| Yuki | Itadakima~su. |
| Kumon | Itadakimasu! |
| Muku | The omurice looks so creamy and delicious! |
| Misumi | Yup~! |
| Tenma | Where’s Kazunari? |
| Izumi | He said he wouldn’t need dinner because he was going to drop by home today. |
| Tenma | Huh. |
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| Kazunari | ...Sigh~. |
| .... |
| Study abroad, huh.... |
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| Professor | Ah, come on in. |
| Kazunari | Yep yep. |
| Professor | So... During our last exhibition, your painting caught the eye of a professor from our sister school. |
| Kazunari | Sister school... the one overseas? |
| Professor | Yes. And they personally contacted me; they said they would love to have you study over there. |
| Kazunari | Seriously!? That’s awesome! |
| Professor | You’ve heard of “COMA” right? |
| Kazunari | Isn’t that a world-famous exhibition that’s kinda known as the gateway to success for young artists? |
| Professor | That’s right. That sister school offers a slot to participate in “COMA”; it also has a great track record for turning out famous artists. |
| If you want to make it as a professional artist, most people would agree that it’s absolutely necessary to have experience abroad. |
| If you join “COMA,” success is essentially guaranteed. This is an opportunity. |
| Kazunari | .... |
| Professor | If you’re going to study abroad, you’ll need to get started on the free-subject assignment right away, since it’s part of the interview. |
| If you’re accepted, you’ll need to take part in language training, but you should be able to make it before next semester starts. |
| Kazunari | Eh... wait, I’d go now? Isn’t that too sudden? |
| Professor | If your family allows it, you should definitely go. You don’t stumble upon this sort of opportunity very often. |
| Kazunari | .... |
| Professor | Talk to your parents. |
| Kazunari | ...Yeah. |
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| Kazunari | (...If I start prepping for study abroad right now, it’ll totally overlap with the run of the performance.) |
| ...Sigh~. |
| Hm? |
| Huh, wait, isn’t this my yearbook from middle school? Mami, where’d you get this? |
| Kazunari’s mother | —Ah, that. I found it when I was clearing out the storage room. It was a little musty, so I put it out to dry. |
| Kazunari | Huh~. |
| Kazunari’s mother | Doesn’t it bring back memories? |
| Kazunari | N~... I don’t really remember much. |
| (I feel like I went on school trips and excursions, but there wasn’t anything memorable about them~....) |
| (I only went because it would’ve reflected negatively on my conduct record if I was absent. I didn’t really go because I wanted to.) |
| (I enjoyed studying morning to midnight and taking breaks to draw, but that was really all I did back then....) |
| (...Woah, my hair’s pitch black in this picture. Plus I have such a dark expression~. So this is me, huh~....) |
| ...What about this? |
| Kazunari’s mother | That’s the collection of graduation essays, of course. |
| Kazunari | I don’t even remember writing this.... |
| .... |
| This doesn’t seem like the kinda thing a kid in his third year of middle school should write...? |
| (Treasure “this very moment in time,” huh....) |
| (In retrospect, the last days of my third year in middle school might’ve been the biggest turning point in my life.) |
| (I made lots of friends in high school, and found all sorts of fun things outside of studying... Maybe that’s because the middle-school me treasured “this very moment in time.”) |
| Kazunari’s father | I’m home. |
| Kazunari’s mother | Ah, looks like your father’s home. |
| Kazunari | Welcome home, Papi~! |
| Kazunari’s father | Ah, Kazunari. I didn’t know you were back. |
| Kazunari | I need to talk to you about something. |
| Kazunari’s father | Hm? |
| Kazunari | Just a little something. |
| Kazunari’s mother | I’ll go make some tea. |
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| Kazunari’s father | So, what is it? |
| Kazunari | I got this at school today.... |
| Kazunari’s father | Study abroad...? |
| Kazunari | My painting for the exhibition the other day caught the eye of a visiting professor. They extended a personal recommendation. |
| Kazunari's father | Huh. That’s amazing. |
| Kazunari | Studying abroad costs money, and it’s not just an issue of what I want to do, you know? That’s why I wanted to consult you, Papi. |
| Kazunari's father | ...I see. |
| .... |
| ...You wanted to be a UMC, right? |
| Kazunari | Yup, an Ultra-multi-creator! |
| Kazunari's father | It would be a significant step towards that goal. I think you should go. |
| But what about the theater troupe? Won’t your admission procedures and interview conflict with your performance dates? |
| And if you need to do language training right away, you’ll have to leave the troupe for a while.... |
| Kazunari | ...Yeah, that’s right. |
| Kazunari's father | .... |
| You said you couldn’t choose just one, but one day, you’ll have to make a choice. |
| Think it over. |
| Kazunari | ...Yeah. |
| Kazunari's father | I’ll support whatever path you choose. |
| Kazunari | Thanks, Papi. |
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| Kazunari | .... |
| Muku | Ah, welcome back! |
| Kumon | Welcome back! |
| Kazunari | Ah... I’m home. |
| Muku | We’re going to watch a movie in the lounge together. You should join us, Kazu-kun. |
| Kumon | Tsuzuru-san recommended it! |
| Kazunari | ...Ah, no, I think I’ll pass! |
| Muku | ...Oh? |
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| Kazunari | Sigh~.... |
| A free-subject assignment, huh... Regardless of what I do, I’ll need to get started on it right away.... |
| What should I draw.... |
| Misumi | He~re we go~. |
| Kazunari | Woah!? |
| You surprised me.... Sumi~, where’d you come from? |
| Misumi | I was watching the moon with the cats~. |
| Kazunari | Moon-viewing, huh~. |
| Misumi | ...Is this sheet of paper yours, Kazu? |
| Kazunari | Ah—. |
| Misumi | Study abroad...? |
| Kazunari | Uum.... |
| ...I’ll explain when everyone is around. |
| Misumi | .... |
