Sakuya Sakuma/Knights of Round IV

Fall to the Sword! Co-op Gameplay

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	(Alright, we’re done with today’s evening practice. Now for tomorrow’s morning practice…)
Sakuya	Haa--...!
Izumi	Sakuya-kun, you’re still practicing?
Sakuya	Yes! When I think about our performance, my body somehow ends up moving on its own...
Izumi	I see. Being passionate about practice is good, but you still have it tomorrow, so make sure not to stay up too late.
Sakuya	Yes, I understand.
Itaru	Sword fighting practice, huh...
Sakuya	Haa--! Taa--!
Itaru	Ha--!
Izumi	!? W-What are you guys doing waving swords around over here?
Sakuya	Ah, Director!
Itaru	Yesterday, Sakuya was practicing sword fighting, right? Since I had the perfect game, I decided to help him.
Izumi	Game?
Itaru	Yeah. These are actually exclusive controllers in the shape of swords. If you wave it around in front of the screen, you can beat the enemies.
Sakuya	It feels like we're actually fighting!
Izumi	Heeh, so there was something like that? That's super interesting!
Itaru	Do you want to give it a try, Director-san? Here, controller.
Izumi	Uwa, it's like a prop sword.
Itaru	Then, you two play co-op~
Izumi	Um, how do I...
Sakuya	When the enemies appear on screen, you swing the sword to knock them down!
Izumi	Ah, so that's how you do it. By the way, what do we do with this mic over here...?
Sakuya	Oh, that. I'm also still not sure about that...
Itaru	I'll come back to that later when you need it, but have fun 'til then.
Sakuya	Taa--!
Izumi	Eyy--!
Sakuya	Yay! We have a good rhythm going don't we?
Izumi	Mhm! I think I'm starting to pick up some tricks. This also turned out to be pretty good exercise.
Izumi	... Huh? The music changed...
Sakuya	Woah! A really strong enemy just appeared!
Itaru	That's this stage's boss.
Itaru	If you two don't time your cuts at the same time, you won't be able to defeat it.
Sakuya	Eh? At the same time!?
Izumi	Don't you think the difficulty suddenly spiked!?
Itaru	Well, if you manage to get the timing right, it'll all go smoothly.
Sakuya	Then, let's try our best, Director!

Sakuya	One, two...!
Izumi	Aah, we missed again.
Sakuya	Matching our timing is pretty hard...
Itaru	Sakuya, your timing was a little early there.
Sakuya	G-Got it!
Izumi	Alright! One more time! One... two--!
Sakuya	We'll definitely get it this time!
Izumi	Ah! We did it!?
Sakuya	We did! We really did it, Director!
Itaru	Ooh... you defeated the mini boss. Congrats~
Izumi	Yes! Let's head to the end of the stage!
Sakuya	Let's go!
Sakuya	Behind that last door is the boss...
Izumi	Come on, Sakuya-kun.
Sakuya	Yes...!
Sakuya	Ah!
Izumi	It's the boss--!
Itaru	I didn't notice it until now, but this boss is kind of similar to the boss in the final dungeon of KniRoun IV.
Izumi	That boss completely destroyed me...
Sakuya	Me too... I wonder if we can even win once...
Itaru	Isn't this perfect for practicing your role, though? Good luck, you two.
Itaru	Ah, by the way, remember that mic you mentioned from before? You're going to have to use it here.
Izumi	So we're finally using it, huh. Do we have to say something into it?
Itaru	Yup. You have to call out the special move when it shows up on screen while swinging your sword in order to defeat the boss.
Sakuya	Speech recognition!? That's amazing!
Itaru	Look, the name's being displayed.
Sakuya	Okay, here we go, Director! One... two--!
Both	"Chevalier Soleil--!!"
TV	Ugh... y-you...! You betrayed...!
Sakuya	Huh?
Izumi	Eh? Why did Sakuya-kun's character get knocked down instead of the boss...?
Itaru	Aah, Director-san. It looks like you accidentally killed Sakuya's character.
Izumi	Wha--!?
Sakuya	I-I was killed!?
Itaru	If there's too much power behind your special move, you can accidentally damage your teammates with the force of your swing.
Boss	You've finally decided to join us and succumb yourself to the darkness! Fuhahahaha!
Izumi	I-It looks like we got the Betrayal Ending...!
Itaru	Kch--! It's just like Merlin's betrayal... Was this all according to Director-san's plan?
Izumi	Please don't say something so ridiculous! It was a complete and utter accident!
Izumi	I'm sorry, Sakuya-kun...! It wasn't on purpose...
Sakuya	No, it's fine! I didn't expect there to be this kind of ending, though.
Sakuya	But, I think I understand sword fighting more now because of this game! Thank you!
Itaru	I'm glad you had fun with the game, and if it helped with your role study, then that's even better.
Sakuya	That's right, if it isn't too much trouble, would it be okay if we got everyone in the Spring Troupe to play together?
Itaru	Yeah, there are other playable Knight positions, too. We can even do a competition match, so it'll be interesting.
Izumi	And I'll just watch and learn...

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