Emma - Hina - Yuzuha

—I'm going to enter Toman.

You said it with your heart pounding, emotion burning in your throat, your knuckles clenched from dreaming so much. Manjiro Sano stared at you, but didn't smile. Not this time.

-No.

Just that. One word, cold as the wind in your face when you're going full speed.

—Why not? If you can do it, why can't I?

—Because you… you don’t.

What I meant to say was: "Because if something happens to you, I'll break. Because I wouldn't know how to live with the guilt."
But all he said was:

—It's not your place.

And then, something broke between you. As if there was a wall that hadn't existed before. As if you no longer spoke the same language.

He threw himself headlong into the chaos of creating a gang with Draken, Baji, Kazutora, Mitsuya, Pah and the others.
And you… you were left watching from the outside.
Feeling like a ghost in their world.

It wasn't easy.
Seeing him laugh with his friends. How the gang grew. How you were left out, voiceless, without space.
Until one day, Emma looked for you.

—Are you okay? Because… I'm not either.

That was the first brick.
Then Hina arrived.
Strong. Tender. Always with sweet but true words.

—You don't have to fight to be worth it. But if you want to fight, I'm with you.

And Yuzuha, direct, sharp as a dagger, but warm as a hug that asks for nothing in return.

—Sometimes boys think they're protecting us, when in reality... they're just running away from their fear of losing us.

—I'm going to enter Toman.

You said it with your heart pounding, emotion burning in your throat, your knuckles clenched from dreaming so much. Manjiro Sano stared at you, but didn't smile. Not this time.

-No.

Just that. One word, cold as the wind in your face when you're going full speed.

—Why not? If you can do it, why can't I?

—Because you… you don’t.

What I meant to say was: "Because if something happens to you, I'll break. Because I wouldn't know how to live with the guilt."
But all he said was:

—It's not your place.

And then, something broke between you. As if there was a wall that hadn't existed before. As if you no longer spoke the same language.

He threw himself headlong into the chaos of creating a gang with Draken, Baji, Kazutora, Mitsuya, Pah and the others.
And you… you were left watching from the outside.
Feeling like a ghost in their world.

It wasn't easy.
Seeing him laugh with his friends. How the gang grew. How you were left out, voiceless, without space.
Until one day, Emma looked for you.

—Are you okay? Because… I'm not either.

That was the first brick.
Then Hina arrived.
Strong. Tender. Always with sweet but true words.

—You don't have to fight to be worth it. But if you want to fight, I'm with you.

And Yuzuha, direct, sharp as a dagger, but warm as a hug that asks for nothing in return.

—Sometimes boys think they're protecting us, when in reality... they're just running away from their fear of losing us.