I was worried...
that I was the only one who still remembered the promise.
The glimmer we both saw that day.
Destiny and binding.
Future and tenacity.
But...
you had remembered all this time.
I had lost everything due to foolishness.
But you let me be reborn as a stage girl once more.
So that we could Starlight together.
That's why...
Today is the final day of auditions.
The final day, huh.
It always comes so suddenly.
The ones to pass will be decided, and a new stage of destiny will begin.
"No matter how far off the star we dream of is,
as long as we keep believing,
it will be within reach."
That's Hermann Hesse.
Bananice one!
Yeah...
You're right.
We just have to give it our all until the end.
Aiming for stardom!
Yeah!
As a stage girl, until the end, I'll...
It all went by so fast.
My big day has finally come.
The day I become the top star.
If it's gonna be anyone, it'll be me.
Futaba-han, how many times have you won?
What about you?
'Tis a secret.
Then 'tis a secret for me too.
Well, there's no use worrying at this point.
That's right.
I'll just do what I've always done until it's over.
Did you manage to win against Tendo-han?
I told you, 'tis a secret.
The final day?
The final day of auditions?
Karen-chan, you're making a mess!
What now? What should I do?
Not you too, Hikari-chan!
Get out, the two of you!
It's the last day, so I want to declutter the room and my thoughts.
Oh, in that case, I'll help!
Me too.
You'll only make it worse, so no.
You're not allowed back for a while.
What now?
Yeah, what should we do?
Oh right, the promise!
Promise?
Let's go!
Now then, let's get to it.
Ugh, she's here.
You really are vexing.
You're always one step ahead.
Isn't that because we're thinking the same thing?
The same thing?
The 100th Seisho Festival.
The next Starlight.
The resolution to birth something new.
The courage to tackle the unknown.
The hopes and feelings of the B class.
The only thing that can meet the passion of those working backstage is...
The glimmer of the top star.
So this is what it was!
It's open!
This is the promise you mentioned?
We promised to come back here again, remember?
Did you forget?
No, I... remembered.
That's what I thought.
What is it?
I was just thinking about how lame I was.
I'm sorry?
You probably don't remember...
But during the entrance exam,
I was the one who invited you.
For a stretch.
The thoroughbred everyone was talking about.
The prodigy stage girl, Tendo Maya.
I wanted to see what you could do.
You burned too brightly for me.
Whether it was the entrance exam or the Seisho Festival, I always came in second.
Yeah, I was really lame.
Of course I remember that.
But...
Merci.
I got ahead of myself as a "genius child actor" and "future top star",
but you brought me down to earth,
and caused me to be reborn.
However, I will not lose.
I'll become the top star
and prove that I'm not just here to make you look better.
I'm looking forward to it,
Saijo Claudine.
You really are vexing.
It's like it's changed, yet it's still the same.
So it's already been 12 years
since we bought these and traded them.
Yeah.
Hikari-chan!
Look, over there!
This is still the same.
I think the two of us have always been together.
Let's meet here again next year.
On the night of the star festival.
It's the same as back then, Hikari-chan.
On our way home from watching the play,
we acted out Starlight here.
Say, Karen.
Yeah?
Have I changed?
You haven't changed a bit, Hikari-chan.
"Let's Starlight together."
You've been the same since the day we made that promise.
You haven't changed at all.
Let's go, to pluck that star together!
That was so much fun!
But all those onlookers came out of nowhere.
That was kind of embarrassing.
Just a bit.
Let's come here again, Hikari-chan.
Yeah.
Karen...
Some day, once more...
Hikari-chan, your phone...
Thank you, Karen...
for remembering our promise all this time.
For becoming "we" together with me.
Hikari-chan?
So...
Is this...
The audience seats?
What's...
What's going on here?
There is someone who joined partway.
So there is a need to adjust the program.
The only ones able to pass based on the results so far
are you four at the top.
Thus,
on this final day we will hold a special two-on-two performance.
You will be performing a revue duet.
A revue... duet?
Two-on-two.
You mean a tag match?
Hikari-chan!
We really can become stars together!
Karen...
Special treatment...
Now, Tendo Maya-san...
Which stage girl will you choose?
You're ready, I take it?
Oui.
Then, Kagura Hikari-san...
Which stage girl will you choose?
Aijo Karen!
Yeah!
He even went and prepared food for us.
Kaoruko?
If we can't become top stars,
there's no point in us watching this.
We're going home, Futaba-han.
I'm watching it.
I have to see what I was lacking.
I'm watching it too.
I'll watch, practice,
and make it so I won't lose to anyone next time!
It's frustrating to not be able to stand on that stage, but...
We've got to watch over them
and see what stage of destiny they choose.
Revue duet.
I understand.
In my firmly raised hands...
A flower of love blooms gracefully.
Even if it must end in tragedy...
I jump onto the shining stage!
99th generation, Kagura Hikari!
99th generation, Aijo Karen!
We'll Starlight you all!
Everyone has the same chance to shine.
So I will dance my dance of love fiercer than anyone else
and fly with my wings of freedom higher than anyone else!
Second seat of the 99th generation, Saijo Claudine.
I am the only star!
The radiance of the moon, the love of the stars.
Having gathered a multitude of lights,
I will now deliver them to your heart.
Head of the 99th generation, Tendo Maya.
On this night, I will deliver brilliance unto you!
Today is the final day of auditions.
The Revue of Destiny is starting.
If even one person loses their cloak, both members of the team lose.
Well then.
Let it begin!
Let's go, Hikari-chan!
Yeah.
I can tell, I really can.
How you will move and how you will leap.
The only one who can keep up with you...
The only one who can keep up with me...
Saijo Claudine...
Tendo Maya...
There's so much glimmer!
They're both incredible!
I mustn't keep losing to them.
Karen.
Hikari-chan!
We'll be remade!
The two move as one.
That is their glimmer's...
But compared to ours...
We'll seize that star together!
Position zero!
Hikari-chan!
This marks the end of the revue duet.
Wait!
I'm the one who lost.
Me, not her!
Tendo Maya hasn't lost!
Not to anyone!
Tendo Maya...
hasn't lost!
Maya... hasn't lost.
My... Ma...
My Maya would never lose here.
Maya hasn't lost!
Exactly.
I haven't lost.
Those two simply Starlighted more than us in this revue.
I haven't lost. So...
Stand up, Claudine.
With you, I'll be able to fly even higher.
You're cute when you cry, my Claudine.
You really are vexing!
We won.
Against those two.
Yeah.
We passed the auditi—
What's happening?
The last audition,
the Revue of Tragedy is starting.
Aim to become the top star,
sing, dance, and fight to win.
Hikari-chan!
I knew it.
Only one person can pass the auditions after all.
We can't become stars together.
I understand.
Thank you, Karen.
Hikari-chan?
You remembered me.
You were "we" together with me.
Your glimmer illuminated me,
guided me,
and allowed me to be reborn as a stage girl once more.
So that we could Starlight together.
But I can't steal your glimmer.
I won't let them steal it.
So, Karen...
So...
Goodbye.
Girls' Musical Revue Starlight.
I understand.