View source for Homare Arisugawa/A Tent of Dreams and Light

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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_01.jpg|400px|left|Homare in his summer clothes looking pensive.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Hmm.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=<i>Sunset dans le parc</i>..... <i>a verdant summer....</i>
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{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=No, this simply won't do... ugh…}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_02.jpg|400px|left|Azami in his summer clothes looking startled}}
{{Line|character=Azami|border=azami|dialogue=...Huh? Ain't that Homare over there?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ooh, If it isn't Azami, Omi, and there's Juza too! Returning from shopping, I presume?
}}
{{Line|character=Juza|border=juza|dialogue=We were just gettin' ingredients for dinner.
}}
{{Line|character=Omi|border=omi|dialogue=What brings you here, Homare?}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_03.jpg|400px|left|Homare with Juza to his left and Omi to his right}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Oh, I'm so glad you asked! I have been pondering the next entry of my poetry column. 
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Our show went off without a hitch, and yet, I still don't feel quite myself. I'm experiencing something of a creative block.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Thus, I've ventured out, throwing myself to the wind in search of a little excitement.
}}
{{Line|character=Azami|border=azami|dialogue=Geez, I can barely think in heat like this...}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue= I find summer evenings invoke a sort of sentimental feeling.
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=It's alright to indulge in one's own thoughts every now and then, no?}}
{{Line|character=Omi|border=omi|dialogue= I see... Surely if nothing came to you in your room, maybe you'll think of something out here?
}}
{{Line|character=???|border=other|dialogue=HA! ....TOU!}}
{{Line|character=Juza|border=juza|dialogue=That's...}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Oh? That's Kamekichi, isn't it?}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Oh, you lot're here too?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=What has your feathers in such a fuss?}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=I've been practicin' my one liners to get my lady Charlotte<ref>Kamekichi's girlfriend. She's a pigeon.</ref> fallin' for me again!
}}
{{Line|character=Juza|border=juza|dialogue=One liners?
}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Yep! My last proposal was a bust, so I gotta brush up on my manly charms!
}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_04.jpg|400px|left|Azami looking scandalised}}
{{Line|character=Azami|border=azami|dialogue=HUH!? Pr-proposal...?!}}
{{Line|character=Juza|border=juza|dialogue=That happened?
}}
{{Line|character=Omi|border=omi|dialogue=Now that you mention it, I remember Taichi said something about helping out with a proposal.
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Hmm, a one-liner proposal…}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_05.jpg|400px|left|Homare making hisn "Eureka !" face.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=How marvellous!}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Won't you entrust this matter to me?
}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Huh?? You'll help me out?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Indeed!! I believe this is precisely the excitement I've been seeking.}}
{{Line|character=Azami|border=azami|dialogue=I have a horrible feeling about this}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=So, Kamekichi kun, shall we make haste in our return to the dormitory and hold a brainstorming session?
}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 1_06.jpg|400px|left|Homare looking pleased, Kamekichi sitting on his shoulder}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=If you're helpin' me become a better man, let's do it! Alright! Let's go, Homare!}}
{{Line|character=Juza|border=juza|dialogue=...There they go...}}
{{Line|character=Omi|border=omi|dialogue=I don't know how I feel about this but... Homare san looks like he's having fun, so it'll be okay, right?}}
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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_01.jpg|400px|left|Homare in the Mankai living room looking pleased. Kamekichi is airborne to his right}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=....And thus, the Arisugawa Circus was born!}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Congrats!!}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_02.jpg|400px|left|Tsumugi looking uncertain}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=What just happened...?}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=What is the Arisugawa Circus?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=It will be a diverse showcase of the fruits of Kamekichi's efforts to improve his one-liners.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=It's an exciting creative endeavour.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=To assist our dear Kamekichi, and to stoke the fires of inspiration! A wonderful idea, no? One might say I'm killing two birds with one stone. }}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=Is it a circus or a street performance...}}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Hehe, of course.}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=So why did you bring the whole Winter troupe here? }}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Hm? We discussed this before, did we not?<ref>This scene is a flashback to chapter 1 of Die by the Sword.[[https://yaycupcake.com/a3/index.php?title=Die_by_the_Sword/Episode_1]]</ref>
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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_03.jpg|400px|left|Homare in the Mankai rehersal room making his "Eureka!" face. The borders are blurred white to indicate a flashback or dream sequence}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=I'd like to try taking the lead role in something with a circus theme.}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=A circus theme? That's new.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=We haven't done anything like that before.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=First of all, I will be the ringmaster-}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Tasuku, you'll be the lion, Guy will play the bear, Tsumugi, the elephant, Hisoka, the monkey and Azuma, the parrot, in an animal taming show!
