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The Clockwork Heartbeat
EP: Now On! The MANMAN Grand Prix

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Citron Ahem! Elise and Anderson! Welcome and thank you for gathering here today! Tenma Who and who? Banri Where are they!? Tsuzuru If he's saying that, it'd be ladies and gentlemen. Citron The MANMAN Grand Prix will be starting shortly~! Muku and Azuma will act as our MCs~! Muku U-Umm, thank you very much! Azuma I'm not sure why I was chosen, but let's have a good night. Banri Those two are as removed from comedy as you can get. Yuki In a sense, that might make them the most objective. Muku Well then, first, um, what were we doing. Azuma Introducing the judges, maybe? Muku Ah! That's right! Excuse me. Azuma Hehe, how cute. Calm down a little. Muku Y-Yes! One person was chosen from each troupe, making it four judges plus the Director! Masumi Hello. Misumi I hope there are triangles~! Taichi Looking forwards to it! Tsumugi I'm not that knowledgeable about comedy, but I hope it'll be alright. Izumi Good luck, everyone! Muku Thank you to all our judges! Azuma Well then, let us begin the first round. The first battle of the Round One is, from the Autumn Troupe, the Omi and Sakyo combo, "OS" ―― Banri Are they PCs? Wasn't there a better name? Muku ...versus, from the Winter Troupe, the Tasuku and Homare combo, "Grande Fromage Blue――Bri――". Azuma Are you alright? Muku Sorry, I have poor articulation, and I'm a failure as an MC......No, as an actor, and as a human, and as a body of matter, I'm a failure――! Azuma It's fine. We can leave the name as "Grande". Homare Please do not shorten it of your own accord! We are "Grande Fromage Brioche Fermata"! Hisoka ......Long. Itaru Their mere entrance packs a punch, huh. Muku Then, take it away, "OS"! Omi Hi, I'm Omi. Sakyo Hi, I'm Sakyo. Omi Together we are "OS". Sakyo Thank you for your attention. Hmm, our audience today is full of young people, young people, young people......hm? Manager ? Sakyo ......Well, it's about 90% young people. Omi Hold on, that's rude. Manager Why did you stop at me!? Itaru This has the air of the Fukakusa Engei Hall. Banri It's sarcastic, huh. Omi Thank you very much. Sakyo Thank you very much. Muku "OS", thank you very much! Next up is "Grande"! Tasuku Thank you. Homare A swelling crescendo, sorrowful gravity......Separated logos! Andromeda, swept away......! Tasuku What are you talking about. Homare Now, you may counter me! Tasuku How am I supposed to counter that...... Taichi It's pretty much the normal Homare-san! Tenma Is this manzai......? Homare Thank you! Thank you! Tasuku I'm tired...... Muku Well then, judges, please tell us which combo you thought was best! Masumi ...... Misumi Mm, I think I liked "Grande"~! Taichi Of course, "OS"! Tsumugi One vote for "Grande". Izumi I deliberated over it, but my vote goes to "OS" for having more resemblance to manzai! Azuma ......It's a tie. Tenma Say, why didn't Masumi pick one!? Masumi I won't acknowledge anyone...... Banri It's no good. The prize is an "anything goes" ticket from the Director, so he's caught in his own bias. Sakuya Masumi-kun, you're a judge so you have to pick one! Masumi Then I'll go with the one Sakyo isn't in, "Grande". Sakyo In the end it's still biased. Muku Erm, that's two votes for "OS" and three votes for "Grande"......"Grande" wins! Homare Of course. Tasuku Do I have to go again...... Hisoka ......Good luck, Tasuku. Tasuku Sigh...... Muku Well then, onto our second match――. Azuma From the Summer Troupe, the Tenma and Kazunari combo, "Tenichi" versus the Tsuzuru and Citron combo from the Spring Troupe, "Citrun". Muku Please go ahead, "Tenichi"! Kazunari We're "Tenichi". Thanks for your attention! Tenma Hello. Kazunari Tenten, get hyped! Hype, hype! Tenma You're needlessly excited. Kazunari Is that so~? More importently, Tenten, has anything interesting happened to you recently? Tenma Anything interesting? Now that you mention it, the owner of the udon store I went to the other day was interesting. Kazunari Ooh~. Tenma I'll show you now, so play along. Kazunari Sure. Welcome~! Take a seat at the counter! Tenma You're playing the owner!? Kazunari What would you like? Tenma ......Then, tempura udon. Kazunari Heat it up~! Tenma That's the wrong meaning! Kazunari That's right~! Citron The orthodox, or classic comedian feels fresh thanks to the party animal