Masumi Usui/Brilliance of Blooming

MANKAI Livestream! ~LIVE: Masumi~

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Kazunari-kun is also joining in on today’s leader’s meeting.
Kazunari	Let’s do this piko~!
Banri	Have you come up with somethin’ again?
Kazunari	That’s right, Setzer!
	There’s a lil something I wanted to try.
	So you see… we held a project survey for the fans to find out what they’d like us to do!
Sakuya	A project survey?
Izumi	Yep. We did it for our fans as per Kazunari-kun’s suggestion.
Kazunari	Thankfully, MANKAI Company’s popularity is soaring through the roof right now!
Tenma	That’s true. We got a lot of new fans too.
Kazunari	‘Cept some of the folks who have been supporting us for a while also voiced that they’re a bit lonely since it feels like there’s been more distance between us.
	But, like, we wanna be a Theatre troupe that’s close to our fans no matter how much our popularity rises, right?
Banri	I see.
	So that explains the project survey, eh?
Tsumugi	How were the results?
Kazunari	The most common answer was, “I wanna see more InsteLives and selfies from all the troupe members!”
Tenma	Well, the frequency of InsteLive streams varies from person to person.
Tsumugi	It’s the same for our selfies.
	We basically leave it to the members who are good at SNS.
Kazunari	Yep, and so! As a special project this time, I propose we hold a solo InsteLive and selfie festival for 24 consecutive days!
Banri	A selfie festival?
Kazunari	It’d be even more hype if we took selfies during the live and upped the pics to Inste later, wouldn’t it!
Izumi	We’ve also discussed it with Sakyo-san, and he said we can do it as long as I keep watch to make sure no trouble occurs during the streams.
Kazunari	And so, the rest depends on you guys…
	How about it?
Sakuya	I’d love to do it! Of course I want to make everyone happy…
	But I’m happy for the chance to talk with all the fans through the screen too!
Tsumugi	I’d like to give it a try too. I feel like I’m getting more used to InsteLives, little by little.
Tenma	Hey, but, we can’t just idly chat, right?
Kazunari	On that topic, I thought it might be great to send out another survey to hear what they’d like each troupe member to do.
Banri	Seems like it’ll be a lot easier to handle in that case.
Izumi	Every InsteLive will turn out differently. That sounds interesting.
Kazunari	‘Kay then, it’s settled!
	Leave the form creation and tallying up to me!
Sakuya	Thank you very much, Kazunari-san!
Izumi	Alright then, leaders. Please share the InsteLive and selfie plan with all your members.
Leaders	Got it!
Kazunari	Heyo. I’ve got something for ya, Massu.
Masumi	…What’s this?
Kazunari	The survey results from your fans! What the fans want you to do in the InsteLive is written here.
Masumi	InsteLive?
Tsuzuru	Sakuya explained to us earlier that all the members are taking turns holding solo streams. So he’d like us to consider and decide on the contents based on the ideas that were gathered.
Kazunari	There’s loads of peeps who are looking forward to your stream, so they answered this survey. Give it a read!
Masumi	Heh.
Tsuzuru	Based on that, make sure you think about what you’ll do by the day of your turn.
Masumi	…I got it.
	I’ll think about it.
	Hey, Director. I have some things I’d like to ask you about my upcoming solo InsteLive.
Izumi	Hm? What’s up?
	Ah, you’re having a hard time deciding what to do!
Masumi	Nope, that’s fine.
	I read the survey and I’ve decided on what to do for the most part.
Izumi	I see. That’s good.
	(Huh? Then what is it that he wants to ask me?)
Masumi	What would you…
	…
Izumi	Masumi-kun?
Masumi	I was going to ask what would you want me to do…
	But that feels a bit off, so I’ll change how I ask.
	If you were my fan, Director, then what would you want me to do now?
	I wanna hear your opinion.
Izumi	If I was Masumi’s fan, huh?
	Let me think. If it’s right now…
	Kieru from “Magicians’ Pure Love” left a big impression on me, so I guess I’d want to see some magic.
Masumi	…That’s great.
Izumi	Eh?
Masumi	I was thinking of doing magic since that was the most popular request on my InsteLive survey.
Izumi	I see. That was a lead role of yours, so I suppose lots of people thought the same thing.
Masumi	Yeah… but if I happened to be told something different, then I planned on doing it just for you on another day.
Izumi	Something like that again…
	(But Masumi-kun decided to do magic while making sure to keep his fans in mind. I’m pretty happy about that.)

