Tsuzuru Minagi/MANKAI Playback

A Surprising Gift

Backstage Stories

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Masumi	Tsuzuru, everyone is calling you-
Tsuzuru	Zzz…
Masumi	….
	I'm back.
Sakuya	Eh, where's Tsuzuru-kun?
Masumi	He was dead.
Sakuya	Eeh!?
Itaru	That's way too simplified.
Izumi	Masumi-kun, can you explain it to us in more detail?
Masumi	He was passed out with his hands still on his keyboard.
	…said he had to catch up with college assignments. Last night he finished it all in one go and fell asleep on the computer.
Chikage	I see, I can totally see that.
Citron	It's not an expansion to say he was dead.
Itaru	Exaggeration, you mean.
Sakuya	I didn’t realize he was having it so tough…
Citron	Tsuzuru is the type to coagulate and write until he runs out of fuel after all.
Izumi	Coagulate?
Chikage	Concentrate, I think.
Citron	That's it.
Masumi	Recently our room is a mess so it's a pain.
Chikage	Heh, that's surprising. You look like someone who hates it when their room is messy, Masumi.
Masumi	That's why I'm cleaning only my own part.
Itaru	At least help him clean.
Masumi	I don't want to hear it from you Itaru.
Chikage	I agree.
Itaru	I dug my own grave.
Sakuya	We wanted to hold Tsuzuru's birthday party now but seems like it's not going to work…
Izumi	Yeah, looks like it. It would be meaningless to force him to wake up for the party.
	But I do want to do something for him.
Itaru	Then, how about we all do some Tsuzuru style filial piety?
Chikage	Good idea. We have to show him some appreciation from time to time.
Citron	We'll tell him how we're always grateful to him!
Sakuya	What should we do?
Izumi	Hmm… if his room is messy, how about we clean it?
Sakuya	Right, he would be happy to wake up and find a clean room!
Izumi	True, he's after an all-nighter so he probably won't wake up for a while, let's get to the cleaning!
Tsuzuru	Yawn…
	Oh no, did I fall asleep…?
Masumi	You woke up.
Tsuzuru	Hm?
Sakuya	Happy birthday, Tsuzuru-kun!
Citron	Tsuzuru, congrats!
Itaru	Happy birthday~.
Chikage	Congratulations.
Izumi	Congratulations, Tsuzuru-kun!
Tsuzuru	--eh? Ah… birthday…?
Citron	Oh! Tsuzuru is still dead!
Izumi	We thought about having your birthday party now, but should we wait until tomorrow?
Tsuzuru	Ah, no, I woke up so it's fine.
Izumi	Haha, then we'll get everything ready so wait for a bit.
Tsuzuru	Alright.
Izumi	--Then once again.
Spring Troupe	Happy birthday!
Tsuzuru	Um, thank you so much.
Sakuya	A party in the room instead of in the lounge is nice too!
Citron	It feels very holy!
Itaru	Homely?
Masumi	It isn't getting through at all.
Tsuzuru	Thank you for even going out of your way and cleaning the room.
Citron	…us members are the only ones who cleaned. Director didn't see anything so don't worry.
Masumi	I don't want to defile Director after all.
Izumi	?
Tsuzuru	Stop saying such misleading things! I don't own anything that needs to be hidden!
Sakuya	By the way, this fell off the table.
Citron	A small notebook?
Tsuzuru	Aah, it's my student ID from high school. I thought it would be useful for Harugaoka Quartet so my family sent it to me.
Citron	Oh! It has a photo of high schooler Tsuzuru right? I want to see!
Itaru	The face photo is usually on the first page.
Tsuzuru	Ah, wait, you didn't get permission--!
Chikage	--hm? Something fell from the notebook.
Izumi	A band-aid…?
Masumi	The design is really something…
Tsuzuru	Ah, that's--.

