Hisoka Mikage/Brilliance of Blooming

MANKAI Livestream! ~LIVE: Hisoka~

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Kazunari-kun is also joining in on today’s leader’s meeting.
Kazunari	Let’s do this piko~!
Banri	Have you come up with somethin’ again?
Kazunari	That’s right, Setzer!
	There’s a lil something I wanted to try.
	So you see… we held a project survey for the fans to find out what they’d like us to do!
Sakuya	A project survey?
Izumi	Yep. We did it for our fans as per Kazunari-kun’s suggestion.
Kazunari	Thankfully, MANKAI Company’s popularity is soaring through the roof right now!
Tenma	That’s true. We got a lot of new fans too.
Kazunari	‘Cept some of the folks who have been supporting us for a while also voiced that they’re a bit lonely since it feels like there’s been more distance between us.
	But, like, we wanna be a Theatre troupe that’s close to our fans no matter how much our popularity rises, right?
Banri	I see.
	So that explains the project survey, eh?
Tsumugi	How were the results?
Kazunari	The most common answer was, “I wanna see more InsteLives and selfies from all the troupe members!”
Tenma	Well, the frequency of InsteLive streams varies from person to person.
Tsumugi	It’s the same for our selfies.
	We basically leave it to the members who are good at SNS.
Kazunari	Yep, and so! As a special project this time, I propose we hold a solo InsteLive and selfie festival for 24 consecutive days!
Banri	A selfie festival?
Kazunari	It’d be even more hype if we took selfies during the live and upped the pics to Inste later, wouldn’t it!
Izumi	We’ve also discussed it with Sakyo-san, and he said we can do it as long as I keep watch to make sure no trouble occurs during the streams.
Kazunari	And so, the rest depends on you guys…
	How about it?
Sakuya	I’d love to do it! Of course I want to make everyone happy…
	But I’m happy for the chance to talk with all the fans through the screen too!
Tsumugi	I’d like to give it a try too. I feel like I’m getting more used to InsteLives, little by little.
Tenma	Hey, but, we can’t just idly chat, right?
Kazunari	On that topic, I thought it might be great to send out another survey to hear what they’d like each troupe member to do.
Banri	Seems like it’ll be a lot easier to handle in that case.
Izumi	Every InsteLive will turn out differently. That sounds interesting.
Kazunari	‘Kay then, it’s settled!
	Leave the form creation and tallying up to me!
Sakuya	Thank you very much, Kazunari-san!
Izumi	Alright then, leaders. Please share the InsteLive and selfie plan with all your members.
Leaders	Got it!
Hisoka	…
	*door opens*
Homare	Oh my. I thought for sure you would be sleeping.
Hisoka	…
Homare	Moreover, it’s not everyday I see you staring at your phone so fervently.
Hisoka	…
Homare	What is the matter? Are you searching for something?
Hisoka	No.
Homare	Mumu?
	Let me see—.
Hisoka	…What? Your face is in my way.
Homare	It’s just, I wanted to see what in the world it could be that you were so absorbed in that you forgot to sleep.
Hisoka	It’s nothing… I was just looking at everyone’s SNS for reference on how to share things about myself.
Homare	Oh my! So you mean you wish to use everyone’s methods to convey yourself to the world?
Hisoka	I guess?
	…But I’m tired now that you’re here, so I’m going to sleep.
	Zzz, zzz…
Homare	Goodness, he’s asleep already.
	I suppose that’s how it goes. I shall place a blanket over him.
	Good grief. How many times have I told him he will catch a cold sleeping like this?
	His turn for the InsteLive is coming up soon as well—.
	Hm.
	InsteLive… sharing…?
	Come to think of it, it appears the survey Kazunari-kun put together for Hisoka-kun is sprawled out on his desk—.
	…
	“I’d like Hisoka-kun to tell us more about himself!”, “I want to know what Hisoka-kun likes” …
	Hisoka-kun, could you have been…?
	…And so.
