[Harusono Shou] Butai ni Sake! (update c.7) [Eng]

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$o00000 Here's the oniet T'LL FILE THAT FOR YOU. THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE ALREADY IN THE GYMNASIUM CAN YOU FIND YOUR WAY THERE? OKAY! WATCHING THE CLUB INTRO- DUCTIONS. DON'T RUN IN THE HALLWAY! CLASS 5 SHOULD BE SITTING IN THE BACK RIGHT AREA OF THE GYM. THAT'S ROUGH LUCK ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. was YOUR TRAIN OKAY? PERFECTLY! AH, HERE'S MY LATE SLIP. THANKS A BUNCH! I'LL BE ON My WAY!

AND NOW I ME HAVE TO JUST LATE ON EATING SIT DOWN SOME- THE SECOND uw WHERE AMONG DAY OF HART? , SCHOOL? you! OF OTHER STU- DENTS, WITHOUT ANY SORT OF ORDER TO THE SEATING?! THIS 16 TOO MULCH FOR ME TO HANDLE!! ALT DID WAS TALKTOA TEACHER, I WONDER IE ICAME OFF LIKE A STUDENT WHO'S EASY TO TALK

$IWANT TO HOPE THAT IF THE GYM IS DARK, I CAN SLIP INSIDE AND NO ONE'LL NOTICE... “IS THIS`... YEAH,..YEAH, THAT SOLNDS LESS LIKE I'M MumMb|e TERRIFIED. Nonono! (can't get into the mindset that this is too much for me to handle, | promised myself that I'd try my best now that I'm in high school! I SHOULD CHECK WHERE MY CLASS 18 SIT- NO NO, USE : A BRIGHTER yh \ 7% voice! ble / A -LY CRAP THAT SPOOKED Le ME! WHAT'S HE DOING...? ;$

I WONDER... NO, NO, I SHOULD TAKE A QUIETER I should probably just mind my business, but | might regret not calling out to him later. [ made that decision, Why's he curled up in a ball there? ba. dump Does he not feel well? SLOWER... `Y'KNOW, “Vm going to change.”

$WELL WHAT 90 100 NOW?! DID HE JUST NOT HEAR ME? DID I COME OFF et ve WEIRD? WAIT, a Keb HIS LINIFORM HE DOING HERE? bar 4s i tour = LOOKS DIFF- 0 O DON'T. \urr... ERENT, IS HE FROM ANOTHER ba, SCHOOL? WHAT'S uvap +ALL RIGHT? vu a: ARE YOU... ‘4,90 eeccccccccce oe HE \GNORED me?!$

YOU THEN. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GET SOME- ONE ELSE...? ike & Reach eo” oreo, Vind,

Mundie ano x HAVE TO GO ON MY OWN NOW... OH, FOR THE CLUB PROMOTION EVENT...? jee really puro UP Fortit Yeon: SOMEONE WALKS. WITH ME... THE GYM IS FULL OF PEOPLE... AH! YEAH, I FEEL YOU! I TRIED TO GO INSIDE A MOMENT AGO, BUT THEN PEOPLE TURNED TO LOOK BACK AT ME AND IT Tusualty SCARED ME... CAN'T STAND PEOPLE LOOK- ING AT ME,

| ¢eel the same way too! I WAS LATE GETTING TO CAMPUS TO- DAY AND TO- TALLY FREAK- ING OUT ABOUT HAVING TO GO INGIDE ALONE NOW!

$EVEN SEE WHERE HE'S GOING...? \ er ego 9 ie iecket a ioket THIS WAY YOU WON'T HAVE TO SEE ANYONE ELSE AROUND YOU, HOW'S THAT? AT LEAST UN- TIL YOU GET INSIDE? I'D BETTER GET TOMY SEAT WITH MY CLASS!$

I WONDER AH, j WHERE THAT GUY FROM BE- YEAH, MY i FORE WENT... TRAIN... HE MUST HAVE BEEN AN OLDER STUDENT... I HOPE IDION'T COME OFF =o I SHOULD'VE CURT... ] EXPANDED THE CONVERSATION, : TO TALK ABOUT IT'S JUST + THE CLUB PRES- HARD WHEN Now, ENTATIONS OR PEOPLE SUD- our next SOMETHING. ~aeee DENLY START presenta- |} TALKING TO tion is... | YOU IS ALL... The Theatre Club! Hello there, everyone!

