| Sakuya | Time to dig in! |
| Citron | Let's eat! |
| Manager | The sales for our live-viewing tickets seem to be doing good! |
| Izumi | Really? |
| Manager | Even though it's like an exhibition match with the first gens, it seems like we'll make quite a profit from this. |
| Fufufu… If we hold this event several times, we can expand the manager's room… |
| Izumi | Sorry to break it to you, but we won't! |
| Sakyo | Don't expand your room as you please. |
| Sakuya | It must be because of the prominent OG members and Tenma-kun's name that it's gotten this big! |
| Itaru | But when I take a look online, apparently the newborn MANKAI Company is also garnering attention, you know. |
| Sakyo | It's a good chance for us to gain reputation. |
| Thanks to the online broadcast, people who can't come to Veludo Way will be able to watch the play too. |
| For us newborn MANKAI Company, this will be our biggest performance ever. |
| Tsuzuru | Ugh… my stomach hurts… |
| Izumi | A-Are you okay? |
| Tsuzuru | It's just, I’ve finally realized now how much of a pressure all of this is, given that this is such a highly anticipated performance--and the fact that my co-star is the Tenma Sumeragi…. |
| Izumi | I-I see… I can't exactly tell you not to mind this, but it may be better if you just don't listen to what people say. |
| Tsuzuru | Yea, right… |
| *sighs*... |
| Izumi | (I'm not sure if it's because of his nervousness, but his performance has been stiff lately even during rehearsals.) |
| (This isn't good, since one of the charms of this play is the funny exchange between Tenma-kun's Kurou and Tsuzuru-kun's Benkei.) |
| (The tempo of their dialogue doesn't match. But even if I let Tsuzuru-kun know about it, I'm afraid it will only have the opposite effect.) |
| Hmm… |
| Citron | Is everything OK? |
| I've come up with a great idea! The "new change of mice" that I've been preparing has burst into flame! |
| Izumi | It'll really be a new change of pace, right…? |
| Citron | Why, of course! |
| Izumi | (I wonder what kind of things he's come up with…) |
| |
| MC | "Welcome to Veludo Comedy Festival! Let's get this party started!" |
| *applause* |
| Izumi | (So this is what Citron-kun meant by a change of pace! I knew it!) |
| Tenma | It's oddly luxurious. |
| Sakuya | MIZUNO Enterprise is apparently sponsoring this, and it's being broadcast both on Veludo TV and online. |
| The Grand Prix will be decided by the audience's voting. |
| Chikage | They're going all out, huh. |
| Kazunari | This kind of festival sure is exciting, rite~!? |
| Kumon | I can't wait to see the performances! |
| Tsuzuru | … |
| Izumi | Tsuzuru-kun, are you okay? |
| Tsuzuru | M-More or less… |
| Yuki | You sure are taking it easy huh, practicing manzai during rehearsals. |
| Tsuzuru | Citron-san won't take no for an answer, after all. But well, it can be a great change of pace. |
| Tenma | Manzai can be a great reference for comical acts. I’ve also been observing. |
| |
| Izumi | Isn't it almost time for Citrun's turn? |
| Tsuzuru | I'm off… |
| Izumi | Speaking of, where's Citron-san? |
| Sakuya | I haven't seen him. |
| Itaru | Shall I send him a LIME? |
| Citron | Oh my sorry! |
| Izumi | !? |
| Citron | I have chronic hiccups and an upset stomach! |
| Masumi | Chronic hiccups? |
| Tenma | That sounds really awful. |
| Citron | In any case, I can't go onstage! |
| Tsuzuru | Whaaat!? |
| Citron | I'll leave it to you, Tenma! |
| Tenma | Why me!? |
| Citron | You should be able to pull it off! You've been watching us practice, after all! |
| Tenma | No, I can't just go onstage without letting my agency know about it--! |
| Citron | Mizuno Man! Tsuzuru is in crisis! |
| Mizuno | H-Here I come!! |
| Tsuzuru | !! |
| Citron | I'm gonna borrow your mask! |
