Hello, GRAPH readers~ \ud83c\udf1f
This is Snow Troupe\u2019s Mana Haruto. Starting this month and lasting the rest of the year, I\u2019ll be hosting a column by and for members of the 92nd class!! I\u2019m going to do my best to present the appeals of the 92nd class members, who are full of unique qualities – I hope you will discover even a little more about them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The column title? I swiped the title of a TV show and made \u2018Manaharu Market\u2019\u2026as you\u2019ve probably guessed already, I really like that show1<\/sup>! Thank you so much to the lady in the editorial department who made this awesome design!<\/p>\n\n\n\n OK! If I don\u2019t write something this will never get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the guest for this historic first column is\u2026Ayanagi Shou, from my own Snow Troupe \u2728 Ya~y \ud83d\ude03 Ya~y \ud83d\ude03 Her nichname is ‘Shou\u2019! Just like her stage name~ Easy to remember!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it was decided I would be writing this column\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘Hey, make sure you write a lot of good stuff, ‘kay?\u2019 As for the photoshoot theme for this column, we got really excited talking about that when we went on a troupe vacation recently. We settled on a parody of a school story – Shou-kun became a delinquent kid, and I\u2019m a shy student. The two of us were so thrilled to have our photos taken in the old-fashioned school uniforms \ud83d\udcf8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both:<\/em> ‘How about this pose!? Oh! That\u2019s so cool~ \u2728\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n We kept praising ourselves through the whole photoshoot. Everyone, what do you think of naughty student Shou-kun in her uniform!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we were discussing the costume options\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mana:<\/em>\u00a0‘Since there aren\u2019t many opportunities like this, what would you think of dressing up as Sento-kun2<\/sup>? He\u2019s really popular.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘No\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could pull that off\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mana:<\/em> \u2019\u2026I guess not \ud83d\ude05\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sorry about that, Shou-kun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, I wanted to show everyone anyway, so I drew it! \u2728 Please use your powers of imagination to turn this into reality \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n The start of Shou-kun\u2019s Takarazuka life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of her seniors at the ballet troupe she studied with since she was little became a member of Takarazuka, and going to see her in a show was Shou-kun\u2019s initial motivation. She thought ‘I want to join too!\u2019 and so took the entrance exam\u2026and passed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My first impression of Shou-kun when she joined TMS was ‘a cute Kansai kid with big bright eyes!\u2019 She was actually shorter than she is now, so I thought of her as a petite ‘little sister\u2019 figure \ud83d\udc96 But then she kept growing, and before I knew it she became such a handsome otokoyaku \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘I guess I had my growth spurt while I was in TMS \ud83d\ude03\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n She wasn\u2019t the type to get in trouble as a yokasei (!?) and what really stands out to me is that one time she made onigiri at home and brought them for everyone to eat \ud83c\udf59 (Whoa! What a good person!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n As she kept growing (LOL, I said it again), we made it to graduation. Then, we were assigned to Snow Troupe \u26c4\ufe0f At the beginning, we didn\u2019t end up in many scenes together. Recently we\u2019re finally acting and dancing together \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘Since we\u2019re classmates we can get really honest advice from each other, right \u2728 \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mana:<\/em> ‘Adlib scenes are so fun~ (!?)\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n We always improvise the adlibs off-the-cuff, so they change every time\u2026 It\u2019s a nervous feeling but in a good way, and we have tons of fun with it \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou-kun is basically re~ally diligent at heart. She\u2019s always thinking about her roles, so it seems that her characters are never out of her head\u2026however, normally she speaks in intense Kansai dialect and is quick with banter. This has resulted in some slip-ups\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, the Romeo et Juliette shinjin kouen. Shou-kun played Mercutio, of the Montague house. In the scene ‘Duel\u2019 everyone\u2019s emotions are at their highest, and as the title says its a duel scene where Mercutio\u2019s fury against the Capulets boils over \ud83c\udf0b Shou-kun shouted at Rinjou Kira-kun, who was playing Tybalt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘Yo, c’mon~!!! (yelling)\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026Huh!? What!? Did she say ‘Yo, c’mon\u2019!? Kansai dialect!? M-m-mercutio!!?? Shou:<\/em> \u2018I just shouted without thinking \ud83d\ude05 I was surprised too~\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whenever us classmates remember that incident we just crack up. Though we know exactly how it all went\u2026we still laugh uproariously. That\u2019s the result of Shou-kun and her character becoming united! (That was our final interpretation~)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘You\u2019d never really get a chance to shout ‘Yo, c’mon!\u2019 on stage (laughs)\u2019 (That\u2019s very true!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there\u2019s one thing Shou-kun struggles with\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blackouts! When the lights go out suddenly for a scene transition, it\u2019s called a blackout. In the stage rehearsals of Beyond the Blaze, she delivered her final lines looking really cool in her white costume – then, blackout!! When the lights went up the next moment, we saw someone in a white costume lying on the stage. Huh!? Shou-kun \ud83d\ude05??<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently, she couldn\u2019t tell which way it was to where she had to exit into the wings and tripped. I could hardly believe it was the same person who had been so cool up until just moments ago – I knew I shouldn\u2019t laugh but\u2026I laughed \ud83d\ude03 Then, she burst out laughing too!! To prevent any further accidents, our classmate Momohana Hina-chan would stand in the wings and clap her hands, and Shou-kun would exit to where she heard the sound, holding both hands out in front of her – although it was quite a primitive method, it got her through the whole run of the show without any accidents (look, I wrote it~)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The blackout-challenged Shou-kun has 2 main goals for the future. First is to appear with all her classmates currently in Snow Troupe at the Sports Meet3<\/sup> \u2728 As our careers have gone on, more of our classmates have retired, and with Kira-kun being transferred from Snow Troupe to Cosmos Troupe she\u2019s felt once again how precious one\u2019s classmates are, apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘While it seems only natural to be together with everyone, it\u2019s actually such a valuable thing.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exactly!! Wonderful, Shou-kun!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her 2nd goal is to break down her own barriers \ud83d\udd28<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shou:<\/em> ‘I want to destroy all the unconscious barriers I\u2019ve build up around myself, and take on all sorts of different challenges!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh my gosh!! Her eyes are sparkling \ud83d\udc40 Shou-kun spoke so passionately! 1 – \u2018Hanamaru Market\u2019 was a very popular Japanese morning show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 – Sento-kun is the character mascot for Nara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 – The 2014 centennial sports meet was approaching at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mana Haruto\u2019s GRAPH column on the 92nd class members ran through 2013. The first installment, featuring Ayanagi Shou, was published in the February issue. 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She said that re~ally pushily\u2026I wonder how that turned out!? Hahaha\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manaharu-market-shou.png\")
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After that, the more we thought about it, the funnier it got, so none of us could forget it \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I\u2019m normally around Shou-kun, I don\u2019t have a lot of chances to hold in-depth conversations with her, so I was really happy to get this chance to talk with her again \ud83d\ude03
Shou-kun is so cool onstage – did you discover any new charms from reading this?
Shou-kun continues to advance, and I have high hopes for her future performances! Please come see her at the theatre! We\u2019ll be waiting \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n\n\n\n