| Youth With Sharp Eyes | Whaddaya want? |
| Juza | The hell? |
| Youth With Sharp Eyes | Wanna go? |
| Juza | Fuck off. |
| Izumi | (They’ve been going at it endlessly....) |
| Taichi | They’ve been having these two-worded exchanges[1] for a while. |
| Kazunari | In a way, don’t you think it’s a high-level conversation!? |
| Misumi | Triangle, triangle! |
| Taichi | That’s one word! |
| Juza | If you’re just here to mess around, go home. |
| Youth With Sharp Eyes | Like hell I’d take orders from you. |
| Juza | .... |
| Youth With Sharp Eyes | .... |
| Izumi | A-anyway, could the two of you line up here and wait!? |
| Juza | ..... |
| Youth With Sharp Eyes | ..... |
| Izumi | You don’t need to face each other! |
| Taichi | They’re actually kinda in sync! |
| Omi | You’re right... |
| Director, what time are the auditions supposed to begin? |
| Izumi | I’m thinking of starting soon, but... |
| (I guess Sakyo-san won’t show up after all....) |
| Omi | Are you waiting for someone? |
| Muku | Now that you mention it—who was the other person you scouted? |
| Izumi | Well... |
| Sakyo | Huh. Seems like you just barely managed to collect five people. |
| Izumi | Sakyo-san! |
| Yuki | Ah, it’s the yakuza. |
| Taichi | The yakuza!? |
| Izumi | Thank goodness! You came! |
| Muku | Wait, so Sakyo-san was the other person who was scouted? |
| Izumi | Yep. |
| Tenma | Delinquents and a yakuza, huh. We’ve got a pretty rough bunch here. |
| Taichi | W-will we be okay...? |
| Omi | Well, they do say looks can be deceiving. |
| Izumi | Sakyo-san looks a little scary, but he’s watched over MANKAI Company for years and years. |
| Muku | Eh? |
| Izumi | He knows and loves this troupe more than anyone else here. I think he’s an absolutely necessary addition. |
| Tenma | So he wasn’t just some terrifying bill collector. |
| Sakyo | ...Cut the chitchat. I’m here to act; that’s all. Hurry up and start the auditions. |
| Izumi | Yes! |
| |
| Izumi | All right, I’m going to hand out the lines for your audition. |
| I want you to give a brief introduction before saying your lines. First is Omi-kun. |
| Omi | ...Fushimi Omi. Third Year at Yosei University. I have no acting experience. |
| And these are the audition lines... |
| “Hello, mom? It’s me. I just checked out the results.” |
| “Yeah. I was accepted. For real. Yeah, I can’t believe it, but.” |
| “Thank you.” |
| Izumi | (As expected; Omi-kun is stiff, or should I say, awkward, because he lacks experience. I wonder if he never studied acting up till now?) |
| (But he has a powerful voice that resounds clearly. He might grow to be good at powerful performances!) |
| Omi | ...Is this okay? |
| Izumi | Yup! Good job. |
| Next is Taichi-kun. |
| Taichi | Alrighty! Nanao Taichi, Second Year at Ouka High School! I’ve got zero acting experience! |
| “Hello, mom? It’s me. I just checked out the results.” |
| “Yeah. I was accepted. For real. Yeah, I can’t believe it, but.” |
| “Thank you.” |
| That’s all! |
| Izumi | (Huh...?) |
| (What’s this—it’s not like he’s particularly good, but he seems comfortable, as if he’s used to it...) |
| Have you done other auditions before? |
| Taichi | Nope, I’m a total newbie! |
| Izumi | (Maybe he’s just sharp...?) |
