Juza Hyodo/Bright Star of Blooming
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My Performance Memories ~Juza~
Backstage Stories
| Akashi | For this part, the spotlight will miss the actor on purpose… |
| Juza | …… |
| Akashi | Then from here, we use the spotlight to…… Then narrow the lighting to…… |
| Juza | … Gotcha. |
| Yuzo | Yo there, you two. Thanks for your hard work. |
| Akashi | Ah. T-Thank you for your work…. too……. |
| Juza | Thanks for your work. |
| Yuzo | Getting Akashi in as a last-minute helper really saves our ass. |
| I never would’ve expected our own lighting staff to be unavailable at this time. | |
| Real sorry for the short notice. | |
| Akashi | No, this is all the most that I can do anyway… |
| Yuzo | Haha, I can count on ya though, right? |
| Akashi | Y-Yes…! |
| Yuzo | As for you. Studying about the backstage stuff again, are ya? |
| Juza | … Yessir. I was asking about the important timing points of the lighting this time. |
| Learning about what goes behind the scenes could help with changing up one’s acting too. | |
| So Akashi-san was helping me out with that. | |
| Yuzo | … That so. |
| Juza | And since Akashi-san has always been our troupe’s main lighting staff, it’s been easy to talk to him. |
| Akashi | I’m not doing much at all… I was just explaining how my job works… |
| Juza | I’m grateful all the same; I got to learn some valuable lessons from you. |
| Akashi | Oh…… |
| Yuzo | That’s good to hear then, ain’t it? |
| (For a sec, I thought it’d go like the last time when he stopped wanting to be up on stage... But it seems things are going just fine for him.) | |
| (It’s Juza we’re talking about here. There shouldn’t be anything I gotta be worried about now. ) | |
| Speaking of, our costume design staff is coming in today. If you wanna, you can have a little chat with them too. | |
| Juza | You sure it’s okay? |
| Yuzo | Everyone would be more than welcome to see ya, y’know. |
| Juza | … Then I’ll do just that. |
| Yuzo | Gotcha. I’ll give ‘em a heads-up. |
| Akashi | ….. Juza-san is truly sparkling today. |
| Juza | Did’ya say anything? |
| Akashi | Ah, no. It’s nothing…. Er, uhm. I’ll continue where we left off then…? |
| Juza | Please and thank you. |
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| Omi | Yo, looks like you’re all set. |
| Izumi | As cool as ever! |
| Juza | Thanks. |
| Azami | Hold it. |
| Juza | ?? |
| Azami | … Everything looks good. |
| Juza | What’s up? |
| Azami | Just a last-second make-up check. Your complexion’s alright too. |
| Juza | ….. |
| Izumi | (Juza-kun’s more tight-lipped than usual today. Maybe he’s gotten into his role already?) |
| (But we’re doing a talk show today… If he gets too into it, he might not end up saying anything at all.) | |
| Juza | …Uhm. |
| Truth is, I’m not that good when it comes to talk shows… I’m real sorry if I clam up. | |
| Izumi | Ahaha, so that’s why! |
| Azami | Well, everyone who’s come all this way is probably used to that by now anyway. |
| Izumi | We do have a script to help with the programme too, just in case. You don’t need to be so nervous. |
| Juza | … Is that so. |
| Omi | It’ll be alright. If anything comes up, you’ve got Azami and me to back you up. |
| Azami | ‘Sides, you’ve come a long way to get here. Things’ll be fine here too. |
| Izumi | I’m sure you’ll have stuff you wanna talk about once you get on stage— the guests would love to hear all of it. I know you’ll be great! |
| Juza | ‘Kay. |
| Azami | A lot of stuff happened during the performance run too, didn’t it? |
| Omi | Haha. Seems like there’s always things happening no matter which show we’re performing. Even those outside of Autumn Troupe’s too. |
| Juza | I felt indebted to plenty of people back then. To everyone in Autumn Troupe, even to our backstage crew. |
| I started with our lighting staff, Akashi-san. Then it was with Rento-san, our audio staff. Even Yuki, our costume designer, and Tsuzuru-san, our scriptwriter. I went around asking each one of them. | |
