| Announcement | "Thank you for coming to Fuyou Univeristy's acting group, Theater Club's play today." |
| "Before the show begins, we have a few requests and guidelines for the guests." |
| Misumi | I get all excited when I look at the program before the show~. |
| Muku | It's the same feeling as seeing the trailers before a movie. |
| Misumi | Mhmm! |
| Muku | Ah, that person.... |
| Misumi | The lead actor? Do you know him? |
| Muku | The other day, I saw him doing a street act. I didn't get to see his actual performance, but.... |
| Misumi | I wonder what kind of performance he'll put on. |
| Muku | I can't wait! According to the summary, it looks like it'll be a comedy. |
| (curtain up SFX) |
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| (I thought it'd be a comedy, but near the end it became suspenseful....) |
| (The lead actor's performance also suddenly changed from being comical to drawing you in.) |
| Young Man A | "You talk about my sins when he is also guilty of the same! Don't look away from the truth!" |
| Muku | ——. |
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| Muku | Haa.... |
| (I can't get that play out of my head. The lead actor is a first year, Madoka-kun said....) |
| (He's only one school grade above me, but the fact that he can put on that kind of performance is incredible.) |
| (Even though Madoka-kun said he and I have a similar vibe—) |
| (I can't perform in a way that grips people's hearts like that where they can't look away.) |
| ...... |
| (Even at the audition I went to that Kasumi-san told me about before, the actor who passed was one whose performance remained in people's hearts.) |
| (Just like the lead actor from this performance....) |
| (Since then, I've gone to workshops wanting to step up my acting, but I can't become like that.) |
| (Maybe if I was able to perform with the people in Fuyou's acting group, I would be able to learn much more.) |
| ——. |
| (But I haven't prepared for Fuyou's exam at all. I wouldn't be able to take it.) |
| (Besides, I've already decided on public univeristy as my first choice....) |
| Kazunari | —Oh right, Mukkun, didn't you go to Fuyou's play with Sumi today? How was it? |
| Muku | ...... |
| (And generally, changing my first choice school because of an acting group is too careless. University is for studying....) |
| Kazunari | Mukkun? |
| Muku | Huh? Oh, sorry. |
| Kazunari | How was the show you saw today? |
| Muku | —Oh, it was lots of fun. The lead actor's performance was great.... |
| ...... |
| Kazunari | ...? |
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| Tutor | Alright, we'll continue from this module tomorrow, so please review it. |
| Muku | ...... |
| Student A | Let's go home. |
| Student B | This last mock test was kinda crazy. |
| Tutor | Sakisaka-kun. |
| Muku | —Yes? |
| Tutor | You seem a little unfocused today, is everything okay? |
| Muku | Ah... sorry. |
| Tutor | You're at a very crucial point in time, so please make sure to review properly. |
| Muku | ...I understand. |
| (door close SFX) |
| (This is bad... I can't focus on studying at all. I can only think about that show.) |
| (There's not a lot of time left until the actual exam....) |
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| Sigh.... |
| Tsumugi | Welcome home, Muku-kun. |
| Muku | —Thanks. |
| Tsumugi | Look, the geraniums in the garden bloomed beautifully. The yellow ones are bright and summer-y. |
| Muku | Absolutely... kinda like the sun. |
| Tsumugi | By the way, I heard you went to see a Fuyou's acting group's play? |
| Muku | Oh, yes—I was invited because Misumi-san got tickets from Madoka-kun. |
| You might know the group, called "Theater Club"—. |
| Tsumugi | Really? That was the group Tasuku and I were in. |
| We haven't been able to go to their plays for a while, but we've heard rumors that their member count has been dwindling and their survival is at risk... |
| Masumi-kun has also appeared in one of their plays, so it's good that it seems they're still active. How was it? |
| Muku | It was really great. It seems like they're fired up because they've gotten more members recently. |
| Tsumugi | I see, that's good.... The Theater Club was the reason Tasuku and I chose Fuyou in the first place, so we were a bit worried. |
| Muku | Is that so? |
| Tsumugi | Fuyou has had lots of well-known acting groups since long ago. The Theater Club is one of them. |
| When Tasuku and I were in high school, we went to see one of their off-campus plays and were surprised at how high-level they were. |
| We felt their passion and sense for acting and thought that we could grow more as actors if we joined that group, so we decided on Fuyou. |
| Tasuku didn't have the grades for Fuyou, but once he saw Theater Club's show it was like a switch flipped for him and he started studying like crazy. |
| Muku | (So seeing an acting group's play was the motivation for them... just like it is for me now.) |
| Tsumugi | We were so happy when we both got in together. We ignored all the recruitment attempts from other groups and beelined straight for Theater Club. |
| We're used to it but now that I think about it, "Theater Club" is a pretty funny name the group. |
| Muku | ...What was it like after you got in? |
| Tsumugi | It was lots of fun. There were plenty of people who liked theater there, and we had lots of motivation. |
| Even though we were more devoted to the group activities than our studies, it was so fulfilling. I'm glad we joined. |
| Studying for exams right now is hard, but it'll be lots of fun once you get in, so do your best. |
| Muku | ...... |
| (Tsumugi-san and Tasuku-san were also drawn in by the group activities, and picked their first choice because of it....) |
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| Misumi | Hmm~ I'm gonna put this triangle in this triangle box. |
| Oh, this book—. |
| (This book on theater is difficult, so I haven't read it at all~. I'll try reading it a little bit at a time.) |
| (knocking SFX) |
| Misumi | Yees? |
| Tenma | We're coming in. |
| Kumon | We brought snacks~. |
| Yuki | What are you doing, cleaning? |
| Misumi | I'm rearranging my triangles~. |
| Tenma | The heck does that mean...? |
| Misumi | What's up? |
| Kazunari | Let's eat while we talk! |
| Misumi | Hm? Okay~. |
| Kumon | Come in, come in! |
| Misumi | Oh, the snacks are triangles! |
| Yuki | I saw them in an ad, so I bought them. |
| Misumi | Yay~. |
| Tenma | So, what are we talking about? |
| Kazunari | Mukkun hasn't been acting like himself recently~. |
| Yuki | ...And at school, I feel like his mind is somewhere else. |
| Kumon | You think he's tired from studying for exams? |
| Tenma | Well, that's probably it. He's taking more subjects too, so his exams are more stressful than ours were. |
| Misumi | I wanna do something to cheer him up! |
| Kazunari | Right? |
| Kumon | Alright, strategy meeting~! |
