Act 6/Episode 24

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Act 6
Episode 24: Just One

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Yuki So I’m the leader tomorrow.... We saw him off so confidently, but we’ve gotten nowhere. .... Kumon —Huh? Yuki? What are you doing? Yuki ...What are you doing? Kumon This. Yuki A baseball bat? Kumon Yup! I haven’t practiced my swings for a while! Yuki ...Why would you practice your swings this late? Kumon I kinda couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about acting. Practicing my swings clears my mind. Yuki Is that so. Kumon You should try too, Yuki. Here! Yuki No. Kumon Come on, just give it a go! Yuki Look, I said I no—. Kumon You’re supposed to hold it like this. Now swing as hard as you can. Yuki ...Sigh. Are you even listening. Kumon Come on, hurry! Yuki I get it—! *Swing* Kumon Woah! A good sharp swing! Yuki That compliment doesn’t make me happy. Kumon You should keep swinging like that! It’ll make you feel better! Yuki ...I’ve had enough. I’m tired. Kumon Eh~!? Yuki ...You said you were thinking about acting. What was on your mind? Kumon Eh? Yuki You said you couldn’t sleep, right? Kumon Ah, yeah... I was thinking, like, I’m not moving forward at all. I don’t feel like I’m improving at all after all these practices. Yuki .... Kumon Tenma-san hasn’t been around, so the atmosphere during practice is a little different. I don’t know if we’re gonna be okay like this—I get worried, and I start sweating a little... that’s how it feels. Yuki ...I know that already. Kumon With baseball, we can focus practice on one thing, like batting, catching, or pitching, but we can’t do that with acting. I want to get good at something—even if it’s just one thing—so I can surprise Tenma-san. Yuki Just one.... Kumon ? Yuki That’s right. Just one is enough. I was putting too much pressure on myself, thinking we had to be completely different. Kumon ??? Yuki Those practice swings might have helped. Kumon Really!? I thought they would! Yuki Can I have a word before we start practice? Kazunari What is it? Misumi What is it, what is it~? Yuki We have four days till Useless comes back to Japan. As of now, I don’t think a single thing has improved about our acting. If he comes back and we can only perform as well as we did before he left—doesn’t that frustrate you? Kumon I told Tenma-san I’d work on my acting, but.... Muku I sent him off saying we’d be fine, but.... Misumi Hm~, Tenma might say “I knew you guys wouldn’t be any good without me!” Kazunari Sumi~, you sound just like him! Yuki Let’s think about what Tenma pointed out for each of us to work on. For the next four days, we should focus our practice on that one point. I told him we would be completely different when he came back, so I felt like we had to make everything better, but.... If you think about it, it’s impossible to change that much without him. Summer Troupe’s performance can’t come together when he’s missing, and.... We can’t improve unless we have his way-too-nitty-picky comments about our acting. That’s why we should give up on improving everything, and work towards accomplishing just one goal. That’s how we’re going to surprise that useless actor. Kazunari Sounds good! Kumon Yeah! I’ll do my best! Muku If it’s just one thing... I think I can handle it. Misumi Let’s do our best~! Yuki Director, could you pay close attention to us too? Izumi Of course! (They’re setting their own short-term goals and working towards them... This is new.) (I’ll do everything I can to support them!) Assistant Director Get ready for the main take! Tenma .... Tenma’s father ...Don’t drag me down. Tenma ...That goes for you too. Make sure you don’t get overshadowed. Tenma’s father You have a lot of nerve. I’ll show you the difference in our skill. Director Shirasawa Ready, action!
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