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karaniji (kinome) 17
You can read chapter 17 here on the MAGKAN official website!
Content warnings for this chapter include references to alcohol and past suicide.
Karako: That's another person who can't see me anymore. And RTV will catch hope like a disease, now. I'll have to start over from scratch.
Karako: Why doesn't anything ever go right for me? ...No, there's no need to wonder. It's because I'm no good.
Karako: This is all my fault.
Poyoko: Karako-chan!
Poyoko: I found you!
Karako: What's your problem?!
Karako: Go away!
Karako: If you hadn't come looking, I'd be invisible to everybody!
Karako: Like I'd never even existed!
Karako: I'd be nothing! I'd finally be nothing!!
[sfx: ahahaha]
Karako: I'll return to Void!
Poyoko: Karako-chan.
Poyoko: Does it scare you?
Poyoko: Do you get scared when people treat you nice?
Poyoko: Trusting people is scary, isn't it? They might betray you someday, or they might not even be sincere... It's like having your heart chipped away bit by bit.
Poyoko: And you start to hate yourself more and more.
Poyoko: Do you want to know how to love yourself again?
Poyoko: Think about all the people who loved you.
Poyoko: Remember them.
Poyoko: Don't forget them.
Rainbow King: Karako!
Karako: I... I'm sorry... I'M SORRY... I'B SO SOWWY.....
Karako: I'm sorry for glaring... I'm sorry for slapping people... I'm sorry for hurting people... I'm sorry everybody lost the King all 'cause of me...
Karako: I wanted to say sorry! I wanted to try and be nicer!
Karako: But I... nobody could see me anymore...
Karako: Poyoko, would you... Would you tell everybody I'm sorry?
Poyoko: Karako-chan...
Poyoko: This way!
Karako: Why that way? That's...
Karako: The way to the Egg...
Poyoko: I dunno! But the King says there's something there!
Poyoko: Look up!
Poyoko: They wanted you to see this!
Karako: That's... my body...
Poyoko: It's all wrapped in rainbow light!
Poyoko: It's still there!
Rainbow King: I put a spell on it so it will protect you.
Poyoko: Isn't this great, Karako-chan?
Poyoko: You CAN still tell everybody you're sorry!
Rainbow King: Thank you, Poyoko!
Rainbow King: Thank you so much for saving Karako!
Poyoko: Have I turned into you? I have all the fragments now... And my hair's all shiny.
Rainbow King: You'll be okay. You know your wish, and you know how to let it go.
Poyoko: I see.
Poyoko: But how am I still okay even after using this power so much?
Rainbow King: That's because you've always used my power for other people, never for yourself.
Rainbow King: It's not because you had no heart that you were a good vessel. You can pray for other people, and that gives you the qualifications of a king.
Poyoko: (After we found Karako's body, we went back to the RTV hideout.)
Poyoko: Oz!
Oz: Lady Poyoko!
[caption: They still don't get along.]
Poyoko: Are those people okay?
Oz: Well, their bodies have gotten a bit melty... But they're all alive.
Oz: Lady Poyoko.
Oz: I'm going to talk to everybody.
Oz: I want to convince them that we have more to look forward to than death.
Oz: I want to make it so our hideout is a place everyone can feel safe and happy.
Oz: I want everyone who visits us to learn that they're not alone...
Oz: I hope I can do it...
Oz: Oooh, I'm not sure I can...
Poyoko: (I think... Oz might have a hard time with that.)
Poyoko: (But he has everybody in RTV with him, so I'm sure he'll be okay.)
Poyoko: (Karako went back to the village.)
Karako: Nooooooo! I know they're all still mad!!!!!!!!!!!!
[sfx: shove shove shove shove]
Eba: Nobody's even here anymore, dude.
Karako: Nooo!!!! Is it my fault?!
Poyoko: Eba!! No bully.
Critter: Wow, Poyoko! You've really brightened up! You remind me of the King!
Poyoko: It's great to see you again!
Critter: KARAKO?!
Karako: I, uh... I wanna say so--
Critter: Eeeee!!! It's really you, Karako!!!
Karako: Umm...
Critter: Oh, I'm so glad! It's been so long! When did you get back?!
Critter: I've wanted to apologize to you for so long!
Critter: I was so young then... I didn't think about what you were going through, and I hurt you.
[Kids: Karako's a jerk! Let's teach her a lesson!]
