Itaru Chigasaki/Promise of Blooming

Let's Play! Real-life Gacha: Itaru's Turn

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Excuse me, about today's practice schedule...
Itaru	.........
Izumi	!?
	(There's a heavy aura surrounding Itaru-san...)
Citron	Oh, Director!
Chikage	Welcome.
Izumi	Sorry to intrude. And, um...
Chikage	This? Don't worry about it.
Izumi	I think that'll be kind of hard to do...
Citron	This is the cause.
Izumi	Capsule toy? There're capsules scattered all over the floor...
Citron	KniRound have just released new capsule toys.
Chikage	And, after collecting them from various places, he came home for the grand opening...
Itaru	I didn't get... the rare one I was aiming for.
Izumi	I-I see...
	What kind of rare item was it that's gotten you so down?
Itaru	An Entaku Knight keychain with voice.
Chikage	Huh, didn't know that thing had a character voice.
Itaru	According to the veteran news I got it from, it's a renowned voice actor.
	Not to mention, it's only available on the rare item. I reallllllly want it. But reality is harsh...
Citron	There's heaps of extras here. You can make a convoy!
Izumi	My condolences...
	By the way, what are you going to do with the extra keychain?
Itaru	Hmm...
	This pile is for you... this pile goes to Citron...
	Please give them out and preach about KniRound.
Izumi	Eh... if you're going to give them out please do it yourself.
Itaru	That's not my character around the company.
Izumi	It's kinda late to say that considering you've openly admitted to be a fan during KniRound's play...
Chikage	Even if you're going to give the extras away, do something about all those empty capsules.
Itaru	Yes, yes, I know.
	Well then, I'm off to round two.
Izumi	Huh?! You're still going to buy them?!
Itaru	I'm gonna pull until I get them. I'm off now.
Citron	Such pension and wallflower!!
Izumi	You mean passion and willpower?
	(There's already capsules and keychains everywhere, but it looks like it's going to be even more messy...)
Itaru	I knew it was popular, but for it to be unavailable everywhere... ah, damn it.
	Sigh. Guess I'll just have to wait till they restock 'em.
Sakyo	Good riddance. How many does that make this?
Kazunari	Someone else lost their keys the other day too!
Itaru	Hm?
	(Someone misplaced their keys again? It's been happening frequently recently...)
	(Well, I'm guilty of that too so it'll be kinda hard to join them. Guess I'll just casually sneak in...)
Sakyo	If there's nothing attached, you won't notice it on the ground, and even if someone picks it up, they won't know who it belongs to.
	Go and put keychains or something on your keys, got it?
Itaru	(Keychains...)
	(...ah.)
	I've got a proposal.

Izumi	Itaru-san?
Tasuku	Where did you come from?
Banri	What's this proposal about.
Itaru	Why don't we all do Real Gacha?
Hisoka	Real Gacha...?
Itaru	We'll each choose a keychain to put in a capsule, and spin the machine to exchange it.
	It's basically a gift exchange.
Kumon	Cool! That sounds super interesting!!
Tsuzuru	So that's what you mean by Real Gacha.
Sakyo	Good riddance, trust you to come up with things like that.
	But with that, we can make sure everyone has a keychain on. It sounds good to me.
Kazunari	Awright! We won't know whose keychain we're gonna get, plus choosing one is gonna be sups fun! This is gonna be lit!
Izumi	It does sound fun and exciting.
Itaru	There's some of us who already have keychains on, so it'll be up to them whether they want to put on the ones they receive or not.
Citron	Well then everyone, think about what keychain you'd like to put in the capsules, okay!
Muku	Okay!
Taichi	Roger!
Itaru	...although I was the one who proposed it, what should I put in...
	In any case, let's look for that first. Uh...
	Huh? I was pretty sure I left it around here. Where is it...
	(Knock knock)
Izumi	Excuse me.
	It's messy again...
Itaru	Director? What is it?
Izumi	It's about the practice schedule. Itaru-san, you went out to buy capsule toys, remember?
Itaru	Ah, right. Sorry, sorry.
Izumi	Are you looking for something?
Itaru	Hm... ah, got it. This.
Izumi	A capsule toy machine!
Itaru	I bought it on a whim, but ended up not using it and stowed it away.
	I thought I'd use it for the Real Gacha.
Izumi	I see. ...hm?
	Itaru-san, there's a capsule here.
Itaru	Hm?
Izumi	There's something inside it too. Did you forget to open it?
Itaru	A variable! Could the inside be...!
	...
	...a normal Entaku Knight-kun. I've seen him to death today.
Izumi	T-there there... the normal one's pretty cute too, right. You're bound to get the rare one soon.
Itaru	Got it.
Izumi	? Got what?
Itaru	I'm using this for the Real Gacha.
Izumi	Uh... are you really gonna use an extra keyholder that's been lying around for that...
Itaru	...I hope you reach the hands of a person who will treat you well.
Izumi	---
Itaru	Well, you're right about it being an extra keyholder I don't need, but he's still a character I hold close to my heart.
Izumi	You're just good at making things up...
	But you really do like KniRound don't you, Itaru-san?
Itaru	Kinda late to realise that, don't you think?
Izumi	Fufu, you're right.
Chikage	Next is Chigasaki's turn.
Itaru	Ok.
	Opening a capsule always gets you pumping. I wonder what I got~
	...hm?
Masumi	What's that.
Sakuya	There's a button attached to the keychain...
Itaru	...could this be... click.
Keychain	Overflowing passion, outbursting emotion, s’il vous plaît to Geneva's biotope...
Troupe Members	!?
Masumi	...
Tsuzuru	T-this is...
Sakuya	It talks?! That surprised me!
Citron	Itaru, there's a piece of paper inside the capsule!
Itaru	NOT FOR SALE...
Citron	Oh! It's a rare item!
Chikage	It's a rare item with sound... isn't that what you wanted?
Itaru	This ain't it fam...
Keychain	Good morning bird, top of the morning to you little birdie, a carnival in San Fransisco~...
Itaru	...but well, I got something interesting. I'll take good care of it.

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