Juza Hyodo/Silent Gunner

Silent Gunner

Backstage Stories

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Juza	Fu!
Banri	That’s when you draw your gun and wield it.
Juza	! Tch……once more.
Izumi	(It seems like Juza-kun’s struggling with the gun action scene)
	(His motor reflexes are outstanding but the actions and lines have become more complicated compared to the flag-raising performance. I wonder if there’s nothing he can do other than practice……)
Banri	LikeーI said, you have a line after you draw the gun, didn’t I! It’s only because you try to do everything at one instant that everything becomes all messed up!
	Even so, since your head’s hollow, hammer the sequence of the lines and actions into it!
Juza	Ah? Who’s head’s the one that’s hollow, kora.
Banri	It’s yours, yours!
	In the very first place, the role you’re playing this time round’s the underline of my role, isn’t it. Fulfil your role and respect me.
Juza	Aaahh? Who’s gonna respect a fox like you.
Banri	What did you say, kora!?
Sakyo	Shut up!! We’re in the middle of practice right now, focus!
Omi	Is the salad over there enough?
Juza	Yeah.
Sakyo	Today’s practice has allowed us to see the full picture but the gun action scene still has a long way to go just as I thought.
Izumi	That’s true……there’s also the perspective point of view and there are also places which I want to improve the quality of.
Juza	I’ll do special training on the important parts too.
Omi	Hmm, practice is of course a given, but I wonder if there’s another way we could improve the quality of the gun actions.
Banri	Right, right, an effective way to achieve thatーー
Itaru	Wouldn’t that be image-training after all?
Izumi	Itaru-san! Welcome back.
Itaru	I’m back.
Juza	Image-training you say……what does that mean.
Itaru	What nice timing, the best image training can be done but Juza, how about you try coming to my room?
Izumi	……?
	(I was curious so I tagged along but……)
Juza	Why did you have to come along too.
Banri	Shut up, who did you think would be the one helping you out with your gun action training.
Izumi	But, isn’t it rare for us to enter the room Itaru-san’s staying in?
Banri	This guy’s just in a good mood because he cleared a game yesterday.
Itaru	That’s how it is. That’s this game over here.
Juza	“Silent Dead”?
Izumi	Oh, I might have seen the CM for that. I’m pretty sure it was a VR gun action game, wasn’t it?
Banri	Right, right. It’s the latest work of the popular series which knocks down and kills zombies.
Itaru	I’ve completely cleared it yesterday. It’ll be just nice for gun action image-training since it’s virtual reality too, isn’t it.
Izumi	I see……it would certainly be easier to picture the image.
Juza	I don’t really know much about games and the like though……
Itaru	Well, this is also for the play. Try it out. Here, this is the head-gear.
Juza	Right……
Itaru	We’ll first have to see your skills itself. NEW GAME, there.
Banri	Ha, he’ll be eaten at the very beginning and perish.
Izumi	Heh, the scene Juza-kun’s viewing is shown over there.
Itaru	Yup, I can output the visual to the TV. Juza too, can you see it from within the headgear?
Juza	Right.
Banri	Since he’s using a head-gear and all, it’ll be an easy fight right now any I’ll be very likely to win.
Itaru	I’ll kill you if you get rough in my room.
Banri	Wait, hey, hey, what the hell are you doing right from the start! Where and who are you rushing off towards!?
Juza	Shut up! I’m gonna save that person!
Izumi	That person? Oh, a general citizen’s getting attacked by a zombie……!
Itaru	Ohー that’s a compulsory event to complete so you’re rigged to not be able to save him. In other words, it’s the so-called tutorial.
Juza	Damn it! I can’t move!
Banri	We told you that it was the tutorial, didn’t we! You can’t save that character since that’s how the system made it out to be.
Juza	……those zombie bastards……I won’t forgive them……!!
Izumi	He got completely absorbed into the game.
Banri	He’s getting too absorbed, isn’t you……this guy doesn’t think that it’s a game.

