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<caption>Act 4<br> Episode 24: Seeds<ref>The title, 種, means “seed” but it can also mean source, cause, or material (for an article/story).</ref></caption>
 
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Act 4
Episode 24: Seeds[1]
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MukuPlease come see the MANKAI Company Winter Troupe’s debut performance, “Sympathy for the Angel”!
ItaruWe are MANKAI Company.
Juza...
Passerby AEek...!?
Juza...We’re MANKAI Company.
Passerby AR-right...
JuzaDid you see that?
BanriWhat’re you looking so smug for? He probably mistook you for some loan shark.
TaichiBut it’s major progress from just handing out flyers without saying anything!
YukiCome watch the Winter Troupe’s debut performance, okay?
Passerby BY-yes!
BanriSee that? Watch and learn.
JuzaPlaying a female role, huh... Interesting. I’m gonna go for it.
BanriThat’s not what I meant!
KazunariCome see “Sympathy for the Angel”!
Passerby CThe way they’re calling out to people is pretty incredible!
Passerby DI think I’ve heard of MANKAI Company before.
Passerby CWeren’t they featured in a theatre website?
OmiAdvance tickets for the Winter Troupe’s debut performance are now on sale. Please come see it.
TsuzuruThe flyers this time look nice and simple.
MasumiIt fits the contents of the play.
OmiHow are the sales so far?
SakyoLooking good. The popularity we’ve earned so far really paid off.
TsuzuruWe’re advertising with all the troupe members this time too. Looks like we’ll sell out in no time.
MasumiWe’re MANKAI Company. Please treat us favorably.
AzumaPlease come see the Winter Troupe’s debut performance, “Sympathy for the Angel.”
Man With Sunglasses...
Azuma...Can I help you?
Man With SunglassesYou’re Yukishiro Azuma-san of the Winter Troupe, correct? Is it true that you work in the nightlife industry?[2]
AzumaWhat?
Man With SunglassesThere are bad rumors all over the internet.
Azuma...What do you mean?
Man With SunglassesIsn’t that unsuitable for MANKAI Company’s image? Fans are making a fuss about it.
Azuma...
Hisoka...Please treat us favorably.
Man With Sunglasses...Are you an illegal immigrant, Mikage Hisoka-san? There are rumors that you used to do dangerous work.
Hisoka...
Man With SunglassesIt’s all over the internet.
TsumugiWe are MANKAI Company. Please treat us favorably.
Man With SunglassesCan I have a flyer?
TsumugiBy all means.
Man With SunglassesTsukioka Tsumugi-san, there are rumors that you’re bearing a grudge due to failing GOD-za’s enrolment exam, so you made the proposal for a showdown act. Is that true?
TsumugiHuh? How did you know that I failed to get into GOD-za...
Man With SunglassesI saw it on the internet.
TsumugiInternet...?
Haruto...
Tasuku...
AzumaI’m done with my share of flyers, so if there are any left over I can help——
Tasuku——
Haruto——
AzumaIsn’t that...
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IzumiEveryone! Thanks to all the troupe members working hard to advertise the performance, the tickets will be sold out soon!
Tsumugi...
Azuma...
IzumiH-huh?
(W-what happened? This is an awkward mood...)
Is something wrong?
TsumugiWell... There was just something concerning that happened when I was handing out flyers ...
IzumiSomething concerning?
TsumugiSomeone told me that my failing GOD-za’s enrolment exam has become a source of rumors on the internet.
IzumiWhat?
TsumugiThat happened years ago, and I’m pretty sure no one besides my acquaintances at the time know about it...
AzumaI was told that there are rumors of me being in the nightlife industry.
Hisoka...Someone told me that there are rumors of me being an illegal immigrant and that I used to do dangerous work.
IzumiEven Azuma-san and Hisoka-san!?
HomareThree people out of five. That is quite a high probability.
TasukuThat’s weird. Tsumugi and Azuma-san aside, no one should know about Mikage’s circumstances besides the troupe members.
HomareIs there not a possibility of him being famous before he lost his memories?
TasukuIf that was the case, then more detailed information about him would’ve come up by now.
IzumiThen, how...
Hisoka...A spy.
IzumiAgain!?
TsumugiCome to think of it, the Autumn Troupe had issues regarding a spy from GOD-za.
IzumiI don’t think there’s one mixed in among the people here though...
HomareWell, we do not know each other very well. We do not even know Hisoka-kun’s age.
IzumiPlease don’t be so direct about it!
Azuma...Say, Tasuku. I saw you talking with someone from GOD-za.
TasukuI was just talking with an old acquaintance though... Azuma-san, are you doubting me?
AzumaIt’s not like that. But I was just wondering if you might have let something slip while you two were chatting.
TasukuThen you’re really doubting me, aren’t you? Unlike some people, I don’t get intimate with just about anybody regardless of who they are.
Azuma...Is that meant to be a jab at me, who keeps a variety of clients company?
TsumugiPlease stop that, you two.
Tasuku...
Azuma...
Izumi(What should I do? This has turned into a strange mood...)
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Notes

  1. The title, 種, means “seed” but it can also mean source, cause, or material (for an article/story).
  2. Pretty much asking him if he works at a bar/nightclub. Here is the wiki page if you want to read more about 水商売


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