Tenma Sumeragi/Handsome Rider

Handsome Rider

Backstage Stories

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Tenma	Hey Omi-san, you have a motorbike licence right?
Omi	Yeah, though I’ve not been riding it recently. Is something up with it?
Tenma	I’m going to be acting on a bike tomorrow for the recording.
	But I don’t hold a licence. Could you tell me how it feels to ride one at the very least?
Izumi	You’re really enthusiastic in your research. What kind of a drama is it?
Tenma	That's……W-Well, it doesn’t really matter what kinda drama it is, right?
Izumi	???
Sakuya	But how are you going to shoot for the drama if you don’t have a license?
Tenma	The scene where the motorbike is running will be done by a stunt actor since he’d be wearing a helmet and all.
	After that, we’ll fool the watchers by having him come down from the bike and to have me take of the helmet.
Sakuya	I see……!
Taichi	A stuntman huh. Stunts made by a stuntman are some really cool stuff~!
Tenma	That’s why I’d like to study up on a series of movements starting from how I should descend from the bike and take off my helmet, making it look like a real motorbike ride.
	That’s cause I’m acting as a cool character this time so I’d like to stick to gestures that’ll portray as such.
Izumi	You’re really professional huh. As expected of Tenma-kun.
Tenma	In other words, Omi-san, please try replicating the actions now.
Omi	You really can’t mean that I do it right here, right now, right!?
Taichi	Ten-chan, doing that all of a sudden is just plain reckless!
Tenma	You can just do the gestures which you normally make.
Omi	Just like I always do huh……
	Err, first of all, I get off the bike like this……
Izumi	(I’d never have thought that I’d be seeing Omi-kun do something like this smack in the middle of the lounge.)
Omi	And then, something like this? And then I’d take off the helmet.
Tenma	Oi, you’re movements are too stiff and awkward. You aren’t into it are you! I’m asking you do it more seriously! 1 more time!
Omi	Y-Yeah…….got it.
Sakuya	Hm—m, Tenma-kun’s commitment is really amazing. I have to catch up to him too!
Omi	You remove the helmet like this……
Tenma	Like this……? No, this way huh. 1 more time, Omi-san.
Omi	Got it.
Taichi	It turned out to be something that resembles a lesson……Omi-kun, fight’o!
Izumi	Good luck, both of you……!

Izumi	Morning.
Sakuya	Good morning, director!
Banri	Mornin’—
Taichi	Yawwwn……Morning, director-sensei~
Izumi	Huh? It’s really rare to see Taichi-kun and Banri-kun awake at this timing since it’s a Sunday.
Banri	I just happened to wake up.
Taichi	We were woken by the noise Omi-kun had been making~ I got up since I was feeling hungry too~
Omi	Sorry for waking you up, Taichi. Here, I made toast. Banri, you’re eating too, right?
Banri	Yup—
Kazunari	Everyone’s gathered—!
Banri	Honestly, the tension’s really high even though it’s still morning……
Sakuya	Morning, Kazunari-san!
Kazunari	Hey, come to think of it, Tenten’s motorbike drama seems to be in today! Let’s watch it together with everyone!
Izumi	What, really?
Taichi	Kazu-kun you really do know a lot about these things, don’t you!? Ten-chan wouldn’t tell us anything about it no matter what!
Kazunari	Course! That’s because the people around me are all greatly obsessed with Sumeragi Tenma~! That’s how I can capture information perfectly♪
	The net’s also really hyped up over how Sumeragi Tenma’s making a guest appeaIzumice☆ the channels filled with it.
Sakuya	I see, I’m looking forward to it!
Banri	He’s gonna appear in a drama this early in the morning?
Kazunari	That’s right~! Oh, look it’s starting!
Taichi	This is the popular special rider show that’s popular with little kids recently isn’t it!
Izumi	So he’s appearing as one of the special riders then!
Kazunari	Ye~s! He’s appearing in one episode as a guest rider!
Izumi	Heh, I see. The people who appear in it are all handsome.
Omi	Oh, the guest rider’s appearing.
Sakuya	This is the stuntman’s scene. The scenes switched……I guess it’s Tenma-kun up there from now on?
Izumi	(That action of getting off the bike, removing his helmet cooly while lightly shaking his head……)
	(It feels really natural since he studied Omi-san’s movements!)
Sakuya	Uwaah, Tenma-kun’s cool!
Kazunari	Ta—da, dazzling sudden arrival~!
Taichi	As expected of the “Mad Wolf's” helmet play!
Omi	D-Taichi, that way of calling's……
Tenma	“ ……So you’re the one who woke up the sleeping justice huh.”
Izumi	……Sleeping justice?
Banri	Bwaah! What a lame opening line!
Kazunari	Ahahaha! Sleeping justice, he said!! That’s 1000% great! I’m cracking up!
Banri	It seems like the story will continue in this direction for the time being.
Izumi	(Even so, it’s quite unusual for Tenma-kun to be appearing in such a drama, even if he’s a guest.)
Tenma	I’m back.
Izumi	Welcome back Tenma-kun. Good work. Oh, speaking of which, I saw your rider!
Tenma	Geh. Even though I kept silent about it……
Izumi	Kazunari-kun told us about it.
Tenma	That guy, Kazunari. I’d teach him the meaning of what shouldn’t be said.
Izumi	But it’s really unusual for you to appear in such a drama, no?
Tenma	Hm? Yeah……Well, I guess so.
	……I wanted to expand my amount of playable roles ever since I came into this theater company.
	Just like how colourful one can be, one can i my be good if they’re able to accept and take on a variety of roles.
Izumi	I see.
	(Such spirit of an actor……as expected of him to be like that)
Tenma	……So, what did you think of it?
Izumi	It was really amazing! You really do suit motorbikes.
Tenma	I guess I’ll go take a license.
Izumi	Hm? Did you just say something?
Tenma	Not really, it’s nothing!

Ran