Yuki Rurikawa/Banquet of Blooming

Starring "Yuki"

Backstage Stories

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Muku	Hey hey, fufu.
Misumi	Ahaha, over here~.
Cat	Nya nya~.
Yuki	…Hm? Cats?
Muku	Ah, Yuki-kun!
Misumi	The kitty cats brought me triangles~.
Cat	Nyaa~.
Muku	Ahaha, the kitty cats are snuggling up to Yuki-kun.
Yuki	What? They want my attention?
Misumi	They said they want to play~ together with Yuki too!
Yuki	Well it can’t be helped, here here.
Cat	Nya.
Muku	Come to think of it, tomorrow is the screening party for Sardines, right?
	It’s somehow well-timed, huh.
Yuki	That’s true.
Misumi	Me and Kazu are also appearing together~.
Muku	It seems really fun! I wonder if I’ll also go watch.
Misumi	Yea yea! Muku, appear in the talk show together too!
Yuki	As expected there’s no way that’s happening.
Izumi	Everyone, are you done changing clothes?
Kazunari	Perfectly OK yo!
Izumi	As expected, cat ears are cute! The costumes are popular, and I think the guests too are definitely looking forward to it.
	And so, we’re taking a polaroid photo as a present after Yuki’s starring talk show, so do your best.
Yuki	Roger.
Misumi	The picture for the planned present that Sakyo said before, right~?
Kazunari	Say Yukki, with that miracle hyped-up costume, the polaroid’ll be supes full of feelsies!
Yuki	Can you speak in Japanese?
Kazunari	Eh—! That was Japanese though!?
	—I guess it's kinda like that!
	Also, I was thinking about stuff like daily-special jokes too everyday!
Misumi	Yep yep, we did various daily jokes~!
Yuki	We got various items too.
Kazunari	Thinking up various things together with everyone was fun~.
Yuki	Sometimes they bombed though.
Kazunari	Hold up, Yukki, don’t say that~!
Misumi	Kazu’s adlibs were interesting!
Kazunari	Sumi did an awesome job too!
	As for our roles, let’s see~.
	Shiro has the direct opposite impression from Yukki so,
	It was a fresh role, huh?
Yuki	Well, wasn’t that the writing’s aim?
Kazunari	Yuki talking in cat-talk, was seriously adorbs~!
Misumi	I also like Yuki’s Shiro~!
Yuki	Yes yes, thanks.
Kazunari	Hey! Since we have the chance, how about you try saying Shiro’s line or something here!?
Misumi	I also want to heaaar!
Yuki	Haa? Seriously?
Kazunari	Well you’re wearing the costume too!
	Everyone also wants to hear, right?
Audience member A	I want to hear~!
Audience member B	Yuki-kun, do it—!
Yuki	Haa… I have no choice, huh.
	“…Everyone, I want you to nyalwaaays like Shiro!”
Audience	Kya—!
Kazunari	Of course, we’ll like n’ya forever!
Misumi	Me nyas well~!
Yuki	You guys aren't wavering from your roles?

