#btw i spent ~2k dia on this card and only got one copy so you can imagine my distress

[asordinaryppl]

A3! Backstage Story Translation - Tsumugi Tsukioka SSR: Whereabouts of the Lost Item - Part 1

Izumi: Tsumugi-san, your coffee’s done

Tsumugi: Sorry for making you make some for me too. Thank you very much.

Izumi: I was just about to make some for myself, it’s alright!

Tsumugi: It smells nice.

Izumi: It does, I’d say I made a good purchase! What are you looking at, by the way?

Tsumugi: A rerun of a suspense drama. It ended a few minutes ago

Izumi: Oh, I see… Too bad. What was it about?

Tsumugi: Long story short, the protagonists find hints to solve murder cases on omikuji they draw at shrines… (1)

Tsumugi: Then, they use those hints to find the culprit. It’s a bit of a strange plot.

Izumi: Using omikuji to find the murderer is quite an original idea.

Tsumugi: Fufu, that it is. It was also very interesting, and the shrines they visited were all lovely, too…

[Doorbell ringing]

Izumi: Who could it be?

Tsumugi: I’ll go look.

Izumi: Ah, please do!

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Delivery person: Thank you very much.

Tsumugi: This is addressed to Citron-kun? I wonder if he’s in his room.

Citron: Is that for me, Tsumugi?

Tsumugi: Ah, good timing. I was just thinking of going to your room to give it to you.

Tsumugi: Here you go.

Citron: Thanks!

Tsumugi: What did you get that’s got you looking so happy?

Citron: Let’s go talk over there!

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Izumi: Thank you for going through the trouble, Tsumugi-san. Was it some kind of delivery?

Tsumugi: Yes. It was addressed to Citron-kun.

Citron: I’ve been waiting so long for this! I’m going to open it now!

Tsumugi: What is this?

Citron: A go inches out!

Tsumugi: Go where…?

Izumi: Ah, a goshuincho! (2)

Citron: That, a goshuincho!

Tsumugi: Ah, that’s what it is. The way the Japanese patterns and the cherry blossoms stand out is beautiful.

Izumi: It reminds me of the Spring Troupe, how lovely.

Kumon: What’s everyone gathered here for… Oh, huh? Citron-san, is that a goshuincho?

Citron: It is!

Kumon: So you finally got it! You did say you wanted to collect goshuin!

Izumi: Is that so?

Citron: It is! I’ve been interested in goshuin for a while now, actually. But I never had the chance to get some~

Citron: Then, as if by fate, I saw a goshuincho with a lovely design I liked on the internet and bought it!

Tsumugi: That might’ve been God’s way of telling you that now is the time to start collecting goshuin.

Citron: That must be it! That’s why I will start collecting goshuin!

Tsumugi: Ah, then… Would you like to go to a shrine together? There’s a shrine I’d like to visit.

Citron: Which shrine would that be?

Tsumugi: It’s one of the shrines that was in a drama rerun I was watching…

Tsumugi: It seems it’s dedicated to the Dragon Gods, so I was thinking of going to check it out.

Kumon: The Dragon Gods!? We’ve got a shrine like that!?

Citron: Ohh! That sounds amazing!

Izumi: I think I’ve heard of that shrine before! If I’m not wrong, it has dragon omikuji there…

Tsumugi: Ah, yes! That’s the shrine!

Kumon: I wanna draw a dragon omikuji!

Citron: I would like to go there as well!

Tsumugi: Really? I’m glad. Would you like to come with us as well, Director?

Izumi: I don’t see why not. It sounds like a great opportunity!

Tsumugi: Let’s all go together, then.

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

NOTES:

(1) omikuji are fortunes written on a paper slip that you can get at temples and shrine

(2) goshuincho are 'stamp books' you can buy at temples or shrines that you use to collect goshuin on

(3) goshuin (literally honorable red seal) are stamps that can be obtained from shrines or temples, they come with different designs and also feature the shrine/temple's name and the date of the day the goshuin was obtained