| Banri | Thank you! |
| Sakuya | Thank you so much! |
| Taichi | Thank you~! |
| Juza | Thanks! |
| Tsumugi | Thank you very much. |
| Tasuku | Thank you. |
| Banri | Umm. Can I say a few words? |
| I know for a while the future of this performance was uncertain, and everyone looking forward to the show was getting stressed out. |
| I’m deeply sorry for making you all worry. |
| But all those messages you sent to me after the solo livestream gave me courage to pull through. |
| Because I'm an actor, I'll definitely pay back all your kind words on the stage. |
| So please continue to support us from now on. |
| Audience Member A | Banri-kun… |
| Audience Member B | Good luck…! |
| Audience Member C | I'll keep supporting you! |
| Izumi | (Everyone could feel the emotions that Banri-kun put into this play, without a doubt.) |
| |
| *phone rings* |
| Yes? |
| Mizuno | "Good evening. This is Mizuno speaking." |
| Izumi | Yes, good evening. |
| Mizuno | "Congratulations on your opening show!" |
| "I'm calling to inform you that the livestream was successful! We've returned quite a profit from this." |
| "I'll elaborate on the details later, but for now that's all." |
| Izumi | Oh, really? That's great to hear! |
| Mizuno | "We will continue doing our very best to broaden the viewership for the play. I look forward to continuing our business together.!" |
| Izumi | Same here! We’ll be in your care. |
| (Not only did we manage to deliver the best performance ever, but the turn out at the show was incredible. I can’t be happier.) |
| (Everyone did their very best for this decisive moment. There’s no better feeling than seeing your hard work pay off.) |
| (Since the profit margin was so high, I think I’ll really start considering theater renovations.) |
| (Kamikizaka-san is also here today. I’ll discuss it with him.) |
| |
| Kasumi | Sakuya-kun, you did such a great job~! I'm dying to watch the next half of the show now! I can't wait! |
| Sakuya | Thank you so much! |
| Hiro | So Summer Troupe’s going to star in the next part? |
| Tenma | Please stop by again to watch it. |
| Zen | You were able to bare your true self to the audience. I guess all those free meals didn't go to waste. |
| Banri | Hell yeah. |
| Reni | ...I see you've all become such fast friends. |
| Syu | You’re here too? |
| Reni | Yeah. |
| Syu | The show turned out really impressive. |
| Reni | Can you really use that tone after refusing to give them Hakkaku-san's seeds? |
| Syu | Oh, c'mon. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. |
| Reni | ...How about that matter? |
| Syu | ...Not here. We’ll talk later. |
| Amadate | Oh, my. How odd to see the MANKAI Company’s first generation all together like this. |
| Trustee A | What old familiar faces we have here. |
| Reni | Thank you so much for attending the show today. |
| Hiro | Long time no see. |
| Trustee B | Hyuga-kun. I heard your latest drama got rave reviews. I’ve been having fun watching it, myself. |
| Hiro | Thank you, it's an honor. |
| Izumi | Oh. Kamikizaka-san! Such perfect timing. I have something I want to… |
| Reni | --. |
| Izumi | Kamikizaka-san. These people are…? |
| Reni | Oh, right. Introduce yourself. |
| Izumi | Umm, hello, nice to meet you for the first time. I’m the chairman and general director of MANKAI Company, Tachibana. |
| Trustee A | Oh, so it’s you… |
| Trustee B | You did a wonderful job producing such a play in this small theater. I'm impressed. |
| Trustee C | The play was so exciting! I had a lot of fun watching. |
| Trustee A | I'm a fan of the first generation, you see. Thank you for rebuilding this theater troupe. |
| Izumi | I should be the one thanking you for coming to watch our show! |
| (I guess that means we received a pretty good response…!?) |
| Amadate | I take it you are Yukio Tachibana's daughter? |
| Izumi | Y-Yes! |
| (If I'm not mistaken, this is the presenter of the Fleur Awards from the Hyakka Troupe...) |
| Do you know my dad? |
| Amadate | Yeah. I've been a fan of MANKAI Company's plays and Hakkaku-san's scripts since a long time ago. |
| Knowing that Hakkaku-san worked on the concept, I have high expectations for the last half. I am looking forward to it. |
| Reni | ...Didn’t you say you wanted to talk to me earlier? |
| Izumi | Oh, right. I apologize, I'll be taking my leave now… |
| Reni | Please excuse us. |
| *Izumi and Reni walk away* |
| Amadate | I am very, very much looking forward to it. |
| |
| Reni | So what did you want to talk about? |
| Izumi | I’d like to use the money we made on this show to renovate the theater. |
| Reni | I agree. Now is the perfect time, especially since some parts of this building are showing their age. |
| Izumi | I’d like to run things by you because you were involved with the initial design. |
| Reni | I don't mind. Ask me anything. |
| Izumi | Thank you so much! |
| Reni | That offer isn’t limited to just about renovations. If anything suspicious happens involving this troupe, let me know. |
| Izumi | Suspicious…? |
| Reni | I heard you went through a lot this time. |
| Izumi | When I went to visit my dad last month, he also told me to contact him whenever I felt like something is off, too. |
| Do you happen to know something about it? |
| Reni | To tell you the truth, there's someone who, ever since the first generation, never thought highly of MANKAI.. |
| It’s possible that he was the culprit of your recent upset. |
| Izumi | Huh!? Ever since the first generation, you say…? |
| Reni | He's a devious man. If word of his identity gets out, it wouldn't be a surprise if he crushes the company immediately. |
| That's why I can't tell you the details right now. But don’t worry. I've been working behind closed doors to solve this. |
| I ask that you trust me to handle this. |
| Izumi | ...Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. |
| (...Just what kind of person has been targeting our troupe all this time?) |
| Reni | For the time being, focus on producing the greatest performance ever. |
| Call on me and the other first-generation members for help if anything happens. We all want to see this show succeed. |
| Izumi | I understand. |
| (I can't shake this uneasy feeling, but for now we need to take the seed entrusted to us and make it bloom into the best show.) |
| (That Fleur Award nomination isn't just for us, but for the first generation members as well!) |
| |
| *applause* |
| Banri | "Thank you!" |
| Kabuto | … |
| Aoshi | Break time is over. |
| Oh. That person… |
| Kabuto | Do you know him? |
| Aoshi | Isn't he the one making waves recently? My classmate said he's an alumnus at my school. |
| I don't really know the happenings too well since I transferred mid-semester. |
| Kabuto | What a coincidence. He caught my eye when I saw his potential. |
| Aoshi | It's not up to just you to decide who gets to join our troupe, you know. |
| Kabuto | I wonder 'bout that. I want to produce my ideal play in my ideal troupe. |
| Aoshi | I beg your pardon…? |
| Kabuto | Don't worry, Mr. Third-Rate. I'll let you join. |
| Aoshi | ...Thanks. I guess. |
| Kabuto | "At first, my family praised me and I kept showing off because I liked that feeling and wanted more." |
| Aoshi | Never heard that one before. Who wrote it? |
| Kabuto | He ain't a writer. |
| …heh. |
