# E8 - Romeo and Juliet
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**[00:07] Kudo**
Here.
**[00:08] Sign**
SIRIUS Acting Troupe
**[00:08] Kudo**
We got another request this year.
**[00:11] ---**
Hozuki Ichi
**[00:13] Hiiragi**
The special theatrical showcase?
**[00:16] Hiiragi**
I guess it is that time already.
**[00:18] Hiiragi**
We're definitely...
**[00:20] Hiiragi**
getting our revenge this year.
**[00:35] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[01:53] Sign**
Romeo and Juliet
**[01:58] Shizuka**
An article about *Arabian Nights*?
**[02:00] Kokona**
Oh, yeah!
**[02:02] Shizuka**
Did they say anything about you, Kokona?
**[02:04] Kokona**
Just a little.
**[02:06] Shizuka**
"A performance of note
was Kokona Otori as Aladdin."
**[02:10] Shizuka**
"Her Aladdin was overflowing with humanity,
and she captivated the audience."
**[02:17] Shizuka**
That's amazing! This writer is famous
for being a super-harsh critic!
**[02:22] Kokona**
This means our acting
reached the audience, right?
**[02:30] Shizuka**
Let's buy another copy.
**[02:33] Kokona**
Huh?
**[02:33] Shizuka**
We need to send it to your parents.
**[02:38] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[02:43] Panda**
When you think of summer...
**[02:48] Panda**
This is the stuff.
**[02:50] Sasuga**
It's a summer tradition.
**[02:52] Panda**
So, how do you find things at SIRIUS lately?
**[02:56] Sasuga**
I think things are relaxing quite nicely.
**[03:00] Panda**
Koko-chan, Kathrin, and Niizumacchi all seem
to be affecting each other positively.
**[03:05] Panda**
They're in top form now.
**[03:06] Sasuga**
They sure are.
**[03:12] Panda**
You know, I think we might just make it.
**[03:16] Panda**
If we can keep this hype going,
we might be able to get
**[03:19] Panda**
SIRIUS back to how it used to be...
**[03:25] Panda**
Um, hello?
**[03:26] Sasuga**
Hmm?
**[03:27] Panda**
Keep it coming.
**[03:31] Hiiragi**
Today, we start rehearsal for our
annual special theatrical showcase.
**[03:36] Kokona**
Special theatrical showcase?
**[03:38] Panda**
Every year, SIRIUS puts on a performance
for the grade school kids of Taito Ward.
**[03:44] Panda**
We're looking for interested children,
and the chosen are invited to our troupe.
**[03:49] Hiiragi**
The showcase is also for the
purpose of nurturing future Dai Stars.
**[03:54] Hiiragi**
Remain focused in order to put on
a good show for your younger peers.
**[03:59] Panda**
Hiiragi-san!
**[04:00] Hiiragi**
What is it?
**[04:01] Panda**
Um... Has the play already been decided?
**[04:11] Hiiragi**
It's *King Lear*, same as last year.
**[04:16] Panda**
I knew it...
**[04:19] Sasuga**
The boss is dead set on it...
**[04:22] Panda**
But doing *King Lear*
for grade schoolers is, uh...
**[04:24] Hiiragi**
We don't have much time to rehearse,
so I chose the same play.
**[04:28] Hiiragi**
Any objections?
**[04:30] Kokona**
What's *King Lear* about?
**[04:32] Shizuka**
A king betrayed by his daughters
and exiled from his land
**[04:36] Shizuka**
is taken by madness and slowly withers.
**[04:38] Shizuka**
It's a tragedy about human absurdity.
**[04:45] Hiiragi**
If you have something to say, then say it.
**[04:48] Kathrina**
Why are we doing *King Lear* for
a bunch of grade school kids?
**[04:51] Terahara and Kamiyashiki**
*She actually said it!*
**[04:53] Panda**
*Excellent, Kathrin! You tell her!*
**[04:57] Kathrina**
*King Lear* is one of Shakespeare's
four great tragedies,
**[04:59] Kathrina**
but it's famous for being
one of the most difficult.
**[05:02] Kathrina**
Seems a bit much for children.
**[05:05] Hiiragi**
True, the play might be difficult,
**[05:07] Hiiragi**
but it's also important for kids to see the
classics when they're impressionable.
**[05:12] Kathrina**
Will they even understand it?
