Episode 6 - Summertime Survival ...strikes back!/Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - New Applicant
Izumi	Kumon, is it true what you said about wanting to join the Mankai Company?
Kumon	Yeah. It says on the company blog that you're looking for new members, right? If so, I... I wanna join the Autumn Troupe!
Muku	You're following in Juchan's footsteps, huh, Kyuchan?
Banri	So what, we're skippin' over the Summer Troupe and getting the Autumn Troupe a new member?
Itaru	I feel like he'd fit in better with the Summer Troupe anyway, to be honest.
Banri	Oh yeah? How so?
Chikage	He's certainly got that rambunctious and energetic air about him. Is that what you mean?
Itaru	That's exactly what I mean.
Izumi	Um, do you only want to join if you can be in the Autumn Troupe? The next play we're planning for will be the Summer Troupe. The Summer Troupe does-
Kumon	They only do comedy, right? No offense, but doing plays with nothing but stupid, empty gags sounds pretty lame to me. Nah, I'm all about that super stoic, super badass action! Those are the plays I wanna do!
Tenma	Hey, now-
Juza	Don't be an idiot! You've never even seen a Summer Troupe play, so don't you dare put 'em down!
Kumon	...
Yuki	He sounds like a certain hack when he first joined.
Misumi	"I'm not a comedy guy."
Tenma	How do you remember that well enough to quote me?!
Kazunari	Amazing~! Sumi~, you sound just like him!
Misumi	Ehehe~
Kumon	N-nii-cha....
Izumi	(Juza could've worded that a little nicer, but he does have a point.) (If Kumon isn't 100% committed to joining Mankai, then he might bail on us later.) (Still, he's come to see a bunch of the Autumn Troupe shows, so he's probably serious when he says he wants to act.) How about you give it a try and join some of our rehearsals first?
Juza	Don't bother, Director. He can't do this.
Izumi	Huh? But...
Juza	Kumon can't act.
Izumi	(Juza isn't normally this stubborn. I wonder why he's so set against Kumon joining.)
Muku	Kyuchan, What about the baseball team, If you join Mankai, you won't have time to go to practice.
Kumon	The baseball team? It...It's fine. I got it all handled.
Juza	What are you saying? They practice almost every day.
Kumon	So, like... I quit the team at the start of the year, so...
Juza	You...quit?
Kumon	Yeah, so I wanna join the Mankai Company——!
Juza	...Go Home
Kumon	But Niichan...
Juza	Acting ain't all fun and games like you think it is. It's not somethin' you can do just 'cause you feel like it.
Kumon	...
Izumi	(Hmm... This is a tough one...) (I feel bad for Kumon, but Juza is his brother. If he's this against Kumon joining, there has to be a reason for it.)
Tenma	How about we let him see for himself just how difficult it can be?
Juza	What d'you mean?
Tenma	He can help out with the road show we've got coming up. Even if he can't join our practices, we could still use an extra pair of hands He should have school off, since it's a three-day weekend, and it would give him a good taste of what we do.
Izumi	Good Idea!
Kumon	Road Show?
Izumi	Yeah, we're putting the Summer and Autumn Troupes' first plays back on, but we're taking them outside of Tokyo this time around.
Kumon	The first plays... You mean like The Roman Episode?! I'll get to see my bro as Lansky again?!