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...!?
(Isn't there some way I can help?)
Details 6:31
- Chapter
- Sidearm Upon the Water
- Duration
- 6:31
- Release
- Oct 17, 2026
- Characters
- Hotaru Shiomi , Natsume Izawa , Nagi Kotohira , Mahoro Hamasaki , and Houka Izumi
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The Next Morning
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(Ah... I guess I fell asleep like that last night.)
! Oh no.
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Wow... that's rare...
I never thought Nagi-chan of all people would oversleep...
...Aha. Well, everyone has days like that, right?
I guess so? Nagi-chan's only human, after all.
...Sorry if I'm wrong, but
Nagi-chan... did something happen?
Nagi-chan... did something happen?
...Huh? Why?
No, it's just a hunch...
You seem less energetic than usual.
You seem less energetic than usual.
Is it about the new song, maybe?
...
(Give me a break. Why are you only perceptive at times like this?)
Ah, um... if it's hard to talk about, it's okay, you know?
But hey, I mean, I also confided all kinds of things to you
along the shore the other day, right, Nagi-chan?
along the shore the other day, right, Nagi-chan?
And that made me feel so much better, so—
Mahoro
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Thanks.
But this is my problem.
But this is my problem.
Huh...
Ah, y'know. I mean it's not a big deal.
Come on, let's hurry.
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Minase Girls' Academy - Classroom 2-A
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(She's definitely lying.)
(I've never seen Nagi-chan look so cold.)
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(What could Nagi-chan's problem be...?)
(Isn't there some way I can help?)
(But she said it's her own problem...)
...That's it!
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Lunch Break
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Hehe♪
It's rare for you to invite me to lunch, Mahoro-san.
It's rare for you to invite me to lunch, Mahoro-san.
I-I guess so... it might be the first time at school...?
Sorry for suddenly asking you to join me.
No, no. If a senior calls, how could I refuse?
Ahaha, thanks... So, getting right to the point...
Has Nagi-chan seemed off lately, or anything?
...? I can't really think of anything, but...
Why do you ask?
Why do you ask?
Ah, yeah... this is really just a hunch, though.
I feel like Nagi-chan's been acting strange lately.
I feel like Nagi-chan's been acting strange lately.
So I asked her this morning too, but...
how should I put it, she clearly dodged the question.
how should I put it, she clearly dodged the question.
...Oh my.
This has never happened before, even with how long we've known each other...
I just can't leave it alone.
I just can't leave it alone.
So I thought maybe you, Houka-chan, since you're in the same class,
might know something.
might know something.
I see. I understand the situation.
It's true that Nagi-san and I are close first-year friends, but...
unfortunately, I haven't noticed anything in particular.
unfortunately, I haven't noticed anything in particular.
I see... but yeah, I figured.
Nagi-chan doesn't talk much about herself.
Nagi-chan doesn't talk much about herself.
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That's true... she seems capable, but she's actually awkward.
...Huh? Awkward? Nagi-chan?
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Yes. It's not that she won't talk, but that she can't...
or maybe there are things she doesn't want to talk about.
or maybe there are things she doesn't want to talk about.
The resignation that no one will understand anyway...
or the pride of handling it all by herself.
or the pride of handling it all by herself.
...Something like that might be the case, you know?
...!
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(...I have to atone.)
(With millsage, standing at Suzuya Music Hall.
I have to deliver music all the way to Kanata beyond the sky.)
I have to deliver music all the way to Kanata beyond the sky.)
(Otherwise, I...)
(I'll never forgive myself, even in death.)
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(Back then, I told Nagi-chan everything...
and still chose to struggle on, thinking "even so.")
and still chose to struggle on, thinking "even so.")
(And that let me face forward just a little.)
(But what about Nagi-chan?)
(She's not an idiot like me.
Maybe the same approach won't work.)
Maybe the same approach won't work.)
...Mahoro-san?
(The new song... No. If it's the band
that's making Nagi-chan suffer...)
that's making Nagi-chan suffer...)
(I can't just leave that alone.)
Yeah, got it.
Thanks, Houka-chan.
Thanks, Houka-chan.
(...I have to think.)
(Of a way to help Nagi-chan.)