Believe in the Me Who Believes in You (Unsent Letter from Kamina) Gurren Lagann Fanfic by MythboundCal
Oi, Simon.
I don’t know if you’ll ever find this. Maybe it’ll burn up in battle. Maybe I’ll never get the guts to hand it to you. Doesn’t matter.
Some things you say just in case. Just in case the drill stops turning. Just in case I don’t get to shout one more time.
So here it is.
You’ve got something in you that’s bigger than fear. Bigger than the hole you think you’re digging out of. You’ve got you.
I know sometimes you shake. I know you doubt yourself. So let me carry that for a while.
Don’t believe in yourself. Believe in the me who believes in you.
And when even that’s not enough?
Believe in the you I already see— The one who’s going to change the whole damn world.
Because you will, Simon. You have to. You’re the one who keeps going when it’s impossible.
Me? I was just the first idiot loud enough to punch the heavens.
But you? You’re the one who’s gonna pierce them.
So when they ask— When the whole world asks—
“Just who the hell do you think you are?!”
You tell them. Say it with your chest. Say it like a drill tearing through doubt.
“I’m Simon. And I’m the one he believed in.”
If I’m not around tomorrow, that’s alright. I was never supposed to last forever.
I was the spark. You’re the fire.
Now go light the damn sky.
— Kamina
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This piece is a love letter—not just from Kamina to Simon, but from me to you. All of you.
Any one of us could be Simon. All of us, at some point, have doubted the strength we carry. And that’s why Kamina echoes so loudly in our hearts— because we all have someone who saw our fire before we did. 🦋