Banri Settsu/A Refined Dance

Unconventional Tablecloth Pulling

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	I guess this is about it for our shopping.
Taichi	Then we just gotta head home now, eh?
Izumi	Hm? This poster…
Taichi	I think Ban-chan would be able to do this!
Izumi	We’re back.
Taichi	We’re home!
Omi	Welcome back. Thanks for going shopping.
Banri	Nice job.
Yuki	Welcome back.
Taichi	Ban-chan, Ban-chan!
Banri	What’s up?
Taichi	We found a “Tablecloth Pulling Competition Opening” poster at the shopping district earlier!
	Ban-chan, how ‘bout you give it a shot?
Banri	Err no, why do I…
Yuki	You’ve been doing tablecloth pulling these days, haven’t you?
Omi	If it’s Banri, I think he’ll be able to do it.
Izumi	Taichi-kun and I thought so too, so we wanted to let him know.
Taichi	It looks like we won’t know the prize until the actual day, but I’m sure it’s gonna be good!
Banri	Where’d that logic come from?
Taichi	T-that’s my hunch… But it was written that the difficulty level’s higher than ordinary tablecloth pulling!
Banri	…Heh, what’s it like?
Izumi	Nothing specific was written down, but…
	It said that not just tableware, but items that are either really heavy or really light will be placed on the table.
	And it sounds like there will be a prize for everyone who keeps all the items standing.
Yuki	Heh, so everyone can get something.
Omi	That’s just how high the difficulty is, huh?
Taichi	How ‘bout it, Ban-chan?
Banri	Well, there seems a lil more to it than regular tablecloth pulling, so I guess I’ll give it a shot.
Izumi	Ah, be careful not to make a mistake when you enter the contest…!
Banri	? I don’t think I’ll make that kinda mistake though.
Izumi	Maybe so, but when Citron and I participated in an event at the shopping district before this, we accidentally entered a different contest and had a hard time…
Banri	Ahh, I feel like I heard about that…
Yuki	Wasn’t that because it was Citron?
Izumi	No, no, I was careless and didn’t check properly either…
Taichi	Then pay attention to the entry and do your best, Ban-chan!
Banri	Yea, yea, I got it.

Banri	…!
	*whoosh*
Izumi	Banri-kun, you were practicing your tablecloth pulling, huh?
Banri	Yeah, a lil bit since I’ll be participatin’.
Izumi	You placed… empty plastic bottles on top of the cloth?
Banri	They said they’re gonna be placing items apart from tableware, so I thought I’d test out a buncha different things.
	Since you’re here, Director-chan, why don’tcha try putting something on the table too?
Izumi	Ummm… That’s fine, but you definitely can’t let it fall, alright?
Banri	I haven’t messed up so far so it’ll be a cakewalk no matter what I get.
Izumi	Alright, I’ll bring it over so wait here for a second.
	Sorry for the wait, I brought them.
Banri	Those are… the spices Director-chan uses when you make curry?
Izumi	They’re contained in jars, so they’ll shatter if you let them fall.
Banri	I can tell just by lookin’.
	‘Kay then, line them up in the center of the table.
Izumi	…Ok.
Banri	Aight, here I go?
Izumi	…
Banri	Hahh!
	*whoosh*
	Woo, nailed it.
Izumi	T-thank goodness.
	This is bad for my heart…
Banri	Um… It’s not like I planned to fail, but you didn’t have to bring something that important, y’know?
Izumi	But I’m the one who recommended you enter the contest, so I thought I should offer you something suitable…
Taichi	Ah, so you were practicing here!
Banri	Yea. I was just practisin’ with Director-chan’s stuff.
Taichi	Oh, I see! In that case, can I bring something too?
Banri	Yeah, go ahead.
Taichi	Since it’s the perfect chance, I asked everyone to bring their personal items too!
Kazunari	I heard Settzer’s doing tablecloth pulling so I brought my stuff over!
Misumi	I’ll lend you my triangle too!
Banri	Hold up, that’s way too much!
Kazunari	You can do it since you’re Settzer, right!
Misumi	Banri, good luck~!
Izumi	You got this, Banri-kun!
Banri	…Guess I’ve got no choice.
	…*Huff*!
	*whoosh*
Kazunari	Ohhh!
Misumi	Amazing, amaaazing!
Taichi	That’s Ban-chan for ya!
Izumi	You nailed it again!
Banri	This much ain’t nothin’.
Kazunari	Ah, Hyodle!
Juza	…?
Taichi	Perfect timing!
	Juza-san, won’t you also place something for Ban-chan’s tablecloth pulling practice?
Juza	………
	…This is all I have right now.
	Don’t you dare knock it over—if it falls, I’ll punch you.
Banri	Why’s it a convenience store parfait? It's not like I need your shit.
Juza	Ahh? Then you can’t do it since you’ll fail, huh?
Banri	HAH? There’s no way I’d fail!
Taichi	Awawa... Calm down, you two!