$| ol I'm sure not many of you = | have seen a i | play live on We meet five times aweek in the home- ec room. YEAH! LIKE THERE le: WAS THAT please check out —— TV SHOW our perfor- || WHERE THE mance for \ STUDENTS you here! SANG... 2 f \ YEAH... \— THAT'S 0 DEFINITELY Sa NOT FOR ) °0 ME... 2. = Today we’re present- ing... YOU MEAN SING AND DANCE? AHIGH- SCHOOL THEATRE CLUB... DO THEY DO Musi- CALS AND ‘STUFF? INEEDTO FIND A CLUB THAT'LL HELP ME LEARN TO INTERACT BET- TER WITH OTHER PEOPLE...$

The high- school version of... “HELL SCREEN.” + GEEZ, THAT REALLY SPOOKED ME.

THE GREATEST PAINTER OF HIS GENERATION. IT SHOULD BE SOFT... BUT I CAN HEAR IT 50 CLEARLY FROM WAY BACK HERE! BUT THE FINAL PIECE HE CREATED... THAT S WHAT'S SO SHOCKING, THOUGH! THERE ONCE WAS AT THIS SCHOOL AN EXTREMELY ILL-MANNERED BUT TOP-OF- HIS-CLASS-- HIS CAREER WAS BRIEF... HIS VOICE 1S REALLY SOFT, Hult?

$0 THE PRINCIPAL ANTS ME TO. PAINT FOR | HIM, EH? | LG VER WELL! BuT | Only PAINT WHAT I'VE SEEN WiTH MY OWn EYES!

IF you WANT ME TO PAINT FOR you, THEN SHOW ME EVERY- ° THING | TELL You | To SHOW | Mell

THIS IS REALLY...THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS SIT- TING CURLED UP IN A BALL EARLIER,,.? {im being drawn in. HE WATCHED THIS ALL UNFOLD WITH AN EXPRES- SION AKIN TO GLIMPSING THE TRUE TORTURES OF HELL... What... is going on,..2? Someone muttered that in the dark- | ness... | This is terrify- ing... WHY 15 MY SISTER STANDING On THE EDGE OF THE ROOF?!

WHEN | GLANCED UP AT HIM, | SAW HE'D FROZEN IN PLACE, NOT MOVING AN INCH, AND A I COLD CHILL RAN DOWN MY ‘SPINE. HIS OWN. GOOD SENSES FAILED HIM,

a At A MONTH OR SO LATER, HE FINISHED A SINGLE PAINTING OF ASTOUNDING PROPORTION. IT WAS A WORK FOR WHICH... + THE TERM “HELL’ WAS TRULY APT. AFTER HAND- ING OVER THE PAINTING, HE STOPPED AT- TENDING CLASSES, AND NO ONE SAW HIM HENCEFORTH.

THIS SUD- _JDEN Disap- PEARANCE: , STRANGE, AND THERE | FOUND HIM.

This is what | wanted to know! is ith Thank you for listening. Those considering joining should turn in their applications to our managing teacher Haya- shibara-sensei or a club mem- ber directly We're always eager to have new members join, no prior experience necessary!

ae Maybe if I join this club, LIKE TO JOIN...

$WHAT'S THE &IG IDEA, =. RUNNING rt expLan OFF IN THE AGAIN FROM MIDDLE OF THE TOP, SO OUR REVIEW ] GET BACK IN MEETING?! GIVE ME fi HERE, NOW! APPLICATION, Oh good- ness! Then welcome, What are you welcome! iti f waiting for?! We've Now sit back, anew thaket welds ond hs like you with a us have this little promising guture application form would join us! of yours! \ tevin To \N SNATCH IT$

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I guess... ON, Vf f(t «A TEMP- ORARY AP- PLICATION BE ALL RIGHT? en of how a hasty de- cision led to my join- ing the Theatre Club. {Z048y Uo Bulob st yoey au) Jey to be continued...