}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=W-we're playing animals?}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Y-yeah, it's original alright....}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_04.jpg|400px|left|Tsumugi in the Mankai living room looking uncertain}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=Come to think of it... we did discuss that, huh?}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=You still haven't given up on that?}}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=So you want to do a circus-themed street act?}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=I see.}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=Us playing animals in a street act…}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_05.jpg|400px|left|Tsumugi on Veludo Way smiling. The borders are blurred to indicate a flashback or dream sequence}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=Pawoo! I'm the elephant who takes care of the flowers....!}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=I'm the bear helps, but a bear's gotta eat too. I'm a hungry bear~...}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=Grrrr... hand over your meat!}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=And give me your marshmallows... eek eek…}}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Marshmallows.. eek eek.}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_06.jpg|400px|left|Homare in his Ringmaster costume looking pleased. Azuma stands to his left, Hisoka to his right}}
{{Line|character=Ringmaster?|border=homare|dialogue=Homare: My my, is that Parrot imitating Monkey again? Hahaha, your impression is simply spot on!}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_07.jpg|400px|left|Tasuku in the Mankai living room looking grumpy}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=Nope.}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=.....no.}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=Y-yeah... It would be a bit difficult, huh?}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=It's original and eye-catching, however…}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Hmmm, but I thought it was a wonderful idea...}}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Heheh, me as a parrot. Your ideas are always so fascinating, Homare.}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=If you're wantin' a parrot, ya got the genuine article right here!
}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=Anyway, if you want to do a circus theme, why not get the cast of your last show to do it?}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 2_08.jpg|400px|left|Homare looking suprised}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ah!! That's it!}}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Homare's peculiarities are showing. That's one of his cute points though.}}
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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_01.jpg|400px|left|Homare on the Mankai dorm balcony looking pleased. Kamekichi flies to his right}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=--and that's it!}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=You’re shittin’ me!
}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Oh, hello Homare, Kamekichi.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ahh, hello Director.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=You're practicing for your street performance again, right?
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Precisely. We’ll be holding a prepatory meeting with the others after this.
}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Yeah, but they ain't here yet! I'll go get 'em.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Oh? Then I'll trust you to take care of it, Kamekichi kun.}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Leave it to me!
}}
{{Line|dialogue=(Kamekichi flies off)}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue= It looks like the one liners are going well?
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Naturally, the effort poured into our practice has not been for naught.
}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Me and the guys from Winter troupe are coming to see it.
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue= I'll be sure not to disappoint. }}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Though the show may be different, it's truly wonderful to be able to stand on stage as the ringmaster once more.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=It's a source of much excitement and-- Ah! Eureka!}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_02.jpg|400px|left|Homare making his "Eureka!" face}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=<i>A summertime soiree, watermelon et harmonica... fluttering plumes, discussion artistique!<i/>}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Marvellous! This will be the poem for my poetry column--!}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ahh, my poetic inspiration bursts forth like a spring! I must record this post haste!}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue= (Homare's the same as ever. But it seems like an awful lot of fun, doing things so energetically)}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Phew, once more my masterpieces are born!... The enormity of my talent frightens even myself.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Well then, I wonder if Kamekichi will have returned with the others soon. The time is--}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Ah....}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_03.jpg|400px|left|Homare looking downtrodden}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ah, that's right. This timepiece ticks no more. }}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=I should know this, even so I attempted to check the time by sheer habit.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=That's not the kind of habit you can really help.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=(Although, Isn't it inconvenient not to be able to check the time?)}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=You take such good care of that pocket watch, Homare. Would you ever consider buying a new one so you can actually check the time?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Purchasing a new watch? I had never considered it}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Hmm....}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=No, I do not think I will be buying a new one. I will continue to carry this watch on my person every day without fail.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue= It's important that I continue to make new memories with this watch at my side--
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Having this, I feel, keeps my head on straight.
}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Besides, I wouldn't want to make Christine jealous.
