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"Sing being able to take such initiative and be so strong too; it's amazing how he can do all that at his age! I'm gonna do this role proudly! In a way that won't disappoint him!"
"Favorite Weapon - Part 1”
⚠️ DISCLAIMER BEFORE READING: This story will contain content that comes from "BANANA FISH" the anime. Please only continue if you are willing to encounter possible spoilers.⚠️
[METAL BAT CLANGS]
Kumon: Yahooooo! HOME RUUUUUN!
Azami: … Really? The baseball center for our off-day?
Kumon: Hitting balls feels sooooo good~! Thanks for coming along with me, Azami!
Kumon: 1, 2, 3, 4…
[STEP STEP]
[SWISH]
Kumon: (breathes out) …OK! Time for a break!
—Oh! I know! I should rewatch the anime while I'm at it! Where's my phone…
[DOOR OPENS]
Azami: —Kumon.
Kumon: Oh hey Azami! Are you here to do some solo practice too?
Azami: Nah. I was just passing by the room when I saw you in here. Here. Got some drinks for ya.
Kumon: For real!? Thank youuu! I was just feeling thirsty!
….Pheeeew! That was super refreshing!
Oh right! I was just about to watch an episode of "BANANA FISH" on my break. You should watch it with me, Azami!
Azami: … Just a bit, alright?
Yut Lung: "So tell me, why did you do such a thing?"
"If my brothers hear about this, you'll be in big trouble, you know."
Sing: "I've had enough with those old geezers!!"
"Execute me or whatever— I don't care! The 'rules' can eat my shit!!"
Yut Lung: "Feisty little fellow. I hear Shorter was one to show his respect to his elders."
Sing: "And I respect Shorter. That's why I've been holdin' back all this time."
Yut Lung: "I see… So, what are your thoughts on 'the Lynx'?"
Sing: "—He's a man-eating tiger. His pretty face makes him even scarier."
"He didn't even see me as an enemy."
"I hate to admit it… But he's really a different beast."
Yut Lung: "You can accept your loss. You're not as bad as you may think you are."
"There's no disgrace in losing to him now. A hurt tiger is the most dangerous beast on earth, after all"
Sing: "Do you know then? …Why Ash did that to Shorter—?"
Yut Lung: "I'll tell you one day. For now, I'll tell my brothers that you saved me; they'll let you off the hook with that circumstance."
Sing: "So I'm being given mercy from one of the young masters now, huh."
Yut Lung: "...It seems like he made it out. That's Ash's car there— the car that Golzine gave to him on his 16th birthday."
"And he's headed straight towards Manhattan. That place is home ground for him."‘
Yut Lung: "Congratulations on getting back into the major league, Ash."
Kumon: Woooh~! The scene where these two first meet just gets me so psyched~!!
I really like what these two have going for them, y'know?
Like, their dynamic is really different from Ash and Eiji's of course. But there's something about the way Sing can't leave the Young Master alone.
Azami: Hmm. I get what you're trying to say. And Sing puts up a different face when he's acting boss among his members too.
… Also, since when did you start calling Yut Lung by just 'Young Master'?
Kumon: Hehe! I wanna make sure I don't just accidentlally call him by name on stage, so I'm trying to get used to it.
Azami: Makes sense.
Kumon: Oh oh oh! And one more thing!
"Congratulations on getting back into the major league, Ash."
LIKE! That's just such a cool line, don't you think!? I just HAD to try saying it too!!
Azami: You better make sure you don't accidentally say that on the show either. You're the one playing Sing here.
Kumon: I know, I knooow! I'm just saying, there's no other work out there that could have a line just like that!
Azami: … It's 'cause it's a baseball thing, ain't it.
Kumon: Hey Azami! We're not doing rehearsals tomorrow, right? Let's head for the baseball center!
Azami: Ha?
Kumon: YOU brought up baseball, and now I'm just itching to grab a bat right now!!
Azami: You gotta be kidding me…
[METAL BAT CLANGS]
Kumon: Pheeew! Alright, break time!
Azami: You really just have infinite fuel in your energy tanks, huh.
Kumon: You think so?
Azami: You wouldn't be playin' here on an off-day if you didn't. And we've been doin' a lot of action in practice, too.
Kumon: H~mmm, I mean I do have a lot of action scenes. But compared to what Banri has to do…
Azami: —That's a given, I guess.
But doesn't Sing make use of a special kind of weapon? What was it called…
Kumon: A wire dart!! It's called the "Flying Dragon Fang"! Pretty cool, right?!
But since I have to be miming together with the sound effects on stage, I probably won't be able to use the real thing, huh…
Azami: We just have to make it seem real, yeah.
Kumon: Trying to act as if we're doing the real thing's tough, but all that hard work's worth it!
But I still WISH I could use it for real on stage…!
