| Izumi | What was written in GOD-za’s challenge letter is that they wish to do a showdown act, the wager being the honor of the theater. |
| This time they do not demand troupe disbandment as a losing condition, we will simply receive their box office revenue of two performances if we win. |
| In addition to that, the lead has been nominated as Tsumugi-san, and Tasuku-san is also nominated to appear. |
| Chikage | So they truly want to execute a revenge towards the winter troupe. |
| Tsuzuru | Glad they’re not asking for troupe disbandment as the losing conditions. |
| Itaru | Getting the revenue of two performances sounds delicious. |
| Banri | Still, this is an invitation from that GOD-za. |
| Omi | You can’t deny that there might be a catch to it. |
| Yuki | Might be a trap. |
| Izumi | In the challenge letter, “The ideal beauty that I pursue, I will prove it’s worth to you.” is written. |
| Would that not mean that they want to do this match fair and square? |
| Banri | I wonder. Ain’t that just your opinion? |
| Juza | I can’t so easily trust someone like that. |
| Guy | ….May I say something. |
| Izumi | Guy-san? |
| Guy | I have heard that in the past, Kamikizaka Reni has tried to do unjust actions towards MANKAI Company. |
| But even so, I felt an indubitable amount of honesty in theater from Kamikizaka. |
| Taichi | Did you meet Reni-san? |
| Guy | A bit, during the “Die by the Sword” play. |
| Izumi | (Now that it’s mentioned, during the time that we were doing street acts, he did give us advice….) |
| (That time, I wondered if Kamikizaka-san used to be an actor himself…) |
| Guy | In Kamikizaka’s words of advice, I felt his respect for the audience and his pure passion for theater. |
| Thanks to his words, I found a hint and was able to stand on stage proudly despite my lack in skill. |
| Would it not be that for GOD-za to progress forward as a theater, they want to take revenge on an opponent they lost against once? |
| Izumi | I see… |
| Chikage | But, this time if MANKAI Company loses, we’d hurt our own honour. |
| Sakuya | When I think of GOD-za’s feelings, I feel like we could take up their challenge… |
| Citron | This is hard ne. Showdown acts in itself are like a festival and really fun though! |
| Tsuzuru | Well aren’t you positive thinking! Though, it's true that this would catch people’s attention like one… |
| Kumon | So it’s like a festivalー!? I might be a little interested! |
| Yuki | But if this is a match, then isn’t the risk higher on our side? |
| Itaru | Agreed. It feels like it’s safer to avoid it. |
| Masumi | If it's gonna be a hassle, it's better not to. I’m worried about Director. |
| Tenma | Showdown acts are different from usual, so I personally think there’s much to learn here. |
| Tasuku | That I can agree with. The audience would be different from usual, the tense atmosphere would be different too. |
| Homare | Objectively, GOD-za and MANKAI Company are theaters with different charms. Simply put, it does interest me. |
| Yuki | True, If this had nothing to with showdowns. If we have absolute confidence that we can win, that would be better. |
| Muku | With GOD-za as the opponent, that sounds difficult. Last year they were nominated for the Fleur Award after all… |
| Kazunari | Though we did win once before didn’t we? I think we have enough hopes. |
| Misumi | It would’ve been nice if we could all just get along and do theater〜 |
| Omi | In that case it wouldn’t be called a showdown act. Since it's a match, we can’t avoid the risks, huh. |
| Hisoka | I’m kind of reluctant… |
| Azuma | In positive words, there’s just some opponents that you don’t want to touch. |
| Banri | Well, we could also thoroughly crush them once more, right? |
| Juza | That’s true. We should make it so that they’ll learn to never mess with us ever again. |
| Taichi | Reni-san is someone who would do whatever it takes. If we’re doing this, we need to take some countermeasures…. |
| Hisoka | Ah… |
| Homare | What’s wrong? |
| Hisoka | I’m out of marshmallows… |
| Banri | Ooi! |
| Homare | Geez, that’s what it’s about? If so, we have a stock right here! |
| Yuki | So you have some. |
| Izumi | Sakyo-san, what do you think? |
| Sakyo | There's no merit in taking up their challenge. |
| Tsuzuru | Hmmー That’s true now that you mention it… |
| Izumi | In terms of merit, that's true… I think what’s important is thinking of what the nominated lead Tsumugi-san can get from this. |
| Tsumugi | … |
| Guy | It is true that the responsibility of this match is going to be heaviest on the Tsukioka, the nominated lead. |
| Tsumugi | Fufu, it’s the same as winter troupe’s first performance isn’t it? |
| Tasuku | This isn’t something to laugh at… |
| Tsumugi | It just felt a little nostalgic. |
| Izumi | I said it back then, but I want to value how Tsumugi-san feels about it this time as well. |
| Tsumugi | Thank you. |
| Izumi | The deadline to reply is in a week, so everyone please think about it carefully, especially Tsumugi-san. |
| Tsumugi | Yes. |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah. |
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