| Izumi | “Here’s a farewell gift from me. We were neighbours after all, if only for a short while.” |
| Reo | “Thank you for going out of your way—” |
| Izumi | “—Wishing for a bright future.” |
| Reo | “—Gh.” |
| Kouta | “Huh… Reo?” |
| Reo | “—Could it be that you’re…” |
| Izumi | “I didn’t realize one would be this close.” |
| Kouta | “What are you doi—” |
| Izumi | “Filthy creatures of the night. I shall exterminate thee as my blood pledge dictates.” |
| Izumi | (The sudden transformation of the supposedly good neighbour Izumi… This chilling performance shows what Tsumugi-san is really made of.) |
| Kouta | “What the hell are you saying—!?” |
| Reo | “—Run, Kouta.” |
| Kouta | “Don’t be stupid! There’s no way I can leave you with a serious injury like that!” |
| Izumi | “You can still move?” |
| Kouta | “Stop!!” |
| Izumi | “――” |
| Franz | “Oh dear.” |
| Izumi | “—!? Reinforcements?” |
| Franz | “I thought I might as well partake in this meal, but I ended up drawing the short end of the stick.” |
| Izumi | “—Guh.” |
| Franz | “You still want to fight? I’m not as lenient as that other guy.” |
| Izumi | “—Tch.” |
| Kouta | “Reo, are you okay!? Reo!!” |
| Franz | “Can you entrust that guy to me?” |
| Kouta | “You were the one with Reo the other day—” |
| Franz | “We’re of the same kind.” |
| Kouta | “Will you really save him?” |
| Franz | “Probably.” |
| Kouta | “…Fine. I’ll leave Reo to you.” |
| Franz | “You’re honest. Good boy.” |
| Kouta | “But promise that he’ll come back and explain everything to me.” |
| Franz | “Fine. I’ll tell him.” |
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| Reo | “Ugh—” |
| Franz | “You’re awake? Geez, you were too careless. I ran out of emergency rations thanks to you.” |
| Reo | “Where’s Kouta…?” |
| Franz | “He’s safe. I can’t just tell him to give his blood, you know? Be grateful that I’m so considerate.” |
| Reo | “…” |
| Franz | “You’re awake; my job here is done. You just have to take care of the rest on your own.” |
| “We’ve been exposed so we can’t stay here anymore. The headquarters would’ve already been informed; the next one will come soon.” |
| Reo | “What did we ever do? Just because we’re able to live longer than humans.” |
| Franz | “Heresy eliminates. It’s been done over and over again since ancient times. That’s what we call human nature.” |
| Reo | “…” |
| Franz | “Oh, before you leave, you better talk to that man called Kouta first. I have a promise to keep.” |
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| Reo | “…” |
| “……” |
| Kouta | “Reo…? Reo!?” |
| Reo | “Ugh…” |
| Kouta | “You’re dying out here on the street again? Geez.” |
| Reo | “…I really wasn’t planning to come back. But I just have something I want to tell you…” |
| Kouta | “That’s enough, don’t talk. Get some rest.” |
| Reo | “…” |
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| Izumi | (While Kouta is nursing him, Reo reveals that he’s a vampire…) |
| Reo | “This is goodbye, Kouta. I’m glad I met you.” |
| Kouta | “I know about your circumstances now. There’s no need for you to leave, is there?” |
| Reo | “If I stay here, you’ll get involved too.” |
| “I can now believe that there’s meaning to this tedious life as long as humans like you exist. Thank you.” |
| Kouta | “Wait! Are you planning to die out on the street by yourself again?” |
| Reo | “I’ll be careful.” |
| Izumi | (Tasuku-san’s performance really conveys the instability of Kouta’s emotions towards Reo – feelings associated to neither friendship nor compassion.) |
| (And even though Reo desires solitude, there are feelings akin to clinging on to something…) |
| (This complicated relationship where there’s a thin line between closing the distance between the two is like Azuma-san and Tasuku-san.) |
| Kouta | “Are you going to keep moving from place to place while spending the rest of your life on your own?” |
| Reo | “That’s our fate.” |
| Kouta | “…Then take me with you.” |
| Reo | “What—” |
| Kouta | “I’m saying that I’ll be your companion. I’ll become anything, even a vampire.” |
| Reo | “…Thank you, Kouta. Even with just those words, I—” |
| Kouta | “Reo…?” |
| “You’re biti—” |
| Reo | “Good night… and sweet dreams.” |
| Izumi | (This line… You feel not only the loneliness and sadness of goodbye, but also kindness and generosity…) |
| (This is Azuma-san’s Reo.) |
| Kouta | “…――Re…o.” |
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| Nonomiya | “Hey, you can’t be dead, right!? Seo!?” |
| Kouta | “Nn…” |
| Nonomiya | “What, so you just slept in. You were absent from work so I got worried.” |
| Kouta | “Slept in…” |
| Nonomiya | “What’s wrong?” |
| Kouta | “Where’s Reo…?” |
| Nonomiya | “Oh, now that you mention it. Did that freeloader finally leave?” |
| Kouta | “…Yeah, he left me behind.” |
| Nonomiya | “Ha? What are you saying?” |
| Kouta | “――” |
| Nonomiya | “Hey, Seo. You all right?” |
| Kouta | “…You idiot.” |
| Izumi | (That last line… It’s Tasuku-san’s adlib. It’s a line filled with a mix of frustration and sadness – how like Tasuku-san…) |
| (Kouta makes a sorrowful expression as he thinks of Reo continuing to live in solitude somewhere… No, that’s not it. Those eyes show that he hasn’t given up.) |
| (He looks determined to go after him… Tasuku-san chose this performance for Kouta for the last scene.) |
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| Tsumugi | —We managed to finish without any trouble. |
| Izumi | The first day was a big success! |
| Hisoka | …That’s good. |
| Azuma | What a relief. |
| Homare | Let’s keep it up until the final performance. |
| Tasuku | There’s some things we need to brush up on. |
| Izumi | Right. But for now, good work! |
| Azuma | …Tasuku, I want to go for a drive. |
| Tasuku | Ha? |
| Azuma | I said before that we should go with everyone, right? |
| Tasuku | You didn’t say it would be right now. |
| Azuma | Even I wouldn’t be that unreasonable. Why don’t we go on a day when we don’t have to perform? |
| Homare | A drive, huh. It’s been quite a while. |
| Tsumugi | We went during our debut performance, didn’t we? |
| Hisoka | …I want to go. |
| Tasuku | Can’t we do it after the final performance? |
| Azuma | I want to go so that we can make this play even better. It’ll deepen our friendships, and we might be able to see something. |
| It might even improve our exchanges, right? |
| Tasuku | …It can’t be helped then. |
| Azuma | That was easy… You’re a theater nerd as always. Well, that part of you is cute. |
| Izumi | (The overall atmosphere of the Winter Troupe has somewhat changed. That’s also good progress…) |
| (They’ve gotten closer while maintaining the same distance.) |
| (Each troupe has their own chances and methods of deepening bonds…) |
| (But because each member of the Winter Troupe has walked through their own unique lives, sharing each other’s pasts had a great impact on them.) |
| Azuma | You’re coming too, right Director? |
| Izumi | Of course! |
