| Sakuya | “Who are you, sir?” |
| Chikage | “My name is Oswa—Oz.” |
| Sakuya | “Sir Oz... The great wizard Oz!” |
| Chikage | “Wizard?” |
| Sakuya | “You were using magic to fly through the air just moments ago!” |
| Chikage | “Oh, that’s—.” |
| “...No, wait. I can go along with this.” |
| “I am the Great Wizard Oz.” |
| Izumi | (The aloof personality of the charlatan Oswald really suits Chikage-san; the role was written for him, after all.) |
| (He also enunciates his lines clearly.) |
| (If you just listen to his articulation, he’s as good as the other troupe members... no, he’s even better than them.) |
| (But... the climax, where he has to express intense emotion...) |
| Chikage | “...Then I’ll grant you the magic of lightning.” |
| “If you shout “thunder” and swing your arm, lightning will strike your opponent.” |
| Sakuya | “Thun—” |
| Chikage | “You fool! Don’t say it now.” |
| Sakuya | “I-I apologize! Then I’ll be off!” |
| Chikage | “I’ll use this chance to escape....” |
| “—Hey, wait.” |
| Sakuya | “Yes?” |
| Chikage | “Are you really going to go?” |
| Sakuya | “Yes!” |
| Chikage | “....” |
| “...What an idiot.” |
| Izumi | (The scene where Oswald sends Rick to the Wizard of the West and tries to make his escape; this is where his heart should be swayed...) |
| Chikage | “Now that that hindrance is gone, all that’s left is for me to escape in my balloon. I had a pleasant time, but I don’t want to get dragged into more trouble.” |
| “....” |
| “I wonder what happened to him.” |
| Izumi | Chikage-san, please express a little more concern for Rick here. |
| Chikage | Okay. I’ll give it a shot. |
| “I wonder what happened to him.” |
| Izumi | Try pausing a little longer; you should sound like you truly care for him. |
| Chikage | “...I wonder what happened to him.” |
| Izumi | (Hmm....) |
| Chikage | Was that no good? |
| Izumi | No, let’s keep going for now. |
| (Just as I thought, he isn’t very good at expressing emotion... It ends up sounding disingenuous.) |
| (I guess we can’t do anything about this for now... It’s his first time acting, after all; I’m amazed he’s as good as he is.) |
| (I hope he’ll improve with practice, but...) |
| (I wonder if we’ll be okay... Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Chikage-san express much emotion.) |
| |
| Izumi | Okay, that’s it for today. |
| Sakuya | Nice work! |
| Tsuzuru | Nice work. |
| Masumi | Nice work. |
| Izumi | Chikage-san, could you stay behind for a bit? |
| Chikage | Sure. |
| Citron | I’ll be leaving first~! |
| Itaru | Later~. |
| *Door closes* |
| Chikage | ...What is it? |
| Izumi | Chikage-san, is it hard for you to express intense emotion, like speaking in a loud voice? |
| I remember an actor from an old workshop who had that kind of problem, so I was wondering if you were the same. |
| Chikage | .... |
| Izumi | If it seems too difficult for you, we can ask Tsuzuru-kun to change the lines at the end of the play—... |
| Chikage | No, this is fine. |
| Izumi | (I feel like Chikage-san’s attitude is different when we’re talking one-on-one. Is it because he hates women...?) |
| Chikage | Can I go now? |
| Izumi | Ah, please wait. |
| (But I need to talk to him as the director.) |
| Do you have any specific issues with the emotional scenes? Like, are my instructions difficult to understand? |
| Chikage | ...If I have to comment, then I don’t really understand why Oswald is concerned for Rick. |
| Izumi | Then let’s spend a little more time trying to understand. |
| Chikage | Got it. I’ll think about it. |
| Izumi | We can hold a meeting and talk it over with everyone. It might help you understand things better than thinking about it alone. |
| Chikage | No need. Let me go back to my room. |
| Izumi | Ah, Chikage-san—. |
 |
| Izumi | ? |
| (He dropped something. A vial...?) |
| Chikage-san, this... |
| Chikage | Don’t touch that! |
| Izumi | ——. |
| Chikage | .... |
| Izumi | U-um—. |
| Chikage | I wouldn’t have forgiven you if you did. |
| Izumi | ——. |
| (I just tried to pick it up... Was it that important to him?) |
| (Actually, I didn’t know he could yell that loudly...) |
| Chikage | I’m going to warn you now. Don’t get too close to me—. |
| *Door opens* |
| Sakuya | Excuse me! |
| Izumi | Sakuya-kun? |
| Sakuya | Are you done talking? |
| Izumi | Ah, not yet—. |
| Chikage | We’re done. Is something wrong? |
| Sakuya | We haven’t had our coin toss battle today! |
| Chikage | Haha, I can always count on you to remind me, Sakuya. |
| Izumi | (What a difference from his cold tone just moments ago...! He has two completely different sides.) |
| (But if he hates women, that means he’s only going to be cold towards me, right? I don’t want to make a big deal out of it, so I’ll keep quiet about this to everyone else...) |
