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hibiscera · 3 years
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City of Wizards 🌙✨
Bookmark design! Just put it up for pre-order in my shop, the link is in my pinned post. 😊
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jounetsunosymphonia · 3 years
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The Master Likes a Mystery (Mankai Stage Winter 2020 translation)
translation for the stage version of winter’s second play! the song can be listened to in full here.
some of the parts that are the same as the original are just combinations of the fantranslation on the wiki and the official english version bc i mean they’re already there come on.
cast list
Arisugawa Homare (Tanaka Ryousei) as Sagishima Tooru Mikage Hisoka (Ueda Keisuke) as Tojo Shiki Takato Tasuku (Kitazono Ryo) as Nakatsu Keiji Tsukioka Tsumugi (Aramaki Yoshihiko) as Souma Keiichi Yukishiro Azuma (Ueda Kandai) as Kusanagi Shizuma
mild warnings for murder (of course), and implied incest(?)
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Keiichi: She was the perfect fiancee!
Keiji: Don’t go poking your noses where they don’t belong!
Shizuma: My sister was not a girl against whom one would hold a grudge.
Shiki: Surely you don’t mean to say that you think I killed her, do you?
Sagishima: Will you cease your search for the culprit, then?
All: The coleus flower’s meaning is…
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Sagishima: Master Shiki. …Master Shiki. Master Shiki, the cyclamens are blooming beautifully in the garden. Do you know what they symbolise? (cyclamens are deep love and sincere affection. just a fun fact.)
Shiki: Sagishima. Why is it that even when I pay you no mind, you continue speaking to me nonetheless?
Sagishima: Were you ignoring me?
Shiki: I was thinking. I didn’t wish to be interrupted.
Sagishima: As I thought. Then, would you like to take a walk and see the cyclamens—
Shiki: I have no interest whatsoever in flower language. I have an important—
Sagishima: This is the time when the Kusanagi family’s daughter usually takes her walk, however.
Shiki: Let us leave at once! …I’d like to take a look at the cyclamens.
Sagishima: As expected of Master Shiki. Understood.
Sagishima, Shiki Master and butler Master and servant (different word! same translation! i suffer)
Shiki I’m the master
Sagishima And I am the butler
Shiki Is there really such a butler who won’t listen to what he’s told?
Sagishima: My, my. Even a dog could outsmart you, Master Shiki.
Sagishima, Shiki The master’s mesmerised by that girl!
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Sagishima: Oh...? This scent is that of a coleus flower, is it not?
Shiki: This handkerchief…it’s…! Hey…isn’t that Miss Kusanagi collapsed over there? Sagishima, call for a doctor at once!
Sagishima: Master Shiki, please stay back! …it’s too late.
Shiki: What?
Sagishima: Miss Kusanagi…has already passed.
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Sagi, Shiki, Keiji The victim is the Kusanagi family’s daughter—
Shiki: Why has such a thing become of her?
Keiji: Why was she in such a place?
Sagishima: Why does she have such an expression on her face?
Sagi, Shiki, Keiji The dead tell no tales So it is only from the evidence We can find the truth
Keiji: I’m Nakatsu Keiji, I’m in charge of this case.
Sagishima: Detective Nakatsu Keiji…names truly reveal one’s identity… (folks i’m not repeating the cagey nakatsu joke here you can go read a3en if u want it)
Keiji: So you were the ones to discover the body, hm?
Shiki: What’s with that attitude?
Sagishima: Master Shiki, please stop.
Keiji: What was your relationship to the victim? You were acquainted, weren’t you? Were you just friends? Or…?
Shiki: How rude! Surely you don’t mean to say that you think I killed her, do you?
Keiji: Well, if we investigate, we’ll find out either way.
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[winter telepathic convo time part 1!]
Hisoka: (Alice and Tasuku are so annoying.)
Tasuku: (I’ll take that as a compliment.)
Hisoka: (You’re acting, so you’re a good kid.)
Homare: (Hisoka-kun, do you mean to say that I’m irritating even without acting?)
Hisoka: (That’s what I’m saying.)
Tasuku: (Minagi’s script is like this, so it’s interesting. Now, how will you do, Tsumugi, Azuma-san?)
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Shiki: Sagishima. Look up Miss Kusanagi’s personal relations at once.
Sagishima: Needlessly meddling in others’ affairs is a terrible habit of yours.
Shiki: I’m being suspected of murder! Do you expect me to simply sit and twiddle my thumbs?
