Taichi | Chee~rs! |
Omi | Cheers! |
Juza | Cheers. |
Izumi | I’m glad we made it through the run of the Autumn Troupe performance~. |
Sakyo | This was the most exhausting one yet. |
Omi | We weren’t even sure if we’d make it in time for the final performance, after all. |
Taichi | Everyone was so strong and amazing! |
Kumon | I wish I got to see nii-chan fight~! |
Banri | Hyodo fighting—it was more like a bear fighting. |
Omi | True.... |
Tasuku | Despite everything, the performances led by the new members have been going well. |
Izumi | Next is Winter Troupe’s local performance and new member addition! |
Tsumugi | I hope we find someone good. |
Homare | We already have a poet, a sleeping companion, and a member of unknown occupation, so we’ll need him to have a different job! |
Tasuku | It’d be harder to find someone with the one of those jobs. |
Taichi | It’s Winter Troupe, so I guess it’ll be someone pretty adult~? |
Juza | Or it might be the youngest member in the troupe. |
Taichi | The youngest member... so like, an elementary schooler? |
Izumi | That would be way too surprising.... |
Azuma | We wouldn’t be able to do much more than parent and child. |
Izumi | Hisoka-san, what kind of new member would you like to see? |
Hisoka | A marshmallow store owner.... |
Tasuku | That’s just what you want.... |
Tsumugi | Now that we have Azami-kun, it’d be nice if our next Winter Troupe performance made good use of makeup. |
Azami | I have a new makeup set, so I’m ready. |
Azuma | I’m looking forward to it. |
Sakuya | Azami-kun’s makeup is really nice~. I’d like to try it out sometime! |
Izumi | Oh, right. Azami-kun wasn’t around for Spring Troupe’s performance, after all. |
Itaru | Let’s look forward to our next performance. |
Tsuzuru | What kind of performance could make good use of makeup~? |
Chikage | Like a visual band? |
Izumi | (I guess that’s everyone’s first thought...!) |
Masumi | ...Not bad. |
Tsuzuru | Ooh, you’re surprisingly into it. You do like music, after all. |
Sakuya | I guess our next lead is Itaru-san or Citron-san? |
Chikage | Now that you mention it, both of you have yet to play the lead, huh. |
Itaru | Visual kei is a bit much.... |
Izumi | If Citron-kun is the lead, maybe we could put on a more exotic stage? |
Sakuya | What kind of performance would you like, Citron-san—? Huh? Where is Citron-san? |
Chikage | He was just here a moment ago. |
Izumi | Maybe he’s in the bathroom? |
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Azami | ...So you really didn’t come. |
| ...Ah, it’s fine. You had stuff going on at home, I get it. Yeah, it’s fine that you couldn’t make it this time, but make sure you come next time. |
| ...Hm? An audition? Huh, nice. Which troupe? |
| Hmm... I don’t know them. Haha, I don’t know that many troupes, okay. |
| ...Ah, you’re right. I need to study up. ...Yeah, good luck with your audition, Shifuto. |
| ...Yeah. See you. |
| *Beep* |
| GOD-za... I think I’ve heard of them before, but.... |
| Well, whatever. |
Izumi | Azami-kun. |
Azami | ? |
Izumi | I wanted to say nice work during the performance again. |
Azami | You too. Nice work. |
Izumi | How did you feel playing the lead for the first time? |
Azami | I feel like it was so much work, but now that it’s all over, everything flew by so fast... like, there’s a big hole in my heart now. |
Izumi | Did you have fun? |
Azami | ...I had so much fun. |
Izumi | I’m glad! |
| You made up with Sakyo-san and became a part of Autumn Troupe—I’m looking forward to the next performance. |
| We were worried we wouldn’t be able to find a good new member for Autumn Troupe, but I’m so glad you joined, Azami-kun. |
Azami | Ah, now that you mention it, everyone in Autumn Troupe is kinda similar, huh. |
Izumi | Eh? |
Azami | Everyone’s run away from home. |
Izumi | Really!? |
Azami | They all said that watching my “portrait” during my audition reminded them. |
Izumi | Everyone was a bad boy, huh. That does sound like Autumn Troupe, in a sense.... |
Azami | Running away from home isn’t something praiseworthy, but. For us as kids, it was our only form of resistance—one of the few ways we could express ourselves. |
| Once we left our homes behind and ended up alone, we could discover something important for the first time... something like that. |
Izumi | Did you find something important? |
Azami | ...I did. |
| ...The resolve to become a professional makeup artist, and the new stage of my dreams called theater. |
Izumi | .... |
| (Azami-kun is no longer the same Azami-kun who ran away from home. His eyes are set on his dream, and he’s facing theater seriously, too...) |
| (He suddenly looks much more grown-up.) |
| |
Citron | .... |
| My limit is almost here.... |
??? | .... |
| <<...Citronia.>> |
Citron | ——. |
??? | <<I came to retrieve you.>> |
Citron | <<I thought it was about time.>> |
??? | .... |