}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Heh, I get it.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue= I think that watch suits you the best anyway.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Doesn't it just?}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue= I'm delighted to hear you say so. Thank you, Director.}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_04.jpg|400px|left|Kamekichi}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Homare, I kept ya waiting!}}
{{Line|character=Muku|border=muku|dialogue=Alice, please excuse me!}}
{{Line|character=Sakuya|border=sakuya|dialogue=Let's start our prep meeting!}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_05.jpg|400px|left|Kazunari, Muku, and Sakuya standing from left to right. Kazunari and Sakuya have pleased expressions, while Muku looks mildly suprised}}
{{Line|character=Kazunari|border=kazunari|dialogue=Street performing's so lit! I'm getting mad hyped!}}
{{Line|character=Muku|border=muku|dialogue=I'm looking forward to it!}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Then without delay, let us discuss the Arisugawa Circus program.}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=Put your ass into it, boys!}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=(Heheh, everyone's so fired up. Everything's going to go smoothly... right?)}}
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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_06.jpg|400px|left|Tsumugi in front of Veludo Station smiling}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=Today's a public holiday, so the station is pretty busy. }}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Where will Homare and the others be?}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Hisoka, you came?}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue= ...Alice said he'd give me fancy marshmallows.}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=Always with the marshmallows...}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=Hm? Over there waving, isn't that Miyoshi?}}
{{Line|character=Kazunari|border=kazunari|dialogue=Director! Folks! C’mere, C’mere!}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Oh, it is him!}}
{{Line|character=Muku|border=muku|dialogue=Everyone, thank you for coming!}}
{{Line|character=Sakuya|border=sakuya|dialogue=I'll do my best so you can enjoy yourselves!}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_07.jpg|400px|left|Kazunari, Muku, and Sakuya, standing from left to right. Kazunari is winking, while Muku and Sakuya have pleased expressions}}
{{Line|character=Kazunari|border=kazunari|dialogue=Looks like Charlotte's watching from the seat of honor! Kamekichi's mad stoked!}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=I'm looking forward to it}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=Is it starting soon?}}
{{Line|character=Sakuya|border=sakuya|dialogue=Yup! Can I ask you to wait here?}}
{{Line|character=Muku|border=muku|dialogue=Well, we have to go get things ready. See you!}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=Take care! Do your best!}}
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{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_08.jpg|400px|left|Homare in his Ringmaster costume. Kamekichi flies to his right}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very very much for joining us here today.}}
{{Line|character=Passerby B|border=other|dialogue=Cheers!}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=I hope you have a wonderful time here with the Arisugawa Circus.}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=....It started.}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=Up first is an introduction from Arisugawa and Kamekichi?}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=Hey, this might actually be something.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Clear skies! The smell of summer! Bear witness to my verse as my poetic inspiration wells!}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=I'm readin' some poetry too! This one's choc full of my deepest passion, and it’s dedicated to my baby Charlotte.}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=What? This is indeed truly very interesting! Won't you let me hear you?}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=The introduction leads into a talk show with those two, huh?}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=So that's what they practised in the courtyard and the balcony! }}
{{Line|character=Azuma|border=azuma|dialogue=Heheh, they have quite the chemistry, don't they?}}
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{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=.....And that's it!}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=I see! You got me there!}}
{{Line|character=Tasuku|border=tasuku|dialogue=....Oi. How long is this gonna go on for.}}
{{Line|character=Izumi|border=izumi|dialogue=There’s no end in sight to the talk show segment....}}
{{Line|character=Kamekichi|border=other|dialogue=What the hell!}}
{{Line|character=Homare|border=homare|dialogue=Ahh! You would never have fathomed that a bird would be such an incredible straight man!}}
{{Line|character=Passerby A|border=other|dialogue=What what? Street manzai?}}
{{Line|character=Passerby B|border=other|dialogue=Hey, Bird manzai looks pretty funny!}}
{{Line|character=Guy|border=guy|dialogue=It's drawing a crowd, but rather than a circus steet performance, it's...}}
{{Line|character=Hisoka|border=hisoka|dialogue=....it’s a manzai show.}}
{{Line|character=Tsumugi|border=tsumugi|dialogue=If the manager found out Kamekichi was doing manzai with someone else, he'd be inconsolable.}}
{{Line/Image|file=File:Part 3_09.jpg|400px|left|Kazunari, Muku, and Sakuya, standing from left to right, all in their Luminous Circus costumes. They all have suprised expressions}}
{{Line|character=Muku|border=muku|dialogue=Umm...}}
{{Line|character=Sakuya|border=sakuya|dialogue=Those two seem to be having fun, but what should we do?}}
{{Line|character=Kazunari|border=kazunari|dialogue=Wait up Aririn! Kamekichi! When's our cue~!?
}}
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