| Izumi | (The first person to film for Winter Troupe’s commemorative video is Tsumugi-san. I wonder if he’s in his room.) |
| Excuse me. I’ve come to film for the commemorative video. |
| Tsumugi | Thank you for your hard work, director. I’ve just been reading over the script of our debut performance. |
| Izumi | Wow, there are so many notes..! |
| Tsumugi | It’s kind of nostalgic. |
| During that performance, we were so anxious and under pressure from the fact that we had to defeat GOD-za.. |
| But while we were acting, it was so much fun. |
| Izumi | If you could mention that in the commentary or comment, that would be great. |
| Tsumugi | Alright, I’m looking forward to working with you. |
| Izumi | So first, I’ll explain how filming will work. |
| You’ll choose a scene from the shows that you led based on a topic, and create commentary and a short comment while watching video footage. |
| You’ll choose the topic by rolling this dice. |
| After that, I’ll record the commentary. Feel free to comment on anything. |
| Tsumugi | I understand. Well then, I’ll roll the dice.. |
| Izumi | Tsumugi-san’s topic is “Best Performance”! |
| Tsumugi | Best performance.. |
| … |
| I’m sorry, director. I understand I’m being selfish, but can we change the topic? |
| Izumi | What? |
| Tsumugi | I can’t think of a best performance… |
| Of course, I gave it the best I could back then. But when I look back at the footage, I feel like I can’t call any of them my best performance. |
| Even if I compromised and chose one, I feel like I would be told “This one?” by the rest of the Winter Troupe. |
| Especially by Tasuku. |
| Izumi | (Ahaha… I can see that.) |
| Tsumugi | I do have a lot of stories where I messed up, though… |
| Izumi | I understand. To make it fair, how about you roll the dice one more time? |
| Tsumugi | Thank you so much! Let me roll it again. |
| Izumi | “A Time You Made a Mistake”...! |
| Wow.. You’re so lucky to have gotten the topic you wanted. |
| Tsumugi | Ahaha, I got lucky. |
| Izumi | Alright, so which scene will you choose? |
| Tsumugi | I made a lot of mistakes during that show. I guess the biggest was when I suddenly changed up my acting the second to last performance. |
| Izumi | Oh, I remember... That takes me back. |
| Tsumugi | But everyone knows about that. What else was memorable.. |
| Yeah, maybe that. |
| It was very difficult to deal with those angel wings. It’s a mistake I made that has to do with them. |
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| Izumi | (It’s the third night of performances. Michael has begun exchanging letters with her, and he gives Phillip a letter again.) |
| Michael | “I cannot meet her directly, so I hope that this letter will be able to energize her.” |
| Michael | “Somehow..” |
| Phillip | “Hi, Michael. You came.” |
| Michael | “Hello. Can you give her this letter again today?” |
| Phillip | “Yes, I’ll hold onto it.” |
| Michael | “..!” |
| Here, a feather fell off after getting caught on the letter. |
| We wanted to make the letter stand out more, so we made it larger than it was on the first day of performances. |
| When we tried it out before it worked fine, but I messed up during the real performance. |
| Then Azuma-san picked up the fallen feather. |
| Phillip | “Hm? It’s a pretty feather. It’s as if it’s an angel feather.” |
| Michael | “Of course not! It’s probably from some migrating bird.” |
| Phillip | “I know that. But I think that she’ll be happy if she sees this. I’ll bring it with the letter.” |
| Michael | “...If she smiles... I’m sure that bird will be happy too.” |
| Izumi | (Azuma-san’s adlib and Tsumugi-san’s line that followed it.. They handled the feather situation well, and the atmosphere they created is perfect.) |
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| Tsumugi | I was saved by Azuma-san, even though it was his debut show. As expected of Azuma-san to be able to afford ad libbing to follow up on the situation. |
| Izumi | It didn’t feel out of place at all, and the acting was so confident... it was amazing. |
| Tsumugi | Azuma-san said that he was actually very panicked, so he was happy that it seemed that way. |
| Izumi | Tsumugi-san chose this scene as a mistake, but.. |
| I love this scene because it brings out how lovable Michael is while also having a bittersweet tone. |
| Tsumugi | Thank you so much. If that's what you were going to say, maybe I should have gotten the topic “An Unexpected Success” instead. |
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| Izumi | We’re finished with the commentary recording. Good work! |
| Tsumugi | Thank you very much. |
| Izumi | It seems Tasuku-san is outside right now. Is he working out or playing soccer? |
| Tsumugi | Ahaha, if it’s not acting, it’s one of those two, right? |
