Hatsumi
After Futaba was gone, I felt like there was a gaping hole in my chest. But time passes mercilessly.

Hatsumi
Looking back, I was always chasing Futaba's shadow. As if desperately trying to gather up what I had lost.

Hatsumi
It was only natural that I would resolve to become a stage actor. ...Because on stage, I could feel Futaba's smile from those days.

Hatsumi
Mum, Dad. I will become a stage actor in the future. I still think that, unchanged.

Hatsumi's Father
I see, so you're still set on becoming a stage actor. Your resolve hasn't changed.

Hatsumi's Mother
You were always practicing acting at home too. You're creating your own stages at school as well, aren't you?

Hatsumi
Yes, I'll continue with theatre of course. For that purpose too, I want to test my abilities at Gingaza...a first class theatre troupe.

Hatsumi
(Becoming an actor... s not a secure path. Mum and Dad, as parents, must have their own thoughts about it.)

Hatsumi
(Will they...accept it? Can I even become an actor and continue to demonstrate my abilities?)

Hatsumi
(...No, that's not like me. I should brush aside everything I don't like and focus on giving the best performance...I promised Futaba that.)

Hatsumi
(If Futaba were here, she'd surely tell me I should do it. That's how she would have pushed me forward.)

Hatsumi
(Everything is to make you smile.)

Hatsumi
(I'll become an amazing actor and create wonderful stages that are uniquely mine. That's the only thing I need to stick to.)

Hatsumi
This is...nostalgic. I've changed quite a bit from those days.

Hatsumi
Wanting to fulfill my promise, wanting to feel Futaba's smile, running continuously with only those thoughts in mind.

Hatsumi
At first...I was alone. Having lost Futaba who stayed by my side, I started walking down that path all by myself.

Iruru
This time, let's do the play Hatsumi wants to do.

Hatsumi
But I'm not alone anymore. There are those who agree with me and follow me.

Hatsumi
There are companions who say they like the stages I want to create, the stages Futaba loved, and who help build them together.

Hatsumi
Even though I was no longer alone, I shut myself away inside...if Futaba saw that, she'd definitely give me a scolding.

Hatsumi
It wasn't like me...I seemed to be a bit cornered. I was.

Hatsumi
I did something inexcusable to Iruru and the others...and to Futaba too.

Hatsumi
...Next time, I won't show such a pathetic side. I'll surely build the greatest stage again with them.

Hatsumi
So keep watching me unchanged. Futaba.