| Mizuno | Ah, wait--! |
| *wraps* |
| Citron | They won't know you like this! |
| Tenma | The hell is this!? |
| Citron | Kurou is a character that changes personalities when drunk, right? Now, you will turn into a totally different person with a mask! |
| Tenma | What's with this nonsense--. |
| Citron | This is like role-building! If you're a professional actor, you should be able to do it! |
| Tenma | ARRRGH ENOUGH!! FINE, I'LL DO IT!! |
| |
| God, why do I have to do this… |
| Citron | I have a chronic hiccup, it can't be helped! |
| Tenma | That's total bullshit! |
| Tsuzuru | *sighs* It's gonna be streamed online… |
| Citron | Tsuzuru. |
| I was six years old when I was first introduced to the public as a crown prince. |
| I was scared at the time. My mind went blank. |
| But my father told me… |
| When you're standing in front of a lot of people, you won't be able to see each of their faces. Thus, it's not scary. |
| However, even all those people have moments when they're having fun, struggling, sad, laughing, and crying… |
| They're all human beings, just like you. |
| If you simply think you're speaking to each of the individuals, and not a whole group, your tension will ease. That's what he told me. |
| Tsuzuru | Citron-san… |
| Tenma | What a nice thing to say. |
| I'm no longer nervous about being in front of the public anymore, but during the screening of my first movie, I couldn't even do the meet-and-greet properly. I stuttered. |
| It's different from when I was on set, so I panicked. |
| It was embarrassing, and there was an article about that too. Though people stopped talking about that incident at some point. |
| If you fail at something, it is what it is. And with that thought in mind, I managed to remain composed. |
| Being an actor is all about feeling ashamed, Tsuzuru-san. We can't always look perfect. |
| Besides, even if we fail today, I'll be sharing that embarrassment with you. |
| Even our upcoming Showdown Act will be shared with everyone taking the stage. |
| We'll carry it all together. It's going to be okay. |
| Tsuzuru | --. |
| Thanks, you two. |
| |
| MC | "Up next we have Citru--hm? No, Temarun! Please welcome!" |
| Tsuzuru | Hello. |
| Tenma | Hello! Nihao! Namaste! Ooh ooh! |
| Tsuzuru | Hang on, man! Just what kind of character are you playing now!? |
| Izumi | (Looks like Tsuzuru-kun has completely put his issues behind now.) |
| That's great, right, Citron-kun? |
| Citron | ….Nggghhhh, I really do want to take the stage after all! |
| Izumi | Huuuh!? |
| Citron | From here on, we'll be going as a trio Cimarun! |
| Tenma | Hey!? |
| Tsuzuru | Hey, aren't you being too carefree suddenly crashing the stage like this!? |
| Citron | Putting that aside, it's been raining a lot recently. Speaking of rain--. |
| Tenma | Don't just suddenly enter the plot as if nothing happened! |
| Itaru | This is so avant-garde… |
| |
| MC | "Now, we'll move on to the special award! First off, the "It's Still Too Early for Mankind Award" goes to Cimarun!" |
| Citron | We did it! |
| Tsuzuru | Is this something we should be happy about? |
| Itaru | Well, some people online are apparently going wild over this. |
| Yuki | Grats. |
| Tsuzuru | We could've made people crack up the usual way if Citron-san didn't crash the stage… |
| Tenma | I've never planned on getting this kind of award in my life… |
| Tsuzuru | Haha. Nice work. |
| Tenma | Hmph, the same goes to you. |
| Izumi | (For some reason, it looks like the two have created a strange sense of solidarity.) |
| *phone rings* |
| Muku | Is it yours, Tenma-kun? |
| Tenma | ...Crap. It's Igawa. He might have found out. |
| Citron | Oh, it's folding time! |
| Tenma | Folding? |
| Masumi | You mean scolding? |
| Tenma | Whose fault do you think it is!? |
