Citron/Literary Impasse

Role Study 【Kusunoki Lucian】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

	*dances around*
Citron	~♪ ~~♪
Kazunari	Hey, Ronron!
	Wha’tcha doing having fun there by yourself~?
Citron	Kazu! I felt like dancing after I saw a book with “Dancing Girl” in the title~!
Kazunari	Ah, could this be for role study for your upcoming play?
Citron	Yes! All the members of Spring troupe decided to read books by literary masters and write book reports.
	It was in the list of recommended books Tsuzuru sent me.
Kazunari	Oh, sweet~! So you’re gonna write a book report on that, Ronron?
Citron	Yes!
Kazunari	Sounds good, sounds good!
	Anyhow, why’d you pick that book?
Citron	I love to dance!
	That’s why the “Dancing Girl” title caught me at first glance.
Kazunari	Ooh~. Right, I think that story was about travelling entertainers, so it sounds right up your alley.
	Good luck with your report, my guy!
Citron	Thanks! I can’t wait to read the travelling entertainers' story~.
	Dancing girl, dancing girl… where is it~?
	…! Here it is!
	(I came all the way here, so I will take my time reading it in the library.)
	*turns page*
	…
	…Oh, what does this word mean?
	(I can read the characters, but I don’t know what the difficult words mean…
	I will have to use a dictionary or my phone to look them up as I go.)
	Nooo… it’s hard to progress while looking up the meaning of the words.
	Tomorrow is the deadline for our reports, but I’m not even close to finishing my book.
	I’m in trouble…
	…HA!
	I’ve got a great idea! I should do this!
	Is it normal to gatekeep essays like this in Japan?
Masumi	It’s safekeep, not gatekeep.
Sakuya	At school, our teachers would compile them into books like this and hand them out to all of us.
Citron	That sounds nice~. It becomes a memento too.
Sakuya	Next up is Citron-san’s report, right?
	I can’t wait to give it a read!
Chikage	Was it difficult to write your impressions, Citron?
Citron	It was so tough~…
Itaru	I mean, will we even be able to read Citron’s report?
Masumi	Even the LIME he sent earlier was full of typos.
Tsuzuru	Let’s just try reading it for now…
	Umm…
	This book… ah, travel? It’s a story about people who travel.
	It was fun.
	Yeah, I think we’ll be able to read it.
Itaru	Ooh.
Sakuya	That’s amazing, Citron-san!
Citron	Yes! I worked hard!
Itaru	…I wanted to congratulate both of them?
	How was the conclusion? I don’t know! The end.
Masumi	What the heck?
Chikage	What’s going on here?
Citron	Sorry, the book was kind of difficult.
	I couldn’t finish it all by the deadline…
Sakuya	Wait, really!?
Masumi	So that explains this essay…
Tsuzuru	I would’ve helped if you said so.
Citron	I’m sorry~.
Izumi	Okay, then why don’t all of you read the story together so Citron-kun can reach the end?
Sakuya	Ah, what a great idea!
	I agree!
Itaru	Well, that sounds fine, doesn’t it?
Masumi	I guess there’s no way around it….
Tsuzuru	Alright. Let’s go fetch the book right away, shall we?
Chikage	Right.
Citron	Thank you, all of you~!

Anna