Critter: As the colors bleached out, everybody else left the village, but... I stayed here to wait for you.
Critter: I'm so sorry for what I did back then. Oh, and...
Critter: Welcome home, Karako!!
Karako: I... I'm sorry too... I'm so sorry...
Critter: Huh?! Why are you crying?! Does your tummy hurt?!
Poyoko: (I think "welcome home" is probably what Karako-chan wanted to hear more than anything.)
Critter: Ooh, I'm so glad I could finally apologize! I feel much better! Now if only everything were in color, it'd be perfect...
Poyoko: Leave it to me!
Poyoko: Your Majesty, lend me your strength! Let's...
Poyoko: ...bring color to the world!
Residents: The colors... our colors are back...!
Critter: YEEEEEEE!!! My polka dots are back!!! Look at my polka dots!!!!!!!!!!!
Critter: And my mom's apron! ...Wait, that was white from the start. Heehee!
Critter: Poyoko!! Thank you so much!!!
Critter: Wow!!! What is that?! It's like a giant snake with colorful stripes!! So pretty!!!
Mushka: ...Your Majesty?
Mushka: Your Majesty... is that you?
Poyoko: Eba.
Eba: Thanks for bringing the colors back, Poyoko.
Poyoko: The Rainbow King asked me to.
Poyoko: But they asked me to do this, too.
Poyoko: Eba, they had a message for you.
Poyoko: After the fragments leave my body...
Poyoko: After that... the King said they'll go back to the heavens.
Poyoko: And there, they'll be reborn.
Poyoko: They said that's the only way to come back without a vessel. Their powers and their memories will all start over from zero... so the other kings hate to do it, they said.
Poyoko: It's supposed to take a long time. But no matter how long it takes... even if they can't remember...
Poyoko: They'll come back to you, no matter what.
Poyoko: So will you be their friend again?
Rainbow King: I'm so happy that you're my first friend!
Eba: I will. Of course I will.
Eba: I'll be waiting for you, Your Majesty...
Poyoko: I'm happy for you, Eba.
Eba: Thanks, Poyoko!
Eba: You said "after the fragments leave you"... so do you have a wish...?
Poyoko: Yep.
Poyoko: And to get rid of the fragments, I have to get rid of my wish.
Poyoko: Actually... I've known what my wish was for a long, long time.
Poyoko: I wanted... to stay in this world forever.
Poyoko: I love it here. I have so many friends here, and I bet if I lived here every day would be fun.
Poyoko: But this isn't my world.
Poyoko: All the rest of you are being so brave and facing your trials... but I'm running away from mine.
Poyoko: So, I'm going home.
Poyoko: So I can move forward and grow like all of you.
Eba: I see. You've made up your mind, huh.
Poyoko: Yeah.
Eba: I know you'll be okay. You're the nicest person I know, Poyoko. And that means...
Eba: You're the strongest person I know, too.
Eba: You're sure she can get back to her world from here?
Karako: Of course I am! This is how I went to her world to call her!
Karako: Aw, man... Are you really going home, Poyoko? I wanna be with you forever...
Eba: You shut it, Miss Codependent.
Karako: Hmph! Somebody can't take a joke!
Eba: (Why you little...)
Poyoko: Are you sure you want to stay?
Karako: Yeah... It's been too long since I came here...
Karako: And I died over there, so it doesn't matter.
Karako: And!! I haven't apologized to everybody yet. I want to go travel around so I can!
Karako: She said she'd come with me too. We're gonna bring everyone back and rebuild the village!
Poyoko: Wow!
Karako: Thanks for everything, Poyoko. Don't forget about me...
Poyoko: I won't.
Poyoko: (Thank you, too, Your Majesty...)
Poyoko: (Goodbye...)
Poyoko: I'll miss you, everybody! Goodbye!
Sun King: Hahaha!
Sun King: So this is how it ends... how cliche!
Sun King: I win our bet, Moon King!
Moon King: Bet...? What bet???
Sun King: You're so forgetful!! What matters is that I win!! So lemme into your booze stash!!
Moon King: I don't wanna...
Poyoko: (This fog...)
Guide: ...for visiting our park.
Guide: Here you'll see the emblem of our park, this statue called the Rainbow Flower. Ever since our park opened, it's been beloved by many visitors.
THE EMPTY-HEARTED GIRL AND THE RAINBOW FRAGMENTS
Guide: The flower itself changes colors based on the angle you view it from, so please take a good look.
