Kazama | “An honour to meet you. I go by the last name of Kazama, name’s Ginji. I look forward to working with you.” |
Izumi | ―― |
| (He’s catching the audience’s attention just with his introduction itself. He seems to be faring well.) |
| (Kazama, san and his underling, Kojima, have both been in the care of the Tasuta Group’s head. The story begins right after he was killed..) |
Ken | “Say, Kazama. What should I do?” |
Kazama | “Get a grip of yourself, Ken.” |
| “Now that boss is gone, you’re the only young one who’s capable of carrying on the Tatsuta group.” |
Ken | “Is it feasible for someone like me who has been treated like a young master up till now?” |
Kazama | “Regardless of feasibility, the question is whether you’ll do it or not.” |
Motegi | “Psht, I have to serve a young master like him if he becomes the head?” |
Izumi | (The relationship between Juza-san an sakyo-san can be seen perfectly as clear as the day. It’s well-made, he’s still aware that he’s the young head even though he’s not relying on Kazama.) |
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Kazama | “Once you’re able to find the bullet, you’d know which group did the boss in, wouldn’t you?” |
Ken | “It’ll be great if it was a just a feud with other groups but…” |
Kazama | “What do you mean?” |
Ken | “Say, won’t you take revenge for my father? There’s trouble brewing around the inside too so I can’t make any reckless moves.” |
Ken | “Please. You’re the only one I can rely on.” |
Kazama | “I’ve not forgotten my gratitude towards your father. I’ll protect the Tatsuta group.” |
Izumi | (Kazama started gathering information about the victim in question, the head of the Tatsuta Group…And got attacked by someone while at it.) |
| (Thanks to Kazama, Ken managed to narrowly escape death….) |
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Motegi | “What’s the meaning of this!? It isn’t what you told me! Whatever happened to making me the young head of the Makoto group so long as I hand over Tatsuta Ken?” |
Yokota | “Ahh, about that. I’ve come to realise that meat doesn’t last so long within the Tatsuta group.” |
Yokota | “Only a wild dog like you would rejoice over getting a mere bone.” |
Motegi | “You bastard…!” |
Yokota | “Get him.” |
Motegi | Ugh! |
Izumi | (Omi-kun’s villain act’s also in top form. He seems to be instilling more fear as time passes. The gap between him and his usual self now is simply astounding…) |
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Motegi | “Urgh…” |
Ken | “Motegi? Hey, who did this to you!?” |
Motegi | “I just got my punishment.” |
Motegi | “The one who did the boss in was Yokota from the Makoto Group.” |
Motegi | “I heard that I could join their ranks and protect the name of the Tatsuta group if I gave them your head and got over myself.” |
Ken | “Then the ones who attacked me were…” |
Motegi | “Sorry ‘bout that. Even if you were gonna become the head, I wanted to protect the group…” |
Ken | “Motegi!” |
Kazama | “Yokota from the Makoto Group, huh…he has poor taste to be making use of people’s feelings like that.” |
Izumi | (Even the low-ranked Yakuza, Motegi, turned out rather unexpected due to Banri-kun’s acting. As expected of him to act out this much guilt just from being a traitor.) |
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Kojima | “Brother, isn’t it mean of you to leave me behind and go all by yourself!?” |
Kazama | “Where would there be such an idiot who would bring you along even though they’re heading towards death?” |
Kojima | “Don’t say such a cold thing!” |
Kojima | “I’ve been saved by you back in the past so I’ve already decided to follow you into the depths of hell if I have to for this favour!” |
Izumi | (Kojima’s loyalty to Kazama… Taichi-kun’s dedication really shows here.) |
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Kojima | “Brother!!” |
Kazama | “――” |
Kojima | “Ngh――” |
Kazama | “Kojima!” |
Kojima | “Y-Yes, is this enough to repay your favour…? I guess not…?” |
Kazama | ”Kojima!!” |
Kazama | “You bastard…!” |
Izumi | (Kojima fell into a cowardly trap that the Yokota from the Makoto Group had laid out… The innocence of Taichi-kun’s acting is gradually rolling out.) |
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Ken | “Kazama, get on!” |
Kazama | “Young master, what are you doing here…?” |
Kenn | “It’s easy to read what your train of thoughts. I’m a little late, though.” |
| “Hey, it’s over for the Tatsuta Group.” |
Kazama | “What are you talking about!” |
Ken | “Yokota came to settle things once and for all. He said that he’d let us all off if we surrendered unconditionally.” |
Kazama | “Can you accept doing something like that?” |
Ken | “I don’t want to see anyone else end up like Motegi.” |
Kazama | “As if Yokota would keep to his word.” |
Ken | “…It’s so pathetic it’s laughable. Right, Kazama?” |
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Izumi | (With Ken’s help, Kazama, who had survived barely within an inch of his life… proceeded on to challenge the final battle, alone…) |
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Yokota | “Kazama…? You’re still alive?” |
Kazama | “My dragon cries out every night, you know? That it wants to kill and devour bastards just like you!” |
Yokota | “――Ngh!” |
Izumi | (The swing of Sakyo-san’s sword…it’s the play’s climax.) |
| (Even though Yokota himself has already been cut down, Kazama’s struggling to hold his own while being surrounded by his subordinates, bloody and worn…) |
