Muku Sakisaka/Rehearsal

After Rain Delusion

Backstage Stories

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Kazunari	The flyer for the upcoming show has arrived~!
Izumi	Oh, you’ve completed it already! Let me see, let me see.
Tsuzuru	Which one?
	Ooh, it looks good this time around too!
Banri	Yeah, I think so too. It draws you in.
Misumi	You’re awesome, Kazu!! It’s pretty一!!
Kazunari	It’s perfect, right!
	I feel like my senses are shining, you know?
Muku	Whoa….!!
Kazunari	How is it, Muku?
Muku	It’s super beautiful….!!
	It looks like an invitation to the fairy tale world!
	It’s as if the fairies have casted their magic on these sparkling places!
	I’m sure this rainbow will become a bridge that will take you to the magical kingdom, where the prince will一一.
Izumi	I see…
	(Muku-kun is in his top form today too.)
Kazunari	Ahaha, Mukkun is really interesting as usual! I’m so bwessed that you’re happy with it!
Banri	I’m so bwessed?
Tsuzuru	Just ignore it, Banri.
Muku	Umm, Director-san! Are you going to hand out these flyers tomorrow?
	Can I go hand it out…?
Izumi	Sure, I don’t mind.
Muku	Thank you! These flyers are really beautiful, so I want people to look at them soon!
Izumi	(Muku-kun takes a great liking at the new flyers.)
Muku	I’ll go as soon as morning comes tomorrow, then…!
Izumi	I’ll go with you too. It’ll be hard to handle it alone.
Muku	Thank you, Director-san!
	Here is the flyer for our next performance. Please come and watch!
Male	Oh, what a beautiful flyer.
Female	Give me one too!
Izumi	Here you go! Please come and watch our play.
Muku	Please!
Izumi	(The flyers were handed out quickly today, thanks to the design and Muku-kun’s smile.)
Customer	Oh, is that a play flyer? Do you mind if I put this on our cafe?
Muku	Really?
	Thank you!
Izumi	All right. We’ve handed the rest of our flyers at this shop.
Muku	That was quick.
	Just as I thought, it must be because of the charm of the flyers’ design!
Izumi	I agree with that, but I think people were interested in the flyers because Muku-kun gave it out with such a nice smile on your face.
Muku	Is, is that so?
Izumi	Yup. Okay then, shall we go home?
Muku	Yes!
Izumi	Huh…. rain?

Muku	Sorry, my umbrella is small. Is your shoulder wet?
Izumi	No, it’s okay. Thank you for sharing your umbrella with me.
	But you sure are well prepared, huh, Muku-kun. The weather forecast didn’t say it would be raining today.
Muku	...To tell you the truth, I--.
	I’m an ameotoko.
Izumi	Is that so?
Muku	Yes. It always rains whenever I have an important event.
	When we were having a sports festival at my primary school, rain fell halfway through. We also had to postpone our trip because of the rain.
	It also happened during our extracurricular study, our school trip, and then….
Izumi	….That’s hardcore.
	But it’s okay! If you bring an umbrella with you, it will be--.
Muku	….Ah! What should we do if rain always falls on the days of our show….?!
Izumi	Huh?
Muku	The rain clouds turn into a big hurricane that blows off both MANKAI theater and the shops around it, and then…
	We have to pay 1 billion yen in damage claims….!?
Izumi	Ca, calm down, Muku-kun! Such thing won’t happen, after all.
Muku	Uh, uh…. Is that so?
Izumi	You see, we have various kinds of members in the company. Don’t you think there will also be a hareotoko among them?
Muku	I, I see.
Izumi	Like Sakuya-kun, Kazunari-kun and Tenma-kun.
Muku	Tenma-kun is also the leader of Summer Troupe! He gives off the feeling of a hareotoko who fits well with the sun!
	I think Citron-sama and Arisu-san can also drive the rain clouds away!
Izumi	In those two’s case, rather than driving them away, the rain clouds will be the one running away….
Muku	I felt like things are gonna be all right!
Izumi	It looks like the rain has stopped when we were talking. I can see the blue sky.
Muku	You’re right!
	….Ah.
Izumi	Thank goodness it was only a passing rain. ...Eh, Muku-kun? Why are you suddenly crouching down?
Muku	Whoa, it looks cute…
Izumi	Is there something in the flowers?
	Please look at this, director-san.
Izumi	Ah, there’s a snail. It’s cute.
Muku	…..
Izumi	...Muku-kun?
Muku	This is just my hunch, but perhaps…
Izumi	Hm?
Muku	This snail is perhaps a prince who is cursed and is now waiting for someone to help him….!
Izumi	A prince…?
Muku	Yes! The wicked witch put a spell on the prince…!
	I’m sure the prince’s childhood prince is currently looking for him.
	She will eventually find the prince and break the curse with her kind heart--.
Izumi	Muku-kun? Heeey, Muku-kuuun…
Muku	And then, the two of them will fight the wicked witch with the power of love! The witch may be strong, but the prince bravely wields his sword.
	And then, with the trust and love that they have for each other become a light…
Izumi	(He’s completely immersed in his imagination…)
Muku	Ten years later, the two of them--.
Izumi	Muku-kun, please come back…..

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