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SORRY TO PUT YOU TO WORK RIGHT AWAY, BUT COULD YOU HELP US MOVE SOME DESKS? WELCOME TO THE THEATRE CLUB, ONIWA-

Irs KIND OF A MOUTH- FUL, SO YOU CAN JUST CALL ME BOTAN. 87 it tO: I KIND OF introduce you nex tine! TM THE : WK CLUB VICE- on, COPE! PRESIDENT, 1 FORGOT 10 YURIGASAKI INTRODUCE ne BOTAN. MYSELF! YOU SHOWED UP RIGHT AF- TER THE PRES- ENTATION, HUH! `LL BET YOU'RE THE TYPE TO DO ALL YOUR SUM- MER BREAK WORK RIGHT AWAY! TRUE FREEDOM IS FOUND IN PLANNING! LET US SEE THOSE PLANS TO THEIR COMPLETION AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM TOGETHER THROUGH OUR CLUB ACTIVITIES!

$+ THANKS FOR THE JACKET. AND...YOU CAN CALL ME “IMARY’. OKAY, IMARI- SEMPAI. HE'S A QUIET TYPE, MORE A MAN OF AC- TION THAN WORDS! BUT AS YOU WIT- NESSED IN HIS PER- FORMANCE EARLIER, HE OOZES THE- ATRICAL TALENT! HE'S TOTALLY SOMEONE TO ASPIRE TO!! ( \ is i i EN AND —~ HE'S OUR Presient, }ee> KIKUI MARI, SP IT's A PLEASURE TO MEET You. HE'S THE ONE WHO PERFORMED THE HELL SCREEN...$

BUT IMARI- SEMPAI IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WHEN HE'S ON STAGE. TO YOU, WE WERE ABLE TO GET HIM TO PER- FORM WITHOUT THE ONE WHO LOANED IMARI HIS JACKET? you Know... I THOUGHT IT WHEN T ‘SAW HIM IN THE GYM... His ability to become a character is really something, innit??

NO WAY! YOU'RE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CLUB! TIME FOR MORE INTRO- DUCTIONS!! THIS IS KINUGAWA KAORU, A SECOND-YEAR!

$AMAZING, EVEN WITH EASY TO MOVE SEWING AROUND IN, AND DELICATE THE PROPS ARE —- FABRICS ALL STUFF You'D LIKE LACE. ACTUALLY FIND IN A SCENE IN REAL LIFE! tnekimonc A rl Wore IN CHARGE OF ALL THE NS PROPS AND , COSTUMES 'Y` WE USE ON STAGE! LET ME PUT TO- = GETHER YOU AT LEAST cd e UNDERSTAND SLIDES HOW AMAZING PLEASE... PLEASE LOOKS LIKE Ly BOTAN-SEMPAI f STOP, 1S GOOD AT / 0 \ MANIPULATING Z J BOTAN..| KINUGAWA- 2 SEMPAI... WELL, YOU'RE THE put EHP! I'M ONLY NEW MEMBER WE'VE GOT AT THE you THE ONLY MOMENT, BUT FRET GuYS = ONE?! NOT! THIS MEANS WE CAN GIVE YOU OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION FOR TRAINING NOW!$

eyourp `TRALUMA- Berrer TIZE0!!` WATCH OUT You THEATRE FREAKS!” Re 1S THE LIMIT` =~ AND HERE I REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A HIT WITH KIDS FRESH OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL... AMAZING IT SCARES ‘IM GONNA ‘NOT FOR LOOKS LIKE AN SEE THIS IN MY EVEN SOME OF THE TEACHERS COMPLAINED IT WASN'T AN AP- PROPRIATE PER- FORMANCE FOR A WELCOME SET- TING... suggest oe form one” INSANE NIGHT- CLUB.” MARES.” ARE SOME OF THE OPINIONS WE RECEIVED FROM THE ARENT “STUDENT COUNCIL. PRETTY.

