Romantic Date (1)
February, during the Valentine’s Day season, in a rather dirty back alley.
They say, “He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword”.
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Fufu. In our case, those who live by their idols—die by their idols.
On the contrary, that is no life someone should live. Your precious life will rot away, and you will eventually perish.
I worry about you, HiMERU-san.
—Shut up.
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Cut the crap…Don’t start spewing these useless sermons onto “me” now, you pious asshole.
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Shall I shut that bullshit-filled mouth of yours up—“Tatsumi-senpai”?
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…Fufu~
Aha, haha. Ahahahaha…~!
—No, you aren’t supposed to laugh there.
A-apologies. I really am not used to any of this.
Ah, you wouldn’t say all of these things HiMERU-san, or do any of that, or release any of that murderous intent…~
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In addition to that, it made me happy to hear you call me “Tatsumi-senpai” the way you used to in the past.
I wasn’t sure how to cope with all of those different emotions, so in the end I reacted strangely…That wasn’t your fault at all, HiMERU-san.
I’m sorry to have delayed you for this long.
—It’s nothing you need to apologize for, since it is also HiMERU’s fault this isn’t going smoothly.
As a matter of fact, HiMERU isn’t used to this either.
Ever since ES’s establishment— or rather, ever since HiMERU joined “Crazy:B”—he feels like he’s been made to take on jobs he’s never tried previously1.
But this…“work”…is meddlesome.
Is that so? HiMERU-san, you’ve always been spoken highly of for your solo work in films and dramas but…
—Those kinds of things have scripts. At least with those there’s a “correct” answer to an extent, and you’ll have some idea of the habits of big actors if you study their previous performances in them thoroughly.
But this job has none of that. A scenario was prepared, but it’s up to us, as the actors, to decide what exactly we’d like to say and do.
In all honesty, this field of work is not particularly interesting, so there is no way to even get started in learning about it.
Aah, I’m the same way. We really are alike, HiMERU-san~
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My whole life, I never really had much contact with “games”. The concept of romantic love is also unfamiliar to me.
That wouldn’t be the same thing as “God’s Love” (Agape)2, would it?
Those things are completely different. Games that endlessly preach the idea of “God’s Love” (Agape) are loathsome.
Agreed…ah, I’m a bit troubled. Our current job is to “act as characters in a dating simulator”.
Translation Notes
Footnotes
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For people unfamiliar with Crazy:B’s need to get work: getting jobs is important to them as it helps them survive as a unit. Because of the incidents during MDM (mainstory), they had a negative image. Finding jobs is hard for them but it’s the only way for them to get a better reputation in order for them to continue being idols (which of course is extremely valuable to each of them in their own way). ↩
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Agape is the term that defines God’s immeasurable, incomparable love for humankind. ↩