Citron/Waiting is Perfect

Teach me! Teacher Citron

Backstage Stories

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Sakyo	Tsumo.
Citron	Sakyo finished first again!
Kazunari	Frooch-san’s on fire ☆
Azuma	Fufu. It looks like Sakyo-kun is on a roll tonight.
Izumi	It’s amazing how he can arrange them so quickly!
Tsuzuru	The troupe mahjong club has been active lately, huh?
Sakuya	You see them gathered regularly in the evenings.
Kazunari	There’s a reason for that!
	They’re gonna work as clerks at a café you can play mahjong in for a few days.
Tsuzuru	Oh, really?
Kazunari	My schedule doesn’t work out, so I can’t make it. But I’m playing along with them since mahjong’s fun.
Sakyo	…Alright, that’ll be it for me today.
Azuma	I will take my leave here as well.
Sakyo	Remember, we had a rule that the loser cleans up.
Citron	Oh!? Quitting while you’re ahead isn’t fair!
Sakyo	Rules are rules. Quit complainin’.
Citron	Eugh… you have a rock heart!
Azuma	Stone heart?
Kazunari	Chill, chill. I’ll help tidy up too!
Citron	Kazu’s my only kindred spirit!
Sakuya	I’ll help as well.
	Huh? What is this white one…?
Citron	That’s a spare for when you lose a tile!
	There’s 4 in all, so it’s OK if you lose up to 4 of them!
Sakuya	I see.
Tsuzuru	Wait, that’s not right!
Sakuya	Eh? …Ah, right.
	You shouldn’t lose them in the first place…
Tsuzuru	Err, that’s true.
	But I meant about those being spares.
Sakuya	Um…?
Kazunari	Ahaha. You’d believe it if you had no idea.
Tsuzuru	That’s called a paipan, and you do actually use it.
Citron	Good for you for remembering~.
Kazunari	Tsuzurun just happened to ask the same question as Sakusaku yesterday, and we had the exact same convo.
Tsuzuru	Geez…
	If Miyoshi-san didn’t tell me, then I almost would’ve believed it.
Izumi	(That sounds like Citron-kun, alright…)
Sakuya	I see, so all the tiles are necessary. It’s interesting how there’s so many different tiles!
Citron	Do you want to play mahjong together, Sakuya?
Sakuya	EHH!? But I don’t know the rules…
Kazunari	If you start from something simple like arranging the tiles somehow or other, then it’s no prob!
	Tsuzurun, Director-chan, join us too ☆
Tsuzuru	Me?
	Or rather, do you play too, Director?
Izumi	Sakyo-san just taught me the other day. So, yeah, to some degree.
Citron	Don’t worry, I will look at your tiles and assist you!
	Equivalence is key in everything!
Tsuzuru	Experience. Will we really be okay…
Sakuya	Please go easy on me, everyone…!

Citron	Ok, we’ve finished dealing out the tiles!
	First, let’s begin with everyone’s hands visible.
Sakuya	I have one red one. This one is…?
Kazunari	Sakusaku’s got one~!
Citron	Oh! That’s a special tile called the akadora tile!
	That’s a bonus tile that gives you additional points if you have it at the end!
	There’s 2 more of them, but their designs are different!
Sakuya	I see. There are 3 of these in total.
	What should I do now…?
Citron	This is “five”, so you can try gathering 3 tiles with a black “five” next to it, or line up “three, four, five” with the same design in a row!
	You arrange the other tiles this way too.
Sakuya	I got it!
Tsuzuru	…So for now, we just have to get 3 of the same design, or line up 3 consecutive digits in a row?
Kazunari	Yep, you got it, Tsuzurun! You make 4 sets of those.
	And to finish, you need to get 2 tiles with the same design, totaling 14 tiles.
Sakuya	Alright, you need 4 sets of 3 and 1 set of 2… is that right?
Citron	That’s it!
Izumi	(Both Kazunari-kun and Citron-kun are great at explaining.)
Kazunari	Are you doing alright over there, Director-chan?
Izumi	Yep, it’s easy to understand. I’m following along!
Citron	Let’s start our practise right away! Just like cards, you draw the tiles from the pile, match the patterns, and discard the ones you don’t need as you go along!
	Tsuzuru, it doesn’t look like you’ll get a pair for that, so it’s better to discard it.
Tsuzuru	I see! There’s no more left in the pile since everyone’s discarding.
	Thank you.
Izumi	I think I can make 3 in a row here, so…
Citron	You got it, Director-chan!
Izumi	Thanks. I think I managed to get a set.
Citron	…Mm?
	(Sakuya has gathered 2 akadoras in his hand.)
Izumi	(After a couple of rounds, everyone is now able to arrange the patterns on their own without having to show their hands.)
Kazunari	I don’t need this… so there.
Citron	Director, this is ron!
Izumi	Ehh!? R-ron!
Citron	All the designs are lined up with “two, three, four”!
	The two remaining tiles with the same design are completed by ron and you’re done!
Izumi	You’re right…!
CHOICE 1: Thanks for telling me! [+] Izumi Thanks for telling me! Citron No hurries! Izumi Fufu, no worries, I think. If you didn’t tell me, then I wouldn’t have noticed. Citron You’ll be able to catch onto these things as you play more and more.
CHOICE 2: This is fun, like bingo [+] Izumi This is kind of fun, like bingo! Citron That’s a good comparison. It feels good when you’re able to arrange them by yourself! Izumi Even if you can’t draw the tile you need, you still might have a chance with the discarded ones, just like you taught me. Citron That’s right! You’re good at arranging the tiles, Director. You will get the hang of it soon.
Tsuzuru	Ah, another one with a kanji pattern!
Citron	Tsuzuru, that’s tsumo!
	All the tiles aligned have kanji on them.
Sakuya	That’s amazing, Tsuzuru-kun!
Tsuzuru	It feels nice when you line them up like this.
Citron	You’ve improved tremendously!
	I’m tearful to you all!
Tsuzuru	Thankful.
	I was worried in the beginning, but I was surprised how easy it is to pick up.
Sakuya	Me too. Thanks to Citron-san, now I know how fun mahjong is!
Kazunari	We’ve been talking about wanting to play mahjong with everyone. It might actually come true at this rate.
Izumi	Fufu, yeah.
Citron	OH!?
Tsuzuru	Huh… why’d you raise your voice all of a sudden?
Citron	Sakuya’s hand is super lucky!
Kazunari	Holy moly!! He’s got all 3 akadoras!
Izumi	You’re right! That’s amazing!
Tsuzuru	Oh yeah, akadoras are bonus tiles that give you additional points, right?
Citron	Yes! From the time I was assisting, he’s gotten more akadoras, one by one.
Sakuya	Pointing it out now, I might’ve had the akadoras the whole time.
Citron	As expected from the one who acts as Itaru’s gacha substitute!
Kazunari	For realsies! Sakusaku’s got unbelievable luck!
Citron	Being free from desires reigns victorious in the end…!

Anna