Sakuya Are you in your room right now? |
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Sakuya Spring Troupe is all done with our messages, so I’ll bring the notebook over to your room! |
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| Sakuya | Here you go. It’s Summer Troupe’s turn. |
| Tenma | So everyone in Spring is done already—huh, what’s with this weirdly dark first page. |
| Sakuya | That page is filled with Masumi-kun’s deep feelings... |
| Yuki | Deep? You mean overwhelming. |
| Tenma | Citron wrote with a brush... he’s pretty good. Though what he’s saying is a mystery. |
| Yuki | Their personalities are already exploding through. |
| Sakuya | We all wrote whatever we wanted, so the Summer Troupe should also write freely. Well then, see you. |
| Tenma | Yeah, got it. |
| *Door closes* |
| Tenma | .... |
| Yuki | At this rate, your page is going to get passed over, Useless Actor. |
| Tenma | Like hell it will! |
| Yuki | But you don’t have this kind of skill. |
| Tenma | A-a true star never gets passed over, be it on stage or in a message book! |
| Yuki | What’s up with that logic? Well, whatever. |
| Tenma | Kuh.... |
| Yuki | Hurry up and write. |
| Tenma | I know! |
| (Man, he has to comment on everything. I can finish this in no time—.) |
| .... |
| (...I’m still not sure what to write.) |
| (One year, huh... Practicing and living with the same people for this long—I’ve never had an experience like this in any of my jobs.) |
| (The more time we spent together, the more colorful my relationships became, and that in turn improved my acting.) |
| (I only joined to overcome my trauma at first. I didn’t think I’d gain so much.) |
| (The huge mess-up during our first performance’s dress rehearsal... I thought I was going to fail again, and I got scared.) |
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| Izumi | “It doesn’t make you a coward; it means you have a really professional attitude.” |
| Tenma | “——.” |
| Izumi | “I think you’re an incredible actor for thinking of your acting this way. There’s no need to draw back.” |
| Tenma | “...But I still want to overcome this fear, no matter what.” |
| Izumi | “Your acting might not be completely perfect the way you want it to be. But you can still make it the best.” |
| Tenma | “...What does that mean?” |
| Izumi | “I’m sure you’ll understand if you stand on stage.” |
| “Tenma-kun, you can definitely overcome your fear. Let’s all overcome it together.” |
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| Tenma | (I changed thanks to those words... Thanks to Director, I realized that I wasn’t standing on stage alone.) |
| (I have the best teammates. When I thought of it like that, I stopped being afraid of the stage.) |
| (I saw the most amazing scene during our final performance thanks to Director and my teammates.) |
| (Well, they’re loud, and can be cheeky at times, but—no, they’re like that most of the time.) |
| .... |
| Yuki | ...What? |
| Tenma | Nothing. |
| Yuki | Are you done? |
| Tenma | A-almost. |
| Yuki | Hey, it looks like you’ve barely written anything. |
| Tenma | ——. |
| “You can leave the company to me, your representative actor, for our second year too.” |
| There we go, I’m done! It’s your turn now. |
| Yuki | ...You spent all that time and this is all you’ve written? It’ll get passed over for sure. |
| Tenma | N-no it won’t!! My personality shines through in this message! |
| Yuki | Well, your attitude sure does. |
| Tenma | Wha—! |
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| Yuki | Now... |
| Tenma | ...What’s that. |
| Yuki | It’ll be boring if all the pages are black and white. I thought I’d decorate mine with colored pens and stickers. |
| Tenma | Wha... that’s not fair! Why are you the only one who gets to do that! |
| Yuki | What? |
| Tenma | I’m gonna use them too! |
| Yuki | ...I mean, sure. |
| Tenma | You should’ve told me earlier that you had such nice tools. Which sticker will stand out the most... |
| Yuki | (Useless Actor is choosing his stickers so seriously—what a weird scene....) |
| (I’ve been collecting stickers since elementary school, so I have a lot.) |
| (If I took these out in class, people would’ve made fun of me, but...) |
| (Nobody in this troupe looks at me strangely. Well, a lot of these guys are weirder than me.) |
| (I mean, I’m used to being made fun of, but it’s easier to just be accepted for who you are.) |
| (When I was first invited to the troupe, I wasn’t really interested in performing, but...) |
| (I wonder when I got so into acting?) |
| (Making costumes is fun, but I also came to love standing on stage as an actor.) |
| (Before I knew it, making costumes and acting had become equally important, and I couldn’t give up on one or the other.) |
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| Yuki | “Up till now, I never lost to anyone when it came to making clothes; I never intended to lose.” |
| “I didn’t care what people said to me because I was confident in my own clothes.” |
| “They’re my important source of pride. But—.” |
| “I don’t want to step down from this stage. I want to see it through to the end. The stage is just as important to me as making clothes.” |
| “I don’t want to give up on either the costumes or my acting.” |
| Kazunari | “Yukki...” |
| Yuki | “...Help.” |
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| Yuki | (I feel comfortable in this troupe, and I’m really grateful that I get to do what I love the way I want.) |
| (It’d be a lie to say I wasn’t having fun. My teammates aren’t so bad either.) |
| .... |
| Tenma | Wh-what? Look at this! It won’t get passed over now! |
| Yuki | You just put them wherever... you have the design sense of a preschool kid. |
| Tenma | What!? |
| Yuki | (I guess I’m grateful to Director for inviting me to join this troupe... And, well, to this Useless Actor as well.) |
