Tsuzuru Minagi/Brilliance of Blooming

MANKAI Livestream! ~LIVE: Tsuzuru~

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Kazunari-kun is also joining in on today’s leader’s meeting.
Kazunari	Let’s do this piko~!
Banri	Have you come up with somethin’ again?
Kazunari	That’s right, Setzer!
	There’s a lil something I wanted to try.
	So you see… we held a project survey for the fans to find out what they’d like us to do!
Sakuya	A project survey?
Izumi	Yep. We did it for our fans as per Kazunari-kun’s suggestion.
Kazunari	Thankfully, MANKAI Company’s popularity is soaring through the roof right now!
Tenma	That’s true. We got a lot of new fans too.
Kazunari	‘Cept some of the folks who have been supporting us for a while also voiced that they’re a bit lonely since it feels like there’s been more distance between us.
	But, like, we wanna be a Theatre troupe that’s close to our fans no matter how much our popularity rises, right?
Banri	I see.
	So that explains the project survey, eh?
Tsumugi	How were the results?
Kazunari	The most common answer was, “I wanna see more InsteLives and selfies from all the troupe members!”
Tenma	Well, the frequency of InsteLive streams varies from person to person.
Tsumugi	It’s the same for our selfies.
	We basically leave it to the members who are good at SNS.
Kazunari	Yep, and so! As a special project this time, I propose we hold a solo InsteLive and selfie festival for 24 consecutive days!
Banri	A selfie festival?
Kazunari	It’d be even more hype if we took selfies during the live and upped the pics to Inste later, wouldn’t it!
Izumi	We’ve also discussed it with Sakyo-san, and he said we can do it as long as I keep watch to make sure no trouble occurs during the streams.
Kazunari	And so, the rest depends on you guys…
	How about it?
Sakuya	I’d love to do it! Of course I want to make everyone happy…
	But I’m happy for the chance to talk with all the fans through the screen too!
Tsumugi	I’d like to give it a try too. I feel like I’m getting more used to InsteLives, little by little.
Tenma	Hey, but, we can’t just idly chat, right?
Kazunari	On that topic, I thought it might be great to send out another survey to hear what they’d like each troupe member to do.
Banri	Seems like it’ll be a lot easier to handle in that case.
Izumi	Every InsteLive will turn out differently. That sounds interesting.
Kazunari	‘Kay then, it’s settled!
	Leave the form creation and tallying up to me!
Sakuya	Thank you very much, Kazunari-san!
Izumi	Alright then, leaders. Please share the InsteLive and selfie plan with all your members.
Leaders	Got it!
Citron	Tah daaah!
Tsuzuru	Woahh.
	Wh… what’s what that huge load of French fries?
Citron	What, you ask? It’s today’s dinner.
Tsuzuru	I can see that!
	It’s just, that amount…!
Citron	There should be three times more than usual.
	Is this amount not enough for you, Tsuzuru?
	I guess I’ve got no choice. If you say so, then…
	Omi, more please!
Omi	Sure thing. They’re frying right now, so you'll have to wait a bit.
Tsuzuru	Wait, why are you making more! Or rather, don’t just listen to what Citron-san says so easily, Fushimi-san…!
Omi	But Citron got all the potatoes today from the shopping district.
Citron	Yes!
	Everyone always gives me lots of extras.
Tsuzuru	This many?
	You’re impressive as always, huh…
Omi	So, I got a request from Citron to make dishes with potatoes.
Citron	French fries are the only choice, right!
Tsuzuru	Uh, no, that’s not the only option!
	Well… I understand how things got this way now.
Omi	We’ve got lots of students with growing appetites, so this much will be no problem.
	Of course I’ve prepared other side dishes too, so don’t worry about it.
Tsuzuru	Thanks.
Citron	Dinner’s almost done, right, Omi?
	In that case, Tsuzuru and I will go call everyone!
Omi	Yep. Please do.
Tsuzuru	Got it.
	Ahh, I overate…
Izumi	Are you okay, Tsuzuru-kun?
Tsuzuru	I’m fine.
