Flowering Happiness/Story

* Part 1
* Part 2
* Part 3
* Part 4
* Part 5
* Final Part

Ichi Ichi Channel is Now Live!

 **Ichie:**—How many stories are there in the world?

 **Ichie:**Wait... Sweet Pleats is disbanding!?

 **Ichie:**Wh-Why!? They're even putting out a new song next month! They can't...!

 **Ichie:**Out of all those stories...which are there more of? Happy endings, or tragic ones?

 **Ichie:**—Ready the phone! Turn on that facecam, set the thumbnail... And start the stream!

 **Ichie:**Howdy heeey, gamers☆ It's time for another piping-hot serving of Ichi Ichi Channel!

 **Ichie:**Heh heh, today I'm coming at you from outside! We're about to have this thing we call a "joint program."

 **Ichie:**A random student from each school gets a special assignment! Or something. You know, that kind of—

 **Mahiru:**Morning, Ichie-chan! Getting some voice training in already?

 **Ichie:**Whoa, whoa, wait, wait!

***\*dash\*!!!***

 **Mahiru:**Wh-What's the matter? Why are you so flustered...?

 **Ichie:**Well, you know, I thought I might do a little stream to kill time until we meet up... But I think I got you in the shot!

 **Mahiru:**Stream...?

 **Michiru:**You mean Ichi Ichi Channel?

 **Ichie:**Michiru-chan!

 **Michiru:**Morning, Ichi Ichi Channel fans! I'm Michiru♪

 **Ichie:**M-Michiru-chan? You know about my stream channel?

 **Michiru:**Of course I do! I even comment sometimes.

 **Ichie:**Say whaaat!? Holy pogchamp, Batman!

 **Maya:**Good morning. Are you filming something?

 **Ichie:**Maya-chan! You sure you wanna be in the shot!?

 **Maya:**It's fine. Daiba-san is always recording something or other, so I'm used to it.

 **Maya:**And... I have nothing I would need to hide from the camera.

 **Ichie:**Now that's my GOAT Maya-chan-sama!

 **Michiru:**Haha, we do need to start heading to practice, though☆

 **Ichie:**Yeah! Just let me sign off and end the—

***\*dash\*!!!***

 **Suzu:**MAHIRUUUUUUUUU!

 **Mahiru:**S-Suzu-chan...!?

 **Suzu:**Ooh, Mahiru Mahiru Mahiru Mahiru! Mahiru Mahiru Mahiru and one more Mahiru for the fans!

 **Suzu:**Egad, be that a camera!? You streaming or something!?

 **Suzu:**Sup, peeps! Wanna see me dab?

 **Ichie:**Ahahaha! You're a natural, Suzu-chan♪

 **Ichie:**All right, I think this calls for an impromptu etu—

**????:**That's enough!

**Ichie & Suzu:**Eep!?

 **Ichie:**Ms. Ukaji...

**Ukaji:**Ahem, excuse me... I didn't mean to be so loud.

**Ukaji:**But you'll just annoy people if you make a ruckus in front of the school, so keep it in moderation.

 **Suzu:**S-Sorry...!

 **Ichie:**My baaad! Teehee, I did an oopsie☆

 **Suzu:**(She's that cavalier? With a teacher!?)

 **Michiru:**Good morning, Ms. Ukaji. Thank you for agreeing to help us this week.

**Ukaji:**It's nothing. Now, we need to head out, but first...

**Ukaji:**Otonashi-san, you need to sign off and end your stream.

 **Ichie:**Huh? How'd you know...?

**Ukaji:**I'd be derelict not to. It's a teacher's job to understand and keep tabs on their students' quirks.

 **Ichie:**For real!? Wow, I can't believe you knew! Hey, wanna help me sign off!?

**Ukaji:**Wh-Where did that even come from...?

**Ukaji:**Hurry up and get ready. The assignment this time...is almost definitely perfect for you.

 **Ichie:**Perfect for me...?

A Quaintly Quirky Joint Program

**Ukaji:**Now, let's get started... My name is Ukaji, and I'm in charge of this joint program.

**Ukaji:**This is my first time meeting a lot of you, so we'll start by taking turns saying a little something about ourse—

 **Ichie:**Me! Me! Me me me! Ms. Ukaji's the faculty advisor for our Performance Association!

 **Ichie:**She looks cool and composed, but she's actually super passionate! She's low-key the nicest person you'll ever meet, she loves watching plays...

