The room erupted in applause. For the next hour, they traded their favorite Momoka moments: the time she wrote a 10-page essay on why Kaito's cooking tasted like "a hug from a clumsy ghost," the time she built a whole scrapbook for a relationship that only lasted three weeks, the time she told her rival, "I'm not fighting you for him. I'm cheering for me to be brave enough to tell him how I feel."
A ripple of appreciative murmurs went through the crowd. Sora nodded, her eyes wide. "Yes! That’s the core of Momoka. She’s not a passive romantic lead. She’s an enthusiast of the heart. She studies her own feelings like a scientist discovering a new element." PPPD130 Enthuse About Sex Momoka Nishina
The lights came up. And for everyone in Room 4C, the real world felt just a little bit more like a story worth telling. The room erupted in applause
The moderator, a young woman named Sora with glasses perched on her nose and a Momoka keychain dangling from her lanyard, clapped her hands. "Alright, everyone. Let’s get real. We’re not here to debate who Momoka should end up with. We’re here to celebrate the why of her relationships. Who wants to start?" Sora nodded, her eyes wide
Then, a quieter voice from the front row. A woman with silver-streaked hair, maybe in her forties, holding a worn paperback of the original light novels. "You're all focusing on Kaito. And he's wonderful, yes. But what about the failed romances? What about the storyline with Yuki in the second act?"
Someone in the audience audibly gasped.