**[05:14] Hiiragi**
It's our job to make sure they do.
**[05:18] Panda**
*It's no use...*
**[05:20] Panda**
* At this rate,*
* the same tragedy will befall us!*
**[05:26] (Flashback) Boy**
I'm scared!
**[05:28] (Flashback) Girl**
Take me home!
**[05:30] (Flashback) Kids**
No!
**[05:33] (Flashback) Kids**
I wanna go home!
**[05:41] Terahara**
*What should we do?!*
**[05:42] Kamiyashiki**
*There has to be something we can do!*
**[05:44] Sasuga**
*Panda...*
**[05:46] Hiiragi**
When I was in grade school,
**[05:48] Hiiragi**
I saw *King Lear* at the National Theatre
in London and was deeply moved!
**[05:54] Panda**
For sure! *King Lear* is an absolute classic!
**[05:57] Panda**
I'm sure many would be moved by it!
**[06:00] Panda**
But last year, the kids got scared
and cried in the middle of it!
**[06:04] Girls**
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
**[06:05] Hiiragi**
Well, there isn't anything we can do—
**[06:06] Panda**
Of course there is!
**[06:08] Panda**
The point of the showcase
is to nurture future Dai Stars.
**[06:13] Panda**
As Kathrin said, *King Lear* is a bit
much for grade schoolers.
**[06:16] Panda**
So what we need to do is choose a play
**[06:20] Panda**
that can move *everyone* and
get them to fall in love with theater!
**[06:24] Sasuga**
I agree with Panda.
**[06:25] Terahara and Kamiyashiki**
We do too!
**[06:37] Hiiragi**
I guess you have a point.
**[06:41] Sign**
Victory!!
**[06:45] Kathrin**
What in the world happened last year?
**[06:47] Kudo**
This is going to be a test performance,
so why don't we leave it to the girls?
**[06:53] Hiiragi**
All right, let's discuss what play to put on.
**[06:58] Kathrina**
How about one like *The Little
Mermaid* that's based on a fairytale?
**[07:02] Panda**
That's a great idea. SIRIUS
has quite a few in its repetoire.
**[07:06] Kokona**
If we want them to get a real taste of
theater, maybe it *should* be Shakespeare?
**[07:10] Shizuka**
I think a comedy would be easier
for a child to understand than a tragedy.
**[07:14] Kathrina**
Well, if it's a Shakespearean comedy we want...
**[07:17] Sasuga**
*Twelfth Night*, *As You Like It*,
or *Much Ado About Nothing*, probably?
**[07:22] Panda**
Hmm... We should probably go with
something a little more mainstream.
**[07:27] Niizuma**
This is rather orthodox,
but how about *Romeo and Juliet*?
**[07:33] Niizuma**
*Romeo and Juliet* is usually
considered a tragedy,
**[07:36] Niizuma**
but it also has romantic comedy aspects.
**[07:39] Niizuma**
The story is also very moving and easy to
follow, so I think they might enjoy it.
**[07:44] Kathrina**
I think that's fine.
I'm sure they all know it.
**[07:47] Kokona**
It *is* pretty famous.
**[07:50] Hiiragi**
Sounds like we have our play.
**[07:51] Hiiragi**
We'll be doing *Romeo and Juliet*
for the special theatrical showcase.
**[07:57] Kokona**
What?!
**[08:00] Kokona**
You're not going to be in it, Yae-chan?!
**[08:00] Sign**
an7\fnArial\fs14\i1\c&H313331&\3c&HDADCDC&\shad0\bord3}Romeo and Juliet* Roles
Romeo: Sasuga
Juliet: Panda
Benvolio: Kokona
Count Paris: Terahara
Friar Laurence: Kathrina
Tybalt: Kamiyashiki
**[08:02] Sign**
Grade Schooler
**[08:03] Niizuma**
Well, I'm in grade school too. I'll be in
the audience cheering you all on this time.
**[08:11] Sign**
Count Paris: Terahara
Friar Laurence: Kathrina
Tybalt: Kamiyashiki
**[08:12] Kathrina**
I'm playing another support role...
**[08:18] Sasuga**
Are you okay?
**[08:21] Panda**
Oh, yeah.
**[08:23] Panda**
*Romeo and Juliet* brings back
a lot of memories for me,
**[08:27] Panda**
so playing in it gives me
a lot to think about.
