| Man | "I once had a friend with whom I ran through this land, a friend whom I could talk with about our dreams." |
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| Monk | "I was stranded unexpectedly. Could I pass the peak before night comes in this condition?" |
| Man | "--Dear traveler, would you be willing to listen to my story?" |
| Monk | "It must be fate that I happened to be present at this moment. Please let me listen to your story." |
| Man | "Thousands years ago… when the prosperity of what used to be the Taira clan faded and fleetingly fell like tree leaves dancing in the wind." |
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| Izumi | (The vibe of this play is so mystical that I can't believe this is of this world… For some reason, I feel like there was a play with this kind of atmosphere, though…) |
| Tenma | (What's with Hiro-san's vibes… He looks like he's not a human. I got drawn in almost immediately.) |
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| *blades clashing* |
| Mitsumasa | "Haaah!" |
| *attacks* |
| Noritsune | "Uurgh." |
| "...I am lucky to be able to fight such a brave and strong man in the end. Even though you're my rival, I can't help admiring you." |
| Mitsumasa | "It is a shame that a good person like you has to die here. I'm sure we could be friends if we were in a different era." |
| Noritsune | "There's no way this is the end… I regretted not achieving anything. I regretted it." |
| *collapses* |
| Mitsumasa | "Why do people fight… Even though we come from different clans, we're all the same human beings…" |
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| Izumi | (The sorrow and sadness of the people who were dragged into an inevitable war in such an era moved me.) |
| Banri | (Both the sharpness and intensity Yuzo-san brought in the sword fight were impressive. His bloodlust gave me goosebumps.) |
| Haruto | (I could feel Reni-san's determination. His sword fight was beautiful yet frightful.) |
| Shifuto | (Wow, amazing. It was both beautiful and cool.) |
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| Yoshimori | "We should arrive at the next post town in 30 minutes." |
| Yoshitsune | "I’ve given you all a lot of trouble." |
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| Tenma | (He changed the vibes he gave off in the beginning and looks human again… It's amazing how he can do such a thing.) |
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| Yoshimori | "Don't worry about us. We would go through fire and water for Kurou-sama's sake." |
| Kaison | "You are truly worthy to be the head of Genji clan." |
| Shizuka | "Please wait!" |
| Yoshitsune | "Shizuka… Why are you here? You said you'd hide yourself, didn't you?" |
| Shizuka | "Please take me with you. Life is worthless if you aren't here, Kurou-sama." |
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| Sakuya | (Kasumi-san immediately brightened up the atmosphere of the play with his appearance. He doesn’t seem like someone who took a break from acting either.) |
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| Yoshimori | "A pursuer will appear no matter where we go. I can only think that there has been a leak of information." |
| "Just as I thought, we should not have brought a girl to Fushimi with us. We ended up becoming vagabonds in the end. Leave her." |
| Shizuka | "I will never betray Kurou-sama! Please believe me!" |
| Yoshitsune | "I have no doubt about your loyalty. However, what lies ahead of us is a dangerous and violent road. I can't take you with me." |
| Shizuka | "Please take me with you. Let me be with you until the end." |
| Yoshimori | "How brazen." |
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| Izumi | (Even when the vulnerability of those who are paranoid and driven into a corner is showing, one's human feelings still remain…) |
| Sakuya | (It's fleeting and sad, yet earnest and beautiful. I still can't act like that…) |
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| Yoshimori | "Looks like I was mistaken. I have to apologize to Shizuka Gozen, that is, if I survive." |
| Kaison | "Please leave this one to us and run away first." |
| Yoshitsune | "--My apologies." |
| Yoshimori | "I won't support you, you know." |
| Kaison | "I can say the same to you." |
| Yoshimori | "During the last fireworks, let's go on a full rampage flamboyantly." |
| Kaison | "That's what I’ve hoped for all along." |
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| Tsumugi | (Syu-san… He gives off a totally different impression from when I first met him. He delivers such a bold and magnificent performance.) |
| (He looks one or two levels grander on the stage.) |
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| *blades clashing* |
| Yoshimori | "--This isn't over! I won't be killed by such sword skills! Are there anymore staunch fellows in your clan!?" |
| *more battling* |
| "Ugh--Let me go first, Kaison." |
| Kaison | "--Are you planning to give up!?" |
| Yoshimori | "Let's have… Heaven decide the winner…" |
| Kaison | "Ugh--Give us some parting gift at least. Bring them all together!" |
| *attacks* |
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| Banri | (Zen-san's sword fight is hella awesome. It's so fierce yet as light as a dance at the same time.) |
| (There's no way one can pull off such moves unless they train a lot…) |
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| Shizuka | "Kurou-sama…I shall become a pure white bird in my next life, travelling freely through the sky and following you wherever you go." |
| Yoshitsune | "SHIZUKA--!!!" |
| "Everyone has died. I'm the only one who's still alive…" |
| "You who are afar, hear and tremble. You who are near, behold and wonder!" |
| "I'm a bearer of Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, General of Genji, and the Lieutenant of the Office of Police and Judicial Chief, Yoshitsune Minamoto!" |
