Taichi Nanao/Yearning for Fantasia

Mr. Swordsman and Play House

Backstage Stories

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Taichi	Ha! Hyaah!
	Woah!? The sword flew away from my hand!
Sakuya	Ah.
	Taichi-kun, good work.
	Here, your sword.
Taichi	Sakkun! Thanks for bringing it back to me!
Sakuya	Are you practicing for the upcoming performance?
Taichi	Yep! I haven’t done a lot of scenes that include a swordfight before, so I need to practice a lot.
Sakuya	I see, Autumn Troupe has a lot of action scenes that don’t use a sword.
Taichi	Speaking of which, Sakkun also has swordplay experience because of your RomeJuli performance right…
Sakuya	Yep, it’s true but… What about it?
Taichi	Sakkun!
	I have a request for you.
Sakuya	A request?
Taichi	As a Senpai in swordplay, I want you to teach me how to handle a sword!
Sakuya	Eh!?
	But, I’m not that good at it either you know?
Taichi	That’s not the case at all!
	I would be very happy if I can get a guidance from Sakkun who played Romeo, please…!
Sakuya	If you say so… I’m not sure if I can teach well, but if you’re fine with me, I’ll keep you company with practice!
Taichi	Alright! Thank you, Sakkun!
	Pleased to work with you!
Sakuya	Then, I’ll take the sword prop that I used previously.
Taichi	Yep.
	Alright, I’ll do some swinging until Sakkun comes back!
	Ha! Hyaah!
Sakuya	Sorry for the wait!
Taichi	Uwaa, Sakkun~!
Sakuya	Wha, what happened?
Taichi	The sword goes flying out of my hand sometimes~!
	It’s like it just slipped out of my hand~.
Sakuya	Hmm, maybe you should balance your power more.
	When you’re swinging the sword, you might release the power on your grip unconsciously.
	Why don’t we try to focus on the way you hold the sword?
	It should look like this!
Taichi	Oh! Let me try it too!
Sakuya	Anyway, let’s try swinging it together!
	Good work. You might get injured if you do it for too long, so let’s stop here for the day!
Taichi	Alright!
	Thanks for accompanying me today, Sakkun.
	Thanks to Sakkun, the sword’s not flying away from my hand anymore, really really thanks to you!
Sakuya	Yeah, it’s not because of me though, it’s because of Taichi-kun’s effort.
	I think your way of holding the sword has definitely become much better.
Taichi	Hehe, I’m happy if Sakkun said so.
	Ah, right! As thanks for helping me with practice, maybe I can help you with anything?
Sakuya	Eh!? You don’t need to do anything!
Taichi	It won’t feel right otherwise!
	I was really helped by Sakkun’s teaching you know.
	That’s why, I want you to tell me if you need help with anything!
Sakuya	…Understood. Then, I’ll think of something!
	*Shifts to Lounge*
Izumi	Taichi-kun, is your practice going well?
Taichi	Yes! I practice with the sword every day, I also got Sakkun to observe if he has free time.
Sakuya	I’m home!
Taichi	Ah, speak of the devil.
	Welcome back, Sakkun!
Izumi	Welcome back.
Sakuya	Just nice.
	Taichi-kun, there’s something that I need to request from you…
Taichi	What what? I’ll listen to anything if it’s a request from Sakkun.
	There’s also the thanks for the sword play!
Sakuya	Actually, I was asked to do a short original play by the daycare director.
	Won’t you do it together with me?
Izumi	By daycare, you mean the place you’re part timing at?
Sakuya	Yes. I had a part time shift today, and the conversation just flowed into how I was practicing sword play somehow.
	And then, he said how the children will be happy if I can do it in front of them…
Izumi	I see. Even if it’s just in front of children, it might be a good idea to have the grip of performing sword play in front of people before the actual performance.
	It might be good to showcase the result of Taichi-kun’s training too.
	What do you think, Taichi-kun?
Taichi	Of course, I’m okay with it!
Sakuya	That’s great, thank you!
Taichi	No problem!
	Alright, let’s showcase the result of our training and make the children happy!

