Tenma Sumeragi/Youkai's Bath Temperature
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Yumomi Practice in the MANKAI Dorms
Backstage Stories| Tenma | …Alright, the bath water should be this hot. |
| Then the rest is just how I learned–. | |
| Kazunari | Oh, it’s Tenten! |
| Muku | What is he doing dressed like that? |
| Tenma | You guys, what is it? |
| Muku | We came to fill the bath with hot water. |
| Kazunari | It looks like Tenten beat us to it. So like, what ARE you doing? |
| Tenma | I’m practicing yumomi. |
| Kazunari | Come to think of it, you’re gonna be helping out at the inn Azu’s acquaintance owns soon, right? |
| Tenma | Yeah. |
| Muku | How do you do yumomi? |
| Tenma | You use this yumomi board to stir the hot water. |
| By doing so, you cool the water down enough to where someone could bathe in it. | |
| Muku | Woah. I’ve always added cold water when I thought it was too hot. |
| Tenma | If it’s just your house, that’s fine, but in an onsen setting, cold water lessens the hot spring’s effects. |
| Kazunari | I see. If you add colder water, it dilutes the hot spring itself! |
| Tenma | Right. |
| Additionally, by stirring the hot water it mixes with the ingredients, so the water becomes softer. | |
| Kazunari | Tenten’s well informed! |
| Tenma | Hmph, it’s thanks to my research. |
| Muku | Hey, Tenma-kun. Yumomi, could I watch for a bit? |
| Kazunari | Me too, me too! |
| Tenma | Okay! |
| *water splashing* | |
| Kazunari | By the way, it caught my attention earlier, is that the costume? |
| Tenma | Yeah. I borrowed a costume and some onsen tools from the inn so I could practice somewhere similar to the actual performance. |
| Muku | Wow, you’re really going all-out. |
| Tenma | Of course. Furthermore, the material the costume’s made with is okay to get wet. |
| Kazunari | If you say it like that, you’ll jinx yourself~. |
| Tenma | What are you talking about. I have no intention of having something like that happen. |
| Kazunari | If you say that, you’ll REALLY–. |
| Misumi | Muku and Kazu, what’s taking so long~? |
| Tenma | Geh, Misumi. |
| Misumi | Ah~, it’s Tenma~! I wanna join too~! |
| Tenma | Oi, wait, wait hang on! –Gh!! |
| *Misumi jumps on Tenma* | |
| Tenma | Guh—! |
| Kazunari | Tenten, are you okay!? |
| Tenma | I could’ve fallen in! |
| Misumi | Sorry~. |
| Muku | He almost jinxed himself just like we said… |
| Citron | What’s going on? |
| Tsuzuru | I heard a scream, is everyone okay? |
| Kazunari | Ah, actually–. |
| Citron | Oh! I want to try shoulder massaging too![1] |
| Kazunari | Yumomi, you mean. |
| Tenma | I have two boards, actually. Why don’t we do it together? |
| Citron | I’ll do my best to not cut off your legs! |
| Tsuzuru | That’s too scary. I hope you meant ‘not to get in your way’![2] |
| Muku | The water still looks pretty hot, doesn’t it? Be careful not to fall in. |
| Citron | Tenma, is this right? |
| Tenma | It’s more like you’re massaging the hot water with the board. |
| Citron | Like this? |
| *water splashing* | |
| Tenma | It’s hot!! It’ll stay hot like this if you let the water splash so much! |
| Citron | Nngh~, shoulder massaging is difficult![3] |
| Tsuzuru | So, at the inn, you’ll be performing while in costume, right? |
| Tenma | It seems like everyone will be acting like a youkai, and we’ll be dressed as youkai while serving the customers. |
| Tsuzuru | I see. |
| Muku | It’ll be like a theme park where youkai serve the customers! |
| Misumi | Are there triangle youkai~? |
| Tsuzuru | A triangle youkai… Do you ever take a break from that? |
| Kazunari | Huh… You do yumomi in front of customers? |
| Tenma | There’s a time scheduled for customers to watch the yumomi. |
| I was put in charge of the yumomi since I can’t really show my face out in the open. | |
| Kazunari | I get it! Then, let’s get some practice in now! Tenten, act like a youkai and do some yumomi! |
| Tenma | Hah!? |
| Muku | That’s a good idea, it might be a good idea to add some comedy elements too. |
| Kazunari | Agreed! If you did that, kids would get a kick out of it too! |
| Tenma | Wait a second, let me think about this–. |
| Tsuzuru | But, you said you’re going to be a youkai, how would that work? |
| Muku | After all, aren’t they supposed to be creepy? |
| Citron | How about this! |
| Spread your feet 60 cm apart, get in a crab-like crouch, then jump and put your feet back together like– | |
| This! | |
| ——-Ah. | |
| *water splashing* | |
| Tsuzuru | You’re falling in! |
| Muku | A-Are you okay!? Citron-sama! |
| Citron | It seems I’ve made a mistake. But thanks to the shoulder massage, the water is just right![4] |
| Tenma | Ooh…! |
| Kazunari | See! Tenten’s should do something like that! |
| Tenma | Hah! T-That’s right… Comedy is also profound. |
