| Sakura | zzz… |
| Kaede | zzz… |
| Tsubaki | *mumbles* *mumbles*... |
| Kasumi | Sorry, you ended up helping me carry them all the way home… |
| Sakuya | Don't worry about it. You also let me ride the taxi with you, after all. |
| Kasumi | While you're here, please have some tea. |
| Sakuya | Eh, but… |
| Kasumi | Feel free. |
| Sakuya | I'll take up on your offer, then. |
| Kasumi | It's a relief that we could carry them without waking them up. I appreciate your help. They'll cry if they wake up on the way, you see. |
| Sakuya | I see. |
| Kasumi | It must be hard to look after all of them, right. |
| Sakuya | Not at all; they're all good girls. |
| We kept playing house while waiting for you. I had fun playing the Mama. Moreover, they told me a lot of things about their papa. |
| Kasumi | Playing house with them can take a long time, right. |
| On top of it all, you even came with us all the way here. I'm truly sorry… |
| Are you hungry? Shall I cook you something? Come to think of it, the sweets that I got--. |
| Sakuya | No, it's okay. |
| Kasumi | Really? Feel free to tell me if there's anything I can do as a thank you. |
| Sakuya | I've actually wanted to talk with Kasumi-san, so this is a great opportunity. |
| Kasumi | Huh? Did you just call me by my first name? |
| Sakuya | The truth is, when I listened to their talk, I was wondering whether they were talking about you, Kasumi-san… |
| I was convinced when I saw you in person. You haven't changed much since your RomiJuli days. |
| Kasumi | --. |
| Sakuya | I'm the current Spring Troupe leader at MANKAI Company. My name is Sakuya Sakuma. |
| Kasumi | Oh, I see… |
| Sakuya | You asked me to just tell you anything if there's something you can do as a thank you, right? |
| Kasumi | --. |
| Sakuya | There's a place I wanna go with you! |
| Ah, it doesn't have to be today of course! No? |
| Kasumi | … |
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| … |
| Sakuya | Oh, over here! |
| Kasumi | Sorry, I'm late. |
| Sakuya | Today’s pick up time for the girls is… |
| Kasumi | It's fine. I still have time. |
| |
| This place is… |
| Sakuya | Please come in. |
| Kasumi | No, I can't. I'm an outsider now… |
| Sakuya | You're not! You're an OG member! |
| Kasumi | … |
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| This place hasn't changed at all… |
| Yuzo accidentally hit this door with the sword prop. I see the scratch is still here, huh. |
| Sakuya | Huh? For real!? |
| Kasumi | It surely brings back memories. |
| |
| … |
| Sakuya | ...Kasumi-san? |
| Kasumi | ...Is this what you wanted me to do? Coming here? |
| Sakuya | No, it's not… I'm sorry to be asking for so much. |
| *goes on stage* |
| I want to perform together with you at this theater--on this stage! |
| Kasumi | --. |
| Sakuya | Both MANKAI Company and the Spring Troupe are special, precious places that I first found in my life. Both of them are like treasures to me. |
| If this place doesn't exist, I'm sure I'll be all by myself right now, living my life while feeling like I'm in another world. |
| Thus, I'm really grateful to all the OG members for building this theater--for building MANKAI Company. |
| Kasumi | … |
| Sakuya | As I continue to watch footage from the OG generation's plays, I keep dreaming of performing together with the old members one day. |
| Kasumi | Sorry. I've completely quit acting. |
| Sakuya | Your daughters told me their papa is the most energetic when playing house with them. |
| Kasumi | --. |
| Sakuya | I got compared to you and was called a ham. |
| Kasumi | Those children… |
| Sakuya | I want to see how you act, Kasumi-san! |
| Kasumi | But I haven't done it in a long time other than playing the Mama. |
| Sakuya | Let's try regaining your sense bit by bit! |
| Kasumi | Eeh…!? |
| Sakuya | Let's start it off with a simple etude! Please come on stage too, Kasumi-san! |
| Kasumi | --. |
| Sakuya | One of the ways you can regain your sense is by playing this game called ACT Battle. I was taught about this game just recently… |
| First, we'll be putting together the subjects that we like and come up with our own approach. Then, we'll take turns acting it out. |
