Misumi Ikaruga/MANKAI Memory

Childhood Memory: MISUMI

Backstage Stories

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Misumi	Put this triangle over here~!
Muku	Where should I put this one?
Tenma	Geez... Why do I have to help clean up Misumi's triangle collection?
Kumon	We needed a li~ttle bit of support, it was getting too much for just me and Sumi-san to handle.
Misumi	Thanks for helping out, guys~!
Kazunari	You can count on us anytime! It's super fun when you work together!
Muku	Besides, it's exciting to see so many different things.
Tenma	Well, there are a lot of strange things here, that's for sure.
	Rather, it's rare that Yuki is helping sort things out without a single complaint.
Yuki	I don't hate doing detailed work. When I do this kind of work, I get inspired with good designs, surprisingly.
Kumon	Ooh~! That's kinda cool!
Tenma	Sigh, can't be helped. Let's just get this over with.
	(Misumi approaches Tenma)
Misumi	......
Yuki	!
	(Misumi & Yuki both approach Tenma)
Misumi & Yuki	......
Muku	It's all pretty tidy now.
Tenma	Crap, it's almost time for the leaders' meeting. I'm gonna go now.
Kumon	Roger that!
Kazunari	Then I'll go with you, Tenten!
Tenma	Huh? Why are you coming with me?
Kazunari	Don't sweat it~ You'll just have to wait and see!
Tenma	?
Misumi	Bye~bye, you two!
Izumi	Kazunari-kun and Omi-kun will also be participating in today's leaders' meeting.
Kazunari	'Scuse me for intruding!
Banri	Is there somethin' goin' on?
Omi	Yes. I want to give an explanation about the new goods.
Kazunari	Plus~... We have decided to make birthday bromides!
Leaders	Birthday bromides?!
Omi	Kazunari and I have been talking about making one for a while now.
Kazunari	And with Frooch-san's and Director-chan's permissions, we've decided to go for it!
	A commemorative bromide will be released in the month of each troupe member's birthday, and the design looks like this~
	I wanna make it look lively and happy, while making good use of all the props we have lying in the dorm's storage room!
Tenma	Heh, I see.
Sakuya	Wow, I'm really looking forward to it!
Tsumugi	That sounds like a really nice idea.
Banri	Not bad. Usin' the props that're just uselessly lyin' around in the storage room is a good idea.
Omi	And with that, Kazunari and I actually have one more suggestion...
	We were thinking about having each member pick out one accessory for themselves to use for this shoot.
Tsumugi	An accessory for the shoot?
Kazunari	Yep yep! You know, objects hold memories too, don't they?
	We'll be taking pictures as a birthday bromide, and I wanna make it a memorable one for each of us!
Banri	Gotcha. By the way, is there a rule or theme for the accessory?
Omi	No, we're actually still thinking about that. Do you guys have any ideas?
Izumi	Something memorable...
Tenma	Something to commemorate, huh...
Sakuya	Hmm...
Izumi	Then...what about memories from before joining the company?
	The props in the storage room are all memories after joining the company, right?
	But since it's your guys' birthdays, I think it's better to have some things from before you guys joined the troupe.
Tsumugi	That makes sense.
Izumi	Of course everyone has their own circumstances, so it's fine for everyone to make their own choices too.
Tenma	Both the good and bad memories can be a source of encouragement for an actor. So what you choose is entirely up to you, I guess.
Banri	Ain't that interesting.
Sakuya	I think so, too!
Omi	That's right. Thanks for the idea, Director.
Kazunari	All right! Let's make it a commemorative pic that everyone will be happy with!
Omi	Yeah.
Tenma	That's right.
Tsumugi	By the way, Tenma-kun, I've been wondering... It's rare for you to wear a hairpin.
Tenma	Huh?
Banri	So you seriously didn't notice. Look, it's on the back of your head.
Tenma	What...?! S-since when?!
Sakuya	It's a triangular hairpin.
Tenma	Misumi...!!
Tsumugi	You can see a face painted on it if you look closely. How cute.
Izumi	Fufu, it really is.
Banri	This is completely drawn on.
Kazunari	Sumi is super artistic~
Tenma	Geez...
Omi	Come to think of it, Misumi will be the first one to do the bromide.
Tenma	Sigh. Just in time, I'll go talk to him about the bromide while I give him this hairpin back.

