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Notes:

• For AkaUsa.

I decided to go for a bit of a canon divergence angle. Ranko was so protective towards Nagomi, but of course she wasn't there in the final episode... So this is a bit of a "what if" for the two of them. Since Nagomi in the epilogue wears the barrette Ranko gave her, I wanted to draw Ranko with the earring Nagomi had picked for her at the same time.

(Though, you can interpret this as taking place at another point in time or Ranko as a ghost, too!)

I hope you enjoy this! It was really fun to give Ranko some love. 💕