Autumn Festival ✽ Hopping Lunar Rabbits of the Moonlight | Wings and the Moon - 5

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Hajime: Um. I don’t really know how much stuff costs, but is a milli... is that much money enough to go to space?


Keito: No, I think it’d be impossible. An attraction where you can experience zero-gravity—realistic space conditions—should easily cost that much... I think.

I know because I looked it up a little while ago.


Mitsuru: Ooh, do you wanna go to space too, glasses nii-chan?


Keito: Call me “Hasumi senpai,” or “Vice President.” ...Don’t boys always dream about space?


Leo: Wahaha, surprisingly, Keito likes this kind of stuff! I say yay, yay, a vote for yay!

I wanna go to space, if we need more money, I’ll lend you more!

Ucchu~ ☆ Maybe I’ll get to meet that alien again... ♪


Hajime: Eh, what do you mean, “again”? “Leo-chin”-san, have you met an alien... before?


Leo: Yup. Well, they called themselves an alien, so I don’t know if they really were one or not, but.

In a broad sense, earthlings are aliens too; if we do a live on the moon, maybe guys from other stars will drop by to watch... ♪


Keito: Hm. That’s a very interesting idea, but there’s one problem. The original client of this [Moon-Viewing Live] is a local government, and our goal is to help revitalize their local area.

Performing a live on the moon won’t directly contribute to that goal.

There are some work-arounds for that... such as holding a skywatching event in the region, or prioritizing them for a live video of the performance, but.

I think it would be very inefficient. In truth, nobody has ever heard of a live in space....

It would be a massive project requiring a tremendous amount of preparation time, and we would need the funds to match the scale.

Though if I ask Eichi, I feel like he would be amused and help out... and it would happen, just like that, but.


Leo: H~m. He does get amused easily, but he’s also weirdly realistic, so I feel like he wouldn’t help out?

I don’t think he’d be interested in space development. He’s not the type to invest in romantic notions, right?


Keito: What do you know about him? In any case, to sum it up, it’s not a very appropriate idea for this performance.


Mitsuru: Muh, was it no good? I thought it was such a nice idea~?


Keito: No, you’re approaching this the right way. When coming up with ideas, you should ignore the boundaries of realism and spread the wings of your imagination freely.

We can adjust the ideas to fit reality, so we can make them into an achievable plan later on. Keep telling us your ideas like that.


Mitsuru: Okay! Ehehe, then here’s idea number two! If we can’t go to the moon, we do a live on Mt. Fuji!


Leo: Nice! You’re interesting! Approved... ☆


Keito: You don’t have final say. ...Why Mt. Fuji, Tenma? Do you like high places?


Mitsuru: I love them! Also, I’ve never been to Mt. Fuji, so I wanna go~ ☆

Oh... But just like the moon, it doesn’t have anything to do with the local region we’re doing the live for? So this is probably no good too?


Souma: Hm. It actually might be quite a refined idea. See, when you think of Mt. Fuji, there’s The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.


Kuro: Huh? What do you mean? I’m uneducated so I don’t know what you’re talking about.


Nazuna: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter... In The Tale of Princess Kaguya, they toss the elixir of immortality into Mt. Fuji.

Didn’t you learn this in classical literature class? It’s called Mt. “Fuji” because it’s the elixir of “fuji”—immortality.

Fufu. I like that story~. It was strangely refreshing to see Princess Kaguya come up with all sorts of impossible tasks, but the ending was bittersweet....


Kuro: I see.... I didn’t really go to class until high school, you see.

So I don’t know this kind of thing. I’m just missing a chunk of my basic education. Thanks for teaching me.


Keito: Fufu. If we’re going to use Princess Kaguya as a motif, Tenma’s idea is a good one.

Princess Kaguya is a princess of the moon—she fits the theme of [Moon-Viewing Live].

Amazing, Tenma. You’re an idea-man exceeding expectations.


Mitsuru: Eh, eh? But I didn’t know Mt. Fuji was related to Princess Kaguya! I just wanted to go to somewhere high with everyone!

Ideally, that would be the moon! Because the higher you are, the better everyone can see you! I want lots and lots of attention ☆


Keito: Yes. That’s the right line of thought as an idol.

As you just said, Tenma, it would be difficult—or inefficient—to perform a live on Mt. Fuji, because it doesn’t align with the client’s goal of revitalizing the local area, but.

We can use the idea by incorporating The Tale of Princess Kaguya into our stage effects, and such.

Just deciding on a central theme makes the plan much easier to organize.


Kuro: Agreed. It makes costumes easier, too. Thanks.

If Princess Kaguya is the motif, doesn’t she order people to search for certain treasures.... I can include those in the designs.


Leo: It’s easier to make songs, too! A song for the most ancient princess of Japan, huh, does something like court music work?

I don’t know much about this kind of music, so teach me—that’s “Akatsuki’s” specialty, right?


Keito: Of course. But don’t make it too princess-like... We are male idols, so let’s be tough.

And not too Japanese—because we should consider what suits “Ra*bits” when building our overall image.

Maybe we should incorporate the first idea of rabbits jumping on the moon in our stage directions?


Leo: Gotcha! Hm~hmm ♪ Gimme a sec, I’ve gotten my ideas together, so I’ll write up a song right away!

The old bamboo-cutter swings his axe, ding-dong, ding-dong.... Brass instruments! Wahaha ☆


Mitsuru: Woah, it was more well-received than I expected.... Are you sure about this? Is it okay? Usually people get mad at me no matter what I say, so I’m kind of surprised~?


Keito: Fufu. No, I think those are the kinds of guys who ought to become idols. Because you’re different from others, different from normal people....

You can show the audience a stage that nobody ever imagined—a stage like a dream.

Standing outside of common sense is probably just right. You're a trouble-making child, but you just might be a genius as an idol... Tenma.


Mitsuru: Ehehe, I’m being praised lots! I’m happy ♪


Souma: Fufu. See, does Hasumi-dono not possess a deep and open heart? If you follow his lead, you will be fine; there is nothing to worry about ♪


Tomoya: ....


Souma: ...Hm? What’s wrong, Mashiro, you look unwell.

It is still bright out, but the sun shall set soon—it is the evening hour.... You must be hungry. Shall I prepare a light meal?


Keito: Hm, or we should all move to somewhere like the cafeteria. We’re on a roll, but....

You can’t fight a battle on an empty stomach. We can’t come up with good ideas unless we eat and let blood flow to our brains.

At this rate, it looks like we’ll confirm most of our ideas soon enough.

Let’s settle down, discuss, and, if possible, fix the details before the end of the day. If we can talk over dinner, it’ll be two birds with one stone; we’ll save time that way.

There’s a mountain of work before the performance, including preparations and lessons. But we don’t have much time till the real thing; we need to decide on a plan as soon as possible, or else we won’t make it.


Souma: Understood. Then let us head over ♪


Hajime: Ah, we’re moving? Then I’ll collect the tea cups~ ♪


Tomoya: Ahaha. Don’t spend all your time serving tea; make sure you join in on the conversation.


Souma: (Hm... Mashiro looked down, but. Perhaps it was my imagination? He looks like he is smiling happily right now.)

(...No. It is still strangely bothering me. I shall pay a bit more attention when watching over him.)

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