Sakuya Sakuma/SUNNY SPRING

Spring Troupe Fanservice Study Group ~Sakuya Edition~

Backstage Stories

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Citron	Live performances are the best~! It was very eggciting!
Izumi	You went to an anime song singer’s concert the other day, right?
Citron	Yes! It was a very fired-up concert! The cola and lemon ponzu was also fun!
Masumi	Call and response.
Citron	That!
Itaru	Nice, I really wanted to go too. You can easily just go on weekdays, too OP…
Chikage	If you wanted to go so badly, you should’ve just taken a day without pay.
Itaru	That’s a cheat code that can’t be used so freely.
Sakuya	The venue was that concert hall that MIZUNO Enterprises built in a neighboring town, right?
Citron	That’s the one~. It’s a new building, so the seating was very comfortable!
Tsuzuru	We were on stage for the opening of that venue.
	Even with Mizuno power on our side, I still can’t believe we pulled that off…
Itaru	That stage was different from our usual stage, it was really refreshing.
Izumi	The revue performance and White Day Live we did were both well received…
	We’ve been getting a lot of requests to do more live performances.
	Maybe we’ll have a chance to do another live performance.
Citron	Yes! I would also like to do another one!
Sakuya	Then I better start working on my singing again!
Tsuzuru	It’d also be useful for a musical performance. As an actor, there’s nothing better than having singing skills.
Citron	Singing is important, but there are other things that are important too!
Masumi	Something other than singing?
Citron	Fanservice, of course!
	When I went to the live performance, I felt the importance of fanservice.
Chikage	Sakyo-san also always tells everyone to show appreciation to their fans.
Citron	Yes! So we should all do more research on fanservice.
Tsuzuru	I see, that makes sense.
Sakuya	I wanna deliver more and more feelings to our fans through different kinds of fanservice!
Citron	Also, like the singers I’ve seen, fanservice is more popular when it fits with the personality of the person doing it!
Itaru	Gotcha. So like the princess type, energetic type, cool type, so on and so forth.
Citron	The company members all have different types of weapons! Let’s start researching how to use them immediately!
	Let’s start with Sakuya.
Itaru	Sakuya’s weapon… For sure his smile that’s like a ray of pure sunshine.
Izumi	When I see Sakuya-kun’s smile, I feel so happy I can’t help but smile too.
Tsuzuru	It brightens up everything within a 5-mile radius and energizes everyone within it too.
Chikage	Yeah, it’s almost like it has some sort of magical healing power.
Masumi	Well… I don’t think that’s out of the realm of possibility.
Sakuya	Th-Thank you!
Citron	No no, not good enough!
Tsuzuru	Eh?

Citron	Sakuya’s weapon is certainly his smile. But there should be more variation to it!
Sakuya	Variation?
Itaru	What would that look like?
Citron	For example, a scene where he is in the office kitchen and caught up with a group of seniors that he does not get along with and he is pretending to smile even though he doesn’t want to!
Masumi	The hell…?
Tsuzuru	No way, that situation is way too complicated.
Sakuya	True, but being an actor means you have to be able to play lots of different roles…! I wanna give it a try!
	Umm… Ahahaha.
Izumi	That’s such a forced smile…!
Tsuzuru	You’re right, it really looks like he’s trying to fit into his surroundings.
Citron	Yes, good job!
	Next up, Chikage, what smiling situation do you think he should do?
Chikage	Hmm… How about the kind of smile that you get while casually watching a TV show before you just suddenly burst out laughing?
Sakuya	Watching the TV in the lounge…
	…Pft! Ahahaha!
Tsuzuru	Oh, that was really good!
Citron	If Sakuya were to burst out laughing like that, I’d be curious to see what he’s watching!
Itaru	What’s our scriptwriter’s pick, Tsuzuru?
Tsuzuru	Hmm… Let’s change it up a bit and have it set in a fantasy world where a swordsman is challenged to fight by another swordsman…
	The smile is the kind of “Alright, I’ll be your opponent” type of smile.
Itaru	Now we’re talking.
Sakuya	A fantasy world swordsman…
	Heh… Come at me.
	H-How was that?
Tsuzuru	Yeah yeah, that’s the right vibe.
Itaru	I’m liking this kind of Sakuya.
Izumi	Super cool!
Sakuya	Thank you so much!
Citron	Come on, come on, it is your turn to think of a smiling situation for Sakuya, Masumi!
Masumi	Smile…
	…Being in your room while listening to music and thinking about all the good things that happened during the day that you can’t help but smile at them.
Itaru	Ah, that’s a good one.
Sakuya	…Fufu.
Chikage	Ah, not bad.
Izumi	It’s like you couldn’t hold back your smile.
Citron	Next is Itaru’s challenge!
Itaru	Then how about, leveling up, collecting the necessary items, and completing a difficult mission…
	And then finally getting your hands on the legendary treasure.
Citron	Typical Itaru.
Chikage	Certainly.
Sakuya	…! Heck yeah!!
Citron	Very good~, I can feel how happy he is!
Itaru	Impressive.
Sakuya	Really? I’m glad.
	Doing a bunch of etudes is a good learning experience and really fun too.
	But, doing so many different kinds of smiles is pretty hard…
Citron	! Hold on!
Sakuya	Eh?
Citron	Still, Sakuya’s natural smile is always the best~.
	Such a lovely smile~. Very very lovely~.
Sakuya	Th-Thank you…!
Itaru	I get that, but what even was the point of the smiling situation practice then?
Tsuzuru	Don’t manipulate Sakuya like that…!

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