Misumi	Something memorable~... There might be one here~
	My dorm room is full of my favorite triangles, but...
Misumi	Memories from before joining the company... Hmm, I can't think of one~
	I don't think there's one at home either...
Muku	But why don't you go back to your parents' house once in a while?
Kumon	Yep yep! Since it might be a bit hard for you to come home without a reason like this!
Misumi	I see~
	That's right, I can meet Madoka if I go home. Okay, I'm going home!
Misumi	Something memorable... Something memorable...
Madoka	Nii-san?
Misumi	Madoka! Welcome home~
Madoka	I'm home. You could've just went inside though.
Misumi	But...
Madoka	It's your house too, isn't it?
Misumi	--
	...Yeah, it is.
Madoka	So, what brought you here today?
Misumi	I'm going to shoot a birthday bromide for the theater company~
	We'll be using various props for the shoot, but I was supposed to choose one accessory for myself.
	The theme is a memory from before I joined the company.
	...So I wondered if there's anything memorable at home~
Madoka	......
	...That's right, Nii-san. I'd like you to lend me a hand, if you're okay with it.
Misumi	?
Madoka	Come in.
Misumi	It's Gramps' room...
	...It smells the same as it used to be.
Madoka	......
	There are many of Grandpa's books and work tools left here.
	The belongings of our grandfather, the great playwright Hakkaku Ikaruga...
	They're very important to me, both as his grandchild and as a scriptwriter.
	I'm the one who air out the books sometimes. I was hoping that you could help me with that today.
Misumi	Yeah, of course~!
Madoka	Besides, you spent a lot of time with Grandpa, so you might find something memorable among his belongings.
Misumi	That's true...! Thanks, Madoka.
	Okay, let's do this~!
Madoka	Nii-san, grab this box.
Misumi	Okay, oka~y.
	Ah! This will fly well if I make it into a paper airplane!
Madoka	Don't do that. That's a precious script.
Misumi	Is that so~ Then I'll make one with this other paper!
Madoka	...Ah.
Misumi	Madoka? Is there something inside the closet?
Madoka	This...
Misumi	Aaah! Onigiri-kun!
Madoka	Onigiri-kun?
Misumi	Wah~, I've missed you.
	You see, this is...

Misumi	(It's Gramps' birthday, so I have to make him a delicious onigiri as promised.)
	(Let's look at the fridge before deciding what to put inside it...)
	!
	Father...
	(What should I do, I can't enter the kitchen...)
	(Should I make Gramps a super cool paper airplane instead?)
	(But I already promised to give him onigiri, and he said he was looking forward to it...)
	Onigiri...onigiri...
	...I know!
Misumi	Gramps...
Hakkaku	Oh, Misumi. Did you make the onigiri?
Misumi	......
Hakkaku	What's going on? Come over here.
Misumi	Okay.
	Gramps... Happy birthday!
Hakkaku	...An onigiri plushie? Wasn't this your favorite triangle?
Misumi	Yeah. It's my favorite, so I'm giving it to my most beloved Gramps!
	I even drew a face for you! Hehe, doesn't he look like Gramps?
Hakkaku	You think so?
Misumi	Yeah!
Hakkaku	......
	Are you sure you want me to have this onigiri?
Misumi	Yeah. I'll keep finding more and more triangles that I like!
Hakkaku	I see.
	...You know, Misumi, there are many more wonderful things in this world that you don't know about yet. And I'm sure you will find them.
Misumi	Yeah!
Madoka	I've always wondered how this thing got here... I knew it had something to do with you. The mystery is solved.
Misumi	Hehe~
	But was it always this small? I remember it being so much bigger.
Madoka	It just means that you've grown that much.
Misumi	Ehehe, you're right.
	......
	Hey, Madoka! I have a request--
Summer Troupe	Happy birthday!!
Izumi	Happy birthday!!
Misumi	Thank you~! I'm so happy to celebrate it with you guys this year too!
Kazunari	This year's triangle party will also be hella lit!
Izumi	Speaking of, Misumi-kun's birthday bromide was nicely finished.
Muku	Misumi-san, you were really cool!
Yuki	As you can imagine, it was full of triangles.
Tenma	So Misumi chose the onigiri plushie for himself.
Kumon	It was triangular, and moreover a steady onigiri!
Izumi	Fufu, that's very like Misumi.
Misumi	This plushie is the first one that I remember as my favorite~
	I gave it to my beloved Gramps, but thanks to Madoka, it came back to me again.
	It's a triangle filled with memories of the people I love~
Izumi	I see.
Yuki	More triangles...
Muku	Fufu, it's delightful to have so many treasures, isn't it?
Kumon	We need to find a place to display this Onigiri-kun!
CHOICE 1: Could the face on this onigiri be... [+] Izumi The face on this onigiri was drawn by Misumi-kun, right? Could it be...Hakkaku-san's face? Misumi Correct~! It's Gramps' face! Izumi I figured. It's a gentle face. Kazunari Sumi, you're so good at painting! It's super sick! Muku The eyebrows are also triangles, and he has a very gentle smile.
CHOICE 2: We should show Madoka-kun the bromide. [+] Izumi We should show Madoka-kun the bromide. Misumi Yeah! I'm thinking of showing it to him next time. Besides, Madoka said he wanted to celebrate my birthday too, so he'll come to the dorm sometime! I wanna eat onigiri and cakes together with him~ Izumi Then I'll help prepare the onigiri and snacks. Misumi Really?! Thanks~! The onigiri that I make together with Director-san are super delicious, so I'm sure Madoka will be happy~!
Izumi	(I was worried that I'd done something a bit insensitive to make them choose something memorable from before they joined the troupe, but...)
	(I'm glad that it gave Misumi-kun an opportunity to look back on his precious memories.)
	(I hope this will have a positive effect on everyone else, too.)
Kazunari	Now then! It's time for the long awaited gift!
Kumon	Ta-dah! And of course it's a triangle!
Misumi	Wahh! Thanks, everyone!!
	I'm sure I'll have many more favorite triangles in the future! Tri-tri-triangle~!

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