Itaru	Okay, the tutorial’s over. Well then, go and retrieve your weaponー
Juza	Right!
Banri	No, why the heck are you going past the box right in front of you. It’s clearly supposed to be opened so that the story can carry on, isn’t it!!
Juza	Shut up, I’m opening it now!
Banri	Gahー! That was the ladder you climbed up a little while ago, wasn’t it! What are you trying to do by climbing back down, you’re so bad at this!
Juza	What’s with you ever since earlier, can’t you just keep quiet and watch?
Banri	Your gameplay’s too weird and off that I’m just adding comments out of kindness!!
Itaru	Banri feels like a navigator chara.
Izumi	Itaru-san, you haven’t commented on anything.
Itaru	Because it’s pretty fun watching Juza play freely.
Izumi	Oh, a zombie attack?
Juza	So you’ve come……!
Banri	Oi, seriously? You haven’t even landed 1 hit.
Itaru	Or rather, he isn’t aiming in the first place. Well, there’s also a need to get used to the gun controller.
Izumi	Hey, the zombies are gradually increasing in number as time passes! Won’t you be in a rather compromising position at this rate……!?
Juza	!
Banri	Ha, what are you doing, stupid! Exactly how clumsy can you be.
Juza	Tch……!
Itaru	……Hey Juza, how about you try thinking of that zombie as Banri.
Juza	!
Banri	Haa?
Izumi	Come to think of it, their hairstyle might actually be a little similar.
Banri	Whaー! Director-chan too, what are you sayingーー
Izumi	……! You hit it! Amazing, Juza-kun!
Itaru	Strategy successful. Look, the next one’s coming.
Juza	Tch, Settsu that shitty bastard!!
Itaru	Yup yup, this is Banri, that’s also Banri.
Izumi	Juza-kun, do your best! Think of that zombie as Banri-kun too!
	Yay! First stage clear!
Itaru	Ohー gratz. That’s a good score I didn’t think a beginner could achieve. The second half has caught up.
Izumi	Yup, your skill is gradually increasing!
CHOICE 1: That was cool [+] Izumi That was really cool! Juza You think so? Izumi Yup. I’ve thought of this since some time ago but this kind of action really suits you. You have the intensity and give out the feeling of reliability. Even if an enemy appears, I feel as if I can be safe if I’m together with you. Juza ……Thanks. Itaru Nice, I wonder if I’ll get protected by Juza too. Juza You’re better than me at this aren’t you.
CHOICE 2: It seems like it’ll be useful towards the play [+] Izumi It seems like it’ll be useful towards the play. Juza Yeah. I certainly feel as if I can image it out a little better. Izumi Yup. If it goes on at this pace, it seems like you can making the gun action scene even better and the fan’s of your play will increase. Juza Fans and the like……I don’t really bother. It’s just that, I’ll put in more effort to become better at it. I want to be acknowledged……by the guys in the company, the audience who come to watch us and also you too.
Izumi	Huh? Come to think of it, Banri- kun’s……
Banri	…………
Itaru	Oopsー he has totally stoned.
Banri	Yes yes, in any case, I’m just a mass-produced type of zombie……rather, aren’t you being too mean as well, director-chan? Saying how I’m similar to the zombie and the like……
Izumi	C-Come to think of it, how much can you score on this game?
Itaru	You can get a pretty good score even with the time, right? Banri, you do it next. Here, the head-gear.
Banri	Tch, no choice huh. I’ll show you the difference in status.
Izumi	Do your best, Banri-kun!
Banri	Right’o, Hyodo, take a look! I’ll beat you twice over!
Itaru	Ohー amazing momentum.
Juza	I’m hungry so I’ll be heading to the convenience store.
Izumi	Eh? Oh, have a safe trip,
Banri	Look, this is how you do gun action games! It can’t even be compared to your poor gameplay!
Itaru	Banri, he didn’t notice that Juza had gone out……
Izumi	(Juza-kun’s not only has freedom in-game but also in reality……)

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