Kumon Hyodo/First, Let Me See Your Ticket

GO to the Stamp Rally!

Backstage Stories

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Kumon	Sorry for the wait, Azami!
Azami	Did they have it?
Kumon	Yeah! Look!
	This manga’s super popular! So even though this volume was released today, it was sold out at every store and I couldn’t get my hands on it at all…
	But I was finally able to buy it… I’m so stoked…!
Azami	Heh, good for you.
Kumon	Give it a read too, Azami! Here, it’s called “Flames of Annihilation”.
Azami	That reminds me, Shift was also talkin’ about that manga the other day…
Kumon	EH!? Shift likes it too!?
Azami	Rather than Shift himself, it’s more like his little bro likes it.
Kumon	Aw, man~…
	I mean, Tsuzuru-san said his little brothers were also into it, right!
	Its popularity with the kids is really nothing to scoff at~.
Azami	Well, wouldn’t Shift know about the contents too, more or less?
Kumon	Really!? That’d be great if he liked it too~.
Azami	You’ve been bringing Shift up for a while now—is there somethin’ on your mind?
Kumon	The truth is… a railway stamp rally for this manga is being held right now!
	There’s a part where they fight on a train in the manga, so it seems like it’s connected to that.
Azami	Oh, really?
Kumon	I wanna participate, but like I said before, it’s popular with children so I bet there’s lots of kids doing the stamp rally~.
	Going by myself is kinda embarrassing, so…
	If by any chance Shift was interested too, then I thought we could go together~.
Azami	If that’s what you want, then wouldn’t it be faster asking the guy himself?
Kumon	…You’re right. I’ll trying LIME-ing him!
	And I’ll lend you the manga, so read it too, alright!
Azami	Ahh, if I feel like it.
Kumon	“We’ll meet at the station at 8!”… there.
	*door opens*
Izumi	I’m home~.
Kumon	Welcome back, Director!
Izumi	You look like you’re in a good mood.
Kumon	I’m going out with Shift next week, so we’re making the plans for that.
Izumi	Heh, where are you guys going?
Kumon	We’re gonna ride the train that’s collaborating with the manga I like and go do a stamp rally!
Izumi	A stamp rally, huh~.
	Have fun.
Kumon	Yeah!
	I’ll buy you a souvenir too, Director!
Izumi	Ahaha, I’ll be expecting it then.
Kumon	Ah crap, run, Azami!
Azami	This happened ‘coz you were the one who got ready late, y’know!
	Anyways, why do I have to go with you guys…
Kumon	It’s fine—the more the merrier!
Shift	Ah, they're here, they're here.
Kumon	Sorry, we made you wait!
Shift	I just got here a moment ago too, so don’t worry ‘bout it.
Kumon	Alriiight! Then let's head out to the stamp rally~!

Kumon	We’ve arrived onto the collab railway~!
Shift	We made a lotta transfers.
Azami	We finally made it…
Kumon	Wow, the train cars are super retro! It’s just like the world of the manga!
Shift	It’s pretty hype, huh~?
Kumon	You think so too, right, Azami!
Azami	Well, the atmosphere’s nice…
Shift	We came all the way here, so have some more fun, dude.
Azami	Even if you say that, I know pretty much nothing about that manga.
Kumon	It would’ve been great if Shift’s little bro could’ve come along too, huh~.
Shift	Apparently, he had his own plans, so there was no helping it.
	I’m plannin’ to buy him some collab goods as a souvenir.
Kumon	I gotta buy a souvenir for Director too!
Azami	Anyways, do you get anything for that stamp rally?
Kumon	You’ll find out after you’ve gone around to all of them!
Azami	…Well, anythin’s fine, I guess.
Kumon	Eh~! Show some more enthusiasm, man~!
Shift	You don’t seem interested in hearin’ about it at all.
Azami	The hell, you guys are a pain…
Kumon	Ah, the next station’s coming up! Let’s get off~!
	…Alright, with this, they're complete!
	I’ll go and exchange them all together.
	Wait a sec, you two~.
Shift	…It really doesn’t feel like Kumon’s older than us, huh?
Azami	…I know, right?
Kumon	…Tah dah! Medals acquired~!
	Yep, here’s the ones for you guys~.
Azami	A medal…
Shift	We did it~.
Kumon	It’s sooo cool! I’m pumped!
Shift	So can we call this mission complete?
Kumon	Yep! Thanks for coming along with me, you two!
Azami	I think there’s a souvenir shop over there.
Kumon	Oh, there is! Let’s check it out!
	Woah! They have tons of manga collab goods!
Shift	There's plenty of limited-edition goods too~. I think Oruto’ll love them.
Kumon	It’s hard to decide which one to buy when there’s so much stuff, right~!
Azami	Wanna buy somethin’ for everyone back at the Theatre since we’re here?
Kumon	I’m gonna get this keychain!
	I’ll get castella for nii-chan and Muku~…
	And then for Director’s souvenir…
	…Hm? This is…
Izumi	Ummm, the documents the Manager sent me are…
Kumon	Ah, there you are!
Izumi	Oh, Kumon-kun, you’re back now.
Kumon	Yep, I just got home!
	I was searching for you cause I wanted to quickly give you your souvenir.
Izumi	You really bought something for me?
Kumon	Of course!
	Voila! It’s curry!
CHOICE 1: Wahh! Thank you! [+] Izumi Wahh! Thank you! Kumon It’s curry that's only available locally, and it has limited-edition manga collab packaging! The guy with the sword in the middle here is my favourite character~. He’s cheerful, bright, righteous, and he’s a really great guy! Izumi Fufu, so he’s a character like Kumon-kun. Kumon HUH!? I-is he…? I mean, I’m happy if Director says so!
CHOICE 2: It’s rare curry! [+] Izumi It’s rare curry! The spice mix is authentic. Plus, it’s a local one! Kumon They said it’s only sold at the last station of the stamp rally. There were lots of different collab goods, but I figured curry would be best for Director after all! Izumi Thanks for going out of your way to buy it for me! I’ll be sure to savour it!
	Hm? It looks like there’s some bonus character stickers included with it…
Kumon	Eh? Really? I didn’t see those at all!
Izumi	Then I’ll give these stickers to you, Kumon-kun.
Kumon	Seriously!? Thanks!
Izumi	I wanna have this as a late-night meal since I’m feeling a bit hungry now, but curry would be a bad idea, right…
Kumon	Ehh! It’s fine—let’s have it as a midnight snack!
Azami	…Curry as a midnight snack…?
Izumi	AZAMI-KUN!? Where in the world did you…
Azami	What do you mean you’re gonna have such a high calorie meal in the middle of the night?
	I’m not just talkin’ about your skin breaking out.
	To begin with, it’s obviously common sense not to eat 3 hours before going to bed.
	Also, eating curry which energizes you of all things is blah, blah, blah, and so on, and so forth…
Kumon	Wahh, nope, nope! We’re not eating! We’re not gonna eat!
Izumi	Yeah, we'll have this curry for lunch tomorrow, Azami-kun!

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