THE END
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Content warnings for this chapter include references to alcohol and past suicide.
Karako: That's another person who can't see me anymore. And RTV will catch hope like a disease, now. I'll have to start over from scratch.
Karako: Why doesn't anything ever go right for me? ...No, there's no need to wonder. It's because I'm no good.
Karako: This is all my fault.
Poyoko: Karako-chan!
Poyoko: I found you!
Karako: What's your problem?!
Karako: Go away!
Karako: If you hadn't come looking, I'd be invisible to everybody!
Karako: Like I'd never even existed!
Karako: I'd be nothing! I'd finally be nothing!!
[sfx: ahahaha]
Karako: I'll return to Void!
Poyoko: Karako-chan.
Poyoko: Does it scare you?
Poyoko: Do you get scared when people treat you nice?
Poyoko: Trusting people is scary, isn't it? They might betray you someday, or they might not even be sincere... It's like having your heart chipped away bit by bit.
Poyoko: And you start to hate yourself more and more.
Poyoko: Do you want to know how to love yourself again?
Poyoko: Think about all the people who loved you.
Poyoko: Remember them.
Poyoko: Don't forget them.
Rainbow King: Karako!
Karako: I... I'm sorry... I'M SORRY... I'B SO SOWWY.....
Karako: I'm sorry for glaring... I'm sorry for slapping people... I'm sorry for hurting people... I'm sorry everybody lost the King all 'cause of me...
Karako: I wanted to say sorry! I wanted to try and be nicer!
Karako: But I... nobody could see me anymore...
Karako: Poyoko, would you... Would you tell everybody I'm sorry?
Poyoko: Karako-chan...
Poyoko: This way!
Karako: Why that way? That's...
Karako: The way to the Egg...
Poyoko: I dunno! But the King says there's something there!
Poyoko: Look up!
Poyoko: They wanted you to see this!
Karako: That's... my body...
Poyoko: It's all wrapped in rainbow light!
Poyoko: It's still there!
Rainbow King: I put a spell on it so it will protect you.
Poyoko: Isn't this great, Karako-chan?
Poyoko: You CAN still tell everybody you're sorry!
Rainbow King: Thank you, Poyoko!
Rainbow King: Thank you so much for saving Karako!
Poyoko: Have I turned into you? I have all the fragments now... And my hair's all shiny.
Rainbow King: You'll be okay. You know your wish, and you know how to let it go.
Poyoko: I see.
Poyoko: But how am I still okay even after using this power so much?
Rainbow King: That's because you've always used my power for other people, never for yourself.
Rainbow King: It's not because you had no heart that you were a good vessel. You can pray for other people, and that gives you the qualifications of a king.
Poyoko: (After we found Karako's body, we went back to the RTV hideout.)
Poyoko: Oz!
Oz: Lady Poyoko!
[caption: They still don't get along.]
Poyoko: Are those people okay?
Oz: Well, their bodies have gotten a bit melty... But they're all alive.
Oz: Lady Poyoko.
Oz: I'm going to talk to everybody.
Oz: I want to convince them that we have more to look forward to than death.
Oz: I want to make it so our hideout is a place everyone can feel safe and happy.
Oz: I want everyone who visits us to learn that they're not alone...
Oz: I hope I can do it...
Oz: Oooh, I'm not sure I can...
Poyoko: (I think... Oz might have a hard time with that.)
Poyoko: (But he has everybody in RTV with him, so I'm sure he'll be okay.)
Poyoko: (Karako went back to the village.)
Karako: Nooooooo! I know they're all still mad!!!!!!!!!!!!
[sfx: shove shove shove shove]
Eba: Nobody's even here anymore, dude.
Karako: Nooo!!!! Is it my fault?!
Poyoko: Eba!! No bully.
Critter: Wow, Poyoko! You've really brightened up! You remind me of the King!
Poyoko: It's great to see you again!
Critter: KARAKO?!
Karako: I, uh... I wanna say so--
Critter: Eeeee!!! It's really you, Karako!!!
Karako: Umm...
Critter: Oh, I'm so glad! It's been so long! When did you get back?!
Critter: I've wanted to apologize to you for so long!
Critter: I was so young then... I didn't think about what you were going through, and I hurt you.
[Kids: Karako's a jerk! Let's teach her a lesson!]
Critter: As the colors bleached out, everybody else left the village, but... I stayed here to wait for you.
