Tsukasa Tenma - Cheering on from Backstage - Side Story 1
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[Location: Wonder Stage.]
Alright! The sun is beginning to set, thus, let us end practice for today! |
Ye~p♪ Thanks for your hard work, everyone ☆ |
With that, shall we start packing away? |
Right. We can start with the large props first, then the—— |
Uh… um, before we start clearing up, do you guys have a moment? |
Don’t project onto me, Emu, that’s not it... |
I just... have something I want to ask of you, that’s all... |
You’d like to ask for something? |
How unusual... well, there is no need to hold back! Ask away! |
Do you guys know the Virtual Singer Fan Festa event that’s happening soon? |
——I see. The Thanksgiving festival for Virtual Singers? I believe it’s held annually. |
Now that you mention it, I, too, somewhat recall such an event. However, what does this have to do with what you are asking of us? |
You see, I’m... just going to that Fan Festa with some... friends, and... |
Y-Yeah. And... one of them is... |
She’s... been struggling with dance choreography, so… I thought we could come here so she could, like... watch us practice, and give her advice and stuff, and—— |
NENE IS BRINGING ALONG A FRIEEEEEND!? |
H-Hey, shut it! Don’t be so loud...! |
HOW COULD I HELP IT! THAT NENE IS BRINGING ALONG A FRIEND!? |
YOU, WHO SPENDS MOST OF YOUR TIME AT SCHOOL JUST PLAYING MOBILE GAMES...! YOU, WHO HAS SUCH DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS...! |
...Can I kick his ass yet? |
Hey, Nene-chan! What’re these friends of yours like!? |
Listen well, for we shall arrange a welcoming party for said friends! |
Um, well... first, there’s Hoshino-san, everyone knows her already. She told me about the Fan Festa, too. |
Oh, Ichika, you mean! She’s been a Miku stan for a long time, and has said before that she would like to be able to go to this event one day! |
Then there’s Azusawa-san. She’s the person Emu calls Munchy-Munch Girl. |
Ah, the one who is the number one fan of our shows, right?¹ |
Wa~ah! So then we get to practice together with Ichika-chan and Kohane-chan! Ya~ay☆ |
Ah, there’s one more. She’s a member of the idol group MORE MORE JUMP! ... |
Mhm. Her name’s Hanasato-san, and goes to the girl’s academy like Emu, so I think Emu might know her. |
Yeah. She’s the one who’s been struggling with choreography, so I thought she could use our practice as reference. |
I think I need to ask Rui first, though. |
I don’t mind at all. That aside, I feel as though I’ve heard that “More More” such-and-such name you mentioned earlier somewhere before... |
Probably from when they were training at the plateau. The group has the idols called Airi Momoi and Shizuku Hinomori, and... |
Ah, I knew it! That’s the group with Airi Momoi as its member! |
Tsukasa-kun, do you know her? |
Our Saki is a huge fan of hers! |
However, from one’s own point of view, the fact that Rui knows about those girls is more surprising? |
It’s not so much that I “know” them - we coincidentally happen to share a common acquaintance. |
Well, you know her too, it’s Mizuki. |
Hm! Akiyama, you say! She certainly has many connections, doesn’t she! |
Ah, Emu-kun, you haven’t yet met her, have you? |
Mizuki Akiyama, my acquaintance from middle school, and a first year at Kamiyama. |
As well as that, she’s also the one who created my, Nene and Nenerobo’s outfits. |
Oh~! So she’s the one who made those outfits! That’s so cool~! |
Wh- Wait, wait, wait! This is the first I’ve heard of this!? |
Oh, my bad. I thought it wasn’t something worth spreading around. |
What are you saying! These outfits of yours mean we owe a debt of gratitude to this person ever since the very inception of WonderlandsxShowtime itself, does it not!? |
Alright, the next time I see her, I shall give her my thanks! |
Fufu, isn’t it a bit late for that sort of thing now, though? |
You’re the one who never mentioned it in the first place! |
Ah, if everyone’s going to go and give her your thanks, I wanna go too, I wanna go too~♪ |
Could you please be more aware that you’re a student from a different school entirely!? |
It’s a bit late for that, too, isn’t it? |
TL NOTES:
¹ Rui literally calls Kohane “The-Number-One-Fan-of-Our-Shows-kun”
> I don’t know how everybody refers to Mizuki yet, so until EngSekai comes out and I can make a list of what pronouns each character uses for Mizuki, the real-life 'assuming based off of appearance' is what I’ve gone with
> I copy-pasted my translation from a google doc, so sorry if there are any formatting issues since that's what this was originally formatted for 🙇
> If you spot any mistakes, let me know!
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