	I thought I could handle that much…
	But I've been so busy with assignments recently that I haven't slept or eaten. My stomach might’ve shrunk.
Izumi	Ahaha. But I felt a bit relieved seeing you finally eat so much again today.
	By the way, are your preparations for tomorrow’s InteLive going smoothly? Is there anything I can help with?
Tzuzuru	It’s alright. I got a request for a project that sounded interesting so I'm gonna do that.
	I actually hadn’t decided on what exactly I was gonna use yet, but the fries tonight gave me an idea.
Izumi	Oh, really…?
Tsuzuru	Yeah. Please look forward to tomorrow.

Izumi	You’re finally up.
	Are you ready, Tsuzuru-kun?
Tsuzuru	Um, about that…
	What I prepared for the stream hasn’t arrived yet.
Izumi	EHH! What should we do…
	Should we postpone it?
Tsuzuru	No. We’ve already announced it, so for now, let’s start as planned.
	It’s probably because the roads are congested or something…
	Worst case scenario, I’ll go with another request.
Izumi	Alright, if you say so…
	We’ll go ahead then.
Tsuzuru	Please do.
	Hello, everyone.
	It's Spring troupe’s Minagi Tsuzuru.
Comment	“Hello~!”
Comment	“We were waiting, Tsuzuru-kun!”
Tsuzuru	Ahaha. I’m glad it looks like it’s displaying properly.
Comment	“So soothing…”
Comment	“I wanna protect that smile”
Tsuzuru	Anyways, the project I chose from everyone’s survey answers is—.
	“I bought and ate 10,000 yen worth of OO!”
	I thought I’d do that one.
Comment	“Sounds fun!”
Comment	“What’re you gonna eat?”
Tsuzuru	So, it looks like what I prepared is late so it hasn’t arrived yet…
???	Excuse me!
	Your goods are here, Minagi-kun!
Tsuzuru	Wait, really!?
	Uwahh, I’m saved.
	Thank you very much!
	*leaves*
Comment	“This is too legit”
	*comes back*
Tsuzuru	Alright, once again… today’s project is: “I bought and ate 10,000 yen worth of hamburgers”!
Comment	“Hamburgers!”
Comment	“No wonder there’s a huge load of them”
Comment	“Are they all the same?”
Tsuzuru	No, I bought several different kinds.
	Like, um, standard hamburgers, cheese, mildly spicy chicken, BLTs, and also…
	Err, there’s more than I thought.
	This might be tough on my own…
Comment	“He’s already backing out lmao”
Comment	“I’d love to help you!”
Tsuzuru	Ahaha, thanks.
	I wonder if anyone would come if I asked them to eat these with me…
	I’ll try giving a shoutout.
	On LIME… and sent.
Comment	“I can’t wait”
Comment	“I wonder who will come”
	*footsteps running*
Tsuzuru	Oh, I can hear footsteps already.
	That was sure a quick response…
	*door opens*
Kazunari	Hell yeah! I’m the very first!
Tsuzuru	Miyoshi-san!
Comment	“It’s Kazunari-kun!”
Comment	“He arrived fast”
Kazunari	Heya, Tsuzurun and everyone~.
	It's Summer troupe’s Kazunari Miyoshi ☆
Comment	“Hey!”
Comment	“I’m happy he’s the guest!”
Tsuzuru	So you were in the dorm, huh, Miyoshi-san?
Kazunari	Yep. I just happened to arrive back home~.
	The timing was legit perf!
Tsuzuru	Alright, can you help me eat these right now?
Kazunari	Oui, oui! Ooh, is this 10,000 yen worth of hamburgers? Dude, this is a ridiculous amount of food.
Tsuzuru	I know. There’s more than I expected…
Kazunari	I see~. So that’s why you were like, help! Save me!
	M'kay, which one should I start with?
Tsuzuru	Ah, there’s several different kinds. You can choose whichever one you like.
Kazunari	Okay!
Tsuzuru	Alright. First, for me… of course I gotta go with a standard hamburger, right?
	Itadakimasu.