**Ukaji:**O-Otonashi-san, please speak only when called on.

 **Ichie:**My bad☆

**Ukaji:**I teach Modern Japanese... To be honest, I'd never gotten this deeply involved in the world of theater.

**Ukaji:**I imagine you all far eclipse me in terms of experience and technique.

 **Ichie:**Oh, but once she became our advisor, she studied her butt off, and now she's a total expert in theater jargon and history!

 **Ichie:**And she's been watching plays since she was our age, so she's pretty much a connoisseur, and she can be really strict sometimes, so watch out, guys...

**Ukaji:**O-Otonashi-san, that's an extra hour of barre practice after school tomorrow!

 **Ichie:**Gack!

 **Maya:**Heh heh...

**Ukaji:**Ahem! At any rate... While I may be lacking in experience, I will spare no effort in enabling you to put together the best performance you can.

**Ukaji:**If there's anything you need help with, come to me, and I'll see what I can do. Here's to some broken legs this week.

**All:**Let's break some legs!

**Ukaji:**Now, for the actual assignment... Go ahead and read your handouts.

 **Michiru:**Hmm... "Theatrical Arts in the Digital Age," huh?

 **Maya:**I assume "digital" here refers to the internet?

 **Suzu:**Uhhh, in recent years, remarkable advancements... Mahiru, what's "remarkable" mean again?

 **Mahiru:**It means "impressive," Suzu-chan!

 **Mahiru:**"In recent years, remarkable advancements in information technology have rendered communication via social media and video streaming sites indispensable."

 **Michiru:**"In this assignment, to learn about their interaction with the world of theater..."

 **Ichie:**Whoa! "On the final day of the program, you will make your completed performance available to the public as a video livestream"!?

**Ukaji:**Exactly. Though we won't go looking for a live audience, and it'll just be treated as a school project.

 **Suzu:**Cool! We get to perform for people from all over the place!

 **Michiru:**Um, Ms. Ukaji, it says it's supposed to be fifteen minutes long. Does that mean it's going to be a short-form play?

**Ukaji:**That's right. For that reason, you won't have costumes, but as long as you follow the time limit, the play can be anything you like.

**Ukaji:**An existing script, an original one, anything goes.

 **Michiru:**Interesting... All right, let's put our heads together.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah! Ichie-chan, where's your school's—

 **Ichie:**Follow me, everybody! This way to the Resource Room!

 **Ichie:**Heh heh heh, I get to show myself to more people than ever before. I can hardly wait☆

A Story Rediscovered

Resource Room

 **Michiru:**Okay, let's start working on that assignment! First off, I think we should start by sharing our preferences...

 **Ichie:**Me me me! I wanna do a bright and happy musical☆

 **Mahiru:**You certainly are a good dancer.

 **Mahiru:**In my case... Well, if we're just talking about taste, I like stories that give you the warm fuzzies. I'd like to go in-depth on a fairy tale or something.

 **Suzu:**Heh heh heh, that's my Mahiru!

 **Suzu:**I like plays with big, flashy fight scenes! Like BAM, KAPOW!

 **Maya:**I don't gravitate toward one genre over another myself.

 **Maya:**Everything is worth my interest, and everything is worth performing.

 **Michiru:**Ahaha! Maya-chan is one thing, but it looks like the rest of us are all over the place.

 **Ichie:**Yeah, I love how everyone's uniqueness is showing through!

 **Michiru:**Yeah, it's fun and all... But that's not good enough for this assignment.

 **Ichie:**Lots of people are gonna watch us on the internet... So it has to be something that would interest the most people possible, right?

