Sakuya Sakuma/Morning of a Model Student

A Long Time since the Last Study Session

Backstage Stories

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Citron	Sakuya! I would like to pinch your pinky about your next job!
Sakuya	Eh, pinky...?
Citron	I heard that you will be a guide at the doll exhibition! I am cheering for you~.
Sakuya	Thank you so much, I’ll do my best! I’ll have to start learning about the gymnasium first...
Citron	The work is related to the gymnasium?
Sakuya	Yeah. The theme of the dolls is gymnasium, so I’ll play the part of a gym student as the guide.
Citron	Then you should try looking up the gym! You will get a lot out of it.
Sakuya	Ah, that’s true!
	Umm... It seems like the site doesn’t have a lot of details.
Citron	How about this blog with someone else’s experience? It seems to be written by someone who attended the gymnasium!
Sakuya	It seems like this could be helpful. I’ll try reading it!
Citron	Please do!
Sakuya	Umm, “Gym classes have a rigid attitude, and studying by itself is really hard” ...
	(That reminds me, I haven’t touched on ‘school studying” since I graduated from high school...)
Sakuya	Ah, Tenma-kun! Can I quickly ask you something?
Tenma	Huh? What’s up?
Sakuya	What kind of stuff do you do for college studying, Tenma?
Tenma	College studying? Why do you want to hear about that so suddenly?
Sakuya	I just wanna know for a role study...
Tenma	Ahh, the gymnasium?
Sakuya	Ah, how’d you know?
Tenma	Yuki heard about it. Arisu’s acquaintance is a puppet designer that asked him about it.
Sakuya	Got it. I’ll be guiding people around the exhibition playing a gym student.
	But since I’ve graduated from high school, I haven’t done anything school studying at all, so I wanted to hear from you as a reference.
Tenma	Gotcha.
	Actually, Tsumugi-san is going to take a look at my studies after this. You wanna come with, Sakuya?
	That might be more helpful than just listening to me.
Sakuya	Eh, is that okay?
Tenma	I’ll ask Tsumugi-san, but it’ll be okay.
Sakuya	Thanks! It’s been forever since I’ve studied.
Izumi	Are both of you going to have a studying meeting?
Sakuya	Ah, Director!
Tenma	Were you listening?
Izumi	Fufu, I listened a little.
Tenma	After this, Tsumugi-san is going to look over my studies.
Sakuya	And I’m going to participate too for my gymnasium role study!
Izumi	Ah, I see.
	Then I’ll bring refreshments later. Is Tsumugi-san’s room good?
Tenma	Ah, thanks. There’s also Taichi, so there are four people in total.
Izumi	Got it, I’ll start preparing it. Do your best, you two.
Sakuya	Yes!
Sakuya	Excuse me.
Tenma	Oh, you came.
Tsumugi	It’s like what you told me, Tenma-kun.
Taichi	Sakkun, come over here!
Sakuya	Ah, thanks.
Sakuya	...Um, I’m in your care today!
Tsumugi	You’ve got it.
	Let’s get started. Today we’re doing English.
Taichi	Alright! I’ve got to translate this~.
Tenma	Tsumugi-san, how’s this?
Tsumugi	Mhm, I see.
Taichi	Sakkun, let’s look at our text together!
Sakuya	Thanks!
	(...Ah, we’re using a play for the text.)
Tsumugi	Lately, I’m glad I was taught by two people.
Taichi	Tsumugi-san is remembering when he was a college student!
Tenma	Ah, he is.
Sakuya	When you were a college student?
Tsumugi	Actually, I had to translate this play into a lecture when I was a college student.
	It’s because it’s this play I remember it well... So I can teach it to you too
Sakuya	It’s a great coincidence that you’ve translated this drama into a lecture well enough that you really have a feel for it!
Tsumugi	Fufu, it is. Alright, let’s translate this sentence into English first.

Tsumugi	...Well, this is similar to past tense, but it’s actually present perfect tense.
	So it’s not “I lived in Las Vegas” it’s “I still live”.
Sakuya	Ah, I see. So that’s it!
Tenma	H-Hey, hold on a minute.
Taichi	Sakkun, did you understand that just from the explanation...?
Sakuya	Eh? Yeah, Tsumugi-san’s teaching is really good so I understood! Wait, did you two not get it...?
Tenma	I-I just happened to not get it!
Taichi	Y-Yeah, that! It’s just really complicated right now!
Tsumugi	Ahaha...
Tenma	Tsumugi-san, my bad. Explain it again.
Taichi	Me too...!
Sakuya	I also wanna hear it again so I can better my understanding!
Tsumugi	Okay, I’ll explain it from the beginning again.
Izumi	Pardon me.
Tsumugi	Yup. So it’s the past participle, not the past tense.
Tenma	Got it. It’s the continuation of the perfect tense.
Izumi	(Huh? Tsumugi-san teaches Tenma-kun well...)
Taichi	Then here it’s “I just got out of jail”!
Sakuya	Yeah, that’s right!
Izumi	(Didn’t Sakuya-kun say he was going to study for his role study, not teach?)
Taichi	Ah, Director-sensei!
Izumi	Good work, guys. I brought sweets and tea.
Tsumugi	Thank you so much. Well then, let’s take a small break.
Tenma	Good idea. I’m really tired from focusing that whole time.
Sakuya	Both of us did our best!
Izumi	Were you also helping Tsumugi-san teach, Sakuya-kun?
Sakuya	Yes, I helped teach a little bit!
CHOICE 1: A little...? [+] Izumi A little...? Taichi Sakkun was so cool! With just listening to Tsumugi-san’s explanation, he could translate the drama right away! Izumi Eh, really!? Sakuya No! I’m not that amazing... Tsumugi-san’s teaching methods just fit me well. So it was just easy for me to understand... Izumi Oh, I see. But, I still think it’s pretty amazing to be able to translate a drama right away. Sakuya Is that so? ...I don’t know if I’d agree with that myself, but I’m happy to hear that!
CHOICE 2: How was it? [+] Izumi How was it to teach? Sakuya It was fun! Izumi Eh, fun? Sakuya Yes! Tsumugi-san’s teaching method is very easy to understand. Tenma ...Sakuya could translate the drama from the assignment by just listening to Tsumugi-san’s explanation. Izumi Really!? Sakuya-kun, that’s amazing! Sakuya No, I’m not amazing at all! The amazing one is Tsumugi-san! Izumi (I don’t think I’d be confident enough to translate the drama just by listening to an explanation...)
Tsumugi	My teaching method aside... Sakuya-kun catches on quickly.
	So, in fact, Sakuya-kun taught Taichi-kun what he could understand along the way.
Tenma	It was more effective to have Tsumugi-san with me and Sakuya with Taichi.
Izumi	(That certainly makes sense...)
Taichi	Thank you for helping, Sakkun-sensei! I want you to teach me a lot of things!
Sakuya	Ahaha! I’ll teach you to the best of my abilities, so, Taichi-kun, let’s do our best together!
Izumi	(Is this even a student role study...?)
	(...Even so, Sakuya-kun seems to be having fun.)

Juju