Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiyao, a struggling game streamer temporarily hired by A Company, began livestreaming the Anime Carnival and explored its crowded venue. Her stream drew more viewers than usual as she reached the plaza and focused on the statue of Her Highness Tiany.

• Chen Xianting saw off the temporary outdoor streamers recruited by Fang Zheng and left them to make their own way at the carnival.
• The streamers decided to split up because they were competing with one another for attention.
• Shen Xiyao accepted A Company's offer, hoping to gain viewers while covering an event she enjoyed.
• Shen Xiyao began streaming under the name Nao and attracted 850 viewers, several times her usual audience.
• Shen Xiyao wandered through the carnival and stopped at the plaza statue of Her Highness Tiany.

Shen Xiyao livestreamed her visit to the Anime Carnival and excitedly discovered a cosplay gathering. She showed viewers the costumed crowds and pointed her camera into the shop where many cosplayers had gathered.

• Shen Xiyao bragged to her viewers about the limited-edition Tiany body pillow she slept with.
• Shen Xiyao spotted an interesting shop, ran toward it, and apologized after her camera jolted the livestream viewers.
• Shen Xiyao panned her camera across the crowded street, showing people dressed as anime characters, including Hoshino Yume and Demon Possession.
• Shen Xiyao turned the camera toward the shop, revealing a crowd of cosplayers inside.

Shen Xiyao entered the shop to investigate it for her livestream and learned that she could film in the main hall under staff supervision. She was left embarrassed when a shop employee knew more about her livestreaming equipment than she did.

• Shen Xiyao told her viewers she would enter the shop and try to livestream inside.
• A staff member told Shen Xiyao she could livestream in the main hall but not in the changing rooms, and that an employee would accompany her.
• Employee Li introduced himself and adjusted Shen Xiyao's equipment.
• Li asked whether Shen Xiyao knew the livestreaming device had an anti-motion-sickness mode, leaving her stunned.
• Shen Xiyao covered her face as viewers teased her for not knowing the feature.

Shen Xiyao visited a cosplay shop while livestreaming and learned what cosplay involved from an employee. She was led to a mirror as the employee explained how to create a convincing portrayal, and she was ready to try it herself.

• Shen Xiyao asked a staff member to film her and joined the queue to enter the shop.
• Shen Xiyao and her viewers saw the shop's costumes, wigs, armor, weapons, and customers dressed as characters.
• Shen Xiyao asked an employee about the outfits and learned that Director Fang had introduced cosplay and the term cosers.
• Shen Xiyao asked how to make a cosplay convincing, and the employee led her to a mirror and described researching the character, preparing costumes and props, and mastering makeup.

Shen Xiyao learned about the skills and effort involved in cosplay before choosing and buying a Chelsea outfit from "Akame ga Kill!". After changing into it, she stepped out of the fitting room feeling exposed and embarrassed by the miniskirt.

• Shen Xiyao listened as the shop assistant explained the makeup skills and attention to detail needed for convincing cosplay.
• Shen Xiyao decided to try cosplay and bought an outfit with A Company's money.
• The shop assistant recommended Akame and Chelsea, and Shen Xiyao chose Chelsea because she remembered the character's tragic ending.
• Shen Xiyao changed into Chelsea's outfit with the shop assistant's help and emerged feeling self-conscious about the miniskirt.

Shen Xiyao completed her Chelsea cosplay and showed it off during a livestream. The viewers praised her resemblance to the character and lamented the tragic fate of the girls in Akame ga Kill!.

• Shen Xiyao learned that the safety shorts beneath her skirt were another invention by Fang Zheng, who had patented and trademarked them.
• The saleswoman finished Shen Xiyao's makeup and styling after an hour.
• Shen Xiyao admired how closely her completed Chelsea cosplay matched the character.
• The livestream viewers praised Shen Xiyao's appearance and joked about Fang Zheng's inventions.
• The viewers recalled Chelsea's tragic death and complained that the girls in Akame ga Kill! had no happy endings.

Shen Xiyao livestreamed her visit to A Company’s Anime Carnival, delighting in the cosplay and activities while her viewers envied her from afar. She eventually reached Zhuyuan’s crowded commercial district and the planetarium, a major attraction tied to A Company’s first anime, “Star Dream.”

• Shen Xiyao continued her livestream in Tsukimi cosplay, showing viewers the cosplayers and activities around the Anime Carnival.
• Shen Xiyao became absorbed in the carnival and tried one activity after another, while viewers protested that she had stopped acting like a streamer.
• Shen Xiyao accumulated more purchases than she could carry, and A Company’s staff collected them for storage after she called.
• Shen Xiyao arrived at the planetarium, a popular destination associated with the success of A Company’s “Star Dream.”
• Shen Xiyao found the commercial district crowded as she reached the planetarium.