 **Michiru:**Exactly! That's why I'm thinking we might want to go with a story that isn't really well-known.

 **Michiru:**Some classic work a lot of people have heard of, but never seen...

 **Maya:**Considering the fifteen-minute time limit, we can't go with anything too long.

 **Michiru:**Yeah. And none of us have experience rewriting scripts, either...

 **Ichie:**Man, if only Yuyuko were here!

 **Mahiru:**Heh heh, there's no rule saying we can't ask her, but we should probably do this ourselves.

 **Michiru:**Okay, so we have three key points for our performance.

 **Michiru:**One, it has to be short enough to do in fifteen minutes. Two, it has to be something interesting that nobody's seen. And three—

 **Maya:**It has to align with all of our interests as much as is feasible?

 **Michiru:**Yup! Now, let the search for a script...begin☆

 **Suzu:**Uuugh, I can't find anything decent... I wasn't expecting this to be so tough...

 **Maya:**Yeah. Hachikazuki, Hakkenden, King Lear, Tosca... They're all beautiful stories, but they all fail our criteria in one way or another.

 **Ichie:**...Hey, look at this.

 **Suzu:**Hm? You find something, Itchay?

 **Mahiru:**Wow, that's a really old script. "Red, Blue, Briar"...?

 **Michiru:**I've never heard of it... Who wrote it?

 **Maya:**It says "HARIKO." Is that a pseudonym?

 **Ichie:**I guess? I found it on a shelf of alumni scripts! It must be original.

 **Suzu:**What's it like?

 **Mahiru:****(Narrator)**
"—Once upon a time, in a tiny little forest, there was a big and mighty briar tree."

 **Maya:****(Ibara)**
"Come, everyone, and rest in my shade. Since I cannot move, I would dearly love to hear all the stories you can tell me."

 **Mahiru:****(Narrator)**
"Soon the briar tree found herself surrounded by a great many creatures who loved her very much."

 **Mahiru:****(Narrator)**
"Among them, two butterflies were especially devoted to her."

 **Ichie:****(Aka)**
"Look, look at my big red wings."

 **Suzu:****(Ao)**
"Please. The beautiful blue pattern on my wings is beyond compare."

 **Mahiru:****(Narrator)**
"Whenever the two would quarrel, the briar tree trepidatiously rustled her leaves."

 **Michiru:**Hmm, decent intro. And the final act...starts with the song of an elderly skylark.

 **Michiru:****(Hibari)**
"My word, the briar tree has developed a bud."

 **Michiru:****(Hibari)**
"Her briars bear magic roses. It is said that all who are present when they bloom will find eternal happiness with her."

 **Maya:**And so the conflict surrounding the briar tree grows ever more fierce, and the butterflies lose their lives.

 **Maya:**In her grief, the tree cuts off the bud, and rose petals fall upon the butterflies' corpses...

 **Suzu:**What, that's where it ends!? That's a tragedy!

 **Mahiru:**Is that really the end...?

 **Suzu:**Huh?

 **Mahiru:**Look, at the end of the script... It doesn't say "Fin" or "The End" or anything.

 **Suzu:**You're right! So is it unfinished?

 **Michiru:**Mmm, it looks pretty complete as a tragedy... But it also kinda looks like the writer just gave up.

 **Ichie:**...Do you think maybe we can use this script?

**Michiru & Mahiru & Suzu & Maya:**Huh!?

 **Ichie:**We've got just the right number of performers, and the length is perfect. Plus, it pretty much meets all our interests...

