Yuki Rurikawa/MANKAI Party

BIRTHDAY VLOG: Yuki

Backstage Stories

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Muku	Yuki-kun, your birthday event is approaching. Are you going to shoot your VLOG soon?
Yuki	I haven’t thought of a location yet, but I talked about it with Taichi when we were fixing up some costumes the other day.
	Taichi said he’d personally help with the VLOG filming.
Muku	Fufu, I see. It’s reassuring if you know who’s going to film for you.
Yuki	Yeah, guess so. The theme of the VLOG is “a sight you want to show the fans”… right? I wonder which place I should pick.
Muku	Holding a viewing party with everyone at the birthday event sounds really fun and exciting too, doesn’t it?
???	…Um! Excuse me.
	Are you MANKAI Company’s Rurikawa Yuki-kun?
Yuki	Yeah, that’s me…
Fan	Sorry for this all of a sudden.
	I’m Yuki-kun’s fan… and I love your acting, but I also just adore the costumes you make!
	It’s rare getting an opportunity to run into you by chance like this, so I called out to you wanting to say that.
	I’m supporting you! Please do your best from now on as well!
Yuki	Thank you. I’m glad to hear that.
	Keep your eyes peeled for my next costumes.
Fan	I will! Okay, I’ll be going then.
	I’ll visit the theatre again!
Yuki	Thanks.
Muku	Wow, good for you, Yuki-kun! You’ve been getting approached more often, and there’s been more and more fans of your costumes.
Yuki	I’m happy to hear about my acting, but I’m grateful every time my costumes get complimented.
	*notification sound*
	Hm? A LIME.
	Ah…
Muku	What’s the matter?
Yuki	I’ve been asked if I could come help for the first time in a while.
Muku	?
Hato	Thanks.
	I didn’t have enough helpers, so you saved my skin by coming to lend a hand.
Yuki	Don’t mention it. I was glad I could come help for the first time in a while too.
Koro	Arf, arf!
Hato	Haha, he looks happy he got to see you, Rurikawa-kun.
Yuki	There, there. Do you want me to make you some new clothes again next time?
Koro	Arf!
Hato	Alright, you can wrap up there, Rurikawa-kun.
	I’ll be done after I organize the costume room.
Yuki	The costume room…
Hato	Come to think of it, you haven’t been there before, have you?
	…Wanna take a look?
Yuki	Are you sure?
Hato	Of course.
	The costume room is one of my favourite places.
	It’s full of so many memories up until now. And sometimes I recall the hard times I've had, but I think those are lovely too.
Yuki	I.. think I kind of understand how you feel.
Hato	Does your theatre troupe have a costume room, Rurikawa-kun?
Yuki	No, we don’t have one.
	But, it does sound nice.
	I’m home.
Izumi	Welcome back, Yuki-kun.
	You went over to Hato-san’s place, right?
	I heard from Muku-kun.
Sakyo	That designer’s atelier you went to help with in the past?
Yuki	Yeah.
	If the money-grubbing yakuza’s also here, then that’s just perfect.
	I have a favour I’d like to ask you two.

Taichi	Alriiight, I’m gonna give it my all filming Yuki-chan’s VLOG today~!
Yuki	Keep it down, dumb dog.
Taichi	That’s harsh…!
Yuki	Come on, let’s get going.
Taichi	The costume room's really nice!
	I was surprised when I heard you negotiated directly with Director-sensei and Sakyo-nii to get a costume room built in the theatre.
Yuki	Well, I just asked them to make the costume room from a space that was originally empty, so the money-grubbing yakuza didn’t grumble too much.
	…Hey, what are you grinning about?
Taichi	That’s great, right? Yuki-chan!
Yuki	…Gross.
Taichi	EHH!?
Yuki	Let’s get down to filming the VLOG.
Taichi	You got it! Okay, here goes~.
	And action!
Yuki	Hi, everyone. It’s Rurikawa Yuki.
	Are you enjoying the event?
Taichi	I sure am~!
Yuki	He just spoke, but the one filming for me is Taichi.
Taichi	It’s Autumn troupe’s Nanao Taichi! I’m gonna get the best shots of Yuki-chan, so expect it, everyone!
	By the way, Yuki-chan, where is this place?
Yuki	We’re in the costume room in the MANKAI Theatre.
	It was created recently.
	The number of play costumes we have increased, and we also have to take the old costumes out more and more for reruns. So I wanted a place I could retrieve them quickly.
	We can’t do any huge work in here since it’s cramped. But we are able to do a bit of maintenance in here for the shows.
Taichi	You look like you’re having fun!
Yuki	…I actually wanted it make it bigger and install some proper lighting.
Taichi	But it’s totally different having this space from when you didn’t have it, right!
Yuki	Well, yeah.
Taichi	…Alright, the VLOG’s all set, right?
Yuki	Hold on a second. Hand me the camera.
Taichi	Eh? EH!? Yuki-chan, you’re also filming me…
Yuki	Lastly, I have to introduce my assistant.
	Nanao Taichi always puts in lots of effort as MANKAI Company’s costuming assistant.
Taichi	Yuki-chan…!
	I’ll keep working hard as Yuki-chan’s assistant from here on out!
Yuki	I’m counting on you.
	I’m going to keep making all kinds of different costumes with the help of my assistant and everyone else. Look forward to it.
	Alright, that should be it. The VLOG shoot is complete.
Taichi	Great job!
	Yuki-chan, that made me really happy!
Yuki	I just spoke the truth.
	…I’m depending on you from now on.
Taichi	Of course!
	Alrighty, should we head back?
Yuki	…Yeah, let’s go.
Taichi	…Are you feeling reluctant to leave?
Yuki	Not really… I can come here any time, after all.
Taichi	…Yuki-chan said he wanted to make it bigger and stuff. But I’m sure he’s thrilled to get a costume room.

