A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA (淡島百景)

Hey

My classmate went to Awajima.

Hey

Wanna go to Awajima's cultural festival together?

Why

And by Awajima, I mean the Awajima Revue School.

Why

Er

It's fine if you aren't interested

It's fine if you aren't interested

Did I say I'm not?

We were friends.

I mean

That's kinda what it sounded like

We were, though we aren't anymore.

That's kinda what it sounded like

No, it didn't

But we used to be.

K

A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA

Are you angry?

What a pain.

Kei.

Did Eri-chan say she's going?

Yeah...

I'm not angry

I dunno yet.

Awajima Cultural Festival

She must be worried because Kei-kun's the popular type.

I'm not so sure.

Anyway, to think you have a relative at Awajima too, Ryouko-san...

Sara-chan's a darling, cheerful girl.

Saracchi, how've you been?

I hope it hasn't been so long that you've forgotten me.

It's me, Maasa Okamoto. I was in a bed by yours at the hospital.

I didn't think we'd be well enough to hang out after we got discharged,

which is why I didn't reach out right away.

So thanks for telling me you made it into Awajima Revue School despite that!

I'm really, really happy for you.

I was so happy that...

I teared up writing this, so I had to stop and take a nap. lol

I wonder if I'll get to see you in the spotlight someday.

Let's Meet Again

I'm going to make sure I get all better by then.

So I hope you work hard too.

But if things ever get too tough and you feel like quitting...

Scratch that!

No negativity!

You're always welcome back home if you can't take it anymore

Plus I sound like a mom.

How do I cheer her on without it coming across empty?

This is hard.

You used to be really close with Fujisawa, Eri.

That's why I thought I'd invite you.

I've always been a bit interested in Awajima.

But it's fine if you don't want to.

I'm not angry or anything.

I know.

I hate you.

It's just that I said some awful things to Eri.

There's no way you're getting into Awajima.

I wish I could say sorry.

Yanagihara-senpai's playing piano.

She's your roommate, right?

Yup.

She's really nice.

You're so lucky that you and Shizuka-san get along with the upperclassmen.

Things always feel so tense for us.

Is yours intimidating?

She's not exactly intimidating.

It's more like she takes really good care of us.

Umemoto

Fujisawa

She's very good to us.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Mizuki Umemoto.

I'm prep student Eri Fujisawa!

I look forward to rooming with you!

I'm sure you've already been told, but the bathroom is to the right.

Right!

If you need to make a call, please go to the conversation room or to the lobby.

Right!

You're free to put up a curtain around your bed if you'd like.

Right!

As you can see, this is how I've set up my area.

You can find them on clearance at the shopping district...

Thank you for the advice!

You can get permission to leave campus from the office.

And, um...

You can ask me if you ever need anything.

Right!

You wanna know how to get closer to your underclassmen?

No idea!

Just don't be mean to them, and you're good!

I'm not being mean, but...

Everyone's making friends with their roommates.

How do I do that?

Think back to our upperclassmen.

We had the best worst examples to learn from!

I'm anxious because I don't want to end up being like them.

You're overthinking it, Ume-chan.

Just keep being the kind person you are, and the prep students will appreciate it.

You got this! Be strong!

Now get back to practice!

Okay.

I heard Satsuki Yaotome-sama

showed up at the cultural festival last year as an alum guest.

Who do you think it'll be this year?

This year might be the year...

that it's Akira Takanashi-sama.

SQUEAL AHHHHH

Are you a Takanashi too?

Hang on.

We're working behind the scenes.

How exactly are we going to introduce ourselves to her?

Don't say that.

We're just having fun fantasizing right now.

Let's say Akira-sama comes once we're upperclassmen, then!

The alum guest to show up that year was

a lady named Wakana Tabata-san.

She joined the Awajima Revue Troupe after she graduated

and became an actress working under the name Ao Hazuki.

Upon quitting the troupe, she ended her acting career and became a writer,

publishing under her real name.

That's what it says in her profile.

Somewhere for hopefuls to become actresses...

Somewhere at the doorstep of dreams...

Those whose dreams come true...

Those for whom they won't...

The potential need to change career paths...

Countless forks in the road...

What awaits us?

At Awajima?

And beyond?

Will we ever become something?

Ibuki-sensei.

Oh, my.

Katsurako Ibuki-sama

You're here rather early.

Sorry about that.

I called a taxi quite early just in case, but the roads were totally clear.

It happens, doesn't it?

I'm going home next week.

Thank goodness.

I heard you'd collapsed. I didn't know what to do.

I did cause a bit of a fuss, but I'm glad it happened at school.

Elderly and living alone, I'd have been a goner if it happened at home.

Please don't say that!

I'm sorry for raining on your hero's welcome.

M-My hero's welcome? I'm no hero!

You were invited to speak at the festival. That's amazing.

No, I really wasn't sure I'm cut out for it.

Sure you are.

Seisai

Wakana Tabata

I was reading your book just now.

Th-Thank you.

It was great.

And I could tell when you were writing about me.

Sorry I never got your permission.

Oh, it's fine.

It's not like it was a tell-all book or anything.

Although a tell-all would have been fine too.

It was a serial about my time at Awajima.

So an autobiographical, then.

Nothing that respectable.

I'm glad everyone's doing well, having found their own paths.

I appreciate the encouragement.

It's the truth.

Looking back at my time as an upperclassman,

it's my relationship with my underclassmen that stands out the most.

My roommate was a prep student named Akiho Kashiwabara.

I'm sure you all know her.

She's Satsuki Yaotome-san.

That got your attention, huh?

Akiho Kashiwabara & Wakana Tabata

Tabata-senpai!

Good morning!

Good morning!

She's so cool!

I want to be like her.

Right?!

You're the center of attention, Waka-chan.

Stop teasing, Momo-chan.

That was a dream.

I knew it.

I realized partway through.

They call that lucid dreaming, don't they?

I knew it, but I kept dreaming because it felt nice.

Morning.

Morning.

Today's the day, huh?

I know. I'm so nervous.

The new prep students will be entering the dorms today.

I ask that you upperclassmen be mindful of your behavior

so as to become good examples for the new students.

Yes, ma'am!

Oh, here. This girl.

She's the daughter of Hayato Kashiwabara and Mirei Kanda.

Hayato Kashiwabara and Mirei Kanda's first daughter enters Awajima Revue School, First Step to the "Stage of Her Dreams"