Tenma Sumeragi/Blazing Mankai Red

A Busy Sunday Morning

Backstage Stories

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Taichi	My brother really loves this show—
Kumon	Is that so? I really love tokusatsu too 'cause they're so cool!
Taichi	Uwaa! That special move is super awesome!
Kumon	Uoo, so cool!
Tenma	They're so energetic in the morning as always...
Izumi	Ahaha, it's good to be lively.
Kazunari	G'morn! What are you guys watching...ah, that! Isn't that the one that made a buzz because of the ending dance?!
Kumon	Eh, really?!
Taichi	Now that you mention it, I think I saw my brother dancing the last time I went home!
Tenma	That dance is quite hard to do for a children's show.
Kazunari	It seems to be the most popular part of the show.
Tenma	That so.
Izumi	Tokusatsu aren't just for kids though, adults watch them too.
Tenma	Come to think of it, I got some feedbacks from adults when I appeared as a guest rider.
Izumi	I think it might be pretty interesting to see. I'll have to check it out sometime, too.
	*phone rings*
Tenma	Hello. ...Got it, I'm coming out now.
	Looks like Igawa arrived in front of the dorm. Then, I'm off to work.
Izumi	Take care.
Taichi	Ten-chan, good luck at work!
Igawa	It seems to be busy on the other end of the phone.
Tenma	Yeah, Taichi and the others were watching tokusatsu.
Igawa	Speaking of which, a job has come up for you where you have to perform an ending dance for a tokusatsu show.
Tenma	Perhaps...has it been the talk lately? In that case, I also saw it earlier.
Igawa	Yes, that's it! Then we can talk about this quickly.
	So the show usually plays dance videos posted by the viewers...
	However, they want to play a video of your dance for the six-month anniversary of the start of the broadcast.
Tenma	Why me specifically?
Igawa	Looks like the fact that you've appeared as a guest rider before is a big part of it...
	They requested you because of your popularity with the children...especially the boys.
Tenma	...Heh, that so.
Igawa	They were more than glad to ask you because of these reasons.
Tenma	Okay, sure. Tell me more about this later.
Igawa	Certainly.
Tenma	(I never thought I'd end up doing that dance we were talking about this morning.)
	I'm back.
Izumi	Ah, Tenma-kun, welcome back. Good job on your work.
Tenma	...Director. Can I ask you a favor?
Izumi	...?
Tenma	I'd like to use the training room for a few days starting tomorrow when it's vacant.
Izumi	Of course, but what's the occasion?
Tenma	I want to practice because I'm going to be dancing for work.
Izumi	(It's rare for Tenma-kun to be dancing for work.)
	A TV job?
Tenma	Yeah, kinda.
CHOICE 1: I see, I'm looking forward to it! [+] Izumi I see, I'm looking forward to it! Tenma Now that I've taken it on, I'm going to do my best. I can't show them a bad dance after the hero's performance, after all. Izumi Hero? Tenma ...N-nothing! Anyway, I'm going to be using the training room for a while. Izumi Got it. Good luck with your practice. Tenma Yeah.
CHOICE 2: I'll bring you some food. [+] Izumi I'll bring you some food. What kind of curry do you want? Tenma It's always nothing but curry! Izumi Haha, I'm joking. Curry is better for breakfast after all! Tenma ...Well, as long as it's not everyday. Then, I'll leave the food to you. Something other than curry. Izumi I'm a little disappointed to hear you say that but...I'll try to think of something light for you to eat. Tenma Yeah, please.

