| Shifuto | Make yourself at home. |
| Madoka | … |
| Haruto | So cramped, and dirty. Why did I even—. |
| Shifuto | Despite what you said, you’re sitting on the cushion. Aren’t you feeling surprisingly comfortable here already? |
| Haruto | Shut up! Hurry up and finish our business. |
| Shifuto | But you’re probably starving, right? I’ll make some croquette udon first, so wait here. |
| Feel free to make some tea to drink. |
| Madoka | Uhh, this one? How do you—. |
| Haruto | You don’t know how to make tea? Geez, why do I have to—. |
| Shifuto | For someone who doesn’t seem to have used a teapot before, you’re quite deft, Haruto-san. |
| Haruto | I’ll be having troubles in acting if I don’t know how to do something like this. |
| Oruto | I’m home! |
| Shifuto | Oh, welcome back, Oruto. |
| Oruto | Huh? Are they your friends? |
| Haruto | Who is he—. |
| Shifuto | They’re my friends from the theater troupe. Where’s your greetings? |
| Oruto | Hello! |
| Shifuto | Dinner's almost ready. Go take a bath first. |
| Oruto | ‘Kaay! |
| |
| I’m digging in! |
| Shifuto | Help yourself. |
| Haruto | What’s with this situation… |
| Shifuto | Huh? This is croquette udon, you know? |
| Haruto | That’s not what I mean! I’m going home once I eat this. I’m digging in. |
| Madoka | Let’s eat… |
| ...It’s delicious. |
| Oruto | I love croquette udon too! It’s really yummy, right!? |
| Madoka | This is the first time I’m eating something like this. |
| Shifuto | I just put some croquettes on frozen udon so you can’t really call this cooking, though. |
| Haruto | Just how naive are you? |
| Shifuto | Meanwhile you feel totally comfortable, Haruto-san. It’s surprising. |
| Haruto | And you keep being rude! |
| Shifuto | I’m just surprised, y’know. You usually give off this elegant vibe, Haruto-san. |
| Haruto | … |
| ...Oh well, guess I can spill it if it's only to you guys. |
| I was actually born in this kind of household. |
| The place where I used to live was far from the word elegant. It was a place where you got looked down upon and bullied. |
| When I saw the showbiz world for the first time through TV, I thought to myself, “I want to be beautiful.” With that, I moved to Tokyo and encountered GOD-za… |
| I vowed to myself I’d certainly stand on GOD-za’s stage, and that’s how I built up my current image. |
| My case is different from this inexperienced person right here. |
| Shifuto | It was obvious. You let out your Kansai dialect whenever you get angry and are fussy about deep-fried skewers. |
| Haruto | Shaddap. Don’t underestimate deep-fried skewers. |
| Shifuto | Haha, Haruto-san is so funny. |
| Oruto | Thank you for the food. |
| Shifuto | Oh, Oruto, wanna eat half of my croquette? |
| Oruto | For real!? Yeaaay! |
| Madoka | ...You’re close with your brother, huh. |
| Shifuto | Isn’t it normal? |
| Madoka | … |
| Haruto | So, who are you? |
| Madoka | —. |
| ...I’m Madoka Ikaruga. |
| Shifuto | Ikaruga… |
| Haruto | That reminds me, there’s an Ikaruga at that MANKAI Company. |
| Madoka | …—I have a big brother. |
| Haruto | That makes you an enemy, then. |
| Oruto | Why is he an enemy? |
| Shifuto | GOD-za and MANKAI Company are gonna have a Showdown Act soon. |
| Oruto | Ooh… |
| Madoka | … |
| Shifuto | Just now, why did you apologize for the delay in the script? |
| Madoka | That… my father wrote that script… |
| Haruto | Aaah, I see, so you’re Kusumi Ikaruga’s son. Tell your father to quickly write the script. |
| If the script falls behind schedule, it’s going to cause so much trouble. We will have less time to rehearse and prepare for the play. |
| Shifuto | By the way, I’m playing the lead role while Haruto-san is the semi-lead. |
| Oruto | Awesome! You’re the lead actor, aniki!? |
| Haruto | Geez, why did Reni-san pick you as the top actor? You’re still pretty much an amateur lacking experience… |
| Shifuto | ...I feel like Reni-san sometimes sees me as someone else. |
| Haruto | Hah? |
| Shifuto | Oh, it’s nothing. |
| Haruto | Anyway, I’m gonna eat you up on stage and take back the top actor position. |
| With that said, tell your father to quickly write my lines. Just mine, okay? |
| Madoka | … |
| Shifuto | Say, does your father really write that? |
| Madoka | —. |
| I’m sorry. The truth is… I’m the one writing them. |
| I’ve been ghost-writing for father since a few years ago... Father will always revise some parts before sending it to Kamikizaka-san. |
