Izumi | And so, the Company is going to hold second anniversary performances! |
Muku | Woah! Sounds fun! |
Citron | Very good! Looking forward to the fist! |
Itaru | It's a feast. |
Sakyo | For the content, the plan is for each Troupe to perform a short original story and a revue similarly to the first generation. |
| Each Troupe will have to plan and compose them from scratch. |
Tsumugi | Is Tsuzuru-kun going to write the scripts of all the original stories? |
Tsuzuru | That's the plan, but it’s going to be tough, so I have to keep it to just one scene where the plot advances in the form of conversations. |
Banri | Ah, I see… with that we don't really need stage settings, it's a nice idea. |
Tasuku | A conversation-only play huh. Sounds interesting. It requires different skills from normal acting. |
Muku | Do we need a shared theme for the original stories? |
Izumi | Hmm, not really, but it's a fanservice based performance, so in general I think cheerful content would be good. |
Tenma | Which means a comedy play. |
Yuki | Isn't it favorable for us. |
Banri | Well, Autumn Troupe also has experience with comedy y'know. |
Taichi | We won't lose! |
Omi | There there, it's not a competition… |
Sakyo | There might be something for the Troupe who gets the best reviews. |
Azami | Heh, then we have to win. |
Juza | Gotta give it everything we have. |
Kazunari | Same for us Summer Troupe! |
Misumi | We will get triangle as a prize~! |
Izumi | Sakyo-san, do you have something in mind? |
Sakyo | I only said there "might" be something. If we tell them that they'll be more motivated. |
Izumi | T-That’s a fraud… |
Sakyo | It's just carrot and stick. |
Tasuku | Comedy huh… what are we going to do? |
Tsumugi | By the way what did the first generating do? |
Manager | Let's see… there was an idols themed performance, and also a spinoff of past performance… |
| They were all themes that weren't normally performed, so the fans were extremely happy! I was also looking forward to the anniversary performances… |
Izumi | (Whenever the manager talks about the first generation, he looks so happy. He really liked them huh…) |
Sakyo | Matsukawa, we're going to use the first generation performances as reference, so check if there are any videos or photos left. |
Manager | Yes! Leave it to me! |
Izumi | Manager, you're really motivated. |
Manager | Yes, of course! |
| Having an anniversary performance, it feels like we're one step closer to the past MANKAI Company, it makes me happy… |
Izumi | (If he has such an emotional attachment to it, we should've done it last year…) |
| (But, in the first year we somehow managed to pay the debt, we didn't have time for that when we tried to get the Company back on its feet…) |
| (We have new members, and we got stronger not only individually but as a Company too, so maybe we can do it precisely because it's now) |
| (I'm sure that doing it this year is a good thing) |
Sakuya | What will the Spring Troupe do? |
Itaru | A spinoff of past performances really feels like fanservice, I think we can go with that. |
Citron | Itaru, want to do KniRoun again? |
Itaru | Can't deny that. |
Chikage | A crossover of Oz and KniRoun might be nice. |
Sakuya | Both have magic as a common point, it's a good idea! |
Chikage | Well, the magic in one of them is a fraud though. |
Masumi | If we say that it's because of Marlin's magic, we can do anything. |
Tsuzuru | But it will be as a mix with the original story, I wonder if it's alright. |
Itaru | First, we have to get permission from End Links and Hoshii-san. Of course they will supervise the script. |
Tsuzuru | Right. |
Tenma | A spinoff of past performances huh… |
Yuki | Aren't baseball and ninjas a really bad match? They have nothing in common. |
Kazunari | Ninja baseball is awesome! Sounds neat! |
Misumi | We will throw shurikens instead of balls! Shushushu! |
Tenma | That's way too absurd! |
Yuki | And you can't hit that with a bat. |
Muku | But it's an anniversary performance, so maybe it's going to be more fun if it's absurd. |
Kumon | Yup! Agreed! Also, I want something cool for the revue! |
Kazunari | How 'bout we all just break dance? |
Kumon | Break dance, that's so cool! |
Muku | I've never done it before, but it sounds fun! |
Misumi | I wanna do it! |
Tenma | Right, you feel a gap between it and our performance, it's nice. |
Yuki | Are you all for real? |
Omi | What about us Autumn Troupe. |
Banri | A spinoff of past performances sounds good, but I'm not sure about combining zombies and kung fu… |
Azami | …that's a bad combination. |
Juza | It's making me sick. |
Taichi | Hmm, since it's going to be conversations only, it means it's going to have only one scene. When I think about it, it becomes difficult. |
Sakyo | If we use flashbacks, we can expand it to more scenes. |
Banri | Then, expanding it little by little with reminiscent talk like our Portraits is great right? |
Azami | A situation where you can have a reminiscent talk… |
Taichi | A class reunion! |
Juza | So the base scene is the class reunion, and we'll expand it with conversations about the past. Sounds nice. |
Sakyo | What are we going to do about the comedy? |
Azami | Ah… |
Taichi | I forgot about it…! |
Omi | We have to think about the revue too. |
Juza | While we're at it, I wanna try something we don't usually do. |
Sakyo | Things we don’t do… |
Taichi | How about musical instruments? |
Banri | And start practicing now? I can do anything, but it's impossible for Hyodo right. We’re never gonna make it in time. |
Juza | That's not true. If it's a triangle I can do it. |
Banri | No band is gonna hire you! |
Azami | But well, a band is interesting right. |
Omi | I'm fine as long as we don’t have to sing. |
Sakyo | It fits the image of the Autumn Troupe, and it's also refreshing and has fanservice. If it's just one song we can manage. |
Homare | What are your thoughts about Winter Troupe holding a recitation meeting for my poems! |
Tasuku | They said we have to make an original story and a revue. |
Homare | We shall simply compose music to my poems and dance to it! |
Azuma | Fufu, it does have a feeling of a revue. |
Hisoka | …No way. |
Guy | Well, I'll not try to stop you if you say you're doing it… |
Tasuku | Please do stop him. |
Tsumugi | Homare-san's suggestion is interesting, but since it's a chance, I want to try something that we can use for different performances too. |
Guy | Which means? |
Tsumugi | Hmm… like traditional dance, or tap dance… |
Tasuku | Indeed, dance moves can be useful for acting too. |
Azuma | Thinking of an original story is hard too. Winter Troupe didn't have a genuine comedy play until now… |
Tsumugi | But if we emphasize the comedy the audience will feel a gap, and it’s going to be educational for us. |
Tasuku | Since we have the chance, we should choose a story we can never do in our regular performances. |
Homare | Speaking of comedy, manzai comes to mind. We shall ask Citron-kun for his advice. |
Hisoka | …I have a bad feeling about all of Alice's suggestions. |
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Izumi | (Seems like all Troupes have thought about a variety of ideas) |
| Then, all that's left is for each Troupe to decide on your plan, so you're free for today--. |
Manager | E-Excuse me--! |
Izumi | ? |
Manager | Will you let me be the manager of the anniversary performance…? |
Izumi | You want to, manager? |
Sakyo | Can you do it Matsukawa? |
Manager | I-I can! I, Matsukawa Isuke, will do it even if it costs me my life! |
Banri | That's going too far. |
Tenma | It actually made me worried instead. |
Izumi | (Honestly I'm really worried, but he looks extremely motivated…) |
| --then manager, we're counting on you to do it! |
Manager | Thank you very much! I'll do my best! |