Audience Members
"The next troupe is...Eden?" "Didn't they win some European award recently?" "'The Wailing and Hunger of a Forgotten God'...what an intriguing title."

Judge I
Next is Eden...the woman who leads this troupe, Renjakuno Hatsumi, could be called a maverick of the theatre world.

Judge J
Ah, so that's why she ignored my directive during Horoscope Season? Fufu...interesting, but does she actually have the skill to back it up?

Judge K
However, this is a troupe with the distinction of having won the 'Prometheus Award'. Call it intuition, but...there's something about this troupe.

Judge J
You seem excited. Well then, let's see it for ourselves. Whether they have the brilliance you're betting on.

Hatsumi
"Where is this? Who am I...? I don't know anything. Have I...forgotten everything...?"

Hatsumi
"...That's right, now I remember. I was on a journey to find my own name."

Iruru
"Want me to show you the way?"

Hatsumi
"...Who are you?"

Iruru
"Taurus. I know where you want to go. Don't worry-I once carried a divine lady on my back, you know!"

Hatsumi
"Why does everyone keep calling me Uranus? That is not my name. Do not call me by that name!"

Hatsumi
"...What is this? Every time I hear that name, a surge of rage wells up inside me. More than that-I want to destroy everything...!"

Hatsumi
"Why...I..."

Audience Member A
(The lead's performance of anger and confusion-it's like it's reaching all the way over to us...!)

Audience Member B
(The Taurus role is great too. Her acting makes the lead's sense of tragedy stand out even more...)

Judge K
(...........To choose such a cruel theme for the orthodox World Theatre League...)

Judge K
(...Unprecedented is the only word for it.)

Hatsumi
"My true name is 'Calamity Star'...once a renowned god, but the fate of one whose divinity was twisted after being forgotten by the people."

Hatsumi
"A monster that devours countless stars...that's what I am? No...but these memories are certainly...ahh...! What have I done...!"

Iruru
"If this isn't where you belong, then let's go find where you do."

Iruru
"Somewhere out there, there's got to be at least one place where you're allowed to exist. This world is a big place, after all."

Iruru
"Come on, chin up. I'll go with you."

Iruru
"To find the reason why you-no longer a god, no longer even a monster-are still here."

Hatsumi
"Ahh..................thank you."

Judges
......

Judge J
(Cutting edge direction and assured acting forming a powerful, weighty production...to polish that subject matter into something of this calibre...I'm genuinely surprised.)

Judge I
...At first glance, it's absurd and brutal-a mid-show lead swap, deviations from the assigned script, breaking conventions like that could even be taken as an insult.

Judge I
And yet, it was a performance we couldn't help but evaluate highly. Every directorial choice was meticulously crafted, and each actor shone...it was a strange, singular moment.

Judge I
To be frank, I have nothing but praise...it was a magnificent performance.

Hatsumi
Your words of praise are deeply appreciated.

Judge K
And that's precisely why I must ask...why did you choose to stand on this stage?

Judge K
You deliberately chose to put on a performance like this...and through your stage, through your acting-you're trying to say something, aren't you?

Judge K
...You have something you want to say here, don't you? As the representative of the judges, I'll take responsibility...go ahead and speak.

Hatsumi
(As expected of a legendary actor...she sees right through me.)

Hatsumi
I...take issue with the culture of Sense supremacy that you have created.

Hatsumi
A true performance is completed only when direction, props, lighting-everything comes together with the actors' performances, each element powerfully elevating the others.

Hatsumi
Senses are nothing more than a secondary element.

Hatsumi
You have shaped a way of thinking that treats them as supreme...and that has become noise for every actor out there.

Hatsumi
Here and now, we declare war! We will shatter the illusion you have built, without fail!

Judge K
I see...is that so. So that's the angle you're taking. My intuition was right after all...you're an interesting bunch.