Shigure
Shigure doesn't have much time. Actually, I made a promise with Mama and Papa...

Shigure
To become a Dai Star by the time I graduate elementary school.

Shigure
If I can't do that...I have to quit being an actor.

Hatsumi
(If there's a chance, I don't want to let it slip away, but...to perform on the stage I've created, in the Eden I've built, huh...)

Hatsumi
(...What an endearing confession. Even I seem to have had my heart captured.)

Hatsumi
(But I haven't been completely taken over. I can't belong to just one person, after all.)

Hatsumi
(The conviction I hold is a guidepost for me, for Futaba...and above all, for realising the ideal stage that we in Eden are aiming for.)

Hatsumi
...That said, after hearing something like that, well...I suppose I can't just leave things as they are.

Hatsumi
(I never realised Shigure had been carrying such a heavy burden all this time, standing on stage...I knew something was there, but not to that extent.)

Hatsumi
(Shigure said she wants to continue as an actor at Eden. But at the same time, I can't ignore what her parents are saying.)

Hatsumi
(It's not just about coercion...her parents' point of view is reasonable. It's a fact that acting is a harsh world. There's no telling when you might not be able to make a living.)

Hatsumi
(...When I decided I was going to Gingaza, my parents were kind enough to give me their support, but...)

Hatsumi
(They must have had their own anxieties too, just like Shigure's parents. So the idea that you need some kind of achievement is something I can understand completely.)

Hatsumi
(Then as the troupe leader, to ease the worries of my actors at Eden, I should look for some 'achievement'-some accomplishment. But through a path other than the World Theatre League.)

Hatsumi
(...However, I knew that the theatre world tends to be trapped in old ways of thinking...but all these awards and competitions are just more of the same...)

Hatsumi
Really, following the World Theatre League's lead and ending up so small and constrained...even in magazines covering the latest information in the theatre world, I can't find what I'm looking for.

Hatsumi
(Isn't there something more...? An award or competition that could match the World Theatre League's prestige...)

Hatsumi
(And on top of that, something meaningful and worthy for us in Eden to aim for-)

Hatsumi
Hmm? This is...an article about the Prometheus Award...

Hatsumi
("In recent times, the theatre world has become obsessed with Senses, but originally, the stage is something formed only through the synergistic effect of each actor's individuality and acting skill, the scenic description through set design and props...")

Hatsumi
("And the script...")

Hatsumi
Hmm...I see.

Hatsumi
(This is an award I've had my eye on for a while now...)

Hatsumi
(After all, every troupe that's been selected for this Prometheus Award has been one that comes close to my ideal vision of theatre.)

Hatsumi
("We earnestly hope that the works submitted to this period's competition will be original and wonderful productions"...huh.)

Hatsumi
Hah-that's exactly what I'm hoping for too.