Kazunari Miyoshi/Blessings of Blooming
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Pair Performance: Kazunari with Homare
Backstage Stories
| Izumi | It looks like your theme is “Sleeping Beauty,” Kazunari-kun and Homare-san. Could I confirm the summary and lines with you two? |
| Kazunari | OK! |
| Homare | “After being cursed by the witch and touching the spinning wheel’s needle, the beautiful princess fell into a deep slumber.” |
| “The curse lasts 100 years, leaving the castle which the princess resides in, covered in thorns.” | |
| “In that time, a prince hears about this rumor and sets off to the castle in order to break the curse…” is the summary. | |
| Kazunari | “It is time to wake up, Princess,” and “I can’t believe I’ve been asleep for 100 years…it really feels like a dream,” are the lines! |
| I’m pretty familiar with the story of “Sleeping Beauty.” And, playing the role of the princess seems like hella fun~! | |
| Homare | Mhm. It is a theme perfect for us! |
| Izumi | Fufu, I’m glad. Then, I’ll be looking forward to your pair performance, Kazunari-kun and Homare-san. |
| [Room 205] | |
| Kazunari | Hmm, I came here thinking I’d get to talk to you about the pair performance, Aririn, but… |
| Hisoka | Zz-…zz-… |
| Kazunari | If we have our discussion here, then won’t Hisohiso wake up from the middle of his nap~? |
| Homare | If we do not talk loudly, then it will be quite alright. Once Hisoka-kun falls asleep, it is rather difficult to wake him up. |
| Well then…since we had reviewed the contents of the pair performance the other day, I suggest doing an impromptu performance. | |
| Kazunari | If you’re good with it Aririn, how ‘bout I do an etude? I think I can play the princess’s role better that way. |
| The scene where the princess falls asleep is a pretty big one, so I think it’d be pretty fun to freely express that feeling however I want. | |
| Homare | I see, that does seem like something you would do, Kazunari-kun. |
| Then, with an opposite approach I shall create the content in prior. I have always wanted to have a go at writing a script by hand. | |
| Kazunari | I’m hella looking forward to your script, Aririn~ Then, the contents will be like this… |
| Hisoka | Gu…zzz… |
| Kazunari | …Don’tcha think watching Hisohiso sleeping is good reference for the princess’s role study? |
| Homare | You seem to have a point. It has been decided, let us observe Hisoka-kun together! |
| Hisoka | Arisu, so loud… |
| Homare | Oh, it seems as though Hisoka-kun has risen from his slumber. |
| Kazunari | Sorry for being so loud~! |
| [Later] | |
| Kazunari | (What should I do for the princess’s role study~) |
| (When I think of “Sleeping Beauty,” the first thing that comes to mind is the image of roses, so should I go look at flowers at the botanical garden? | |
| Taichi | Ah, Kazu-kun! |
| Juza | ‘sup. |
| Kazunari | GJ you two~! Going somewhere? |
| Taichi | Now that I can drive, I’ve made plans to go to this café inside a botanical garden with Juza-san! |
| Juza | Thought a lil’ outin’ wouldn’t hurt, and there’s a limited edition cake over there that’s been goin’ pretty viral lately for being really delicious. |
| Kazunari | A café inside of a botanical garden… that must be the Greenhouse Café! |
| I’ve also been there before and they had so many flower decorations inside, it’s a realllly calming café~ | |
| (…Thats right!) | |
| Would y’all mind if I tag along too? | |
| My role for the pair performance this time around is of a princess, so I thought it’d be a good idea to look at some flowers for role study reference. | |
| Juza | Yeah, I don’t mind. |
| Taichi | Me neither! It’d be more fun if we all went together! |
| Kazunari | FRs? Thanks you two~! |
| [Later, at the café] | |
| Employee | 3 limited edition cake sets. Understood, we will return with your food shortly. |
| [Later] | |
| Juza | …You said your role is a princess’s role Kazunari-san, but what’s your theme for the pair performance exactly? |
| Kazunari | “Sleeping Beauty!” So I have plans to become a sleeping princess surrounded by roses~ |
| Taichi | I see! You can definitely get good reference for a princess’s role from here. |
| If there’s anything I can do to help you with your role study, don’t hesitate to ask! | |
| Kazunari | Eh, you sure? |
| Taichi | Of course! Since I have the opportunity to! |
| Juza | If ya need, I’ll also help out. |
| Kazunari | Thanks so muchsies~! Then, once our cake sets arrive I have a favor to ask you two… |
| [Later] | |
| Kazunari | “This black tea…it is oh so delicious~” |
| Taichi | “There are various sweets with such rich aromas as well, it was absolutely worth coming all this way.” |
| Juza | “Yeah. I…I think so as well. There’s plenty of hella good…delicious honey.”[1][2] |
| Kazunari | “Despite it being delicious, I might not be able to dance at the dance party tonight if I eat too much.” |
| “Even though my lovely prince is finally coming to visit…” | |
| Taichi | “Oh my, which country could your beloved prince be from? Would you consider only telling me?” |
| Juza | “I…I would also like…to know.”[3] |
| [Later] | |
| Kazunari | Thanks for helping me out, you two~! I managed to get tons of role study reference material for my princess etude! |
| Juza | Nah, I also gained some experience from it. ‘s not every day that I get the chance to play a female role. |
| Taichi | I also really enjoyed doing a princess etude—! |
| Kazunari | But, I totes didn’t expect Hyodle’s princess to end up eloping with the prince towards the end~! |
| Taichi | Huh!? The other customers are clapping… |
| Kazunari | Could it be that everyone else had a super fun time watching our etude too? |
| Juza | We were focusin’ so hard that I guess we didn’t notice. |
| Kazunari | FR~! Well then, once again… |