Shen Xiyao fought through a huge crowd to reach the planetarium, where fans had gathered to relive memories of Hoshino Yume from Star Dream. Her condition raised staff concerns about the crowding, and they reported the safety hazard as she recovered outside the entrance.

• Shen Xiyao livestreamed the packed commercial street and explained that many visitors had come to see the planetarium.
• Shen Xiyao entered the crowd and slowly made her way toward the planetarium, struggling to breathe in the crush of people.
• A planetarium staff member gave Shen Xiyao water and checked on her after she reached the entrance, exhausted and sweating.
• The staff took Shen Xiyao's livestreaming device, and her viewers saw her pale face and worried about her condition.
• Planetarium staff reported the dangerous crowding to their superiors while Shen Xiyao rested and began to feel better.

Shen Xiyao and the other visitors learned that the planetarium cinema was screening the theatrical version of 'Star Dream,' drawing huge crowds. The news sent fans scrambling to travel to Magic City, while ticket-booking pages struggled under the rush.

• A staff member told Shen Xiyao that heavy crowds at the cinema showing 'Star Dream' had forced the planetarium to limit entry.
• Shen Xiyao became determined to enter the planetarium, even if she had to wait until night, to see the robot girl again.
• Fans at the venue erupted with excitement when they heard about the theatrical screening and began planning trips to Magic City.
• News of the screening spread online, prompting fans who had skipped Anime Carnival to rush onto railway ticket-booking pages.
• Fans complained that the railway site was lagging and considered flying or driving to Magic City instead.

Shen Xiyao entered the planetarium, where the familiar voice of Hoshino Yume greeted her as a visitor. As the livestream audience recognized Yume, Shen Xiyao turned around, afraid she might be imagining the encounter.

• Shen Xiyao waited to enter the planetarium and saw visitors leaving with red, tearful eyes after watching Star Dream.
• Shen Xiyao rode the elevator into the planetarium and heard a familiar voice announce that she was the 2,510,000th visitor.
• Shen Xiyao thought she was hallucinating, while viewers in her livestream recognized Hoshino Yume and excitedly discussed traveling to the planetarium.
• Shen Xiyao heard the familiar voice speak again, then abruptly turned around when it addressed her.

Shen Xiyao met Hoshino Yume, the robot guide at the planetarium, and tearfully accepted a real bouquet and took a photo with her. After the guests finished taking pictures, Hoshino Yume prepared them for the planetarium show and introduced Yena.

• Shen Xiyao saw Hoshino Yume and wept as the guide apologized and welcomed her to the planetarium.
• Hoshino Yume gave Shen Xiyao a fresh bouquet, and Shen Xiyao reflected that the planetarium was better than the ruined version she remembered from the anime.
• Shen Xiyao asked to take a picture with Hoshino Yume, who agreed.
• Hoshino Yume welcomed the guests as they took turns taking pictures with her.
• Hoshino Yume asked the audience to silence their phones and introduced Yena as their partner in exploring the stars.

Hoshino Yume gave the audience a starry-sky projection in the planetarium, and the fans responded with warmth rather than the silence of the anime. After the performance, Shen Xiyao accepted a discount coupon as a keepsake and listened as Hoshino asked everyone to remember the stars when they were lost in darkness.

• The audience applauded Hoshino Yume enthusiastically, determined not to repeat the anime's scene of leaving her without support.
• Hoshino Yume revealed that the planetarium was named Jena, and the audience played along with her attempted surprise.
• Jena projected a dazzling starry sky that captivated the audience until the performance ended.
• Hoshino Yume thanked the guests and offered discount coupons, while Shen Xiyao accepted one as a memento and recalled Yume's wish to cry.
• Hoshino Yume asked the departing guests to remember the starry sky whenever they were lost in darkness.

After watching Hoshino Yume’s moving performance at the planetarium, Shen Xiyao browsed the mall, bought a chibi figure, and headed to the cinema to watch the Star Dream theatrical film. The movie began with a scene set on the commercial street she had just visited.

• Hoshino Yume’s words moved the planetarium audience, who left to make room for those still waiting.
• Shen Xiyao visited the mall beneath the planetarium and bought a chibi Hoshino Yume figure.
• A cinema staff member told Shen Xiyao she could not livestream the film, so she ended her stream and said she would return in two hours.
• Shen Xiyao entered the cinema and noticed that the audience seats each had a box of tissues beside them.
• The Star Dream film opened on the commercial street Shen Xiyao had just walked through.

The film followed an aged Kaiya as he struggled across a snowy wasteland, still carrying the regret of losing Hoshino Yume and hoping to pass something on. After children found and rescued him, the sight of Yume’s memory chip and a replay of her final moments left the audience in tears.

