| Manager | Reporters please come this way! |
| Cameraman | Excuse me, can I put my camera here? |
| Manager | Put the camera over here! |
| Izumi | Amazing... I heard that a lot of reporters requested to come to our dress rehearsal, but I didn't know that it would be this many... |
| Kazunari | Holy moly! There are a lot of cameras! |
| Muku | It just looks like something that I see on television! |
| Misumi | There are a lot of peo~ple. |
| Yuki | Is it usually like this for you? |
| Tenma | .... |
| Yuki | Are you listening to me, Tenma? |
| Tenma | Ah, yes? |
| Yuki | You're back to crappy mode again. |
| Tenma | Ah, yes. |
| Yuki | Why do you keep saying "ah, yes".... |
| Izumi | Are you okay, Tenma-kun? |
| Tenma | Ah, yes... |
| Izumi | (Is he really okay....) |
| Manager | Everyone, it's already time! |
| Izumi | Okay. Get ready, guys. |
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| Reporter A | Tenma Sumeragi, who is much sought after by movie and drama directors, is currently doing theater now. |
| Reporter B | In a sense, I guess he watches for his chance. |
| Reporter A | I'm looking forward to what he has in hands. |
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| Yuki | "Tonight, too, I shall tell you a story. Yes, it is one of the thousand stories..." |
| Izumi | (Even though they're just reporters, this is the first time everyone performs in front of an audience. I hope they will do as well as usual....) |
| Tenma | "Tell me, Scheherazade! Where is this oasis located at!?" |
| Yuki | "Then, I shall tell you the story. Once upon a time, in a faraway land..." |
| Tenma | "The introduction is taking too long! Explain it in three words!" |
| Yuki | "Aladdin, a magic lamp, the genie." |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun looks strange. His voice doesn't come out and his movements are awkward.) |
| (Yuki-kun and the others get worried of Tenma-kun that they can't concentrate...) |
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| Yuki | "I've already done my best to delay it, but there's nothing I can do now. At this rate, I have no choice but to join the king's harem." |
| Tenma | "And--." |
| --. |
| Izumi | (He forgot his lines....!?) |
| Tenma | ..... |
| Reporter A | What happened? |
| Reporter B | Is it part of the play? |
| Yuki | "You're surprised, aren't you? Well, it can't be helped." |
| "It's all right. You don't have to worry about me." |
| Izumi | (Nice follow-up, Yuki-kun! We managed to get through it somehow, what a relief--.) |
| (But Tenma-kun is still not coming back to his usual self. And everyone is flustered too.) |
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| Reporter A | Uggh. |
| Reporter B | What's that... |
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| Tenma | .... |
| Yuki | ..... |
| Izumi | Guys, our dress rehearsal today may be a complete failure, but we still have time to make it up until the first day of performance. Changing the feelings is also important, see. |
| Muku | You, you're right... |
| Kazunari | Don't let it bother you~. |
| Tenma | .... |
| Yuki | Until when are you going to look that dispirited? |
| Tenma | .... |
| Kazunari | Whoa... |
| Izumi | What's wrong, Kazunari-kun? |
| Kazunari | Ah, no, it's nothing! |
| Yuki | Is something happening on the internet? |
| Kazunari | It's really nothing, I swear! |
| Yuki | Show me. |
| Kazunari | Ah.... |
| Yuki | Isn't this... an article for our dress rehearsal? |
| Kazunari | Well, you don't have to read something like this! |
| Yuki | "Miserable stage debut. It's too early for the prince of silver screen to perform onstage." |
| Tenma | --. |
| Muku | What is this... |
| Yuki | "It's an amateur group. Their performance looks like a play that you perform together with friends for fun. It's far from the level of a pro." |
| Kazunari | Stop reading, Yuki! |
| Yuki | But this is the reality. |
| Muku | They're cruel... |
| Misumi | It's heartbreaking~. |
| Tenma | .... |
| Kazunari | We, well, we still have two days until the actual performance! We still have time, so we'll be all right! |
| Yuki | But we can't keep going on like this. |
| Tenma | ..... |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun looks quite down about it. I hope he will cheer up...) |
