MANKAI Company & GODza Collaboration Play: Twin Kingdoms Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Izumi: It is going to start soon
Tsumugi: I wonder if the remaining working member can come back on time
Omi: We’re back!
Chikage: Are we on time?
Itaru: We even paid for taxi to come back as fast as possible...
Taichi: Just in time!
Sakuya: ‘Ardent Archipelago’ is starting!
TV: “Behind a gorgeous stage, there are tremendous effort built on it”
“GODza, boasting their fame in Broadway, was built 26 years ago along with their personal theater”
“Now, they are a large theatrical company, consisting of more than 100 members of actors and technical staffs in total”
“And the man leading all of them is the chairman who build the theatrical company, Kamikizaka Reni”
Kazunari: There he is!
TV: “Standing on top of a large number of actors is the greatly anticipated young ace, Arakawa Shift”
“He is someone full of potential, holding the fastest record of becoming the top actor after joining the theater”
Azami: Pfft. They said too much
Kumon: How cool!
TV: “On the other hand, the one playing the second lead role is the theater’s star actor with extensive experience, Asuka Haruto”
Banri: So they also show us their practice room
Tsumugi: This can be a good reference
Kazunari: Their practice room is so wide~
Misumi: Wide enough to hold a sports tournament!
Reni: “One more time! From the second act!”
Haruto: “Yes!”
TV: “Nearing the opening night, Kamikizaka’s guidance also becomes stricter”
Izumi: Amazing... Everyone is working so hard
Reni: “We were nominated for The Fleur Award last year, but failed to win it”
“And there was also the loss from the one to one battle act. If we continue to use the same method of performing, we will not be able to aim to the top”
“Right now, GODza is in the middle of exploring ways to make a fresh start”
TV: “GODza is starting a new challenge”
“Until before, GODza had operated using the top-down structure policy designed by Kamikizaka, but they have changed to let actors think of their own acting plan”
“Arakawa’s suggestion to show the practice condition through Inste Live is also well received by fans”
Tasuku: Reni-san sure has changed...
Izumi: (Tasuku-san is right. I feel that he has changed in a good way)
Reni: “I am also thinking of doing collaboration with other theatrical company”
Izumi: --
Kazunari: Here it comes!
Reni: “We have been thinking to cast actors from another theater for our next performance for the first time ever”
“This might not be a rare thing for other theater, but it is a first time for GODza that has always valued its own color”
“And our collaboration partner is-- MANKAI Company”
“It is the theater that won over us in the one to one battle act before. GODza might be bigger in scale compared to them, but I must acknowledge their ability”
“This will surely be a good motivation for the new GODza”
TV: “GODza will not stop moving forward. What they are aiming for is the domestic most prominent theater award, The Fleur Award”
Kazunari: Ooo! MANKAI Company is on the nationwide broadcast!
Sakyo: This has become a bigger advertisement than what I have imagined
Taichi: I can see ¥ (yen) appearing in your eyes!
Homare: What do you think after watching the current situation of your former troupe?
Tasuku: There are lots of familiar faces. Seems like almost all the backstage staffs are the same as before
Kazunari: Wow! The news has entered the trending topics!
Banri: Seriously? Almost all the trends are about ‘Ardent Archipelago’
Kumon: Shift is gonna get more and more popular...!
Itaru: There are also topics on MANKAI Company
Kazunari: Seems like they are searching for it because we are the collaboration partner
Sakyo: Our theater name appearing in the nationwide broadcast must have given a big impact
Izumi: Since GODza appears a lot in various media, they are very popular across the nation...
But our theater rarely appears in the nationwide broadcast
(Honestly, I am very grateful)
*Flashback*
Izumi: You said that you were going to cooperate with us to win The Fleur Award, right?
Of course, we will also work on raising MANKAI Company own popularity...
Can Kamikizaka-san use your connections to invite the board of directors to come watch our performance?
Reni: This brazen attitude--
Yuzo: Just like Yukio-san, right?
Reni: Exactly the same
I will try inviting them, but the result itself will depend on you
Izumi: Thank you very much!
*Flashback Ends*
Izumi: (In the first place, the collaboration play is suggested because suddenly inviting the board of directors to watch MANKAI Company’s performance will be difficult)
(There is also a higher chance that they will watch if it is a collaboration play with GODza)
(After that, they might take an interest in MANKAI Company...)
(Honestly, I am a bit afraid on how they will judge us, but we can’t possibly let this chance slips away)
(We will definitely make this a success and secure a foothold for The Fleur Award!)
*Haruto’s House*
TV: “GODza will not stop moving forward. What they are aiming for is the domestic most prominent theater award, The Fleur Award”
Haruto: ...Huff
(It is a good promotion for GODza. How they handle my appearance is also not bad, so-so I guess)
(Let’s sleep early for tonight)
[Lime Notification sounds]
Haruto: ?
Lime Chat
Shift: Wow! My first TV appearance!
Madoka: Both of you looked cool just now!
Haruto: (I think it is fine to just reply tomorrow...)
[Lime Notification sounds]
Haruto: (They are still going...)
Lime Chat
Sakochin: Gen-chan, I saw you on TV! Amazing! Do your best ‘kay?*
Haruto: Sakochin...
Lime Chat
Haruto: Thank you. But this is still not amazing. I am still not the top actor*
Sakochin: You are already amazing enough. Are you coming home this year?*
Haruto: ---
...Not yet, I still can’t go back yet.*
(I have never once went back home since coming to Tokyo. I am sure my hometown has changed a lot)
(After joining GODza, I gave my everything to practicing and practicing. Somehow I rose up in the theater, even reaching the top actor spot once...)
...
(I still can’t go back)
(That’s why with this collaboration play with them, I will certainly--)
To be continued...
T/N:
*All of these lines are expressed using dialect
Chapter 2