$WHERE'D I PUT THE PRACTICE SCRIPT...? OH YEAH, ONIWA-KUN! \ 7 | Wie UY LN STAGE EX- PERIENCE, ASAHI? FOR NOW, LET'S SEE WHAT SKILLS: YOU'VE GOT! WAIT, WOULD IT WEIRD YOU OUT IF WE CALLED YOU ASAHI-KUN$

I'M NOT GOOD AT TALKING TO OTHERS, sOT'M HOPING TO REMEDY THAT... I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD MANAGE THAT IN THE THEATRE COULD‘VE CLUB, SO... FOOLED ME. | WELL, MY ee FAMILY'S BUT TO MOTTOS IS... ; DECIDE TO JOIN OUR = Hig CLUB JUST _ “IF YOU Hin : i REALLY WANT Ih J FORMAT a = TO CHANGE, U a REMOVE ANY YOU'RE A ESCAPE PROACTIVE =i ROUTES.” —* ¥ ONE! ¥ Au, I GOTCHA.

$WHAT?! I’M JUST JOINING ON A TEMP- ORARY BASIS FOR NOW! HOU UF, AUTTILE INSURANCE \S NECES- SARY IN LIFE, DON'T YOU THINK?! HOW 6 oo ASCHOOL setios OLE IN ee INY WAY FAMILY?! WELL THEN, YOU'RE AN OFFICIAL STATUS IS JUST AN ESCAPE ROUTE, WORRY! WE'LL TAKE FULL RESPON- SIBILITY FOR GETTING YOU SETTLED IN! AND BE WELCOMED INTO OUR LITTLE THEATRE FAMILY!$

LET'S HAVE IMARI GIVE +H, WHERE'S IMARI? co believe he ran off on his own again...!! WOULD YOU MIND DOING SOME VO- CALIZING?: JUST GIVE US A NICE OH, I SAW HIM HEAD OUT INTO THE HALL AWHILE AGO.

BAD? THE SECOND FLOOR?! Z THIS IS BAD... NO! SHE'S | NOT MY (I NATURAL ENEMY! JUST MY BUSINESS RIVAL!

THE SECOND FLOOR... wlS THE LAIR OF THE ART CLUB THAT'S UTTERLY ENTHRALLED BY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! IMARI/!

GRABBED YOU ON THE WAY? KAORU, YOU TAKE CARE OF IMARI. GOING TO THE FIRST FLOOR FOR ADRINK... THAT'S THE PRE- SIDENT OF THE ART CLUB. YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS ONE. jae HEY, WHAT'S. THE BIG IDEA?! WHO IS THAT?

$I NEED TO GO BRING THOSE TWO UNDER CON- TROL NOW. oe whot's uy the harm?! Sb iN Ut was just te Looe Like for a minute, HE was cHiseLen || Hes. THs 6. and (marin FROM MARBLE we BENG IN even agreed DOESN'T MEAN owe to modell! YOU CAN BOR- a ROW HIM WITH- a ~— OUT PERMISSION! {- “s . SR) : My > Qe < Har Bead ana \\ LOOKS LIKE SV =] WE'VE GOT A N Ops you 2D DIFFERENCE & ` AGREED OF OPINION. 3 ¥ TO THIS? el TRRE &. THERE'S \ NO DIF- FERENCE YOU OF OPINION PROMISED ~ at ALL! You'D MO- DEL FOR US ee 7 \_ Last year!$

SCENERY AND PROPS. WHILE YOU PROVIDE US: WITH SOURCES WHILE YOU PROVIDE US WITH SOURCES OF INSPIRATION. HAVE HIM TODAY! WE HAVE A NEW CLUB MEM- WE HAVE TO SHOW HIM IMARP?S ACTING ABILITY!L WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LABOR AND TOOLS THAT YOU NEED... THIS PRECIOUS AGREEMENT HELD BETWEEN YOUR TINY THEATRE CLUB AND OUR ART CLUB... SURELY YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT, NO?

WELL, HELPING YOU GUYS PUT ON PLAYS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CLUB ACTIVITIES, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ENSURE (OUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE, BUT IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN PEAK PERFOR- MANCE, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AT ALL!

