gyaxa | 18TRIP Cassette #02 — R1ze Drama Tracks

Special Weekly Report — Renga

Renga: For this week’s cassette, we have to talk about the Morning Squad’s good points.

I mean, that’s… everything! Ah, but that’s not a good answer, huh? Hm… Oh, I know! Everyone in our group is super nice to animals!

Kafka and Yukikaze always spoil Shumai, and Liguang’s had pet rabbits since forever. Wouldn’t kill him to let me pet them at least once, though…

Ten takes great care of his aglaonema, but word has it he likes cats too…

I don’t think there’s a single bad animal lover out there. You think so too, right?

Special Weekly Report — Kafka

Kafka: The Morning Squad’s good points… I guess the fact that we have these five members.

For the longest time, morning always reminded me of a plain cold ceiling, or wilting flowers in a vase, or lukewarm porridge.

But now, seeing the morning sun makes me think back to the first tour and Hospitality Live we pulled off together.

So I’m glad to be in R1ze, and I’m glad Renga, Ten, Yukikaze, and Liguang are all here with me.

I’m a little too embarrassed to say this in front of everyone else, so let’s keep this our little secret, okay, Chief?

Special Weekly Report — Ten

Ten: Our squad’s good points, huh… I gotta go with how fun our leader is~

A couple days ago, Renga-san said we should play rock paper scissors to decide who walks Shumai, since it’s “no fair if someone hogs him”.

Liguang-san wasn’t in the mood to play along and kept choosing rock, so me, Prez, and Yukikaze-san started goin' with rock too. Renga-san didn’t realize though, so he went with scissors and wound up the one loser.

He didn’t do it on purpose or anything, so I think he’s really something.

Special Weekly Report — Yukikaze

Yukikaze: The Morning Squad’s good point… It has to be the members we have. They’re all my cute little brothers.

You remember the brand-new-recipe shumai wrapping get-together I held the other day? Everyone pitched in.

Since Ten’s family runs a sushi restaurant, he’s good with his hands, and Yachiyo said he’s good at 3D modelling, too…¹

Oh, and Kafka’s gotten a little bit better at wrapping shumai. And since Renga and Liguang competed to see who could wrap more, we had enough to throw a shumai party for the whole dorm.

Haha, you looked like you really enjoyed it, Chief… I plan on holding another one, so we can all wrap shumai together again.

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1. I am aware that Yachiyo's comment doesn't seem to make sense, but based on some reactions I've seen, I don't think it's supposed to… ↑

Special Weekly Report — Liguang

Liguang: This group’s strong point is that none of the members skimp on putting the work into their daily activities.

Oguro’s always coming with new plans for us, and along with all the practice he does for work, Kamina’s always eagerly cooking up new types of shumai. Since we get along as roommates, I get to taste test them quite often.

Murakumo checks up on the bars in Chinatown for me, though he doesn’t bother with the ones that don’t serve alcohol. … And that idiot…

He’s always running around wasting his time, but I suppose hard work’s bound to pay off in any century… But he doesn’t have the brains for it. And just looking at his mug pisses me off. That’s all I have to say.

The Morning Squad's General Meeting

Renga: Uh… Ahem, thanks for all coming on such short notice, guys.

Yukikaze: Of course. You’re our leader, after all.

Liguang: Aren’t we supposed to have our squad meeting in two days?

Kafka: Then there must’ve been some sort of emergency. Right, Renga?

Renga: Yeah. T-This… This might be a matter of life and death…

Ten: Damn, well that’s no good…

Renga: Your life!

Ten: … Um…?

Renga: Your life’s at stake, Ten!

Kafka & Yukikaze & Liguang: ?

Ten: Wha…?

Liguang: Did he find out about Murakumo’s family business?

Kafka: What do you mean by that?

Renga: I realized something… that Ten’s been out all night recently… drinking…!

Ten: Wait, you realized that now?

Renga: You came back after midnight yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that too…!

