Misumi Ikaruga/MANKAI Playback

Backyard Friendship

Backstage Stories

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Summer Troupe	Happy birthday~!!
Misumi	Ehehe, thank you~.
Kazunari	Ta-da~! We covered everything in triangles for Sumi~ today!
Misumi	Woah, so many triangles...! Wow, wo~w!
Izumi	The cake is obviously a triangle, and the food, candy decorations, party decorations, and objects are also all triangles!
Tenma	It’s like an altar...
Yuki	Triangle gestaltzerfall.
Kazunari	Alright, let’s cut the cake!
Muku	We’d like to ask... Misumi-san’s roommate, Kyu-chan, to be in charge of cutting the cake!
Kumon	Eeh!? Me!?
Misumi	I’ll leave it to you, Kumon~!
Kumon	Y-yessir!
	Wh-what should I do. I’ve never been in charge of cutting the cake before, will I be able to cut it into triangular slices....
	Actually, wait, how am I supposed to cut this shape into triangular slices for everyone here... Um, um...! Oh no, my hands are shaking.
Tenma	You’re just cutting a cake. Don’t get so nervous.
Muku	Ah! What if Kyu-chan gets a fever from this...!
	I-it’s my fault for asking you to cut the cake...! I really am an irresponsible thoughtless brainless Western pear...!
Kumon	You’re not a Western pear, Muku! I’m always making you worry. I’m really, really....
Kazunari	Oh no, Kumopi caught it too!?
Yuki	Calm down, negative out-of-control cousins.
Misumi	Kumon~, god Sankaku-kun is on your side, so it’s okay!
Tenma	Where’d that come from?
Kumon	Sumi~san...!
	...Alright—! I’ll do it! For Sumi~san!
Kazunari	Ooh! Kumopi’s rolling up his sleeves! He’s ready!
Muku	Kyu-chan! Good luck!
Izumi	Yup, that’s enough for everyone. They’re all perfect triangles!
Kumon	Y-yay~~~!
Muku	Kyu-chan...! You’re amazing! I-I’m so moved....
Misumi	Thank you, Kumon~! Triangle cakes~!
Kazunari	I knew it, Kumopi, you’re a kid with talent~! I believed in you!
Kumon	Muku, everyone... Thank you! Thank you—!
Yuki	All he did was cut the cake....
Tenma	What’s going on with this weird moving scene....
Izumi	Now that you’ve cut the cake nicely for us, we should eat.
Kumon	Ye~s!
Muku	Huh...? Kyu-chan, did you injure your shoulder? What happened?
Izumi	You’re right. It looks like something scratched you....
Kumon	Ah, this? A cat scratched me~.
Yuki	A cat?
Kumon	Yup. There’s a cat that’s been living at Tsuku High for a while!
	It’s sooo cute, and all the students try to play with it. But it has a bad temper and it won’t get attached to anyone.
	It came close to me when I was eating lunch in the backyard, so I tried to pet it, but then it scratched me....
Misumi	That cat doesn’t like getting petted, after all~.
Kumon	So I hear~... wait, huh? Sumi~san, how do you know that?
Misumi	Because I played with it in the backyard all the time~.
Tenma	What?
Yuki	It lives in Tsukushi High, right? Don’t tell me you were trespassing....
Misumi	Nope~. I’m talking about when I was in high school!
Muku	High school...?
Misumi	Because I attended Tsuku High too~.
Summer Troupe	Eeeh!?

