| Tsuzuru | "That's a nice weapon you have there. Give it to me." |
| Tenma | "Who are you?" |
| Tsuzuru | "I'm Benkei Musashibo. Now, let's have a fair fight--!" |
| Tenma | "Hyaa!" |
| *attacks* |
| Tsuzuru | "Take this!" |
| *counter-attacks* |
| Izumi | (For this play, Tenma-kun will play the lead role, Minamoto Yoshitsune a.k.a. Kurou, while Tsuzuru-kun takes on the co-lead role, Benkei…) |
| (Based on Yoshitsune's life, the story focuses on how the bond between Kurou and his retainer Benkei started to develop.) |
| Tenma | "Say, will you come with me? Let's go out and see a wider world, not just this narrow bridge. I'll make your name known in the nation." |
| Tsuzuru | "Interesting. I'm in." |
| Tenma | "...*snores*" |
| Tsuzuru | "Hey, why are you sleeping out of nowhere? And you reek of alcohol!" |
| Izumi | (I heard Tenma-kun asked Tsuzuru-kun to put a lot of gags and action in the script since he wants to take revenge against Hiro-san.) |
| (Because of that, it's necessary to have continuous, fairly heavy fighting scenes in the play. But…) |
| (I'm not sure whether it's because Tenma-kun has gotten over his issues, but his performance feels really good. He's committing to this play with a beginner's heart, as if this will be his first time taking the stage.) |
| (Even when he's facing a problem over his acting approach, he seems to be having fun.) |
| Tenma | I feel like it'll be better to speed up the tempo in this scene. I want to create a tense atmosphere. |
| Tsuzuru | Got it. |
| Izumi | (Not only his own acting, but he also makes sure not to forget to give attention to the others. He's truly a reliable leader!) |
| (As for Tsuzuru-kun, after being encouraged by everyone, it's been decided that he'll take on the co-lead role in order to give Syu-san a performance that will leave an impact on him…) |
| Tenma | "*snores*..." |
| Tsuzuru | "Hey, don't fall asleep again! Do it after we run away!" |
| Tenma | "...Nngg? Eeek, w-where is this place!?" |
| Tsuzuru | "Don't ask any questions! Just run!" |
| Izumi | (He can express Benkei's surprisingly caring side and act as the straight man[1] well.) |
| (And with him being taller than Tenma-kun, they give off such a nice vibe when they stand side by side.[2]) |
| Tenma | "Minamoto no Yoshitsune--I rushed here when I heard you were raising an army." |
| Chikage | "I'm glad you came, Kurou. Let's do our best to restore the Minamoto clan together." |
| Tenma | "Hyaa!" |
| Chikage | "It's a sheer pleasure to see the brothers who have been separated in this way. I see you have endured the hard times well." |
| Izumi | (Chikage-san plays the last boss, Kurou's older brother Yoritomo.) |
| (This role truly suits him perfectly. Both his aura and infinite darkness are flawless.) |
| (But I'm a little bit worried about them…) |
| Misumi | "I can't believe we were made to follow Kurou-dono." |
| Masumi | "He seems competent, though." |
| Misumi | "But he looks like a completely different person at times. Our Lord seems to be overrating him…" |
| Izumi | (Misumi-kun and Masumi-kun are playing the brothers Tsugunobu and Tadanobu respectively. Since they're about the same height, they look good together appearance-wise. But…) |
| (Even though both of them play the characters well, they don't give off a sibling vibe.) |
| (And then…) |
| Kumon | "Are they your guests, Father?" |
| "Greetings. My name is Yasuhira." |
| Izumi | (Kumon-kun plays Yasuhira, the next head of the Fujiwara clan which gave Kurou a place to stay.) |
| (He should have the knowledge and experience after taking the role of the Young Lord in our Shinobi play, but…) |
| (This time around, he has to do a serious scene where Kurou is driven into a corner, thus he's struggling to get into the role since it's different from the usual Summer Troupe plays.) |
| Tenma | Yasuhira is not a mere child. He should have a strict upbringing as the next head of the Fujiwara clan. |
| Pay more attention to your small gestures. |
| Kumon | O-Okay! Got it! |
| Izumi | (There should be no problem since Tenma-kun is giving him advice…) |
| (Given that all of them do not want to lose to the first-gen members at all cost, the amount of heat in this practice room is high.) |
| (I can't wait to see how this will turn out!) |
| *phone rings* |
| (Ah, it's from Kamikizaka-san…) |
| (I know we have reconciled, though I still can't help but feel a little bit nervous…) |
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| Hello, Tachibana here. |
| Reni | "It's me, Kamikizaka. Do you have a moment now?" |
| Izumi | Yes. |
| Reni | "How are the preparations over there?" |
| Izumi | Tsuzuru-kun has finished writing the script, so we have started practicing now. |
| Reni | "I see. We're going to start rehearsing too, then." |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| Reni | "You know that we already have the completed script in our hands, so we decided to wait until you finished yours before we start rehearsing." |
| Izumi | Oh, really… |
| Reni | "Then--I'm going to go meet your father." |
| Izumi | --. |
| Reni | "Just like what we talked about with Kashima, I'll ask him about the production plan before we start rehearsing." |
| "Do you have anything to say to him?" |
| Izumi | (Something I want to tell Dad…) |
| (There's a lot, like why he never tells me anything, how he is doing now, and about the theater troupe…) |
| (There are so many things I wanna tell him that I can't summarize.) |
| (...However, right now he's my rival in the Showdown Act.) |
| First, please tell him I absolutely won't lose to him! |
| Reni | "...Pfft." |
| Izumi | --Then, please tell him that I've got a lot of things to talk about once this battle is over. |
| (I feel like I can tell him about the newborn MANKAI Company's journey for days.) |
| (Then, I'd like to ask him about the first-gen MANKAI Company. Compared to before, I think I can talk about a lot of things with him now. Like about acting--.) |
| Reni | "I'll pass that on for sure." |
| Izumi | Please, and thank you. |
