The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

[Yeah. And the initial live streams were all close-ups of the front and full body, which was very direct but always missed a lot of details... Today, you can actually tell that they were carefully using the camera.]

[They must have changed the director; his skills seem much better than before.]

Actually, I'm quite curious, who's in charge of the camera work?

This kind of interdimensional observation live streaming technology is really hard to explain using common sense. I still don't understand how the camera follows important characters in the story.

[WP's official technical capabilities have once again achieved a leap forward, it's truly outrageous.]

Speaking of the official technical capabilities... being able to capture information from another world is already incredible enough, but now they can even broadcast it live. It just goes to show that they are far ahead of their industry peers.

The official previous broadcast... can only be described as pathetic. The only highlight was the close-up shot of A-Yuan's face, that close-up is deeply etched in my mind.

[Perhaps the official team has developed a smarter broadcasting system to improve the viewing experience.]

[Good job changing the director! I haven't seen Ahara and Chief Koizumi in so long, sob sob]

[Although the story of Silver Garden was good, I still really wanted to see Ahara and the Chief's lovey-dovey moments... Why wasn't there a dream sequence between Ahara and the Chief in the Valentine's Day special?! That's so unfair!]

[Hopefully the new director can do a better job than the old one, and give us more highlight shots www]

[Putting everything else aside, could you please make up for A-Yuan's Valentine's Day bonus?]

[I wish every couple could get some extra bonuses. It's just money, I have plenty!]

Kitakihara:……

Previously, he didn't have permission to see it, but now that he can access the forum, Kita Kirihara browsed the comments on the official website and counted the pairings related to him in the Silver Garden in the comments of the posts.

The workplace love triangle involving myself, the Silver Garden boss, and Nana Ohba is currently the most popular topic.

Next up are Nana Oba and Karen Aijo, as well as Nasuen Kita-Kirihara...

His own popularity and Saki's popularity were surprisingly far behind.

She fell into deep thought: Do all netizens these days... have that serious illness?

Instead of watching the proper plot, they meticulously nitpick every frame of those terrible shots from previous broadcasts, trying to prove that this character and that character are having an affair.

Even more outrageous is that... she herself was actually paired with the character card.

Perhaps the intimacy stemming from shared origins is indeed impossible to hide from the camera.

She looked somewhat helpless.

"Ahara." Just as Kita Kirihara was seriously considering how to reverse his reputation, Koizumi Saki, who had opened the refrigerator behind him, suddenly called out.

The woman with black hair and blue eyes stared blankly at the little snowman in the freezer compartment. It had become quite deformed since it was first put in, and a thick layer of frost had formed on it.

But you can still see how much care and ingenuity Kita Kirihara put into sculpting it.

Saki Koizumi blinked, her tone slightly upturned with a hint of delight: "Is this for me?"

The scene shifts to a winter day, where the thin and pale-faced Saki Koizumi looks out the window at the snow.

She wasn't feeling well, and it was too cold outside for her to go out. She could only stare blankly at the heavy snowfall outside.

Kita Kirihara pushed open the door and walked in with great interest, his head and body covered in snowflakes.

The little snowman was held in her hands, which were red from the cold.

“Saki,” she exclaimed happily, “Look, it’s snow!”

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Even now, long after her health has improved, Saki Koizumi still believes that the pure white held in Kita Kirihara's hands is what truly represents winter.

104. The widow attribute is amazing! (Explosive comment)

A few days later, Revue Starlight updated its fifth chapter, and Symphogear officially began its serialization.

This comic was like a bolt from the blue for its readers.

Because the very first episode begins with Hinata Mirai carrying a white chrysanthemum as she visits the grave of her best friend, Tachibana Hibiki.

The year is still 2042.

Looking at the black-and-white photo of Hibiki Tachibana on the tombstone, combined with the timeline, the reader is left with a blank stare: ???

In the comic, this panel is completely covered by a dense barrage of light blue bullet comments, making the image almost impossible to see, which indirectly shows the reader's shock.

【Huh? What is this???】

[The legend of the protagonist who dies the fastest, right? Sakura Minamoto exclaims that she's an expert.]

Now that Hibiki is dead, who exactly is this Hibiki now...?

Speaking of which, in Banana's origin story, she was initially said to have turned into fuel, right? Didn't anyone realize that Banana Brother also died? Why are we only being surprised now?

[No... I thought it was just a playful flashback?]

[This is also a flashback, right? Hibiki died in the end...? But isn't she still standing here perfectly fine?]

[And can the death of the girl on stage really be considered a real death? Wasn't it just for stage effect?]

As the manga "Revue Starlight" has clearly explained its world view and background, most viewers have come to understand what "revue" means on stage and are also well aware that no matter how intense the fight on stage is, no one will die.

That was the real stage, where everything that happened was a clash on stage, where passion, acting skills, and singing and dancing determined the outcome, rather than a simple life-or-death struggle.

Viewers who were initially confused by the first episode are now able to understand the world of Revue Starlight to some extent.

However, Symphogear is quite different.

As seen in the first episode, Hibiki Tachibana's origin story involves real death, which is extremely cruel, and the world is fraught with danger.