Kumon	Sumi~san, you were my senpai!? H-hello!!
Misumi	Kumon’s uniform made me feel nostalgic~.
CHOICE 1: This is the first time I’ve heard that! [+] Izumi This is the first time I heard you went to Tsuku High, Misumi-kun! Muku I didn’t know either.... Yuki Same here. Actually, I don’t think anyone here knew? Why didn’t you tell us? Misumi I wasn’t hiding it~. But I never got the chance to tell you, and I didn’t really think it was important~. Kumon Sigh~, Sumi~san is actually pretty mysterious, huh! But that’s all part of his coolness! Kazunari Agreed! The mystery is Sumi~’s charm! Like, it just makes me want to know more and more about him! Tenma Knowing you, you probably spent your time looking for all sorts of triangles in high school, too, right, Misumi? Misumi Correct~!
CHOICE 2: I kind of want to see you in uniform. [+] Izumi So you were a Tsuku High student. I kind of want to see you in uniform. Izumi So you were a Tsuku High student. I kind of want to see you in uniform. Muku Ah, me too! Yuki Why don’t you try wearing Kumon’s? Kazunari Ah, then I wanna wear Tsuku High’s uniform too! Let’s all do a uniform-swap-photoshoot together! Kumon Oh man, that sounds so fun! I’m in! Tenma Kumon’s should be the right size for Misumi. Misumi Ahh, it’s been a while since I wore Tsuku High’s uniform~!
Misumi	I want to see that cat again. It’s been a while~....
Kumon	Then you should! I’m a current student, so you should be fine if you visit with me!
Misumi	Really? I’ll go, I’ll go~!
Kumon	Hmm, where is it? Hey~kitty kitty~. Where are you~?
	That cat always swoops in out of nowhere, after all...
Misumi	No worries~, I brought something useful!
	Ta-da, my secret weapon!
Kumon	An onigiri? But if we’re going to lure in a cat, we need to use something like fish flakes....
Cat	Nya~n.
Kumon	Woah!? You really summoned a cat with an onigiri!? Amazing!
Misumi	This cat actually likes onigiri~.
Kumon	Eh, the cat eats onigiri?
Misumi	To be precise, it likes the smell of the seaweed wrapped around the onigiri!
Kumon	Ah, now that you mention it, I was eating onigiri when it came up to me the other day! So that’s why~!
Misumi	Long time no see~. How have you been~?
Cat	Nya~.
Kumon	Woah, the cat never opens up to anyone, but... it’s cuddling so happily.
	You rea~lly get along. As expected of Sumi~san!
Misumi	Actually~. I got scratched the first time we met—.
Misumi	...Huh? It’s a kitty cat.
	Are you alone too?
Cat	Nya~.
Misumi	I see. Come over here, let’s eat onigiri together—.
Cat	...! Nyah!
Misumi	Ow!
	...It ran away.
Misumi	Ah, kitty cat!
Cat	...!
Misumi	Wait, don’t go!
	...Sigh. It won’t get close to me at all... I guess it’s because I surprised it once....
Misumi	Kitty ca~t?
	It’s not here.... Even though I brought an onigiri again....
Cat	Nya~....
Misumi	Huh? I can hear it crying....
	Kitty cat! What’s wrong? Did you get stuck in the tree?
	Wait just a moment! I’ll get you down right now!
Misumi	—There we go. You’re safe now.
Cat	Nya~.
Misumi	Wah, ahaha, that tickles!
	...I’m sorry for surprising you back then. Will you be my friend?
Cat	Nya~!
Misumi	Thank you! Well then~... Ta-da! Foxtail!
	Let’s play with this together!
Cat	Nyanya~n.
Kumon	Huh, so that’s what happened~!
Misumi	Sorry I couldn’t come to meet you much. Were you lonely?
Cat	Nyau~.
Misumi	Eeh!? Really~! Congratulations~!
Kumon	Sumi~san, what’s the kitty saying?
Misumi	It has a family now!
Kumon	Wait, really!?
Misumi	It’s going to introduce us to them. This way~.
Kitten	Mya~mya~.
Kumon	They’re sooo cute~! I didn’t realize at all...!
Cat	Nya, nya~.
Misumi	You want me to name them? Sure~!
Kumon	Seriously!? Sumi~san, you’re going to name them!?
Misumi	Hmm....
	I know!
Kumon	Already!?
Misumi	You’re Cake, you’re Strawberry, you’re....
Kumon	All triangular names!
Cat	Nyauu....
Kumon	It doesn’t look too happy....
Misumi	Eh~, no good~? Then....
	You’re Tenma, you’re Yuki. You’re Muku, you’re Kazu, and you’re... Kumon!
Kumon	Eeh!?
Misumi	Those are the names of my precious friends.
Cat	Nya~!
Misumi	It likes those names~!
Kumon	S-seriously...? I have kind of mixed feelings, but I’m happy!
Misumi	Kumon, take care of everyone for me!
Cat	Nya~.
Kumon	...I will!
Misumi	I’m so happy I got to see kitty cat and kitty cat’s new family!
	Kumon, thank you for taking me here.
Kumon	You’re welcome. And again, happy birthday, Sumi~san!
Cat	Nya-nya-nya~n!
Misumi	Thank you~!

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