| "Yoshitsune Minamoto's head is here! If you wish to give yourself a name, come and get it!" |
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| Tenma | (How breathtaking. I'm overwhelmed…) |
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| Monk | "You speak as if you saw it yourself." |
| Man | "I once had a friend with whom I ran through this land, a friend whom I could talk with about our dreams." |
| "Now, I'm a mere shadow of my former self that's rotting away in solitude." |
| "No matter how many times I beat myself up for it, it’ll never be enough. If I wasn't saved at the time, no, if they didn't meet me--." |
| Monk | "Are you perhaps…" |
| "However, they all adored you. I'm sure all of them are resting in peace without any regrets." |
| "Let's get the bitterness out of your system." |
| *bird flies* |
| Man | "A white bird… Shizuka?" |
| "Yes, you're right. I have to hurry. Everyone is waiting." |
| Izumi | (Yoshitsune who had been in the dark disappeared towards the light in the audience seats. The things that had been hovering in the background have been purified.) |
| *removes hood* |
| Monk | "I apologize for being late, Kurou-sama…" |
| "With this, I will finally be forgiven too. My friends, let's continue our fight from that day to the end." |
| Izumi | (The monk--Kaison is following Yoshitsune… Nothing remains on the stage. It's as if nothing was here from the beginning…) |
| *cheers* |
| (Oh, I see. I was thinking that such a play where unworldly beings did the speaking resembled something, it turns out it's Mugen Noh[1].) |
| (Hakkaku-san might have always been dreaming of this moment.) |
| (For him to leave behind such a script, there's no way Hakkaku-san didn't love the first generation of MANKAI Company.) |
| (He must have regretted the fact that they fleetingly parted ways, and wrote this script in order to sublimate the hard feelings that remained in the OG members' hearts.) |
| (Even though it's a tragedy, there's still light in the future ahead. That light lies within us in the audience seats--.) |
| (I feel like Hiro-san's Yoshitsune has entered our minds.) |
| (It might be a message from Dad, producing the play in this direction rather than have the actors face the back of the stage.) |
| ("Take all the feelings Hakkaku-san and members of the first gen have and move towards the future. Then, it'll become the future of the newborn MANKAI Company.") |
| (That's what you want to say… Right, Dad?) |
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| Kasumi | Thank you so much! |
| Hiro | Thank you!! |
| Syu | Thanks. |
| Zen | Thank you. |
| Reni | Thank you. |
| Yuzo | Thanks. |
| Izumi | (Both the acting and Dad's production are… overwhelming. It's not something that the me right now can come up with.) |
| (I've already realized it, but they are indeed a strong enemy.) |
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| Tenma | It turns out the OG members were much better than what I imagined. |
| Tsuzuru | I've actually been preparing for the worst, but I got scared the moment I saw that. |
| Misumi | It was interesting~! |
| Masumi | You're too laid back. |
| Kumon | But well, I do think it's better to feel that way! |
| Chikage | It's easier said than done, you know? |
| Tenma | We've come this far. |
| Let's believe in what we've done. We just need to do our best in this one-time-only show. |
| Believe in the script that Tsuzuru-san wrote. We'll be fine. We're not gonna lose. |
| Tsuzuru | Tenma… |
| Izumi | Just so you know, there are plays that can only be performed by us. |
| Misumi | We'll be fine as long as we do what we've been doing, we'll be fine~! Don't worry. Everyone is with us. |
| Masumi | Besides, the only thing we can do is perform like usual. There's no use in getting nervous. |
| Chikage | And it's an opportunity that will not come again. We need to perform in a way that we will not regret. |
| Kumon | And we've been rehearsing so much for this day. Let's do our best! |
| Tsuzuru | You're right… alright, I'm pumped up! |
| Tenma | I can't believe that those OG members, who looked like they were having so much fun in the video we saw, broke up. |
| At the time, I believed that we would not be like that, that we'd be able to perform together forever... |
| But when I actually talked with them, I've come to understand that there are a lot of circumstances that are out of our hands. |
| It made me realize that there's a possibility that we'll become like that too. |
| Izumi | --. |
| Tenma | I can't say that we'll continue performing together forever in the future. That kind of future may not exist. |
| But that is exactly why I want to cherish this play that we will perform together. |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun is right.) |
| (Because we know that there is no eternity, we want to perform each of the priceless and precious plays we have now with all our might.) |
| Tsuzuru | Our performance today will never come again. Today is also the only time we can take the stage with this feeling… |
| That's why getting scared is just a waste of time. I will totally regret it if I don't do my very best today, such that I won’t even be able to think about anything else. |
| I will certainly make Otomiya-san acknowledge me so that I can continue acting and writing scripts with this theater troupe! |
| Chikage | If we win against the OG members in this Showdown Act, that fact will become eternal. |
| Kumon | I will carry all of Summer Troupe's feelings and do my very best! |
| Masumi | I'll make your dad acknowledge me as the best son-in-law ever. |
| Izumi | But you're not his son-in-law, you know!? |
| Misumi | I'll show Father and Madoka the best performance ever! I'll let them know how wonderful all of my friends are! |
| Tenma | Alright, let's go to battle! |
| Tsuzuru | Yeaah! |
| Misumi | Yeaah! |
| Kumon | Yeaah! |
| Izumi | Have fun, guys! |