• Hoshino Yume’s familiar planetarium announcement played before the film shifted to a snow-covered, desolate world.
• An elderly Kaiya collapsed while dragging a heavy sled, explaining that he wanted to pass on something he could not let go of.
• Several children who had survived the war discovered Kaiya and carried him to a building resembling a church.
• Kaiya awoke with a box around his neck, and the audience realized it contained Hoshino Yume’s memory chip.
• The film showed Yume’s broken body in the rain as she spoke to Kaiya, and Shen Xiyao wept in the theater.

Shen Xiyao watched Hoshino Yume’s heartbreaking final moments in Star Person and broke down in tears. The film ended with Kaiya leaving Yume’s memory card and a constellation necklace behind before setting off alone to tell stories of the stars.

• Hoshino Yume, battered and losing power in the rain, asked whether her guest was still there and lamented that she could not cry.
• Hoshino Yume offered to show the guest the planetarium, then her eyes went gray and she lay lifeless in the ruined streets.
• Kaiya removed Hoshino Yume’s memory card and left her a necklace with a heavenly constellation pendant.
• Kaiya threw away her weapon and set out to become someone who told stories about the stars.
• Shen Xiyao wept as the film ended, while other viewers in the theater quietly sobbed.

Kaiya left the settlement after passing his legacy to someone else, but seeing a nun automaton rekindled his hope that he might reunite with the robot girl he had cherished. When the attempt failed, his strength gave out, and he faced death while Shen Xiyao watched the automaton pray for him.

• Kaiya told a child that even God could not grant every wish and decided to leave the settlement after fulfilling his greatest wish and finding someone to carry on his legacy.
• Kaiya found a nun-like automaton and tried to insert the robot girl's memory chip behind her ear.
• The attempt failed, and Kaiya clutched his chest and fell down the steps as his convictions collapsed.
• That night, the nun automaton knelt beside Kaiya's bed and prayed for him, and he asked whether heaven had one door or two.
• Shen Xiyao understood that Kaiya feared humans and robots would be separated in heaven.

Kaiya and Hoshino Yume reunited beyond death, and their farewell brought his lifelong work sharing the stars to a close. After the film ended, Shen Xiyao reflected on how Star Person portrayed the starry sky as hope for a postwar humanity rebuilding its world.

• Kaiya reached a gate in a hazy white world and reunited with Hoshino Yume at the planetarium.
• Kaiya returned the bouquet he had kept for Yume, and they thanked each other for sharing the stars with others.
• Kaiya peacefully died beneath falling snow as the film ended.
• Shen Xiyao and the theater audience remained seated, moved by the film’s ending.
• Shen Xiyao reflected that Star Person gave the starry sky a broader meaning as hope and motivation for people rebuilding after war.

After leaving the cinema, Shen Xiyao was moved to see a planetarium and robot girl named Hoshino Yume in reality. Film critic Kageshisen published a review of "Star Person" about how Kaiya carried Hoshino Yume’s hope through his life and passed it on to three children.

• Shen Xiyao left the cinema in tears, smiled at the familiar voice, and went back to touch up her ruined makeup.
• Kageshisen published a long review of "Star Person" online.
• Kageshisen described how Kaiya met Hoshino Yume and found hope while helping repair the planetarium.
• Kageshisen explained that Kaiya spent his life passing on the story of the stars and met Limot, Job, and Luther near the end of his life.
• Kageshisen reflected that Hoshino Yume’s thanks gave Kaiya redemption and made his efforts worthwhile.

Kageshisen published a review of "Star Person," speculating that the Junker chose not to replace the nun robot’s memory chip because doing so would have killed her. Shen Xiyao resumed her livestream after the movie, apologized for the delay, and recommended that viewers watch it with tissues ready.

• Kageshisen wrote that the Junker may have found a memory chip already inside the nun robot and chose not to remove it, leaving Hoshino Yume’s chip unused.
• Kageshisen’s personal, spoiler-filled review stirred discussion online, especially among anime fans.
• Shen Xiyao reopened her livestream after a two-and-a-half-hour break and apologized to viewers for keeping them waiting.
• Shen Xiyao offered to raffle off fan merchandise to make up for the delay, delighting her viewers.
• Shen Xiyao said viewers should not miss the "Star Dream" movie and advised them to bring plenty of tissues.

Shen Xiyao headed to the Tank Battle Base after deciding to save the Ferris wheel for a nighttime visit. She arrived to find a packed, heated crowd arguing about tanks, and the chapter left her on the verge of entering the fray.

• Shen Xiyao chose the Tank Battle Base over the Ferris wheel, planning to ride the wheel at night for its lights and fireworks.
• Tourists told Shen Xiyao that the tank attraction offered prizes, limited-edition figures, and displays including a Type 59 and a King Tiger.
• Shen Xiyao decided to enter the tank battle competition in hopes of winning a limited-edition figure.
• Shen Xiyao arrived at the crowded venue and heard visitors arguing over whether the Porsche Tiger was a good tank.