| Everyone who worked behind-the-scenes taught me a lot of things. | |
| Azami | Riiiight, I’m pretty sure you asked me stuff ‘bout make-up too. |
| Omi | Feels like a long time ago already. |
| Juza | If I gotta be frank…… I didn’t exactly understand everythin’ when Azami was givin’ me his make-up lecture. |
| Azami | Ha? You kiddin’ me? After all I taught you? |
| Juza | I mean, I was writing notes. But when I tried doin’ it for real in front of the mirror…. Well. “Surprising” wouldn’t be the right word…… |
| Azami | Was it really that bad? |
| Juza | It’s more like... It felt like I had cast a spell on my face for it to have changed that much. |
| Azami | ……… |
| Omi | I don’t think you can get a better compliment than that. |
| Azami | … Well, I don’t expect it’s something you can recreate immediately after learning. But once you experience there’s this and then there’s that— |
| Juza | Yeah… Still got no idea what all the “cool undertones” and ‘warm undertones” stuff really means…… |
| Azami | You serious!? That’s the basics!! |
| Juza | I have the notes about what it does, but none of it gets into my head. |
| … Sorry. You went through all the trouble teachin’ me too. | |
| Azami | —Goddammit. Fine, I’ll just have to teach it to you again. |
| Juza | Thanks, Azami. |
| Izumi | Good work on the talk show, everybody! Everyone got really into it— seems like it finished without a hitch! |
| Juza | Thanks. For havin’ my back, everyone. |
| Izumi | Now, it’s time for the photo, Juza-kun. |
| Juza | Right. |
| Izumi | Have you decided on your pose? |
| Juza | … No idea what to do, to be honest. |
| Taichi taught me a couple of poses, but I can’t nail down any of ‘em. | |
| Izumi | Ahaha, it’s nothing you have to think too hard about! Just go with the one that’s easiest for you. |
| Juza | …I’ll give it a shot. |
| …. | |
| Izumi | I’m taking the shot~ |
| *SHUTTER CLICKS* | |
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| Juza | … I’m not smilin’ at all. |
| Izumi | (... He probably got so focused on the pose that he was completely unaware of the expression he was making.) |
| I do think there’s a bit of Shaw’s character coming through it, though! | |
| Juza | Y’think so…? |
| Izumi | We can always take another one if you’d like, of course. |
| Juza | Nah. If you think it’s a little like Shaw, I’m fine with this one. |
| Juza | ….? |
| (This place… It’s a graveyard.) | |
| (How did I even get here…?) | |
| ??? | ——... |
| Juza | …Who’s there? |
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| Shaw | …. |
| Juza | ——!! |
| Shaw | … Are you an acquaintance of my mother? |
| Juza | Ah, yeah—— Well, not really. I just know her a little bit. |
| Shaw | That so. |
| *FOOTSTEPS* | |
| Juza | Hey, you. |
| Shaw | …What? |
| Juza | Where are you headin’ off to? |
| Shaw | Is it something I have to tell you? |
| Juza | I know of you, too. Maybe even to the point that I know the kind of life you’re walkin’ right now. |
| Shaw | ….. |
| Juza | I can’t exactly say what kind of future lies ahead of ya. But… |
| You’ll find your light someday too. | |
| Shaw | …… |
| Juza | Who knows when it’ll be, but I’m sure you’ll know it when the time comes. |
| Shaw | … I see. |
| … Looks like daybreak has come. | |
| Juza | …… |
| (The sun is rising over the sea——) | |
| Shaw | ——... |
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| Juza | … So it was a dream. |
| (Looks like I woke up earlier than usual too.) | |
| (... Right. I’m heading over to Yuzo-san’s rehearsal studio today.) | |
| Juza | … |
| Akashi | Now… The sun will rise at this point—— |
| Juza | ——... |
| (A thread of light, that shines only on me, spreads out…) | |
| (Then silently, the light scatters evenly throughout the world…) | |
| (Like the gentle yet sorrowful light of the sunrise… Just like in the dream…) | |
| … So radiant. | |
Dita
