| Izumi | I'd like to begin our first practice for Summer Troupe's debut performance! |
| Since we have a lot of amateurs here, I think we should start by practicing etude. |
| Yuki | What's etude? |
| Tenma | You don't know that? |
| Izumi | All right, Tenma-kun, please explain. |
| Tenma | ....Etude is an improvised play. We have to ad lib the whole play since there isn't any script prepared. |
| ....Wait, why do I have to be the one explaining? |
| Izumi | (He said that, but he's actually explaining the whole thing...) |
| Just like what Tenma-kun has said, now I'd like you to work in pairs. You can decide on the theme all by yourselves. I'll give you five minutes. |
| First off are Yuki-kun and Muku-kun. |
| Yuki | Okaay. |
| Muku | Yes! |
| Izumi | Ready, start! |
| Yuki | .... |
| Muku | .... |
| Izumi | (They're confused, huh. Well, it's their first time, after all.) |
| Don't be nervous, you'll get used to it eventually. Just act the way you want. |
| Yuki | "....How are you doing these days?" |
| Muku | Eh, eh!? The, these days? |
| Yuki | "Don't you think these days are meh? Even school is boring. I don't have anything to do, you see~." |
| Izumi | (It's a high school girls' talk....!) |
| Kazunari | Yukki's high school girl act is awesome... |
| Muku | "I, I'm free too. Should we go play somewhere?" |
| Yuki | "Ah, nice. Should we go to karaoke?" |
| Izumi | (Two cute boys acting as high school girls... You can't help but be absorbed in it, huh.) |
| (Ah, the time is almost up. They did pretty good in their first time.) |
| --Okay, stop! |
| Tenma | So simple. All they did was changing the pronouns[1] |
| Izumi | Since we're doing this to make them get used to acting, I think they did a pretty good job, though. Next are Kazunari-kun and Misumi-kun. |
| Kazunari | Ok. |
| Misumi | Triangles~? |
| Izumi | (I'm worried about Misumi-kun...) |
| Ready, start. |
| Kazunari | Uhh, what should I do... |
| Misumi | .... |
| Izumi | (Kazunari-kun doesn't know how to start, huh. As for Misumi-kun.... I don't know what he's thinking about.) |
| Kazunari | Ah, that's right! |
| "Shiit! I have to go to the filming site quickly, but today I have an interview with a magazine and a shoot for a TV show..." |
| Izumi | (I see. He's playing a celebrity. Misumi-kun is...) |
| Misumi | "Over here, over here! I've already called a taxi, so hurry up and get in!" |
| Izumi | (Eh...?) |
| Kazunari | Eh? Ah, taxi? |
| Misumi | "I've already told you to check your schedule beforehand, haven't I? You didn't even wake up when I called you this morning~." |
| Kazunari | "Ah, aaah, sorry!" |
| Izumi | (He plays manager...! He follows Kazunari-kun's theme perfectly. I wonder if he ever acted before...) |
| (Since Misumi-kun is so good, he ends up leading Kazunari-kun.) |
| ...Okay, that's it! |
| Tenma | That weirdo Ikaruga... |
| Yuki | He's good. |
| Izumi | (Just like the amateurs Yuki-kun and Muku-kun, Kazunari-kun is a little bit awkward, but Misumi-kun is different.) |
| (I guess I can have higher hopes for him..) |
| Then, next are Tenma-kun and... Misumi-kun again, please. |
| Misumi | All right~. |
| Tenma | .... |
| Izumi | Start! |
| Tenma | "...." |
| Misumi | "...." |
| Izumi | (It's like they keep staring each other until someone speaks up...) |
| Tenma | "...What?" |
| Misumi | "What do you mean by 'what'? I'm just staring." |
| Tenma | "If you have any complain, just spit it out." |
| Misumi | "Stop picking fight. You don't change at all." |
| Tenma | "What do you mean?" |
| Misumi | "You keep flaring up at me despite being the younger brother." |
| Tenma | "Younger brother? Don't go acting like a big brother when you don't even bother to come home." |
| Izumi | (Brothers who don't get along, huh.... They make a good use to the tension at the start.) |
| Tenma | "Don't act all high and mighty! You don't even know about dad's sickness!" |
| Misumi | "Dad's sickness...? What do you mean?" |
| Tenma | "...It's got nothing to do with you." |
| Misumi | "Of course it's got something to do with me! What happened to dad!?" |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun and Misumi-kun develop their plot while staring at each other, huh. That's to be expected.) |
| Misumi | "....I'm sorry, it's my fault. Tell me which hospital dad's staying now." |
| Tenma | "...Get in the car." |
| Misumi | "Thanks..." |
| Izumi | Okay, stop. |
| (They can resolve the fight within five minutes.... It even has a good start and conclusion.) |
| As expected of Tenma-kun--. |
| Tenma | Hmph, you see that? That's how you perform an etude perfectly. |
| It's different from you guys who just ran your mouth. |
| Yuki | Can you stop commenting at everything? Your twisted personality is the reason why you're crappy. |
| Tenma | I just say the truth, that's all! |
| Izumi | (Their teamwork is far from good, though... That's the one thing I can't praise.) |
| Okay, stop it you two. |
| Come to think of it, we haven't decided on the leader, huh. |
| Tenma | That one is obvious, isn't it? Among these kind of members, it's gotta be me. |
| Yuki | Haaah? Oh wow, I wonder how you can breathe just fine when your whole body is covered with a huge layer of ego. |
| Tenma | What do you mean!? |
| Yuki | It means you're not fit to be our leader, crappy actor. |
| Tenma | What did you say!? |
| Kazunari | Ah, I guess I should be the leader, then~. |
| Yuki | Rejected. |
| Tenma | Rejected. |
| Kazunari | Eeeh~. |
| Misumi | Anyone will do~. |
| Izumi | How about you, Muku-kun? |
| Muku | Eh!? Eh, ummm.... |
| If we look at our acting experiences, Tenma-kun will be the best option... I think Tenma-kun can guide the members in order to improve the group's quality. |
| Yuki | You sure? So the "only" good thing about him is his acting, yes? |
| Tenma | What do you mean by "only"!? |
| Yuki | I mean exactly what I said. |
| Izumi | All right, stop right there! Since Muku-kun has a point, Summer Troupe's leader will be Tenma-kun. |
| Tenma | That's obvious. |
| Yuki | Eh-. |
| Izumi | But Tenma-kun should act like a proper leader, got it? |
| Tenma | No need to tell me. I was born to be a leader. |
| Yuki | She basically told you to fix that attitude of yours, you know. |
| Tenma | What? You have no right to say that to me! |
| Izumi | (I hope he will learn the importance of teamwork by being the leader...) |
| Yuki | That's why you're crappy. |
| Tenma | Which part of me is crappy!? |
| Yuki | Your existence itself is crappy. |
| Tenma | What did you say!? |
| Izumi | (We have many difficulties ahead of us... Ah, I think I've said it during the Spring Troupe's debut preparation.) |