	If you don’t mind, I would like you to lend a hand.
Yuki	That’s fine by me. Rather, have you told the guy himself who’s sleeping over there?
Hisoka	Zzz…
Homare	I plan to speak to him as well after this.
Yuki	Hmm. Well, just don’t cancel on me last minute.
	See you.
Homare	Yes. I’ll be counting on you.
	*walks away*
Hisoka	…Arisu, what were you talking about with Yuki?
Homare	Don’t be surprised to hear.
	Why… I have invited a special guest for your InsteLive, Hisoka-kun!
Hisoka	…What the heck?
Homare	It appeared you were fretting about introducing yourself.
	And so, I meddled a bit.
Hisoka	…You really are meddlesome.

Izumi	Can we start the stream, Hisoka-kun?
Hisoka	Yeah.
	…I’m a little sleepy though.
Izumi	D-do your best to stay awake!
	But a guest is going to drop in halfway, right?
Hisoka	Apparently.
Izumi	Alright, let’s start the stream then.
Hisoka	…
Comment	“Hisoka-kun!”
Comment	“Hey there~”
Hisoka	…Ah, it’s started already.
	Hello.
	Can you see…?
Comment	“We can see!”
Comment	“His gestures are cute haha”
Comment	“Did you just wake up?”
Hisoka	No, I’m wide awake.
Comment	“Do your best!”
Comment	“I can’t wait to see what you’re gonna do!”
Hisoka	As for what I’m going to do today, I tried choosing from all of your requests.
Comment	“I wrote a request!”
Comment	“What are you gonna do?”
Hisoka	When I read your requests, there were a lot of people who said they wanted to know more about me—.
	So I thought I’d introduce some different things I like.
Comment	“I’m dying to know!”
Comment	“You like marshmallows, don’t you?”
Hisoka	Yeah, I love marshmallows.
	Thanks for remembering.
	Today, I’m going to introduce things apart from that.
Izumi	Your guest is here!
Hisoka	…Ah.
	It sounds like my guest is here.
	…Come on, join me.
???	And… there. That was heavier than I thought.
Comment	“Who is it?”
Comment	“That’s a huge box lolol”
Yuki	Phew.
Comment	“No way, Yuki-kun!?”
Hisoka	Today’s guest for the project.
Yuki	It’s Summer troupe’s Rurikawa Yuki.
	Hey there.
Comment	“Hello, Yuki-kun!”
Comment	“All we could see at first was the box lol”
Hisoka	Yuki… what’s with that giant box?
Yuki	What, you ask. I brought this over for you.
	Didn’t you hear from Arisu?
Hisoka	I only heard that you were coming.
Yuki	Geez. Even though I told him to make sure to tell you the details too.
Hisoka	But that’s for me, huh…
	What’s inside?
Yuki	Something you like.
	Hurry up and open it.
Hisoka	!
	Oh, it is. I feel bad that it’s stuffed in a box though.
	*ruffles*
Comment	“What could it be?”
Comment	“It’s a plushie!”
Hisoka	This is… something that I like.
	It’s a penguin plushie named Penpen.
	We’ve always been together ever since I got him from Itaru way back.
Comment	“Adorable!”
Hisoka	But how?
	Penpen was supposed to be in my room.
Yuki	Arisu gave him to me.
	He told me to bring him over as a special guest.
Hisoka	Without my permission…
	Well, it’s fine I guess.
Comment	“What do you like about him?”
Hisoka	What I like about Penpen…
	There’s a lot, but my favourite things are—.
	The fact he feels good to cuddle and that I can have a nice dream… Zzz…
Yuki	Hey. Don’t fall asleep while hugging him.
Comment	“Lololol”
Comment	“It’s cute, so let him sleep!”
Hisoka	I’m not asleep yet… Hey, Yuki. What else is in that box?
Yuki	Ahh. There’s a bunch of clothes that I made for Penpen in my spare time.
Comment	“Say what? That’s adorable”
Hisoka	Yeah… Yuki makes clothes for Penpen from time to time.