Tsuzuru	…
Izumi	Tsuzuru-kun?
Tsuzuru	Ah, it's nothing… I just suddenly remembered all kinda things.
Citron	Now now, did you think about dirty things?
Tsuzuru	Not at all! …just about my high school days.
Izumi	Tsuzuru-kun's high school days huh.
CHOICE 1: You must've been popular [+] Izumi You must've been popular Tsuzuru-kun. Tsuzuru Eh!? No no, that's not true at all. Izumi Really? You're good at taking care of others and you're reliable, I think you must've been poplar. Tsuzuru I'm happy that you think that Director… But you're overestimating me.
CHOICE 2: School uniform suits you [+] Izumi School uniform suits you. The uniform in the Harugaoka Quartet play suit you too after all. Tsuzuru It kinda feels like you're saying I have a baby face so I'm not sure how I feel about that… Izumi Is that so? I think it's a good thing, it means the roles you can play are more varied. Sakuya I would love to see the other Troupes performing in school uniform too! Chikage Besides Spring Troupe, only Summer Troupe has done that. Wearing school uniform for a play I mean. Itaru Isn't it fine? Uniform have an immense demand after all. Citron Autumn Troupe and Winter Troupe in a school play… that's rice! Tsuzuru You probably meant chaos. I think the guys wouldn't like it one bit, but it might be interesting.
Izumi	Tsuzuru-kun must be tried after he pulled an all-nighter, so let's end the party here.
Citron	Tsuzuru, Sakuya and I will sing you a lullaby and sleep with you!
Sakuya	Um, y-yes!
Tsuzuru	Your kindness alone is enough.
Masumi	And I will sleep with Director…
Izumi	Not gonna happen!
Tsuzuru	Morning.
Friend B	Ah, Minagi is here!
Tsuzuru	--hm? Why is everyone gathering around my desk…
	Woah, what's up with this mountain of candies!?
Friend A	If you don't know then that means…
Friend B	You shouldn't underestimate Minagi! The big brother type is really popular.
Tsuzuru	H-Huh!? It's not like this! In the first place, no one said it's from a girl…
Friend A	No way, this flashy band-aid must be from a girl.
Tsuzuru	Band-aid…?
Friend	Here, this one.
Tsuzuru	Woah, where do they even sell such band-aids… Hm? There's something written on the back--.
	(I'm pretty sure the third years' classes are here… hm?)
	That's a poster for the school festival right? It's really cool… it's like it was made by a pro.
???	Thank you~. The slogan this year was super lame, so I tried to express it through design, with those three circles and three triangles~.
Tsuzuru	Heh, I see~.
	--wait, Miyoshi-san!?
Kazunari	Tsuzurun, 'sup! Hasn't it been forever?
Tsuzuru	Hello. …Wait, eh, did you make it Miyoshi-san?
Kazunari	That's right. Recently I've been hooked on graphic design. Ah, Tsuzurun want some candy?
Tsuzuru	That's very sudden. But well, I'll take som--.
	Right, this morning there were candies and a band-aid on my table, it was you right Miyoshi-san?
Kazunari	Ah, you noticed?
Tsuzuru	There was a mail address written on the back of the band-aid. The guys in my class told me it's yours.
Kazunari	I see. Then you should've sent me a message.
Tsuzuru	Ah…
Kazunari	Tsuzurun, can it be you're actually clumsy? Well, feel free to message me if you need somethin'!
	Like if you ever need a genius designer! If it's your request I'll do it for free.
Tsuzuru	Me needing a designer… Will I ever need one, I wonder. But the fact that it's free is great so I'll keep it in mind.
	(Because of this band-aid I could ask him to design our flyers, and it connected to the forming of the Summer Troupe…)
Kazunari	Tsuzurun, I'm coming in 'kay?
Tsuzuru	Woah! Miyoshi-san!?
Kazunari	? Were you in the middle of something?
Tsuzuru	Ah, no, it's nothing. It's just your timing was too perfect…
	And, did you need something?
Kazunari	I drew a few roughs for the next flyers, so I kinda want your opinion~.
Tsuzuru	That's not a few…
	Ah, I like this one--…!
Kazunari	Did you cut your hand?
Tsuzuru	Just the tip of my finger. This much is nothing.
Kazunari	Put this band-aid here until the blood stops at least~ …wait, that's--.
Tsuzuru	Ah….
Kazunari	Is this band-aid the one I gave you? You haven't used it yet.
Tsuzuru	Real sorry for being so frugal.
Kazunari	I didn't say that~! Well you have a chance now, go ahead and use it!
Tsuzuru	But this band-aid is from some kinda brand right?
Kazunari	If you think this way you would never be able to use it. If it can't fulfill its role, the poor little band-aid would be sad!
Tsuzuru	Well… you're not wrong but…
Kazunari	?
Tsuzuru	When I think about how this band-aid was the trigger that led us to now… well, it's a bit hard for me to use it…
Kazunari	--Ahaha, Tsuzurun, you're really sentimental!
Tsuzuru	That's not…
Kazunari	Then from now every year on your birthday I'll give you a candy and a band-aid!
Tsuzuru	No, every year is unneeded.
Kazunari	Aww~.

Hoshiko