 **Mahiru:**Hey, you're right! Oh, but it's a tragedy. I thought you said you only like happy—

 **Ichie:**I never said that! I like sad stories, too!

 **Suzu:**You do!? I wasn't expecting that.

 **Ichie:**Heh heh, your good friend Ichie-chan is a weirdo... I don't think tragedies are tragedies at all!

 **Suzu:**Uh, what!?

 **Ichie:**Mmm, I don't really know how to explain it, but I guess I see them as, like, a really long warmup for a happy ending?

 **Maya:**Interesting. The characters' lives go on even after the curtain falls... And the way you see it, they always reach a happy ending eventually.

 **Ichie:**Yeah, exactly! Like, no matter what, there's gotta be something left behind!

 **Mahiru:**Oh, that's adorable! That sounds just like you.

 **Ichie:**Mmm, it's more like I learned it from the Rinmeikan gang. Like, I won't let anything get me down, no matter what...

 **Ichie:**Hey, what's with the smirk, Michiru-chan!?

 **Michiru:**Heh heh, just thinking you remind me of someone. A certain girl with long hair and cool eyes☆

 **Ichie:**Well, okay, fair, but like...

 **Suzu:**All righty, looks like we have our play... Now let's practice our butts off so we can be ready for the big stream!

From a Park to the World

 **Suzu:**Uhhh, so we start the stream, then we say hi... Ugh, I'm getting butterflies...

 **Ichie:**Why's that? You were just fine the other day!

 **Suzu:**Oh, uh, I was kinda hyper 'cause I saw Mahiru...

 **Ichie:**Mwa ha ha... Too bad, 'cause I'm starting the stream!

 **Suzu:**Gaaah!

 **Ichie:**Howdy heeey, gamers! It's time for another piping-hot serving of Ichi Ichi Channel☆

 **Ichie:**I've got a super special guest for you today... Dum da-da-dum!

 **Suzu:**H-Hello, fellow humans! How about that weather we're having...

 **Ichie:**You sound like a comedian with stage fright!

 **Ichie:**Oh, we already have people in the chat! <3Tomatoes-san says, "lol shes funny"... Good for you☆

 **Suzu:**Really? Aw, stop it, you're making me blush!

 **Suzu:**Your name's funny, too! You like tomatoes?

 **Ichie:**Right? That actually reminds me of a kouhai of mine—

 **Ichie:**Wait, we're getting off-track!

 **Suzu:**Oh yeah! So, um, today, we're gonna give you a sneak peek of this performance assignment we're gonna stream later♪