In the first episode, Hibiki Tachibana, who had originally planned to go to the concert with Mirai Kohinata, was stood up by her due to some last-minute issues, so she had to go to the concert alone.

It was during this concert that the noise attack occurred, and only a few people survived. Hibiki Tachibana nearly died when a fragment of a relic pierced her chest.

Despite the successful surgery and her survival, as previously described, she endured a difficult time because she was targeted by the families of the victims and labeled a "murderer."

During this dark and hopeless period, the absence of her close friend Kohinata Mirai brought considerable despair to Tachibana Hibiki.

Over time, the originally cheerful and lively girl gradually became depressed and extreme, believing that "no one will come to save her," refusing to let anyone get close to her, and choosing to fight alone.

The first episode ends with Tachibana Hibiki rescuing Kohinata Mirai, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, from the Noise's clutches after refusing the offer from the Second Division, an organization that combats Noise.

At this moment, Tachibana Hibiki, having overexerted herself, was already showing signs of exhaustion. Her clothes were involuntarily removed, and she nearly fainted in front of Kohinata Mirai.

In other words, under this worldview, Hibiki Tachibana's death is very likely real.

That's so strange...

[Wasn't there previous speculation that the members of the Silver Garden were all spirits from another world?]

[Furthermore, with the origin manga that have been released so far, while Banana's is alright, the release of Hibiki's manga completely confirms the theory that the members of the Silver Garden are all spirits from another world, right?]

Because Hibiki Tachibana's worldview and story timeline are significantly different from the world observed during the live stream, viewers in the chat were finally able to deduce that the members of the Silver Garden came from a world outside the void rift.

Because in other timelines, the true nature of the Void Rift has already been known to the audience.

The barriers of this world were torn apart by a huge external force, resulting in a massive outflow of information, which was captured by the so-called "official" authorities, allowing viewers in the world of bullet comments to see a series of derivative products.

This gap will not only leak information outwards, but will also attract the invasion of calamity entities.

The existence of the Silver Court members reminds viewers that, in addition to the calamities and derivative works, the Void Rift seems to have brought about another form of product.

Those were visitors from another world, represented by members of the Silver Garden.

Having come from a different world with a significantly different worldview and power system, I don't know what happened, but I arrived in this world and then established the Silver Garden.

The Silver Garden, which once helped Saki Koizumi and infiltrated the Tower of Civilization and the Shadow Association, now has tentacles spread throughout this world.

Mysterious and unpredictable.

In the eyes of the viewers watching the live stream, the confirmation of the theory of the dead adds another layer of tragic color to the beautiful, strong, and tragic characters in the Silver Court.

Moreover, with the release of the origin story, viewers have also discovered that Nana Ohba, Karen Aijo, and Hibiki Tachibana all have someone who is "most important to them".

Once possessing the most beautiful bond in the world, now alone, huddling together for warmth with other undead.

What is the purpose of the Silver Garden? What is the purpose that sustains their continued existence in this strange world, the purpose that allows them to gather spirits of diverse personalities...?

Is there even the slightest possibility that it's for the sake of going home and reuniting with someone important?

Once such speculative posts appeared, Kita Kirihara knew that he had achieved his goal.

But then, the post that suggested the Silver Garden was the Widow's Village left her with mixed feelings.

[Original Poster:]

I can now declare definitively that the Silver Court is an organization made up of widows!

[2L: Yoriichi Tsugikuni: ?]

[3L (Original Poster): Getting hung up on gender and such, is being a widow really such an inconvenient thing?]

[4L: That seems to make sense. Hibiki and his future wife are separated, Banana can no longer meet her Junna, and Koi no longer has Hikari and Mahiru by his side... Thinking about it this way, it seems that all the characters in Silver Garden that have been shown so far have widow attributes.]

[5L (Original Poster): # (Drooling) Widow... Widow hehehe... This attribute really appeals to me]

[6L: This is getting weird]

[7L (Original Poster): No, no, no, I don't want to be a traitor like Cao Cao. But don't you all find the obsession, sorrow, and heaviness of waiting for someone who will never return... incredibly alluring? Once such a weighty character is immersed in the vortex of suffering, that struggle and immersion... *slurp*]

[8L: Oh my god, are all Silver Garden fans this weird?]

[9L: I'm so happy! There's no pain more sweet than this! I understand you!]

Kitakihara: ...?

105. Entrance Examination

Time flies, and it's already mid-March. The first round of admissions for the National Heroes Higher Specialized School is progressing steadily. Kita Kirihara has already received an admission invitation that Koizumi Saki got through connections.

She was somewhat surprised when she received it, and turned to look at Saki Koizumi, who looked completely at ease, seemingly not thinking there was anything wrong with doing so.

Kita Kirihara was also aware that this was a concession that Saki had made for Kita Kirihara's special status after detailed discussions with the new leader of the tower.

It wasn't really a backdoor admission, since Kita Kirihara, who openly possessed the ability to "purify the effects of mania," was indeed qualified to enroll in Class B. It was just that Koizumi Saki had waived the entrance exam for her.

It's essentially a pre-arranged decision.

The claim that it purifies mania is true. Kita Kirihara can use his inner demon attribute to absorb the manic factor that catalyzes negative emotions—a byproduct of Void Essence—from others.