The Story After the Petals Fall
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Lyrics/Song - You Takahashi Art - Tsukasa Ryuuguu
The one who raised me
was a small little girl,
though I was nearly eaten by her pet at first...
When you sowed me in the ground, you knew I'd bloom into a big flower,
and it made your heart dance...
Being so young, the ground you chose wasn't very well exposed to the sun;
it pained me that I couldn't grow big for you...
Still, you watered me heroically, and talked to me too
I was so happy to see your face so close...
The single summer of life given to this sunflower
was much too short to feel your warmth...
Worrying for me as I weakened, your enthused assistance
was kind of like water torture - but through it, without even having eyes,
I could still weep parting tears for you...
I was so glad that you would cry for me as I wilted,
that I learned a spell to take the same form as you
I wanted to go to you right away, but we lived in different worlds
so I decided to just watch over you in secret...
Any bugs, dogs, or brats who attacked you, once they got a whiff of my special pollen,
would make faces that clearly told they were moments from death...
Once I'd mastered using my pollen, I was surrounded by burly men;
being small even as a human, it was a little bit worrisome, but...
Sunflowers bloom strongly; keeping my distance with kicks,
I hit them all over with right punches, turning their organs to mush
They'll be eating liquids for a while; I'll feed them some slime!
I was hurt a little bit, but the sound of piano came from your room,
and once I started listening, I forgot all about it...
I wanted to talk to you just once...
So close, yet so far; sometimes it felt so crushing...
But one day, I heard rumors,
about a school that would accept all kinds of species...
There, we could be together...!
I'm sorry, but just once, I'll do something unforgivable;
I'll use my pollen to rewrite your memories and change your first-choice school...
Next year, we'll be in the same place, wearing the same uniform
I'm so excited to talk, I've already decided
the first words I'll say to you...
The Story After the Petals Fall
The sunflower girl Aoi Yakumo appears in "The Festive Monster's Cheerful Failure," a serialized manga on Gangan Online!