| Thank you very much for watching—! | |
| Juza & Taichi | Thank you very much! |
| Izumi | So your theme is “Sleeping Beauty,” Kazunari-kun and Homare-san. If you’re ready, then please begin. |
| I’m OK whenever~! How ‘bout you, Aririn? | |
| Homare | I am also ready. |
| Taichi | Thanks for inviting me to watch today! I’m looking forward to your pair performance guys~! |
| Juza | I hope that etude we did was helpful… |
| Kazunari | Don’t worry, y’all helped me get hella reference material! |
| Homare | Incidentally, Kazunari-kun is going to play the role of the princes while I shall be playing the role of the prince. |
| Izumi | Then, please start! |
| [Curtain Rises] | |
| Prince (Homare) | “Through hearing a rumor about a beautiful princess that the witch had cast a 100 year old curse upon, I have overcome many difficulties…”[4] |
| Prince | “To reach the sleeping princess who resides in the castle covered in thorns, I have finally managed to arrive…” |
| “We finally meet…You are just as beautiful as the rumors say.” | |
| “Come now, it is time to rise from your slumber, Princess. I shall break this curse cast upon you with my love.” | |
| [Pretends to kiss Kazunari] | |
| Kazunari (Princess) | “Zzz…” |
| Prince | “I k-kissed you, yet you won’t open your eyes?” |
| “What could this mean? I had heard that the princess’ curse would be lifted once a prince lovingly kisses her…” | |
| Princess | “…Blink.” |
| “Fufu, he still has not realized that I have already awoken from my slumber.”[5] | |
| “While it is true that my curse was immediately broken from his kiss…” | |
| “If he really loves me, he should try a bit harder to prove that love.” | |
| [Closes his eyes again] | |
| Prince | “Princess…please wake up…! Princess! Prin—cess—!!” |
| Princess | “Mumble mumble~….I will not eat anymore~…” |
| Prince | “Despite shaking her so vigorously, and yelling so close to her ears, she still won’t wake up…Alright, since it has come to this I have no choice but to make use of my last resort!” |
| Izumi | (Eh, Homare-san took out a gong!?) |
| Homare | “Now, you shall hear the sound of this!” |
| [Hits the gong] | |
| Princess | “…Uwa!? Hey, that’s too loud!!” |
| Prince | “Oh! Princess, it seems you have finally woken up. My love has seemed to reach you.” |
| Princess | “I understand, now please stop hitting the gong! You didn’t need to do that, since I had already woken up a while ago!” |
| Prince | “Eh, you had awoken a while ago?” |
| Princess | “Ahaha…u—mm…I-I can’t believe I’ve been asleep for 100 years…it really feels like a dream~” |
| Prince | “Now that I think about it, you speak quite eloquently for someone who has been asleep for 100 years…” |
| “Could it be that you had woken up much earlier than this?” | |
| Princess | “Ahaha, I-I couldn’t have~!” |
| “This is the first time I have woken up from your kiss, so it is….definitely definitely impossible for that to have ever happened~!” | |
| [Performance ends] | |
| Kazunari & Homare | Thank you very much! |
| [Off Stage] | |
| Taichi | That was really interesting, but I wasn’t expecting a gong to appear out of nowhere! |
| Juza | Yeah. I had no clue how their performance would develop after that, it was hella impressive. |
| Homare | Hmhmhm, I had anticipated for something like this to occur, so I had it prepared in advance. |
| Kazunari | But thanks to that, our “Sleeping Beauty” performance turned out to be wayyy more fun than I was expecting~! Thankies, Aririn! |
| Izumi | The progression was really comical, and Kazunari-kun’s princess character had a pretty unique personality but… |
| Your mannerism was just like that of a beautiful princess, so that gap was really interesting. | |
| Kazunari | I knew you’d get it Director-chan~! I really wanted to highlight that gap, so I’m hella happy! |
| [Later] | |
| Izumi | Alright then, let’s take the commemorative photo now. I think it would be better for you to pose with the vibe of the role you played this time around. |
| Kazunari | O—k! Then, make sure to get my good side! |
| Homare | Oh, that rose you are holding…since when did you have it? |
| Kazunari | I got it as a souvenir when I went to the botanical garden with Taicchan and fam~! |
| Izumi | Alright I’m taking it now…say cheese! |
| [Takes Picture] | |
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| Izumi | What do you think? |
| Kazunari | You really got my good side! Thanks, Director-chan! |
| Hey hey, Aririn. Could I take a picture together with that gong? I think it’ll be impactful and hella glorious! | |
| Homare | Of course, I do not mind! |
| Izumi | Then I’ll take one more picture. |
| [Takes Picture] | |
| Taichi | This picture is definitely really impactful, but it doesn’t give off the vibe of “Sleeping Beauty” at all! |
| Juza | As expected, half the picture is just the gong. |
| Kazunari | But it’ll make a nice momento~! |
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Notes
- ↑ Juza says 俺(おれ) Ore, the first person pronoun usually used by men here, and then switches to 私(わたくし) Watakushi, the gender neutral first person pronoun which is also usually used by girls. Watakushi is usually used by young ladies
- ↑ This is kind of hard to translate but Juza first uses his usual way of speaking in the first part of the second sentence, then fixes it by switching to a more formal, ladylike way of speaking by adding わ(Wa) or わよ(Wayo) at the end
- ↑ Juza does both of the things I wrote in the previous notes again in this sentence 😭
- ↑ Homare uses the gender neutral first person pronoun 私(わたし) Watashi here, same as how he usually speaks
- ↑ Just like their etude in part 1, Kazunari uses the first person pronoun わたくし(Watakushi) here and also ends his sentences with わ(Wa), which is normally used by noble young ladies
