Kumon Hyodo/Promise of Blooming

Let's Play! Real-life Gacha: Kumon's Turn

Backstage Stories

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Kumon	U~mm…
Azami	Sorry, the cash register at the cosmetics counter was packed.
	I kept you waitin’…uh, is somethin’ bothering you?
Kumon	I’m wondering whether I should do this or not~…
Azami	A capsule toy?
Kumon	I’m super into the stuff inside, see!
	As I thought, the holy sword would be great, but the dragon shield is cool too…
	Look, there’s even an eyepatch—isn’t that dope!?
	It’d be a hit no matter what comes out! I really want one~…
Azami	If you want it that badly then stop hesitatin’ and just do it already.
Kumon	Yeah… I see, you’re right.
	Alright, then I’ll do it juuust once!
	Azami, wait a sec!
Azami	Geez, so troublesome.
	*rolls*
Kumon	I wonder what I got…
	…Oh, the holy sword!
	The quality’s legit!
	Capsule toys really are exciting, huh!
Azami	That reminds me, this is the kinda thing we’re using for our keychain exchange.
Kumon	HAH! That’s right!
	I haven’t chosen anything for that yet…
Azami	Thought so.
Kumon	Hmmm, if it was me, I’d be happy with something like an eyepatch or a dragon keychain…
	But you have no idea who’s gonna get yours, so it’d be better if it was something that everyone can use, right?
Azami	Well, yeah, all the members'll pull randomly.
Kumon	But it's surprising that Sakyo-san's talk of us using keychains, since lots of guys are losing their dorm keys lately, turned into us holding an exchange party, huh!
Azami	That shitty Sakyo, he’s annoyin’ about the details as usual.
Kumon	It’s great though! Itaru-san even prepared a capsule toy machine for us, so I’m super looking forward to what I’ll be able to pull!
Azami	Well, that’s fine but what kinda keychain will you give?
Kumon	Umm… Well, I’ll think about that later!
	More importantly, Azami, wanna go eat ramen after this!?
Azami	Sure, I guess… but you sure switch over fast.
Kumon	Hehe, let’s go, let’s go!
	Huh~… Where did it go?
	*door opens*
Kazunari	Hey, hey, Kumopi—.
Kumon	…
Kazunari	…Err, what are you doing crawling on the floor?
	Are you looking for something?
Kumon	Ah, Kazu-san!
	Actually, I can’t find the necklace I bought the other day…
Kazunari	Necklace? Wanna search together~?
Kumon	Nah, it’s alright!
	Thanks, Kazu-san.
	I’m sure I should’ve left it around here~…
Kazunari	…Hm?

Kazunari	Kumopi, something fell?
Kumon	Eh? What’s that?
Kazunari	Isn’t that a coil chain?
	It’s a sproooingy boi!
Kumon	A coil chain?
	Did I have something like that~…
	…uh, AH!
Kazunari	Hm?
Kumon	This is the chain I attached to my keys when I was in elementary school!
Kazunari	Heh~! Did you bring it over from your parents’ house?
Kumon	Umm, I didn’t mean to do something like that, but…
	Maybe it got mixed in with some of my luggage.
	But it sure is nostalgic~!
Kazunari	Everyone used coil chains back when they were kids, right?
Kumon	Yeah, yeah, you can stretch it out while it’s attached to your backpack, so it’s convenient to open your door~…
	…Hah!
Kazunari	What is it?
Kumon	I’m gonna choose this for our keychain exchange this time!
Kazunari	Sounds good, sounds good!
	It’s convenient and a lil bit unexpected.
Kumon	Yeah, right! Thanks, Kazu-san!
	Alright, now that I’ve decided to go with this, I gotta go buy one right away!
	Um, my wallet, my wallet…
	…Ah.
Kazunari	What is it this time?
Kumon	This!
Kazunari	A necklace!
	Is that the one you were looking for before?
Kumon	It looks like it was just in the bag I bought it in…
Kazunari	Geez~, Kumopi’s such a scatterbrain!
	But that’s great you found it.
Kumon	Hehe, sorry for all the trouble!
	I’m home~!
Kazunari	Kumopi, welcome back!
Izumi	Welcome home, Kumon-kun.
Kumon	Kazu-san, I bought it!
Kazunari	Oh, show me, show me!
Kumon	Alrightie~… Here!
Izumi	This is… a coil chain, right?
Kumon	Yep, yep!
	I think this is the keychain I’ll give for the exchange!
Izumi	Ahaha, somehow that seems like something you'd do, Kumon-kun.
Kumon	I’m excited to see who’ll get it~.
Kazunari	Can’t wait for the real day, right!
Kumon	It’s finally my turn!
	As expected, this sorta stuff gets you pumped up, huh!
	I wonder what’ll come out~.
	*rolls*
	Huh? This is…
Azami	Ain’t that the V. Falcon’s?
Kumon	It is, right! It looks familiar!
Muku	The V. Falcons are a soccer team, right?
Banri	Unbelievable, Kumon the baseball fanatic really got soccer, eh?
Kumon	…This is super duper cool!!
Azuma	But he looks pleased with it.
Kumon	I have lotsa keychains of baseball teams, but this is my first soccer team one!
Juza	That’s great, right, Kumon.
Kumon	Yeah!
	I'll use this together with my Tigers keychain~!

Anna