Act 4/Episode 34

Act 4
Episode 34: With You, Whom I Want to Stand Next to

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Tasuku …*deep breath* Tasuku Tsumugi. Tsumugi ―― Tasuku Sorry I yelled at you earlier. Tsumugi Huh…? If it’s about the performance today, I’m the one at fault— Tasuku That’s not the only thing I want to apologize for. I’ve always regretted not saying anything to you after we auditioned for GOD-za. I’ve always wanted to do theatre with you too. Ever since that school arts festival— That’s why I asked you to take GOD-za’s enrolment exam with me. Tsumugi It can’t be helped that I failed the exam. There’s nothing you have to apologize for, Tasuku. Tasuku It’s not that. Let me tell you what I wasn’t able to say to you back then. Please hear me out. I’ve always liked your acting. You make delicate expressions that I can never do. Even when it comes to the miming you’re so good at, you endlessly take things seriously with a strict attitude. I felt proud to stand on stage with you. But at the same time, I was envious. I envied your acting, something that I can never imitate. Tsumugi You did? Tasuku And yet I wasn’t able to say those things honestly to you, even though you were always beside me. If I had told you, then you probably wouldn’t have quit theatre. I covered up my feelings of guilt by shifting them into anger towards you for quitting theatre… I’m sorry. Tsumugi Tasuku… Tasuku Just stay the way you are, and act. Act, in a way that I'd want to stand beside you. It’s not just me. I’m sure those guys are thinking the same thing. Tsumugi … Homare I wonder how Tsumugi-kun is doing. Hisoka …We’ll lose if we do it like that. Azuma I agree. But Tsumugi must have done that for a reason too… Izumi Let’s put our faith in him and wait. Tasuku Sorry for the wait. Tsumugi … Everyone, I’m sorry for doing something so selfish during today’s performance. I wanted to improve my acting; I felt like I needed to improve my acting – I got so flustered by those thoughts that I forgot the most important thing. I want to re-examine my own acting once more. Izumi Tsumugi-san… Homare I like your acting, Tsumugi-kun. You must take more pride in it. Azuma I agree. Tsumugi, rejecting your own acting also means rejecting everything about this play. Hisoka …Have confidence. Tsumugi Confidence, huh… That’s right. I was wrong. This play isn’t created just from my acting alone… Let’s improve it. Let’s improve our acting, in our own way— Tasuku Yeah. Homare Hm. Izumi Okay, let’s do some final adjustments for tomorrow’s performance! And let’s do it so that we won’t have any regrets! Tasuku GOD-za’s stage is way bigger than this. We should probably spread ourselves out more. Izumi Be careful so that you don’t go to the inside too much. Homare-san, I think that being here on this end of the stage will create a better mood! Tsumugi Director, watch out! Izumi !? Hisoka ―― …Be careful. Izumi T-thank you, Hisoka-san. Homare I couldn’t see your movements for a moment. Tasuku Are you a ninja? Anyway, we’re still at the Mankai theatre. The stage doesn’t extend that far, Director. Izumi I-I’m sorry…! I didn’t mean to! Tsumugi Please be careful. Homare We have wings, so it would be convenient if we could fly. Izumi That’s true! Tsumugi Please don’t be ridiculous. Tasuku There’d be no point in having a stage. Azuma Hehe. It’d be interesting if we could do it though. Hisoka …Let’s ask Yuki. Izumi I wonder if he’d be able to make a contraption like that though!? Tasuku …It might work if we use wires. Tsumugi Are you serious? Izumi Ahaha. It’ll be interesting if we use that kind of staging next time! Homare If we are to fly using wires, then why don’t we do a story about a butterfly next? I shall be a swallowtail butterfly. Hisoka …A wing series. Tasuku They’d call us the Wing Troupe. Hisoka …Heh. Izumi !! Homare Hisoka-kun laughed! Azuma It’s my first time seeing it. Tsumugi That’s true! Tasuku What did he even find funny? Azuma Wasn’t it the Wing Troupe? Tasuku So stupid. Homare The mysterious Hisoka-kun’s sense of humour is also mysterious! Izumi What an acceptably unacceptable explanation!? Hisoka Hehe. Azuma Ahaha. Tsumugi Ahaha. Homare Hahahah. Tasuku Haha… geez. Izumi Ahaha. (I didn’t think there would be a point where the Winter Troupe can laugh together like this.) (It took quite some time for them to open their hearts, but I’m really glad…) Tasuku …You’re still here? I was just thinking that you’re not back at the dorm yet. Tsumugi Somehow, I just don’t want to be apart from here. I always loved this mood, where it feels like the never-ending moments before a cultural festival. Tasuku A cultural festival, you say… We’re not kids. Tsumugi I also get sad when I think that I’ll be parting ways with Michael tomorrow. Tasuku Yeah… But we’ll be able to do new roles after this. Tsumugi But before that, we have to beat GOD-za first. Or else we’ll have to disband. Tasuku Now that you mention it… I have nowhere else to go if I have to leave this place. I gotta think of something. Tsumugi Even if that isn’t the case, I want to keep going with this Winter Troupe. With this Winter Troupe together with you, Taa-chan. Tasuku …Tsumu, stop calling me Taa-chan. Tsumugi You too, stop calling me Tsumu. Tasuku We’ll definitely win tomorrow. Tsumugi Yeah.
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