You've seen just how cool Sing looks when he does it in the anime! Throwing it around like WOOSH! And then he's like scutter scutter SWISH—you know?!
Azami: Hell if I do…
But… Even if you can't use the weapon on stage, then maybe it'll be good to use it like mime practice it on your own time?
Kumon: … You're onto something!
Thanks, Young Master! I'll test that out!!
Azami: … I wasn't even actin' as Yut Lung just now.
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"Favorite Weapon - Part 2”
Kumon: Heave-ho… Here we go.
Sakuya: …?
Muku: What do you have there, Kyu-chan? Did you buy some stuff?
Kumon: Yep! They're materials for a rope dart!
Yuki: Rope dart?
Kumon: It's the weapon that my character in the next play's using! I won't be using the real thing on stage, but I thought this would be a good way to practice with it!
Sakuya: What is a 'rope dart', exactly?
[DOOR OPENS]
Itaru: —Allow me to explain.
Kumon: Itaru-san!?!
Yuki: Where the hell did you jump out of?
Itaru: The rope dart— or rope javelin— is among one of the many weapons used in Chinese martial arts.
With a blade on the tip of a cord, the user can throw it towards their enemy and wrap them around with it.
Did you know: the rope dart Sing— that's Kumon's character— uses is actually done differently between the original manga and the anime?
This is just my educated guess, but they must've changed it from his rope dart to a wire dart instead to make use of the sound effects you can only do on anime.
Kumon: That's so awesome!! To think you could figure out something like that, Itaru-san!
Yuki: As expected of the otaku.
Muku: Kyu-chan has admired weapons like this one even back in the day.
Kumon: Yeah! 'Cause they look so cool!!
Itaru: You said you brought out some materials… Are you planning to make one from scratch?
Kumon: Yep! And I'm using rope for this, not wires.
'Course, I even made sure to choose a blade that won't hurt anyone with it, just in case I hit someone!
Yuki: Someone’s using their brain.
Kumon: It doesn't seem like it's all that tough to assemble either. As far as I've looked up, anyway! We should all make one ourselves!
Sakuya: Ohh! That does sound fun!
Kumon: It's finally complete~!
Muku: I was worried if I was going to be able to make it, but it really is as easy as Kyu-chan said it was.
Yuki: It doesn't look half-bad to the real thing.
Itaru: Well then, shall we give these things a shot? Kumon?
Kumon: Alrighty!
—Go forth! "Skyborne Blade"!!
[SWISH]
Kumon: —Huh?! That didn't go all that far… Agh, that was such a lame throw, too…!!
Yuki: …What was he even spouting when he threw that?
Itaru: I think it's the name of his weapon.
Kumon's character, Sing, named his weapon "Flying Dragon Fang", so maybe he followed his steps and named his own blade the same way.
Yuki: … This chuuni moron.
Muku: But it's nice to see Kyu-chan having so much fun!
Kumon: Mmm— Alright! One more shot! —Go!!
[FWIP]
Sakuya: Wah! That one went even further than the last one!
[SMACK]
Tenma: —WAAGH!?
Itaru: … Nice control.
Tenma: WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!
Kumon: AH! Sorry about that, Tenma-san!! I was just trying out this rope dart practice for my role study on Sing!!
Tenma: … If it's for role study, fine. But can you try not to do it in a way that WON'T get someone hurt?
Kumon: Rogeeeer!
[FOOTSTEPS WALKING AWAY]
Muku: I wasn't expecting it to reach all the way over there…
Yuki: If that was the real thing, Tenma would've been long dead by now.
Itaru: True that.
Kumon: Anyway! I'm done with my turn; everyone else should try too!
Sakuya: Okay! Here I go…
Guy: …
Kumon: AH! PAUSE! Guy-san coming through!!
Guy: … Sorry, am I interrupting something?
Kumon: Nothing like that at all!
You see, we're trying these rope darts and figuring out how to use them. You were almost at target range, that's all.
Guy: I see… Rope darts, is it? That takes me back.
Yuki: You've used them before?
Guy: Indeed, back while I was at Zahra.
Itaru: FR?
Sakuya: Wow…! As expected of Guy-san!
Kumon: That's crazy! Oh oh! Can you show us a demo of how you use it then!?
Guy: Of course. For starters, you ready your stance like this. And then—
[FWIP]
Kumon: WOW! Soooooo cooool!!!
Oh man, so if I practice more, then maybe I can do it as cool as you did, Guy-san! Alrighty, I'm gonna keept at it!!
Guy: That's the spirit.
Kumon: OK! One more try!
Muku: Good luck, Kyu-chan!
Yuki: … He's getting fired up and all, but I'm pretty sure he said he won't be using the real thing on stage, didn't he?
Itaru: … Best not to burst his bubble.