| Chikage | "It’s a private party in the mansion, huh." |
| Masumi | "Then, will it be a close-up performance?" |
| Itaru | "Close-up?" |
| Masumi | "It’s when you do the magic trick right in front of the audience, usually for a small amount of people." |
| Itaru | "Ah, I see. |
| "It’s a private residence this time, but there would be a small hall there." |
| "The client is Ritchie Marney… |
| "He ranked very high in the list of real estate kings in the magazine every single year…" |
| "Mr Marney is a connoisseur, he created an art museum on his premises to display his collections from all over the world." |
| "Every year, he would open his house for 3 days 3 nights to showcase those collections, it seems that he called us to be in that demonstration." |
| Chikage | "It sounds like a good business. Take the job, Kiel." |
| Masumi | "Please don’t just selfishly decide like that." |
| Chikage | "I’m the president of this office. I have the authority to." |
| <Short Time Skip> |
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| Izumi | Alright, that’s it for today. |
| Masumi-kun, do you have anything to say? |
| Masumi | Everyone, I think you all did a good job interpreting your role. |
| After that, all the characters in this performance are kinda suspicious, I thought the atmosphere was good too, but I want to try showing something like a gap. |
| Chikage | I see. |
| Sakuya | I see, I think it’s a good idea! |
| Izumi | (Masumi-kun really grew up. He doesn’t look that enthusiastic being the leader of this performance, but he’s looking at everyone properly.) |
| Masumi | Then, if nothing else, that’s it for today. |
| Izumi | Ah, Masumi-kun– |
| Masumi | – |
| Izumi | (Why do I feel like he’s running away from me… |
| Is he maybe avoiding me?) |
| Citron | Director, somehow awe walk with Masumi huh? |
| Izumi | Awe walk…? |
| Itaru | Awkward? |
| Izumi | Ah, I see! |
| Tsuzuru | I thought he’s been talking normally recently. |
| Izumi | Me too, I don’t remember doing anything that will make Masumi-kun avoid me… |
| I’ll look at the situation again and try talking to him. |
| Then, I’ll go off first. |
| Sakuya | Good work today! |
| Chikage | … |
| Itaru | … |
| Tsuzuru | …Is it going to be alright? |
| Itaru | It’s not that it’s actually caused by Director-san. |
| Citron | I talked to Masumi yesterday. |
| He’s been worried about something. |
| Chikage | About love, is it. |
| Tsuzuru | Me too, I received some consultation from Masumi. |
| Sakuya | Me too. |
| Citron | About Masumi, I heard he requested for his character to lose his first love in this script. |
| Sakuya | Eh, why did he make such a request… |
| Tsuzuru | About that… It seems that he had a dream where he’s not together with Director. |
| Itaru | So he’s afraid of getting his heart broken and he make a return to ‘negative mode’. |
| Tsuzuru | Is it because I told him that he has to support his feelings when subjected to a sad experience. |
| Maybe he wanted to experience how broken heart feels first by playing it in a role… |
| Itaru | What kind of Maso-play is that… |
| Chikage | For Masumi, Director-san is his first love after all, so he has never experienced a broken heart before. |
| Tsuzuru | That’s why, I think Masumi wants to know how the pain feels, doesn’t he. |
| Itaru | Then, this role will be a hard one for him. |
| Chikage | He seemed to be normal during the reading just now, I wonder what will happen from now on. |
| Sakuya | When it becomes hard for him, let’s all support him with all we have. |
| Citron | You’re right. |
| I intend to do very much so! |
| Tsuzuru | You’re right. |
| Chikage | I’ll do what I can as the co-lead. |
| Tsuzuru | By the way, Sakuya, did you recommend Masumi to hear everyone else’s opinion about love? |
| Sakuya | Ah, yes! If it’s only me, I think it won’t be enough… |
| After all, there are different forms of love, maybe when he heard from everyone, he would be able to understand it better. |
| Chikage | You mean, he has been walking around to listen to everyone? |
| Itaru | Are you serious. |
| Citron | I already answered him! |
| Sakuya | So next should be Itaru-san or Chikage-san isn’t it. |
| Itaru | …Love stories huh. Well, as his senior in life, I guess I have a bit of story to tell…? |
| Chikage | … |
| Itaru | How about you, senpai… |
| Chikage | Maybe he won’t come to find me. |
| I’ve already told him that I have no love stories to tell. |
| Don’t expect too much from me. |