Makoto Group Yakuza | “OraaAA!” |
Kazama | “Ugh――” |
Makoto Group Yakuza | “Uwaa!” |
Kazama | “――Nngh” |
Izumi | (Swinging around his sword whilst staggering, he finally fell after having cut down the last person… And sirens were sounding in the distance…) |
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Ken | “…You came.” |
Motegi | “Heh…It’s in your nature to not go inside with him, right?” |
Motegi | “I want to properly see this to an end too.” |
Ken | “What are you talking about, Motegi? If you want to see things through then I’ll have you bury the bones of the Tatsuta group.” |
Motegi | “Ken…” |
Izumi | (The both of them saw Kazama, who survived within an inch of his life, and Kojima away… The end…) |
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Female Audience A | The Autumn Troupe’s really tasteful, they’re the best! That was really cool, wasn’t it~! |
Female Audience B | Sakyo-san’s kimono was nice! |
Male Audience C | The Autumn Troupe’s really passionate after all! |
Male Audience D | Right!? I’d watch them over and over again! |
Izumi | (Yup, the first day’s a great success…!) |
Yuzo | …… |
Izumi | Oh! Yuzo-san―― |
Yuzo | ―― |
Izumi | (Wait, he’s…crying…?) |
Yuzo | …You’ve seen a miserable side of me. |
| …To think that, that little kid Sakyo would be playing a lead role in this theatre… |
| I remembered how the MANKAI theatre was when he was still little and couldn’t stop the tears. |
Izumi | Yuzo-san… |
Yuzo | I’ll be heading back for today. I’ll come by again during the finale day. |
Izumi | ――Alright. |
| (He must be feeling really emotional considering how much he knows about Sakyo-san and the MANKAI Company back then…) |
| (He was crying but he did look happy. I’ll tell Sakyo-san about this later on.) |
Juza | …That’s strange. |
Izumi | ? Juza-kun, is something the matter? |
Juza | My little brother told me that he’d be waiting around here… |
Izumi | (Juza-kun’s younger brother… was he called Kumon-kun?) |
| I’ve not seen anyone that seems like they’d be him though―― |
??? | Nii-chaa―n!!! |
Izumi | !? |
Juza | ―― |
Izumi | (The guy who suddenly latched onto Juza-kun’s――) |
| S-Security―― |
Juza | No, that’s not needed. |
??? | Nii-chan, you were super cool! Astounding―! Things were really riled up when you went to save Kazama! It was the best! |
| I want to be a Yakuza! And then I’ll join the Tatsuta Group! And then, I’ll become your underling! |
Juza | I see. |
Izumi | Nii-chan…? |
Juza | This is Kumon. |
Izumi | He’s Kumon-kun… |
Kumon | You were the coolest out there! Amazing! |
Izumi | (Could he possibly have… a really big brother complex…?) |
Juza | …I see. |
Izumi | (But Juza-kun doesn’t seem to hate it either, so they probably really get along well. Thought their first impressions are totally different from each other…) |
Juza | How about you? Don’t you have a baseball match or something? |
Kumon | Eh!? Oh, right― About matches, I’m still a substitute you see―― |
| Putting that aside, Mom says to share it with the Autumn Troupe! We got cake! |
| Oh! You don’t have to share it with that Banri guy though! |
Juza | Of course. |
Kumon | I’ll be leaving then! It’s lonely so come home once in a while, okay―? |
Juza | Yeah. |
Izumi | …... |
| (He’s like a hurricane…) |
| …You guys aren’t really alike in terms of personality. |
Juza | I’ve been told that a lot. |
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Sakoda | Aniki―――!!!! |
Izumi | (This kind of resembles the scene from earlier…) |
Sakoda | Hnngh, as expected of you, you’re a man among men! I'm so moved I can’t see what’s in front of me anymore. |
Sakyo | It’s because you’re clinging onto me like glue. Let me go. |
Sakoda | Uuuu… I’ll come by every day just to see Kazama Ginji…! |
Sakyo | Do your work. |
Izumi | (He does seem happy despite what he’s saying.) |
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Taichi | Oh, Sakoda-san, thanks for cooperating with me while I was trying to figure out how I should act as Kojima! It’s been a great success thanks to you! |
Izumi | Kojima was really courageous out there! The audience cried when he collapsed too. |
Sakoda | Not at all, you don’t have to thank me or anything――! I’m glad that I was able to be of help! |
Izumi | Come to think of it, Sakoda-san, you bought quite a lot of the tickets for the finale day, didn’t you? |
Sakoda | Oh! Yes! I didn’t want to cause you any trouble so I called in myself. |
Izumi | You could have just told me… |
Sakyo | What do you intend to do with that many tickets? |
Sakoda | Right! I’ll pass them on to the boss and the guys from the group and gather 'em all up! |
Sakyo | Don’t gather them all up! |
Sakoda | But everyone said that they wanted to see you act at least once…! Yotoka-san’s coming out too! |
Banri | If a large amount of Yakuzas gather together like that… |
Taichi | You wouldn’t know which one’s the play! |
Omi | We wouldn’t be able to act out a good play. |
Sakyo | The other people in the audience would be scared out of their wits, wouldn’t they!? What do you intend to do by causing trouble for all of them!? |
Sakoda | B-But…! |
Izumi | The play’s fictional so maybe they’d pass it off as cosplay. |
Sakyo | That’s not the problem here… |
Juza | If the real ones are going to be part of our audience then we can’t let them down. |
Sakyo | You said it. Let’s make it a play so good that even the real ones won’t have anything to say about it. |
Juza | Yes! |
Taichi | Gotcha, bro! |