| Izumi | (Seems like it’s tradition with the Star Festival for those going on stage to change into Yukata…)[1] |
| (Ah, looks like everyone has finished changing already) |
| Sakyo | Don’t go spouting some bullshit! |
| Izumi | ……!? |
| Azami | Who says I’m bullshitting anyone!? |
| Izumi | W-what happened here? |
| Muku | W-well, when we were talking about our upcoming performance, there was a suggestion from Azami to add more action and dynamic scenes— |
| And Sakyo hearing that, criticized him for coming up with a sudden change right before the performance…. |
| Citron | With that, the conversation has been steadily heating up into this boiling argument! |
| Izumi | I see…. |
| Azami | Tch…..! |
| Sakyo | Hey were’d you think you’re going, the main show’s about to start. |
| Azami | Shut up. |
| Izumi | A-azami! |
| Tasuku | ……… |
| Tsumugi | Tasuku? |
| Tasuku | I’m going to go look and see how he’s doing. |
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| Azami | ……… |
| Tasuku | Izumida. |
| Azami | ….Oh, it’s just you Tasuku. |
| Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to return before the main performance. If I don’t spend this time to cool my head, I won’t be able to perform to the best of my ability. |
| Tasuku | So you’d already made plans to come back |
| Azami | Of course |
| Tasuku | ……That discussion from earlier….. |
| You brought it up to Sakyo because you wanted to make the performance something even more amazing, right? |
| Azami | …….. |
| I was saying this in the bus earlier too, but every year I’d be dragged along to this festival, whether I wanted to come or not. |
| At the time I thought, “god what a pain”, and tried to find a place where I thought the least amount of people would come so I could just slack off….. |
| But it seems after coming here year after year, I’ve grown quite fond of the place without even realizing it. |
| Tasuku | ….I see. |
| Azami | When I was looking at the Ginsenkai members who enjoyed our etude performance, and the people who were coming to our stalls, excited for our evening performance…. |
| I realized I wanted to show them something worth remembering, and then tried to talk about it with Sakyo. |
| ……But I wasn’t able to say it quite the way I wanted to. |
| Tasuku | …….You and I are really similar you know. Not being able to say what’s on your mind straight up. |
| Azami | ……? But you’re so good at talking about theatre. |
| Tasuku | Well, that’s because I like talking about theatre. But that’s that, this is this; they’re two different conversations you know? |
| Without speaking your feelings, and being honest to yourself, it’s hard for the opposing party to properly grasp at your thoughts as well. |
| If your desire to make the performance better isn’t going through to Sakyo, isn’t making that clear through dialogue the first step? |
| Azami | ……… |
| Tasuku | Sometimes, being honest is really important. You want this performance to be something the audience remembers, right? |
| Azami | ….Sigh. Yeah, I get it. |
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| …….. |
| Izumi | …..Ah! You guys are back |
| Azami | …….Hey, Sakyo. |
| Sakyo | ……..What. |
| Azami | That idea from earlier, it’s not like I was saying it without some thought going into it. |
| The reason why I brought it up was because I wanted to show the people of this town something good, with the group we have here today. From a while back, I’ve always been in their care so…. |
| Izumi | Azami….. |
| Sakyo | ……Next time, just say that first. |
| Tsumugi | While you two were gone, the rest of us were discussing how to try and incorporate Azami’s suggestions into our performance tonight. |
| Azami, and Tasuku too, would you guys like to hear what we’ve discussed so far? |
| Tasuku | Yeah. |
| Azami | …..You guys incorporated it? |
| Citron | Yes! Sakyo thought long and hard about it! |
| Sakyo | Hey now…. |
| Azami | ………… |
| Muku | Azami, let’s do our best to make this stage a good one! |
| Azami | …..Yeah. |
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