Tasuku Takato/Brilliance of Blooming

MANKAI Livestream! ~LIVE: Tasuku~

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Kazunari-kun is also joining in on today’s leader’s meeting.
Kazunari	Let’s do this piko~!
Banri	Have you come up with somethin’ again?
Kazunari	That’s right, Setzer!
	There’s a lil something I wanted to try.
	So you see… we held a project survey for the fans to find out what they’d like us to do!
Sakuya	A project survey?
Izumi	Yep. We did it for our fans as per Kazunari-kun’s suggestion.
Kazunari	Thankfully, MANKAI Company’s popularity is soaring through the roof right now!
Tenma	That’s true. We got a lot of new fans too.
Kazunari	‘Cept some of the folks who have been supporting us for a while also voiced that they’re a bit lonely since it feels like there’s been more distance between us.
	But, like, we wanna be a Theatre troupe that’s close to our fans no matter how much our popularity rises, right?
Banri	I see.
	So that explains the project survey, eh?
Tsumugi	How were the results?
Kazunari	The most common answer was, “I wanna see more InsteLives and selfies from all the troupe members!”
Tenma	Well, the frequency of InsteLive streams varies from person to person.
Tsumugi	It’s the same for our selfies.
	We basically leave it to the members who are good at SNS.
Kazunari	Yep, and so! As a special project this time, I propose we hold a solo InsteLive and selfie festival for 24 consecutive days!
Banri	A selfie festival?
Kazunari	It’d be even more hype if we took selfies during the live and upped the pics to Inste later, wouldn’t it!
Izumi	We’ve also discussed it with Sakyo-san, and he said we can do it as long as I keep watch to make sure no trouble occurs during the streams.
Kazunari	And so, the rest depends on you guys…
	How about it?
Sakuya	I’d love to do it! Of course I want to make everyone happy…
	But I’m happy for the chance to talk with all the fans through the screen too!
Tsumugi	I’d like to give it a try too. I feel like I’m getting more used to InsteLives, little by little.
Tenma	Hey, but, we can’t just idly chat, right?
Kazunari	On that topic, I thought it might be great to send out another survey to hear what they’d like each troupe member to do.
Banri	Seems like it’ll be a lot easier to handle in that case.
Izumi	Every InsteLive will turn out differently. That sounds interesting.
Kazunari	‘Kay then, it’s settled!
	Leave the form creation and tallying up to me!
Sakuya	Thank you very much, Kazunari-san!
Izumi	Alright then, leaders. Please share the InsteLive and selfie plan with all your members.
Leaders	Got it!
Tsumugi	Here, Tasuku.
	Kazu-kun gave these to me to hand to you.
Tasuku	Ahh. The InsteLive requests, huh?
	Thanks.
	That being said… there’s a huge amount.
Tsumugi	It’s amazing, right? It makes me happy to think our fans are watching us this much.
Tasuku	That’s true.
	There’s also people who have been supporting me ever since my GODza days within these. I’m really grateful.
Tsumugi	On the other hand, there are also people who have written they want to know what you were like back then.
	How do those requests sound?
Tasuku	I don’t particularly mind talking about it, myself…
	But there’s a possibility it could cause trouble for GODza.
	I’m not affiliated with them now, after all.
	The fans read our blogs this much too, huh… I'm surprised there are comments about the things I wrote a long time ago and their reactions to all the fine details.
Tsumugi	You don’t normally show much of your daily life or pastimes, so maybe they’re checking every little thing in your blogs.
Tasuku	Is it fun to see my daily life and hobbies?
Tsumugi	Requests about it have come in since they think it’s fun, right?
	Look. Like this one or this one here too.
Tasuku	…
	I got it. Since I’m also getting questions like this, I’ll talk about that hobby of mine in my upcoming stream.
Tsumugi	That one…?
Tasuku	It’s probably the one you’re thinking of.
Tsumugi	I see. …Say, Tasuku. If you’re going to talk about that, then why don’t you invite that person to help you out?
Tasuku	That person… are they the type of person who would come if they’re invited?
Tsumugi	If you’re the one asking, then I’m sure they won’t refuse.

