| Kasumi | Morning. |
| Reni | You're finally here. |
| Hiro | You're super late, dude. |
| Syu | You really are something, you know that? |
| Yuzo | For God's sake, that sure took a while. |
| Zen | With this, the cast is complete. |
| Kasumi | I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I'm going to do my best to make up for my lateness! |
| Reni | That's only natural. |
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| Yuzo | A'ight, I think this should do. |
| Hiro | You caught up surprisingly quickly, Kasumi. |
| Syu | You’ve already memorized the lines and action scenes. |
| Reni | Here I thought you'd be having a hard time at first… |
| Kasumi | I memorized them by watching the rehearsal footage Yuzo sent me. |
| Syu | You're surprisingly quick-witted, huh. |
| Hiro | And surprisingly nice. |
| Yuzo | Stop with that "surprisingly" shit. I just thought I might as well give it to him too while sending the footage to Yukio-san. |
| Kasumi | But still, I feel like I jumped into the deep end by taking on the Shizuka Gozen role at this age. |
| I'm already an old man with daughters… |
| Yuzo | What the hell are you sayin' now when you're still empathizing with the heroine of soap operas like mad? |
| Kasumi | I'm not! Besides, I don't want to be told that by someone who finally looks his age like you, Yuzo. |
| Yuzo | The heck!? |
| Zen | There are also cases where one's looks gradually diverge from their mental age. |
| Hiro | Why are you looking at me!? What do you mean by "mental age"!? |
| Syu | Damn, y'all act your age please… You haven't changed at all. |
| Reni | This is such a nostalgic sight. |
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| Kasumi | Oh, sorry. I need to pick up my daughters soon. |
| Hiro | I need to head to my shooting set as well. |
| Reni | I also have a meeting. |
| Yuzo | Can't be helped. It's getting late. |
| Zen | Our next rehearsal is in three days, right? |
| Syu | Since all of us are busy, we have quite a limited time to gather together. |
| Reni | In any case, we've got no choice but to try and get as much done as possible before showtime. |
| Yuzo | Speaking of which, what do you wanna ask for if we win, Kasumi? |
| Kasumi | How about you guys? |
| Yuzo | Having some troupe members work for us, the flag in the dormitory, the rehearsal footage, and to stop paying the troupe's bills. |
| Kasumi | So you're still paying them, Syu-san. |
| Syu | Things just turned out that way. |
| Kasumi | Hmm, what should I ask? |
| ...I know! I'll join MANKAI Company again and work as their PR manager! |
| Yuzo | Hey, don't you need to provide for your triplets? |
| That stingy Sakyo brat is currently managing the troupe's finances. You'll likely not get paid as much as you’re receiving right now. |
| Kasumi | Wow, so the kid who used to frequent the practice room is now doing accounting too… |
| Hiro | Is that really something to be impressed about? |
| Syu | He was a cheeky brat back then, right? I remember he'd always come and take a look at us so intensely from the corner of the practice room or theater whenever he's free. |
| Hiro | In any case you should give up on managing their PR. It'll be a trouble if your triplets are rendered homeless. |
| Kasumi | Hmm, if so… Oh, yeah! I'll have MANKAI Company be the special feature in "Spotlight"! |
| Reni | It's more like a reward for them, then. |
| Kasumi | But I can't think of anything else so that's my choice! |
| Yuzo | Knowing you, you'll probably still have them featured in your mag no matter if we lose or win. |
| Kasumi | Hehe, did I get busted? |
| Syu | Well, whatever's fine. It doesn't change the fact that we're going to beat up that newborn gen so bad they won't be able to recover. |
| Hiro | That's right. |
| Zen | We need to go get 'em. |
| Reni | We need to show something that lives up to the first generation. |
| Kasumi | Let's do our best! |
| Yuzo | Yea. |
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| Yuki | That's a lot of equipment we have there. |
| Muku | We also have a lot more staff than we usually have. |
| Kazunari | Lookie, lookie! The number of broadcast reservations is increasing so much! |
| Itaru | It's also kind of trending on social media. |
| Kazunari | I think we made it into the trending topics! |
| Sakuya | It's amazing that the audience can vote through live stream. |
| Izumi | I can't believe we're hosting a Showdown Act on this kind of scale… |
| Sakyo | This is our much-awaited chance. We've gotta make the most of it. |
| Izumi | Yep, I agree. |
| *door knocks* |
| Hiro | Morning. |
| Kasumi | Good morning! |
| Izumi | Oh, good morning! |
| Hiro | How's your injury, Tenma-kun? |
| Tenma | There's no problem. |
| Hiro | Great to hear that. It'll be a trouble if you can't go all out because of an injury. |
| Tenma | … |
