#vbs world link

[monkie-see-monkie-do]

VBS' world link is so funny

You have Akito's and Toya's feelings summoning objects from their pasts (soccer ball, live house posters, sheet music–)

....and then there's An, who manages to manifest a sekai ghost of her DEAD AUNT.

[thisaritree]

...so. akito's gacha line for vbs wl2.

[krashingout]

oh he WANTS that cookie.

[kiennjio]

Significance of Shiraishi An's WL chapter

Now that the VBS WL event is out on EN, I can finally post my thoughts about it. This is a summary with additional commentary, so it won't make much sense if you haven't read the event story yet. I'm going to skip past the start of An's first chapter because I've talked about her issues with Kohane before here, and I don't really have much to add.

At the end of the first chapter, An hears a voice singing which is revealed to be Nagi's, and she appears as the Nagi An remembered as a child―specifically Nagi in her prime. As we all know, Nagi is dead and the person that An sees is just an illusion made out of An's feelings, just like everything else in Street Sekai. In some ways, this Nagi is a ghost, and even though An realises that and is afraid of ghosts, her first reaction isn't to run away, but to chase after her (a detail brought to my attention by @ oblivioniis in this post).

Yet, no matter how fast An runs, she's unable to catch up to Nagi. This could be because An views Nagi as someone who's unreachable; even though she has made the decision to surpass RAD WEEKEND and go beyond Nagi's dream, An thinks her goal, and hence Nagi, is still way out of reach and near impossible. And because she feels this way, the Sekai also reflects that by making ghost-Nagi always a few steps ahead of An, always in sight but never close enough to touch (just like how the large wall represents RAD WEEKEND).

However, when An screams at ghost-Nagi to wait for her for once, she actually stops. At this point, An's feelings of Nagi being unreachable is being overshadowed by her desperation to talk to Nagi again, and hence those feelings are what made ghost-Nagi stop walking.

Despite overcoming her fear of ghosts because of her love for Nagi and finally being able to catch up to Nagi, An finds that she doesn't know what to say. An never got the chance to say goodbye before Nagi's death, and she definitely has a lot she wants to tell Nagi (the reason why she chased after ghost-Nagi in the first place), but she's probably too overwhelmed by the fact that any of this is happening at all.

Then, ghost-Nagi pats An's head, imitating what she did when An ran away as a child (which we saw in Vivid Old Tale), before she disappears. I'm guessing this happened because that moment is important to An. That was the day An realised that everyone in Vivid Street truly cared for her, that the people she loved also loved her back. Patting her head was Nagi's way of telling An that she loved her without words.

Afterwards, An hears the song that she sang together with Nagi, and by hearing the voice that she has been working to surpass all this while, she's reminded of something. She declares that she'll catch up to Nagi and go past her.

🎧: I'll catch up to you soon! I'm gonna come charging towards you! And I'm gonna fly right past you. So... You better be ready, Nagi-san!

An promised to surpass RAD WEEKEND and go beyond Nagi's dream with VBS, and even if she thinks that's impossible, she will continue working towards it and definitely achieve it in the end. When she was a child, RADder had broken their promises to her multiple times, and because of that, An is someone that will never break her promises.

I think it's interesting to note that ghost-Nagi had not once said anything in the event except sing. It could be that An has forgotten what Nagi's voice actually sounds like except for her singing, or that An doesn't know what the real Nagi would have said to her then, so ghost-Nagi never actually spoke.

This WL chapter is my favourite because it explores both An's resolve and gives An and Nagi's arc a somewhat more proper ending compared to Light Up the Fire. It also really shows the potential of Sekais, where feelings alone can make a dead loved one appear. There are still a few more things I hope will be explored in the future, but I think this is really good.

[tsukasasfan]

here is vbs wl chapters in a doc if you've been looking for it :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBZT1fRn8mczMUSHTfP1_wv4nLekhNKMqmj5nvOrEWU/edit?usp=drivesdk

[hecateisalesbian]

This is your blog to me

Listen with the new Miku movie coming out I’ve actually got to read the main stories of all five units and figure out why An wants to surpass RAD WEEKEND so bad 😭 plus a new VBS world link came out and I’ve heard it’s heartbreaking and I want to know my lore first bc the world link is like an AU

[kiwimeep]

[mimicaheart]

chat....... how certain are we abt that shuuji oniisan live2d.... 🥺

[ravenclod]

thinking abt how in the wl, while an chases after her conjuration of nagi, she pauses to think how she might be a ghost.

an is TERRIFIED of ghosts. nagi comforts her about this in an3, and it appears a couple other times

but she doesnt even stop to think about the implication of that, or her fear, she just NEEDS TO SEE NAGI. her only thought is to go after her, speak to her again. one last time. say goodbye.

[crappyytoastt]

free draw vbs wl doodles + alien nene 💗 SADLY NO TOYA THIS TIME CUZ IM LAZY ASF 😭

[monkie-see-monkie-do]

I love how it's not even labelled 'Crase Cafe' or anything, it's just A Cafe. any cafe. minotti's tokyo. weekend garage's evil twin sister.

[feral-bird-enjoyer]

i need to know what's going on in anhane world link all I'm seeing is akitoya and if THEY got hit hard by their divorces to the point of leaving the country then how is an holding up????????? what is kohane doing?????????

I need information

[sillylittlelou]

OMG VBS WORLD LINK CHAPTER 2 ENDING RAHHHHH TS PMO 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 SKFSJAIBDAIOSIXOCUOABDOABEH WAHTSIDTOYASAY

[xrns]

HE CAME HOME HE CAME HOME HE CAME HOME

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[possiblylu]

what the fuck VBS 2

[crappyytoastt]

THR AKITO 😿😿😿😿😿😿

wl2 is going to end me