| Your opponent might come up with something ridiculous, but it's really fun. |
| Kasumi | How ridiculous can it get? |
| Sakuya | Something like--the tears that someone from the sweets country sheds when they eat curry! |
| Kasumi | What on Earth is that…!? |
| Sakuya | Hahaha, let's do it for fun! Kasumi-san, please tell me the topic you want to do. |
| Kasumi | Eh… |
| Sakuya | Anything's fine, anything at all that comes across your mind. Please tell me. |
| Kasumi | Hmm… Then, someone who forgets the name of their first love on the day they meet… |
| Sakuya | "Oh! You…! Hey! You're that person, right!? Do you remember me? We were in the same class during our third year--." |
| "Yes, I'm Sakuma! I'm glad you remember me. I never forgot about you! There's no way I'd forget!" |
| "I'm feeling nostalgic! Right, you were always with the class president--oh, yeah, Satou-san!" |
| "Are you still in touch with them? I see. I should have asked for your contact info." |
| "Let's exchange LIME IDs! Hmm, your LIME name… This is a dog's name, right…?" |
| "You haven't changed at all! You're still very pretty, as ever. I've always been…" |
| "Huh? Your name? I remember it, of course!" |
| Kasumi | Pfft, ahahaha! |
| Sakuya | What topic will you choose next? |
| Kasumi | Then, a man who is desperately proposing to someone he loves in a country that doesn't have the words you can use for proposing. |
| Sakuya | "We've been dating for three years, right. I mean, it's about time I want to draw a clear line…" |
| "No, sorry, I don't mean it in a bleak way… It's just, I want to put a new name to our relationship!" |
| "No, no, it's not like having a pair name! You know, like close friends, couples, and then the next one." |
| "Lovers are more or less the same as couples!" |
| "You see, umm… Please make me miso soup[1] everyday!" |
| "Ah, sorry, that’s not right! Making breakfast is my duty! I know! I'll make miso soup with clams tomorrow." |
| "Oh gee… What I'm saying is, I want to sleep together with you, wake up together with you, eat meals together every day--oh right, we're already doing that! We're living together, after all!" |
| "Let's go fill out the marriage registration form and submit it to the council!" |
| Kasumi | Hahaha! You're too direct. |
| Sakuya | Haha, I suppose so. Next is--. |
| Kasumi | Sorry, sorry. It's not fair if you're the only one doing it, Sakuya-kun. |
| Sakuya | Then--. |
| Kasumi | Yep. Go easy on me. |
| Sakuya | Hmmm… Oh, can you do the sweets country thing I mentioned before? |
| Kasumi | Eeh!? |
| "I'm digging in." |
| "...Eh! Eeehh!? What!? What is this!? I mean, my tongue is tingling! What's with this violent sensation!?" |
| "My throat hurts! Help me! Ambulance! Is this really edible!?" |
| "It's spicy…! But tasty!? What's this!? It's both spicy and tasty! I don't understand this taste!" |
| "I can't stop even if it hurts…!" |
| Sakuya | Ahaha! That's to be expected if you've only been eating nothing but sweet things…! |
| |
| Huff, huff… |
| Kasumi | Shall we take a little break? |
| Sakuya | Yes. |
| Kasumi | It's been a while since I moved my body this much. |
| Sakuya | By the way, Kasumi-san, you have a lot of romantic topics. |
| Kasumi | Sorry for being an old man who loves drama series and shoujo mangas… |
| Sakuya | When did you start doing theater, Kasumi-san? |
| Kasumi | I started pretty late… It was during my third year of high school. |
| Sakuya | My first play was also held during my third year of high school! |
| When I joined the MANKAI Company, I was the only member here. I was given a script for a play that would be held on the following day… |
| Kasumi | Isn't that just plain absurd!? |
| Sakuya | Ahaha. It sure was. But standing on the stage made me happy. |
| I did my very best to memorize the lines, and when the day finally came… I was nervous, but it was incredibly fun. |
| At the time, the only one who watched my play in the empty theater was Yukio-san's daughter, our director. |
| Kasumi | Yukio-san… |
| Sakuya | Would you be willing to tell me? I want to know about MANKAI Company back when you were still there. |
| I also want to know about… your first time taking the stage. |
| Kasumi | --. |
