Banri Settsu/One-Man Act (Autumn)

One Man Act: ~I was Reincarnated as an Attractive Man~

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Izumi	Here’s the prompt for your one-man act, Banri-kun.
Banri	“Reincarnated as an Attractive Man”, huh.
Izumi	You’ll have to change your wardrobe in a flash for this to work out. Are you okay with that?
Banri	No probs. Alright, I’m game anytime.
Izumi	Fufu, then let’s get started. Curtains!
Banri	“Excuse me. Uhm, I’d like to get to this station——”
	“Ahh… Ignored again…. I’m in this unfamiliar town just for a business trip. Yet no one’s helping a lost soul like me…”
	“Guess there’s no other choice but to look it up myself with my phone.”
	"…"
	“...I managed to get to the station somehow. Still, I can’t believe how much I got ignored no matter how much I call out for help.”
	“Before this, there was that time I gave my number to the reception lady that I fell for at first sight. Yet not once did she ever contact me…”
	“Argh, I know exactly why. It’s because—”
	“More than anything, it’s all because my face is absolutely awful….!!!!”
	“—W-Woah!!”
	*DROPS*
Banri	“Huh? I fell into the rail tracks!?”
	“And the train’s coming this way. I’m going to get run over—— So this is how my life ends…”
	“.....”
	*TRAIN SCREECH*
	*THUD*
Banri	“...That hurt! Ow ow ow….”
	“Wait, where am I? Did I fall from this awfully luxurious bed? That’s strange. Wasn’t I just at the station platform—”
	“——WOAH! HANG ON!? The handsome guy in the mirror, is that…. IS THAT ME?!”
	“Wait a minute. The clothes this guy has… I feel like I’ve seen them before——Ah!!”
	“Isn’t this Dima from that novel I read? The protagonist of “The Final Days of The Son, Whose Only Shining Quality is His Face, and How He Used His Handsome Looks to Do Evil Deeds?!”, that Dima?!”
	“He was a character who used this face to his advantage and did all sorts of frauds and menaces. Even going as far as murder. All of it escalated until he brought his own ruin in the end.”
	“Was I really reincarnated into that same Dima?”
	“Huh? There’s something glowing at the back of this shelf.”
	“Ah, could this be the knife that… I see, so this is after the scene where he laid his hands on the subordinate’s family.”
	“Which also means that Dima’s crimes will soon come to light… And then Dima—— And then I will be executed…”
	“You’re telling me that just after I get reincarnated with a handsome face, I’m gonna die right away?”
	“... No. I already know how the story goes from here, so maybe there’s still a chance to change the timeline. There’s got to be.”
	“Besides, with these good looks of mine, I feel like I can do just about anything and everything.”
	“...First things first, I’ll find a way to avoid the execution. And with my current self, it’ll be a piece of cake.”
	“I’ve got a new second start in life ahead of me——”
Sakyo	That’s quite the quality for a reincarnation story…
Azami	That reminds me, Sakyo also read a bunch of reincarnation-themed stories for his “Akebono-so” role study. I guess this is something similar.
Juza	The last part just reeked of Settsu’s own personality.
Banri	And what do you mean by that? The same kind of thing happened in the short novel I borrowed from Muku.
Taichi	Oh, it was a reference from one of Mucchan’s books! Now that you mention it, I can picture that!
Omi	He must’ve chosen one that would suit Banri just right.
Juza	That’s Muku for you. He’ll know exactly what kind of novels to lend if you need a reference.
Banri	What’s your deal, seriously….

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