| --Film No. 03: Sakyo Furuichi-- |
| Sakyo | At first, I thought it was like watching my past self. |
| Back when I first encountered MANKAI Company; when I first encountered theater—. |
| I was just so happy to be a part of practice, to be acting.... |
| To be able to learn and absorb all sorts of things. |
| I just wanted to do theater forever. |
| I thought he was just like my past self; when I was a little kid. |
| But.... |
| During “A Tale of Chivalry” he mentioned the word “love.” |
| That’s a word that the past me was just too embarrassed to face. |
| Omi | ...Love? |
| Sakyo | —Cut that part. |
| The point is, he had a bigger heart than my past self. |
| Because I was more of a shitty brat like Settsu. |
| Omi | What does Hyodo Juza lack as an actor? |
| Sakyo | He needs to work on enunciation and speech. He has the basics down but he doesn’t know how to apply them. |
| He’s slow on the uptake. It takes him time to get into role. He’s really bad at ad libs. |
| Omi | Strict as always... Last question. What do you respect about him? |
| Sakyo | —Pfft. |
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| Izumi | Wow, this Japanese sake is mellow and delicious. |
| Sakyo | Not bad. |
| Yuzo | Stop being cheeky. |
| Sakyo | So, what’s the tale? |
| Yuzo | Oh, right. So one of my old friends does a workshop at Amabi once in a while. |
| Izumi | (A workshop at Amabi? Don’t tell me....) |
| Yuzo | His name is Makino. I heard Juza and Banri are both learning from him. |
| Izumi | (Thought so....) |
| Yuzo | We went drinking recently, and he told me all about them. |
| He was amused; he said Juza and Banri are miraculously complete opposites as actors: both in terms of talent, and in terms of what they’re pursuing. |
| Apparently Banri has been saying for a while that he wants to become more absorbed in his role, as if he were one with it, but.... |
| Juza, on the other hand, wants to become a level-headed actor who can analyze his surroundings and perform any role that comes his way. |
| They’re both asking for the impossible. |
| Izumi | You’re right.... |
| Yuzo | Banri knew from the start how to present himself as an actor to the audience. He immediately gets a hold of the situation and calmly controls his performance. |
| He probably doesn’t think about it; it’s his natural talent. |
| Izumi | But that’s why he’s constantly calculating on the stage; he can’t get completely absorbed in his role. |
| Yuzo | Yeah. |
| On top of that, he hasn’t shown any interest in others up till now, so he has a hard time digging into his character’s feelings. |
| Meanwhile, Juza is clumsy; he doesn’t have energy to spare when he’s on stage, and his field of view is narrow. He can’t calmly control his acting the way Banri can. |
| But because he always wanted to become someone besides himself, he shows a powerful interest in others. That includes envy and jealousy. |
| Izumi | When he’s acting, that becomes a powerful source of understanding and empathizing with his role. |
| Yuzo | Yeah. He respects others; he respects his role, and he feels pure joy at being able to perform their life. |
| Sakyo | They’re such complete opposites that it’s hilarious. |
| Yuzo | That’s why they subconsciously respect and envy the other for what they each lack as actors. |
| Sakyo | They’re way too lucky. |
| Yuzo | Oh, yeah. Back when I saw Juza during practice for your debut performance, I thought he was like you when you were younger. |
| Sakyo | .... |
| Yuzo | Maybe if you also had a rival you’d rather die than lose to, you would have kept acting instead of going astray. |
| Sakyo | Leave me alone. |
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| Yuzo | —Guess it’s time for me to go. |
| Izumi | Take care. |
| Sakyo | Make sure you don’t get caught by the police for wandering around at night. |
| Yuzo | I’m not you. |
| Izumi | Good night. |
| Yuzo | Yeah. Good night. |
| Sakyo | You should go to bed too. At this rate you’re going to sleep through tomorrow’s morning practice. |
| Izumi | We’re showing the video tomorrow, right? I’m looking forward to everyone’s interviews. |
| Sakyo | It’s definitely an idea Fushimi would come up with. Hopefully this performance will have a good influence on him, too. |
| Izumi | You’re right. |
