Tsumugi Tsukioka SSR - Recommended Camp Coffee [Backstage Translation]

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"Midsummer Night Penalty Game - PART 1”

Izumi: (I got to get up pretty early today, talk about lucky~)
(Maybe I should try making a slightly fancier breakfast this morning.)

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Tsumugi: ……
Izumi: (Tsumugi-san…?)
(That bread and coffee must be what he’s having for breakfast, but… He seems to have fallen asleep…)
(It’s actually rare to see Tsumugi-san be up this early, too.)
(...I can’t decide if it’s okay to wake him up or not.)
[alarm rings]
Tsumugi: …!?
Ah– It’s just the alarm… That scared me..… Uhm… Huh, I can’t turn it off…… Woah, why’s it on the camera app!?
Izumi: The stop button is over here.
[alarm stops]
Tsumugi: It stopped…
Thank you for helping me with that.
Izumi: No problem.
Tsumugi: I usually would be able to stop it immediately, I was just so surprised—
Izumi: You’re up pretty early today though.
Tsumugi: Ahaha, it’s because there’s a planned trip today.
Izumi: Oh you did mention it before!
You have a friend from your drama club days that had just moved to the countryside, so you’ll be going to visit them, right?
Tsumugi: That’s right. It’s a bungalow with a garden that he bought for a cheap price. Seems like we could even have nagashi somen^[1] in the garden too.
Izumi: Ohhh, that sounds so nice.
That being said, having only bread and coffee for your breakfast might not fill you up, so let me cook you something, alright?



▶︎ CHOICE 1: Maybe some sunny-side-up eggs?
Izumi: Maybe some sunny-side-up eggs?
Tsumugi: Is that alright? I’d love some, then.
Izumi: Oh right, we also got some wieners we could cook too.
Tsumugi: It would cook really well on an iron plate. Should I lend a hand with anything?
Izumi: Can I leave the fruit peeling to you then?
Tsumugi: Of course.

▶︎ CHOICE 2: Is there anything you want to eat?
Izumi: Is there anything in particular that you want to eat?
Tsumugi: Let’s see… How about some sunny-side-up’s?
Izumi: Of course. You really love eggs, don’t you?
Tsumugi: I do. Let me make some salad then.
Izumi: Oh, thanks! I’m pretty sure we got some lettuce and tomato in the fridge…
I woke up pretty early today, so I figured I should whip up something fancier than usual this time.
Tsumugi: Then I should consider myself lucky that we came here at around the same time.
Izumi: Fufu, I should say the same.

Tasuku: Tsumugi, we should get going soon.
Tsumugi: Huh, already?!
Tasuku: What do you mean ‘already’... You’re the one who said you were going to eat some breakfast real quick, so I waited for 15 minutes like you asked.
It’s already been 20 minutes.
Tsumugi: Sorry… I kinda dozed off, so I didn’t realize…
I’ll take up your offer for sunny-side-up eggs next time, Director.
Izumi: Sure thing.
Tsumugi: Please excuse me. We’ll be heading off now.
Tasuku: We’ll probably be back in the evening.
Izumi: Have a safe trip, you two!

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Tasuku: …This should be the place.
Tsumugi: It feels so tranquil here.
Batchmate A: Tsumugi, Tasuku! Welcome you two~
Batchmate B: It’s been a while!
Batchmate C: I see the two of you are inseparable as always~
Tsumugi: You all seem to be in good spirits as always, too.
Tasuku: Is that the bamboo rack for the nagashi somen you mentioned?
Batchmate A: Pretty authentic, don’t you think?
Tsumugi: It looks just as real as the one we have in the dorms.^[2]
I wanna do nagashi somen with everyone again this year.
Tasuku: That’d be nice.
Batchmate B: The preparation is all done here.
Tsumugi: I’m pretty excited for this.

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Tsumugi: Huh? I’ll get the next one—
Wah?!
[splosh]
Batchmate A: …You’ve been missing each one of them since the start, Tsumugi. You doing good?
Tsumugi: I feel like the flow is going a bit too fast…
Tasuku: Now that you mention it, it does sorta seem like it.
Tsumugi: …But Tasuku, you’ve been able to catch a lot this whole time.
Tasuku: I guess.
Batchmate B: Hahaha, you two really haven’t changed one bit.
Batchmate C: Hey, I think it’s about time we start doing that...
Tsumugi: ‘That’...?

