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A3! Magazine Interview Translation - B's-LOG August 2018 [New Face Interview]

The newly joined members of MANKAI Company cross-talk about their impressions of the theatre company and each other.

*Please read disclaimer on blog

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—All of you are new members who joined MANKAI Company. Starting off, please tell us your impressions of the theatre company.

Kumon: Nii-chan’s there!

Azami: A bro-con remark right off the bat?

Chikage: As expected, huh? But also… we eat curry often.

Guy: Right. It fluctuates. But on average, we have curry three times a week.

Azami: On that note, I hear Omi-san say, “I told you we should have curry once a week” about once a week too.

Chikage: It doesn’t have any effect on Director-san though.

Kumon: Hey, but the curry Director makes is super yummy, so it’s fun gobbling it down together!

Guy: I have never experienced such a lively dining table before.

Azami: The dorm is always noisy, not just at mealtimes.

Chikage: That’s true. You can hear the sound of laughter and fighting all over the place.

Guy: The laughter usually comes from Miyoshi and Nanao teasing Sumeragi, or when Arisugawa praises himself for his poems.

Azami: And the fights are Banri-san and Juza-san, huh?

Kumon: Tenma-san and Yuki do too!

Chikage: Those pairs sure fight everyday without getting tired of it. Is that what you call: “the more they fight, the more they get along”?

Guy: “The more they write, the more they gather round”? That is the first time I have heard that saying.

Chikage: Yes, that’s the first time I’ve heard it too.

Kumon: Ah, that reminds me! I heard a high-pitched voice yelling “PIGYAH!” from the ceiling last night!

Azami: Ha? That ain’t a human voice, no matter how you think of it.

Kumon: EHH!? T-then could it be… this?

Guy: …What is that pose? Are you a thief turning himself in?

Chiakge: I think he’s posing like a ghost.

Guy: A goat? I think it would be difficult to visit a farm though.*

Chikage: That’s right. That body language denotes, “I’ll hold myself back”.

Kumon: Ooh! Really! I’ll use this on Sumi-san next time! There’s nowhere else to put triangles in our room, so hold yourself back~!

Azami: …This is so fricken stupid I can’t keep up. At any rate, that’s prolly the Manager’s voice, ain’t it? He’s always makin’ noises like that when he’s getting thrashed by shitty Sakyo.

Kumon: Hmm… was it really the Manager’s voice~?

Guy: I suspect it is Kamekichi. Above the ceiling is the Manger’s room—or rather, Kamekichi’s nest.

Kumon: Ahh! That might be it! I feel like it was close to a bird’s call! Thank God~, it wasn’t a ghost!

Chikage: I’m surprised Kamekichi can also chirp like a bird.

Azami: I’ve only heard him talk like a human.

Guy: He wasn’t talking to us humans, but holding a conversation with a fellow bird. I heard he has a lover who’s a pigeon.

Chikage: Oh, did he bring in a female? Good for you, Kamekichi.

Azami: B-bring in…!? Don’t say something so disgraceful!

Chikage: That’s not allowed either, huh… In any case, both MANKAI Company and dorm life are so rowdy, I don’t know what to say.

Guy: But in spite of your words, you don’t seem to mind it?

Chikage: I simply got used to it.

Kumon Um, how do I put it? There’s lots of people at home, so there’s a lot going on everyday with loads of laughs and fights…

Azami: A big family, maybe?

Kumon: That’s it! It feels like one, huge family!

Guy: I would deem that the best description of MANKAI Company.

Chikage: I… definitely agree.

—And now, finally, please give us your impressions of each other.

Chikage: Our personalities are way too strong. We have a bro-con, the son of a Yakuza, an android… this is simply chaos.

Azami: An unidentifiable, shady, four-eyes dude is not far off either.

Chikage: And who are you referring to?

Azami: Uh, you, obviously.

Guy: Even with my scanning, Utsuki is Unknown. I am rather curious about your true identity.

Kumon: Unknown…! That’s sick…

Chikage: I’m just a regular old office worker. Guy-san, on the other hand, is the one with the absurd android set-up. I’ll put you back 100%, so won’t you let me disassemble you next time?

Guy: A complete shutdown can only be exercised by Zafra’s secret agency. I apologize, but please let go of that notion.

Kumon: A secret agency!? I-I wanna hear more about that! Guy-san!

Guy: Do you like mechanics too, Kumon? You’re just like Takato.

Azami: More than mecha, that guy likes—.

Kumon: WAHHHHH!! A-Azami~ is really mature—not like a middle schooler at all, right!?

Guy: His height is also 10cm taller than average. On that note, the average height of a male student in their third year of middle school is approximately 166cm.

Chikage: I see, that sort of data has been inputted into you too? Impressive.

Azami: I’m more surprised you know my height than the average height.

Kumon: Guy-san’s super efficient! He’s so cool…!

Chikage: Kumon is…

Azami: A bro-con.

Guy: That is the second time that word has been brought up today… but that’s all we have, so there’s no helping it. Kumon’s tremendous love for his brother is intense.

Kumon: Ehehe. My love for nii-chan won’t lose to anyone else, after all!

Guy: Come to think of it, Furuichi told us to “deepen our friendship as fellow newcomers.”

Azami: There’s no need.

Chikage: I agree.

Kumon: Eh~, I wanna be friends with all of you though~. We’re the rookies, right? I kinda feel close with you guys already!

Guy: I see. It’s different from our troupes, but I see no harm in building a friendship with each other. Cooperation is imperative.

Azami: What a pain…

Chikage: Well, I suppose it’s fine to get along in moderation. Let’s keep working together from now on, fellow rookies.

Kumon: I’m lookin’ forward to it!

Guy: Yes. Please take care of me.

Azami: …*Sigh*. I’ll try.

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*I had to completely change this joke for it to work. Chikage originally says “幽霊” (yuurei: ghost), which Guy mishears as “遊泳” (yuuei: swimming). Then Guy says he thinks it’s too early to start swimming--and then the rest follows.