honestly and truly will never get over the way that Shizuku was perceived by others as having a very particular image and was forced to pretend she was this person when she was actually someone else, and despite her own struggles, the idol industry loved her, meanwhile Airi came to resent the industry because she was never able to break out of one bubble, and her resentment began carrying into her relationship with Shizuku and unintentionally hurt her because she didn’t realize Shizuku was stuck in a bubble too, it’s just that she was able to do idol work while Airi wasn’t, except she didn’t even ENJOY being an idol anymore since she was always putting on a face and was disliked by her own group members and. and was never able to create any meaningful relationships. and. and and. the ONE person she relied on to believe in her and see her for who she truly was didn’t understand her anymore and. and being able to see past their own pain to get a full picture of each other again was the key to letting them reconnect with what they loved about idols and and.. and they know each other best and are chasing their dream together and .. oh my ggod …