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"Midsummer Night Penalty Game - PART 2”

Tsumugi: We’re home.
Izumi: Welcome back.
Tasuku: We got some leftover watermelon from earlier.
Kumon: Woooah! That’s one big watermelon!
Muku: It’s bigger than even your head, Kyu-chan!
Tsumugi: (exhales)
Azuma: You seem pretty tired Tsumugi, what happened?
Tsumugi: Actually…

[flasback]

Batchmate C: Now is when it starts getting really fun!
Tasuku: What are those?
Batchmate C: These clear capsules have little paper notes in them. They’ll flow down the pipe, and you’ll have to catch one just as you would with somen noodles.
There are certain ingredients written down on the notes, and the rule is that you’ll have to pour that ingredient down the pipe next.
However, mixed in with these, there’s one capsule that’s got a penalty game written down instead, so best be careful.
Tsumugi: A penalty game?
Batchmate B: But before that, we gotta make sure Tsumugi can catch one.
Batchmate C: Alright, I’m putting them in—
Batchmate A: Here it comes, Tsumugi.
Tsumugi: Wah, woah…. I… got it!
[splosh]
(I actually managed to catch one…)
Batchmate C: Now everyone has to get one, alright?
Tasuku: Got it.
[splosh]
Batchmate C: …Okay, everyone has caught one, yeah? On my count, let’s all open our capsules.
One, two—

[flasback ends]

Azuma: In other words…
Tsumugi: Mh-hmm…. I pulled the one with the penalty game right away…
Izumi: What sort of penalty did you have to do?
Tsumugi: …Cross-dressing.
Izumi: Eh!?
Yuki: Asking Tsumugi to cross-dress is a high request, strangely enough.
Azami: Hm, I do kinda get that though.
Tsumugi: Ah, but, through much asking I managed to talk my way out of it.
Though… In exchange, I had to buy even more alcohol for the group.
The convenience stores in the countryside are very few and far in between that I started to feel faint before I could get to one, but I managed thru when I asked Tasuku to pick me up midway.
Homare: That would certainly explain your exhaustion.
Yuki: …But y’know, that kind of nagashi somen does sound fun.
Azuma: Oh? It’s rare for Yuki to take interest in something like this.
Kumon: Doesn’t it sound fun though?! I’m sure it’s going to be extra exciting if we do it with everyone!
Muku: We do have a bamboo pipe for nagashi somen that we could use.
Kumon: Say, why don’t we do it next week!?
Izumi: That’d be nice but… Tsumugi-san and Tasuku-san had just done it themselves, so…
Tasuku: I don’t mind doing it again.
Tsumugi: Me too. In fact, I want to take a revenge shot at it, too.
Kumon: Then it’s decided—!

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Tasuku: From here on, I’ll be pouring the capsules down just like how I poured the somen noodles just now.
There is paper within each capsule. Written in each paper could be a prize, a food product, or a penalty game.
If you managed to catch one, you have to open it. Got it?
Kumon: This is so fun~!
Taichi: I’m so excited now!
Tsumugi: …..
Itaru: So I heard you’re taking a revenge shot on this, huh, Tsumugi?
Banri: That’s the look of a guy who’s ready to go full speed in collecting all the flags here.
Tsumugi: Ahaha, I started tensing up without thinking.
Kumon: Yahoo—! It says I get frozen mango!
Citron: Ohh, I got salmon. It’d be nice if I got sweet shrimp instead~
Guy: I got sushi rice. If I match it with Citronia’s, we could make sushi out of them.
Tenma: How will you make nagashi somen out of that!?
Chikage: Well, we should have fun with it while we can, right? That’s the point of this.
Tsumugi: …You’re right with that.
Itaru: Oh, here come the capsules.
Tsumugi: Okay…
[splosh]
Tsumugi: …I got one!
Okay, let’s see what it says—

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"Midsummer Night Penalty Game - PART 3”

