Thank you for waiting, everybody!
We have someone to lead the dance team now.

Him? He looks really young too...

Is he really gonna be okay just being thrown into the deep end like this...?

My name is Akito Shinonome. I'll be a part of the dance team with you all today.

I'd like to use my stage experience to make this the best ceremony possible with all of you.

He seems alright...

He has experience too, so why not, I guess?

(No matter how many times I see it, he feels like a different person when he gets serious...)

(Come to think of it, Akito might be the better choice for proposing to the bride too...)

Alright, it's well past time we started rehearsing. If you'll all gather...!

Right. Okay!

Louder! You need to articulate more when you say that! Like someone's planted a bomb in your molars and will explode if you close your mouth!

A bomb?!

You there, face forward and stick your chest out! Imagine that you're about to deploy a laser from your shoulder!

A laser...?!

And you! Hands off your hips! You're a human, not a robot! You're capable of more fluid movements! However, if you wish to become a robot...

O-Okay! I'm not sure what you're saying, but I'll try harder!

(This is incredible...)

(He's always acting so strange when he's with Tsukasa and I assumed that was just the way he was, but he takes acting direction so seriously...)

(No, what if this is the real Rui Kamishiro...?)

Aoyagi, you've stopped. Is something the matter? We don't have much time left...!

R-Right... I'm sorry!

Okay, that looked good.
Let's just go over that last part again just to make sure.

Sure. But you're such a great teacher! This routine looked so hard, but you made everything so much easier...!

Y-Yeah... Thanks...

(I'm really just doing the dance routine Kamishiro told me to do...)

45 minutes left...

We'll need to rehearse together with the dance team soon...

...

Is something wrong?

Oh, no. I don't think so.
I was just doing some thinking.

...?

Hehe. I suppose it's not good to keep secrets just before the curtains go up...

I was thinking about that little conversation we just had.

Our conversation...?

When we invited Shinonome to join us.

I've been told many times for as long as I can remember that I'm one that does whatever it takes to make my goals a reality.

In truth, when I start thinking about an idea for a show, I block just about everything else out.

At times I let my obsessions get the best of me and I would ultimately end up all alone.

...

I've pushed cast members a little too far sometimes so that they'd do what I envisioned...

But that didn't necessarily mean they wanted to be in my show, and it hardly amounted to us respecting one another. They all ended up leaving after a while.

I was reminiscing a little about that.

Respect for one another...

Yes, that is very important...

But I also understand why you do things the way you do, Kamishiro...

Oh?

Someone in my family thinks in sort of the same way.

When it comes to something he truly loves, he'll give no quarter and won't compromise...

...

I didn't understand what he was doing at first. It puzzled me how he could torment a family member over such a thing.

But now I understand a little.

He's able to see what he sees because he gives what he loves everything he has.

And he wanted me to get a glimpse of that...

...

Sorry, I kept rambling on... I just wanted to say that I understand your thinking is all...

I believe that Akito decided to help us because he came to an understanding that your way would work in this case.

There are certain things that we aren't willing to compromise on as well...

And what would that be for you...?

Surpassing a legendary event that happened some time ago.

Surpassing a legendary event...

Hehe. I'm sure that show will be one for the ages.

Yes, I'm sure it will be.

Hey, we gonna start rehearsing or not? We're running out of time...!

Then let's get ready for the home stretch...!

Yes, not bad.
This should make for a wonderful ceremony.

Yay...!

However, I believe you're all still capable of doing more. I'd like for you all to do everything you can to make this show as good as it can be.

Everything we can?

Oh, like getting that turn down in the end...

Right. You'll look better if you stick that last turn. Would you like to practice that now?

And I mumbled one of my lines...

Yes, you could've been a little bit clearer there. How about we practice that part once more?

(Excellent, I could not ask for better morale...)

All that's left is the finale.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that we have the time to further refine it...

<Rui! Hey, Rui!>

Hm?
Oh, that's right...

I'm sorry, Len.
I left you all alone after we took a look at this place, didn't I?

<No, it's okay!
But I did hear what was going on!>

<You're wondering what you should do about the finale, right?>

<What if you tried “that”...?>

That...?

<You know, the thing you were out shopping for earlier?>

<What if you made some adjustments to that? Like... Adding that thing over there to it...!>

Yes, I see...
That may indeed work.

Thank you, Len.
This may make for a great finale.

<Really? Hehe. Great!>

<I hope today's wedding goes well!>