Izumi	Can we get started soon, Masumi-kun?
Masumi	Go ahead.
Izumi	Alright… start!
Masumi	…Hey there.
Comment	“Ah, it started!”
Comment	“Hello, Masumi-kun~!”
Comment	“I was looking forward to the stream!”
Comment	“Introduce yourself, Masumi-kun!”
Masumi	Oh, right.
	…Usui Masumi, MANKAI Company’s Spring troupe.
Comment	“Ahaha, we know~.”
Comment	“Nice to meet you, Masumi-kun!”
Comment	“What are you doing today?”
Masumi	I plan to do magic during today’s stream, so I made a lot of preparations.
	…First will be this.
Comment	“It’s coin magic!”
Masumi	Yeah. I’m going to make the coin disappear now, so watch carefully.
Comment	“We have our eye peeled!”
Comment	“I’m excited~.”
Masumi	3, 2 1…
Comment	“Wow, it really disappeared!”
Comment	“Awesome, I don’t get how he did it at all~.”
Masumi	Alright, we’ll move onto the next magic.
	Coming up is…
	*door opens*
???	Yah, did you call me?
Masumi	I didn’t call you… I mean, we’re in the middle of an InsteLive right now.
Homare	Of course I am aware.
	Or rather, that is why I came.
Comment	“Eh, Homare-san?”
Comment	“He’s crashing the live!?”
Homare	Ohh, my apologies for the delay in my introduction.
	I am Winter troupe’s Arisugawa Homare.
Comment	“Hello, Homare-san~!”
Comment	“I’m happy you’re here!”
Homare	Masumi-kun was performing magic, is that right?
	Please, do show me as well.
	Look, everyone is waiting for you to continue.
Masumi	You’re the one who stopped me.
Comment	“Ahaha, we were able to see Masumi-kun’s tsukkomi!”
Comment	“Are you his magic assistant, Homare-san?”
Masumi	…Well, the things I can do might have increased since Homare came.
	Hey, help me for a sec.
Homare	Why, of course!
	What can I do for you?
Masumi	Pick a card from here, and without me seeing, have a look at it with everyone.
Homare	Hmph… then I shall choose this one.
	Now, memorize this as well, viewers.
Comment	“I see. That’s it~.”
Homare	Oh, don’t let it slip in the comments.
Comment	“We won’t lol”
Masumi	Did you check it?
Homare	Yes. No problems here!
Masumi	Alright. Place it back in this deck of cards.
	…Now, the card you slipped into the middle will come to the very top when I snap my fingers.
	Watch… 3, 2, 1.
	*snaps*
Comment	“Ehh, seriously!?”
Comment	“Will it really be the one on top~?”
Masumi	Homare, flip the card on the very top.
Homare	Let me see…
	Oh my, what is this…!
	It’s the card I drew just a moment ago!
Comment	“Amazinggg!”
Comment	“What’s going on!?”
Masumi	…This much is simple.
Comment	“Ah, Masumi-kun’s smiling!”
Comment	“His smile’s so cute~.”
Izumi	“It’s about time to end it!”
Masumi	Okay, today’s stream will go up to here.
	Lastly, I have to take a selfie…
Comment	“Please smile, Masumi-kun!”
Masumi	With a smile…
CHOICE 1: A smile! [+] Comment “Wow, a smile!” Comment “I’m glad I could see different sides of Masumi-kun.” Masumi Ahh, that reminds me… I received a lot of ideas from the survey. …I was happy too. Thanks for everything, everyone. Comment “Same here!”
CHOICE 2: Is it hard to take a selfie? [+] Comment “Is it hard to take a selfie?” Masumi No. I can take one normally, so it’s fine. Homare Masumi-kun. If you say “gorgonzola” as you take the picture, it will turn out beautifully. Masumi What the hell? There’s no way I’m doing that. Homare Mumu, why not! Comment “What is this exchange lol cute lol” Comment “Gorgonzola lmao”
Masumi	…
	*click*
	…How’s the photo?
Homare	Umu, didn’t it come out quite well!
Masumi	Alright, then today’s stream will end here.
	Thanks for tuning in.
Izumi	Good job!
	I didn’t think you’d actually come, Homare-san.
Homare	I had just happened to reach a stopping point in my work.
Masumi	You’re the one who called Homare?
Izumi	You kept wearing a blank expression, so I asked the whole group LIME if anyone could help collab.
Homare	And so, the first one who came was I.
Izumi	I figured it was none of my concern…
	But I wanted to show Masumi-kun’s smile to all the viewers.
Masumi	It’s not none of your concern.
	There was also a limit to the magic I could pull off on my own.
Homare	Yes, indeed. The variation increased thanks to moi!
Izumi	Ah, think about which photo you’ll post to Inste.
	One with your smile!
Masumi	I'm happy you want me to smile so much.
Izumi	That’s just because I think the fans would like to see your smiling face, Masumi-kun. I’ll leave it to you!
Masumi	I didn’t take that many pictures, so I’ll go with this one.
	…Can I upload it?
Izumi	Yeah, great choice!
Masumi	Alright, there.

Anna