Kafka: Ah, I noticed that too.

Ten: Ah, sorry about that, Prez. Was I waking you up?

Renga: That’s not the issue…! You just drink so much… I’m worried about how your body’s holding up…

Liguang: Hah, what a waste of time…

Renga: No it isn’t…?! I’m being serious here…

Yukikaze: That reminds me. Renga got into this medical show on TV that was playing during dinner a couple days ago.

Ten: Ah, so that’s what gave him this idea? He’s so pure~

Liguang: Make sure you add “stupid” in the fine print.

Renga: Hey…! … But if it’s “fine”, then isn’t that a good thing…?¹

Kafka: But it’s not a bad thing to bring up.

The liver’s known as the silent organ, you know. You can go as hard as you want when you’re still young, but there’s little you can do once it starts causing problems for you.

Renga: Yeah, Ten!

Ten: Ah, you don’t have to worry about that. Everyone in my family’s good at handling their alcohol~

Yukikaze: But if you come home so late, you won’t get enough sleep. You might not be able to grow any taller.

Renga: Yeah, Ten!!

Ten: Uh, think I’m a bit old for that…

Liguang: I truly could not care less. … But, seeing this man being made a fool of might be worth its while.

Yukikaze: My little brother… Is there some problem you’ve been drinking away?

Liguang: Heh. How’s your job hunting going? You don’t bring it up too often.

Renga: Huh?!

Ten: Liguang-saaan?

Renga: Wait, has it not been goin’ well…? Then I just got to step in!

Kafka: Looks like we gotta hold another mock interview ♪

Yukikaze: I’ll lend a hand, too. I helped the Chief take their career match assessments back when they were entering the job market.

Kafka: Huh? Why’s this the first time I’m hearing of it?

Renga: Then I gotta pick up some books about interviewing people and brush up my skills! The Chief and Sakujiro-san might be good people to ask… Ah, and Nayuki, too!

Ten: Woah there, Renga-san, hit the brakes.

Renga: ?

Ten: You don’t gotta do all that. Just keep an eye on me, and I won’t drink too much.

Renga: M-Me…? But I’m no good at holding a drink…

Ten: Aw, and here I was thinking that I could hold back a little if my trusty friend Renga-san was with me.

Renga: …! O-Okay, then! I’ll tag along whenever I don’t have work!

Ten: Yaaay, looking forward to it.

Liguang: Tch, this is stupid…

Kafka: Don’t push yourself too hard, Renga.

Renga: Don’t worry! I’ll stop Ten before it gets to that point!

Yukikaze: That’s the spirit. Please, protect my alcohol-loving little brother’s liver.

Ten: Then let’s head out at 6 tonight.

Renga: You’re gonna drink today…?!

Ten: Of course! Now I’m excited, since Renga-san will be with me.

Renga: Uu… But…! We’re done as soon as I say so, got it?!

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Shumai: Bark!

Kafka: Shh, Shumai. It’s late.

Shumai: Whine…

Yukikaze: Is someone at the door? No one’s ringing the bell… I’ll go check.

Renga: Urgh…

Kafka: Oh dear. Looks like Renga got sent back in a self-driving taxi.

Renga: … Ten… I think this nekst bar is…

Yukikaze: You’re at the dorm right now, Renga. Welcome back.

Liguang: It’s not even 8 yet. This guy couldn’t last two hours?

Kafka: Well, what else did you expect?

Yukikaze: Seems like things will be carrying on like this for a while.

Renga: Nngh… I’ll… protec’… Ten’s liver...

Shumai: Woof ♪

1. In Japanese, Liguang remarks that Ten should add a "ruby", or extra text above the original text which is used to elaborate on its reading or meaning, that says "stupid" over "pure" (meaning that in Liguang's eyes when Ten called Renga pure it meant he was calling him stupid too). Renga evidently does not know what a ruby is, and asks what they're talking about in the original dialogue. ↑

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