Intermission: Sorrow Rain
The scene takes place during a rainy night years ago. Nene is waiting in the middle of a street without an umbrella, and then Kurono arrives while under an umbrella. Nene says that she heard from Nangou that Kurono is finally getting married and congratulates Kurono. Though Nene is genuinely congratulating Kurono, her eyes are filled with anger. She then says that she doesn’t understand why Kurono has to retire from the KOK A-League because of that. The next match will be between Nene and Kurono, and Nene is looking forward to settle the score they were unable to fulfill during the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Nene asks if Kurono has become afraid and Kurono says yes. Nene then angrily grabs the collar of Kurono’s suit and asks her why even though she’s Kurono Takizawa the “World Clock” and ranked 3rd in the world. Kurono drops her umbrella during that moment and explains while looking down. She says that she’s not afraid of Nene or herself. After the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, they heard from Nangou and Ryouma that someday they will surpass the limit of their soul. While she was forging herself in order to settle her score with Nene, she saw an image of herself just one step away from passing through a door. She understood that passing through the door will enable her to overcome the fate given to her and it was necessary in order to fight Nene. It was also the same thing Nene saw when she was forging herself for her rematch with Kurono. However, while she was about to pass through that door Kurono heard the voice of her lover Takumi from behind. She realized that achieving “Brute Soul” won’t guarantee if she will remain human and if meeting Takumi was her fate as a person then she doesn’t want to throw it away, including her future as Takumi’s wife. Kurono explains while caressing her lower abdomen. She then says this is her limit and she can’t move forward anymore, and so she decided to retire from the KOK. Nene realizes even though Kurono feels guilty, she doesn’t regret her decision. Nene protests, saying that Kurono’s wish of becoming Takumi’s woman must be a mistake because they had so much fun when they fought in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Kurono agrees that giving all of her life to defeat her opponent was fun and felt really ecstatic. However, Kurono can no longer fight like that because she has found something more important than her life and pride. As shown in a pic, Kurono apologizes while bowing her head which causes Nene to have a pain look on her face and tells Kurono to stop because she doesn’t want to look down on her like this. Knowing their paths will never cross again causes tears from Nene’s eyes to flow together with the rain. The next day, Kurono officially announces her retirement from the KOK.
Intermission: Sorrow Rain
The scene takes place during a rainy night years ago. Nene is waiting in the middle of a street without an umbrella, and then Kurono arrives while under an umbrella. Nene says that she heard from Nangou that Kurono is finally getting married and congratulates Kurono. Though Nene is genuinely congratulating Kurono, her eyes are filled with anger. She then says that she doesn’t understand why Kurono has to retire from the KOK A-League because of that. The next match will be between Nene and Kurono, and Nene is looking forward to settle the score they were unable to fulfill during the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Nene asks if Kurono has become afraid and Kurono says yes. Nene then angrily grabs the collar of Kurono’s suit and asks her why even though she’s Kurono Takizawa the “World Clock” and ranked 3rd in the world. Kurono drops her umbrella during that moment and explains while looking down. She says that she’s not afraid of Nene or herself. After the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, they heard from Nangou and Ryouma that someday they will surpass the limit of their soul. While she was forging herself in order to settle her score with Nene, she saw an image of herself just one step away from passing through a door. She understood that passing through the door will enable her to overcome the fate given to her and it was necessary in order to fight Nene. It was also the same thing Nene saw when she was forging herself for her rematch with Kurono. However, while she was about to pass through that door Kurono heard the voice of her lover Takumi from behind. She realized that achieving “Brute Soul” won’t guarantee if she will remain human and if meeting Takumi was her fate as a person then she doesn’t want to throw it away, including her future as Takumi’s wife. Kurono explains while caressing her lower abdomen. She then says this is her limit and she can’t move forward anymore, and so she decided to retire from the KOK. Nene realizes even though Kurono feels guilty, she doesn’t regret her decision. Nene protests, saying that Kurono’s wish of becoming Takumi’s woman must be a mistake because they had so much fun when they fought in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Kurono agrees that giving all of her life to defeat her opponent was fun and felt really ecstatic. However, Kurono can no longer fight like that because she has found something more important than her life and pride. As shown in a pic, Kurono apologizes while bowing her head which causes Nene to have a pain look on her face and tells Kurono to stop because she doesn’t want to look down on her like this. Knowing their paths will never cross again causes tears from Nene’s eyes to flow together with the rain. The next day, Kurono officially announces her retirement from the KOK.