| Izumi | (The show hasn't even started, but they're already getting heated…!?) |
| Zen | Stop that. You're like a dog who barks every time it sees someone. |
| Hiro | Who's a dog!? |
| Syu | Co-lead: Tsuzuru Minagi. I can't believe a halfass like you is the co-lead. |
| Tsuzuru | --I, I’ve put all my feelings from when I stand on stage with everyone into my script. |
| I admit there's a crucial difference between me and Hakkaku-san, but I'm taking the stage so that I can be recognized. |
| Syu | Well, what's important is the content. |
| I'm going to find out today whether you're suitable to be the one taking responsibility for MANKAI Company as its scriptwriter. |
| Tsuzuru | ...That's what I'm hoping for. |
| Masumi | Your voice is kinda shaking. |
| Tsuzuru | H-Hey, you! Don't expose me! |
| Reni | Misumi Ikaruga, I invited both Kusumi and Madoka today. You should be able to see them in the audience seats. |
| Misumi | Okay! Thanks! |
| Reni | Open his eyes with your performance. Since Hakkaku-san had expectations of you, I'm sure you can do it. |
| Misumi | I'll do my best so that Father and Madoka have a great time. |
| Yuzo | Director, we'll be in your care today. And just letting you know, we're gonna perform without going easy on y'all. |
| Izumi | Please, and thank you. We can't even dream of winning the Fleur Award if we can't win against you for real. |
| Yuzo | Look at you. |
| Reni | I'm relieved to hear that. I'll also try to win this event fair and square. |
| Izumi | Yes! |
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| Hiro | It's been a while since I last sat in front of such a small mirror in a small dressing room. |
| Syu | That's Mr. Popular Actor for you. He's different. |
| Reni | Look at yourself. You've also got such a spacious chairman room at your troupe. |
| Hiro | But we're getting old, huh. |
| Zen | Don't look at someone else's face while saying that. Try looking into the mirror. |
| Yuzo | ...Come to think of it, the last time we performed with this lineup was our first show. |
| Reni | We still hadn’t formed the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Troupes back then. |
| Hiro | Even when we held a mixed play, we never did it with this lineup. |
| Zen | I don't think we’ve ever had any plays with all the troupe leaders in the cast. |
| Kasumi | Ugh… my makeup… |
| Yuzo | Huh? It doesn't look weird to me. |
| Kasumi | It's totally different! I want to replace my face’s skin with Syu-san's…! |
| Syu | Don't say creepy shit like that. |
| It's enough, it's enough. It still looks good on you. |
| Kasumi | Really!? Thank goodness… |
| Yuzo | Hey, what's with that difference in reaction? |
| Kasumi | Having Syu-san who is a pro at taking on female roles say that to me makes me a little bit more confident. |
| Ah… But… *sighs*. |
| Reni | What now? |
| Kasumi | My daughters are coming to watch today… I need the courage to let them see me appear as a female. |
| Hiro | My son is also here… I'm so gonna get compared to Tenma Sumeragi again. |
| Kasumi | You'll be fine. Hiro will always be our hero. |
| Hiro | Seriously!? |
| Zen | Is this really the kind of conversation that those who have already become fathers have? |
| Hiro | Shut up! I know that already. |
| Kasumi | I do admit that now that I've turned into an old man, what I'm aiming for, the responsibilities that I have, and my life - they’re all completely different from the time when I was young. |
| And since I've got my hands full with my job and raising my children, I can’t go back to the time when I ran about eagerly while I thought about nothing but theater. |
| But you see… I've never forgotten the plays that I did with everyone. |
| I kept looking away so that I wouldn't see that precious memory inside my heart, but once I properly faced it, I remember it like it was only yesterday. |
| Even though I’ve left the stage once, the stories that I share with you all continue to live inside my heart… even now. |
| I don't know if I'll go on stage again after we wrap up this performance. |
| But I'm not afraid. I'm sure that this new story that I create with you all will continue to live inside my heart until the day I die. |
| ...I believe this is a part of our eternity. |
| Yuzo | ...You're still saying embarrassing things even now, huh. But well, you may have a point. |
| Reni | Eternity, huh. It's such a cursed word, but… I guess it's not that bad of a term for this moment. |
| Zen | An eternal bond that will never disappear even when it has matured… I feel like believing in it a little bit now. |
| Hiro | I've also never thought I'd get this excited again. I wonder if the dream I had on that day is still burning inside me. |
| Syu | ...There's nothing in this world that doesn't change. |
| But… the fact that we're now standing together on the stage like this, it's something that has been ongoing ever since that day. |