Kazunari	Yukki’s costume is totes adorbs no matter how many times I see it!
Taichi	It’s hella cute~!
Yuki	Of course it is.
Izumi	So this time we have an event with all creators.
Yuki	We can choose our birthday event guests regardless of the troupes after all.
	I was thinking we haven’t had many chances to do a talk with these members.
Tsuzuru	That’s true, now that I think about it.
Kazunari	I bet it’d be hype doing a talk show with the other members who’re creators like Azamin and Omimi someday!
Taichi	I’m down~! I’m sure we’ll get to hear all sorts of stories!
Izumi	Alright, you guys are up soon.
Tsuzuru	Okay.
Kazunari	Gotcha!
	Let’s pump up the vibes to the max for Yukki’s b-day partay!
Taichi	Yeah!
Yuki	Thank you for coming today.
Guest A	Happy birthday, Yuki-kun!
Guest B	Once again, your costume is really adorable today!
Yuki	Thanks. All of you are cute yourselves.
Guest C	Kyahh!
Yuki	Alright, first off, I’ll introduce the guests.
	Kazunari, Taichi, Tsuzuru.
Kazunari	Hey, heyyy! It’s Kazunari Miyoshi!
	Yukki, happy, happy birthday
Taichi	Nanao Taichi here!
	Let’s have loads of fun celebrating Yuki-chan’s event together!
Tsuzuru	I’m Spring troupe’s Minagi Tsuzuru.
	Happy birthday, Yuki.
Yuki	Thanks for coming, you three.
	Okay, let’s start with the first segment right away.
	*applause*
	The VLOG viewing party. I filmed a little something with the theme of “a sight you want to show all your fans.”
	I got Taichi to shoot it for me.
Taichi	I got cute and cool Yuki-chan on camera~!
Tsuzuru	I can’t wait to see how the VLOG turned out.
Yuki	Without further ado, VLOG start.
Kazunari	Ah! Isn’t that the costume room that you got installed recently!
Tsuzuru	Yeah, he asked for one to be built in the MANKAI Theatre.
Guest A	Oh, there’s a costume room inside the theatre!
Guest B	I’m glad we get to see the back of the theatre~!
Yuki	“Having all these costumes together is a sight to behold, isn’t it?”
Taichi	“It’s legit full of all kinds of costumes!
	They’re so colourful and give off different feels~!”
Yuki	“Simply put, I wanted to show off my costumes—”
	“But this place is like a treasure trove to me, so I wanted to show it to you all of you too.”
	“Each and every one of these costumes are packed with my effort up until this point.”
	“I wanted to show them to everyone who tells me they love my costumes.”
	*applause*
Guest C	I love Yuki-kun’s costumes…!
Guest D	All of them are the absolute cutest and coolest!
Yuki	Thanks, everyone.
	I’m sure the costumes are also happy to hear that.
Tsuzuru	Since we have Yuki’s costumes, the story characters feel even more alive, don’t they?
Kazunari	It gives me inspo on what kinda flyer patterns to design too!
Taichi	I’m into all of Yuki-chan’s costumes!
Yuki	I won’t let you say you’re not into them, got that?
	“Hold on a second. Hand me the camera.”
Kazunari	Ooh, it’s Taicchan!
Taichi	Ah! This part’s kinda embarrassing…!
Yuki	“Nanao Taichi always puts in lots of effort as MANKAI Company’s costuming assistant.”
Taichi	“Yuki-chan…!”
	“I’ll keep working hard as Yuki-chan’s assistant from here on out!”
Yuki	“I’m counting on you.”
Tsuzuru	I see. You introduced your assistant?
Taichi	Ahaha, I’m blushing~.
	But I was super duper stoked that Yuki-chan introduced me as his assistant.
Yuki	I’m still going to have you work from now on, alright?
Taichi	Yep!
Guest A	The Last Runway duo are so cute!
Guest B	*Sigh*, precious…
Guest C	I’m supporting you!
Taichi	It’s a bummer to say this, but it’s about time to wrap up the event.
Kazunari	Oh yeah. Sumi and Tenten both took a pic. So you should snap one too, Yukki!
	All of y’all would be happy with a photo, right?
Guest A	Yeah!
Yuki	I got it. I’d also like to save a picture of today.
	Alright… take it, Taichi.
Taichi	Are you okay with me?
Yuki	Be my cameraman until the very end.
Taichi	Sure thing!
Tsuzuru	I think a photoshoot is going to become a tradition.
Kazunari	It’s great, no matter how many of these photos we take!
Taichi	…Okay, here goes~!
	Say cheese!
	*click*

Anna