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We're less than a month away from the anime! Check out the trailers if you haven't already:
>Main trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEWNrRGnBk
>Yuu PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1RYShgWhWw
>Kazuki PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtiNMFXhxI8
>Niko PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYd7k-s3a28
The last one will be Miwa's, and it's coming out in less than a day.

>Home 164: Serious special training.

>Stopping for a while after the rain has ended, our heroines outshine even the rainbow.
>When the rainy season clears, a hot, hot summer begins.

>Sidebar: Thank you for the amazing response to the Saika Festival arc! With Yuu playing one of the leads, the role of the heroine goes to the student council president!?

>No way! There's no way we could play Belle!
>I mean, we'll be up against the performing arts department...
>Seeing as none of the other students stepped forward to take up the role...

>Belle, the heroine...
>Will be played by *me*.
>[Beauty and the Beast - Belle, the Beauty: Himemiya Yui]

>HUUUUUH!?

>P-president Himemiya...
>You don't have to go that far...
>That's right, president!
>I mean, this is *our* department's problem in the first place...!

>I am allowed to attend the different departments at my discretion.
>As far as regulations go, there is nothing to prevent me from doing this.

>...Hmmm...

>In that case, let us test...
>Just how determined you really are.

>[The gen-ed department's stage play —
>"Beauty and the Beast".]

>[A prince has been transformed into a terrifying monster against his will.]
>[Over the course of bonding with Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young townswoman, he grows to realize he has fallen in love with her.]
>[A love triangle forms as the most handsome man in town seeks to defeat the beast in order to become a hero and claim Belle for himself...]
>[An enduring and celebrated romantic drama.]

>You want to test her...
>Here!?
>This is a legit theater!
>My troupe has no activities today,
>so I was able to book it exclusively for us.

>Before anything else, we'll have to see for ourselves just how well those three can act.

>"Even among humans, there are many...
>Who, though seeming human on the outside,
>become unsightly through their lies, and who are monsters in their hearts."

>"No matter how fearsome your appearance,
>the one I love...
>Is you."

>I-is that really the president...?
>She's totally like an actual actress!
>She's *sparklin'*!

>She really is first-rate at anything she does, isn't she...?
>No wonder they call her a Goddess...

>With something like this, getting Yuu's class to the top of the festival rankings should be—
>Wait.

>This is where the problems begin.

>"Belle!"

>Ah! Yuu-kun!
>Yuu...!

>(*Slip*)
>Wah!?
>My front!?

>Th-the cape wasn't actually necessary, right? He *chose* to go with that outfit!
>I-it ended up completely backfiring!

>"Stop, beast!"

>"I will not let you have Belle!"
>[Tyler, the most handsome man in town — Taira Tarou]

>It's a combo failure!

>Th-they both...
>Only managed t'get one line out...
>Th-
>this is even worse than I imagined...

>You were really great, miss Ice Goddess!
>(Yeah.) No need to worry on your account!

>...You two, on the other hand...
>...W-
>We're sorry...

>...I can help cover for their mistakes.
>All right!
>We'll leave it to you!

>...No.
>You've got the wrong way round.

>Your talent will be far more conspicuous than their failings, president.
>I suspect that anything you do to patch up their performance will simply end up making matters worse.

>Huh?

>M-making matters worse...?
>Wh-why are you saying that to the *president*!?

>Yeah, Kazuki. What are you talking about?
>Wouldn't having her make up for the two bunglers with her acting work out just fine?
>The *balance* between the performers is the cornerstone of any play.
>You can't think of it as a sport, where you'll be fine as long as the skilled players are putting their best foot forward.
>Furthermore...

>As flawless as the president's acting was,
>if she were to try and match the other two on *their* level, she would still end up sticking out like a sore thumb.

>...Is that how it works?
>I'd have thought that being talented would be a good thing...
>Perhaps you'll have an easier time grasping the idea if you imagine me performing in a play put up by preschoolers?

>(Spaarkle~ Spaarkle~)
>(Shiiining liiight~)
>(Gyahaha!) Yeah, I can see it!
>You'd be totally out of place!

>(...Ah...)
>In other words, what we need to do...

>Yuu!
>Taira Tarou!
>We will have to work on increasing YOUR acting abilities!

>And you, president, are forbidden from practicing outside of rehearsals with the whole class.
>! But...
>In exchange...

>I'd like to leave assistant Taira's SPECIAL TRAINING to you.
>You're both in the student council, so you should be able to match your schedules, right?

