Act 3/Episode 8

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Act 3
Episode 8: The Economist’s Dictatorship

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Sakuya I wonder what this company-wide meeting is going to be about? Masumi Who knows. Banri .... Juza .... Banri Sit over there. I’m sick of being close to you in our room. Juza Then you go over there. Banri Aaah? Taichi Hey, hey! Ban-chan! Let's sit over there~! Omi Juza, you come this way. Banri .... Juza .... Itaru Isn't this our first time meeting across troupes? Citron I bet we're going to play a bingo game! Itaru I doubt it.... Citron I'm going to aim to win the deserted island! Itaru That’s too big of a scale. Misumi Lots of people~. Kazunari Everyone’s here—does that mean this is an Autumn Troupe welcome meeting? Muku But we did one yesterday night? Kazunari It's daytime, so maybe it’s a takoyaki party! Izumi (Sakyo-san said he wanted to hold a company-wide meaning regarding the regulations of the troupe, but... I wonder what he means by regulations.) Sakyo ....Is everyone here? Then let's begin. So, upon joining this troupe, I have something to say to you all. —Sakoda. Sakoda Yessir! Izumi (What's with that paper....) Omi The new slogan of MANKAI Company...? Citron Miso・Konnyaku・Celery Lifestyle....? Sakyo Simple・Frugal・Saving Lifestyle. Sakoda Listen up! This is the slogan aniki made! Written by me, Sakoda Ken! Kazunari Why so suddenly? Muku I wonder if we’re on a tight budget? Sakyo First. Each troupe gets 20 minutes to bathe. Sakuya Eh!? 20 minutes!? Itaru What is this, the military..... Masumi I can't bathe with five people. I'll bathe with Director. Izumi Rejected! Sakyo Rejected. Next. Lights will be out at 10 PM. I'll be switching off the circuit breaker, so assume you can’t use electricity from then on. Itaru Seriously? There goes my late-night anime. Kazunari That’s way too early!! Sakyo And then... et cetera, et cetera.... we're saving here and there... cutting this and that..... Izumi (His saving plans are incredibly detailed....!) Isn't this going to be impossible.....? Kazunari Seriously, it’s impossible! Itaru This is tyranny. Misumi This is troublesome~. Sakyo Shut up! Do you know how much the electricity, water, and heating bills cost for this dorm!? Izumi (Is it that much?) Manager, how much is it? Manager ....I wonder? Izumi You don't know!? Manager I've never paid the bills, but one of the seven mysteries of this dorm is that we've never been charged for them! Izumi No, you shouldn’t leave that as a mystery!? Sakyo ....Check in on it immediately. Omi Normally, they'd stop the water and electricity if we didn't pay the bills. Izumi Yeah. (Does this mean someone has been paying our bills for us...?) Sakyo Let me remind you. This company owes my group ten million yen. If you can't pay us back by the deadline, we'll crush this troupe without a second thought. You haven’t forgotten that, right? Manager Eeeeh!? But, that was before Furuichi-san joined the troupe... Now that we're teammates, doesn't that nullify our debts.... Sakyo Like hell that’d happen! Izumi (I thought maybe he’d make things a bit easier on us, but I guess I was too hopeful....) Omi Is there still a lot of debt left to pay? Sakyo The spring and summer performances helped a little, but we still have a long way to go. How exactly do you plan on repaying the rest of your debts? Director-san, Manager Matsukawa, do you have any ideas? Izumi U, ummm... (The only thing on my mind was completing all the performances up to the Winter Troupe....!) Manager The Fleur Award! Izumi Eh? Manager It's the greatest theatre award in Japan, given to the best show that year! Its prize is ten million yen—enough money to repay all our debts! Sakyo How do you expect this run-down company to get that award!? Even the first generation only made it to the nomination. Izumi Even the first generation... (Considering our current skill level, we probably won’t even be nominated....) Itaru No-win game. Manager Oh no... Then what should we do? Sakyo Nation-wide performances. Izumi Nation-wide performances? Sakyo We’ll make a profit by hosting MANKAI Company’s first performances for each season at different local theatres across the country. Izumi Ah, I see. That way, when one troupe is performing at MANKAI Theatre, the other troupes can perform at other locations. Kazunari Wow! A vacation across the country! I'm so hype~! Citron We can toil! Itaru Tour, yeah. Manager That’s an idea~! The first generation did the same thing! Sakyo Aside from than that, we should hold fan events, and sell goods, because those are likely to generate profits. More specifically.... et cetera, et cetera. Izumi (Incredible. He's already thinking about goods and fan meetings in such detail.....) Manager Wow~! Our financial adviser and manager is incredible, as expected! So reliable! Sakyo Since when was I. Manager Eh? That's what he is, right, Director? Izumi Eh? Umm, yes. Sakyo Geez.... Izumi (His job is being forced onto him the same way mine was....) Sakyo Well, putting aside debts and whatnot, I do think we should aim for it. Izumi For what? Sakyo The Fleur Award. It’s a level your father couldn't reach. Izumi (Now that he mentions it, I recall getting a phone call from father when I was in middle school about a nomination for the Fleur Award....) (I’d never heard him sound so excited. It really must be an amazing award.) (Though in the end, he disappeared the very next year....) Manager In Veludo Town, rumor is that GOD-za, led by Kamikizaka Reni, is most likely to win the next Fleur award. Yuki GOD-za... the place with that nasty guy, huh. Kazunari Let's aim to be even better than GOD-za! Citron Yeah—! Misumi Yeah—! Omi Debts, huh... then we’ve got to do our best too, Autumn Troupe. Juza Yeah. Banri Well, it'll work out somehow. Taichi ...... Sakyo Well, our first goal is to pull off Autumn and Winter Troupe’s performances. Izumi You’re right... (The Fleur Award comes way after that...!)
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