| ??? | ...Phew. It’s hard to find a place that suits your needs, huh. |
| Izumi | !! |
| (He’s the boy who was looking for a troupe earlier this afternoon! He was asking about dorming too!) |
| Hey! Are you interested in a troupe that provides dorming!? |
| ??? | Eh? |
| You’re from this afternoon.... |
| Izumi | You said you were looking for a troupe, right? Did you find one already? |
| ??? | No, not yet.... Is there a troupe that provides dorming? |
| Manager | MANKAI Company~, please consider us, MANKAI Company~. |
| MANKAI Company, which provides dorming plus two meals a day! |
| ??? | Two meals a day...? |
| Izumi | Yup! How about it? |
| Masumi | Who is this guy? |
| Izumi | A new troupe member candidate. |
| Masumi | Even though you have me? |
| Izumi | We need more. |
| Masumi | So anyone works for you? ...Loose morals. |
| Izumi | Don’t make it sound so scandalous! |
| Masumi | You have me—that’s enough, right? |
| Izumi | Masumi-kun, stay silent for a bit. |
| You can ignore him, so—will you consider joining this troupe? |
| ??? | I have no experience at all, but is that okay? |
| Sakuya | I joined with no experience as well! Let’s work hard together! |
| Manager | It’s been eight years since I’ve started acting, but I’m pretty much inexperienced as well! |
| Izumi | (That seems like a problem, but...) |
| ??? | Also, I’m actually more interested in being a scriptwriter than an actor, and I’d like to write a script, but... |
| Manager | That position is currently open, so that’s not an issue! |
| Izumi | (There’s no way the scripts can get any worse than they are now...) |
| ??? | Understood. Please take care of me! |
| Manager | Yaaay! |
| ??? | I’m Minagi Tsuzuru. |
| Izumi | Let’s get along, Tsuzuru-kun! |
| Sakuya | Nice to meet you! |
| Masumi | I can pull off a script..... |
| Izumi | You don’t need to compete! |
| The sun’s going to set soon. We need to hurry back to the theater! |
| Tsuzuru | Huh? We’re going to run? |
| Izumi | I’ll explain as we run! For now, just run! |
| Tsuzuru | Sounds like there are some special circumstances... |
| Masumi | Understood. I’ll follow you. |
| Sakuya | Let’s hurry! |
| Manager | Pant, pant, pant... |
| Izumi | Manager, we’ve only just started running! You’re too tired already! |
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| Furuichi | Oh? So you didn’t run away. |
| Sakuya | Hah... hah... we made it just in time, right!? |
| Manager | Pant, pant... new... pant, pant, troupe members... pant, pant. |
| Tsuzuru | Don’t force yourself, manager. |
| Izumi | Hah, hah, we brought along the new troupe members! |
| Masumi | ...We’re here. |
| Furuichi | You just barely hung on... you’re a lucky bunch. |
| Manager | S-so, you won’t crush this place....!? |
| Izumi | Thank goodness... |
| Furuichi | Why are you acting all relieved? I said I’d retreat for today if you managed to collect troupe members. |
| As I explained this afternoon, there’s no way this troupe can continue existing with just two new members. |
| Manager | Eeeh! |
| Izumi | Oh no... |
| Masumi | Are we done already? |
| Tsuzuru | These special circumstances are too severe. |
| Manager | Even though the Reborn Spring Troupe was just about to get going... So it was all a waste... Letting us hope, only to drop us into disappointment, how cruel.... |
| Furuichi | Reborn Spring Troupe? |
| Manager | Yes! If we can collect enough members, we, the Reborn Spring Troupe, can put on a performance—! |
| Furuichi | So when is this Reborn Spring Troupe going to put on its debut performance? |
| Manager | Eh? U~m, when do you think, Director? |
| Izumi | Eh!? Me? |
| ...Hmm, if we were going to put on a debut performance, we’d have to start with practicing the basics, so maybe in half a year... |
| Furuichi | I can’t wait that long. |
| Izumi | But no one here has much experience, and we’ve only just assembled. We need at least that much time. |
| Furuichi | Next month. |
| Izumi | What? |
| Furuichi | Practice like your life depends on it, and put on a performance next month. |
| Izumi | Next month—you mean you’re only giving us one month!? That’s impossible! |
| Manager | You demon! You devil! Tormenting us bit by bit—are you trying to gain popularity as a sadistic type!? |
| Furuichi | Stop making incomprehensible accusations. I’m giving you a special last chance here. |
| If you can fulfill the following three conditions, I’m willing to hold off a little on the debt repayment. |
| Izumi | Conditions...? |
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| Izumi | (Back then, I had no idea—what sorts of troubles and dangers lay ahead of me. The many people I’d meet; how much it would all move me.) |
| (...And the blossoming of so many actors.) |
| (Back then, I couldn’t even imagine that I’d witness such things.) |
