| Izumi | Excuse me. |
| Tasuku | Good work today. It must be tiring going back and forth between all these rooms. |
| Tsumugi | You’ll be filming Tasuku next, so I guess I should leave the room. |
| Izumi | No, it’s fine if you want to stay. |
| Tasuku | Yeah, I don’t mind either. |
| Tsumugi | Really? Then I’ll be reading over there. |
| Tasuku | First I have to roll the dice to choose the topic, right? |
| Izumi | Yep, I look forward to working with you! |
| Tasuku-san’s topic is “Best Performance”! |
| (Tasuku-san’s best performance scene, huh.. He’s hard on himself, but he must have one from our fifth show..) |
| Tasuku | I don’t have one. |
| Izumi | What! That was quick.. |
| Tasuku | Of course, I give every performance my all. |
| But there’s nothing that I can confidently call my best performance. |
| Izumi | I see.. |
| (This is a special event, and I don’t want to force him to choose one..) |
| Then you can roll again. |
| Tasuku | Yeah. Sorry for being selfish. |
| Izumi | It’s fine, this is the fifth time it’s happened anyway. |
| Tasuku | The fifth time? |
| Izumi | Nothing. Please go ahead and reroll! |
| Tasuku | I got “An Unexpected Success”. |
| Izumi | So a time you may have made a mistake but something good came out of it! Do you have any stories like that? |
| Tasuku | A mistake is a mistake, so I don’t want to sugarcoat it… |
| Izumi | As always, you’re tough on yourself. But you can only reroll once. |
| Tasuku | Yeah, I know. |
| Oh yeah, I think this was the second night of performances— |
| |
| Izumi | (Musashi and Kojiro confront the assassin…) |
| Musashi | “As if I’d let you go!” |
| *Musashi attacks the assassin.* |
| Assassin | “..!” |
| Musashi | “Fu.. Tah!” |
| Assassin | “Ugh.. you’re strong..” |
| Kojiro | “Don’t kill him.” |
| Musashi | “I’ll try—” |
| “Haaah!” |
| Assassin | “…!” |
| Tasuku | Here, our timing didn’t match. |
| Mikage is athletic, so he managed to dodge my sword, but it got caught on my sleeve. |
| Musashi | “Fu.. I see you’re talented. But, I can keep going…!” |
| “Haaaah!!” |
| Tojiro | “What a wild blade - it is as if it is a god dealing out punishments to sinners.” |
| Izumi | (Though his kimono isn’t completely on anymore, he continues to swing his sword - it’s as if Musashi’s gone mad.) |
| (Because of that, Tojiro’s line has more of an impact.) |
| |
| Tasuku | Rurikawa told me afterwards that if I can use my useless muscles for theater, they wouldn’t be so useless after all… |
| After that, I had to partially remove my kimono every performance. |
| Izumi | I remember now! |
| Tasuku | It is a mistake, so I’m not happy with it. But it did end up giving a nice effect, so it was all good in the end. |
| Tsumugi | Fu… |
| Tasuku | Oi, Tsumugi, why are you laughing? |
| Tsumugi | Sorry, sorry. I just remembered a similar thing happened while we were students. |
| Tasuku | Ah.. that. |
| Tsumugi | It’s hard to believe, but Tasuku’s actually messed up his entrance in a show before. |
| Izumi | Tasuku-san’s messed up what!? |
| Tsumugi | But Tasuku’s role was a very lazy, laid back person, so it was in character and funny when he showed up late. |
| Afterwards, we changed the script and lines. |
| Izumi | I see..! |
| (Typical of Tasuku-san to be loved by the theater gods.) |
| |
| Tasuku | Was that fine for a comment? |
| Izumi | Yep! Thank you so much. |
| I only have Hisoka-san left to do for the sixth show. |
| Tasuku | But 24 shows, huh. |
| Tsumugi | If we include mix or event plays, there are even more. |
| Izumi | When I think back on it, it really is amazing. |
