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| Misumi | Hmm.... |
| (What's important to an actor... I understand what the book is saying, but I don't really get it~) |
| (Meanwhile Muku and Yuki are also thinking properly about their futures and working hard. What should I do?) |
| (What kind of actor should I become~....) |
| Tenma | I'm home. |
| Misumi | Welcome back~. |
| Tenma | —That's a difficult-looking book you've got there. |
| Misumi | I'm studying up on acting and the ideal actor~. |
| Tenma | Pretty different from your usual stuff, but that's good too. |
| Misumi | What kind of actor do you want to be in the future, Tenma? |
| Tenma | An actor who wins the Best Male Actor Award and works globally. |
| Misumi | You've been set on that since the beginning, right? That's great~. Even though I'm studying up on it, I still don't know. |
| Tenma | I don't really know what you're troubled about, but... you're talking about theory stuff, right? |
| If you do the things that you want to, then naturally— |
| Misumi | Ah!! Muku's done with cram school now! I gotta go pick him up! |
| Tenma | Oi, if you're gonna ask for help, then let me finish! |
| Misumi | Bye bye~! |
| Tenma | Geez... drive safely, then. See you later. |
| Misumi | Yessir~! See you at the meeting~! |
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| Student A | Let's go home together~. |
| Student B | I'm so tired~. |
| Muku | (Misumi-san said he was going to pick me up from cram school, since I wouldn't make it to the meeting otherwise....) |
| (I wonder if he's here yet. Let me try contacting him.) |
| Student A | ...By the way, I heard Sakisaka-kun is changing his target school to Fuyou. |
| Muku | ——. |
| Student B | What, why now? Kind of a bad call. |
| Student A | Well, I don't know all the details, but Fuyou has really famous acting clubs, so it could be that? |
| Student B | That's right, he's in an acting club, right? So he's probably planning to be an actor in the future. |
| Student A | Deciding that now is really risky. |
| Tutor | "Ah, Sakisaka-kun, it's because you're in a theater troupe... but this doesn't mean that you've chosen to be an actor in the future, does it?" |
| "After all, it's not guaranteed that you'll be acting together with your troupemates in ten years time, right?" |
| Muku | ...... |
| (Now that I think about it, everyone in Summer Troupe has thought properly about their future besides me.) |
| (Tenma-kun and Misumi-san are going to be acting as a career, and Yuki-kun is aiming for Amabi to continue being a designer.) |
| (Maybe he'll even study abroad after he goes to Amabi, like he said he wanted to.) |
| (Kazu-kun is aiming to be a ultra multi-creator, and he's doing well in his freelance work....) |
| (And Kyuuchan is studying to become a trainer while going to Yosei.) |
| (And yet, I...?) |
| (Tsumugi-san and Tasuku-san picked Fuyou for its acting clubs, but it was good for them because they're continuing as actors now.) |
| (When asked if I would choose acting as a career in the future, I have absolutely no confidence in myself.) |
| (But there's nothing else I want to do, and nothing else I can do.) |
| (...Would I even be performing with everyone, ten years from now?) |
| (Even if I get into Fuyou and learn a lot with the acting clubs, surely everyone else will be working hard and growing too.) |
| (Maybe ten years from now, everybody else will be standing on bigger and better stages, and I'll be left behind all alone....) |
| ...... |
△△△ Here, waiting for you in the parking lot out front |
| |
| Misumi | ...... |
| He's still not out yet~. |
| Seems like everyone has left already, though.... My LIME was marked as read, so maybe he'll come out soon~. |
| (window knocking SFX) |
| Muku | Sorry... I'm here now. |
| Misumi | Ah, hi, Muku! |
| Muku | ...... |
| Misumi | ...Muku? What's wrong? |
| Muku | Huh? It's nothing—I'm just a little tired. |
| Sorry for being late, even though you went through the trouble to come pick me up. |
| Misumi | It's okay. We'll still make the meeting on time. |
| Okay, let's go~! |
| (car driving SFX) |
| Muku | ...... |
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| Izumi | Welcome home. |
| Misumi | We're back~. |
| Muku | Sorry for making you wait. |
| Izumi | You're just on time. |
| Kazunari | It's good that Sumi went to pick you up, then~. |
| Izumi | Alright, let's start the Summer Troupe twelfth play meeting. |
| For this play, Tsuzuru-kun was able to take everyone's ideas from earlier and incorporate it into an unusual story. |
| Muku | ...... |
