Tsuzuru Minagi/Literary Impasse

Role Study 【Tsurumatsu Matoi】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Tsuzuru	The books I recommend for Sakuya are….
	(In connection to role study, all of us are gonna read novels written by literary masters and write book reports, huh…)
	(That’s such a Sakuya suggestion.)
	(It’s pretty fun coming up with a lineup of book recommendations for each member too.)
	Alright… next is Masumi’s.
	*notification sound*
	Masumi, I’ve sent a lineup of books I recommend for your book report over LIME.
Masumi	…There’s so many.
Tsuzuru	It’d be tough if you don’t find a book that piques your interest, so I sent a lot.
	You should pick what you’re going to read soon.
Masumi	I know. You don’t have to tell me.
Tsuzuru	By the way, I think I’m going to use “Run, Melos!” by Osamu Dazai.
Masumi	Hmm.
Tsuzuru	Don’t you want to hear the reason?
Masumi	Not really. Not interested.
Tsuzuru	I thought you’d say that. *Sigh*…
	(Yep, “Run, Melos!” is fascinating even if I read it again…)
	Now then, I should get down to writing my impressions.
Masumi	…
Tsuzuru	You seem to be taking it easy there, Masumi. Have you written your book report?
Masumi	I’ve finished mine already.
Tsuzuru	Eh, when did you…
	Which story did you pick?
Masumi	“The Tomb of Wild Chrysanthemum”.
Tsuzuru	Huh? That wasn't included in the list I sent you.
	I mean, I don’t mind since I sent those as a reference point. Did you choose from works you already knew?
Masumi	Madoka told me about it at school.
Tsuzuru	Oh, you heard from Madoka?
	So he reads stuff like that, huh?
Masumi	He understands me really well.
Tsuzuru	(Heh… I see, Masumi’s getting along quite well with Madoka.)
	Alright, I’ll start writing mine too.
	*typing noises*
	“Lately, I’ve been writing more and more works that conclude with various different endings…”
	“But as I read this work, I realized that I really do prefer happy endings.”
	“At the same time, it made me recall our debut show ‘Romeo and Julius’, and it was a good opportunity for me to remember how I felt at the very beginning.”
	…There.
	This is how a book report goes, right?
	Let’s review it a few times before I submit it.
	I never thought you’d make an anthology for us, Director.
	So this is what you meant when you told us to leave what we’ve written to you.
Izumi	It would’ve been a waste to just write them and be done with them. So I wanted to physically preserve them together like this.
Masumi	An anthology made by Director. I’ll display it in a household shrine.
Tsuzuru	Uh, there’s no household shrine in our room, you know?
Citron	I’m going to read Tsuzuru’s report next!
Itaru	Oh, he read “Run, Melos!”.
Chikage	Why did you select that?
Tsuzuru	Well, simply put, I wanted to write an opinion piece about a work that everyone knows…
	I thought I might have different impressions reading it this time from when I read it in the past.
Chikage	I see.
Izumi	The report you wrote was really easy to read. I thought, that’s a playwright for you.
Itaru	Overall, it’s put together really well.
Citron	I love stories with happy endings too~!
Sakuya	I enjoy all the stories you write, Tsuzuru-kun. But I also love stories with happy endings since they make me happy!
Tsuzuru	Thanks.
	If all of you say so, then it gives me the energy to write.
	I’ll keep working hard so I can create works that all of you enjoy too!

Anna