Juza Hyodo/A Single Breakthrough Skill

Brush-writing Lecture Time

Backstage Stories

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	—at Mankai Dorm Balcony—
Juza	...Done.
Kazunari	Ah, Hyodle spotted!
Juza	...? 's there somethin' you need?
Kazunari	Omimi just baked macarons for snack, and I’m calling everyone in the dorm.
	Oh, is that calligraphy?
	Ahh, is this for helping out Tsumtsum with his part time job?
Juza	Yeah.
Kazunari	If I recall, you’ll have a study session with the elementary school students at the library, right?
Juza	Yeah. I’m gonna be teachin' calligraphy to them.
Kazunari	I see~ So that’s what the brush-writing practice for. But why outside?
Juza	If I write inside a room, the smell of ink would fill it up.
	Gatherin' all the calligraphy tools would be a hassle, so I’m plannin' to use brush pen in the actual class.
	I was thinkin' about usin' real brush and ink for practice.
Kazunari	Amazing! Hyodle really thought hard about this, huh?
Juza	I’d like to do it properly since I accepted the job after all.
	For Omi-san’s macaron, I’ll have it after I practice a lil bit more.
Kazunari	Hmm~ If that’s the case, I’ll bring your share of snacks here!
	You just wait here.
Juza	Wait, you don’t need to. I’ll eat them later.
Kazunari	It’s fine, it’s fine~
	Thanks for waiting~! Here’s your macaron♪
Juza	Sorry for the trouble.
Kazunari	From here, there’s chocolate, pistachio, and vanilla~
Juza	Thanks.
Citron	I found you, Juza! I heard you were having brush hair practice!
Kazunari	Ronron, it’s supposed to be brush-writing practice ya know.
Citron	So this is Juza’s writing! It’s so well done that I’m amazed!
Juza	I don’t hate calligraphy, that’s why.
Citron	I wanna join and do brush-writing practice too!
Kazunari	That’s it! Hyodle, how about before teaching the kids, try teaching Ronron here!
Citron	I’ve been taught by Sakoda before this, so I have confidence in my writing!
	I’m gonna show you that I’ll write better than that time!
Juza	Then, I’ll bring your share of tools, so please wait here.

Juza	Did you put ink on the inkstone?
Citron	The preparation is KO’d!
Kazunari	Ronron, you can’t be KO’d right before you start!
Juza	First, I’ll write an example, so please pay attention.
	.....
Kazunari	Hyodle, that’s a lot of wrinkles between your eyebrows!
Citron	All the children will be scared! You gotta relax! Try to give a big smile like you’re gonna laugh!
Juza	L-like this? *smiles broadly*
Citron	...On second thought, the usual Juza is better. That smile was double the scariness.
Kazunari	The children would start crying after seeing that.
Juza	This is hard...
	Next, we’ll do the Harai and Tome part.
Citron	Gotta sweep and stop, got it!
Juza	Focus on your nerves—.
	Like this, this... and this.
Kazunari	Nonono, no way the children would understand from all that!
Citron	Like this, this... and this!
Juza	Looks good.
Kazunari	Seriously?
Citron	The way Juza teaches is so easy to understand!
Kazunari	I see, Ronron’s also a hands-on learner type like Hyodle, so unexpectedly, he can understand him through passion alone~.
	But, I think there are some children who can’t keep up with that kind of teaching.
Juza	What should I do then?
Kazunari	Let's see...
	How about using more words to explain on how to move the brush? Maybe they’ll understand even if it’s their first time, right?
Juza	I see...
	Stop the brush there.
Citron	L-like this?
Juza	Not horizontally, but vertically.
Citron	T-this is hard...
Juza	Pull it diagonally in the same direction, and stop the brush again from the first sweep stroke.
Citron	L-like this?!
Juza	You went too far. You gotta stop a bit more earlier than that.
Citron	Urgh...
Juza	Once you properly stop, push the brush sideways from there to sweep.
Citron	Ei!
Juza	You sweep too much.
Citron	Oh, this is too hard! The way Juza teaches from earlier was way easier!
Kazunari	Hmm... Seems like for Ronron’s type, it’s hard for them to understand in words.
Juza	The way to teach someone is different dependin' on the other party... Never thought of that.
	Citron-san, let me start over from the beginning.
Citron	STOP! I’m so tired! I sat on my heels for so long that my legs fell asleep!
Kazunari	Wanna rest and eat some macarons?
Citron	I'll do that... Oh-wawa?!
Kazunari	Ah, the ink...!
Juza	A-are you okay?
Kazunari	Oh man, the paper got soaked in ink...
Citron	My legs fell asleep so I lost my balance... Sorry, Juza.
Juza	No, it’s my fault that I wasn’t teachin’ well.
Kazunari	Seems like choosing brush pen for the actual class was the right choice.
Juza	Yeah.
	I’ll have to study more on how to teach...
Kazunari	Do your best, Hyodle!
Citron	I'll also support you!
Juza	I'll try my best until I can teach better.

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