!
Exalted Brother, give me something to write on!
U-Um...
Please sign this!
Th-That's...
Absolutely!
Let me have it!
Here you go.
This is amazing!
I go to the same school as someone famous!
Please...
I'm not that famous.
Give it back!
That's right.
Congratulations on winning Best New Artist.
Thank you.
But I still have lots of work to do.
I want...
I want my song to touch everyone inside!
You've touched me!
It won't come off!
Is this oil-based?
You're so mean, Exalted Brother!
Why didn't you tell me about Kanon?
We're in the same class!
The same class...
Like I said!
I have no interest in worthless real idols!
Huh?
Broken record, but a perfectly safe stun gun was used for this scene!!
People in my own class don't know who I am.
I'm no idol!
I'm just trash!
Trash! Trash!
Two is a bad idea!
Bad idea!
Stop upsetting me. Stop upsetting me.
Save! Save!
Damn, I can't see the screen!
Stop upsetting me.
What is your name?
Ka-Katsuragi!
Katsuragi...
I-I've gotten involved with someone who seems dangerous.
May our paths never cross again.
Divine Brother!
It's terrible!
You're just as bad!
It's Kanon!
She's... Look.
A-A loose soul?
That's right.
Nakagawa Kanon is our next target!
It's Kanon!
Kanon came to school!
Everyone else recognizes me.
Katsuragi, you're the only one who doesn't.
And we're in the same class.
In the same class...
Kanon! Over here!
Katsuragi, I will defeat you!
Short hair flutters in the wind.
Here comes a ribbon revolution.
Revolutionary future.
I want to hear the voices of the world.
A song of love for everyone.
Lovelutionary melody.
Will I see you tomorrow?
I'm sure I will.
I want to tell you all about
how fast my heart beats.
I my me idol...
I'm an idol.
Gonna shoot everyone
with my love cannon.
BANG BANG!
I my me idol...
Watch me now.
Gonna capture everyone's heart.
And never let you go.
I want you to know.
I my me idol...
I'm an idol.
Gonna shoot everyone
with my love cannon.
BANG BANG!
I my me idol...
Watch me now.
Gonna capture your heart.
And never let you go.
Good work!
Manager!
How'd I do?
Was there anything wrong?
You were perfect.
You're always perfect.
Every time!
Thank you very much!
Then I'll excuse myself.
She has the voice, the looks, and the personality.
Thank you!
There's nothing to fear!
No, she still has much to learn.
She's a completely different person from when she was in Citron.
Well, a lot has happened...
Nakagawa Kanon.
Born on March 3rd. Sixteen years old.
The first real orthodox idol in years.
Would an orthodox idol pull out stun guns?
That must be the loose soul's fault.
Anyway, I want nothing to do with her.
Don't say that, Divine Brother!
Have you forgotten?
Our lives depend on our hunting down the loose souls!
In life, where there is save data, there is hope.
Seriously, why do these loose souls keep targeting weird girls?
A CD?
In any case, we have to do this!
Dear Katsuragi,
Come to the roof again, after school.
Pretty please...
K-Kanon?!
She also wrote that if you don't show up, she'll punish you.
U-Um...
Sorry about making you come up here!
She sounds awfully timid for someone who threatened me into this.
Um, this won't take very long.
If you could keep this a secret...
If my manager finds out, I'll get in trouble.
Katsuragi...
I'm going to defeat you!
Defeat me?
Listen up!
Here's "All 4 You!"
Kanon's going to sing?
Really?
All 4 You, on white sand.
All 4 You, barefoot love.
Huh?
Do you hear that?
What's that?
Hey, isn't this one of Kanon's song?
No way! Where's it coming from?
I think it's coming from above.
I want to run with you
and make this summer love come true.
Kanon is singing right in front of me!
But why is she doing this for the Divine One?
Hmm...
Oh, well.
It doesn't matter.
Katsuragi, you make me uneasy.
You're upsetting my balance.
You're my enemy.
Back and forth...
But I'm an idol!
I want to tell you how I feel.
So I fight by singing and dancing!
Katsuragi...
I'll make you into a fan!
A silhouette of beating hearts...
All 4 You, on white sand.
All 4 You...
So what did you want?
I'm supposed to listen to you sing?
Here it comes!
Oh, no!
I'm late for the recording!
Please be here again tomorrow!
You absolutely must come!
How is this a secret?
But my PFP was spared...
Divine One...
Why were you so cold to her?
Kanon went to all this trouble for you.
Look behind the mask.
Clearly, I 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 after girls.
If a girl chases after you, it's likely to be a trap.
And idols are usually difficult to track down,
yet she's the one coming after me.
It would be wise to ignore her!
I see...
Besides, she wiped out my PFP data.
Is that your main reason?
The Next Day
I've never sung this one in front of anyone before!
Please listen to my new song, "Happy Crescent!"
Paying no attention to the blackboard,
as I sneak a side glance
at the sweet face of my fantasy.
All of a sudden, we're behind the school building.
Talking about love...
Still, why is she trying so hard?
Does it really matter if one person doesn't recognize her?
What do you choose?
Do I jump in?
Or stay out?
A very clueless Romeo.
Happy Happy Happy Crescent.
I feel great!
A happy present for you.
I could perform in the Dome right now.
That's right...
I'm no longer the person I used to be!
I'm an idol now!
How'd you like it?
Snore
It's no good...
I'm no good...
No good... No good...
Sh-She disappeared?
I'm Ordinary?
These girls are pixels. Data.
I know that.
So how would you describe the girl you like?
Protein? Calcium?
A pointless argument.
What's important is that there's love.
Isn't that what you people always say?
Love...