Banri Settsu/MANKAI☆New Year

First Dream Soldier

Backstage Stories

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???	---Wake up.
Banri	Mm..
???	I said wake up!
Banri	Huh? Where am I?
???	Did you finally woke up?
Banri	Huh? Sakyo-san?
Sage Eggplant	My name is not Sakyo. I'm Sage Eggplant. Can't you see my eggplant aura?
Banri	I can't see a thing. What the hell is eggplant aura, anyways?
Sage Eggplant	I see. You're still not trained enough but you are a chosen one. You are a direct descendant of the our great eggplant clan.
Banri	What? I'm a descendant of an eggplant? What are you talking about?
Sage Eggplant	You're wearing a magnificent eggplant-colored outfit. That's a proof that you are a descendant of great eggplant clan.
Banri	Hell no, It doesn't mean like that !
Sage Eggplant	Starting today, you will be under my training. Surpass it to become an exceptional descendant of eggplant clan.
Banri	Don't ignore what I'm saying !
Sage Eggplant	Let's start with the training. Here, run while pulling this sack of miso. It's a good training for your legs.
Banri	You call this eggplant training? Isn't this just an old fashion way of running while while pulling a sandbag? Hey! Don't tie it on my waist !
Sage Eggplant	If you're a true descendant of eggplant clan, pulling a 20 kilos or 30 kilos of miso should be easy for you.
Banri	Shit ! He won't even budge !
Sage Eggplant	Stop running your mouth and start running with your feet .
Banri	There's not point continuing this conversation. Geez--- I just have to do it, right?!
Sage Eggplant	Seems like you finished the course.
Banri	You call it training? It's too easy for me.
Sage Eggplant	Well then, next.
Banri	Woah ! the heck, is this a hammock?
Sage Eggplant	Ride the hammock suspended on this tree as a part of your spiritual training. This will help you sharpen your eggplant spirit.
Banri	What in the world is eggplant spirit?
Sage Eggplant	Shut up and just do it.
Banri	It hurts! Don't push me! Understood! I'll just have to ride it, right ?!
Sage Eggplant	If you have time to complain, hurry up and do it.
Banri	Tch..! This shitty geezer!
Sage Eggplant	That's enough. Next training.
Banri	Seriously? What the hell is this?
Sage Eggplant	Now, you must cut this eggplant to even sizes. Your time limit is five minutes.
Banri	Are we cooking now? Why do I have to cut eggplants all of a sudden?
Sage Eggplant	You have to cut the eggplant evenly so the flavors will be absorbed evenly.
Banri	What's up with this conversation?
Sage Eggplant	Okay, time start.
Banri	You don't listen to anything I say, do you?
Sage Eggplant	Your time is 3 minutes and 3 seconds. Hmm, Not bad. These eggplants are good enough for eggplant-stir fry. Wanna try cooking it?
Banri	So I have to cook now ? !
Sage Eggplant	I understand. Just as I expected, you have a great potential. Does that mean you can still train more?
Banri	What d'ya say ?!
Sage Eggplant	Well then, I will increase the phase of the training starting now. We will walk over the fire to reach waterfall for meditation, and then climb over a cliff.
Banri	That's not what I mean! Quit it, won’t you? How long are you even planning to make me do this?

Tsuzuru	Even on New Year’s Day, my parents’ house is as noisy as ever. It was tough.
Tsumugi	Tsuzuru’s house is always fun and lively.
Banri	……
Kazunari	Hey hey, Tai-chan! Setzer’s acting weird. Did anything happened?
Taichi	He looks exhausted. What’s going on?
	Ah, Sakyo-nii ! Come over here !
Sakyo	Aah?
Taichi	Ban-chan is acting strange!
Sakyo	Settsu?
Banri	……
Sakyo	Oi ! Settsu !
Banri	Huh?
Sakyo	Fix that long face of yours. You’re ruining the New Year’s mood looking like that.
Banri	Sage Eggplant?
Sakyo	Aah? What the hell are you talking about?
Banri	No, It’s nothing.
Sakyo	I’m going out for a bit.
Taichi	Take care~
Kazunari	Hey, still too early to be tired, y’ know.
Banri	I'm not tired at all.
Kazunari	Most of us went back to our fams for New Year. it’s been a long time since we gathered like this. Let’s share some year-end hot news!
Taichi	Me! Me! I don’t know if you can call it a good news but my first dream is super weird!
Tsuzuru	A weird dream?
Taichi	An eggplant descendant showed up and forced me to wear eggplant-colored clothes!
Banri	Huh?! descendant of eggplant?
Kazunari	Wait up! Same here . It showed up in my dream~!
Homare	Ooh ! What a coincidence ! It showed up in my dream too.
Juza	Same here.
Tsuzuru	Wait, wait? So everyone had the same dream?
Tsumugi	Actually, me too.
Tsuzuru	Ehh? Tsumugi too?
Kazunari	Tsuzuroon, you didn’t saw it your dreams?
Tsuzuru	I didn’t. Moreover, is it even possible?
Kazunari	Wait, listen up everyone ! Aren't y'all curious who's that eggplant descendant? If you think about he kinda resembles....
Everyone	……
Banri	What now? Why are you staring at me like that ? !
Taichi	Nothing~ I just thought that descendant of eggplant looks a lot like Ban-chan.
Juza	Don’t just appear in people’s dream without permission.
Banri	Tch… The heck would I be that eggplant descendant?
Taichi	By the way, Ban-chan, did you have your first dream?
Banri	Don’t really care.
Taichi	Ehh? I’m curious.
Kazunari	His reacs’ kinda suspicious just now.
Omi	Dinner is ready, everyone ~
Homare	This spicy smell…
Tsuzuru	Could it be–
Kazunari	It’s Marbo eggplant !
Omi	Actually, an eggplant descendant showed up in my dream. So, I thought of cooking an eggplant dish.
Banri	Seriously?
Taichi	So everyone did have the same dream.
Homare	I can’t believe such mysterious thing would happen to us first thing in the year.
Juza	Yeah.
Omi	Did something happened?
Taichi	Even now eggplants keep on showing up. Aah, but it looks delicious. The eggplant is evenly cut into pieces and it's super flavorful.
Banri	Gimme a break.

Chi