$THEY'RE LOANING YOU OUT... ARE YOU I SUPPOSE I DON'T MIND BEING STARED AT OFF STAGE. SORRY, IMARI! . A T'M A FAILURE YOu COULD . - AS THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE \ STOMACH ss BUSINESS SIDE OF nee A THE THEATRE CLUB! THAT'S REALLY OFTEN!! MAKING YOU PUT YOUR- SELF OUT THROUGH H NO....NO, AND Imari NECOTA I's BECAUSE HAS TO TONS. I CAN'T HANDLE SELL WIS EVERYTHING ON GONNA BE May OWN! TERRIBLY MISINTER- PRETED!! BODY!$

$THERE'S NO TELLING IF THE ART CLUB WILL ALLOW THAT. ABSO- LUTELY ALLOW THATI! \f you can satisfied promise him with once along with every two that brunet sort of things Madam president!)$

OH RIGHT! MY INTRO- DUCTION GOT INTER- RUPTED! I MEAN, T DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE THEATRE CLUB REALLY DOES, OR WHAT YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF, BOTAN- SEMPAI! eH?! T HAVE NO CLUE WHAT T’'M SuP- POSED TO 00 NOW! YURIGASAKI BOTAN! I'M IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION, DIRECTION, AND SCRIPTWRITING! NICE TO MEET YA! EXCELLENT WORK, IMARI! ASAHI!

MIND GIVING THE NEWBIE A VOCALIZATION CLOSELY!

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GREAT! THANKS. NOW, YOUR TURN, ASAHI! BREATHE IN NOT WITH YOUR LUNGS BUT YOUR ‘STOMACH. SPEAK NOT WITH YOUR THROAT BUT YOUR STO- MACH. AAAAND...GO!

$Abul «properly? DID you TEACH HIM IMARI, ARE PROPERLY You HOW TO N OKAY? BREATHE 2 WITH HIS i DIAPHRAGM? iA \ TEACH HIM His poor STARTING throat! FROM STEP ONE. Hom... KAORU, IK HOW LONG DO WE HAVE mY UNTIL THE \ ASSEMBLY? I 4 L$

| BE You're gonna make Your acting debut one month from now at the regional assembly!

$é b f \E EEE |; cea EEEE ant EFEEE wt BEBE THATS TOTALLY UNREA- SONABLE! And that's how my time as a member of the Theatre Club started! to be continued ~~ —>,$

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é`lessaeayos JO Spi 84) U] YOU TWO MAKE FANTASTIC MODELS! MY EYES DIDN'T DECEIVE Me! Now, RIGHT THERE!

$iii iT We WOULDNTT BE DOING A REAVING TOGETHER \F YOU MAVE UP LINES FOR US! OKAY, SO IVE GOTA LITTLE RE- QUEST FOR THE TWO OF YOU... BUT HAVING YOU MODEL WHILE RE- HEARSING A SCENE IN A DIFFICULT PO- SITION IS AN ABSO- LUTELY DELICIOUS rkeep SITUATION! WANTING TO GIVE fs {YOU MORE LINES! You're probably wondering why Sempai and I are 1 reading our scripts eee while modeling for hands of the art club. time to yesterday for the answer... nips ws aie \ U `I DON'T THINK...” L CAN'T POSSIBLY HOLD THIS POSITION!$

