Azami Izumida/Unique Sole

Precocious Children's Play

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	…Wow. The snow has piled up quite a bit, huh?
Taichi	WOOHOO!
	How should we play with it?
Citron	Let’s have a snowball fight!
Misumi	I wanna make a triangle kamakura~!
Taichi	Most kamakura’s are round, but a triangle one would be sick too!
Citron	Alright, we’ll make a kamakura while holding a snowball fight!
Taichi	At the same time? That’s gonna be tough…!
Misumi	Wanna play with us too, Director-san~?
Izumi	I have some business to take care of, but I guess I can join you guys once I’m done.
	*door opens*
Azami	…It’s freezin’.
Citron	Azami!
	Have a snowball fight us!
Misumi	Let’s make a triangle kamakura too~!
Taichi	Err… are you going out somewhere, A-chan?
Azami	Yeah… I’m headin’ home for a bit.
	I promised I’d pop by.
Citron	Ohh, it’s too bad we can’t play in the snow together.
Azami	Sorry ‘bout that.
Misumi	No worries!
	Going home is important too, right~?
Taichi	See ya, A-chan!
Izumi	It looks cold outside so take care.
Azami	Yeah.
Izumi	Ah! Also, send my regards to the Chairman and everyone else, okay?
Azami	Guess I gotta. I’ll let them know.
	I’m back.
	…
	(Hm? No one came. That’s weird—)
Child A	You got me!?
Child B	Heh, heh!
Azami	(There’s a huge racket goin’ on in the garden.
	Could it be…)
Sakoda	Hooold it!
Child C	That’s cold!
Sakoda	You’re 100 years too early to beat me in a snowball fight—err, ouch!
Child D	Sakoda, you’re out!
Azami	—What’re you doing, Ken-san?
Sakoda	Oh, Azami!
	Welcome back!
Kanako	This onii-chan’s Azami~?
Airi	He’s handsome!
Azami	…And since when did our house become a kindergarten?
Sakoda	Lotsa kids come here to play when the snow piles up since we can have snowball fights and build kamakuras!
Azami	Even so, ain’t this too much—.
Shift	Ken-san, the kamakura came out nicely—.
	Eh. Ohh, if it isn’t Azami.
Azami	…Shift!?

Azami	Why did Shift come out of a kamakura in our garden?
Shift	I just happened to pass by in front.
	Then Ken-san invited me in, askin’ if I’d like to build kamakuras.
Azami	The hell is that!
Airi	Hey, hey. I’m tired of snowball fighting.
	I kinda wanna do something else now.
Sakoda	Ohh, sounds good to me!
	In that case, let’s play house!
Shift	Why not? Let’s do it.
Kanako	I wonder if I should get Azami or Shift to play my husband~.
Airi	It’s hard to decide, huh~!
Azami	Why did I get dragged into this too?
Shift	It’s fine once in a while.
	Besides, you’re good at actin’, aren’t you!
Azami	That’s not what this is about!
Airi	Alright. Starting off, Azami will play my husband!
Kanako	My husband is Shift!
Azami	Geez…
	Guess I gotta do this, huh?
Shift	I’ll be in your care.
Sakoda	What should I do!?
Kanako	Sakoda is~… my pet!
Sakoda	A pet! L-like a dog!?
	Woof, woof!
Azami	Ken-san…
Shift	It suits him.
Airi	…Okaaay. I’m heading off to work, so watch the house!
Azami	Sure, I got it.
Shift	I guess Azami’s set-up is a full-time house husband?
Sakoda	The setting sure is detailed~.
	Ah, detailed woof!
Kanako	Oh, it looks like the neighbour’s wife went to work.
	You gotta head out too. You’ll be late!
Shift	Ahh, sure thing.
	I’m off!
Kanako	…Shift left.
	Ding dong~.
	Azami~, I’ve come to play!
Azami	Ah, you came to play?
Kanako	Things haven't been going well with Airi-chan lately, have they?
	Why don't you switch to me?
Azami	HAH!?
Shift	M-my wife is making a move on Azami…!
Sakoda	Woof, woof!
	Azami’s wife came back!
Airi	HOLD IT!
	What’s with these woman’s shoes at the front entrance!
Azami	Uh, there’s a reason for that…
Kanako	Oopsies, I got caught.
Airi	You’re a married woman and yet you’re messing with other people’s husbands!
Kanako	Just a little bit is fine, isn’t it! Besides, I know about you.
	You’re with my husband too…!
Sakoda	D-don’t tell me, it’s a double affair…!?
	*Whimper*~…
Shift	Wowzers.
	Is this an imitation of a drama…
Kanako	Azami. You’ll choose me over Airi-chan, right!?
Airi	Azami’s mine!
Azami	T-these precocious brats… ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Anna