Tenma Sumeragi/+3Ghosts!

Flexibility Verification

Backstage Stories

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Kumon	One, two, three, four!
Misumi	One, two, triangle! One, two, triangle!
Kazunari	Since there’ll be dance scenes in our play, we’ve gotta do some stretching carefully before rehearsal!
Muku	Speaking of which, Tenma-kun, your body has gotten more flexible with every play, right?
Tenma	Compared to before, my body has indeed gotten more flexible.
Kumon	Is there anything you’re paying attention to whenever you do some stretching?
Tenma	Tasuku-san taught me an effective way to stretch that helps your body be more flexible. Hisoka-san also gave me advice–.
	–No, forget it. It’s nothing.
Yuki	Advice?
Kazunari	Huh, why!? It just got me even more curious, man! What kind of advice did Hisohiso give you?
Tenma	I said, forget it.
Misumi	I wanna know too~! Tell us, Tenma!
Tenma	…
Tenma	…Put some fluffy feelings into it, just like marshmallows…
Muku	What?
Kumon	Marshmallows…
Misumi	Fluffy feelings~?
Yuki	Pfft… You’re kidding, right? And you really believe that?
Kazunari	That’s so adorable of you, Tenten!
Tenma	This is exactly why I didn’t wanna tell you all!
Muku	But what’s important is trying to do the stretching with that feeling!
Yuki	I think no one will ever have a hard time if that kind of thing can help your body be flexible, though.
	Maybe this crappy actor’s body doesn’t really become flexible. It might be your imagination.
Tenma	…If you say so, I’ll prove that my body has really gotten flexible.
Muku	How will you prove that, though?
Tenma	Since all of you are pretty much flexible, I’ll prove that I’m the most flexible one among us.
Kazunari	So you mean we’re gonna do a flexibility battle!?
Kumon	Wow! Sounds fun! Let’s do it!
Yuki	Yikes, so troublesome.
Kazunari	In that case let’s hold the battle on another day! We’ll have a rehearsal after this, after all.
Misumi	Okaay! Ehehe, I’m looking forward to it~!
Kazunari	Thanks for waiting y'all! We’re finally holding our flexibility battle!
Kumon	Yeaay!
Kazunari	Moreover, today, we have two special participants joining us~!
	Give a round of applause to our special guests! Ta-da! We have Tsumutsumu and Itarun with us today! The two just happen to be at the dorm!
Tsumugi	Umm, thank you for having us.
Itaru	I was told you’re doing something for Summer Troupe’s role-building. I don’t really get it, but I’ve been brought here…
Yuki	…Of all people, it really has to be these two.
Tenma	Tsumugi-san, Itaru-san… Did you know we’re gonna do a flexibility battle?
Tsumugi	Huuuh, is that so?
Itaru	You clearly picked the wrong person. Lol.
Tsumugi	My body is so stiff I don’t think you can even call me an opponent…
Itaru	Same. Having two people with stiff bodies in your battle is meaningless, y'know?
Kazunari	It’s fine, man! It’s more fun to have more people with us!
Kumon	Besides, stretching will make you feel good!
Misumi	Yep, yep! Let’s do this together, Itaru, Tsumugi~.
Tsumugi	You have a point. Since I’m already here, I guess I’ll join the battle.
Itaru	Well… I’ll join for now, but don’t expect too much.
Kazunari	Without further ado, let’s begin our flexibility battle!

Kazunari	For our first round, bend from the hips and legs straight and head nearly to the ground!
Muku	We’ll measure how far you can bend forward from the platform.
Kazunari	We’ll be using this tape measure!
Kumon	Alright! Let’s decide on the order with rock paper scissors! Rock, paper, scissors!
Tenma	Misumi will be going first.
Misumi	We just have to stretch out our hands towards the ground, right? I’ll give it a try~!
	Here we go!
Tsumugi	Wow, amazing!
Muku	You’re so flexible!
Kumon	So awesome! That’s Sumi-san for you!
Yuki	I think we already have the winner here.
Kazunari	We’ve already gotten a winning candidate right from the start! Next up is Itarun!
Itaru	Going after Misumi is hella difficult…
	Okay… one, two, three…
	Ugh… I’m at my limit.
Yuki	…Are you for real?
Itaru	Obviously… I’m being very serious here. Super duper serious…
Muku	Itaru-san, don’t push yourself too hard…!
Tsumugi	I-Itaru-kun, it’s okay. My result will probably be the same as you.
Tenma	Is that supposed to be an encouragement…?
Misumi	Next up is Muku. Good luck~!
Muku	Yes…! One, two, three!
Kazunari	Oooh! Muku is doing pretty good, I think!?
Yuki	Yep, you did well.
Tsumugi	Last one is Tenma-kun.
Tenma	Alright…
	Ugh…
Kumon	Wow! You’re so flexible, Tenma-san!
Kazunari	It’s not as far as Sumi, but you’re the most flexible one after him!
Tenma	Ugh… Just a lil bit more…
Muku	It’s good enough!
Itaru	From my point of view, both of you are mollusks…
Tenma	Is that a compliment?
Kazunari	Now, let’s move on to our second round! It’s a split battle! Those who can spread their legs the widest will be declared the winner!
Yuki	Let’s do another rock paper scissors to decide the order.
Kumon	Ugh~…!
	I can’t spread my legs more than this!!
Tenma	You’re doing pretty good, though.
Misumi	You’re so awesome, Kumon~!
Yuki	Well, your result isn’t that bad.
Muku	Next up is Tsumugi-san.
Tsumugi	Okay. Got it.
	Here we go… ouch ouch ouch ouch…
Kazunari	You’re already at your limit, Tsumutsumu!?
Tsumugi	Yes…
Yuki	Can you even call this a split? You gave up too fast…
Itaru	He’s a total mood.
Misumi	Next one is Tenma!
Tenma	Okay.
	…Ugh… I think this is my limit…
Kazunari	You think so? I feel like you still can spread your legs, though?
Misumi	You can, you can! Like this~.
Kazunari	And like this!
Tenma	Ouch ouch ouch! Don’t grab me! Stop it!
Hisoka	…
Yuki	Ah.
Kazunari	Tenten’s instructor is here! Heeey!
Hisoka	…? What are you doing?
Tsumugi	Flexibility battle.
Misumi	We want to find out who’s the most flexible one among us~.
Kumon	Oh, yeah! Since you’re here, Hisoka-san, I want you to try doing a split too!
Muku	Whoa, I wanna see that too.
Hisoka	…Got it.
	….Like this?
Tsumugi	Whoa…!
Kazunari	Dude, OMG!! You’re more flexible than I thought!
Kumon	So cool!
Misumi	Hisoka is so amazing!
Muku	Yeah, I feel the same.
Yuki	How do you even spread your legs that wide, though?
Itaru	That’s definitely not a human body…
Hisoka	? You think so?
Kazunari	But you’re aiming to be like that, right, Tenten?
Tenma	No. While I do admit he’s amazing, it’s not like I want to become that flexible…

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