Tenma	Today’s talk show, how was it?
Kazunari	The vibes were really lit!
Misumi	The guests clapped a lot for us too~!
Izumi	The screening party was a really popular, and the talk was also lively.
Muku	I was also watching, it was really interesting!
	The stories about the time of Sardines were nostalgic…
Yuki	So you came to see after all.
Kumon	How nice~! I wish I also could’ve went~!
Kazunari	Heh?
	By the way Yukki, weren’t you saying you’ll take a polaroid picture?
Kumon	The planned present that Sakyo-san was saying?
Yuki	I took it a while ago.
Kazunari	Eh!? At what point!?
Izumi	We took it while Kazunari-kun and Misumi-kun were going back to the dressing room.
Kazunari	Seriously! Eh— I wanna see, wanna see!
Misumi	Me too~! Yuki, show us~!
Yuki	It can’t be helped…
Kumon	Uwah! Yuki, super cute—!
Muku	Wahh… You look like an idol!
Tenma	Hmmm… Well isn’t it alright?
Yuki	Ah it’s here, your highness’ viewpoint.
Tenma	Hey, I’m complimenting you though!
Izumi	Ahaha, well well.
	Then Yuki-kun, after, sign the polaroid and bring it back, ok?
Yuki	Got it.
Izumi	—!
	(Where is this, here…
	Somehow it seems familiar?)
???	—.
Izumi	!?
Shiro	Shhh—…It’s not good to shout here nya.
Izumi	O-ok.
	(I don’t really understand the situation but…
	For now let’s nod.)
Shiro	Nyalright, follow Shiro!
Izumi	(The town is overflowing with people with cat ears…)
	(Yuki-kun also has Shiro’s appearance so,
	Perhaps here is The Adventure for Sardines’ world.)
	…uh? Huh!?
	(Before I knew it, I also got fluffy cat ears…!)
Shiro	Heh~! Safe rescue nyaccomplished!
	Nyafter, we’ll join up with Kuro.
	It’s great you can come out to the outside world nya~!
Izumi	(For now, it seems better to go with the story.)
	Um…Thank you for saving me.
Shiro	Don’t mention it nya.
	…At any rate,
	You have beautiful skill nya~.
	What’s your nyame?
Izumi	Umm, it’s Izumi.
Shiro	Izumi…
	Alright! I’ll get Izumi to become my wife nya!
Izumi	Wife!?
	(As expected this is development seems way too fast…!)
Shiro	…You can’t nya?
Izumi	(I-if he looks at me with eyes like that, I can’t refuse…
	What should I do…!)
	Hm…?
Cat	…Nya.
Izumi	!?
	C-could it be, Shiro…?
Yuki	…Hey, there’s no way.
Izumi	Yuki-kun!?
Yuki	It looks like he came in from somewhere.
	He probably came bringing a triangle for Misumi again.
	I'll have to take him to where Misumi is.
Cat	Nya~.
Izumi	That surprised me… I just had a dream about Sardines,
	Then Shiro in cat form appeared.
Yuki	No matter how you put it, you’re too half-asleep.
Izumi	I wonder if it’s because, for the first time in a long time, I saw the Sardines show video or the talk show where everyone wore their costumes.
Yuki	Well, that could be it.
CHOICE 1: The talk show was fun. [+] Izumi I also said this before, but the talk show was really fun. Shiro’s line too was hugely popular with the audience members! It sure was cute. Yuki …”Izumi’s also madly in love with Shiro nya?” Cat Nya? Izumi —! Yuki Pfft… What a face you’re making. Izumi A-ahaha… (I recalled the dream from before, And my heart kind of skipped a beat…) Yuki Well, from now on I’ll keep drawing the audience and you in with various costumes and plays. Expect it. Izumi Yeah! I’m looking forward to it.
CHOICE 2: Both Shiro and the costumes were as cute as usual. [+] Izumi Both Shiro and the costumes were really cute as usual. Yuki Of course, it’s like that with any costume, but there’s various feelings and memories in Sardines’ costumes as well… so I like them. Because the costume design was thought up together with Kazunari and… the fact it’s my first stage with a starring role that was created together with the summer troupe guys and you. Izumi Yeah!
Yuki	By the way… You have bed hair, you know.
Izumi	Eh, no way!?
Yuki	I lied.
	Don’t doze off in a place like this and rest properly, okay?
Cat	Nya.
Yuki	See, this guy here is saying the same too.
Izumi	Fufu, that’s true.
	Both Yuki-kun and Mr. Kitty, thank you.
	(I’m being healed by one cute person and one cute animal…)
Yuki	…What’s with that face?
Izumi	Nope, it’s nothing.
	Here here, *pet pet*.
Cat	Nya~.

Anna