Act 1/Episode 3

Act 1
Episode 3: The Curry Legend・Prologue

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Manager Please eat up! Izumi Th-this is... Tsuzuru Food porn. The gross kind... Sakuya I-I think today’s meal is relatively good. Izumi You mean it’s usually worse!? Masumi I lost my appetite. Manager Don’t be shy! We have seconds! Tsuzuru Well, I’ll take a bite.... Izumi Y-yeah. It might taste surprisingly good. Here we go. Sakuya Ah, please be careful! Tsuzuru Guh—I give up. Izumi ——. Masumi Thanks for the meal. Manager Usui-kun, you haven’t even taken a single bite! Izumi (Th-this is no good. Food is the foundation of life—with meals like this, our troupe members are going to become fundamentally useless.) (What can I do with these ingredients...) *!* —I’ll make it into curry! Manager Eh? Izumi If it’s curry—I’m sure we can make use of this hopeless flavor as a kind of spice! Tsuzuru Are you sure? Manager Would you prefer curry? Well then, I’ll make—. Izumi I’ll do it! Masumi You can cook? Izumi As much as anyone else can. I’ll take care of meals from now on as well. Manager Oh no, I can’t have you take care of our meals as well, Director. You don’t need to worry about it; I can—. Tsuzuru Then I’ll switch with you once in a while. Sakuya Tsuzuru-kun, you can cook? That’s amazing. Tsuzuru My parents were busy with work, so I used to cook for my brothers. That’s why I can at least make fried rice. But how are you going to re-make this mass? Izumi If it’s curry... I’m sure curry can do something about this. Give me some time. Izumi Thanks for waiting. It’s done. Tsuzuru Are you sure this is okay? Izumi The flavor is perfect. Masumi I’ll eat anything you cook. Sakuya It smells delicious. Manager Which curry roux did you use? Izumi ...Roux? Could you possibly be speaking of the roux that they sell in stores, where the spices and flavor are all prepackaged? Manager Eh? Well, yes... Izumi I’d never use something like that. It’s a heresy. A mark of indolence. A sacrilege against curry. Manager Eeh!? Then how did you make this? Izumi Thank you for asking. First off, the spice is... Masumi Thank you for the meal. Tsuzuru It was good. Manager H-huh!? You two already finished eating!? Sakuya When did you start eating!? Tsuzuru The spice lecture was too long. It tasted good, though. Manager Then I’ll eat too! Sakuya Itadakimasu! Manager Th-this is...! Sakuya It’s delicious! I’ve never eaten such delicious curry! Manager Me neither. Izumi Of course. How much time and effort do you think I put into achieving this balance? First of all... Manager Time for seconds... Tsuzuru Manager, do we have pickled shallots? Sakuya I want seconds too! Izumi Listen to people when they talk! Manager Thank you for the meal. Sakuya Thank you for the meal. It was delicious! Tsuzuru Thanks. Masumi I want to eat it every day. Izumi Really? I have enough variety for 365 days of curry. Tsuzuru Th-that’s a bit... Sakuya You know, it’s nice eating with everyone like this. Izumi You’re right. It’s lively and fun. Manager It reminds me of how the troupe was in the past. Ah, that’s right. I have a video of the Original Spring Troupe’s performance; let’s all watch it together? Izumi That sounds good. I’ll go make some coffee then. Sakuya Then I’ll help! Masumi Then I’ll watch you pour the coffee. Tsuzuru You’re just gonna watch!? Izumi (So this is the Original Spring Troupe...) Sakuya Incredible... Izumi Yeah. The whole audience is giving them a standing ovation. Sakuya I didn’t know MANKAI Company was such an amazing troupe. Manager The Spring Troupe had the most traditional-style programs, so it was the most popular of the four troupes. Tsuzuru Romeo and Juliet is an overused motif, but this felt new. Manager Originally we’d decided that it wasn’t a motif suited for the Spring Troupe’s image, and that it’d be better to use it for a different troupe... ...But our scriptwriter absolutely insisted that we go with this. He wouldn’t budge. So he arranged it to fit the Spring Troupe’s image, and it turned out to be a huge success. Tsuzuru I see... Sakuya I wonder if we can be like them one day. Tsuzuru That’s a high bar. Izumi We will. Let’s do this. (I won’t let this troupe—which put on such an amazing show—be crushed.) (I need to put on a show that will live up to the stage that father built....!) Manager Let’s do this! Sakuya Yes! Tsuzuru Well, guess that’s our only option. Izumi Practice begins tomorrow. Let’s meet at the lesson room at 7. Tsuzuru Seriously? That’s as early as my part-time job at the bakery... Sakuya Understood! Masumi Come wake me up. Izumi I’m not spoiling you! Go to bed early today so you’re ready for tomorrow!
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