| Izumi | During summer vacation, a group of high schoolers venture into some ruins for a test of courage and get attacked by a monster after being trapped inside.... |
| And while fighting for their lives, they begin to suspect one another. |
| Kumon | Woah~! It's like an action-horror! Playing tag against a monster with your life on the line sounds fun! |
| Yuki | Even though it's a bit different from what we normally do, it's a story that only we can pull off. |
| Tenma | It's not bright, but it's youthful. |
| Kazunari | Once we tell the others, everyone's gonna be so surprised and excited! |
| Izumi | Now, we've already decided on the casting, but—Muku-kun is busy now that he's changed target schools. Would lead or co-lead be too difficult? |
| Muku | Umm.... |
| ...Sorry. I just don't know what I should do right now.... |
| Misumi | Muku... something did happen, didn't it? |
| Muku | ...Everyone's been supporting me and encouraging me, so I'm sorry I'm being so indecisive. |
| I spoke with the teacher at my cram school about changing target schools, but they didn't really take it very well. |
| I've been thinking about my future, and I'm not sure if changing my target school is the right decision.... |
| It's what I decided on my own, but...I'm so pathetic. Everyone else is working hard towards their own goals.... |
| Yuki | You're not pathetic. I was also unsure before I picked my path. |
| Kazunari | I was the same way, too. |
| I was so worried over things like, "should I go study abroad~" and "what should I do in the future~", but I found my answer in the end. |
| Tenma | And you'll still worry about it, even if you've decided. |
| Kumon | Right, right! And you'll have lots of moments where you feel like you can't do it. Everyone is like that. |
| Misumi | Everyone's thought about it alot~. |
| Tenma | I was always unsure of what to choose, but when everyone helped me out, the answer became clear. |
| Kazunari | In Summer Troupe, we live for the present and do the things we want to. |
| Mukkun, do you want to be the lead for Summer Troupe's twelfth play? |
| Muku | I.... |
| (We're breaking new ground and challenging ourselves in our twelfth play, just like Winter Troupe and Autumn Troupe before us. If it's the lead actor for a play to show a new side of Summer Troupe, then....) |
| I want to. If I do, I'll definitely grow as an actor. |
| Misumi | Let's do it, then! |
| Izumi | Okay, then we'll leave it to Muku-kun. |
| Muku | —But, is it really okay? |
| Izumi | Your feelings are most important, after all. |
| Even though you're still unsure and don't have an answer yet, I don't want to deny your feelings of wanting to take on the challenge. I'll honor them. |
| Yuki | Everyone's picks both when they struggle to decide. You'll definitely be able to do it, Muku. Both your exams and the lead role. |
| Tenma | That's right. And we'll support you the whole way. |
| Kazunari | Because we're your allies, Mukkun. |
| Kumon | You can talk to us anytime! |
| Muku | Yeah—thanks. |
| Izumi | If Muku-kun is the lead actor, should Misumi-kun be the co-lead? |
| Misumi | I wanna support Muku! |
| Yuki | That'll be good, right? |
| Tenma | It's the same combo as our third play. |
| Kazunari | I'm excited for how the plot will turn out with these two~! |
| Kumon | It's super unexpected! |
| Misumi | Let's do our best, Muku! |
| Muku | Yes! |
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| Muku | "Hey, by the way, it's still nine o'clock, we can still make it home and play a fighting game." |
| Misumi | "...Huh?" |
| Kazunari | "To think of fighting games now...." |
| Kumon | "I think I need to get my ears checked." |
| Muku | "We all got split up for high school, but hanging out together as six is so much fun. I wanna keep doing stupid stuff like this, even after ten years." |
| Yuki | "Yeah, but does it have to be this stupid?" |
| Tenma | "But it's just like Akasaka to say something completely random like that~." |
| Muku | "Are you praising me?" |
| Izumi | (I heard Muku-kun's started prepping for Fuyou at his cram school. He seems a bit happier now.) |
| (But he's still not back to his usual self.) |
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| Izumi | We'll stop here today. Great work, everyone. |
| Muku | Great work. |
| Misumi | Good job! |
| Muku | ...... |
| (Even after ten years, huh....) |
| Kazunari | Mukkun, what about cram school? |
| Muku | Ah!! I gotta go soon—. |
| Izumi | You're getting pretty busy. Should I look over the rehearsal schedule? |
| Muku | It's fine. Keeping busy is good for me.[1] |
| Alright, I'm heading out. |
| Kumon | Bye! |
| Misumi | Good luck, Muku! |