| Tasuku | It’s hard to do even one show well, so it’s surprising we managed to have so many successful shows with the amount of people we have in the troupe. |
| Tsumugi | Plenty of shows do have troubles and incidents that cause them to be canceled. |
| Tasuku | Yeah, it happens to shows I’m a guest performer in sometimes. |
| Izumi | It happens to troupes I’ve helped out as well. |
| (Those kinds of things have happened to myself as well during my times as a student and actor.) |
| (But just as those two have said, with everyone here at MANKAI supporting us—) |
| (We’ve managed to pull off 24 troupe performances along with mix and event plays.) |
| (It’s a… no, it’s not a miracle. It’s because everyone worked hard.) |
| Tsumugi | —Oh, it’s already this late. |
| Izumi | Eh? Oh, you’re right! The sun is already starting to set. I have to hurry up and film Hisoka-san..! |
| Excuse me, I have to leave now! |
| Tasuku | Alright. |
| Tsumugi | I’ll see you later. |
| |
| Izumi | Hisoka-san? Hisoka-saaan. |
| (There’s no response. Oh, it looks like the door’s unlocked, though.) |
| I’m coming in, okay? |
| |
| (It looks like there isn’t anyone in here now.) |
| Hm? What could this lump in the kotatsu be? |
| Hisoka | Zzz…. |
| Izumi | Just as I thought… Hisoka-san, wake up. It’s your turn to be filmed for the commemorative video. |
| Hisoka | Zzz…. |
| Izumi | (He doesn’t seem like he’s going to wake up anytime soon. What should I do? There aren’t any marshmallows around, either…) |
| Hisoka | Zzz… |
| Izumi | This is no good. It’ll be faster if I go find marshmallows rather than just trying to figure out what to do..! |
| (Why does today have to be the day where there are no marshmallows in the kitchen and convenience stores…) |
| (It did take a while, but I managed to get my hands on some marshmallows. Here we go again—) |
| Hisoka-san! Wake up, I have marshmallows. |
| Hisoka | …Marshmallows, *munch*… |
| Oh, director. Good morning. |
| Izumi | He finally woke up… |
| (I’m already tired… But, the real challenge starts now.) |
| Here, Hisoka-san. The dice to choose the topic for your commentary scene. |
| Hisoka | Should the topic be different than everyone else’s? |
| Izumi | If possible. I think the one that hasn’t been chosen yet is… “Best Performance”. |
| Hisoka | Okay. |
| I got it. |
| Izumi | Wow! You got “Best Performance” on your first roll! |
| Hisoka | …I’m good at faking dice rolls. |
| Izumi | Eeh!? |
| Hisoka | …I’m joking. I can control what I get with the amount of strength I put in, but that was an honest roll. |
| Izumi | (Whichever one it is, it’s still amazing..) |
| Hisoka | Best performance… |
| Izumi | Can you think of one..? |
| Hisoka | Um… Oh, I got one. |
| Izumi | (I’m so glad..!) |
| |
| Izumi | (It’s our sixth evening performance. Liam and Edgar and engaging in casual conversation, but..) |
| Edgar | “There’s something called pre-wedding jitters, so you should take care of her during this time.” |
| “I had a lot going on with my own wife just before we got married as well…” |
| Liam | “Ah.” |
| Edgar | “…” |
| “…What’s up? You seem sullen. How about a match to get your mind off it?” |
| Liam | “With you? …Well, I guess it’s fine.” |
| Edgar | “Then, let’s play Blackjack.” |
| Liam | “That’s fine.” |
| Izumi | This match was an adlib by Guy-san, wasn’t it |
| Hisoka | Tasuku-san was supposed to come out in the next scene but he had problems with his costume, so we needed to buy some time for him. |
| So we ended up playing Blackjack with the cards that Guy happened to have with him. |
| Edgar | “It’s a win for me.” |
| Liam | “Tch… I wasn’t planning on losing.” |
