Kumon Hyodo/Once Upon A Time

A Strange Fairy-Tale Dream

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Let's wrap it up for today. Good work.
Tenma	Good work.
Misumi	Good work~
Kumon	Hey, guys. Would you like to watch a movie after this?
Yuki	Movie?
Kumon	I borrowed it at a rental shop today~!
Kazunari	Heh~, what kind of movie is it?
Kumon	A fairy-tale movie!
Izumi	Fairy-tale...?
	I see, that's a very fluffy-looking world.
Kumon	The • Fairy-tale!
Muku	I love worlds that look like this!
Misumi	It's pink and fluffy~ I wonder if there are any triangles there~
Tenma	Wait, but, isn't the camera work kind of strange?
Kazunari	Hmm, it does feel a bit unsettling?
Yuki	The sound effects are also eerie.
Izumi	Is this really a fairy-tale...?
Tenma	It's obviously not, no matter how you look at it. Are we going to watch this till the end?
Yuki	Scaredy-cat.
Tenma	Who is?!
Muku	I'm sure it's because I'm a crispy over-cooked bacon with half-cooked potatoes that it became like this...
Kazunari	Now, now, let's just watch a bit more. It looks interesting!
Misumi	Ah, a triangle has appeared~!
Tenma	That saw is definitely a murder weapon! There's no doubt about it!
Kumon	That's weird? I thought it was supposed to be a fairy-tale.
Izumi	What's this movie's title?
Kumon	Umm, "Nightmare in Wonderland~Revenge of the Dead~"
Yuki	Definitely not a fairy-tale.
Tenma	Isn't the fairy-tale only at the beginning?
Kumon	The packaging was pink and white and had a fairy-tale feeling to it, though.
Kazunari	But, why fairy-tale all of a sudden?
Kumon	The next play is set in a fantasy fairy-tale world, so I thought I'd study up on that.
	I don't know much about it.
Tenma	So it's a part of your role-study, huh. It's a good idea.
Izumi	Yeah, you've thought this through!
Yuki	Not bad.
Kumon	Hehe!
Misumi	Kumon, you did great, so I'll give you a fluffy Triangle-kun~
Kumon	Thanks!
Kazunari	When it comes to manga with a fairy-tale setting, Mukkun has a lot of them.
Muku	Sorry. I just lent the manga I recommended to Sakyo-san for the Manga Club.
Izumi	It's surprising that Sakyo-san is in the Manga Club, but the fact that he reads fairy-tale manga is also a huge mismatch.
Yuki	It's hilarious to imagine though.
Muku	I'll lend it to you once Sakyo-san finishes reading it.
Kumon	Sure!
Izumi	The rest of the fairy-tale materials...
Itaru	Should I lend you something?
Tenma	You came out of nowhere!
Izumi	Itaru-san, what do you have to offer?
Itaru	Come here.
Kumon	???

Citron	Ooh, everyone from the Summer Troupe has come to saw us~?
Tenma	Saw you?
Chikage	His words are all over the place.
Guy	I just got my regular Zahra shipment in the mail, so I was just checking what's inside.
Yuki	Heh~, is there anything interesting?
Citron	I will not give you the DVD of the Zahran version of Japanimation!
Yuki	Don't need it.
Itaru	Here. My recommended fairy-tale manga.
Kumon	"I Started A Cheat Hero in Wonderland"?
Tenma	This is just a chuunibyou manga, isn't it?
Izumi	The fairy-tale part is probably only at the beginning...
Kumon	Sounds interesting!
Yuki	Seriously?
Kazunari	Well, maybe it's more of a fairy-tale than the horror earlier!
Muku	I also want to read a little.
Chikage	What's going on with these fairy-tale talk?
Kumon	We're looking for fairy-tale materials to role-study for our next play.
Guy	I see, so that's what it was.
Citron	In that case, I have a recommended frequency movie for you all.
Misumi	Frequency movie~?
Itaru	Do you mean fantasy movie?
Citron	Yes, that! A samurai playing baseball in a world of swords and sorcery!
Yuki	The heck is that?
Tenma	Are you sure that's a fairy-tale movie?
Kazunari	But I can't imagine what the movie's like, it sounds suuuper interesting!
Citron	It is very interesting indeed. I will lend you the DVD.
Kumon	Thanks!
Chikage	I think the book I planned lending to Muku would also be a good reference for fairy-tales.
Muku	If I recall, it's a story about a middle-aged man who traveled to a strange country in a different world and opens a curry shop.
Chikage	That's right.
Tenma	No, that's not helpful in the slightest.
Izumi	I am a bit curious though...
Yuki	You're just fixated on the curry part, aren't you?
Muku	Then, Kyu-chan should read it first.
Kumon	Eh, is that okay?
Muku	Yeah. I'll look for another material.
Tenma	Will the other recommendations be okay?
Yuki	It's guaranteed to be better than these three questionable people's recommendations at least.
Izumi	W-well, it'll probably be fine, won't it...?
Kumon	......
Misumi	Kumon, you're still not asleep~?
Kumon	...Yeah, I'm gonna read a bit more.
Misumi	Make sure not to stay up too late~
Kumon	Yeah, good night.
Misumi	Good night~

