| Misumi | There's no space left here, you know. |
| Muku | Hold on. I think I can still put one here… |
| Citron | It's going to go "Boom! Crash! Bang!" all at once~! |
| Yuki | Jenga? |
| Izumi | What kind of ritual is this…? |
| Misumi | So you see~, because I learnt that Madoka would be coming here today, I made a lot of "Good Luck" triangles. |
| Muku | He's been staying in Tsuzuru-san's room to finish the script. |
| Izumi | I see. |
| Yuki | Why don't you give it to him now? |
| Misumi | But aren't I only going to bother them that way? Both of them looked so serious when I took a peek from outside the window just now. |
| Izumi | I think it'll be fine. Besides, they both must have been starving as well. |
| (I don't know if Tsuzuru-kun will be able to stomach any food right now, though…) |
| (Looks like both of them have been forcing themselves to finish the script these past few days.) |
| (Madoka-kun doesn't look too well either. I'm kind of worried. Guess I should go take a look at how they're doing.) |
| I'll go bring them some tea. Let's go together. |
| Misumi | Okay! |
| |
| *door knocks* |
| Izumi | Tsuzuru-kun, we've brought some late night snacks. |
| Misumi | Triangles of support~. |
| Masumi | I want to sleep too. |
| Izumi | … |
| Hm? They're not answering. |
| *door opens* |
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| Tsuzuru | … |
| Izumi | Oh, great. You opened th--. |
| Tsuzuru | Ugh--. |
| Masumi | Caught him. |
| Yuki | Nice. |
| Citron | If Tsuzuru is entering his zombie mode, then that means… the script is deplete[1]!? |
| Muku | Where's the script, then…? |
| Madoka | My apologies. Here… |
| Izumi | Are you alright, Madoka-kun!? |
| Misumi | And catch~! |
| Muku | Thank goodness. |
| Misumi | Are you okay, Madoka? |
| Madoka | Yeah. Thank you, Nii-san. My knees felt weak for a moment, but I'm alright. |
| Because of the script’s sheer length, just combining our writing parts and refining them is already hard enough… |
| Tsuzuru | … |
| Madoka | !? Is Tsuzuru-kun alright!? Nii-san, you should call an ambulance--. |
| Misumi | He's fine~. |
| Yuki | He's just sleeping. |
| Izumi | He's always like this whenever he finishes a script. |
| Citron | It's one of MANKAI Company's socialites~ |
| Masumi | Specialities. |
| Madoka | He's always like this, you say… |
| Izumi | Thank you for doing your best for the script, Madoka-kun. |
| Madoka | Please turn this script into a great play. |
| Izumi | I’ll give it my 100%. For Hakkaku-san's sake, as well. |
| Madoka | I'll leave it to you, then. |
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| Banri | … |
| (Doug, the captain of the space pirates “ANIMS”, has been at odds with Sakuya's character, Saku. Their relationship isn't very good.) |
| (Despite that, when Saku goes on a journey to find his own roots, he encourages and supports him…) |
| "You finally found what you should do." |
| (What you should do, huh…) |
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| Izumi | (Now that the script is complete and the cast has been decided, we have to start the rehearsal in full swing…) |
| (But adjusting everyone's schedules is already giving me a headache…!) |
| (And I still have to strengthen my directing skills, in addition to the whole situation with the backstage staff… Can we really make this play a success?) |
| (Not only is there the opening show to worry about, but we also have to aim to wrap up this play in the best way possible.) |
| (I'm starting to doubt if I can really do this, but… I have no choice but to get it done.) |
| *door knocks* |
| Banri | It’s me. |
| Izumi | Banri-kun? Do you need something? |
| *door opens* |
| Banri | …There's something I want to discuss with you. |
| Izumi | ? |
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| …I see. |
| I'd never have expected you to be interested in directing, but I have a feeling it'll suit you. |
| Banri | …It pisses me off that I'm kind of affected by that guy, but if I can broaden my horizons as an actor by learning about directing, I think it'll be fun. |
| Director-chan, you were an actor before becoming a director, right? |
| Izumi | Things just happened to turn out this way in my case, though. |
| But I have to admit, the way I approach theater has definitely changed from back when I was still an actor. |
| To be honest, I was reluctant at first. I had decided to give up on walking that path because I wasn't a good actor, you see. |
| But my way of thinking began to change as I handed over the things I’ve learned to you all. |
| Now, I want to be the one seeing everyone off as you all bloom on the stage. I want to help you all truly, fully bloom on the stage. |
| I don't know if this is the answer you're looking for, but… |
| There is certainly something that you can see by directing--something that you otherwise can't see from an actor's point of view. |
| Banri | I see. I've made up my mind now. I'm gonna try studying directing. |
| Izumi | In that case… Do you want to try this together? |
| Banri | A workshop? |
| Izumi | Yuzo-san told me about it. |
| Basically, only active directors can join this workshop, but I heard assistant directors can also join--even if they're inexperienced. |
| Banri | Assistant director, huh… Sounds great. |
| Like you said, I don't know if I can find the answer I've been looking for. But I want to do everything I can until the MANKAI Show. |
| Izumi | Yep. Let's do our best together! |