Daycare Director	Pleased to work with you.
Izumi	Me too, pleased to work with you.
	(I came to greet the daycare director, but…
	I wonder how Taichi-kun and Sakuya-kun doing now.
	This time, we got Tsuzuru to think of a short script for the performance too.
	It’s a short story, the movement’s pretty simple too, I hope the children will be happy with it)
Taichi	Everyone, sorry for the wait!
Sakuya	This time, Sensei and Taichi onii-chan will be doing a performance, so everyone, please enjoy.
Child A	Wah~ I’m looking forward to it!
Child B	What kind of story is it!
Sakuya	Then without further ado, let’s start~
	“Taichi! The monster’s going that way!”
Taichi	“Like I’ll lose like this! Let’s go!
	Hyaaah!”
Child A	Good luck!
Child B	Go go!
Sakuya	Thank you so much!
Taichi	Thanks!
Child A	Mr. Swordsman’s so cool!
Child B	Yep!
	Swing swing and bang, it was so cool!
Taichi	Hehe, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
Izumi	(The two of them did a very lively performance.
	The children seem to be enjoying it too)
CHOICE 1: So how is it, doing swordplay in front of people? [+] Izumi Taichi-kun, so how is it, doing swordplay in front of other people? Taichi At first, as I thought, I was a bit nervous. But Sakkun was by my side, he kept giving me signals with his eyes and it’s so reassuring, I ended up getting too absorbed in it! Thank you, Sakkun! Sakuya Ehehe, I’m glad it was useful! Me too, I got Masumi-kun to accompany me for practice during the RomeJuli swordplay— Even during the actual performance, he made it easy for me to follow and it’s really reassuring to have him on stage with me. Taichi I see! Izumi (Like this, the members are able to encourage each other’s development by supporting one another… What a wonderful thing)
CHOICE 2: The result of your practice is showing! [+] Izumi The result of your practice is showing great! Taichi Really!? Izumi Yep, your stance is good and the impact’s there too. Even I was pulled into it. Taichi I did it! Hehe, I’m really happy! I’m still going to do my best in practice, and I’m going to show you even a better performance than today! Director-sensei, look forward to my cool swordplay!
Sakura	Sakuya-sensei! Sakuya-sensei’s doing a performance today, so papa said that he wanted to come too!
Sakuya	Eh, Kasumi-san?
Taichi	(Kasumi-san…?)
Kaede	But, he wasn’t able to get a break from his work so he was crying because he couldn’t come.
Tsubaki	Yes~!
Sakuya	Eh!? So Kasumi-san was going to take leave to see my performance.
Taichi	Anyway, Sakkun.
	By Kasumi-san, you mean the first-generation Spring Troupe’s…?
Sakuya	Yeah, you’re right!
	These children are Kasumi-san’s daughters!
Taichi	Eh!? What a great coincidence!
Sakura	Hey hey, Sakuya-sensei, Taichi onii-chan, let’s play house together!
Tsubaki	Let’s do it, let’s do it!
Daycare Director	I’m sorry, even though you just ended the performance…
	Nanao-kun too, is it alright to get you to play with them too?
Izumi	It’s alright.
	Right, Taichi-kun.
Taichi	Of course!
Sakuya	Then, let’s play house with Sensei.
Girl A	I want to join too!
	Sakuya-sensei will be the Mr. swordsman that protects me, and Taichi-kun will be my husband!
Girl B	Then, Taichi-kun will be the swordsman that protects me!
Girl C	Then then, Sakuya-sensei will be my fiancé!
Taichi & Sakuya	Eh!
Boy A	I’ll be Taichi’s older brother!
Boy B	I want to play as Sakuya-sensei’s little brother…
Boy C	Then, I’m going to be Taichi onii-chan’s disciple!
Sakuya	Ahaha, somehow this becomes a very grand play house.
Taichi	Eh umm, the wife, the princess, older brother, and disciple…
	Uh, the setting’s too complicated~!
	But I guess you can’t let the children’s down right!
	In the name of MANKAI company, I’m going to drill the setting to my head and play house with everyone!
Sakuya	Yeah, let’s do our best!
Boy C	Teach! What are we doing today?
Taichi	Alright, first of all, let’s do some sword training today.
Girl A	Kyaa! Mr. swordsman, help me!
Sakuya	Princess, I’ll protect you!
	Hyaah!
Girl B	Taichi, I want to go to the neighboring town, come with me.
Taichi	Of course. I will escort you properly.
Boy D	I am the leader of the knights! There will be a tournament for all swordsman, of course, Sakuya and Taichi are joining too!
Sakuya	I’ll do my best!
Girl A	Dear, buy some potatoes on your way back today!
	Don’t forget, okay!
Taichi	Alright!
	Eh umm, I need to practice sword, escort the princess to the neighboring town, prepare for the swordsman tournament, get some potatoes on the way…!?
Izumi	(The two of you, good luck…!)
Daycare Director	Nanao-kun seems to be good with children.
Izumi	Taichi-kun has a little brother and sister who are quite far apart in age.
Daycare Director	Ah, no wonder, he seems to be very used to it.
	Thank you so much for today.
	The children are very happy too.
Izumi	Same here, thank you so much.
Taichi	I have so much fun here too!
Daycare Director	If you have the chance, do come and play house with the children again.
Taichi	Yes!
	Eh, what!?
	Not the performance, but that!?

Chiaki