Kumon	Yawnnn~
Izumi	Kumon-kun, are you going somewhere?
Kumon	I thought I'd go to the library to look for other materials. I've read all the books I borrowed yesterday.
Izumi	Eh?! Already?!
Kumon	I couldn't stop myself once I started reading it.
Izumi	Heh~ Were they interesting?
Kumon	Yeah. But they're a bit different from our upcoming play. So I wondered if there were anything else.
Izumi	You're sure enthusiastic about studying for the play.
Kumon	It's an important play for Muku, so I have to do my best!
Izumi	I see. Then, I'll go help find the materials with you.
Kumon	Thanks!
Izumi	About this much?
Kumon	When you look for it, there are actually quite a few~
Izumi	I have a book that I'm kind of curious about, so go ahead and read them first.
Kumon	'Kay.
	Hmm, maybe I should start from this book.
	"The Boy and the Mysterious Castle" ...
	......
	...Yaawn.
	......
	...Hm?
	Where am I...
	What an awesome fairy-tale...ah, is this a dream?!
	Hooray! A trip to another world! Am I the hero?! Was I summoned?! I'm so pumped up!
	Moreover, the view of this world can be a reference for my role-study!
Guy	Gentleman, please excuse me, de gozaru.
Kumon	Guy-san?!
Guy	Indeed. I am who you call Guy, de gozaru.
Kumon	Man, you're totally a samurai!
Guy	To be frank with you, I am in a bit of trouble because we do not have enough baseball members, de gozaru. Will you help me?
Kumon	Eh?! Baseball in this kind of world?! I don't really mind.
Guy	You are a great help, de gozaru!
	The enemy is the team that controls this country, the Manzai Masks, de gozaru.
	The Manzai Masks have captured the princess and have the country under their control, de gozaru.
Citron	Hmph, so you have brought a helper.
Kumon	It's Citron-san this time?!
Guy	Princess, we will save you now, de gozaru.
Izumi	Guy-san, please don't overdo it!
Kumon	Director? So Director is the princess.
Izumi	And you are?
Kumon	Kumon. If Director is captured, then I have to do my best.
	Just hang on, princess. I'll save you right away. I'm kinda good at baseball.
Citron	Enough! Bow down to my Electrical Lyrical Magic Ball!
Kumon	Wait, I think I saw a scene like this in the movie I borrowed from Citron-san...
Chikage	Players from both teams, gather up!
Kumon	Heh, the referee is Chikage-san, huh.
Chikage	All together, curry!
Kumon	Shaah!
Guy	I am in your hands, de gozaru!
Citron	Shah!
Kumon	...Wait, it's not bow, but curry?
Guy	In this country, it is polite to eat curry before a game.
Kumon	You're lying?!
	What's more, it's really spicy!
Chikage	It's my secret spice.
Kumon	I can't eat this before the game!
Citron	If you cannot eat it, you will be disqualified.
Kumon	Whaaaat?!
Guy	Uu...my tongue is numb.
Citron	Ugh...the spiciness has increased again.
Chikage	I do my research everyday.
Kumon	Huff, huff....okay, I ate it all...! I'll strike out everyone quickly!
Citron	A-all right, I shall receive it.
Chikage	Strike! Batter out!
Kumon	All right, if I can just hold one more person...
Guy	I shall entrust it to you, de gozaru.
Izumi	Do your best, Kumon-kun...!
Kumon	Leave it to me.
Citron	Bring it on!
Kumon	—
Itaru	Hup. The hero has arrived.
Kumon	Itaru-san?!
Itaru	Stop it right there, Iron Mask! I, the Salary Man hero summoned from another world, will not allow you to do any more evil.
	Ei!
Kumon	The ball split into two?!
Chikage	This match wouldn't be possible without the ball.
Kumon	Whaaaat?! Even though I tried my best to get this far?! Hold on!!
	—!!
Izumi	Morning.
Kumon	I...fell asleep?
Izumi	You slept soundly. You didn't get enough sleep last night, right?
Kumon	Somehow...I feel like I had a fairy-tale dream...
Izumi	That sounds like it'd be a good reference.
	What kind of dream was it?
Kumon	I dreamed of teaming up with Guy-san who was a samurai for a baseball team to fight against Citron-san...
	Before the game, Chikage-san made me eat a very spicy curry, and when I was about to win, I was interrupted by Itaru-san who was a hero...
	It was exhausting...
Izumi	It was definitely the influence of the materials borrowed from Itaru-san and the others...
Kumon	I don't want any more fairy-tales for a while...

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