	And he also fixes up the ones that get frayed.
Comment	“That’s Yuki-kun for you!”
Comment	“He’s so nice~”
Yuki	Well, I have fun when I do it.
Hisoka	But I’ve never seen these outfits before.
	Did you make them and store them?
Yuki	Ahh… there were parts that I didn’t really like about those, so I shelved them.
	But, I mean, I just brought them over since I had the opportunity today.
Comment	“I wanna see them!”
Comment	“Show us!”
Hisoka	I wanna see too.
Yuki	Alright, alright. Err, this is a dress, and a Christmas-designed sweater and shoes…
Comment	“Woah, cute!”
Comment	“There’s so many”
Comment	“It’s all-you-can-dress up”
Hisoka	They look so fluffy and warm…
	There’s no need at all to stash them away.
Yuki	You think so? Well, when you make something yourself, you’re critical about the details, right?
Hisoka	Oh, really?
Yuki	I think I've also made a lot of cute stuff solely according to my own taste though.
Hisoka	I don’t mind. I like the clothes and accessories that Yuki made for Penpen.
Comment	“I think they’re great too!”
Comment	“I bet all of them would look good on Penpen”
Hisoka	I’d like to dress Penpen up in all kinds of different clothes.
Yuki	Really? I’ll give them all to you then.
	You can coordinate the outfits you like.
Hisoka	Are you sure? Thanks.
	I’ll dress him up a lot later.
CHOICE 1: Great for you! [+] Comment “Great for you, Hisoka-kun!” Comment “That’s great for Penpen too” Hisoka Yeah. Penpen’s in a great mood today… Comment “Eh, he can be in a bad mood?” Hisoka Yeah. He even talks to me sometimes… Comment “EHH!?” Comment “Penpen’s a stuffed animal, isn’t he!?” Hisoka …Fufu.
CHOICE 2: Which one will you make him wear him first? [+] Hisoka Which one should I use? Maybe something warm. Ah, penguins don’t mind the cold… Comment “It’s nice he’s putting so much thought in for Penpen” Comment “I really wanna see Hisoka-san change his clothes!”
Yuki	Alright, you were gonna introduce different things that you like, weren’t you? Anything apart from Penpen?
Hisoka	Apart from Penpen...
	Ma—.
Yuki	Everyone knows you like marshmallows.
	Wait, you mentioned that earlier, didn’t you?
	What else?
Hisoka	…
	Sleeping.
Yuki	Everyone knows that too.
Comment	“Yuki’s cutting him down quick lol”
Comment	“That’s Hisoka-kun for you”
Hisoka	Other things I like…
	Umm…
	…Once I think of something, I’ll report it on InsteLive again.
	Is that alright?
Comment	“Of course!”
Comment	“I’d be happy if you did another stream”
Comment	“I’m looking forward to it!”
Hisoka	Alright then, this is the end—.
Izumi	Take your selfie!
Hisoka	Selfie?
Yuki	Yeah, the one you’ll upload to Inste after.
	Everyone’s doing it, so you have to too.
Hisoka	Okay.
	What pose should I make?
Comment	“A cute pose!”
Comment	“Do a pose you like~”
Hisoka	I like…
	Ah.
	I remembered one more thing that I like.
	*click*
	…How’s this?
Yuki	Yeah, it came out great.
Hisoka	Alright, this ends the stream.
	…See you.
Izumi	Good job, you two!
	I’m relieved it wrapped up.
Hisoka	…I did a lot, so I’m sleepy.
Yuki	Upload the photo to Inste before you sleep, will you?
	You’re gonna forget to post it if you go back to your room like this.
Hisoka	Alright, I’ll do it now.
	…Does this photo work, Director?
Izumi	Yep, it’s perfect!
Hisoka	…Okay.
	Well then, goodnight.
	Director, Yuki.
	*leaves*
Yuki	He’s just like a cat, huh?
Izumi	Fufu. Yep.

Anna