Gingaza Chapter 1 Episode 4: Musical Chairs

Lilja: ‘Oh, what a lovely dress. I can go to the ball at the castle now too.'

Koyomi: 'However, you must be back before the bell rings at 12 o'clock. It’s a promise with your Fairy Godmother that you’ll be home by the chimes of midnight. Ho, ho!’

Director: Mm. There are improvements to be made, but it's good. Let's go to the next scene.

Ramona: ......Those two are doing great. As expected.

Rinko: How are you keeping up? It must be hard to join in the middle of the show, right?

Ramona: Jeez. I'm amazed at the speed. I didn't expect to get a role and start rehearsing on my second day in Japan.......

Rinko: Gingaza is a meritocracy. I was on stage the day after I was scouted.

Ramona: It’d be a wonderful theatre company if only the horizontal connections weren't so weak......

Director: 'Next, the scene where they find the owner of the glass slipper. Cinderella, the prince and her sister! And Ramona the castle soldier!'

All: Yes!

Xue: I'm going to show you the difference between us. It's called a Gingaza baptism.

Ramona: Yes, I'm counting on you. I look forward to working with you, Lilja, Xue, Hikari.

Hikari: ......beautiful. No, that’s not it. More emotional. What emotion should I put into it? What is the prince moved by.......

Ramona: Hikari?

Director: The dialogue comes from a soldier in the castle! Begin!

Ramona: '......Here is the only proof, the glass slipper. If you were the fated person, it would fit perfectly!'

Xue: 'Oh-ho-ho! It's my lost item!’

Xue: ‘I'll prove it to you now! Nnnggh, nngggghhhhh!’

Xue: ‘Y-You see, my feet swell up in the afternoon.’

Xue: ‘Ohoho, ohoho......! Nggh!!!’

Ramona: 'Disqualified! Then you're next, over there, the one cleaning up!'

Xue: ‘What? She can't be the one! There’s no point trying. Go back to cleaning, Cinderella.’

Lilya: 'Um, it fits perfectly.’

Hikari: ‘Beautiful!’

Director: No, no, no! Put more emotion into it! One more time!

Hikari: ‘Beautiful!’

Director: I can't feel the prince's emotion at all! Is that all you have!? Once more!

Rinko: Ah, you've been caught. Yonaguni-san. It takes a long time when this happens.

Ramona: I understand the directorial intent. This is a scene to make the audience laugh. There is no point unless the acting is exaggerated in a comedic way.

Ramona: But.......

Hikari: 'You are the one I'm meant to be with!'

Director: You can put more into it! Speak out from your stomach!

Ramona: Hikari may be feeling tired. Let's take a look.......

Ramona: (-I have a Sense. It's a Sense of seeing things that are vulnerable on stage.)

Ramona: (All of the Gingaza members are important teammates. If there’s a weakness, I will protect them.)

Ramona: (Activate--!)

Lilja: 'Do you remember me, my darling?’

Lilja: 'Not a day goes by when I don't think of you. Please, may I ask your name?'

Lilja: 'But......I am not worthy of you. I am an ashen, emaciated, weak Cinderella.'

Hikari: 'Please, come to me. I swear I will make you happy.'

Ramona: (All clear......)

Director: ......It's time. That's all for today. Dismissed.

Rinko: Everyone really has a lot of energy, don’t they? I can't believe we've managed to get through a whole day without a break.

Ramona: Yeah. None of them looked tired.......

Ramona: (The actors, the director and even the tools are all in place. That was the answer my Sense led me to.)

Ramona: I didn't realise that my Sense wouldn't be of any use. The quality of the actors is so high, it's a terrifying theatre company.

Rinko: Ramona was also praised. You're so different from me, who failed in her second play.

Ramona: The second one?

Rinko: When you are scouted, the first play is your debut. It's a break-in, and you're allocated a role there.......

Rinko: In the second play, you always get a leading role. That's Gingaza. If you don't do well there...... your next role is a long way off.

Ramona: This is why so many people are individualistic. Well, it's a tougher world than it used to be.......

Ramona: However, I don't see how things can stay this way.......