Sakuya Sakuma/Senribana Monogatari
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Forming! The MANKAI Orchestra
Backstage Stories
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| Sakuya | ♪~♪~ |
| Citron | Oh, Sakuya, you are getting good at playing the shamisen![1] |
| Sakuya | Wah, Citron-san. I didn’t see you there. |
| Citron | I was guided here by the sound. You have learned to play the shamisen? |
| Sakuya | Actually, the manager secretly taught me. But I’m still a beginner at it. |
| Citron | The sound is still coming out properly. It is good! |
| Sakuya | Ehehe, thank you. |
| With the help of the manager, I’ll do my best to practice more and really get a feel for the shamisen! | |
| Citron | Yes! I will also help Sakuya with the role study! |
| Sakuya | Really?! Thank you so much! |
| Citron | Hah! I have come up with a good idea. |
| Hurry with a pen. Sakuya, bring the shamisen and meet in the courtyard! | |
| Sakuya | Eeh!? Wah, wait up~! |
| Citron | We have gathered! |
| Tenma | ...Oi, what’s this about? I didn’t understand the meaning, I was just suddenly brought here. |
| Citron | The shamisen, flute, drums... It is an orchestra! |
| Sakuya | An o-orchestra? |
| Citron | It is! Tenma has done a role study for a flute player before. |
| Tenma | Aah, I did practice that for the Genpei[2] performance... |
| Citron | Sakuya has the shamisen, Tenma has a flute, I will play the drums! |
| Sakuya | That drum is a toy drum you’ve played before, isn’t it, Citron-san? |
| Tenma | Jeez, I can’t see a story here at all... |
| Sakuya | Actually, it seems like Citron-san has already thought about this role study... |
| Tenma | Wait, are you playing the shamisen for the next performance, Sakuya? |
| Well, if it’s for a role study... I can’t say no. If my flute will be helpful, I’ll cooperate. | |
| Citron | As expected of Tenma! |
| Sakuya | Thanks, Tenma-kun! |
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| Citron | Then, let us start making sound and try to get it with limited express. |
| Sakuya | Limited express? |
| Tenma | Maybe he meant, improvisation? |
| Citron | Yes, that! |
| Let us go~! And, popopon! | |
| Citron | Yes~! |
| Tenma | I was wondering how good it would be with improvisation, but it’s surprisingly good. |
| Sakuya | Yeah! If we keep practicing like this–. |
| Sakyo | Oi! It’s so noisy, what the hell are you up to?! |
| Sakuya | Wah, s-sorry! |
| Citron | Sakyo, it is an orchestra. It is for Sakuya’s role study! |
| Sakyo | ...For the shamisen player role? |
| Then go outside and do it in front of an audience. Doing it in public will make for a better role study. | |
| You can also get some money for it. | |
| Citron | Understood, It is a nice idea! |
| Tenma | Sakyo-san’s whole purpose is just to get money, isn’t it...? |
| Sakuya | Ahaha... |
| Citron | Alright, we shall take our orchestra in front of the station! Let’s go! |
| Citron | The preparations are ready. I shall give an important inspiration at once. |
| Tenma | It’s an “important announcement”. |
| Sakuya | Alright, I’ll do my best! |
| Citron | Yes~! Popopon! |
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| Sakuya & Citron & Tenma | ♪~♪~ |
| Audience Member A | What’s that? |
| Audience Member B | The tone is somewhat strange. |
| Audience Member C | The rhythm is strange, but it’s somewhat addictive. |
| Tenma | We’ve gathered more of a crowd than I thought. |
| Sakuya | T-They really like it...! |
| Citron | This is an orchestra! Popoponpon! |
| Sakuya | Thank you very much! |
| Tenma | Thanks. |
| Citron | It was a great success! Thank you~! |
| Ha, I know! Sakuya, you should advertise at the end! | |
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| Sakuya | Eh!? U-Umm~...! |
| Citron | I have a good idea! You should advertise like this. Mumble mumble... |
| Sakuya | …Umm, w-we’re MANKAI Orchestra! |
| Tenma | !? |
| Citron | We are still at the beginning, but we are aiming for the top! |
| From now on, please remember us~! | |
| Audience Member A | You’ve got it~! |
| Audience Member B | Do your best~! You have my support! |
| Tenma | This already happened before I even knew what was going on... |
| Sakuya | W-Was this really a good thing...? |
| Sakuya | Thank you both for helping me with my role study today. It was a really helpful experience. |
| As Sakyo-san said, playing in public seems to have helped me understand the feelings of a shamisen player better... | |
| It was good to play with a little bit of pressure. | |
| Tenma | Really? Well, I guess if it helps. |
| Citron | The role study was a great success! |
| *Notification sound* | |
| Tenma | Huh? |
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| Citron | Oh, a LIME from Kazu.[3] |
KAZUNARI MIYOSHI☆  Damn! Sakusaku’s Orchestra’s got crazy Inste buzz! |
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KAZUNARI MIYOSHI☆ #MANKAIorchestra has a whole bunch of posts! |
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| Tenma | Hah!? |
| Citron | Very cool! We have made our major debut! |
| Sakuya | Eeh!? |
| Tenma | Haa... I’m gonna get scolded by Sakyo-san and Igawa later... |
Notes
- ↑ The shamisen (三味線) is a three-stringed Japanese lute.
- ↑ Tenma's referencing his role in the mixed troupe play he did with Tsuzuru. The unbloomed version of Tenma’s SSR for that play shows him playing the flute!
- ↑ I guarantee no accuracy on anything Kazunari says because I’m terrible with slang