**[08:36] Kokona**
Sasuga-chan! I'll be Romeo's friend Benvolio.
I look forward to acting alongside you.
**[08:43] Sasuga**
Same.
**[08:44] Shizuka**
I can't wait to see you two star in this play.
**[08:47] Niizuma**
I'm excited to learn from your performance.
**[08:50] Panda**
No way! You saying that is...
**[08:54] Hiiragi**
Make sure you two show your
younger peers what you've got.
**[08:58] Panda**
Hiiragi-san...
**[08:58] Sasuga**
Boss...
**[08:59] Hiiragi**
I'm sure that girl will
be back again this year.
**[09:04] Panda**
Ah...
**[09:06] Panda**
So *she's* coming back.
**[09:11] Kudo**
The ward office said that she entered herself
in the ticket raffle hundreds of times.
**[09:17] Sign**
M
**[09:17] Sign**
E
**[09:17] Sign**
N
**[09:17] Sign**
A
**[09:17] Sign**
C
**[09:17] Sign**
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**[09:17] Sign**
N
**[09:17] Sign**
G
**[09:17] Kokona**
Wh-What's wrong, you three?
**[09:21] Sasuga**
She's coming.
**[09:24] Kokona**
Not you too, Sasuga-chan!
**[09:25] Sign**
Menacing
**[09:26] Kokona**
Wait, everyone's doing it?!
**[09:28] Kathrina**
Who are you all talking about?
**[09:31] Panda**
Chika Nanase.
**[09:33] Panda**
A grade school girl who goes
to about 400 plays a year,
**[09:36] Panda**
earning her the nickname
"the Theater Professor."
**[09:42] Sasuga**
She's why the boss really
wanted to do *King Lear*.
**[09:47] Shizuka**
Did something happen?
**[09:48] Sasuga**
After last year's show...
**[09:51] (Flashback) Chika**
I truly felt SIRIUS's soul in making
a brave choice like *King Lear* so boldly.
**[09:55] (Flashback) Chika**
But did you forget that your audience
today was grade school students?
**[09:59] (Flashback) Chika**
With that in mind, you should have chosen
something to make SIRIUS shine.
**[10:03] (Flashback) Chika**
As someone who's followed SIRIUS for years,
I was disappointed with this *King Lear*.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Chika**
To quickly sum up everything wrong
with this performance in an hour...
**[10:12] Kokona**
She gave notes to Hiiragi-san?!
**[10:15] Shizuka**
What a terrifying grade schooler...
**[10:17] Panda**
She told us off, too.
**[10:19] Sasuga**
Yup, yup.
**[10:20] Panda**
So, Koko-chan!
**[10:22] Panda**
We absolutely *cannot* lose this battle!
**[10:26] Kokona**
"Battle"?
**[10:28] Panda**
Sassu! This time, we'll
really knock her socks off!
**[10:32] Sasuga**
I'd love to make her
put a sock in it too.
**[10:35] Panda**
We'll sock it to her, for sure!
**[10:38] Hiiragi**
We'll start rehearsal in ten.
Make sure you're ready!
**[10:42] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:44] Niizuma**
Things seem to be taking shape.
**[10:46] Shizuka**
They're so motivated...
**[10:48] Kokona**
Y-Yeah...
**[10:54] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[10:59] Panda (Juliet)**
I know that voice...
**[11:01] Panda (Juliet)**
Art thou not Romeo and a Montague?
**[11:03] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike.
**[11:07] Sasuga (Romeo)**
And but thou love me...
**[11:09] Kokona**
This is just the first rehearsal,
but they're so in sync.
**[11:13] Kathrina**
Not bad.
**[11:17] Shizuka**
What's the matter?
**[11:18] Niizuma**
I suddenly want to be up on stage.
**[11:23] Sasuga (Romeo)**
My life were better ended by
their hate than death proroguèd,
**[11:26] Sasuga (Romeo)**
wanting of thy love!
**[11:28] Panda**
* She's always so spacey, but she*
* completely changes onstage.*
**[11:34] Panda**
* I used to be so jealous of Sassu,*
* who could do everything.*
**[11:44] Panda**
* Sassu and I were childhood friends*
* who lived near each other.*
**[11:48] Panda**
*We were always together.*
**[11:53] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
That cloud looks yummy.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Young Panda**
School's this way, dang it.
