| *Applause* |
| Taichi | —Thank you very much! |
| Azami | Thanks. |
| Omi | Thank you. |
| Juza | Thanks. |
| Sakyo | Thank you very much. |
| Banri | Thank you. |
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| Izumi | The final performance was another huge success! Your action scenes and tempo were both the sharpest yet! |
| Taichi | It was so much fun! |
| Sakyo | It was a good performance. |
| *Knock* |
| Izumi | Yes. |
| *Door opens* |
| Tsumugi | Excuse us. |
| Tasuku | Nice work. |
| Taichi | Ah, Tsumugi-san, Tasuku-san! |
| Tsumugi | Taichi-kun, you did well as the leader. |
| Tasuku | Nanao, you look like you’ve broken through as an actor. You seemed really confident during the final curtain call; I thought you were a different person. |
| Taichi | Hehe... For today’s curtain call, I tried copying you, Tasuku-san, from when you were in GOD-za. |
| Because I was always watching you from behind, wanting to be like that. |
| Izumi | When Tasuku-san was in GOD-za? |
| Taichi | He was amazing, you know. Back then, every gesture Tasuku-san made was like ultimate prince material, and—! |
| Juza | Prince.... |
| Sakyo | ...People sure do change, huh. |
| Tasuku | —We don’t have to talk about that. |
| Azami | Hey, is GOD-za.... |
| Tasuku | Oh, it’s the troupe Nanao and I used to be a part of. |
| Azami | .... I see, I didn’t realize before, but.... |
| Izumi | Is something wrong? Azami-kun? |
| Azami | No.... |
| Does that mean that that guy is their leader...? Is he going to be okay? |
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| Banri | ...Isn’t it a little simplistic to celebrate with Chinese food just because our play had a Chinese setting? |
| Sakyo | Well, it’s fine once in a while. |
| Izumi | Yup yup, it’s kind of like a continuation to the play, too! It’s fun! |
| Taichi | So this is the Manchu Han Imperial Feast! |
| Azami | Definitely not. |
| Omi | Apparently you need to collect 32 types of delicacies for that. |
| Izumi | Of course you know a lot about this, Omi-kun! |
| Juza | ...The sesame dumplings are good. |
| Banri | Fucker, stop rotating between the sesame dumplings and almond jelly. |
| Taichi | Ah, the sesame dumplings look good! Me too—. Ah, I want the shaomai over there too! And the spring rolls—. |
| Sakyo | Nanao, stop spinning the table round and round! You’re too restless! |
| Izumi | Sakyo-san, would you like more Shaoxing wine? |
| Sakyo | ...Yeah. I’ll have some. |
| Azami | Make sure you don’t drink too much, old man. |
| Sakyo | Shut up. Geez, these celebrations aren’t fun unless there are more people drinking, so all of you should hurry up and become adults. |
| Azami | Ugh, annoying. He set himself off again. |
| Izumi | Azami-kun, how did you feel playing the second lead? |
| Azami | Ah, yeah. It definitely felt different from when I played the lead last time. |
| Last time, I felt like everyone was carrying me along, but this time, I felt like I was the one doing the supporting as the second lead. |
| I’d never actively tried to communicate with someone before, but.... |
| This time, I listened to Taichi-san’s concerns and got myself involved. It all felt kind of new. |
| When Taichi-san broke free of his past, I felt happy too. |
| Izumi | I see. |
| (Azami-kun kind of looks like he grew up a little.) |
| (He’s probably going to grow up little by little through interacting with everyone like this.) |
| Sakyo | Bon, eat more vegetables. |
| Azami | Haah? Shut up, you drunk. |
| Sakyo | The hell? Who are you calling drunk!? |
| Izumi | (Okay, maybe he hasn’t changed that much...?) |
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| Juza | Phew, I’m full. |
| Banri | You stuffed yourself with way too many sesame dumplings. |
| Juza | Shut up. What I eat is none of your business. |
| Banri | Watching you gives me heartburn. |
| Juza | Then don’t look. |
| Sakyo | Oi, bon. You better be done with tomorrow’s homework. Neglecting your studies just because there’s a performance is—. |
| Azami | Like you’re one to talk. You reek of alcohol. |
| Sakyo | Aah? |
| Omi | There, there, now. Juza and Banri, Sakyo-san and Azami—everyone needs to stop fighting in the middle of the street~. |
| Taichi | Ahaha, the passers-by are all avoiding you guys. |
| Izumi | Taichi-kun, nice work as the lead. |
| Taichi | Ah, nice work to you too, Director-sensei! |
| Izumi | You’ve looked different ever since you made your breakthrough, and your acting and action scenes were both really good during the actual performance. |
| Your hard work and practice brought about clear results; I thought you improved a lot in no time. |
| Taichi | Hehe, I wonder if I’ve gotten a little closer to becoming popular~! |
| Izumi | I think you’re already a very charming boy, Taichi-kun. |
| Taichi | ——. |
| Izumi | What’s wrong? |
| Taichi | It’s kinda embarrassing to hear it said to my face... But I still have a long way to go! |
| I started theater because I’d always wanted to be popular, and I kept at it because I dreamed of standing on stage as the lead, but.... |
| I didn’t expect to reach my dream so suddenly; to be honest, I was bewildered. |
| I always thought that this was my goal, so I was afraid that everything might end the moment I grasped it. |
| But that’s not true, right? |
| I’m sure I’ll become an actor who is a million times cooler, a better actor, and even more popular than I am now. |
| I couldn’t have confidence in myself all this time, but now I can believe that. If I’m with everyone here, I’m sure—. |
| Izumi | ...You’re right. |
| Taichi | The moment I grasped it, the dream I had envisioned up till now grew even bigger; my tiny world—my field of vision grew so many times wider.[1] |
| I might lose confidence and get really discouraged again, but.... |
| But the future me will be someone that the current me can’t even imagine. Even if I’m slower than others, even if I’m clumsy, I want to keep working hard. |
| ...So that I can smile again tomorrow and stick more yellow stickers! |
| Izumi | Yellow stickers[2]? |
| Taichi | Hehe! |
| It’s proof, so that I’ll never forget... that today was the greatest day ever! |
