Act 4/Episode 22

Act 4
Episode 22: Regarding Love・Winter

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Yuzo …Hmm. Izumi W-what do you think? (I had Yuzo-san watch at an earlier stage than the usual, but I wonder if that was the right decision…) Yuzo They’re the most ready out of all the troupes. I don’t see any problems as long as you work out some minor details. Izumi Really? Great! (As I thought, it was for the best that I had him check up on the Winter Troupe earlier.) Yuzo —However. Izumi !? Yuzo Hey, leader. Have you gone drinking with the rest of the members yet? Tsumugi Huh? No… Yuzo I can still feel some distance between you guys. That type of thing shows in a performance after all. Tsumugi … Izumi (I thought they’ve gotten considerably closer, but I guess they really haven’t fully solved that problem yet.) Tsumugi Um… Why don’t we go drinking tonight? Tasuku Let’s do that. Homare That is fine with me. Hisoka …I’ll go. Azuma I know a great place. I’ll make a reservation there. Tsumugi Director, you can also join us if you like. Izumi With pleasure! Izumi As one would expect, Azuma-san knows a place like this. Tsumugi I’ve never gone to a bar like this before. Homare It is a bar that displays excellent taste. Azuma It operates as a café during the day too. It’s a quiet place where you can relax, so I thought it’s the perfect spot to talk about all sorts of things. Izumi Now then, why don’t we get things going and have a toast! Tasuku To what? Izumi Let’s celebrate Azuma-san staying in the dorm once more— Azuma We’re celebrating that? Tsumugi Now now, isn’t it fine? Izumi Cheers! Tsumugi Cheers. Tasuku Cheers. Hisoka …*gulp gulp* Azuma Hisoka can surprisingly drink. Izumi Come to think of it, Yuzo-san coming in to check things today turned out well. He’s not usually that nice. Tsumugi Is that so? Izumi He’s straight to the point and he’s always slicing people in half one by one with a Japanese sword after all! Tasuku Oh? He was meticulous though. Tsumugi Yeah. I really learned a lot. Izumi The Winter Troupe got ready fast. Azuma We have two reliable experts after all. Hisoka could’ve been an experienced actor too. Tsumugi You two are also cut out for acting, Azuma-san and Homare-san. You must be suited for being on stage. Tasuku That’s true. For someone who’s inexperienced, you improved quickly. Izumi But our goal right now is to beat God Seat, so the level we need to aim for is as high as Mount Everest. Tsumugi You’re right. And for that reason, we need to shorten the distance between us members. Homare Hm… Although, how should we do that? Tsumugi Why don’t we talk about private matters? Tasuku There’s nothing to talk about after all this time. Tsumugi Between you and me, yes. But there are things we don’t know about everyone else. Tasuku What did you mean by private matters? For example? Tsumugi Hmm… Azuma Like our love life? Tsumugi Come to think of it, at the leader meeting, the other troupes said that they talked about love… Homare Love, huh… Hisoka …Seconds please. Izumi Hisoka-san, you sure are chugging it down!? Tasuku Who’s going to talk first? Tsumugi Umm, let’s start from the Director. Izumi Me!? Azuma I’m certainly curious. Any talks about marriage? Izumi What!? No, nothing at all about marriage… Never mind marriage, my head is already full from theater alone. Tsumugi Have you dated anyone before? Izumi I have. We were colleagues from the same theater group, and somehow it just didn’t work out. Azuma It’s in past tense. Izumi I’m devoted to Mankai Company now! Tasuku I see. Izumi Okay, next up is Tsumugi-san! Tsumugi We’re nominating people now? Izumi I shared so it’s just as well! Tsumugi I guess so. When I once distanced myself from theater and was job hunting, I went out with a girl for the first time. Tasuku What!? Tsumugi Huh? I never told you? Tasuku Well, we lost contact for a while. Never mind that, you never had a girlfriend until then? Tsumugi I didn’t. You know that I’m not popular. Tasuku It’s you after all, so I thought you just hid it well. Izumi So it’s a new piece of information that even Tasuku-san didn’t know. How many years were you together? Tsumugi One year… I decided that I wanted to do theater again, so I told her that I couldn’t be with her in the same way as it had been until then. So we broke up. Hisoka ...So easily. Tsumugi Right… It’s not like we broke up because we came to dislike each other, so she was understanding about it. Okay, next up is Tasuku. Tasuku Me… I’ve had 3 relationships so far. They each lasted long in their own way, and I think they were good relationships. Tsumugi Tasuku sure is popular. Both with women and men. Izumi Even with men!? Tasuku It’s not that I’m popular, they’re just guys that tell me they’re my fans. Tsumugi Whenever we perform, Tasuku is the only one who receives lots of gifts so he always has lots of stuff to carry. Tasuku It’s because you don’t help me carry stuff at all, saying that it’s the price of fame. Tsumugi Everyone got those gifts just for you, so you have to take responsibility for them. Azuma Popular people have it rough too. Tasuku Next up is… Mikage. Hisoka …I don’t remember. Izumi Right. Tasuku Then just tell us your thoughts about love. Tsumugi Like your type. Hisoka …An independent person. Tasuku Ohh. So does that mean you prefer mature partners? Hisoka …I don’t want them clingy. Azuma I kind of get what you mean! Izumi Who should go next? Hisoka …Azuma. Azuma Me? As for me… There’s quite a few people I’m not sure whether I can call lovers, so it’s difficult. Izumi Huh? That means… Azuma Oh, you know… There are relationships where you only do xxx and xxx, and relationships where you’re satisfied with just doing xxx, right? Izumi !! Tasuku Azuma-san, you can stop there… Tsumugi Please restrain yourself. Azuma Huh? Was that not allowed? Tsumugi Last up is Homare-san. Homare …I have nothing. Izumi Huh? Homare I have nothing to share. Tasuku You mean you don’t have any experience with romance? Tsumugi In that case, you can talk about your type and such. Homare …I have none. Izumi What!? No thoughts about love either? Homare None. Izumi (That’s surprising. He seems like the type to get the most excited to talk during times like this.) Azuma Oh? Homare, could it be that you have a hidden feti… Tasuku Okay, stop right there. Homare I’ve got it! Izumi ? Homare A piercing eyeliner, a sniper that shoots through me… A dangerous fragrance, scandalous sunglasses! Izumi What does that mean!? Azuma Creative as always. Tasuku I don’t get it. Homare Poems are things you feel, not think about. Tsumugi Now now, our objective today is to get to know each other, so please enlighten us. Homare It cannot be helped… Lately, it feels like someone is watching me with a piercing gaze. When I am at the dorm and when I am outside. Izumi Watching you!? Azuma Come to think of it… I’ve been feeling it too. Tsumugi Now that you mention it, the other day I also had a feeling I was being followed. Izumi Everyone else too!? Tsumugi I wonder why. Azuma I wonder if we’re being observed. Tasuku All of us? What for? Azuma That, or it’s a ghost… Izumi P-please cut that out! Tasuku There might be a ghost in the Seven Mysteries. Let’s ask. Tsumugi I hope it’s not harmful, but we should probably be a bit more careful. Izumi It’s gotten really late. Tsumugi I had fun though. Homare That bar was also excellent. Azuma Let’s go there again sometime. Tasuku Yeah. Hisoka … Izumi Hisoka-san? What’s wrong? Hisoka … Izumi Is there something over there? Azuma Maybe, a ghost… Izumi Enough of that! Hisoka …It’s nothing. Probably a dog.
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