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sealedsongWhen Itsuki was a small child, masked men appeared in the doorway and, while she fearfully clung to and hid behind her sister, informed them that their parents had both died. Since that day, her older sister, Fu, had been both an older sister and mother figure to Itsuki.
She wakes her, cooks for her, even brushes her hair. Itsuki loves Fu deeply and feels safest in her care, but always felt like she was stagnating, always being protected and never benefiting Fu in any way.
When Fu recruits members to her Hero Club, Itsuki included, a club dedicated to community services and helping people with their problems ranging from finding a home for kittens to throwing a children's birthday parties, Itsuki still finds that she mostly lags behind, also being the youngest member...
But this changes when an attack occurs at school and Fu reveals the true nature of her heroics-- she's a hero chosen by the local deity, Shinju, to protect this world from an encroaching threat called Vertexes (strange, spirits that need to be fought on an invisible plane, by the heroes under the Shinju's protection and with powers awarded by it, in order to seal them away so they don't kill Shinju and destroy the world) and the seemingly-ordinary chat app they all had downloaded as members was also to receive missions.
They each receive a fairy companion too, Itsuki's first is a mouthless plant spirit (and so is her second).
And... Itsuki is chosen, along with the other members of the Hero Club at the time, Karin and Togo. A fourth girl seemed to prefer fighting alone, but was really just stubbornly proud and in need of friends too, joins them after some time.
While Fu always keeps a chipper, motivating air, after seeing a child desperately plead to their mother to keep the kittens their mother had called the Hero Club to find homes for, Fu felt regretful that she didn't fight and plead, in tears, to keep Itsuki out of this hero business.
But that wasn't how it was for Itsuki at all-- she didn't see it as being condemned to danger and a possibility of death, instead, she was happy that Shinju awarded her powers that would allow her to finally become someone who can give back to her sister and support her, rather than stay forever hiding at her back.
Itsuki grows stronger and is happy with her new powers. She also has a natural talent for singing, but never knew what to do with her future and due to her painfully shy nature, could not bring herself to sing confidently and show her true capabilities, in front of others, although she sings beautifully when she thinks no one is listening.
With the help of the Hero Club, although the earlier attempts at easing her nerves fail, a note secretly slipped in her book with encouraging messages from all the members (well, mostly encouraging-- Togo leaves a strange reminder that her classmates are all pumpkins, but that's Togo's character), gives her the courage to sing beautifully in her test. Her classmates note she has a talent and Itsuki finally finds a goal for her life! To become a singer.
... which takes a turn for the tragic when the last seven vertexes attack at once and it takes all their effort and activating a higher, but more costly Mankai form, to defeat them and her friends are injured and momentarily thought to be dead, although they all fought valiantly and Itsuki did her absolute best to make sure Togo and Karin got down to earth safely, even though Fu had taken a hit and hadn't moved for a worryingly long time...
But the cost for each of the girls is different. Fu is losing vision in one eye and Itsuki loses her voice. They're assured it's temporary... but, now that they've been relieved of their duties and have defeated all the Vertexes, they lose their powers, chat app, and their fairies too, without even getting to say goodbye.
She wakes her, cooks for her, even brushes her hair. Itsuki loves Fu deeply and feels safest in her care, but always felt like she was stagnating, always being protected and never benefiting Fu in any way.
When Fu recruits members to her Hero Club, Itsuki included, a club dedicated to community services and helping people with their problems ranging from finding a home for kittens to throwing a children's birthday parties, Itsuki still finds that she mostly lags behind, also being the youngest member...
But this changes when an attack occurs at school and Fu reveals the true nature of her heroics-- she's a hero chosen by the local deity, Shinju, to protect this world from an encroaching threat called Vertexes (strange, spirits that need to be fought on an invisible plane, by the heroes under the Shinju's protection and with powers awarded by it, in order to seal them away so they don't kill Shinju and destroy the world) and the seemingly-ordinary chat app they all had downloaded as members was also to receive missions.
They each receive a fairy companion too, Itsuki's first is a mouthless plant spirit (and so is her second).
And... Itsuki is chosen, along with the other members of the Hero Club at the time, Karin and Togo. A fourth girl seemed to prefer fighting alone, but was really just stubbornly proud and in need of friends too, joins them after some time.
While Fu always keeps a chipper, motivating air, after seeing a child desperately plead to their mother to keep the kittens their mother had called the Hero Club to find homes for, Fu felt regretful that she didn't fight and plead, in tears, to keep Itsuki out of this hero business.
But that wasn't how it was for Itsuki at all-- she didn't see it as being condemned to danger and a possibility of death, instead, she was happy that Shinju awarded her powers that would allow her to finally become someone who can give back to her sister and support her, rather than stay forever hiding at her back.
Itsuki grows stronger and is happy with her new powers. She also has a natural talent for singing, but never knew what to do with her future and due to her painfully shy nature, could not bring herself to sing confidently and show her true capabilities, in front of others, although she sings beautifully when she thinks no one is listening.
With the help of the Hero Club, although the earlier attempts at easing her nerves fail, a note secretly slipped in her book with encouraging messages from all the members (well, mostly encouraging-- Togo leaves a strange reminder that her classmates are all pumpkins, but that's Togo's character), gives her the courage to sing beautifully in her test. Her classmates note she has a talent and Itsuki finally finds a goal for her life! To become a singer.
... which takes a turn for the tragic when the last seven vertexes attack at once and it takes all their effort and activating a higher, but more costly Mankai form, to defeat them and her friends are injured and momentarily thought to be dead, although they all fought valiantly and Itsuki did her absolute best to make sure Togo and Karin got down to earth safely, even though Fu had taken a hit and hadn't moved for a worryingly long time...
But the cost for each of the girls is different. Fu is losing vision in one eye and Itsuki loses her voice. They're assured it's temporary... but, now that they've been relieved of their duties and have defeated all the Vertexes, they lose their powers, chat app, and their fairies too, without even getting to say goodbye.
