| Izumi | ——Okay, let’s stop there. |
| We’ll finish up practice here for today. It’s about time we start discussing your fifth performance! |
| Homare | The time has come at last. |
| Azuma | It’s already our fifth performance, huh. |
| Tsumugi | Time sure flies. |
| Izumi | It’s the theater troupe’s 20th performance in total. We’ve accumulated this many before I even realized it. |
| Tasuku | Autumn Troupe went with a brand new concept and showed us something different; I think it’s about time we try out a new Winter Troupe too. |
| Izumi | That’s true. Winter Troupe has had a lot of calm and mellow performances, so we should go with something with a slightly different feel. |
| Tsumugi | We also have Guy-san in our troupe now too. |
| Guy | I wish I could do something to help as well. |
| Azuma | Something different, huh... |
| Hisoka | Zzz... |
| Tasuku | Wake up, Mikage. |
| Izumi | Hmm... |
| Homare | I would love to try playing the lead role in a circus-themed performance. |
| Tsumugi | A circus, huh? That’s something new. |
| Izumi | It’s a theme we haven’t done before; I think it’s a good idea. |
| Homare | First, I shall be the ringmaster—— |
| Then Tasuku-kun shall be the lion, Guy-san the bear, Tsumugi-kun the elephant, Hisoka-kun the monkey, and Azuma-san the parrot. I shall train them and put on a show. |
| Tsumugi | S-so, animal roles, huh. |
| Izumi | E-erm, that’s certainly new... |
| Guy | A bear, huh... That sounds quite difficult. |
| Azuma | Fufu, sounds interesting. |
| Hisoka | ...No way. |
| Homare | Since when have you been awake, Hisoka-kun? |
| Tasuku | I also refuse. |
| Homare | You’re unhappy with being a lion? In that case, a tiger would also—— |
| Tasuku | That’s not the point. |
| Homare | Hm... then you leave me no choice. I shall step down this time. |
| Izumi | Nonetheless, we’re not getting any other ideas. |
| Azuma | Why don’t we decide who’s going to play the lead role first? |
| Tsumugi | I think that’s a good idea. |
| Izumi | Then in that case, the ones who played the lead in Spring Troupe, Summer Troupe, and Autumn Troupe were those who hadn’t done it before. So why don’t we do the same for Winter Troupe? |
| Homare | The ones who have yet to play the lead... |
| Tsumugi | So either Tasuku or Hisoka-kun. |
| Hisoka | Zzz... |
| Tasuku | He’s asleep again? |
| Izumi | Hisoka-san, wake up. |
| Homare | Hm, I’ve run out of marshmallows. |
| Azuma | With this, he probably won’t wake up for a while. |
| Guy | Which leaves us with one person. |
| Izumi | Can I ask you to do it, Tasuku-san? |
| Tasuku | Yeah. I’ll give it my all. |
| Izumi | I’m looking forward to working with you! |
| (Tasuku-san is more than skilled enough and has had plenty of leadership experience in GOD-za, so there’s nothing to worry about.) |
| Tsumugi | Good luck, Tasuku. |
| Azuma | Tasuku would be a reliable leader. |
| Homare | It can’t be helped. I shall give up the ringmaster’s seat to you. |
| Tasuku | No thanks. |
| Izumi | We’ll decide on concrete details of the performance next time! That’s it for today—— |
| *ding dong* |
| Tsumugi | Hm? Looks like someone’s at the door. |
| |
| Izumi | Coming! |
| Courier | I have a delivery. There are four parcels so please stamp here. |
| Izumi | Thank you for your hard work. |
| Courier | Thank you very much. |
| Azuma | That’s a lot of cardboard boxes. |
| Tsumugi | Is it from your family again, Homare-san? |
| Homare | Hm, I’ve no idea... |
| Guy | It looks like they’re all addressed to Takato. |
| Tasuku | ——Me? |
| *phone rings* |
| Tsumugi | Tasuku, your phone’s ringing. |
| Tasuku | ——Hello. |
| ——Yeah. Yeah. No, nothing new. ——I see. Yeah. No, it hasn’t been decided. |
| ——So, why did you call? ——Yeah, they just got here. |
| What? ...No, sorry about that. ——Yeah, okay. |
| ——I get it already. I’m hanging up. |
| Phew... |
| Guy | Should we bring these packages to your room? |
| Tasuku | No, I’ll take care of them now. |
| Tsumugi | Is it from your family? |
| Tasuku | Yeah, from my brother. The storage room at my house is to be demolished for a while now, so he’s been telling me to clean up and put away my scripts and props and stuff. |
| I haven’t had the time so I’ve been putting it off, and now it looks like he’s sent me half of my things. |
| Azuma | Just half? |
| Tasuku | Apparently if I don’t clean up, he’ll send me the other half. |
| Azuma | Fufu, I see. |
| Izumi | So these are your old scripts and props you used in the past? I wonder if there’s anything we can use. |
| Tsumugi | I’m interested in the scripts. |
| Homare | I would also love to see them. |
| Tasuku | There’s nothing interesting. |
| Izumi | They might give us hints for your next performance. |
| Tasuku | ...You can look for just a bit. |
| Izumi | (Tasuku-san is okay with pretty much anything as long as you tell him it’s for the performance.) |
| Azuma | When you tell him it’s for the performance, Tasuku agrees to pretty much anything. |
| Tsumugi | We were all thinking the same thing. |
| Azuma | Fufu. |
| Tasuku | You guys... Do you want to take a look or not? |
| Izumi | We’ll take a look! |
| Guy | I’ll help you open them. |
| Izumi | Wah~ Amazing. These are all DVDs. |
| Tsumugi | DVDs of Tasuku’s performances? |
| Tasuku | Yeah. These ones here are the ones I starred in. |
| Azuma | You’ve starred in so many. |
| Tasuku | It just adds up if you include my minor roles too. |
| Hisoka | ...A prince. |
| Izumi | ? |
| Homare | When did you open that, Hisoka-kun? |
| Izumi | What’s in that one? |
| Hisoka | Sparkly... |
| Homare | Mhm. The packaging is certainly dazzling. |
| Tsumugi | It looks like a DVD of a GOD-za performance. |
| Izumi | Wow! Tasuku-san is sparkling in the cover! |
| Guy | He looks completely different. |
| Tasuku | —— |
| Azuma | But even from way back, he’s always had a lot of scribbled notes on his script. |
| Tasuku | Yes, I guess so. |
| Azuma | ...Hm? |
| Izumi | Ah, a letter fell. |
| Tsumugi | It looks like it had been inserted between the pages of the script. |
| Tasuku | That’s—— |
| Homare | Perhaps it’s a fan letter? |
| Tasuku | No, it’s an answer I received for a questionnaire, from when I played the lead role in GOD-za for the first time. So that’s where it was... |
| Tsumugi | It’s unusual for you to hold on to it like that. |
| Izumi | You must have some emotional attachment to it. |
| Homare | A very emotional comment must be written on it. I would love to read it. |
| Tasuku | I refuse. |
| Izumi | It’s for your next performance—— |
| Tasuku | I’m not falling for that. |
| Azuma | Oh, that’s too bad. |