 **Ichie:**Though we're gonna have to turn in a report on what effects our advertising had.

 **Ichie:**Anyway, we're gonna show you a fight scene from an original play called "Red, Blue, Briar"!

***\*clap clap clap\*...!***

 **Suzu:**Huh? Applause...?

 **Ichie:**Oh, we can't show them on camera, but it looks like some kids in the park are gonna watch, too!

 **Suzu:**Heh heh heh, all these people in the audience are getting me fired up!

 **Ichie:**Then without further ado—

 **Ichie:****(Aka)**
"—How hideous you are, blue butterfly! You are not worthy of the briar tree!"

 **Suzu:****(Ao)**
"How dare you, red butterfly...! It is you who is not fit to stand beside her!"

 **Ichie:****(Aka)**
"Have at you!"

 **Suzu:****(Ao)**
"Ngh... Curse you. I'll get you for this!"

 **Suzu:****(Ao)**
"I can treat the briar tree far better than you could ever hope to!"

 **Ichie:****(Aka)**
"Ridiculous... My feelings for her are stronger than yours!"

 **Suzu:****(Ao)**
"Ah, my wings... The briar tree is crying..."

 **Ichie:****(Aka)**
"My...briar..."

 **Suzu:**—And that's the scene!

 **Ichie:**Pretty neat setting, huh? Don't miss the big stream where we—

**Child A:**What happened to the butterflies!?

 **Ichie:**Huh...?

**Child B:**Do the red butterfly and the blue butterfly make up with each other?

 **Suzu:**Considering the script, p-probably not...?

**Child C:**Whaaat!?

**Child B:**That's horrible...

**Child C:**It's not fair... Nnh!

**Children:**Waah, waaah!

 **Suzu:**Whoa, whoa, don't cry!

 **Ichie:**L-Look, they're very bad butterflies who don't do as they're told...

**Children:**Waah, waaah, waaah!

**Suzu & Ichie:**A-Ahhhhhh...!

 **Suzu:**Haah, haah... Th-That was nuts...

 **Ichie:**Yeah. At least they calmed down once we explained that it's all just pretend...

 **Suzu:**Did they really? 'Cause they didn't stop crying, and that was really hard to look at.

 **Ichie:**It's like... Being watched is scary, huh?

 **Suzu:**Huh?

 **Ichie:**We're gonna be streaming this play, so lots of people are gonna watch us, right?

 **Ichie:**With a normal play, people go to the theater because they like the show or one of the actors...

 **Ichie:**But when you publish it for free on the internet, you're reaching any number of people that just doesn't apply to.

 **Ichie:**When you think about it like that...the internet is terrifying.

 **Suzu:**Itchay...

 **Ichie:**A-Ahaha! That doesn't really sound like me, huh?

 **Ichie:**Let's shift gears and head off to practice! It's almost time to meet back up with—

**Ukaji:**Otonashi-san!

 **Ichie:**Hwuh, Ms. Ukaji!?

**Ukaji:**Are you okay...!?

 **Suzu:**O-Okay? What do you mean...?

**Ukaji:**I just got a call from a local. They said a Rinmeikan student made some kids in the park cry...

**Suzu & Ichie:**Whaaaaaat!?

The Tears' Fallout

 **Mahiru:**We're all starting to sync up. I think this joint program's going pretty well!

 **Maya:**Yes. At this point, I think we can move on to rehear—

 **Mahiru:**Huh? Hey, Michiru-chan! What are you doing just hanging out outside the rehearsal room?

 **Maya:**You don't look too happy... Did something happen?

 **Michiru:**Yeah, uh, I overheard something I wish I hadn't... It affects us, too, so we should probably go in.

 **Mahiru:**Huh...!?

***\*clatter\*...***

 **Ichie:**Oh... Michiru-chan, Mahiru-chan, Maya-chan...

 **Michiru:**Yeah... We got together because it was time, and I heard you from outside.

 **Mahiru:**W-What's the matter!? Ms. Ukaji, did something happen...?

**Ukaji:**Yes, actually—

 **Maya:**A complaint from the locals...

 **Mahiru:**And some little kids cried...

 **Ichie:**Yeah, we screwed up. We should've at least warned them it was gonna be sad...

 **Michiru:**And to make matters worse, the story's on the internet, too.

 **Mahiru:**What!?

 **Suzu:**Yeah... We were streaming at the time, so tons of people are abuzz about it.

 **Mahiru:**Wow, you're right. A bunch of people I've never heard of are arguing on social media...

 **Michiru:**Hrrm. Considering what happened, nobody's bashing us, but this is definitely attention we don't want.

**Ukaji:**...I think I understand now.

**Ukaji:**Otonashi-san, Minase-san, I'm to blame for this.

**Suzu & Ichie:**What!?

**Ukaji:**It's my fault for giving you permission to stream without thinking it through.

**Ukaji:**With that in mind... As unfortunate as it is, I'm afraid we'll have to cancel the final stream.

 **Suzu:**B-But Ms. Ukaji...!

**Ukaji:**I've already noticed some videos being uploaded. It's anyone's guess what public opinion will have to say about us next.

