| Staff | Auditioning actors, please enter the room. |
| Young Actor A | Are all five of us going at once? |
| Staff | Yes. |
| Tenma | Excuse me. |
| Young Actor A | Please take care of me. |
| Young Actor B | Same here. |
| Young Actor C | Excuse my interruption. |
| Staff | When we call your name, please perform the lines you were assigned beforehand. |
| First—Sumeragi Tenma-san, please. |
| Tenma | Yes. |
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| Kumon | Tenma-san should be back soon, right? |
| Kazunari | I brought some party crackers! |
| Misumi | Lots of triangles~! |
| Yuki | But we don’t even know if he got the role yet. |
| Muku | Tenma-kun will definitely be fine. |
| Izumi | Yeah.... |
| Tenma | ...I’m home. |
| Kazunari | He’s back~! |
| Igawa | Then I’ll be taking my leave. |
| Tenma | Yeah. Thanks. |
| Igawa | Thank you. |
| Muku | Welcome back, Tenma-kun! |
| Kumon | Tenma-san, welcome back! |
| Tenma | Why is everyone here? |
| Kazunari | We were all waiting for you together, Tenten. |
| Yuki | You’re looking kind of upbeat. How boring. |
| Tenma | What do you mean by that. |
| Izumi | Do you know the audition results? |
| Tenma | Yeah. They were announced on the spot. |
| Izumi | Then—. |
| Tenma | They chose another actor for the main cast. |
| Kumon | Eeh!? |
| Kazunari | Wait, so that means you weren’t accepted...!? |
| Muku | N-no.... |
| Tenma | ...Phew. I’m gonna go change. |
| Yuki | ...I didn’t think he’d be rejected. |
| Misumi | Is Tenma okay~? We couldn’t use the triangles. |
| Izumi | He looked bright, so I thought he got it.... |
| Muku | Should we leave him alone for now? |
| Izumi | (I thought Tenma-kun would be in shock because he’d been so enthusiastic about the opportunity, but...) |
| (He didn’t really look like that either... I wonder what it is.) |
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| Tenma | .... |
| Izumi | Tenma-kun? |
| Tenma | ——. |
| Director. |
| Izumi | I had a hunch you’d be here. |
| Tenma | Sit down. |
| Izumi | Yeah. |
| You were reading Summer Troupe’s next script? |
| Tenma | Yeah. I need to focus on this from here on out. |
| They were all worried that I’d be feeling down, right? |
| Izumi | Yup. Everyone assumed that you were accepted, after all. |
| Tenma | It’s true—I was in shock over being rejected, but the results made sense to me. That’s why I feel strangely satisfied. |
| Izumi | Did you make a mistake or something? |
| Tenma | No, I performed the same as during practice. |
| Izumi | Then why...? |
| Tenma | All five of us had our audition together. |
| The actor who was chosen was two years older than me, and the moment I saw his acting, I knew how the results would turn out. |
| He built depth to his role, and that set him apart from the rest of us. I saw the character’s background and life emerge from an A4-sized paper script. |
| My role-building was incredibly shallow. I don’t have that dignity or depth. It’s frustrating, but I don’t think I can leave such an incredible impression yet. |
| Director Shirasawa said it to me too: “You’re not ready for this role.” |
| I had a nagging feeling that I was trying to pull it off with technique. |
| Trying to manage with superficial tricks—that’s proof that I wasn’t properly facing my role. |
| My goal was simply to star in Director Shirasawa’s movie; I had forgotten what was really important. He saw right through me. |
| He said, “Next time, show me a different performance of yours.” |
| Izumi | I see.... |
| Tenma | My acting still needs a lot of work. But that means I can aim that much higher. |
| If I get another chance, then I’ll definitely show Director Shirasawa a satisfying performance. |
| And I’ll surpass my dad. Even if it’s impossible for me now, one day, for sure—. |
| Izumi | You’re on fire. |
| Tenma | Yeah. The next step towards that goal is Summer Troupe’s Fourth Performance. |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun is really looking to his future. He’s aiming for a far higher goal than now.) |
| (He’s going to become an even more amazing actor. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of performance he’ll show me then.) |
