Part 1

Morinomiya Music Academy - Rehearsal Room

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Tsukasa

Heh heh heh... We finally get to have our first lesson at Morinomiya!

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Tsukasa

The revue has a storied history dating back over a hundred years, and we get to study at its school.

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Tsukasa

I've never been this excited in my life!!

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Rui

Me neither.
We've been given quite an extraordinary opportunity here.

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Rui

This is arguably the best place to learn about musicals, so we'll need to make the most of our time here.

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Tsukasa

Agreed! However...

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Rui

Hm? Is something wrong?

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Tsukasa

I'm a little worried about Nene and Emu.

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Tsukasa

We get to attend classes with the rest of the boys together, but Nene and Emu have been sent to study with the girls and operations team respectively.

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Rui

Right. We haven't been separated like this before now...

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Rui

But I don't think we need to worry about them.

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Tsukasa

Hm? What makes you say that?

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Rui

Nene and Emu have both overcome quite a lot in order to get to this point.

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Rui

They both know how to turn their worry and anxiety into fuel for moving forward.

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Rui

If anything, they may grow quite a bit while they're away from us.

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Tsukasa

Good point...
Then, we'll also need to do our very best.

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Tsukasa

Starting with our first lesson!
Let's go and give it everything we have, Rui!

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Rui

Yes, let's improve so much that even they won't believe it.

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Rui

(Our first lesson involves ballet.
We're beginning with warm-up stretches and barre work.)

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Rui

(Place one leg on the barre and tilt your upper body forwards, backwards and side to side. This is an exercise called “limbering”, intended to make your groin more flexible.)

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Rui

Keep your leg in this position and tilt your upper body...!

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Tsukasa

H-Hnnggg...!
Is this supposed to be this hard...?!

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Rui

Professional ballet dancers can do this with ease. I have nothing but respect for them...!

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Rui

(The other students are also having no trouble doing this.)

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Rui

(Which means this is a basic exercise to them. In that case...)

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Tsukasa

Rui?! You can keep going, right?!

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Rui

Of course...!

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Rui

*Wince*

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Tsukasa

Aaarrrghhh...!!!

After the lesson

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Rui

...

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Tsukasa

...

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Rui

Flexibility is my biggest foe at this point...

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Tsukasa

The same goes for me...

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Tsukasa

However, we seem to be doing okay in terms of stamina.

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Rui

Yes...
Our Mikazukigumi training seems to be paying off.

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Tsukasa

That is nice to know...
But does this mean we're going to be shouting in pain during every ballet lesson?

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Rui

If we don't find a way to become much more flexible very fast, then yes.

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Tsukasa

What if we started drinking a liter of vinegar a day, starting now...?

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Rui

I'm not sure even your stomach can handle that, Tsukasa.

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Rui

Also, what you said is just an old wives' tale. There's no scientific evidence that drinking vinegar makes one more flexible.

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Tsukasa

Ah, that's unfortunate...

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Rui

However, well...
It could be fun to run an experiment to see if bathing in vinegar can help us become more flexible.

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Tsukasa

Bathing in vinegar?

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Rui

Vinegar helps cuts of meat become softer by causing the protein within to denature, yes?

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Rui

So, what if the same applied to our bodies♪

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Tsukasa

Yes, because it would make us softer... No, wait! That only works when you're cooking meat!

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Rui

Yes, but cooking is based in science.

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Tsukasa

Still!
Instead of making us more flexible, we'd essentially be prepping ourselves for the grill!

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Rui

Unfortunately, you're right.
Which means we'll have to keep searching for another way to become more flexible...

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Tsukasa

Yes... Unfortunately...

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Rui & Tsukasa

*Sigh*