**[11:57] Young Sasuga**
Ah...
**[11:59] Panda**
* So I always had a front-row seat*
* to how impressive she was.*
**[12:00] Sign**
Elementary School Art Contest
**[12:02] Sign**
Special Award
**[12:02] Sign**
Panda Yanagiba
**[12:06] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Looky, looky, Sassu!
My picture got a special award!
**[12:12] Sign**
First Prize
**[12:12] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[12:15] Sign**
First Prize
**[12:18] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously.
**[12:24] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously?
**[12:28] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously?!
**[12:33] (Flashback) Girl 1**
Sasuga-chan, the swim team wanted you
as a backup swimmer, didn't they?
**[12:36] (Flashback) Girl 2**
And you got scouted as a model?
**[12:39] (Flashback) Girl 3**
Is it true that you found some edible ants?
**[12:43] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Starting today, we're rivals!
**[12:47] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Rivals?
**[12:48] (Flashback) Young Panda**
It means we're enemies!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Oh...
**[12:58] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Everyone just keeps talking about Sassu...
**[13:01] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I'm special too!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Panda!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I'm not talking to you anymore, Sassu!
**[13:07] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Why?
**[13:09] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Because we're rivals!
**[13:10] (Flashback) Young sasuga**
Oh...
**[13:15] Sign**
Special Theatrical Showcase
**[13:15] Sign**
SIRIUS Acting Troupe's "Romeo and Juliet"
**[13:15] Sign**
Anyone interested in the attending,
please send a request letter to the Taito Ward Office.
**[13:16] Girls**
Wow!
**[13:17] Girls**
*Romeo and Juliet*!
**[13:19] Girls**
I'm so excited!
**[13:20] (Flashback) Young Panda**
What are you doing?
**[13:22] (Flashback) Girl 1**
There's a special theatrical showcase!
**[13:24] (Flashback) Girl 2**
And SIRIUS is doing it!
**[13:25] (Flashback) Girl 3**
SIRIUS is great!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Young Panda**
SIRIUS...
**[13:31] Sign**
Special Theatrical Showcase
**[13:31] Sign**
Taito Ward
**[13:31] Sign**
—SIRIUS Acting Troupe—
**[13:31] Sign**
Romeo & Juliet
**[13:34] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I won a ticket.
**[13:40] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Once I get famous here,
I'll finally be able to...
**[13:44] (Flashback) Young sasuga**
Isn't this exciting?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Sassu?! Why are you here?!
**[13:50] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
I won a ticket too.
**[13:53] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Let's go.
**[13:54] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Huh? H-Hey!
**[14:06] (Flashback) Young Panda**
That was amazing.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Yeah.
**[14:10] Young Panda**
*I wonder if I could be up on stage...*
**[14:14] Young Panda**
*I wonder if I could be just like them.*
**[14:23] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I want to be on that stage!
**[14:26] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I want to be a Dai Star!
**[14:28] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Me too.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Huh?
**[14:31] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
If you're gonna do it, I want to do it too.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Why?
**[14:38] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Why do you keep getting in my way, Sassu?
**[14:42] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Art, the pull-up bars, even swimming!
**[14:45] (Flashback) Young Panda**
How come you can do it all?
**[14:47] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You can do everything better
than me... so why...
**[14:52] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
I want to see the same world as you, Panda.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You do?
**[14:58] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
You've got a good head on your shoulders
and you always think about others.
**[15:04] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
That's why I like you, Panda.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Young Panda**
And?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Huh?
**[15:15] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Say more of my good traits!
**[15:18] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
You're smart.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Young Panda**
And?
**[15:21] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
And... And...
**[15:25] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Oh, you're cute.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You should've said that first!
**[15:35] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Oh, fine. I guess you're
just useless without me.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Let's do this, then! You'll become a Dai Star
with me, the world's cutest Panda!
**[15:49] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Yeah!
**[15:55] Sasuga**
What's the matter?
**[15:57] Panda**
Oh, nothing. I was just reminiscing.
**[16:04] Sign**
Monja Asakusa
**[16:10] Chika**
It's been some time, Miss Niizuma.
**[16:13] Niizuma**
Hello, Nanase-san.
**[16:15] Chika**
*Arabian Nights* was fantastic!