| Haruto | ...Ah, I see. That explains why the plot for this play didn’t seem like they were written by the same person. |
| Madoka | … |
| Shifuto | So are you in a slump right now? And that’s why there’s a delay in the script? |
| Madoka | Father— Father and I couldn’t include what Kamikizaka-san wished into the script. |
| Haruto | Hmmm? |
| Madoka | ...Honestly, I wanted to write a different ending. |
| No matter what I write, father would always rewrite it in the end, so I can’t write what I want to write. |
| Kamikizaka-san would then disapprove of the script and reject it. I didn’t know what to do—. |
| Shifuto | So that’s why you want to meet Reni-san. You want to talk about that matter. |
| Madoka | ...Yes. But I give up. |
| Shifuto | Why? |
| Madoka | Father will scold me if he knows I meet Kamikizaka-san. |
| Haruto | Your father seems like a pain in the butt. |
| Madoka | … |
| Shifuto | I want to try performing a script you freely write. It may be difficult right now, but… someday, at GOD-za. |
| Madoka | —. |
| Haruto | If that’s so, put me as the lead actor in your play because you see, his era will come to an end by our next Showdown Act. |
| Shifuto | Haha, you’re so strong-willed, Haruto-san. |
| Haruto | This is no laughing matter! |
| Shifuto | But well, since the two of us are going to perform your play, why don’t you try to write a story that you really want to write? |
| Madoka | ...Yes, you’re right. |
| Shifuto | Speaking of, I don’t know your age yet. |
| Madoka | I’m 19. |
| Shifuto | You’re way older than me! No need to be that formal with me and Haruto-san, then. |
| Haruto | First of all, you need to use honorifics with me! |
| Oruto | Ahaha! |
| |
| Izumi | (What kind of curry should I make for dinner today…) |
| (Since everyone was pumped up after reading the script, I feel like we need to eat a lot of nutritious things today!) |
| Passerby A | So cool! |
| Passerby B | I wonder what country that dance is from? |
| Passerby A | It gives me the feeling that this dance is either a blend of dances from many countries, a multinational dance or a stateless dance! |
| Izumi | ? |
| (That’s quite a crowd there. I wonder if a popular theater troupe is doing a street act.) |
| Citron | ~~♪ |
| Hisoka | —. |
| Izumi | (Eh!? Citron-kun and Hisoka-san!?) |
| Citron | ~~♪ |
| Hisoka | —. |
| Izumi | (They’re dancing along with the melody Citron-kun is humming…) |
| (It does look like a folk dance, but it also gives off this stateless feeling since we don’t know what country that dance is from. It looks strange yet so cool!) |
| (I’m enjoying it. They make me feel so elated that I want to dance…) |
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| Passerby A | Aaah! That was so cool~! |
| Passerby B | That was great~! |
| Citron | Thanks! |
| Hisoka | ...Thanks. |
| Izumi | Great work, you two! |
| Citron | So you watched us too, director! You could’ve coined us anymine! |
| Izumi | You mean “joined us anytime,” right. Putting that aside, I didn’t know you could dance that well. |
| Hisoka | We always dance whenever we perform street acts together. |
| Izumi | Is that so!? |
| Citron | Following our feelings before getting into the rhythm and acting suits us! |
| Izumi | (What an interesting…! But if we think about it again in terms of performance, it’s not that weird.) |
| Hisoka | ...Are you going shopping? |
| Izumi | Yup. Today is my turn to make dinner. |
| Citron | Let us help! |
| Izumi | Thank you. With Tsuzuru-kun finishing the script, I have to make a delicious meal since we’re going to start rehearsing in earnest now. |
| Citron | That useless guy has also started reading the script right away! I have no choice but to cooperate so that he won’t run out of battery! |
| Hisoka | Me too… If there’s anything I can do, I’ll do everything to help. |
| Izumi | I believe the three Winter Troupe members will do their best even if we leave them alone. But that’s exactly why we need to look after them so that they won’t push themselves too hard. |
| Citron | Manzai is always the right choice if you want to take a break. Me and Hisoka are going to form a duo named “Citomarsh”! |
| Hisoka | Rejected. |
| Citron | Can’t be helped then. I’ll make a deal with “Marshcito.” |
| Izumi | That sounds delicious but I don’t think that's the case—. |
| Hisoka | …If so, I think that’s fine. |
| Izumi | Eeeh!? You sure about that!? |