| It’s actually not either, though. Homare-san’s kotatsu is acting up, so he went to go repair it. |
| It has to be repaired today... |
| Izumi | (? I wonder why. Is it because it’s cold today?) |
| Tsumugi | Anyways, could you please leave your schedule open for tonight? |
| Izumi | ? Alright, I can. |
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| Izumi | Wah!? |
| Tasuku | Oh, my bad. I didn’t think you would be in front of the door. |
| Izumi | I’m sorry too. I was just about to knock. |
| Did you manage to fix the kotatsu? |
| Homare | Ah, director-kun. As you can see, Tasuku-kun fixed it right up. |
| Tasuku | Hah.. it’s because you fuss over texture and buy an old one. |
| Homare | Good grief, it appears Tasuku-kun doesn’t understand art. |
| Tasuku | Art doesn’t have anything to do with a kotatsu.. |
| Well, it’s fine. Arisugawa has to be filmed, right? I’ll go back to my room for now. |
| Izumi | Alright! I’ll head there once it’s your turn. |
| Tasuku | Yeah, I’ll see you later. |
| Izumi | Is Hisoka out? |
| Homare | The kotatsu broke, so he’s evacuated to the lounge kotatsu. |
| Tasuku-kun’s fixed this kotatsu, so let’s warm up and film. |
| Izumi | Okay! |
| Here’s the dice to choose the topic with. |
| Homare | Hm.. A nice dice, rolling about on the kotatsu stage.. |
| Izumi | “A Time You Made a Mistake”... it’s the same as Tsumugi-san, who went before you. |
| Homare | What? Is that so? |
| Hmm, it won’t be interesting like that. Am I permitted to reroll? |
| Izumi | It’s fine if you two have the topic, though? |
| I guess it would be weird if everyone only got to listen to times the Winter Troupe messed up, though- |
| Homare | Yes- Hah, poetic inspiration has welled up in me! |
| Izumi | !? |
| Homare | Ah, the mischievous spirit of the dice, an outlaw’s free throw, rock on with rock’n’roll! |
| Izumi | (If I don’t stop him, this will be the scenario where he keeps on reading out poems for ages..!) |
| Uh, uh.. So let’s roll the dice one more time! Homare-san, I’ll leave it to you! |
| Homare | Oh, is it fine? |
| Izumi | (I would prefer this to the poetry continuing..) |
| Homare | Then let this be revenge. Dear dice, give us a topic once again! |
| Izumi | This time the topic is “A Time You Got Goosebumps”. |
| Homare | Oh, I have one just for that! It’s a scene from our second to last performance. |
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| Izumi | (It’s the scene where Shiki forces Soma Keiichi to tell him the truth.) |
| Keiichi | “Kusanagi-sama promised to continue to give me aid even after her death.” |
| Keiichi | “I cannot afford to ruin that all because of something like this-” |
| Sagishima | “So that is the reason you threatened Shiki-sama.” |
| Keiichi | “Being of higher class makes some things difficult, but there are things you can only do in that position.” |
| Keiichi | “There’s nothing wrong with using that to get what I want. Don’t you agree?” |
| Shiki | “What greed. Be ashamed.” |
| Keiichi | “...Greed? Being ashamed?” |
| Keiichi | “Ha..hahaha…” |
| Izumi | (Keiichi’s defiant acting with a tinge of insanity..) |
| Homare | Here, I made eye contact with Keiichi. |
| Sagishima | “...” |
| Keiichi | “A butler like you will never understand.” |
| Sagishima | “...!” |
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| Homare | I got goosebumps that moment. |
| Izumi | I get it.. |
| The way he lifts his head to the way he holds his gaze.. |
| You could really see the dark, greedy part of Keiichi despite him usually acting like a nice young man. |
| Homare | Yes. I actually would have liked to respond as Sagishima but I couldn’t. I find that regrettable. |
| It was something achievable because it was done by Tsumugi-kun. His evil roles are unsurpassable. |
| Izumi | (There’s a big gap from the usual quiet and calm vibe he gives off, but Tsumugi-san is amazing in the way he perfects dark, twisted roles.) |
| Homare | Now, we have to film the comment! |
| Izumi | Yes. Let me just set up the camera. |
| (Just stand the tripod.. Here we go.) |
| *Homare looks at his pocket watch* |
| Homare | ... |
| Izumi | That watch really is a mystery, isn’t it.. Does it still not move? |
| Homare | Yes. I kind of feel the flow of time - but that’s odd, isn’t it. The hands don’t move anymore. |
| Izumi | No. Even if the hands don’t move, it still tells you that time has passed - I think it’s a beautiful watch. |
| Homare | Thank you. Even if it is broken, it’s my proud treasure. |
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| Hm, I think that’s good. |
| Izumi | (Hah, i-it’s finally over.. It’s been a while from when he started reading poetry..) |
| Homare | How was it, director-kun? Every poem was wonderful, were they not? |
| Izumi | Yes, of course! |
| (But it is long for a comment.. I guess I’ll have to cut it..) |
