Itaru Chigasaki/Magicians' Pure Love

Role Study 【Kugutsudou】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Izumi	Alright then, today’s rehearsal will be up to here.
	Good work everyone.
Chikage	Good work.
Masumi	Good job.
Citron	Today’s practise was tiring too~.
	My tummy is hungry.
Sakuya	But, I’m happy to able to rehearse together with everyone in the Spring troupe for the first time in a while!
Tsuzuru	That’s true, huh?
Itaru	Lately it’s been continuous mixed plays.
Izumi	By the way, tomorrow you have a day off so take your time resting.
Citron	Oh—, come to think of it, we did have one~.
Sakuya	Ah, that’s right…
	I thought we’d be able to practise with everyone tomorrow too.
Izumi	Of course it’s a good thing to devote yourselves to practise,
	But resting is also important.
Itaru	Everyone, huh…
	Hey, if it’s like that then I sorta have an idea.
Chikage	An idea?
Itaru	Director-san, if it’s alright with you then how about you join as well?
Izumi	?
Sakuya	Here is…
Citron	Oh—, a board game café!
Itaru	We have a day off, so I was thinking playing some board games would be nice too.
	I’ve picked out games that are coordinated with role-making, you see.
Izumi	Heh, that sounds good!
Tsuzuru	So he says, but he just wanted to play games, didn’t he…
Chikage	What Tsuzuru said also has a valid point.
Izumi	Ahaha, well, well.
Sakuya	It certainly seems like it’ll also be a good change of pace.
Masumi	So, what are we doing?
Itaru	First off is this one.
	It’s a balancing game where you place miniature dolls on a witch’s unstable tower,
	And the person who knocks it over loses.
	I tried to choose this game in association with my role as a dollmaker.
Chikage	Oh I see.
Izumi	First you draw a card, and then place the miniature doll that’s the same as what’s written on the card on this tower.
Citron	It seems interesting! Let’s play it right away!
	Sakuya go ahead and start us off.
Sakuya	Y-Yes!
	Then, I’ll draw the card and…
	Ummm, Blonde Wavy-Haired Michelle…
	Ah, it’s this doll, right? So then, I’ll place it on the tower.
Itaru	The witch’s tower tilted just a little.
Tsuzuru	Now then, how about we go in clockwise order from Sakuya?
Masumi	…I placed it.
Tsuzuru	It’s wobbling quite a bit…
Citron	But the balance maintains!
Chikage	My card is… Blue-eyed Lucas, huh?
	Placing it here might be good.
Izumi	Hm~… Alright!
Tsuzuru	Ohh, Director’s good!
Sakuya	Amazing!
Masumi	Your face as you’re placing the doll is also cute…
Chikage	Next is Chigasaki’s turn.
Citron	It can fall over at any time now!
Itaru	My role is a dollmaker… To break the tower’s balance at a time like this,
	And drop the cute little dolls…
Tsuzuru	Yes yes, your little act is fine, but place it quickly please.
Itaru	Gently, with concentration…
	—!
Izumi	Ah.
	*crashes down*
Sakuya	Ah, wah…!
Tsuzuru	Ah—…
Citron	It collapsed magnificently!
Masumi	Itaru’s loss.
Chikage	What was that about a dollmaker?
Itaru	...I'll start over.

Anna