Sakuya Sakuma/Twins: White

MANKAI Channel Filming

Backstage Stories

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TV	“There’s a lot of greenery around here, it’s really nice. Ah, is that a cafe over there?”
Izumi	Wah, that’s such a cute cafe.
Sakuya	It really is! It looks super cozy.
Juza	The desserts look real good too.
Izumi	Watching city walking shows like this makes me want to go there myself.
Sakuya	Me too. I’d love to see the scenery and visit the shops.
TV	“Today’s city walk was super fun! Tune in next week for even more fun!”
Sakuya	That was interesting. I think we should make MANKAI Channel’s next video be a city walking one.
Izumi	Ah, we should!
Juza	You filmin’ the next video, Sakuya?
Sakuya	Mhm. Since I’m doing it alone, I got worried because I couldn’t decide what kind of video to make…
	But now that I’ve decided on walking around the city, I’m a little relieved.
Izumi	It’s not very good if we don’t upload videos often, so you all have to take turns updating the channel--.
	So, if you’re worried about what to do or have any problems, you can talk to me. I’ll help you think it out.
Sakuya	Okay, thank you so much!
Juza	Yea, got it.
Sakuya	Contents for a city walk… There’s been a lot of new shops opening up recently, I could introduce the Veludo Way area again.
Juza	Veludo Way, huh? Around the second corner on the right, there’s a new fruit sandwich shop that opened.
	It’s take-out only, but it’d be a good way to introduce people to good food. There’s also a place in the back left corner of the shopping district.
Izumi	You’re really well informed, Juza-kun!
Sakuya	And super helpful too!
	Ah, I’ve got it! Juza-kun, do you want to be a guest in my video this time?
Juza	Me?
Sakuya	Why not? You’re really well informed and I think you could convey more of the city’s charm than I could by myself!
Izumi	It seems like it’d be more fun to have two people introducing it, so why not do it?
Juza	Gotcha. I’ll do what I can.
Sakuya	Thank you! Let’s do our best!
Izumi	(A video with both of them walking around the city… I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.)
Sakuya	The selfie stick is all okay too, and… Alright, let’s start filming the video.
Juza	‘Kay.
Sakuya	Hello, all of MANKAI Channel’s viewers! I’m MANKAI Company’s Sakuya Sakuma, from Spring Troupe.
	I’m in charge for today but, I have a guest joining me too. Ta-da!
Juza	I’m Autumn Troupe’s Juza Hyodo.
Sakuya	Thanks for joining me today, Juza-kun.
Juza	Happy to be here.
Sakuya	Today we’re going to be walking around the city.
Juza	We’re gonna walk around and introduce a lotta stuff around Veludo Way, the sacred land of theater.
Sakuya	Well then, let’s head out right away!
	First, we’re walking down this road…
Juza	There’s a line out the door.
Sakuya	Ah, this is the fruit sandwich shop!
Juza	Yea, it’s a recently opened store, so people are linin’ up nearly every day.
Sakuya	It’s really popular. I’m curious about it now, let’s get in line.
	We finally got it! We were waiting in line for about 15 minutes, right?
Juza	I think that’s ‘bout right.
Sakuya	Let’s move out of the way and find somewhere to eat right away.
	Let’s eat over here.
	Ah, it’s good! Because the fruit is already so sweet, the cream doesn’t seem as sweet, making it easy to eat.
Juza	I got the one with the custard. It’s got a lotta fruit in it, mmh.
Sakuya	The bread is fluffy too.
Juza	Yea. I could eat a dozen of ‘em.
Sakuya	That was so good! Well then, let’s keep walking.
Juza	Mhm.
???	“C’mon, let’s go!”
Juza	Sounds like someone’s doin’ a street act.
Sakuya	Yeah! And that voice, could it be…? Let’s go check it out!
Shift	“Fufu! As you expected, it’s me!”
Haruto	“God, you get carried away so easily… But, I guess I’ll reconsider a bit.”
	Thank you for watching!
Shift	Thank you very much~.
	*Applause*
Sakuya	Wah…!
Juza	Hey, if you applaud like that, the camera’s gonna shake.
Sakuya	Wah, that’s right! Sorry! I just couldn’t resist applauding even with the camera in my hands.
Haruto	...Huh? What are you two doing?
Sakuya	Ah, hello. We’re filming a video for the MANKAI Channel right now.
Haruto	Ah, I see.
Sakuya	Everyone, this is GOD-za’s Haruto-san and Shift-kun!
Haruto	Hello, viewers. I’m GOD-za’s Haruto Asuka.
Shift	And I’m Shift Arakawa!
Haruto	Come see GOD-za’s next play.
Shift	Ahaha, smart promo tactic. Please also support GOD-za~!
Haruto	Ah, we’d better get back. Shift, let’s go.
Shift	‘Kay. Sakuya-san, Juza-san, do your best!
Juza	Yep.
Sakuya	Thank you!
Juza	Didn’t expect to run into those two from GOD-za.
Sakuya	It surprised me too.
	There’s always a lot of people doing all kinds of street acts on Veludo Way, so you can still come and visit even if you have no errands to do here.
	Everyone, please come and see the street acts!