Izumi	Alright, we finished entering without making a mistake.
Banri	Normally, you don’t get it wrong though.
Izumi	Ahaha…
	But it’s too bad Taichi-kun couldn’t come, huh?
Banri	He said he had to go back home since he had stuff to do there.
	Taichi wanted to know what the prize was too, so I gotta show him when I get it.
Announcer	Those who entered, please gather on the stage.
Banri	Aight, I’ll head out.
Izumi	Good luck up there!
Contestant	Hiyaaah!
	*shatters*
Announcer	What a shame! Fail!
Izumi	(Hah… my heart is kind of racing.)
	(No one has succeeded so far… The difficulty level seems higher than I expected…)
	(The items placed on the table really vary from person to person…)
	(So Banri-kun can’t predict what’s going to be placed either.)
Announcer	—So now, the next challenger is Settsu Banri-kun!
Izumi	(Ah, it’s Banri-kun’s turn…!)
Announcer	This time, the item we will place on the table is—this here!
Izumi	(A vase…!? What's more, it looks really heavy…)
Guest A	Woah… that’s impossible…
Guest B	It looks expensive so you they might make you compensate them if you break it.
Izumi	(Um, that’s not good…!
	No, no, but if it’s Banri-kun, then he’ll be alright…!)
Banri	…
Announcer	Now then, go ahead!
Banri	…
	…!
	*whoosh*
Izumi	Wahh…!
Announcer	Congratulations! Success!!
	Settsu-kun who succeeded will be presented the prize!
Izumi	Congrats, Banri-kun!
Banri	I feel like the items that were placed by you guys were more difficult.
	Though, I didn’t think they’d take out such an expensive-lookin’ thing.
Izumi	It’s really amazing you pulled it off with that difficult-looking vase!
Banri	Eh, that much was a piece of cake.
CHOICE 1: It’s the result of your practice. [+] Izumi It’s the result of your practice. Banri Director-chan and y’all placed so many different things for me, so maybe that’s why I wasn’t surprised even when a vase came out. Izumi That’s true, the audience might’ve been more nervous than you… Banri Don’t tell me you were scared too, Director-chan? Did you think they’d make me pay for it if I screwed up and broke the vase? Izumi Haha, that’s right… But I believed that Banri-kun would be just fine. Banri I’m glad I didn’t betray Director-chan’s expectations.
CHOICE 2: There’s nothing Banri-kun can’t pull! [+] Izumi There’s nothing Banri-kun can’t pull! Banri Aren’t you giving me too much credit? Izumi You didn’t knock that vase over, so you have talent for tablecloth pulling, Banri-kun. If you continue to improve your skills like this, then you could become the best tablecloth puller in the world. Banri Nah, I’m not aimin' for the world’s best or anything… ‘Sides, what’s a tablecloth puller in the first place? Izumi …Sorry, I said it myself, but I’m not really sure either. Banri Pff, you don’t know?
Izumi	That reminds me, what was the prize?
Banri	Ahh, it was this.
Izumi	A meal voucher worth 10,000 yen…EH! Wouldn’t you be able to eat something pretty nice!?
Banri	It’s a lotta money for a gift from the shopping district, eh?
Izumi	It’s the perfect chance, so go eat something delicious.
Banri	Yeah… hey, wanna use this to go out to eat next time?
Izumi	Eh? But the one who earned it is Banri-kun…
Banri	Don’t sweat the details.
	I gotta invite Taichi later too.
	Originally speaking, Taichi and Director-chan were the ones who told me about this.
	So let’s go eat somethin’ tasty, the three of us.
Izumi	Thank you. I'm sure Taichi will be thrilled too.

Anna