| I will think of another way to support Masumi. |
| Sakuya | But, if Masumi-kun really come to listen to your perception of love, please answer him properly when the time comes. |
| Chikage | …If he comes to listen, right. |
| <Shifts to Chikage/Itaru’s Room> |
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| Itaru | … I should stop levelling up this skill soon, the next will be… |
| ? |
| Masumi | … |
| Itaru | It’s you, Masumi. You need anything? |
| Masumi | …That game, let me try it again. |
| Itaru | That game? |
| This one? |
| Masumi | Not this one. The one we played during Alice, the one where a character that looks like Director appears. |
| Itaru | Ah~ That one. |
| You can sit there and wait. I’ll get it out now. |
| Masumi | … |
| Itaru | There it is. This one right? |
| “B5! Best! Beauty! BigBang! Bishoujo!” |
| Masumi | Right. |
| Itaru | This opening is so nostalgic. |
| Here, your controller. |
| Masumi | Is it possible to lose your love at the end here? |
| Itaru | … is that, for your role study? |
| Masumi | Yeah. |
| Itaru | Then, first of all, let’s try to do the Director character’s route using the guide, choose exactly as I told you. |
| Masumi | Understood. |
| Itaru | The first one is A. Next is B |
| <Short Time Skip> |
| Itaru | From here on you’re in the Director character’s route, what are you going to do now? |
| Masumi | … |
| Itaru | If you want to lose her love, you can just make her hate you. |
| Game Character | “This time, do you want to go to the aquarium together with me?” |
| Masumi | Then, this option should be… |
| "B:I don’t like fish” |
| Itaru | You’re ri—Ah, wait, I customized this part. |
| The correct answer should be A. |
| Masumi | “A: I want to see the dolphin show!” |
| …Understood. |
| Game Character | “Sorry, I don’t like dolphins. As I thought let’s cancel the aquarium plan.” |
| Itaru | See. |
| Masumi | You’re right… |
| <Short Time Skip> |
| Itaru | With this, you’re probably going to get dumped. |
| Game Character | “Thank you for always getting along with me, from now on let’s stay as friends!” |
| Itaru | See, there you go. |
| Masumi | …Are you, the master of lost love? |
| Itaru | Let’s leave it as the master of love. |
| So, what do you feel after actually experiencing lost love? |
| Masumi | … |
| This is a game after all, so it doesn’t mean anything. |
| Itaru | That’s not true. |
| You can learn a lot of things about life by playing games. |
| Even for me, I’ve learned a lot from playing games. |
| It will sound like something Tsuzuru said but… |
| Games and stories are like the same thing. |
| Immerse yourself in the game storyline and experience life in the eyes of someone else, your heart will be moved. |
| Afterwards, when you experience something in real life, whatever scenario it is, you would have known how it feels. |
| Masumi | … I was lonely, I was sad. |
| Even if it’s just a game, as I thought it’s hard. |
| But, I absolutely cannot give up. |
| Itaru | …That sounds just like you, Masumi. |
| Masumi | What is love for you, Itaru? |
| Itaru | Uh… |
| …Love is, sometimes an impossible game. |
| Masumi | Ha? |
| Itaru | Without looking at a walkthrough, there will definitely be routes that you don’t understand the first time you see it, things like when you need a combination of certain choices… |
| There’s also routes that you can only unlock after unlocking routes from every other character. |
| Masumi | … I don’t really understand but, you sound like the master of love. |
| Itaru | I’ll take that as a compliment. |
| I was talking about games just now, but reality is really like an impossible game. |
| No matter how much we think about doing things for the sake of other people, in the end we’re just spinning around in place. |
| Really, human relationships are like an impossible game and it’s annoying. |
| But, no matter how many times you reach game over, if you build up your strategy and never give up, I think one day you’ll definitely be able to clear it… That is, the real pleasure of an impossible game. |
| Well, anyway, Masumi can stay as Masumi, just do whatever you want. |
| I think in the end, that Masumi that sounds like the usual Masumi will always be supported by everyone in Spring Troupe. |
| Masumi | …Somehow, you sounded so proud. |
| Itaru | I’m your senpai in life, I’m also your father figure in Spring Troupe after all. |
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| “Love is, sometimes an impossible game.” By Chigasaki Itaru |