Sakuya	I go to the library often, and nearby the park too… We introduced a lot of different places.
Juza	Yeah, we did.
Sakuya	We’re almost done with filming but… Is there any place you want to go to, Juza-kun?
Juza	…? I’ve got it, Sakuya, come this way.
	Here…
Sakuya	This is the Chinese bun shop that Juza-kun and I introduced as our favorite shop in the Veludo Town magazine.
	I was hoping we could come back here together, Juza-kun.
Juza	Same here.
Sakuya	Well then, let me go ask the shop owner’s grandmother if we have permission to film here.
	This is the Chinese bun shop that was previously introduced in the Veludo Town magazine, “VELUDO”.
	Juza-kun and I are big fans of the panda buns at this shop.
Juza	This is the panda bun. It’s sweet and has plenty of rice sugar. I recommend it.
Sakuya	Then, I’ll take half of this panda bun… And, let’s eat!
Juza	Yeah, let’s eat.
Sakuya	It’s delicious as always!
Juza	Mmmh, super delicious.
Sakuya	Back when we did the “VELUDO” special feature, we were supposed to introduce our favorite shops and…
	Both Juza-kun and I chose to introduce this shop by coincidence.
Juza	I didn’t think we’d choose the same shop… I was pretty surprised at the time.
Sakuya	I was really surprised too! But I was pretty happy too.
	This shop not only has the panda buns, but it also has other Chinese buns too. They’re all delicious and I highly recommend them!
Juza	Those were good.
Sakuya	Yep, they were.
	Well then, I think this is about the end of the video. Juza-kun, thank you for coming as a guest!
Juza	Yeah, I had fun.
Sakuya	Mhm, me too!
	Everyone, did you enjoy today’s city walk? If you’re in the area, please stop by.
Juza	And look forward to the next video too.
Sakuya	Thank you for watching!
Chikage	Well then, it’s time to edit the video Sakuya filmed.
Sakuya	Let’s do our best! Thank you, Director and everyone, for helping review the contents of the video.
Tsuzuru	It’s no problem, I really wanted to see what kind of video you filmed, Sakuya.
Itaru	Same here.
Chikage	I’ll go ahead and play it then.
Sakuya	“Hello, all of MANKAI Channel’s viewers!”
Citron	Hello~!
Masumi	Are you going to the fruit sandwich shop first?
Izumi	That’s the shop Juza-kun was talking about the other day, right?
Sakuya	Yes!
Citron	Oh!? A GOD-za appearance!?
Itaru	Huh, looks like it.
Sakuya	We ran into them by coincidence.
Citron	The picture is shaking very much! Sakuya, were you being a cabbage!?
Chikage	Savage, you mean.
Masumi	Seems like he applauded and it shook.
Sakuya	I’m sorry, I did applaud while holding the camera…
Citron	Chikage, please don’t cut this part, just put a caption here saying Sakuya was being savage!
Tsuzuru	I mean, don’t we need to get permission from GOD-za first?
Izumi	You’re right, that might be needed.
Masumi	It’s a pain to deal with permissions and stuff, so just cut that part out.
Itaru	Maybe just blur out their faces?
Tsuzuru	It’d be weird to blur it…
Izumi	I’ll quickly call Kamikizaka-san to check with him.
	Kamikizaka-san gave us the okay!
Sakuya	Great! Thank you so much, Director.
Chikage	Roger that. I’ll use this scene as is then.
	That’s it, reviewing and editing are complete.
Sakuya	Thank you so much, Chikage-san!
	And everyone else too, thank you for spending so much time helping me!
CHOICE 1: You're good at filming. [+] Izumi You’re good at filming. Itaru Yeah. Even though you clapped while holding the camera, it’s still something to love and respect. You got good shots of the scenery, the shops, and the food too. Tsuzuru Agreed. It was also interesting to discover new things even in places I’m familiar with because I was viewing it through Sakuya’s camera. Masumi You filmed a lot of things. It wasn’t half bad. Sakuya Wah, really? Thank you so much! Next time, I’ll do my best to show off the charm of a bunch of different places again!
CHOICE 2: Reviewing it together was fun. [+] Izumi It was fun to review the video contents together. Citron I think so too! It was very exciting to watch the video together! Chikage Thanks to everyone’s comments while watching, I was able to decide what to do with the editing and captions. Sakuya I had just as much fun watching the video with everyone as I did filming it!
Izumi	Overall, it was good to see Sakuya-kun and Juza-kun enjoying themselves and getting along so well, so the video turned out great.
	I really wanted to go to the places you introduced.
Sakuya	Thank you so much. Those words mean everything to me! All those places were nice.
	Ah, how about next time we go together? I’ll guide you!
Izumi	Really? Then I’ll have to accept.
Itaru	Eh, with just the Director?
Masumi	I won’t allow you two to go on a city walking date together. I’ll go too.
Sakuya	Of course, everyone can go!
Citron	Yes! A city walk with everyone!
Tsuzuru	Sounds like it’s gonna be quite the lively walk.
Chikage	You’re right about that.
Sakuya	Going on a city walk with the Director and everyone seems like a lot of fun. Let’s go to a lot of places and shops together!

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