>(*Glance glance*)

>(...Ah!)

>"Special training"...
>I see...

>Seeing them together on the same stage,
>the gap between a prodigy and an average person was all too clear...

>If we can bridge that gap...
>Will that be the same
>as shatterin' the wall between geniuses and normal people...?

>Yuu-kun!
>Yuu!

>YOUR training will be handled by US!
>From now until the performance, we'll be puttin' you through relentless practice!

>A... All right!
>I'll be in your care!

>To begin with...

>The legendary balcony,
>the first kiss...
>None of that will happen unless we can take first place at the Saika Festival!

>It's time to show you...
>Just how serious the Three Emperors can be!

>Poster: The one hundredth Saika Festival
>Seems like the students have started preparing for it too, eh?

>I guess this is the last year the general education department will be participating...
>It's a shame, but they really have been something of a non-entity here at Saika...

>Sign: Student council office

>(Meeting's done~)
>...Sorry, president...

>I...
>I know it must be unthinkable for you to perform on the same stage as someone like me...
>*Shut*
>It was my decision.
>More importantly...

>There's the matter of your "SPECIAL TRAINING",
>assistant Taira.

>Huh?
>Ah...
>Yes.
>(What the Three Emperors were talking about...)

>I am playing the intelligent and compassionate Beauty, Belle,
>while you are playing Tyler, the town's most handsome man.

>Despite being a dandy who is showered with attention from all sides,
>the one you wish to win for yourself is Belle, who refuses to yield to your advances.
>(*Ignore*)
>Eeep!

>I-I can barely handle listening to it!
>There's a limit to how mismatched the leads can be!
>I'll definitely end up incurring divine punishment from this!

>(*Slam*)

>Are you planning on getting up on the stage with that sort of mindset?

>Mismatched?
>Too late to worry about that now.

>P-president...?
>This is special training.

>And...
>I'm going to get serious, too.

>>279752335
Woah woah woah there hold on little fella

>Blurb: Now it's getting serious.

Thanks for reading! This chapter reminded me of Kunisaki Izumo with all the acting talk...

>>279752335
>>279752386
KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Also thank you

This week's bonus image, showing some previews of volume 14's bonus features. There's also a cross-promotion with Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai, which just got an anime announcement. You can get a special four-page booklet drawn by the authors if you buy the latest volumes of both at Animate. Shame I don't live in Japan...

>>279752335
sex

>>279751507 (OP)
more chapters

Volume 14 just came out today, incidentally.

And the cover for volume 15 has also been revealed, since it's unusually coming out only two weeks later to coincide with the start of the anime.

>>279751507 (OP)
>Heroine spread
>No Yuu

>>279751534
>amazing response
Anything is better than Island Namek

>>279752386
Go get em tigress

>>279751534
>Everyone is scared of playing the role
>The president is stoic when stepping up
I love how her name box is fancy.

>>279751635
Kazuki is going all out.

>>279751838
Two boys wrestling on the stage... Lewd!

>>279751838
>ka-ka-kachi daze!
https://youtu.be/Upsm3E2NUI8?si=SLLcEg6qRqjIbfw5

>>279751997
>>279752054
>Miwa and Niko needed Kazuki to explain to them that having only one good actor is a problem
Genius my ass!

>>279753739
Far from the lewdest thing she's drawn two boys doing on the stage

>>279752105
Best wingwoman

>>279752335
>>279752386
She works FAST!
Thx mate.

>woman pulls tie to kiss man
I need to wear ties more often

>>279752386
The kiss is nice, but from a meta perspective I think this also shuts down the possibility of handing out the balcony scene to Taira and the pres.

>>279753408
Here Yuu go

>>279754636
Thats fine, if anything we need a bit more of a push

>>279755853
Oh I agree, it's about time one of the sisters scores a clean win against the other two
Kazuki will win, confess and reject Yuu on the balcony

>>279758200
Man I can't wait to see all the sisters animated and voiced

>>279758642
They're sticking pretty close to the manga art for a lot of scenes, but there's some nice flourishes too. I hope they really play up Miwa's brattiness.

>>279751838
The author mentioned in her blogpost that this play is closer to the Disney version than the original story, since the original story has evil stepsisters instead of the handsome rival character.
Also, bit on the nose to call Taira's character "Tyler".

>>279752386
Going for the kill and making the sisters look like dumbasses out here.

>>279752252
>>279752386
I bet the rest of the student council is right outside the door listening in on them

>>279754117
Very specialized geniuses, please understand