Tsumugi: ……
Banri: He’s totally frozen…
Izumi: Don’t tell me…
Tsumugi: …
Banri: Wh– Hey, Tsumugi-san. You can’t just slide the paper into your pocket and pretend it’s nothing.
Tsumugi: No, well, I mean…
Chikage: Let’s see what’s written here… “Run an errand while cross-dressing in a yukata.”
Banri: For real…
Itaru: Dang…
Tasuku: So much for your revenge shot.
Itaru: Who would think of such a penalty game…
Yuki: …That would be us.
Azami: Sorry, Tsumugi-san.
Yuki: I did think it’d be interesting if I put it in and that Tsumugi would be the one to get it, but…
Azami: Didn’t expect we’d get it for real.
Yuki: Just so you know, we have a yukata well and prepared already. Although, you can still say no if you don’t want to…
Tsumugi: I’ll do it.
Yuki: You will?
Tsumugi: If I got it twice, I must be really fated to do it… It’ll be embarrassing, but it’s not like I’m against it.
Yuki: …Alright. If you’ve got that much resolve, then we gotta make sure you become an exceptional beauty. Right, Azami?
Azami: Definitely. If we’re gonna do it, we’re doing it for real.
Tsumugi: Ah, b-but it’d be too much if we do it in broad daylight, so let’s do it at night…!

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Izumi: (They should be finished with preparing Tsumugi-san right around now, right?)

Tsumugi: …….
Izumi: Oh wow, you look gorgeous!
Tsumugi: Th-thank you… Ah, but, it is a little weird, isn’t it?
Izumi: Not at all!
Banri: Yeah, you look good.
Juza: It suits you.
Tsumugi: Thanks, you two…
(Despite the compliments though, I can’t help but feel otherwise… A-Anyway, the sooner I go out, the sooner I can finish this penalty game.)
Well then, I’ll be going!
[door closes]
Izumi: Off he goes…
Yuki: …Actually, since he’s walking out as a woman and all, wouldn’t it be good if there was someone else to accompany him?
Izumi: You have a point…! Then I’ll go after him!
[door closes]
Yuki: I think she missed the point.
Tasuku: …For crying out loud.

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Izumi: Tsumugi-san!
Tsumugi: Director?
Izumi: I was a little worried, so I thought I’d come along with you.
Tsumugi: …You didn’t have to.
Though I did feel tense while walking all by myself with this look on, so I do appreciate it.
Izumi: Fufu, you sure have been through alot today.
Oh right, for tomorrow’s breakfast, I think I’ll make you some of those sunny-side-up eggs that I didn’t get to cook for you earlier.
Tsumugi: Uwah, I’ll look forward to it.
Izumi: Ah, we should probably buy some eggs from the convenience store then. I think I used up a lot for the french toasts this morning and—
Man A: Hey ladies, where are you going at this time of night?
Man B: You should come have a drink with us.
Izumi: (T-Talk about a cliché moment here…!)
Tsumugi: Stay back, Director. Let me handle—
Man A: You’re a little broad, but you’ve got a cute face on you, sweetie.
Tsumugi: …Huh?
Izumi: (They’re going after Tsumugi-san….!?)
Tsumugi: I-in any case, we don’t want any trouble. Please move aside.
Director, let’s go.
Man B: You’re even cuter when you’re angry.
Man A: You don’t need to say such things, just come with us.
Tsumugi: Look, I’m not actually a woman—
Tasuku: Oi, what are you doing.
Tsumugi: …Tasuku!?
Tasuku: You guys are minors, aren’t you? I’ll call the police.
Man A: Tch!
Man B: Forget it. Let’s go.
[running]
Tasuku: You guys alright? It’s a good thing I followed to check up on you.
Izumi: Thank you, Tasuku-san.
Tsumugi: … I’m sorry, Director. I was worthless there.
Izumi: You weren’t at all! I thought you were pretty cool just now, Tsumugi-san.
Tsumugi: Thank you.
But man, I’ve really had enough of cross-dressing and nagashi somen now.




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[1]nagashi somen = a traditional summer activity where somen noodles are flowed down in water thru a bamboo pipe. Participants will have to fish for their portion when it passes by their spot to enjoy the cold noodles.
[2]first referenced from an August 2019 Blog Post from Hisoka.