| Kazunari | Ssup, Settzer~. |
| Banri | …Yo. |
| Kazunari | I heard a big name went to the Theater and Dance Department today and held a workshop. |
| My friend told me he's from a popular theater troupe. |
| Banri | Oh, yea. The lecture ended in three secs. |
| Kazunari | Three seconds!? So short! |
| Banri | Well. Thanks to that, not many people participated in the workshop. |
| Kazunari | How was the workshop? |
| Banri | Hmm… |
| Kazunari | …Settzer? |
| --Alrite! Let's go buy boba on our way home! |
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| Store staff | Welcome~. |
| Kazunari | I'll have matcha soy milk with red beans and extra pearls. How about you, Settzer? |
| Banri | Oolong milk tea. Less sugar. |
| Store Staff | Understood~. |
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| Kazunari | So? What kind of person is Kabuto? |
| Banri | At first I was like, "The heck is wrong with this guy?" But what he pointed out during the workshop was accurate. |
| Kazunari | What did he say to you? |
| Banri | Nothing. |
| He doesn't have any issues with my acting in general, but he told me I was nothing but a skillful actor who could only bring a performance to 100 points, not 120 points. |
| He also told me I don't have to choose acting. Anything will do. |
| Kazunari | Say whaaat!? That's too harsh! He doesn't even know you that well! |
| Banri | Well, honestly, he wasn't entirely wrong. |
| Watching all kinds of performances in Veludo Way, I do admit that what that guy said, the "120-points moment", certainly exists. |
| Even though the performance and the actor stay the same, at that moment, everything changes drastically. It's like a miracle. |
| Kazunari | Ah… I think I understand that. |
| Banri | Among all the plays I've done so far, I think the me in "How Wonderfully Picaresque" was the closest to that. |
| Rather than breaking out of my shell, I felt like I’d casted off my skin that time. |
| Since then, I've gained more experience and learned many new things. My knowledge about acting and physical expressions has also increased… |
| I feel like I can calmly deliver a much better performance than during our debut show. |
| But I don't think I can bring myself to 120 points, being so immersed in your role during a performance that you forget who you are. |
| What prevents me from entering that state is what I consider my strength--the fact that I always objectively think about how I should present myself. |
| Kazunari | So to sum it up, you can't be immersed in your role because you're always calm? |
| Banri | I'll never achieve such a thing as long as I don't cast my strength away. Then again, it ain't something you can easily give up. |
| I know that. Because of that, what that guy said really hit where it hurts. |
| He told me I don't have enough reason to say theater is my only option. |
| Kazunari | Lecturers always say that kind of thing, huh. Ever since I got into uni, I've always been asked about what I want to express through my art and design. |
| But it's not like I have a theme I want to express for the rest of my life through art. |
| I've come to realize I'm more suited to be a creator who creates things with someone rather than being a solo artist. |
| I get your feelings, though, Settzer. I worried about a lot of things before I decided to take this path. |
| But well, our uni is one that will support that kind of student with all their might. |
| Banri | …You have a point. They do make us do a lot of things, like contemporary dance or mime. Not just acting. |
| Kazunari | With all the opportunities they let us have, it sure helps us easily find what we want to do for the rest of our lives, right~. |
| Besides, aren't we super duper lucky? |
| Even in MANKAI Company, we have a lot of model cases of life simply just by watching these guys. |
| There are some who devote their life to theater, and there are some who don't. |
| That's why, you should try to talk with a lot of people and think it through. |
| Banri | I see. |
| Kazunari | How about talking with Tsumutsumu for starters? |
| Banri | (…He has a point. Talking about acting with Tsumugi-san sounds fun.) |
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| Tsumugi | … |
| Banri | Tsumugi-san. |
| Tsumugi | Ah. Welcome home, Banri-kun. |
| Banri | Say, do you have a moment after this? There's something I want to talk about with you. |
| Tsumugi | Sure thing. Is it something serious? |
| Banri | Let's say, it's something I want to ask you because you're a more experienced actor? |
| Tsumugi | So it's like a career consultation? |
| Banri | Hmmm… I guess it's something like that. We can go to our usual cafe. |
| Tsumugi | In that case, why don't we talk at a more adult-like place while we're at it? |
