Taichi Nanao/Welcome to Akebono-so!

Role Study 【Camilo】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Sakyo	Should we finish today’s rehearsal up to here?
Banri	Yeah. Good job.
Taichi	Great work~!
	Ha~, my tummy’s rumbling already…
Sakyo	We had dinner before practice, didn’t we?
Juza	…I’m hungry too.
Banri	You too?
Azami	I mean, we moved around a lot.
Omi	Haha, that’s true.
	Should I make something for a late snack?
Taichi	Are you sure!?
Omi	Yeah, if something simple works.
Taichi	Woohoo! You can count on Omi-kun. Thanks a bunch!
	Alriiight, let’s head to the lounge!
	Yeeep, Omi-kun’s special yaki udon after rehearsal… really hits the spot~! I wanna have this late night snack everyday…!
Banri	I get how you feel, but what’ll you do if that increases the burden on our lead?
Taichi	…HAH!!
	I’ve come up with a great idea!
Juza	Great idea?
Taichi	Lots of different dishes appear in our upcoming show, so why don’t we actually try making them for our late night snacks!
	But it’d be tough for Omi-kun to make them all by himself, so each day, one person will make something!
Azami	Like a recreated meal, in other words?
Taichi	Right! It'll be fun, it’ll fill us up after rehearsal, and it'll be connected to our performance, so it's win-win!
Sakyo	Well, I guess it does relate to the show.
Banri	There are things that we usually eat, but tryna to recreate the dishes that appear in our show doesn’t sound bad.
Omi	Yeah. I think it’s great too.
Juza	Same.
Taichi	It’s settled! Alright, I’m the one who suggested it, so I’ll start us off tomorrow!
Omi	Is there something you’d like to make, Taichi?
Taichi	I wanna cook mapo tofu!
Banri	Geh. The mapo tofu that appears in the script is sweet though…
Taichi	Uh… I-I’ll make the regular spicy version…
Azami	What happened to the recreated meal?
Taichi	Everything’s ready!
	I’ll put my soul into making mapo tofu!
	(I've learned how to make it from Omi-kun, but I gotta make sure I don’t add anything that’ll make it go to waste like when I messed up last time.)
	(Back then, I accidentally added Chikage-san's spices into the minestrone Omi-kun was making…)
	(Everyone turned into zombies, and it was terrifying…)
	But this time, I'll make use of that lesson learned to make some delish mapo tofu according to the recipe! Here goes nothing~!
	This amount should be good…
	And then the potato starch should be here… umm…
	There it is! He said the white powder. It’s gotta be this.
	Okay, next is~…
	Tah daaah! Thanks for waiting!
	I put my whole heart into making Taichi’s special mapo tofu~!
Banri	Heh, it looks legit.
Sakyo	Yeah, it ain’t bad.
Juza	Looks tasty.
Taichi	Hehehe~. Omi-kun taught me how to make it, so it’s perfect!
Omi	Alright, let’s dig in right away?
Azami	Itadakimasu.
Taichi	Itadakimaaasu!
	*Munch*!
	Urgh…!?!?
Juza	!!
Omi	T-this is…
Azami	It’s sweet as hell…
Banri	Dude, weren’t you gonna make regular mapo tofu…!
Taichi	I-I planned on making normal mapo tofu but…!
Sakyo	You didn’t taste it beforehand? You…
Taichi	I wanted to eat it together with everyone, so I held back…
Sakyo	Geez…
Azami	The mapo tofu’s sweet like in the script, so it’s accurate in terms of a recreated meal. But…
Banri	What’d you put in it?
Omi	Could it be powdered sugar…?
Taichi	Powdered sugar?
	…AH!!
	Don’t tell me I mistook the potato starch and accidentally added sugar!?
Sakyo	So that’s what happened…
Omi	Ahh… right. They were on the same shelf and they’re both white powder, so it was hard to tell, huh?
Taichi	UWAHH! You guys, I’m so sorry~!!
Azami	Hold up. Juza-san’s been quiet this whole time…
Juza	Thanks for the meal.
Banri	HA!?
Taichi	EHH!? You ate it all, Juza-san!?
Juza	Yeah. It was good.
	You’ve got talent for cookin’, Taichi.
Banri	Are you for real…
Omi	Haha, it looks like it suited Juza’s palate.

Anna