| Yuzo | Hey. |
| I’ve brought a complimentary copy. |
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| Kazunari | … |
| Taichi | … |
| Yuzo | The hell are y’all doin’? Hold up, that pose--. |
| Citron | … |
| Yuzo | God, not again. Stop makin’ fun of me! |
| Kazunari | Sowee, sowee--. |
| Citron | Yuzo Pose is really popular in the dorm now! |
| Misumi | It was in this magz~. |
| Yuzo | Geez, so you’ve bought it already, huh. |
| Kazunari | We all bought one each, so we have like, more than 10 copies now. |
| Yuzo | You bought too much. You should have checked before buying them. |
| Manager | … |
| Yuzo | Enough of that pose! Damn... |
| Izumi | Ahaha, thank you for promoting us. |
| Manager | Because of that, we’ve been receiving lots of offers for our regional tours and inquiries about our upcoming play. |
| Yuzo | The “Spotlight” reporter is also interested in the newborn MANKAI Company. |
| Maybe you’ll receive an interview offer some time soon. |
| Manager | In that case, I need to book a salon appointment! |
| Yuzo | Why though? |
| Izumi | They won’t take your pics… |
| Manager | Ehh… |
| Yuzo | I heard you’re going to have a match with GOD-za again for your upcoming play. |
| Izumi | Ah, yes. They challenged us. |
| Yuzo | One normally would not accept a challenge from a much better opponent that you once defeated. It’s risky. |
| Izumi | Haha. I know, right. |
| Yuzo | You have a lot of guts. Not bad. |
| But with GOD-za receiving a Fleur Award nomination last year, they have been gaining more strength and reputation as of late. |
| Even though y’all won by a narrow margin, I didn’t think they’d want a rematch… |
| Izumi | Me too. I never thought they’d issue another challenge. |
| In the first place, our first Showdown Act was like a bolt from the blue… |
| They didn’t have to bother treating a small, weak theater troupe like us as an enemy. |
| (I wonder why he’s that obsessed with us. Then again, Kamikizaka-san and dad seem to know each other…) |
| Yuzo | ...Guess it’s time to break my silence. |
| Izumi | Does this also have something to do with dad? |
| (Kamikizaka-san has never told me the details up until now, but Yuzo-san may know something about it.) |
| Yuzo | But you’re going to face them. I feel like learning this may weaken your resolution… |
| Izumi | I still want to know nonetheless. |
| Yuzo | I see… okay, then. |
| Reni Kamikizaka, the chairman of GOD-za, was once… affiliated with MANKAI Company. |
| Izumi | Eh!? |
| Manager | Eeeeeh!? |
| Izumi | You don’t know about this too, manager!? |
| Manager | Not at all! |
| Yuzo | He left before that Sakyo started frequenting the troupe.There’s no way you wouldn’t know him, Isuke. |
| Izumi | But we watched lots of videos and saw a bunch of photos too… |
| Isuke | I didn’t realize it at all. |
| Yuzo | Understandable. He didn’t work under his current name at the time. Even his vibe was totally different. |
| It’s a long story. Even us first gen members don’t really talk about it. |
| Izumi | I see… |
| Manager | I didn’t know something like that happened… |
| Izumi | Have you ever worked with Kamikizaka-san before, Yuzo-san? |
| Yuzo | Well, sort of. I mean, he’s my senior in high school—both him and Yukio-san. |
| Izumi | Eh!? |
| Yuzo | The three of us were in a theater club. |
| Manager | This is the first time I heard about this…! |
| Izumi | So that means you have stood on the stage together with my dad and Kamikizaka-san before? |
| Yuzo | Nah, I was a ghost member. |
| We only helped out once when that person was in his third year. They were preparing for a play at the cultural festival that time. |
| Izumi | We? |
| Yuzo | Me and my childhood friend, Kasumi Hinamori. I mentioned him before, didn’t I? |
| Izumi | (Juriko-san…) |
| Yuzo | He’s the editor-in-chief of “Spotlight” now. |
| At the time, I had no interest whatsoever in theater. But Kasumi was different. He admired both Yukio-san and Reni-san. |
| Kasumi… That guy dragged me at the time. I didn’t know whether the theater industry was hell or heaven… |
