Buzz Lightyear Suddenly Realized He Was a Toy

Mono no aware.

It was a Japanese loanword referring to things that were beautiful and brilliant in the moment, yet destined to vanish like a flash in the pan.

Beautiful cherry blossoms would inevitably wither in tragic finality; no matter how earth-shattering a declaration might be, in the end, it was no more than an echo in an empty valley. No matter how breathtakingly beautiful a girl had been in life, in the end, she was still just a set of white bones beneath the yellow sands.

Fate was fickle, and time flew by. That was mono no aware.

My old friend, you know I will eventually leave, sooner or later.

One day, I will no longer be me. I will be like the setting sun before nightfall, like a lamp whose flame is about to go out.

But at least today, at this moment, my friend...

I will fight for you!

I am Supreme Superboy Monkey, a monkey living in the multiverse.

I am merely a strange creature spawned by a fellow called Batman Dragon using the magical power of the Red.

My life was destined to be short, but it would certainly be brilliant and blazing.

Like cherry blossoms filling the sky, then being blown away...

Stars falling like rain.

Inside the World Forge.

For some unknown reason, Monitor had not fought Anti-Monitor for control of Barbatos's body. Thus, although the two of them were now jointly controlling Barbatos, Anti-Monitor himself was still the primary controller.

On closer examination, Monitor's actions had been rather strange from the very beginning.

Not only had he given the Tuning Fork, an important tool for suppressing Anti-Monitor, to Dumb Owl, he had later joined forces with the Anti-Monitor he had always opposed.

Monitor had actually given up so easily