slang. They're the type to build things up gradually. A strong foe...... Tsuzuru Citron-san, were you knowledgeable about comedy!? Citron In my country, manzai is used as a study text. Everyone memorises and and recites it. Sakuya Really!? Tsuzuru No, that's got to be a lie. Everyone would start speaking mostly Kansai dialect. Citron We can't win at this rate......We'll crack open the improv! Tsuzuru O-Oi, deviating too much from the script is......and improv, at that...... Muku "Citrun", please go ahead! Citron We're "Citrun"~! Tsuzuru Ah, oi――. Citron We're going to do mimicry now! Tsuzuru, do Yuzo! Tsuzuru What sort of unreasonable demand is that! Citron I'll do Tetsuro. Tsuzuru You chose the easier one!? Yuki They're free. Itaru It's a major incident. Masumi In some sense, it's just like usual. Citron Thank you~. Tsuzuru Huff, huff......Thank you very much. Yuki He's completely exhausted. Itaru Tsuzuru's definitely got more white hairs. Muku Well then, judges, please tell us which you thought was better! Masumi "Citrun". Misumi Of course, "Tenichi"~! Taichi Hm~ I struggled over it, but I'll go with "Tenichi"! Tsumugi "Tenichi", I think...... Izumi "Citrun" was good! Muku With three votes for "Tenichi" and two votes for "Citrun", "Tenichi" proceeds to the second round! Kazunari We did it, Tenten! Tenma We'll win the next too. Citron What~. Tsuzuru It can't be helped. Itaru Well, you weren't able to do it the usual way. Nice work. Tsuzuru I'm beat...... Muku Then the final results are......! The Manager and Kamekichi combo, "Permed Kame" is the winner! Manager We did it! Kamekichi This is our true ability. Tenma Congratulations. It's painful, but it can't be helped. Only a parrot could have pulled off those jokes. Kazunari Sukecchi, congrats~! Itaru To think the Manager and Kamekichi combo would win...... Banri In other words...... Itaru After sorting out the receipts, the Director will go on a telephone pole date with Kamekichi...... Banri It's turned into a sort of punishment game for the Director. Izumi ......W-Well, a promise is a promise! Masumi The telephone pole date is vetoed. Kamekichi Why!? Banri Masumi's blocking Kamekichi too, huh. Amazing. Itaru His guard's too tight. Sakuya Good work, everyone~! Kazunari GJ~! Banri Ah~, I laughed so much my face hurts. Taichi That was fun! Izumi The MANMAN Grand Prix was a huge success! Tenma Manzai is pretty difficult. I learned a lot. Tasuku That's true. There are parts which are applicable to acting too. Tsumugi When it becomes more of a skit, it is basically a play. Tenma Next time I'd like to go up after assembling a bit more of a story. Tsumugi I'd like to try going up next time too. Tasuku I won't go with Arisugawa ever again. Homare Why! Citron Though we practised so much, we lost in the first round...... Itaru Well, it'll be fine if you work hard next time. Sakuya Citrun was funny! Citron We'll definitely win next time! Masumi Though Tsuzuru was completely exhausted after the first battle. Izumi Huh? Speaking of, where's Tsuzuru-kun? Sakuya I haven't seen him for a while. Izumi I'll go look for him. Tsuzuru ...... Izumi Tsuzuru-kun? Tsuzuru Ah, Director...... Izumi You were reading over the letter again? Tsuzuru ......Yes. Thank you so much for delivering this letter. I've already reread it countless times, but I know that in the future when I'm troubled and stuck I'll reread it again. Izumi It's become a precious treasure, hm. Tsuzuru ......That's right. To me, this letter is a confirmation of a long-distance friendship. Like S's key to Luke...... Izumi Yeah. For the sake of your number one fan, too, you've got to write more interesting plays from now on, too, hey. Tsuzuru Yeah. Somehow, recently, I haven't been able to stop thinking of things I want to write...... Izumi (It's like how he was during Romeo and Julius. Eyes which spoke of how much he enjoyed writing scripts......) Tsuzuru The play this time was really tough, but I'm glad we did it. Everyone in the Spring Troupe helped me......I was able to take a breather thanks to Citron-san, too...... Well, I was messed around with during the real deal at the MANMAN Grand Prix, though. Izumi Thanks to manzai, it's like a new genre has opened up. Tsuzuru That's right. We've gone and done it, so I'd like to put it to use in the future. Izumi I'll look forward to it, Tsuzuru-kun! Tsuzuru Yeah!
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