rie GE FINE! AS I'M SURE YOU OVER- HEARD, IT'Lt NEED SOME TWEAKING, SO I'LL GETITTO YOU TOMORROW. THEN MONDAY WILL BE FINE! Im GONNA PREP A GO MODEL FOR THE ART CLUB FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS SO WE CAN SE- CURE SOME REHEARSAL TIME. SCRIPT FOR YOU TWO NOW. THAT... THAT'S NOT A SMART WAY OF THINKING... AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SECURE SOME REHEARSAL TIME’? WHY DID WE JUST TURN DOWN THE ART CLUB THEN...? SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO REHEARSE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME PIECE AT THE ASSEMBLY AS WE PERFORMED AT THE ENTRANCE CEREMONY, BUT THAT MEANS WE NEED A DIALOGUE SCRIPT INSTEAD, SO I'M GONNA HEAD TO THE COMPLITER ROOM NOW TO ORAFT IT. FRET NOT! I'LL HAVE IT FINISHED BY THE END OF THE DAY. IT'S ALREADY FINISHED INSIDE MY HEAD! THERE'S NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER, YOLI CAN DO A READ- THROLIGH IN YOUR FREE TIME. NOW, ABOUT THE JF WE GO PROMOTIONAL AHEAD AND GET POSTER FOR THE TWO DAYS OF ASSEMBLY YOU MODELING OUT ASKED FOR... CAN OF THE WAY NOW, WE GET THE MA- - THEY WON'T CALL TERIALS AND FOR YOU AGAIN SCRIPT FOR IT? FOR THE NEXT MONTH!

HERE'S YOUR SCRIPT. THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, ACTUALLY, WE'LL DO JUST THAT! FOR NOW, HAVE IMARI SHOW YOU THE BASICS, Vil leave the u, rest to YOU Imari. Be sure 40 leave the campus On time, NOW: GIMME YOUR ADDRESS AND PHONE NUM- BER, ASAHI. I'LL BRING THE SCRIPT TO you. SHE'LL BRING IT TO ME...? yy YOU LIVE OUT IN THE ‘| GOONIES, . ASAHI. eK eek I~ AND IT'S PERFECTLY FINE FOR YOU TO REHEARSE YOUR PLAY WHILE MODELING AS LONG AS YOU DON'T Move! ALL RIGHT SEE YOU TO- MORROW!!

$IF THERE'S | ANY TYPOS, \ I'LL REPRINT /T TOMORROW, YOU'LL BE PLAYING THE NARRATOR AND THE WATT, CHAIRMAN, WHAT TIME IS IT? BUT THE LINES 6 THEMSELVES OMe CcRer WON'T CHANGE, a? TOMORROW SOGIVEITA y WITH IMARI LOOK OVER IF AY ` WHILE YOU'RE KE YOL DON'T MIND. MODELING. LY usu ee YAL NAM, I GOT | OFE! ad DRIVEN HERE, SO I'M FINE, you're sweet, though! Which = THANK S| You, brings YOU'RE ) KAORU, us back Quire “j\ to now. WELCOME, . `EVER SINCE MY YOUTH, I'VE BEEN HORRIBLY OBSESSED WITH PAINT- INGS.”$

PETTUS / 1] i] YOUR VOICE IS REALLY EASY TO LISTEN TO, ONIWA-SAN. PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT REALLY GOOD ARTICULATION? I CAN'T SENSE ANY NOISE IN YOUR SPEECH. APOLOGIES FOR INTER- RUPTING YOUR BREAK. I'LL AH, TLL BE RIGHT 1 GUESS YOU COULD SAY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BACKGROUND TO It...? I. 00 WONDER WHAT SORT OF PERFORMANCE HE'LL PUT ON...

$WE NEED CeeakING = = Fantastic UP HERE, job toda , thanks so very much! @ 60 IT'S A BIT EARLY, BUT a Z YOU'RE FREE < TO LEAVE FOR THE DAY NOW! “M\ er whisPY ite You HAVE SOME 7 ae vias aucouns, || THTHaNK `OO. WE'LL SEE YOU YOU VERY YOUR CLUB TWO TOMORROW! MUCHIT ROOM TO STupy? a`\, \ \ OH, RIGHT. dt | / Zs THOSE OF YOU WITH ‘TEMPORARY APPLICATIONS, PLEASE HELP WITH THE CLEANUP AS: WELL!$

$WHY DID You JOIN THE THEATRE CLUB? SO WHY DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO PERFORM? Holding the same pose for 45 minutes each for o sketch is. IF YOU WANTED TO PRACTICE SPEAKING THEN YOU HHOULD'VE SOMEHOW STANDING STILL IS REALLY DRAINING... EH? BECAUSE I WANTED TO LEARN TO GET BETTER \T TALK- IG TO ER LE.$

