| Izumi | Someone from the troupe I’ve been helping with told me about the studio. |
| This place where Soukuu is located— The high school there became abandoned 20 years ago and was just recently renovated into that very rehearsal studio. |
| Banri | It don't sound like it’s much of a problem, with that info alone. |
| Kumon | Right? In fact, it’s pretty amazing to consider making an old school into a studio instead! |
| Izumi | Yeah. But before it was abandoned, the school had apparently made a name for itself— in more ways than one… |
| Misumi | Like it became famous? |
| Izumi | Rather than explaining it, I think it’d be easier for you guys to take a look at Soukuu’s' social media account. |
| Banri | The post promoting Soukuu Rehearsal Studio’s opening… It’s gotten viral. |
| Kumon | But the comments are… |
| Omment A | “I heard this from my brother’s friend, but this place used to be called a legendary delinquent school before…” |
| Comment B | “Apparently the students would get dragged into all kinds of violent incidents. It was that crazy.” |
| Comment C | “There’s rumors that even criminal groups were involved with them.” |
| Comment D | “The owner of Soukuu was a graduate of this delinquent school himself! Or so they say!” |
| Comment E | “Yeesh, the thought of even using such a studio is unnerving. What insane troupe would want to go there? LOL” |
| Banri | It ain't exactly the severe kind, but this post is getting ratio’d alright. |
| Izumi | Mhm. There’s no telling if what they’re saying here is the truth or not, but with all the bad talk, people would certainly be wary of it. |
| Kumon | I mean, I get what everyone’s worried about, but is it really as dangerous as they say? The staff member we talked to earlier didn’t seem to be that kind of person… |
| Misumi | He even mentioned he watches our performances! Plus their flyer has a lot of pretty triangles too~ |
| Banri | Besides, rather than baseless rumors, it’d be better to rely on reviews ‘n stuff from troupes who have actually used the studio, dontcha think? |
| Izumi | Yeah, I was thinking that too. |
| Which is why I was hoping to have MANKAI Company try out the rehearsal studio for ourselves. |
| Kumon | Wait, really!? |
| Izumi | It’s close by, and apparently, they have spacious rehearsal areas that would seem great for practicing action scenes. I heard there’s even a stage area within the establishment. |
| But more than anything, if you’re a theatre troupe doing performance in the local area, then you can avail of a special discount on their rental fees! |
| Misumi | Ohh I see!! |
| Kumon | It sounds like an amazing studio just based on what Director just said! |
| Banri | The fact that you already knew about the deets of the fees too. You follow up way too fast, Director-chan. |
| Izumi | I only did a little looking up, since I was curious about it myself. I thought we’d maybe have to rent it out someday, so I wanted to keep in mind the possible fees at least. |
| Banri | I see. As expected of you, Director-chan. |
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| Banri | …… |
| (The name of the rehearsal studio we were talking about earlier… Soukuu, was it? Maybe they’ll pop up pretty quickly if I look them up on social media…) |
| (...Oof. That post from earlier has gotten an even worse ratio than before. To make things worse, the studio’s clarification post had an opposite effect too.) |
| (Well, if it’s just as Director-chan said so earlier, then all this bashing talk will disappear just as fast as it had spread.) |
| (Still, why do I feel this sort of itch…..) |
| *LIGHT SWITCHES OFF* |
| Banri | Uoh?! |
| Oi, Hyodo. At least warn a guy before switching them off. |
| Juza | Hah? The hell, I thought you were already asleep. |
| Banri | I already said I couldn’t, dammit! |
| Juza | Shut up. Just quit naggin’ at me and hit the sack already. |
| Banri | Why you…..!!! |
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| Izumi | As I explained on LIME, it’s been decided that MANKAI Company will be doing a performance at the Soukuu Rehearsal Studio. |
| The members that'll be joining this performance are: Banri-kun, Misumi-kun, Kumon-kun, Tasuku-san, Juza-kun, Azuma-san, and Sakuya-kun. |
| Sakuya | Let’s work hard! |
| Misumi | Let’s, let’s ~ |
| Kumon | Ehehe, I’m so happy I get to do this with Nii-chan! |
| Juza | Same here. |
| Banri | Hey, Director-chan, about Soukuu… It’s the studio that we talked about a while ago, right? With the controversy going on ‘n all that. |
| Izumi | That’s the one. I wanted to confirm some things about the studio’s facilities, so I got in contact with the owner after our talk from before. |
| After going over several other things, the topic eventually went to that very controversy. |
| Because of how heated things are, they haven’t been getting any reservations at all. With how rough it’s been for them, we discussed more about it and, well… |
| Tasuku | I see. And I take it that’s how the performance was decided? |
| Izumi | Yes. It’d be good publicity as well. Plus, if our troupe can help people realize that there aren't any problems with using the studio, then maybe it’ll get rid of all the bad impressions that’s been left on their name. |
| Azuma | I heard a bit about it from Kumon earlier, but it seems like the situation is worse than I had expected it to be. |
| Kumon | All that talk is just rumor after rumor, and yet….. |
| Citron | Everyone, wipe those glum looks on your faces! If you don’t, it’ll be a long ways away before you can become the strongest of strong delinquents there is! |
| Members | De…Delinquents? |
