Yuki Rurikawa/Sky Gallery

Handmade Portfolio Case

Backstage Stories

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	*knock, knock*
Yuki	You there, Kazunari?
Kazunari	Yep, yep!
	*door opens*
Muku	Welcome, Yuki-kun.
Kazunari	What’s shakin’, Yukki?
Yuki	I was thinking of preparing a portfolio case as a prop for our upcoming show.
Kazunari	Ooh, sounds lit!
Muku	A portfolio case?
Kazunari	Simply put, it’s a bag you put your drawing boards in.
Muku	Hm, I feel like I saw a drawing board when I was reading shoujo manga earlier…
	That’s like an underlay you use when you’re painting, right?
Kazunari	You got it! You can also sandwich your papers so they don’t get bent!
	College art students are always carrying them around~.
Yuki	College art students, huh? What kind of portfolio cases does everyone have?
Kazunari	Wait a sec, I’ll pull up a pic real quick… ah, here!
	There’s tons of folks carrying ones like these around~.
Yuki	Hmm. They’re simple, like I thought.
	I could probably buy one at this price…
Kazunari	Ah, F-Y-I, there are peeps who make their own too!
	You can tell they’re handmade right away since they’re cute and trendy~.
Muku	I’m sure a cute portfolio case would lift your spirits and motivate you to draw your best.
Yuki	That’s true.
	…Yeah. I’m going to make a portfolio case myself, after all.
	I’ll make your bag too, Muku, since we’re both playing art students.
Muku	Wow, thanks! I’m so happy.
	I can’t wait to see how the bags are going to turn out.
Yuki	Speaking of which, would it be better to make bags for the other two playing artists too?
Kazunari	I dunno if we’re gonna use them at the moment, but it might be nice to make them anyways!
	Even if you don’t store drawing boards inside, you can use the portfolio cases normally as tote bags. They’ve got some real utility even if you don’t use them for the play~.
Yuki	So, in that case, should I just make them?
Kazunari	Wait up? So you’re saying we’re gonna have portfolio cases made for Sumi, Kumopi, Yukki, and Mukkun who are all playing artists, right?
	Hey, hey, Yukki! I’ll lend you a hand, so won’t you make a portfolio case for me!?
	Now I’m dying to get myself a super cute one after this convo!
Yuki	Sure, why not? I’d like to ask about their usability and so on, so I’ll make one for you.
Kazunari	Score~! Thanks, fam!
Muku	If you’re going to do that, then can’t you also make one for Tenma-kun? I’ll help out too.
Yuki	Well, I’m sure the hack will complain if we make 5 and he’s the only one without one. Guess we have no choice but to make it.
Kazunari	He’ll feel lonely if he’s left out!
	‘Kay sweet, let’s start making poppin’ portfolio cases for everyone in Summer troupe~!

Yuki	…Alright, finished.
Kazunari	Nailed it~!
Muku	Great job.
	I’m sorry we could only help with the cutting and tacking.
Yuki	Even so, you guys were a great help.
	Thanks, you two.
Kazunari	No probs!
	You got the costumes too, so I’m glad we could help!
Muku	All the portfolio cases came out really adorable.
Yuki	We designed the props so they matched the established roles and the colour scheme of the costumes, so I’m sure they’ll stand out on stage.
	Kazunari designed them, and then we made them accordingly. They look pretty nice, if I do say so myself.
Kazunari	Aww thanks, Yukki~!
	They came out as exactly as I imagined! I couldn’t ask for more!
Yuki	Of course. Remember, they were also designed to be easy to use as tote bags.
Muku	Right, thank you!
Kazunari	Let’s jet and hand them over to Kumopi and Sumi right now!
Yuki	Here, for you.
Kumon	Eh!? What’s this? Did you make these for us!?
Yuki	Yeah. They’re portfolio cases made as props for the play.
	But if you don’t end up using them as props, then just use them normally.
Muku	You see, you can use them as tote bags.
Kumon	Uwahh, the design is hella trendy too!
	Thanks!
Misumi	Thanks~!
	Ah, the edges have tiny triangles!
Kazunari	We made bags for all the Summer troupe members.
	Lookie, these are mine and Mukkun’s.
Misumi	Wow, all of them look really wonderful~.
	*door opens*
Tenma	I’m home.
Muku	Ah, Tenma-kun! Welcome back.
Kazunari	Nice timing, Tenten~
Tenma	Hm? All of you have some pretty large bags… what’s going on?
Kumon	Yuki made these for everyone!
Misumi	They’re called portfolio cases~.
Kazunari	They look sick, right? All of us matchsies ✩
Tenma	Heh…
	Then of course there’s also one for me, right?
Yuki	Nope.
Tenma	HAH!?
Yuki	Is what I want to say…
	But yeah, here’s yours, hack. I went ahead and chose the design.
Tenma	Hey now, so you did make one for me?
	…Hm?
	Why is my bag design a bear!
Kumon	Ah, that’s the bear that Yuki makes all the time!
Muku	It’s called yuru bear, isn’t it?
Tenma	There’s no way I could carry this thing around, you know!
Yuki	It’s not like you have many chances to take it out anyways. You get driven most of the time, plus you wouldn’t take it to university or for shopping.
Tenma	Hm? You have a point…
Yuki	You can give it back if you don’t need it.
Tenma	If I do that, then I won’t match with every… I mean, it’s nothing.
	I’ll take it.
	Thanks.
Yuki	You could’ve just accepted it quietly from the start.
	Take care of it, alright?

Anna