Critter: I'm so sorry for what I did back then. Oh, and...
Critter: Welcome home, Karako!!
Karako: I... I'm sorry too... I'm so sorry...
Critter: Huh?! Why are you crying?! Does your tummy hurt?!
Poyoko: (I think "welcome home" is probably what Karako-chan wanted to hear more than anything.)
Critter: Ooh, I'm so glad I could finally apologize! I feel much better! Now if only everything were in color, it'd be perfect...
Poyoko: Leave it to me!
Poyoko: Your Majesty, lend me your strength! Let's...
Poyoko: ...bring color to the world!
Residents: The colors... our colors are back...!
Critter: YEEEEEEE!!! My polka dots are back!!! Look at my polka dots!!!!!!!!!!!
Critter: And my mom's apron! ...Wait, that was white from the start. Heehee!
Critter: Poyoko!! Thank you so much!!!
Critter: Wow!!! What is that?! It's like a giant snake with colorful stripes!! So pretty!!!
Mushka: ...Your Majesty?
Mushka: Your Majesty... is that you?
Poyoko: Eba.
Eba: Thanks for bringing the colors back, Poyoko.
Poyoko: The Rainbow King asked me to.
Poyoko: But they asked me to do this, too.
Poyoko: Eba, they had a message for you.
Poyoko: After the fragments leave my body...
Poyoko: After that... the King said they'll go back to the heavens.
Poyoko: And there, they'll be reborn.
Poyoko: They said that's the only way to come back without a vessel. Their powers and their memories will all start over from zero... so the other kings hate to do it, they said.
Poyoko: It's supposed to take a long time. But no matter how long it takes... even if they can't remember...
Poyoko: They'll come back to you, no matter what.
Poyoko: So will you be their friend again?
Rainbow King: I'm so happy that you're my first friend!
Eba: I will. Of course I will.
Eba: I'll be waiting for you, Your Majesty...
Poyoko: I'm happy for you, Eba.
Eba: Thanks, Poyoko!
Eba: You said "after the fragments leave you"... so do you have a wish...?
Poyoko: Yep.
Poyoko: And to get rid of the fragments, I have to get rid of my wish.
Poyoko: Actually... I've known what my wish was for a long, long time.
Poyoko: I wanted... to stay in this world forever.
Poyoko: I love it here. I have so many friends here, and I bet if I lived here every day would be fun.
Poyoko: But this isn't my world.
Poyoko: All the rest of you are being so brave and facing your trials... but I'm running away from mine.
Poyoko: So, I'm going home.
Poyoko: So I can move forward and grow like all of you.
Eba: I see. You've made up your mind, huh.
Poyoko: Yeah.
Eba: I know you'll be okay. You're the nicest person I know, Poyoko. And that means...
Eba: You're the strongest person I know, too.
Eba: You're sure she can get back to her world from here?
Karako: Of course I am! This is how I went to her world to call her!
Karako: Aw, man... Are you really going home, Poyoko? I wanna be with you forever...
Eba: You shut it, Miss Codependent.
Karako: Hmph! Somebody can't take a joke!
Eba: (Why you little...)
Poyoko: Are you sure you want to stay?
Karako: Yeah... It's been too long since I came here...
Karako: And I died over there, so it doesn't matter.
Karako: And!! I haven't apologized to everybody yet. I want to go travel around so I can!
Karako: She said she'd come with me too. We're gonna bring everyone back and rebuild the village!
Poyoko: Wow!
Karako: Thanks for everything, Poyoko. Don't forget about me...
Poyoko: I won't.
Poyoko: (Thank you, too, Your Majesty...)
Poyoko: (Goodbye...)
Poyoko: I'll miss you, everybody! Goodbye!
Sun King: Hahaha!
Sun King: So this is how it ends... how cliche!
Sun King: I win our bet, Moon King!
Moon King: Bet...? What bet???
Sun King: You're so forgetful!! What matters is that I win!! So lemme into your booze stash!!
Moon King: I don't wanna...
Poyoko: (This fog...)
Guide: ...for visiting our park.
Guide: Here you'll see the emblem of our park, this statue called the Rainbow Flower. Ever since our park opened, it's been beloved by many visitors.
THE EMPTY-HEARTED GIRL AND THE RAINBOW FRAGMENTS
Guide: The flower itself changes colors based on the angle you view it from, so please take a good look.
THE END
←PREV
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