$on \ ye I MEANT 0K YOUR PER- \ wat FORMANCE! ws} WAS SCARY ‘ ABOUT IT? T'VE HAD... MY FRIENDS: TELL ME BE- FORE THAT I WAS SCARY.$

$I'D BEEN SPEAKING PERFECTLY NORMALLY UP TO THAT POINT... AND THEN... wT FELT LIKE T DIDN'T KNOW HOW T OUGHT TO BE SPEAKING ANYMORE. MY HAIR, THINK- ING MAYBE IT'D MAKE ME SEEM MORE OLITGOING, ACTUALLY. \ ) And leven dito y sais! I BLEACHED b : —! Ay” AT THE : é 6 WELCOME CEREMONY...$

THAT PERFORM- ANCE YOU GAVE... + TERRI- FIED ME.

AND ONCE T REALIZED THAT... +I UNDER- STOOD IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SPEAK IN A WAY THAT WASN'T SCARY.

WELL, GOOD LUCK, THEN. LIKE I SAID SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T

$way of speaking was weird again... I HAVE TO BEHAVE MORE BRIGHTLY. `NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE MIGHT BE BURIED...` HIS PAINTING LIES HERE,” We'll probably That have more as- was wow, signments for OM, you, but you're great! REALLY amazing, havin LAYING almost fhe whole on7HE \.» thing memorized cOMPLI- |, on the ver: i) MENTS. |. first day! “ Am, ' A y AZING S Ze welt f x 4 UY) , yes: , } aes @, | af$

$AND EVEN WROTE IN ADVICE AND CORRECTIONS. | : Vi 4 | Fe | \ A A = \ fl upLateTo A ee |} BRING ME — ae | THE SCRIPT, hI SEEING HOW PASSIONATE YOU WERE... - THERE'S NO WAY I COULDN'T BRING MY$

BUT...IT'S. STILL THE TEMPORARY APPLICATION PERIOD... Ireally do love Arakawa Ryuunosuke’s works, but every time! read them... ‘ l OS SO t FANTASTIC! Then let's get your for- mally signed 7) up or the _ Club! tere, just sign your f name here. mil APP. WOW, WITH MORE MEMBERS, THE SCALE OF PERFORMANCES WE CAN PUT ON IS GONNA GROW TOO! I'M EVEN MORE MOTIVATED NOW, SEEING THE REACTION TO OUR PERFORMANCE AT THE WELCOME CEREMONY! MONOLOGUES ARE FUN, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE COULD DO! IT'S A MIRACLE WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE OUR ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE AND CHANGE THE FORMAT OF IT TO SHARE IT AGAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD. THANKS SO MLICH!! BOTAN, REIN IT IN. “aBueyo 0 Buiz1e3s s,Buiyyowos 2>}1) jeaJ 3] to be continued...

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MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT OTH- ERS... to conclu- sions! You're overthink- ing things, Wait... Has Imari-sempai ever call me ‘Oniwa'? terre HAS HE EVER CALLED MY NAME AT ALL?! {seg bY

YOU'VE ALREADY MEMORIZED YOUR LINES, ONIWA? MUCH ELSE TO DO, AFTER ALL.

7 THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE COULD D0 IT. You MANAGED IT BE- put CAUSE YOU PUT IN THE WORK.

$‘we can \` viscuss IT, PRO- VIDED IT'S YOU HAVE TO SOUND ANGRIER. Maybe he's angry he's got to keep working with me because | just can't get this right. NO, WHAT AM I THINK- ING? IT'S ONLY BEEN AFEW DAYS SINCE WE MET...$

WE'RE INTO PROPER RE- HEARSALS, HE KEEPS GETTING TRIPPED UP BY THE SAME LINE. MIND IF I MAKE A COMMENT? IMARI, YOU DELIVER THE NEXT LINE,

$WHY D0 YOU i C THINK TMARI Yes? PUT SUCH rl 2 PASSIONATE J FURY INTO THOSE | LINES WHEN HE Pee | DELIVERED THEM? coal UMM... BECAUSE ll HE WAS AN- /| \ GRY THAT MY ! CHARACTER, \ THE CHAIRMAN, Oh DIDN'T SEEM TO 4 BE LISTENING, AND THAT PUSHED 6 HIM OVER THE P \ EDGE? & PD ¢ as \ y) ean } \ / o JF I KEEP i THAT IN MIND WHEN I SAY THE LINE... a NG mm$