**Ukaji:**I'm doing this to protect you. Please... It hurts, but try to understand.

 **Ichie:**...!!

**Suzu & Ichie:**We're so sorry!

 **Mahiru:**Whoa, you don't have to bow that low...!

 **Maya:**She's right. This conundrum wasn't going to be easy to avoid anyway.

 **Maya:**Besides, you don't want to join hands and sing Kumbaya, do you? It all comes down to the stage... That's the only way we can show our good faith.

 **Ichie:**Yeah...!

 **Suzu:**You're right! Maybe we can't stream, but we can still perform! Now let's get right to—

 **Michiru:**Mm, one sec. My phone's buzzing...

 **Mahiru:**E-Everything okay? Something happen on the internet again?

 **Michiru:**...Nope, just checking a message. I think we can expect some help.

 **Michiru:**See, with all these eyes on us, this might be a big opportunity for us.

 **Ichie:**Help? An opportunity...?

 **Michiru:**We're going to do exactly what Ichie-chan taught us.

 **Michiru:**We're gonna perform...beyond the tragedy!

**Ukaji:**(Ohhh... I can't believe this is happening... How could I let that script cause my students such grief?)

 **Ichie:**Ms. Ukaji!

**Ukaji:**Oh, you're still here...

 **Ichie:**Please.... Please, let us stream our performance.

 **Ichie:**We have to let everyone see this play!

To Ever Greater Heights

The Performance of Red, Blue, Briar

 **Narrator:**"—Once upon a time, in a tiny little forest, there was a big and mighty briar tree."

 **Narrator:**"She was a gentle tree, spreading her leaves over the soft green carpet of the forest, but desperate to keep her thorns away from others."

 **Ibara:**"Come, everyone, and rest in my shade. Since I cannot move, I would dearly love to hear all the stories you can tell me."

 **Narrator:**"Soon the briar tree found herself surrounded by a great many creatures who loved her very much."

 **Narrator:**"Among them, two butterflies were especially devoted to her."

 **Aka:**"Look, look at my big red wings."

 **Ao:**"Please! The beautiful blue pattern on my wings is beyond compare."

 **Narrator:**"Whenever the two would quarrel, the briar tree trepidatiously rustled her leaves."

 **Narrator:**"—Until one day, when a large bud formed on the briar tree."

 **Narrator:**"It was a magnificent bud, as if all the world's happiness was packed into a singular bundle of dazzling excitement."

 **Narrator:**"All the creatures of the forest gazed lovingly upon it, and an elderly skylark alighted and sang proudly."

 **Hibari:**"My word, the briar tree has developed a bud."

 **Hibari:**"Her briars bear magic roses. It is said that all who are present when they bloom will find eternal happiness with her."

 **Narrator:**"The song sent the forest into a commotion. All the creatures began to fight, desperate to secure their position for when the roses bloomed."

 **Narrator:**"The two butterflies' fight was particularly harsh."

**Ichie & Suzu:**"Now the briar will be mine!"

 **Narrator:**"Even after the sun went down and the moon began to open its eyes, their conflict had no end in sight."

 **Narrator:**"So harsh was their fight that before long, all the other creatures stopped drawing near to the briar tree..."

 **Ibara:**"Please, stop! You mustn't fight over me... You have to get along!"

 **Aka:**"Worry not, briar tree!"

 **Ao:**"This fool will be gone soon enough!"

 **Narrator:**"And so the two hit each other, bit each other, tore each other's wings...until at last, they were still."

 **Ibara:**"Oh, how I wish I could at least embrace their corpses, but with these thorns, not even that is allowed to me."

 **Ibara:**"If I could have but one wish, then please, let these poor souls have warmth."

 **Narrator:**"As the briar tree wailed and wailed, the skylark cleared his throat."

 **Hibari:**"Oh my stars! The bud is starting to glow!"

 **Hibari:**"Its stiff petals are softening, scattering onto the butterflies' bodies—"

 **Aka:**"Why, how curious. My body doesn't hurt at all..."

 **Ao:**"Hey, look! Your wings!"

 **Narrator:**"Their backs were now adorned not with red or blue, but with beautiful white wings, radiant as the spring sun."