Tasuku	I didn’t think you’d actually come…
	I called out to you assuming that it wouldn’t work out.
Chikage	On the contrary, I have no reason to refuse your request, Tasuku.
	I have nothing to do today either.
	Besides, if there’s two of us, then there’d be more production stories to tell, right?
Tasuku	Well, yeah… good point.
	It helps to have more stories to talk about.
Izumi	The stream is about to start.
	Are the two of you ready?
Tasuku	Yeah.
Chikage	I’m ready to go any time.
Izumi	Then 3, 2, 1… start!
Tasuku	So the stream has started.
	Hey, everyone. It’s Takato Tasuku from MANKAI Company’s Winter troupe.
Comment	“Hello, Tasuku-san!”
Comment	“We were waiting!”
Tasuku	I appreciate all the comments right away.
	Alright, this is sudden, but a guest came for today’s stream.
Comment	“Who, who?”
Comment	“Is it a Winter troupe member?”
Chikage	Hello.
	It's Spring troupe’s Utsuki Chikage.
Comment	“It’s Chikage-san!”
Comment	“That’s a surprising guest”
Comment	“What’s the connection?”
Chikage	It looks like there are folks who are wondering why it’s me.
	The reason actually has to do with today’s plan. Isn’t that right, Tasuku?
Tasuku	Yeah. We’re going to talk about DIY today as per the InsteLive requests I got.
	Every once in a while, I write about DIY stories on in my blog posts and introduce what I've made—.
	So I got requests saying people would like to know if there’s anything else I’ve made.
Comment	“I’m curious!”
Comment	“I bet he’s made some impressive things”
Tasuku	I’ve made some DIYs by myself, but Utsuki and I have worked together a couple of times too.
Chikage	Right. So that’s why I was called over as a guest.
Comment	“I see~!”
Tasuku	Alright, I’ll go ahead and introduce some.
	Speaking of items that we have made up until now, what comes to mind are—.
	The radio-controlled car and baseball plate… and we’ve also made drums before.
Comment	“Drums!?”
Comment	“You can make that via DIY?”
Chikage	Those were originally made of cardboard or something and we rearranged it, right?
Tasuku	Yeah.
	It might be closer to say it was a remake than a DIY.
	There are also many times we have added alternative functions while also repairing the original item.
Chikage	Oh, right. That was the case with the glowing shaved ice machine.
Tasuku	Ahh, that glowing one…
Comment	“Tasuku looks deflated lmao”
Comment	“A glowing shaved ice machine…?”
Chikage	Don’t make that face. I like the glowing shaved ice machine quite a bit.
Tasuku	You’re the only one who thought it was amusing.
Chikage	That’s not true. It was a surprising hit with some of the guys.
Tasuku	Some happy-looking members do come to mind, I guess…
Comment	“Have you made anything huge?”
Tasuku	Something huge, huh…
	The drums we mentioned before were pretty big.
Chikage	We have that which is larger, don’t we?
	If possible, let’s bring that item over.
Tasuku	Eh?
	Oi, right now?
Chikage	Yes.
	Come on. Lend me a hand, Tasuku.
Tasuku	…
	*leaves*
Comment	“They left.”
Comment	“The stream is deserted lol”
Comment	“What could it be?”
	*comes back*
Tasuku	…Oof. Sorry for the wait.
Chikage	We’re back.
Comment	“Eh, what’s that!”
Comment	“It’s seriously huge!”
Comment	“A table??”
Tasuku	This is a special billiards table we made from scratch.
	By the way, it’s designed to light up when a ball sinks into the pockets.
Comment	“It glows again lmao”
Comment	“You guys like stuff that lights up haha”
Chikage	This was pretty tough to build.
Tasuku	Yeah. We had to make sure it was safe too.
CHOICE 1: You put that much thought into it [+] Comment “You put that much thought into it!” Tasuku Of course. I can’t let my friends use something even if there’s the slightest risk. Comment “You’re like a craftsman!” Tasuku A craftsman… My main job is an actor, so this is just a hobby. Comment “We know that lmao” Comment “I like this part of Tasuku-san haha”
CHOICE 2: You can play with it properly [+] Comment “Then you can play with it properly!” Tasuku It’s a billiards table, so it’d be pointless if you couldn’t play with it. There are times you put your weight on the table when you play… So I really paid attention to its strength. After all, a lot of our members are huge guys. Comment “Eh, the troupe members play billiards together!?” Comment “Whaaat, I totally wanna see.” Comment “I’m sure Tasuku-san playing billiards would look so cool!”
Comment	“What would you like to make after this?”
Tasuku	Something I’d like to make?
	Let me think…
	It’s my dream to be able to make an original muscle training machine.
Chikage	If it’s the muscle training machine you came up with, then you’ll definitely be able to make it, right?
Tasuku	…You think so? I need to start thinking about the design then.
Chikage	I’ll help you.
Comment	“A Takato Tasuku produced muscle training machine!”
Comment	“The person himself thinks it up, makes it, and uses it lol”
Izumi	“It’s almost time!”
Tasuku	Ahh, it looks like it’s about time to end this.
Comment	“Ehh!”
Comment	“I wanted to hear more~”
Chikage	Oh, Tasuku.
	You have to take the selfie for the project at the end.
Tasuku	Oh yeah.
	Alright…
	*click*
Chikage	Is one picture alright?
Tasuku	Yeah, that’s enough.
	Alright then. Today’s stream will go up to here.
	Thank you very much for watching.
Comment	“Thanks!”
Comment	“It was fun”
Tasuku	I’ve never really gotten the chance to talk about the things around me like this before, so I had fun too.
	I hope we can hold another project like this.
Comment	“Please do!”
Comment	“We’ll be waiting~”
Tasuku	Then, until next time.
	It's been Takato Tasuku.
Izumi	Great job, you two!
Tasuku	Good job.
	Thanks too, Utsuki.
Chikage	Not at all.
	I’m glad it ended without a hitch.
Izumi	The stream progressed smoothly with you two.
	Though, I wondered what would happen when you left for a moment…
Chikage	Ahaha. We suddenly remembered the billiards table.
	It's Tasuku, so I figured we would be able to lift it together.
Tasuku	I was also surprised by that.
	Well, that much was fine.
Chikage	Now then, is it alright if we head back to our rooms?
Izumi	Yep! Ah, Tasuku-san. Please upload the selfie you took earlier to Inste if that’s okay.
Tasuku	No problem.
Izumi	…Ooh!
	Tasuku-san’s picture from his InsteLive has been uploaded.
	The way he’s polite and sincere towards his fans is just like Tasuku-san… fufu.
	(But somehow, he also feels relaxed in his selfie.)
	(I hope the fans will continue getting to know Tasuku-san’s natural side from now on as well.)

Anna