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A Story for Sale
Xillionart
Summary:
"You speak as if you're over it."
"What, aren't you?"
A NoaEgo short comic. To make N.E.L. possible, Ego was forced to promise his sponsors a "story". Now he had to
coerceinformnegotiate with Noa, his ex-whatever-he-is, to make it come true.
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Notes:
- President of JFU, Chapter 207 (to Ego): "You haven’t forgotten about the 'story' you promised me when we approved your proposal, right, Ego-chan? After all, football is business!"
- Ego, Ch. 205 (to Yukimiya): "I’m not that kind of vulgar trash who would stoop so low to release people’s private information for public consumption."
- Noa's interview line from Isagi's prelude light novel: "(I'd rather score a hat trick and lose 3-4 than assist my teammate and win 1-0...) Such emotions are not for sale anywhere. (そんな感情どこにも売ってないだろ)."
- I once didn’t think the “promised story” refers to Ego’s backstory with Noa, because tbh nobody cares about a failed player at the football's backwater. I thought it referred to grooming up a manmade super idol like Nagi or Isagi. But after noticing Ego’s line in Ch. 205, I’m not sure anymore.
- Plus, my fandom brain just can’t let go of the opportunity to explore Ego's tendency of self-deprecation. Striking a deal with the bureaucracy you hate? “I would vanish, but you have changed Japanese football”? Did I just smell self-sacrifice? Delicious, how delicious, Ego-chan…
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