| Kumon | “I wanted to participate as well.” |
| ... |
| National competition, huh… |
| *phone rings* |
| Kumon | Hello. |
| Yamaguchi | “Hello? Kumon, we won today’s match!” |
| Kumon | What!? For real!? |
| Yamaguchi | “Our next opponent is a team that has never lost a game before. I feel like we could finally see the national!” |
| Kumon | That’s awesome! |
| Yamaguchi | “I know, right!?” |
| Kumon | Don’t let your guard down. |
| Yamaguchi | “I got it, man.” |
| Kumon | Because I’ll definitely go see the finals of the district competition. |
| Yamaguchi | “OK! How about you?” |
| Kumon | We’ve started preparing for our next play. |
| It’s a story where the characters are aiming for the national dance competition. I’ll be the co-lead. |
| Yamaguchi | “You’re doing your best in acting as ever, huh. Let’s work hard to aim for our own ‘national,’ kay?” |
| Kumon | Yep. See ya. |
| *beeps* |
| Kumon | …How nice. |
| —. |
| (No! What are you being jealous for, Kumon!) |
| (I’ll be aiming for the national dance competition as Sora Natsukawa on the stage, along with the Summer Troupe members.) |
| (What I’m aiming for is different from Yamaguchi and the baseball club members.) |
| (My Koshien dream has come true during our First Crush Baseball play, so why am I concerned over this?) |
| (I should have gotten over it… I’m so pathetic to end up thinking about it even for a moment.) |
| (Get a grip, me! I’ve gotta do my best for everyone’s sake, since they have entrusted this role to me!) |
| ... |
| *door opens* |
| Muku | Kyu-chan? |
| Kumon | !? |
| Muku | The rehearsal is about to start. Are you okay? |
| Kumon | Y-Yep! I was just spacing out while reading the script! |
| Muku | Is that so? |
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| Kumon | “Ah, hold on, hold on! S-Say, can you teach me dancing!?” |
| Misumi | “Why me… Do you not have any dance clubs in your school?” |
| Kumon | “I can’t go to school right now. Besides, I can only practice from evening to night. That’s why…” |
| Misumi | “…I have physical therapy tomorrow.” |
| Kumon | “I see…” |
| Misumi | “But I can come since I have quite free time.” |
| Kumon | “For real!? Say, can I bring my friends too!? I’m sure they’ll be happy! They’ve also been practicing dancing, after all.” |
| Misumi | “Sure.” |
| Kumon | “My name is Sora Natsukawa!” |
| Misumi | “I’m Kousei Kizu. Just call me Kousei.” |
| Kumon | “Nice to meet you, Kousei!” |
| Izumi | ... |
| (For some reason, both of them are not doing great.) |
| (Misumi-kun is spacing out, and I can’t feel the enthusiasm Kumon-kun had when he asked me to let him play Sora…) |
| Okay. Let’s end our rehearsal today. |
| There are still some parts that don’t feel right to me, but I guess it’s because today is still our first rehearsal–Not to mention that it’s been a while since we last delivered a Summer Troupe play. |
| Let’s get back on track little by little. Good work for today. |
| Misumi | Nice work~. |
| Kumon | Good work. |
| Izumi | Oh right, Misumi-kun, when will Madoka-kun come to watch? I’ll secure a ticket for him. |
| Misumi | Oh, umm… |
| Tenma | You invited him, right? |
| Misumi | Umm~… Looks like he won’t be able to make it since he’s busy helping Father. |
| Izumi | Oh, really? |
| Muku | It’s such a shame… |
| Misumi | I’m hungry, so I’ll go eat some onigiris~! |
| Yuki | …Don’t you think he’s acting kind of weird? |
| Kazunari | Makes me wonder if something happened with Madochin. |
| Tenma | He went to Masumi’s uni, right? |
| Izumi | Shall we ask Masumi-kun? |
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| Masumi | He said he’d come, but he didn’t in the end. |
| Izumi | What!? Is that so? |
| Kazunari | What happened, then… |
| Tenma | He said Madoka can’t come since he’s busy helping his father out. |
| Masumi | Busy helping his father–. |
| Ah, don’t tell me… |
| Izumi | ? |
 |
| Izumi | I see… |
| Tenma | So that’s what happened… |
| Izumi | Facing such a family now will be asking too much, huh… |
| While I don’t know Madoka-kun that well, I’m not sure whether those words were directed towards Misumi-kun… |
| Kazunari | It’s kinda different from his image~. |
| Muku | He looked like he wanted to get along with Misumi-san. |
| Yuki | Even so, those two have been estranged for a long time. It’s not like they can get along right away. |
| Tenma | At any rate, they need time. |
| Izumi | It’d be nice if there’s something that can help them get along… |
| Muku | Speaking of, you’ve brought some fireworks home, right, Kyu-chan? |
| Kumon | Ah–. |
| Alright, If that's the case, I will have to-- |
| Kazunari | Fireworks! Sounds nice! |
| Tenma | When it comes to Summer Troupe, of course it’s gotta be fireworks. |
| Kumon | But they may be dampened… |
| Izumi | (Something to do in summer…) |
| Ah! That reminds me! There’ll be a summer festival taking place soon. |
| Kazunari | Sounds great! I have an idea, then… *whispers* |
| Muku | Okay, okay. |
| Tenma | I see. |
| Yuki | I’ll end up sacrificing my costume-making time, though. |
| Tenma | Costumes should be the last thing you could think of when our lead actor is being like that, you know. |
| Yuki | Well, you have a point. |
| Kazunari | It’s settled, then! |
| Tenma | You too, Kumon. Let us know if you need anything. |
| Kumon | …Sure, thanks! |
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| Staff | Let’s take a break! |
| Tenma | ... |
| ...1, 2, 3, 4. |
| Hiro | Hey, are you going to make your idol debut after this? |
| Tenma | No, our next play will be about a high school students’ dance team. |
| Hiro | That’s certainly a story that’s unique to the young newborn troupe. |
| Back during our time, we barely performed sparkling stories about youth like that. |
| Tenma | What was your most favorite play, Hiro-san? |
| Hiro | ... |
| There’s a lot, I can’t choose. |
| Tenma | Hakkaku-san loved the pirate play, right? |
| Hiro | –How did you know that? |
| Tenma | I heard it from the manager. He said it was a popular play. |
| Hiro | …Yeah. |
| Tenma | We also did a pirate play with Misumi as the lead. |
| We found Hakkaku-san’s treasure map at that time. We ran around to search for the treasure. |
| Hiro | Hakkaku-san’s treasure map? Did you find that treasure in the end? |
| Tenma | It was in Ikaruga’s residence. We had a little bit of a hard time getting that. |
| Hiro | What’s the treasure? |
| Tenma | ... |
| “Would you like to make a deal?” |
| Hiro | …How cheeky. What do you want? |
| Tenma | We’re currently looking for the video footage of the first gen’s pirate play. Do you know something about it? |
| Hiro | …Who knows. I don’t have it. |
| Tenma | What a letdown… |
| Hiro | Show me what Hakkaku-san’s treasure is the next time I stop by at the dorm. |
| Tenma | Got it. |
