| Tasuku | When it comes to fight scenes, you have to pay attention not just how you attack, but how you portray receiving the attack, or else the action won’t leave a convincing enough impact. |
| Juza | Right. However, if you make it too flashy, it’ll look just as fake. |
| Misumi | Then let me try it out. Juza, try throwing a punch at me~ |
| Juza | ‘Kay. |
| … There! |
| *SWING* |
| Misumi | …Kh!! |
| Tasuku | That’s not too bad. But maybe try to put a little more force in it… |
| *PAGES FLIPPING* |
| Kumon | …… |
| Izumi | (Kumon-kun has been reading the script with a troubled look on his face for awhile now.) |
| (Even in the rehearsal for the body switch scenes with Banri-kun, it seemed like he was struggling with it. I wonder what’s troubling him…) |
| Banri | …Oi. |
| Kumon | Ah, Banri. |
| Sorry, I couldn’t get the hang of how to portray Onitsuka’s personality during the body switch… |
| Banri | There’s no need to 'pologize for something like that. Even I’m still tryin’ to work out how to do that scene myself. |
| So I figured… If I wanna get a better grasp of how to act him out, maybe you could tell me more about Hosoi? |
| Kumon | Eh? About Hosoi? |
| Banri | Yeah. Like how Hosoi feels and thinks, or even the parts about Hosoi that you like. Anything works. |
| In return, I’ll tell you more about Onitsuka. |
| Kumon | Got it! Let’s see, so Hosoi for me is… |
| Izumi | (...I was about to call out to him myself, but everything seems fine now. I’ll leave Kumon-kun in Banri-kun’s hands.) |
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| Banri | …Mh-hmm. That line just now was really on point. |
| Kumon | Really!? |
| Banri | Really really. |
| Kumon | Hehe, I got a better hang on it now because of earlier! So thanks, Banri! |
| Banri | Alrighty, guess we’d better get going and head back home. We’re the only ones left here, after all. |
| Kumon | Wait, you’re right!! I was way too focused that I didn’t even notice! |
| Banri | …Hm? |
| (There’s some weird guys hanging ‘round near the studio’s entrance. They’re acting way too suspicious to seem like they’re any of the staff.) |
| Kumon | Hey, Banri. There’s something off about the guys by the entrance. I’ve been peeking at them from this window and— |
| Wait, huh? They’re gone. Maybe I was just seeing things. |
| Banri | Nah, I saw them too. It doesn't sit right with me either; we should probs' let Tatsumi-san know about this. |
| Kumon | Alright! |
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| Kumon | Hrmm… We’ve searched all over the place but we can’t find Tatsumi-san at all. I wonder where he went off to. |
| Banri | I asked a staff member just now. They’re certain that he’s still somewhere within the studio premises. |
| …Ah. Maybe he’s at the rooftop he mentioned before? |
| Kumon | Ehh!? But isn’t that place off-limits? |
| Banri | It’s the only other possibility. |
| We gotta let Tatsumi-san know of those suspicious guys from earlier— the sooner, the better. |
| (Plus, I’ve got a real bad feeling about this.) |
| Kumon | …. |
| Banri | I won’t force you to come along if you don’t want to. It’s only the rooftop, so I can head over there by myself if I have to. |
| Kumon | It’s okay, I’ll come too. Besides, I’ve been really curious about the rooftop too! |
| Banri | That so? Then let’s head there together. |
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| Tatsumi | ...(exhales) |
| Kumon | Ah, there he is! |
| Banri | I knew you’d be here. |
| Tatsumi | Settsu-kun and Kumon-kun? Why are you two here… |
| Kumon | We’re sorry for coming here without permission! You see, we had something we needed you for, but we just couldn’t find you anywhere—— |
| Tatsumi | No, don’t mind it too much. Because of budget restraints, this was the only place that was never remolded, so I just wanted to hide it as is. |
| Banri | Now that you mention it, there’s a bunch of worn-out writing left on these walls. |
| Tatsumi | It’s unsightly, isn’t it? But I’d often come up here to calm myself down and take a quick smoke break. |
| Banri | That’s a mood. I’d often skip class and hang out at the rooftop of our high school back when I was a student too. |
| Kumon | But y’know, all this writing on the walls is pretty cool! It’s like you can feel the passion these guys had when they wrote this! |
| Tatsumi | Haha, thank you, you two. Talking to you guys has me remembering the past. |