Comment	“Bon appetite~!”
Comment	“Looks tasty”
Tsuzuru	Mm… yep, you can’t go wrong with this taste. It hits the spot.
CHOICE 1: I like your face when you’re eating happily [+] Comment “I really like your face when you’re eating happily” Comment “So soft” Tsuzuru When I think about it, it feels a little embarrassing having my eating face shown online… Comment “Your face looks so happy~” Comment “Yeah, yeah!” Comment “I feel happy seeing Tsuzuru-kun like that too~” Tsuzuru Then I’m glad.
CHOICE 2: Please give us a food report [+] Comment “Please give us a food report, Tsuzuru-kun!” Tsuzuru EH? I just said my impressions though… Comment “We wanna hear mooore” Comment “Say it like a gourmet magazine” Tsuzuru Let’s see… erm… The aroma from the flour of the bread—no—the buns combined with the gravy and small portion of lettuce… Err, I don’t really know what I’m saying either. Comment “Um lolol” Comment “He’s not great at food reports, huh!” Comment “He’s pro at writing scripts, so how come?”
Kazunari	I chose this limited-time avocado pastrami burger ☆
	A rich hamburger that uses secret spices sounds pretty intriguing, doesn’t it!
Comment	“I was curious about that one too!”
Kazunari	*Nom, nom*… ooh, it tastes surprisingly light!
	I bet I could scarf one of these bad boys down.
Tsuzuru	Heh, that one looks delicious too.
Kazunari	Ahaha! Btw, Tsuzurun. You’ve got sauce on the corner of your mouth~.
Tsuzuru	EH, ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
Kazunari	Yep, no joke.
	Here's a tissue.
Tsuzuru	Uwah, how embarrassing…
Comment	“TSUZURU-KUN’S SO CUTE~!”
Comment	“It’s great he’s eating so well”
Tsuzuru	Uh… g-getting back on track.
	Which one will you have next, Miyoshi-san?
Kazunari	Mm~, I’m full already.
Tsuzuru	EHH! Didn’t you just say you could scarf them down?
Kazunari	I meant just that one.
	A second one would be rough~.
Tsuzuru	Then why did you come!
Kazunari	Chill, chill. If we share them with everyone at the dorm, then we could eat them all for sure.
Tsuzuru	I guess that’s true…
Izumi	It’s almost time!
Kazunari	It’s time already!?
	Yo, take this.
Tsuzuru	Eh, why?
	Suddenly handing me a hamburger…
Kazunari	It’s for your selfie! We’re supposed to upload a selfie too, aren’t we?
	Wouldn’t it be dope to take it while holding a hamburger to commemorate today?
Tsuzuru	Ahh… I see.
	Alright, then I’ll…
	*click*
Kazunari	Yep, nailed it!
	‘Kay, take a shot with me next—.
Tsuzuru	Hold on! If you start taking pictures, then this stream will never end…!
Comment	“Tsuzurun’s panicking lol”
Comment	“He’s so serious”
Tsuzuru	Anyways, I think I’ll hand the rest of the burgers we couldn’t eat to the others.
	Thank you very much for watching until the end today!
Kazunari	I’ll post Tsuzurun’s candid pics to Inste later, so check it out ☆
Tsuzuru	You’re just saying whatever you want again…!
	U-umm…
	Alright, then let’s meet again!
	Ahh. Today was a real disaster...
Izumi	Good job.
	I’m glad the stream ended safe and sound.
Tsuzuru	Well, yeah. They were a little late, but the hamburgers arrived and we got through them all.
Izumi	Eh, they’re gone already!
Tsuzuru	The guys in this dorm can devour that much easily.
Izumi	That’s true…
	Oh, that reminds me. Have you updated the Inste?
Tsuzuru	Yeah. I posted my selfie before I forgot.
Izumi	…Oh, you did!
	(It looks like Tsuzuru-kun’s eating was a huge hit.
	There's certainly something nice about a boy who eats a lot…)
Tsuzuru	Was there something weird about the post?
Izumi	Nope, don’t mind me!

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