 **Narrator:**"They were the beautiful petals of the briar tree's flowers, the very essence of her wish."

 **Narrator:**"The butterflies wept and wept, cursing their foolishness. And then..."

 **Ao:**"Why, look. The briar tree has another bud!"

 **Aka:**"You're right... I fear it might vanish at the slightest touch. It's a small, small bud..."

 **Aka:**"Say, I propose we work together to protect the briar tree."

 **Ao:**"I'll be... I was just about to propose the same thing."

 **Narrator:**"The wings given to them by the briar tree shone a brilliant, ebullient white."

 **Narrator:**"It was a warm light... Like a gentle smile."

 **Ichie:**Howdy heeey, gamers! It's time for another piping-hot serving of Ichi Ichi Channel☆

 **Ichie:**Hm? Crap, forgot to turn on the camera. Sorry!

***\*clatter\* \*rattle\*!***

 **Ichie:**Okay, are we good now...? Howdy, hi again!

 **Ichie:**Heh heh, it's been a hot second, hasn't it? You know how it is—I've been busy with that assignment.

 **Ichie:**Hey, someone's in the chat! Let's see, "I loved your performance stream!"...

 **Ichie:**Heh heh, thanks! Bet you were surprised it had a happy ending, huh?

 **Ichie:**That's 'cause it was originally an unfinished tragedy, but then my kouhai finished it.

 **Ichie:**And boy, do people love it! Plus, because we went a little viral, those kids made sure to watch, too...

 **Ichie:**I went back to the park, and they totally mobbed me. They were really happy the butterflies became friends☆

**Comments:**"You were really on top of things once it turned into a problem."

 **Ichie:**I know, right!? I swear, the timing was so perfect—

 **Ichie:**Oh, we already have people in the chat! <3Tomatoes-san says, "lol shes funny"... Good for you☆

 **Suzu:**Really? Aw, stop it, you're making me blush!

 **Suzu:**Your name's funny, too! You like tomatoes?

 **Ichie:**Right? That actually reminds me of a kouhai of mine—

 **Michiru:**...Nope, just checking a message. I think we can expect some help.

 **Michiru:**See, with all these eyes on us, this might be a big opportunity for us.

 **Ichie:**Ah...! Right, back then, Michiru-chan...

 **Ichie:**Uhhh... So, like, can I get personal for a sec?

 **Ichie:**A long time ago... Something happened to me that was like, now if this ain't a tragedy, nothing is!

 **Ichie:**But I still found theater. I persevered, and I stood on stage—

 **Ichie:**And here I am now, with all of you!

 **Ichie:**Isn't that incredible!? This whole shebang kinda made me scared of the internet, but everything's fine now!

 **Ichie:**It's nerve-wracking to have a ton of people watching you, but if it weren't for that, we wouldn't have had the ending we did.

 **Ichie:**So many people's feelings came together to give the butterflies new wings...

 **Ichie:**And we all gave the play a happy ending!

**PNZisLife:**why are you always so quick to get carried away!?!?!?

**KappoLunch:**Be Careful You Had Me Worried For A Second There

**<3Tomatoes:**its so fun to just watch you go

**SoSerious:**Um, I know that's your best quality, Ichie-senpai, but you really need to be more careful! You scared me half to death with this... Oh, but of course we would never (character limit reached)

 **Ichie:**Aww, come on!

 **Ichie:**Yeah, well, whatever! Everything I say is worth its weight in gold!

 **Ichie:**I wanna meet lots and lots of new people... On stream, and on stage!

 **Ichie:**And I'm gonna make everyone, from little kids to old grannies, everyone in the whole wide world, happy with my acting!

 **Ichie:**I'm Stage Girl Ichie Otonashi, and I dream big! This has been Ichi Ichi Channel, and it'll keep being that way a whole lot longer☆