Muku Sakisaka/SUMMER NIGHT ESCAPE

Role Study: Akasaka

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Izumi	Let’s end practice here for today. Good work, everyone.
Tenma	Yeah, good work.
Misumi	Good work today~
Muku	Ah, that reminds me. Yesterday I was talking to the members of the other troupe’s about how there are going to be creatures incorporated into Summer Troupe’s play this time around…
Muku	And so Itaru-san ended up recommending me some creature games.
Muku	He said he’d lend me his entire gaming setup if I wanted to play.
Kumon	Actually!? Games with creature features sounds super fun! Playing them would be good reference for our play too!
Kazunari	Playing video games about creatures and observing their movements and stuff would be really useful for a role study!
Izumi	There’s also various types of creatures in the games, so it would be pretty educational.
Misumi	I wanna see what kinda creatures appear too!
Yuki	I feel like Itaru just wants to spread his gaming propaganda with the games he likes but whatever, it won’t hurt to give it a try.
Tenma	That’s right. I don’t know what kind of games they are, but playing even a little would be beneficial.
Muku	By the way, Itaru-san recommended 6 different games that we could try, so it seems like everyone can play.
Kazunari	Recommending a game for every individual, that’s Itarun for ya!
Yuki	Can’t believe there’s so many creature games. Did any catch your eye, Muku?
Muku	Yeah. There was an otome game among them, so I thought we could try it out.
Misumi	An otome game?
Kumon	Isn’t an otome game one of those games where the female protagonist falls in love with the male character?
Misumi	So Muku wants to fall in love with a creature~?
Izumi	I guess there are games like that…
Tenma	Well, it is a pretty Muku like choice.
Kazunari	Okay, let’s go borrow Itarun’s setup and try playing together starting tomorrow!
	[Next Day]
Tenma	So this is what Muku was telling us about, the otome game where you can fall in love with a creature.
Muku	Yeah, my heart has kind of started pounding.
Kumon	The protagonist’s a pretty ordinary girl!
Yuki	Excluding the protagonist's character, the classmates, teachers, family, they’re all creatures—...
Misumi	Some of them kind of look like insects, and fish, and kind of dirty, there’s so many types of creatures~
Muku	But, it seems like the contents of the game are the same as an otome game. The insect-like creature seems to be a pretty self centered character.
Yuki	That looks pretty grotesque, I seriously can’t understand what this game is about…
Tenma	Even though the personalities and voices seem normal, it’s way too impactful…
Kazunari	Now now, if you look at the creatures individually they seem super fascinating!
Kazunari	Hey, which guy caught your eye, Mukkun?
Muku	I think I’m pretty interested in this guy, Shinra-kun… He looks like a prince, and I think he’s handsome.
Kazunari	The way everyone sparkles really makes them look like princes!
Tenma	Sparkles…? Well, if you’re looking at their personalities, then I guess.
Yuki	When I look at them, they look like fish from the very depths of the ocean though.
Misumi	The fin-like parts on the side of his head look like triangles, how nice~
Kumon	Alright, let’s do our best to capture Shinra—!
Misumi	Yeah—!
	[Later]
Shinra	“Hahh… it’s you. Don’t come up to me so casually. I’ll bite you!”
Kumon	Eeeehhhhh!? Where did the prince go!?
Yuki	Wow, this guy seems like the type with a hidden agenda.
Tenma	Hey, don’t go saying unsettling things about hidden agendas. Are otome games usually supposed to be like this…?
Muku	I think so. It’s pretty common in shoujo manga for characters to be cold towards each other or fighting a lot at the beginning.
Tenma	Well, now that you mention it, you’re probably right.
Kazunari	This way!
Misumi	Let’s get closer by talking and hanging out some more~.
	[Later]
Shinra	“Don’t run away. You’re the one who approached me first.”
Muku	Wah…!
Kumon	That close up shot is hella impactful—!
Tenma	I guess this is what you call a “heart pounding” scene…
Yuki	Even if the love interest is a creature…
Muku	It’s definitely unique at first glance, but the story’s development is going so well that I can feel my heart pounding.
Kazunari	IKR~!
Yuki	No actually, I don’t get it at all…
Tenma	Muku’s really something else…

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