| Yuki | So I’m the leader tomorrow.... |
| We saw him off so confidently, but we’ve gotten nowhere. |
| .... |
| Kumon | —Huh? Yuki? What are you doing? |
| Yuki | ...What are you doing? |
| Kumon | This. |
| Yuki | A baseball bat? |
| Kumon | Yup! I haven’t practiced my swings for a while! |
| Yuki | ...Why would you practice your swings this late? |
| Kumon | I kinda couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about acting. Practicing my swings clears my mind. |
| Yuki | Is that so. |
| Kumon | You should try too, Yuki. Here! |
| Yuki | No. |
| Kumon | Come on, just give it a go! |
| Yuki | Look, I said I no—. |
| Kumon | You’re supposed to hold it like this. Now swing as hard as you can. |
| Yuki | ...Sigh. Are you even listening. |
| Kumon | Come on, hurry! |
| Yuki | I get it—! |
| *Swing* |
| Kumon | Woah! A good sharp swing! |
| Yuki | That compliment doesn’t make me happy. |
| Kumon | You should keep swinging like that! It’ll make you feel better! |
| Yuki | ...I’ve had enough. I’m tired. |
| Kumon | Eh~!? |
| Yuki | ...You said you were thinking about acting. What was on your mind? |
| Kumon | Eh? |
| Yuki | You said you couldn’t sleep, right? |
| Kumon | Ah, yeah... I was thinking, like, I’m not moving forward at all. I don’t feel like I’m improving at all after all these practices. |
| Yuki | .... |
| Kumon | Tenma-san hasn’t been around, so the atmosphere during practice is a little different. |
| I don’t know if we’re gonna be okay like this—I get worried, and I start sweating a little... that’s how it feels. |
| Yuki | ...I know that already. |
| Kumon | With baseball, we can focus practice on one thing, like batting, catching, or pitching, but we can’t do that with acting. |
| I want to get good at something—even if it’s just one thing—so I can surprise Tenma-san. |
| Yuki | Just one.... |
| Kumon | ? |
| Yuki | That’s right. Just one is enough. I was putting too much pressure on myself, thinking we had to be completely different. |
| Kumon | ??? |
| Yuki | Those practice swings might have helped. |
| Kumon | Really!? I thought they would! |
| |
| Yuki | Can I have a word before we start practice? |
| Kazunari | What is it? |
| Misumi | What is it, what is it~? |
| Yuki | We have four days till Useless comes back to Japan. |
| As of now, I don’t think a single thing has improved about our acting. |
| If he comes back and we can only perform as well as we did before he left—doesn’t that frustrate you? |
| Kumon | I told Tenma-san I’d work on my acting, but.... |
| Muku | I sent him off saying we’d be fine, but.... |
| Misumi | Hm~, Tenma might say “I knew you guys wouldn’t be any good without me!” |
| Kazunari | Sumi~, you sound just like him! |
| Yuki | Let’s think about what Tenma pointed out for each of us to work on. For the next four days, we should focus our practice on that one point. |
| I told him we would be completely different when he came back, so I felt like we had to make everything better, but.... |
| If you think about it, it’s impossible to change that much without him. |
| Summer Troupe’s performance can’t come together when he’s missing, and.... |
| We can’t improve unless we have his way-too-nitty-picky comments about our acting. |
| That’s why we should give up on improving everything, and work towards accomplishing just one goal. |
| That’s how we’re going to surprise that useless actor. |
| Kazunari | Sounds good! |
| Kumon | Yeah! I’ll do my best! |
| Muku | If it’s just one thing... I think I can handle it. |
| Misumi | Let’s do our best~! |
| Yuki | Director, could you pay close attention to us too? |
| Izumi | Of course! |
| (They’re setting their own short-term goals and working towards them... This is new.) |
| (I’ll do everything I can to support them!) |
| |
| Assistant Director | Get ready for the main take! |
| Tenma | .... |
| Tenma’s father | ...Don’t drag me down. |
| Tenma | ...That goes for you too. Make sure you don’t get overshadowed. |
| Tenma’s father | You have a lot of nerve. I’ll show you the difference in our skill. |
| Director Shirasawa | Ready, action! |
