1) Moths Cannot Leave the Streetlight.
Dozens of moths always linger around a park streetlight, unable to tear themselves away from the brilliant glow. Why do these foolish creatures hover endlessly around the light?
The reason is simple: artificial illumination causes sensory confusion. Moths are not actually flying toward the light out of desire; they are biological prisoners trapped within that radiance, unable to find their way back to the dark.
And here is a man who resembles those moths.
A man named Kamiki Hikaru.
"I'm going mountain climbing next week. I've been obsessed with it lately. Look, I even use an app to track the peaks I've conquered."
"That sounds lovely. I like mountains too. But do be careful. If something happens up there, there's a chance you'll never be found. Watch your step."
Kamiki Hikaru is the kind of man who finds the meaning of his existence in extinguishing a light that shines too brilliantly.
I feel the weight of my own life through the act of taking your precious one.
In that sense, he is a moth. A moth driven by a psychological defect to fly toward the light, forever trapped in a cycle of murder, unable to escape the glare.
But there was one specific light he craved above all others.
The most radiant light in the world.
"Hide."
Kamiki Hikaru was deeply pleased with the current situation, as Hide's past was being dragged into the open.
I wonder, just how much is your life worth?
The more Hide's past was revealed, the easier it became to get close enough to snuff out that light.
2) Idol
What is the essence of an idol? Some might call them products meticulously manufactured by agencies, while others might say they are vessels of hope delivering dreams to their fans.
However, the common denominator between these two views is that the girl is forced to erase her true self, pressured by others to play the role of an 'icon.'
At their core, idols are neither agency-designed products nor shimmering beacons of light; they are merely ordinary girls forced to carry the crushing weight of being an icon.
In that regard, Ai was a girl who could no longer be called an idol.
"Ai is more fragile than she looks. Let's take care of her since she just went through a breakup!"
"Of course!!"
Ai was now just a normal girl, like any other you might meet on the street, rather than an untouchable icon. Because she had never been loved, she found it hard to trust others; she was surprisingly cowardly, easily hurt, and suffered deeply from misunderstandings—just a regular girl.
"Ai! They opened an amazing dessert shop in Kabukicho!!! Let's go together!"
"Hide is seriously such a jerk!! How could he hide something like that from you?"
The secret to how Ai became a normal girl was that she had finally learned to express her sincerity. She no longer played the 'icon' to mask her own weakness.
"Thank you.... truly...."
She was no longer a child who had forgotten how to cry.
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[B-Komachi's Ai!!! Succeeds in sweeping the charts for the first time since Enfants Terribles!!!!]
[A new star emerges!! Her true value shines only after escaping the shadow of Enfants Terribles!!]
To the public, Ai was no longer a 'pure entity scattering smiles to make everyone happy.' She could no longer lie to her fans, nor did she hide her vulnerabilities.
That was why her fans no longer wanted her to be a perfect icon. Instead, they wanted her to be a person who laughed and cried alongside them, experiencing the full spectrum of human emotion.
A rock star in the truest sense, someone who could comfort others by laying bare her own pain—that was the Ai of today.