Tsuzuru Minagi/Banquet of Blooming

Starring "Tsuzuru"

Backstage Stories

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Tsuzuru	…It feels a bit nerve wracking wearing these costumes again after so long.
	It’s not like we’re doing a play today, but I feel a different kind of pressure than when I'm performing…
Sakuya	My heart’s racing too!
Citron	Don’t worry!
	If it comes to it, we’ll deploy Citrun!
Tsuzuru	Hold on, this isn’t the place to show off our manzai act!
Izumi	We plan to take a polaroid, in costume, after your lead talk show, Tsuzuru-kun.
Sakuya	That’s the present project for the audience that Sakyo-san mentioned, right?
Tsuzuru	A polaroid… I’m nervous about that too.
Manager	The screening’s done!
	Your turn’s coming up, everyone!
Sakuya	Got it!
Citron	Let’s go, Tsuzuru!
	Let’s get this talk show pumped up!
Tsuzuru	…Right!
Izumi	(I’m glad we have an amazing turnout in the audience.)
	(…Hm?)
Mizuno	…
Izumi	(Mizuno-san! He came!)
	(Well, it is the screening for Tsuzuru-kun’s lead play… of course he’s here.)
Tsuzuru	…So like that, I had a lot of troubles before the show started.
Citron	Tsuzuru was picking fights back then~!
Tsuzuru	I wasn’t picking fights or anything. Don’t talk about me like I’m a delinquent.
Citron	Ohh! Tsuzuru’s tsukkomi is just like a laser beam!
Audience	Ahahaha!
Izumi	(That’s Tsuzuru-kun and Citron-kun for you.
	The audience looks like they’re having fun too.)
Sakuya	Citron-san, did anything leave an impression on you during our Clockwork play?
Citron	Let me think…
	Dandelions started getting placed in front of Tsuzuru’s dressing room mirror after that!
Sakuya	Oh, yeah. That’s right!
Mizuno	!
Citron	Explain to everyone!
Tsuzuru	Well, you see… an old friend of mine gives those to me as a gifts.
	Dandelions are flowers that remind me of him…
	And when I look at those dandelions, I feel relieved and motivated, thinking, “alright, let’s do my best again in today’s performance.”
Sakuya	When you see dandelions, you know you’re in front of Tsuzuru-kun’s mirror.
Tsuzuru	…I think so too.
Mizuno	…
Citron	That’s great, right! Mizu—.
Tsuzuru	Ahhh, nope!
Citron	Mmph!
	Oh! What are you doing, Tsuzuru!
Tsuzuru	Err, let’s talk about that another time…
	Come on, there must be something else that made an impression on you, right!
Sakuya	Now that I think of it, we held the MANMAN Grand Prix at the company during the run of Clockwork, didn’t we!
Citron	MANMAN stands for “MANKAI” and “manzai”!
	Everyone did manzai together as a metal rake!
Tsuzuru	It’s mental break.
Sakuya	Representatives from each troupe performed a manzai act. Tsuzuru-kun and Citron-san participated for Spring troupe.
Citron	Yes! Thanks to our manzai practice, the dialogue between Luke and S got smoothie too!
	Our manzai act is hilarious!
	Tsuzuru and I will show you right now!
Sakuya	Wow, sounds good!
	I wanna watch too!
Tsuzuru	No, no! That’s off topic!

Tsuzuru	*Sigh*… I’m exhausted.
Izumi	Good job on the talk show, everyone!
Citron	It was a huge success!
	The audience laughed a lot.
Sakuya	I had so much fun too!
Tsuzuru	I had my hands full being the tsukkomi. But it was lively, and we got to chat a lot.
Izumi	Alright then, shall we take the polaroid next?
	Smile properly, alright, Tsuzuku-kun.
Tsuzuru	…Got it.
	…
Citron	Tsuzuru’s face is stiff!
Sakuya	Relax, Tsuzuru-kun!
	Just smile like usual!
Izumi	Yeah, turn that frown upside down!
Tsuzuru	Uh… coupled with this pose, it’s kind of embarrassing…
Izumi	Alright, got the pic!
	Great job, Tsuzuru-kun!
Sakuya	Wow, it’s a really stellar picture!
Citron	Oh! It really is!
	That smile that’s a little shy feels warm and fuzzy~.
Izumi	Ahaha, that expression really fits Tsuzuru-kun.
Tsuzuru	Is that a compliment…?
Izumi	Of course!
	I guess that’s it for this document.
	…Huh, a lot of time passed before I even realized it.
	But I have to finish this work today.
	Alright, just gotta keep at it a little longer.
	*dream starts*
	Mm…
	(…? Where is this place?)
	What a mysterious town…
	But it seems familiar for some reason…
	Huh? Something fell here.
	…A wind-up key necklace?
???	Um… excuse me, miss!
Izumi	Eh?
???	—.
Izumi	! Tsuzuru-kun!?
Tsuzuru?	Tsuzuru…?
	Have you mistaken me for someone else?
Izumi	(He’s not Tsuzuru-kun? I don’t get what’s going on…)
	(The look of this town, Tsuzuru-kun, as well as this necklace…)
	(Could this world be the world from Clockwork?)
	I-I’m so sorry. It looks like I got the wrong person.
	Um, do you need something from me?
Luke	Ah, yes… have you seen a necklace with a wind-up key around here?
Izumi	Ah, do you mean this?
	I just picked it up here.
Luke	…! That’s it!
	Thank goodness…
	I realized I'd dropped it earlier and I was looking for it.
Izumi	(I see… this key belongs to “S”.)
	This is precious to you, isn’t it?
Luke	Yes, very much.
	Thank you very much for finding it.
	Um… can I ask your name?
Izumi	I’m Izumi.
Luke	…Izumi.
	Thank you. I hope we meet in a dream once again.
	*dream ends*
	—Director?
Izumi	!
Tsuzuru	Are you awake?
Izumi	…
Tsuzuru	? Director?
CHOICE 1: Are you really Tsuzuru-kun…? [+] Izumi Are you really Tsuzuru-kun…? Tsuzuru Um, who else would I be? Are you still half asleep? Izumi S-sorry. I might be? Tsuzuru Haha, you have times when you’re half asleep too, huh? Alright, look closely. I’m not Tadoru, Meguru, Sakuya or Masumi—. I’m the scriptwriter who belongs to MANKAI Company’s Spring troupe. I’m Minagi Tsuzuru who loves creating plays together with you. Izumi Fufu. Yeah, that’s right.
CHOICE 2: I had a strange dream… [+] Izumi I had a strange dream… Tsuzuru Ahaha. Did you now? But it’s true that you get dreams like that when you doze off. I tend to see everyone from the company, or my family. Characters from our plays show up too. Also, I dream of Director from time to time… Izumi Eh? Tsuzuru …Ah, it’s nothing! Please don’t mind it!
	Anyways, you’ll catch a cold if you sleep here.
	Please take it easy with your work and make sure to sleep in your room, okay?
Izumi	Yeah, I’ll do that.
	…Anyways, it’s obvious, but this is how you are, huh, Tsuzuru-kun…
Tsuzuru	? Did you say something?
Izumi	Nope, it’s nothing.
	(…I hope we can meet again.)

Anna