| Manager | Now then, let me guide you to our dormitory. |
| Izumi | (I actually came here thinking that I might be able to discover something about dad, but I didn't expect that I would join his theater company...) |
| (Moreover, the conditions that were set by that yakuza Furuichi...) |
| |
| What are these... conditions? |
| Sakyo | I won't repeat it, so listen well. |
| First, hold a debut performance for the Reborn Spring Troupe by the end of the month. And the final performance must be a full house. |
| Second, gather talents and create four units within the year, then have each of them deliver a debut performance. Make it successful too. |
| Third, pay off the theater's debt within one year. |
| If you fail to fulfil even one of these conditions, I'll turn this theater into a burlesque and you don't have the right to protest. |
| Manager | That's impossible! We can't fulfil all of that within one year! |
| Sakyo | If that so, I'll pull down the signboard right now. |
| Manager | How cruel! |
| Izumi | Holding a debut performance is still manageable, but holding four performances within a year is just too unreasonable! |
| And we only have 10 months left! Can you at least wait a whole ye—. |
| Sakyo | Stop behaving like a spoiled child! |
| Izumi | ——. |
| Manager | Eeek! |
| Sakyo | Do you know how much this theater owes? Ten million yen. |
| Izumi | Te, ten million yen...!? |
| Tsuzuru | Whoa... Seriously? |
| Sakuya | That's an unimaginably large amount... |
| Izumi | ...That's impossible. Let's just give up. |
| Manager | Please don't say something like that, Director...! |
| Sakyo | Do you get it now? I've already given you as many concessions as I can. I can't give you more than this, but... |
| If you're willing to sell your body[1] to pay off the debt, it's a different story. |
| Izumi | ——tch. |
| Masumi | Keep your hands off her. |
| Sakyo | .... |
| Masumi | .... |
| Manager | We'll certainly be saved if she does that.. |
| Izumi | Wait, Manager, what are you saying!? Are you seriously considering that option!? |
| Tsuzuru | No, you must not do that! |
| Sakuya | What does he mean by 'sell your body'...? |
| Manager | No, no, I just thought about it for a moment. *whistle*——. |
| Izumi | (He's not even whistling. What an old-fashioned way to play innocence...) |
| Sakyo | Hmph. I have another condition too. |
| Izumi | ...What is it? |
| Sakyo | You. |
| Izumi | Me? No, I'm not going to sell——. |
| Sakyo | I want you to be the director of this theater company. That's my last condition. |
| Manager | We can fulfil that for sure! |
| Izumi | Please don't agree to it so easily! And why am I included in the conditions anyway... |
| Sakyo | You understand how this curly-haired loser handles things, right? If you leave it up to him, this theater will be gone next month. |
| Manager | Ugh... I can't deny it... |
| Izumi | I can help this theater, but to be the director is a little bit... |
| Sakyo | As I thought, you're just gonna run away from this situation. Just like your father. |
| Izumi | ——What do you mean by that? |
| Sakyo | I heard that your father was the previous director, but he abandoned this theater and ran away. |
| He probably abandoned the company once he knew that business wasn't doing well. Like father, like daughter. |
| Izumi | ——. |
| Manager | Yukio-san is not that kind of person! |
| Sakyo | Then can you explain why the theater is like this now? |
| Manager | That is... |
| Izumi | (Dad ran away..?) |
| (That's impossible. Dad was so dedicated to this theater company, there's no way he ran away....) |
| ——. |
| (He never came home, but when he did, he only talked about theater. I once asked him to let me play at the theater, but he refused.) |
| (But that was because he loved this theater. He treasured it.) |
| (I don't want this theater to disappear...) |
| (This theater is definitely the castle that Dad built. This is the proof of his dedication towards acting.) |
| (I can't give up this treasure.) |
| ...If I don't run away, you have to take back what you said before, Yakuza-san. |
| Sakyo | What I said before? |
| Izumi | My dad didn't run away. He didn't abandon this theater company. |
| Sakyo | That is, if you can meet all those conditions. |
| Izumi | Understood. |
| Sakyo | You do know that becoming a director for this theater means that you have to take care of this worthless theater for a whole year, right? |
| Izumi | Yes. I'll take the responsibility. |
| Manager | Yeaay! Long live Director! |
| Sakyo | Hmph. Show me your best shot. |
| You'll probably leave after next month's play, anyway. I'll expect an empty theater at the final performance. |
| And my name is not Yakuza-san. It's Sakyo Furuichi. |
| Izumi | Sakyo-san.... |
| Sakyo | Let's go, Sakoda! |
| Sakoda | Aye aye sir! |
| Manager | You'll pay for this later! |
| Izumi | (Manager is quick to change his attitude as usual..) |
| Manager | Okaay, we'll work hard for next month's play! |
| Sakuya | Ye, yes! |
| Tsuzuru | Will we be alright...? |
| Manager | Please relax and just rely on us! |
| Izumi | How can you be so optimistic!? We'd normally have six months to prepare for next month's play, you know... |
| Manager | We'll be alright as long as we have Director! |
| Izumi | As I said——. |
| Manager | We haven't had a director ever since Yukio-san left. And I can't do anything alone... |
| But now that Director is here, I'm sure we'll be alright! We'll be able to do our best like before. |
| You're Yukio-san's daughter, after all, so I don't have to worry about anything! |
| Izumi | Manager... |
| (He really trusts Dad...) |
| Manager | *humming* We'll pay off the debt in a year and renovate this theater! |
| Izumi | (But I feel like his inability to sense crisis is the reason why he got caught up in this situation...) |
| Sakuya | Umm, the theater won't disappear, right? |
| Tsuzuru | Can we really fulfil it, though? It looks bad. |
| Masumi | So you'll join the theater too, right. |
| Izumi | (Everyone is worried... I have to stay strong as the director.) |
| There's no turning back, so I'll take responsibility! |
| Manager | Director...! |
| Sakuya | I'll be in your care, Director! |
| Tsuzuru | I'll also do my best, then. I've come too far to go back, anyway. |
| Masumi | I don't care about what happens to the theater company. As long as you're here, I'm good. |
| Izumi | I'll look forward to working with you guys! |
| Manager | This is the first time I've felt relieved ever since Yukio-san left! I'll be able to sleep peacefully tonight~. |
| Izumi | (Will we really be alright...) |
| (I'm worried about our future, but I have to protect the MANKAI Company that Dad treasured...) |
| |
| (...I said that I would take responsibility, but I'm indeed anxious.) |
| Manager | Over here, Director! |
| Izumi | Ah, yes! I'm coming! |
