| Kazunari | You don’t ask me out on dates very often, Director-chan~! Wanna hang out all night today? |
| Izumi | (He looks like he’s acting normal, but...) |
| Kazunari | ...No, I’m sorry. I’m making you worry, right. |
| I was trying to act the same as usual in front of everyone else, but I still get lost in my thoughts.... |
| Izumi | Kazunari-kun.... |
| (He noticed that we knew he was acting strange.) |
| Kazunari | I can’t get myself to work, so I haven’t gotten anywhere with the flyer design. I’ve never had this happen to me before and I don’t know what to do. |
| I can’t come up with a good rough design, either. I just keep getting frustrated and my hands won’t move... I’m really sorry. |
| Izumi | Don’t worry about it. What’s troubling you? |
| Kazunari | ...My future after graduation. |
| Do you remember when I told you why I chose to study Japanese painting? |
| Izumi | Yes. |
| You love painting, and Japanese painting is a difficult, time-consuming, and intricate art, so that made you want to pursue it and master it, right? |
| Kazunari | Yup, yup. I mentioned this before, but in the end, I really like studying. |
| So when something is challenging and worth studying, I get fired up... Basically, my nerdy habits from middle school never really left me. |
| Izumi | You’re really studious. |
| Kazunari | It sounds nice when you put it like that, but.... |
| Painting was supposed to be what I wanted to do most. |
| But after I entered an arts uni, all sorts of things grabbed my interest, like graphic art and web design~, and.... |
| To top it all off, I’m an actor now too. |
| Izumi | You're hugely successful because of that. Thank you so much for all of your help. |
| Kazunari | Yeah.... |
| Izumi | ? |
| Kazunari | Remember how Tenten struck a sore spot before.... When he said I was a people-pleaser? |
| I might be trying out all sorts of things right now because I want everyone to like me. |
| That’s why I got to meet everyone in the troupe and experience the joy of theater, so I don’t regret it. |
| But the other day, Papi asked me what I was going to do after graduation, and I suddenly didn’t know what to do. |
| Can I not choose just one because all my choices up till now weren’t truly choices? |
| Did I just decide to do everything because I wanted to please everyone around me? |
| What if everything I’m doing now isn’t what I really want to do.... |
| Once I thought that, everything I painted and everything I made began to look fake to me. |
| Izumi | (So that’s why he was having trouble focusing during practice....) |
| ...Kazunari-kun, you’re not lost because there’s nothing you want to do, right? |
| I think you’re lost because you want to do everything; you don’t want to let go of a single thing. |
| Kazunari | ...Eh? |
| Izumi | Otherwise, you wouldn’t think, “I want to study more,” “I want to master this.” |
| Japanese painting, graphic design, and theater—I think you can’t choose because you’re satisfied and having fun with all of them. |
| You can’t imagine a future where you choose just one. |
| Kazunari | Because I want to do them all.... |
| Izumi | If you can’t choose just yet, why don’t you continue with all of them? Study and master them all until you’re satisfied. |
| You can’t split “now” and “the future” into two completely separate spheres, and I don’t think there’s any need to. |
| What you’re doing “now” might directly lead to “the future.” |
| Kazunari | Everything I’m doing now... I see.... |
| ...Ultra-multi-creator. |
| Izumi | Eh? |
| Kazunari | UMC!! I’m gonna become a UMC! |
| Izumi | A-a UMC? |
| Kazunari | Amazing! I can see my future! Director-chan! A UMC! Wow! |
| Izumi | Y-yup, I get it, so maybe lower your volume a little...! |
| (What’s a UMC... is it something like a UMA[1]...?) |
| Kazunari | Omg, my career path was just decided! |
| Izumi | R-really? |
| (I don’t really get it, but maybe he was able to move forward...?) |
| (I guess being gifted with many talents can make you worry, too.) |
| (Regardless of how Kazunari-kun moves forward, I hope he’ll keep playing an active role in all his fields....) |
| (Kazunari-kun and Tenma-kun are both thinking about their own futures and moving forward.) |
| (They really look more dependable; it’s dazzling.) |
