| Kumon | Ah, Kazu-san, you went to the new tonkotsu ramen place by the station? How was it? |
| Kazunari | It was seriously awesome! I wrote it in my review, but their thick broth was the best in this area. |
| Banri | Huh. Guess I’ll check it out next time. |
| Izumi | Kumon-kun, your ramen-map is filling up pretty steadily. |
| Kumon | We have a quota, after all! |
| Juza | I feel like I’m eating ramen every day lately. |
| Azami | Me too.... |
| Muku | Reading everyone’s reviews makes me want to eat ramen too, you know~. |
| Omi | It’s fun going out to eat eccentric ramen that I usually wouldn’t try. |
| Kumon | I guess this is the only area that still needs reviews~. |
| Yuki | Ah, that’s close to where I used to live. |
| Omi | So you didn’t always live where you do now? |
| Yuki | Yup. We moved here when I was little because of my father’s work—. |
| *Door opens* |
| Sakyo | Oi, is Autumn Troupe here? |
| Taichi | Ah, Sakyo-nii! What kind of ramen do you like, Sakyo-nii? |
| Sakyo | Aah? Who cares about ramen flavors? I guess if I had to choose it’d be shio ramen—simple and light. |
| Azami | Must be because of your age. |
| Banri | Heavier menus are hard on the stomach, after all. |
| Sakyo | Don’t go treating me like an old man. |
| Izumi | More importantly, is Autumn Troupe meeting? |
| Sakyo | Yeah. Let’s start the meeting. |
| I gathered questionnaire responses from our last performance, so take a look. |
| We’re going to use these to decide what to do for Autumn Troupe’s Fifth Performance. |
| Taichi | So many questionnaires~. |
| Izumi | I’m glad it looks like the play was generally well-received. |
| Omi | A lot of people said the action scenes left a huge impression. |
| Izumi | Autumn Troupe’s image is all about action, after all. |
| Juza | And a heavy worldview, huh. |
| Sakyo | Yeah. But focusing too much on that worldview narrows our potential. |
| Taichi | It’d be nice to put on a play with a different kind of outlook once in a while~. |
| Izumi | Good point. Why don’t we break out of our shell and go with something new for the fifth performance? |
| Banri | But how? Give me an example. |
| Juza | We could all crossdress? |
| Banri | I can’t believe you still haven’t gotten sick of that. |
| Juza | Shut up. I’ll do better than last time. |
| Banri | In some sense, you’re really optimistic. |
| Izumi | Or we could include a more romantic air? |
| Omi | A romantic Autumn Troupe, huh.... |
| Taichi | I can’t really picture it...! |
| Azami | What about a comedy style? |
| Sakyo | Oh, yeah. That sounds like something Autumn Troupe’s members can handle. |
| Izumi | Comedy! That sounds good! It’s a good match with action, too. |
| Juza | Watching Summer Troupe’s plays makes me think that comedy’s unique pacing would be good practice for us. |
| Omi | Might be some good new ground for Autumn Troupe. |
| Izumi | Then let’s get Tsuzuru-kun right away and get this idea underway! |
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| Tsuzuru | An Autumn Troupe comedy, huh~. Sounds like an interesting change from the usual. |
| Izumi | We just need to figure out the specifics of our performance.... |
| Banri | We should take this opportunity to put on a new kind of worldview that we haven’t tried before. |
| Izumi | One that we haven’t tried before.... |
| Taichi | Ah! You know how ramen has been popular in the troupe lately? Why don’t we follow that theme and do something Chinese-style!? |
| Izumi | Sounds good! With a Chinese-style setting, kung-fu will be perfect for action. |
| Tsuzuru | Kung-fu sounds good. And perfect for comedy, too. I’ll try to put together a plot right away. |
| Sakyo | We should decide on a lead, too. |
| I think we should give the role to someone who has yet to play the lead so he can get more experience. What do you think? |
| Izumi | I think that’s good. |
| Tsuzuru | Someone who has yet to play the lead? So—. |
| Omi | Juza or Taichi. |
| Banri | There’s no way this guy can play the lead of a comedy. |
| Juza | The hell? |
| Izumi | (H-hmm, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible, but it’d probably take Juza-kun a lot of time to ease into the tempo of a comedy play....) |
| Sakyo | Hyodo, what do you think? |
| Juza | ...It pisses me off letting things go Settsu’s way, but I think this theme suits Taichi more than me. |
| Taichi | Eh, eeh!? Me!? Juza-san is better for the lead—. |
| Izumi | You’re right. Kung-fu action has a bright image; I think it’s perfect for Taichi-kun. |
| Tsuzuru | We can give it a light atmosphere, something different from all the heavy plays we’ve done. |
| Omi | Sounds good to me. |
| Azami | Same here. |
| Sakyo | Then it’s decided. |
| Taichi | Eh? Eh? Really? I’m... the lead? |
