Taichi Nanao/MANKAI Playback

Why I changed my image

Backstage Stories

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	*Crackers*
Troupe members	Happy birthday!
Taichi	Thanks guys~!
	Hot dogs and hamburgers...! Pizza, potato chips, and cola, too...!
Omi	I usually don’t prepare this sort of menu because of the nutritional balance, but.... Today’s a special day.
Juza	We gathered stuff we thought you’d like, Taichi.
Banri	And we ended up with all this junk food.
Sakyo	Geez.... I told you guys to consider getting some healthy food too.
Azami	Yeah, too much fat is bad for an old man’s stomach.
Sakyo	Aah?
Izumi	Sakyo-san, we have salad, too.
Taichi	Can I dig in!?
Omi	Haha, go ahead.
Taichi	Ya~y! Itadakimasu!
	Nn~~! It’s delicious~! It tastes even more exceptional on my birthday!
Omi	Oh, I’ve prepared a cake, too, of course, so don’t eat too much.
Azami	Hm? Omi-san, when did you make a cake?
Sakyo	Hyodo said he really wanted a cake, so he asked Fushimi to make one.
Juza	Every birthday celebration needs a cake.
Banri	You just wanna eat cake!
Taichi	Hehe, Omi-kun’s cakes are delicious, after all! I’m looking forward to it too!
Taichi	Phew~, I’m so full. I’m so happy~.
Izumi	Everything was really delicious. As expected of Omi-kun!
Taichi	Yup, I’m so satisfied~~! Wait, Juza-san, you’re still eating cake!?
Juza	This is only my third slice.
Banri	Why are you eating more than today’s main lead!
Izumi	Looks like we’ve had our fill of food. We should move on to presents.
Omi	Agreed.
	Taichi, happy birthday. I hope you like this....
Taichi	Eeh!? You got me something else on top of all this food!?
Azami	This is from me. I thought it’d suit you, Taichi-san.
Banri	From me. Use it with care, okay?
Taichi	Ah! I wanted this Akapoyo-kun figure~! The skateboard and cap are so cool, too~!
Juza	I hope you like it; that makes me happy.
Sakyo	Nanao, let me say it again—happy birthday.
Taichi	Thanks so much, guys~! These are all my treasures...!
	...Hm?
	Ah~!!! This yo-yo...!
Izumi	That ultra yo-yo is a revival model. I bought it because it brought back memories.
CHOICE 1: You’re good at yo-yo, after all. [+] Izumi Taichi-kun, you’re good at yo-yo, after all. Taichi I sure am! I’ve got my yo-yo boom ever since I tried the yo-yo fist~! Thank you!
CHOICE 2: Do you like it? [+] Taichi Of course! My little sister and little brother love it when I show them tricks! I’m gonna use this yo-yo next time I go home!
Taichi	Can I test it out right now?
Izumi	Of course! I want to see!
Banri	Don’t swing it off course and break the windows.
Taichi	Fufufu... Now now, just watch!
	Here we go~! A breakaway, followed by a moonsault!
Izumi	Woah~!
Juza	...Amazing.
Taichi	I can do this, too! ...There. Ta-da! A swing!
Omi	Wow.
Sakyo	You’re good.
Banri	Even though you messed up the yo-yo fist.
Taichi	Hehe, I actually did some secret training after that.
Azami	You can do all sorts of tricks, huh.
Taichi	Yeah! I practiced really hard back in the day, so!
	...I worked so hard to learn all sorts of tricks, but by the time I’d learned them all, yo-yos had gone out of style in my class....
Banri	Yeah, trends went by fast back in elementary school.
Taichi	Oh, but there was one time where my yo-yo skills were super useful.
Azami	Huh, when?
Taichi	Back when I was a child actor, auditioning for a role—.

Taichi	(Today’s audition is for... a school drama, huh.)
	(I’m nervous... But this is a TV job; if I can get this, I’m sure I’ll become popular!)
Judge	Number 23, please.
Taichi	Number 23, Nanao Taichi! Please take care of me!
	(Oh no, my voice is shaking....)
Judge	We will start by evaluating your acting.
Taichi	(All right, speak loud and clear...!)
Judge	Next, please give us a personal PR. You have one minute.
Taichi	Yes! Number 23; I’ll be presenting yo-yo tricks!
	(Breakaway, followed by a moonsault....)
	(And lastly, a swing, my specialty! All right, that was good!)
	That’s all!
Judge	...Yes, thank you very much. That will be all.
Taichi	Thank you very much!
Taichi	Huh~, there’s gonna be another new ultra yo-yo?
	(Oh yeah, I wonder how that audition went?)
	*Bzzz*
	Hm? I got a message from the academy. Maybe it’s the audition results... It is!
	How’d it go.... Yay! I was accepted!
	(Looks like my character was perfect for a yo-yo playing role. I’m glad...!)
Taichi	...Huh?
	This is it? These are all my lines?
	(An extra role again....)
	Sigh....
	Lead, Sumeragi Tenma....
	(Sumeragi Tenma is my age, but he’s playing the lead....)
	I need to... I need to stand out somehow...!
	(So that I can catch people’s eyes, even as an extra.)
	(So that people will think I’m worthy of standing on the same set as Sumeragi Tenma...!)
Taichi	(It’s finally filming day.... I dyed my hair red and got my ears pierced. I’ll definitely stand out!)
Director	5, 4, 3, 2, 1—!
Tenma	Alright, I made it in time~!
Taichi	—!
Taichi	(Sumeragi Tenma... The moment we started shooting, his aura was completely different from everyone else’s.)
	(He has this brilliance that the rest of us don’t have. A talent that I can never obtain; talent as an actor....)
	——.
	(I can’t catch up just by changing my appearance. I don’t have the brilliance or talent that Sumeragi Tenma has.)
	(I can’t stand on the same stage with people who have so much natural charm, after all....)
Taichi	...That’s what I thought back then.
	But now I’m different. I’m gonna aim for the top in my own way!
Juza	Yeah, that’s right.
Sakyo	Haha. You’ve learned to talk big, Nanao.
Taichi	Hehe, I’m gonna become a big, popular actor who will surprise both Ban-chan and Ten-chan!
Banri	Ooh, well then, give it your best shot.
Azami	Popular... Guess that’s just like you, Taichi-san.
Omi	Haha. Your red hair is one of your trademarks now, Taichi.
Izumi	Yup. I’m sure you’ll become who you want to be, Taichi-kun.
Taichi	Ehehe! Please take care of MANKAI Company, Autumn Troupe’s Nanao Taichi from now on as well!

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