**[16:17] Chika**
Your performance was on par with the
actors of SIRIUS's golden age.
**[16:21] Niizuma**
Thank you very much.
**[16:23] Chika**
I wasn't very interested in this
production because you're not in it,
**[16:26] Chika**
but I figured I could kill
some time since I won a ticket.
**[16:30] Chika**
I hope this won't damage the renown
you earned with *Arabian Nights*.
**[16:34] Niizuma**
It'll be fine. SIRIUS only delivers the best.
**[16:38] Chika**
Oho?
**[16:39] Niizuma**
They might even sock it to you.
**[16:49] Panda**
*Let's bring the house down, Sassu.*
**[16:53] Sasuga**
*Let's go, Panda.*
**[17:02] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Two households, both alike in dignity,
**[17:04] Sasuga (Romeo)**
in fair Verona, where we lay our scene...
**[17:07] Panda (Juliet)**
The Capulets and the Montagues.
**[17:10] Kokona (Benvolio)**
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny...
**[17:14] Kathrina (Father Laurence)**
where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
**[17:18] Sasuga (Romeo)**
From forth the fatal loins
of these two foes...
**[17:22] Panda (Juliet)**
whose misadventured piteous overthrows...
**[17:25] Sasuga (Romeo)**
doth with their death bury...
**[17:28] Panda (Juliet)**
their parents' strife.
**[17:35] Chika**
* They're following the original play*
* while adding a SIRIUS twist. Not bad.*
**[17:47] Sasuga (Romeo)**
O Juliet...
**[17:50] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
**[17:55] Panda (Juliet)**
O Romeo, if you love me,
tell me from your heart...
**[18:04] Panda**
*Crap!*
**[18:12] Chika**
* And it was all going so well*
* up until now. How disappointing.*
**[18:28] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Let us swear under the holy moon
**[18:32] Sasuga (Romeo)**
the love from our hearts.
**[18:35] Chika**
*What?! That was part of the act?!*
**[18:38] Chika**
* I've never seen such a beautiful*
* proposal from Romeo!*
**[18:41] Hiiragi**
* Chisa's Sense allows her to incorporate*
* any mistake made onstage*
**[18:45] Hiiragi**
*into part of the performance.*
**[18:47] Hiiragi**
* Her carefree nature turns it into*
* an elegant form of expression.*
**[18:53] Girl A**
*Romeo's so amazing!*
**[18:56] Girl B**
*Juliet is so pretty!*
**[18:58] Hiiragi**
* And Panda can control the stage*
* by reading the audience's mind.*
**[19:04] Hiiragi**
* When their two Senses*
* work together perfectly,*
**[19:09] Hiiragi**
* they take the crowd into*
* the palm of their hand.*
**[19:22] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Juliet! Juliet!
**[19:29] Sasuga (Romeo)**
My love, my wife... I won't leave you
all alone in this tomb.
**[19:50] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Thou detestable maw...
grant me sweet death!
**[20:00] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Here's to my beloved Juliet!
**[20:07] Panda (Juliet)**
Romeo?
**[20:09] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Juliet? How?!
**[20:12] PAnda (Juliet)**
The friar gave me medicine.
**[20:16] PAnda (Juliet)**
Medicine to make it appear
as if I were no longer alive.
**[20:20] Panda (Juliet)**
For if I were dead, I would be free
of my engagement to Count Paris.
**[20:25] Panda (Juliet)**
We'd be free from our crimes.
And I could live my life with you.
**[20:30] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Thank you, Juliet.
**[20:34] Sasuga (Romeo)**
This love of ours should be able to end
the feud between our families.
**[20:40] Panda (Juliet)**
Yes, Romeo.
**[20:54] Chika**
*This is...*
**[20:56] Chika**
*This is the soul of SIRIUS!*
**[23:08] Panda**
Hey, Sassu.
**[23:10] Sasuga**
Hmm?
**[23:11] Panda**
Do you think we measured up
to that other performance?
**[23:16] Sasuga**
I dunno, but...
**[23:19] Sign**
Romeo & Juliet
**[23:19] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[23:20] Sasuga**
I think this will make a great memory.
**[23:26] Panda**
I hope so.
**[23:34] Sign**
Ninth Stage
**[23:34] Sign**
World Dai Star
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "World Dai Star."