$A MATURE ADULT WOULDN'T GIVE INTO EMOTION... Fatal i a < \— eae = in ZN W\ ie i= TN + PRO- VIED IT'S SOMETHING OF EQUAL$

Thanks to Botan-sempai’s support, we ma- naged to get through it. I WONDER IF THIS MEANS THAT einer than § ICAN ACTU- eepening ALLY ACT... fF your voice +0 express ourself. OH! ALSO: WE'VE GOT- TEN PERMIS- SION TO HEAD TO THE HALL AND GIVE OUR GREETINGS AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND.

$oa 7S SEMPAI. . SWEAT IT! ao HELPING OUT LIKE THAT IS My JOB AS 7 “ DIRECTOR! SORRY FOR er, TILL BE MAKING US ANE That THROWING HAVE TO STOP portals) IN THE ODD REHEARSING REHEARSING FARLIER, RIGHT NOW? (OH YEAH, ASAHI! ABOUT THE ROLE T'D LIKE YOU TO PLay ON THIS TOUR... TM... GOING TO ACT WHILE WE TAKE THE TOUR? Right! Ler ge you some on-the-job wT“ (` | training! AN V \~ ‘yin \ ~ a) A 4 - a 2 The car's over here! ~ PLAYS CAN REHEARSAL ONLY BE PUT |S IMPORTANT, ON WITH THE SURE, BUT WE HELP OF A NEED TO FAMI- WHOLE LOT LIARIZE YOU OF PEOPLE. WITH LOTS OF ‘STUFF FIRST. a eachers have w the theater hall and okay it, for us +o use need a stage lot whic <7 om = eed + pro design +60. club to, nd lig! Yo 6 2$

SECOND-FLOOR SPOTLIGHT RE- CENTLY BROKE, Thank you ever so much for taking the time to meet with us today, terribly S sorry fo +450 wee, ask Tor Bout this on It’s a pleasure to meet you! Vm the vice- president of the club, Yuri-

$“a-aND — ¥: WHAT MIGHT \ A ‘PINSPOT LIGHT’ BE, I WONDER?` IT'S THE LIGHT THAT FOLLOWED IMARI WHEN HE LEFT THE STAGE DURING THE WEL- COME ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE. WHAT'S A ‘PINSPOT LUGHT'? -f HM, SO NO PINSPOT LIGHT... WEIRD WAY YOU'RE SPEAKING? THAT MEANS THE WAY WE A PINSPOT LIGHT IS A SPOTLIGHT THAT CASTS LIGHT FROM THE SECOND PRESENT IMAGES YY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE, TOO, 60 WE'LL HAVE TO CONSULT THE ART CLUB,$

`WHAT MIGHT YOU MEAN BY ‘SPRAWLING gust PLAYING A GAME TO HELP DO YOU = MY KOU- KNOW ANY HAI RE- GOOD WAYS ~—LAX! TO SETTLE NERVES, SENSEI? EVEN JUST SO THERE'S A5-KG BAG fe aects STANDING THE MUSCLES OF RICE AT- UP INVOLVES FIRST SEEMS TACHED TO LIKE A GOOD SUPPORTING MY NECK...? IDEA, ACTUALLY. YOUR ENTIRE ` BODY WEIGHT. APPARENTLY - ABDOMINAL i BREATHING IS EASIER TO YOUR HEAD GRASP IF YOU ALONE MAKES LIE DOWN, AF- UP B%-10% TER ALL. OF YOUR WEIGHT, TOO, LET'S GIVE TA SHOT ONCE WE jf GET BACK! € SS g ID Just getting UD is ex- hausting

TRIP OVER ALL MY LINES A- T HAVEN'T LAIN ON THE GRASS LIKE And why am | alone with Imari- sempai?! WHY AM I OUTSIDE?!

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