| Izumi | Starting today, we’ll be practicing for the festival’s Performance of the Moon. |
| Tsuzuru | This is the script. I’ve arranged it to preserve the summary and plot points of the original text while also reflecting the priest’s requests. |
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| Priest | Because the actors will be young this time, could you arrange the play so it is less formal and more casual? |
| It may be good to include action scenes to make it flashier. |
| Izumi | Eh, but isn’t it a traditional ceremony? Is it all right for us to change it so much? |
| Priest | Fewer and fewer guests attend the festival every year; if the formal, stiff nature of the ceremony does not change, no young people will inherit it. |
| The support group is also in favor of the idea; it is a good opportunity. |
| Tsuzuru | I see... I’ll do that, then! |
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| Juza | It does look flashier than what we saw in the video. |
| Chikage | We don’t have much time to practice; let’s see how much we can do. |
| Hisoka | Yeah. |
| Izumi | Then let’s start by deciding on roles. The lead is the Black Rabbit, the messenger of the moon.... |
| Misumi | Yes! |
| ...I let the rabbit run away. That’s why I want to try it! |
| Kazunari | Sumi~, you have the acting skills and the physical ability to play the role; I think you’re a good fit. |
| Tsuzuru | Plus, your slight otherworldliness seems like it’ll suit the Black Rabbit. |
| Izumi | Agreed! Then the lead is Misumi-kun. |
| Chikage | I guess the next important role is the chief of the Wind Village. |
| Izumi | Does anyone want to.... |
| Itaru | Ktkr. A chance to clear my name. |
| Kazunari | Ooh! Itarun, you’re really into it! |
| Itaru | I couldn’t show off during the rabbit capture attempt, after all. |
| Izumi | Then Itaru-san is the chief of the Wind Village. Next is.... |
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| Izumi | (We chose roles and began practice by focusing on the mai, but...) |
| Itaru | ....hh. |
| Juza | .... |
| Priest | Sigh.... You’re utter failures; your movements are too stiff. A mai is more graceful! More flexible! More refined! |
| You must express the spirit of love, respect, and gratitude with your whole body while also reflecting the brilliance of flowers and light! Were you not listening!? |
| One more time! |
| Bring your arms forward here—you, with the sharp eyes! Move your limbs more delicately and lightly! |
| Juza | Y-yes.... |
| Priest | You with the fluffy hair—match the rhythm! 1, 2, 3...! You’re off! One more time! |
| Itaru | Nobody told me the priest would speak differently and become a Spartan the moment practice started.... |
| Kazunari | Itarun looks like he’s doing the robot, not a mai~. |
| Chikage | Juza looks like he’s doing radio exercises.... |
| Priest | Sigh, this is no good. No matter how many times you try, your mai is simply not beautiful. |
| Izumi | H-hmm.... I think they’ll get used to mai with enough practice, but we don’t have that much time till the festival.... |
| Priest | ...You, with the glasses, and you, the sleeping one. Why don’t you two do the mai? |
| Chikage | Eh? |
| Hisoka | Zzz.... |
| Misumi | Hisoka, she’s calling you~. Here, a marshmallow! |
| Hisoka | Nom. |
| Priest | I do not know who you are, but... you seem quite skillful. |
| Izumi | ...She’s sharp. |
| Tsuzuru | Well, Juza is good at action, and Itaru-san did perform action scenes during KniRoun, so—. |
| Maybe it’s better for them to play more active roles during the action scenes than mai? |
| Itaru | Good point.... |
| Juza | Agreed.... |
| Izumi | Then let’s have Chikage-san play Itaru-san’s role, and Hisoka-san play Juza-kun’s. |
| Hisoka | ...Okay. |
| Chikage | Got it. |