| Edgar | “If you’re like that, Catherine will be disappointed in you.” |
| Liam | “I’ll keep that in mind.” |
| Izumi | (They managed to buy enough time for Oliver to come out on time for the next scene.) |
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| Hisoka | We played an honest game of Blackjack then, and I lost. |
| Izumi | I didn’t know that! |
| But that adlib bought enough time and it was really interesting to watch you two play a match of Blackjack. |
| The way Guy-san fanned his cards out was perfect. |
| Hisoka | Apparently he helped Azuma practice and learned it during the process. |
| Izumi | As expected of Guy-san. |
| (Speaking of Azuma-san and Guy-san, I wonder if Hisoka-san knows what they’re doing tonight.) |
| Hisoka | Zzz… |
| Izumi | Hisoka-san, there’s only a little bit more left - you can do it! |
| |
| Izumi | Good work. Now I’ve finished filming for all of Winter Troupe. |
| Hisoka | Uh-huh. |
| Homare | I’m back. |
| Izumi | Oh, welcome back Homare-san. |
| Homare | It appears my timing was excellent. Have you finished filming? |
| Hisoka | We just finished. |
| Homare | I’m glad. We’re ready as well. |
| I’ve brought back some popular expensive chocolates that the editors gave us. |
| Don’t you think that good wine requires good food to go with it? |
| Izumi | Good wine? |
| Homare | Oya? Have you not heard? |
| Tasuku | We’re having beer or sake today, right? |
| Tsumugi | It’s okay. I’ll put the plates here for now. |
| Tasuku | I’ll put the stove on the kotatsu, too. |
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| Azuma | Fufu, I have a lot of different sakes. I asked Asajo-san for them. |
| Tasuku | Is that all the sake we have? |
| Azuma | Of course not. It’s heavy so I left it downstairs. Tasuku, I’m counting on you to move it. |
| Tasuku | Hah… |
| Hisoka | I have marshmallows that go with sake. |
| Guy | These ingredients are almost cooked through. It should be ready to eat soon. |
| Izumi | By any chance, is this.. |
| Homare | It’s a hot pot party in the kotatsu! |
| Izumi | So the event tonight was this! |
| (So Azuma-san’s phone call to Asajo-san and him saying something was ready was about the sake.) |
| |
| Tasuku | …It’s cramped. |
| Hisoka | Zzz… |
| Homare | Come on, Hisoka-kun, wake up. |
| Azuma | Let’s have a toast. |
| Tsumugi | A toast to the party, tasty sake and hot pot. |
| Everyone | Cheers! |
| Guy | As expected of sake Yukishiro got. It’s good. |
| Hisoka | I like this sweet sake. |
| Izumi | The Zahran-style hot pot that Guy-san made is also very tasty! |
| Tsumugi | The flavor’s seeped into it. |
| Homare | Hm, it tastes very exotic… Wonderful, poetic inspiration has welled up in me! |
| Azuma | The filming for Winter Troupe is all done, right? Good work as the cameraman, director. |
| Hisoka | Good work. |
| Izumi | It’s fine, I had fun too! |
| Oh, but even though Winter Troupe is the troupe with the oldest members— |
| You all asked for rerolls because you had the same topic or you didn’t like the one you got, and I didn’t know what to do then. |
| Guy | There was someone other than me who changed their topic? |
| Tasuku | Guy-san, you rolled twice too? |
| Tsumugi | Ahaha, I didn’t know that. |
| Azuma | Sorry for giving you a hard time, director. |
| Homare | I hope the hot pot makes up for it. |
| Hisoka | I didn’t change my topic. I got the topic director told me to get on my first try. |
| Tasuku | Then, Mikage made up for our mistakes. |
| Homare | As expected for people bound together by a common destiny! |
| Izumi | Save lines like that for some time that’s more important! |
