Kumon | Chee~rs! |
Muku | Cheers! |
Yuki | Cheers. |
Misumi | Nice work~. |
Kazunari | Otsupico~! |
Izumi | Kumon-kun, how is your fever? |
Kumon | It’s gone down completely! |
Izumi | I’m glad. I was nervous through the whole performance, but despite everything, it turned out to be the best yet. |
Tenma | You got better at picking up our ad-libs, too. |
Citron | I’m Jurassic of your comedic skill. |
Tsuzuru | Jealous. And where do you plan to head with your comedic skill? |
Izumi | Comedy is Summer Troupe’s specialty, after all. |
Homare | Winter Troupe should incorporate some of that taste! |
Hisoka | ...It’ll just end up being Alice’s one-man act. |
Homare | What in the world do you mean!? |
Azuma | But Kumon’s acting fit right in with Summer Troupe. |
Kumon | Really!? |
Azuma | Yes. I could sense your unity watching from the audience. |
Kumon | Yay~! |
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Azami | ...Omnom. |
Kumon | Azami, there you are! |
Azami | ...What is it? |
Kumon | Why are you out here eating alone! |
Azami | I’m an outsider. Plus I don’t like noise. |
Kumon | You’re our makeup artist! |
Azami | I only did it because things happened to turn out that way. |
Kumon | Still, you really helped me out. Thanks for today! With your makeup, the audience didn’t even realize that I was sick, Azami! |
| That magic brush is amazing! If you use that, I can get a fever anytime! It’ll cover for me! |
Azami | I’m gonna start charging you next time. |
Kumon | Eeh!? How much!? |
Azami | 100,000 yen[1] a turn. |
Kumon | Expensive, but doable...! |
Azami | Hopefully you won’t need it. |
Kumon | ...Ahh, yeah. I think I’ll be fine from now on. |
| For the first time, I pulled through till the very end with everyone. That really took a burden off of my heart. |
| “I can do it too”—it’s like nothing scares me anymore. |
| Even if I go through the same kind of pressure again, as long as I remember how this feels, I think I can pull through. |
Azami | ...Is that so. |
Kumon | ...You’re never alone when you’re doing theater. |
| You don’t need to take on the pressure alone. Even if you lose, all you need is the desire to make the audience laugh. |
| It must have been the same on the mound too. I didn’t need to think that the pitcher should pull off a shut-out[2] on his own. |
| I had my teammates with me. They were fighting by my side. |
| I hurt everyone because I never realized that. |
Azami | Well, isn’t it good that you realize now? |
Kumon | Hehe! Having teammates really is great, huh! |
| Hey Azami, aren’t you going to join MANKAI Company officially? |
Azami | What do you mean, officially? I’m not even a temporary member. I’m just a freeloader. |
Kumon | Eh~! But Azuma-san was looking forward to your makeup for the Winter Troupe performance! |
Azami | What the heck? |
| Acting isn’t my style anyway.... |
Kumon | Azami, you don’t want to go home, right? If you join, you can live here. It’d be perfect. |
| You can make so much use of your makeup skills too! |
Azami | Nn—.... |
Kumon | If Autumn Troupe gets a new member, that room is gonna be full! |
Azami | Ah—... Well, I’ll think about it. |
Kumon | I want Azami to do my makeup next time too! |
Azami | Yeah, yeah... Wait, your face is kind of red. |
Kumon | ...Eh? |
| Now that you mention it, my eyes, are, spinning—. |
Azami | H-hey! |
Kumon | Pant, pant.... |
Azami | You already have another fever! Hey, someone help! |
Juza | —Kumon? |
Azami | Ah, great timing. This guy has a fever—. |
Juza | Ah. Got it. I’ll carry him. |
Kumon | .... |
Juza | Sorry about that. You really helped us out. |
Azami | ...Sigh. Geez, he was a pain till the end. |
| *Phone rings* |
| Hello? |
| Nah, I’m fine... Huh? What the heck. That’s so stupid. |
| Ah, by the way. What if I said I was going to join a theater troupe? |
| Haha, yup yup, for real. It’s just how things turned out? I might even beat you to it. |
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Juza | Geez. You got too excited. All that exhaustion is catching up to you now. |
| You should get a good rest. |
Kumon | Nii-chan’s hand feels nice... Pat-pat me more. |
Juza | ...Good job. You worked so hard. |
Kumon | ...Hehe. |
| Did I keep my promise... of taking you to the Koshien, nii-chan...? |
Juza | Were you... Was that on your mind all these years? |
Kumon | Because it’s, my dream.... |
Juza | ...I got to go to the Koshien. Thank you. |
Kumon | Hehe.... |
Juza | You’re incredible. You overcame a wall beyond comparison to mine. Be confident in yourself. |
Kumon | Nii-chan... thank you.... |
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Chairman | —Oi, Sakoda. |
Sakoda | Y-yessir! |
Chairman | ...What is Azami doing? |
Sakoda | E-erm, he seems to be sorry for what he’s done, so now he’s behaving properly and focusing on his studies—. |
Chairman | ...Tell me where he is. |
Sakoda | —Eeeep. |