Fire up, Mantou Fist!/Episode 1

Fire up, Mantou Fist!
Episode 1

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Kumon Ah, Kazu-san, you went to the new tonkotsu ramen place by the station? How was it? Kazunari It was seriously awesome! I wrote it in my review, but their thick broth was the best in this area. Banri Huh. Guess I’ll check it out next time. Izumi Kumon-kun, your ramen-map is filling up pretty steadily. Kumon We have a quota, after all! Juza I feel like I’m eating ramen every day lately. Azami Me too.... Muku Reading everyone’s reviews makes me want to eat ramen too, you know~. Omi It’s fun going out to eat eccentric ramen that I usually wouldn’t try. Kumon I guess this is the only area that still needs reviews~. Yuki Ah, that’s close to where I used to live. Omi So you didn’t always live where you do now? Yuki Yup. We moved here when I was little because of my father’s work—. *Door opens* Sakyo Oi, is Autumn Troupe here? Taichi Ah, Sakyo-nii! What kind of ramen do you like, Sakyo-nii? Sakyo Aah? Who cares about ramen flavors? I guess if I had to choose it’d be shio ramen—simple and light. Azami Must be because of your age. Banri Heavier menus are hard on the stomach, after all. Sakyo Don’t go treating me like an old man. Izumi More importantly, is Autumn Troupe meeting? Sakyo Yeah. Let’s start the meeting. I gathered questionnaire responses from our last performance, so take a look. We’re going to use these to decide what to do for Autumn Troupe’s Fifth Performance. Taichi So many questionnaires~. Izumi I’m glad it looks like the play was generally well-received. Omi A lot of people said the action scenes left a huge impression. Izumi Autumn Troupe’s image is all about action, after all. Juza And a heavy worldview, huh. Sakyo Yeah. But focusing too much on that worldview narrows our potential. Taichi It’d be nice to put on a play with a different kind of outlook once in a while~. Izumi Good point. Why don’t we break out of our shell and go with something new for the fifth performance? Banri But how? Give me an example. Juza We could all crossdress? Banri I can’t believe you still haven’t gotten sick of that. Juza Shut up. I’ll do better than last time. Banri In some sense, you’re really optimistic. Izumi Or we could include a more romantic air? Omi A romantic Autumn Troupe, huh.... Taichi I can’t really picture it...! Azami What about a comedy style? Sakyo Oh, yeah. That sounds like something Autumn Troupe’s members can handle. Izumi Comedy! That sounds good! It’s a good match with action, too. Juza Watching Summer Troupe’s plays makes me think that comedy’s unique pacing would be good practice for us. Omi Might be some good new ground for Autumn Troupe. Izumi Then let’s get Tsuzuru-kun right away and get this idea underway! Tsuzuru An Autumn Troupe comedy, huh~. Sounds like an interesting change from the usual. Izumi We just need to figure out the specifics of our performance.... Banri We should take this opportunity to put on a new kind of worldview that we haven’t tried before. Izumi One that we haven’t tried before.... Taichi Ah! You know how ramen has been popular in the troupe lately? Why don’t we follow that theme and do something Chinese-style!? Izumi Sounds good! With a Chinese-style setting, kung-fu will be perfect for action. Tsuzuru Kung-fu sounds good. And perfect for comedy, too. I’ll try to put together a plot right away. Sakyo We should decide on a lead, too. I think we should give the role to someone who has yet to play the lead so he can get more experience. What do you think? Izumi I think that’s good. Tsuzuru Someone who has yet to play the lead? So—. Omi Juza or Taichi. Banri There’s no way this guy can play the lead of a comedy. Juza The hell? Izumi (H-hmm, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible, but it’d probably take Juza-kun a lot of time to ease into the tempo of a comedy play....) Sakyo Hyodo, what do you think? Juza ...It pisses me off letting things go Settsu’s way, but I think this theme suits Taichi more than me. Taichi Eh, eeh!? Me!? Juza-san is better for the lead—. Izumi You’re right. Kung-fu action has a bright image; I think it’s perfect for Taichi-kun. Tsuzuru We can give it a light atmosphere, something different from all the heavy plays we’ve done. Omi Sounds good to me. Azami Same here. Sakyo Then it’s decided. Taichi Eh? Eh? Really? I’m... the lead?
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