Tenma	(Raise your right hand and cross your legs...)
	(Turn around from this back step...)
	(No, the choreography here isn't like this.)
	(I need to check out the video Igawa gave me.)
	...It's pretty hard to do it right.
Izumi	Tenma-kun, I brought you some food.
Misumi	Tenma, what are you doing?
Muku	Misumi-san, we'll be a nuisance if we just suddenly barge in...!
Yuki	That's something only you would be concerned about.
Tenma	W...why are you guys here...!
Kazunari	We're just curious to see what you've been up to lately! Tenten, what have you been practicing?
Kumon	Eh, that dance is...!
Kazunari	The dance that we were talking about?
Tenma	...*sigh* guess the cat's out of the bag.
	Actually...
Yuki	I was wondering what you've been doing sneaking around, so it's this, huh.
Tenma	I-I wasn't sneaking around or anything!
Yuki	So I hit the mark.
Misumi	I want to dance too!
Kumon	Me too!
Kazunari	Shall we do this sick dance~? Come on, Mukkun, let's do it together!
Muku	Eh? M-me too?!
Misumi	Like this~?
Kazunari	Sumi, you're really good!
Kumon	As you'd expect of him!
Tenma	That's the part I'm stuck at.
	Misumi, how do you do this part?
Misumi	Umm, like this...jump! And then, bam!
Tenma	Please talk in a way that I can understand...
Kumon	Looking at Sumi's dancing from here, it kinda looks like his arms are turning and extending!
Kazunari	Right, right~!
Tenma	Like this?
Yuki	Your arms are bent. Straighten it.
Tenma	...Like this?
Misumi	Yeah, yeah~! Tenma, you're good at this!
Izumi	(Before you know it, the whole Summer Troupe are practicing together.)
	(They really have nice teamwork.)
Tenma	...Then, just like in the actual video shoot, I'll be dancing from start to finish by myself, so watch me.
Kazunari	'Kay 'kay!
Kumon	Tenma-san, do your best~!
Yuki	Heh...
Muku	He's really agile!
Misumi	Tenma's so cool~!
Tenma	Phew...how was it?
Kazunari	That was so good! The part that Sumi taught you was also perfect!
Kumon	It was perfect!
Misumi	Tenma, you danced really well! I'm gonna give you this triangle~
Yuki	Well, you weren't half bad.
Muku	Tenma-kun's dance was really cool!
Tenma	Hmph, of course. I can't show you anything half-baked, you know.
Kumon	And with that, the ending dance practice has ended!
Tenma	Yeah, you're right.
	You guys have been a big help. Thank you for keeping me company at practice...I appreciate it.
Kazunari	Tenten is being honest for once~!
Yuki	It's probably going to snow tomorrow.
Tenma	I just thanked you guys normally!
Kumon	I can't wait to see it on air!
Kazunari	Let's watch it in real time with everyone!
Muku	We'll have to record it as well!
Tenma	Geez, you guys are getting too excited...
	(Come to think of it, today's the day the dance is gonna air. I'd like to check it out, guess I'll go see it in the lounge...)
Kumon	It's almost here!
Taichi	I'm getting excited!
Tenma	(...? Aren't there more people than the usual Sunday...?)
Izumi	Ah, Tenma-kun, good morning.
Tenma	Yeah, good morning. What are you all doing in the morning?
Misumi	We're gathered here to see Tenma's dance!
Tenma	Huh?! Why does everyone know about this?!
Kazunari	They noticed that you were practicing the dance in the training room.
Banri	It's nothin' to hide.
Tsumugi	Yeah. If you've practiced hard for the dance, we'd love to see it, too.
Sakuya	It's a shame that Itaru-san and Citron-san couldn't see it in real time as well.
Taichi	Ah, the ending has started!
Kumon	You're right!
Misumi	Where's Tenma~?
Kazunari	Ah, there he is!
Yuki	"Tenma Sumeragi-kun" ...?
Banri	Bwah! "Tenma Sumeragi-kun", it said!
Yuki	What's with this caption, it's hilarious.
Banri	Haha, he's like a freakin' kid!
Tenma	You're laughing too much!
Sakuya	Tenma-kun, you're really good at dancing!
Muku	Yeah, you're so cool...!
Yuki	Well, because of all that practice.
Banri	The name is really funny, but your dancing is really good.
Tenma	O-of course!
Kazunari	Ah, Tenten, take a look at this!
Tenma	What is it?
	This is Inste...?
Kazunari	A viewer's post! "The kids are delighted by Tenma's sudden appearence!", they said.
	There's a lot of other feedbacks on this, too!
Izumi	Everyone seems to be happy.
Tenma	Yeah, you're right. I'm glad that everyone's happy with it.
Kazunari	Then, let's see it once again!
Tenma	Huh?!
Kumon	We made a recording of it, so we can see Tenma-san's heroic figure as many times as we want!
Taichi	Well then, let's play it!
Tenma	Oi! Just once is enough, you don't need to see it again!

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