Shiki The suspects are those around Miss Kusanagi—
Shizuma: Why has such a thing happened to my sister?
Keiichi: Why has she suffered so?
Keiji: Why are these two here?!
Shiki The culprit is one of these people I’ll be sure to uncover the truth
Sagishima: Miss Kusanagi’s older brother, Kusanagi Shizuma, and her fiance, Souma Keiichi.
Keiji: Leave the investigation to the police. Don’t go poking your noses where they don’t belong!
Shiki: Once I find the culprit, you can take all the credit.
Keiji: You’re doing all this without a warrant—
Shizuma: I don’t mind. Finding my sister’s murderer is of the utmost priority. Keiichi-kun, don’t you agree?
Keiichi: Ah? Y-yes, of course.
Sagishima: Everyone, thank you for your cooperation. Now, if you will allow me to ask some questions about the incident.
Shizuma: My sister was not a girl against whom one would hold a grudge. She was smart, good-natured…a young lady loved by all.
Keiichi: She was the perfect fiancee. She would have practically been wasted on me…
Keiji: Neither of you would have any motive to kill her. (directed to shiki) And you wouldn’t have wanted to lose her, so…
Shiki: That’s it! I’ve solved the case!
Everyone except Shiki: What?
Sagishima, Shiki Assailant and victim Older brother and fiance
Shiki I’ve figured it out!
Sagishima Will this be alright…?
Shiki It’s a good thing I’ve read so many mysteries!
Sagishima: That is true. Master Shiki is a surprisingly avid reader.
All The master’s mesmerised by a mystery!
Shiki: The culprit…is you, Nakatsu Keiji!
Keiji: Wh—?! Why would I be the murderer?
Shiki: It’s a common mystery trope! The least likely character is usually the culprit.
Keiji: I can’t believe this slander. Now, if you’ll excuse me.
Shiki: See, look at that! There must be a shady side to him!
Keiichi: I-I’ll be taking my leave as well. I’ve been feeling rather unwell since her passing.
Sagishima: Master Shiki. Detective Nakatsu Keiji is not the culprit.
Shiki: What did you say—?! Don’t tell me you’ve already figured out who it is!
Sagishima: Well.
Shizuma: To think the detective could be the culprit…fufu. How thrilling. I didn’t get a particularly good impression of him, after all.
Shiki: He treated me like a suspect as well, so it’s only fair.
Shizuma: That’s the first time I’ve laughed since my sister’s passing. Fate truly does work in mysterious ways…who would have thought friendship could bloom from such unfortunate circumstances?
Shiki: Indeed. I think we’ll get along quite well.
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[winter telepathic convo time part 2!]
Azuma: (A cuddler…a poet…an amnesiac…to think that the three of us would be acting together, fate really does work in strange ways, doesn’t it?)
Homare: (Oh! I’ve been struck by inspiration for a poem, Azuma-san! A nurarihyon on ice! An illusion without expression!) (a nurarihyon is a sort of youkai. you know. the usual alice stuff.)
Hisoka: (Alice. Concentrate on acting.)
Homare: (A-ah. Pardon me.)
Azuma: (Being onstage is truly amazing…here, we can take as many breaths as we need.)
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Sagishima, Shiki Master and master A friend and a friend (wonderful, thank you. yes i checked this time and it is in fact the same word.)
Shiki Curiously, we get along
Sagishima That’s a relief to hear
Shizuma If you’d like, give this book a read
Sagishima: My, what an adorable bookmark. (he takes it from the book that shizuma is lending to shiki, and puts it in his pocket.)
Sagishima, Shiki The master’s unusual new friend!
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Sagishima: Master Shiki. We’ve received…this. (he hands over the threat letter)
Shiki: “Don’t investigate any further.” Is this a threat? Now, what shall we do?
Sagishima: Nothing good can come of you getting that look on your face.
Shiki: What~? I’m only leaving a little bait.
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(OK HELLO IF U CAN WATCH FOOTAGE OF THE SHOW PLEASE DO BC THE FIGHT NOISES ARE IN FACT SOMETHING FUN HAPPENING—as in the game, keiichi attempts to sneak into the tojo household, but this time sagi beats his ass and disarms him bc he has a knife (!?) it’s very very good and delicious i love stage sagi so much bye)
Keiji: That agility…just what are you?
Sagishima: I am only a simple butler.
Keiji: Souma Keiichi…to think that the culprit was you the entire time.
Keiichi: N-no! You’ve got it wrong! I didn’t kill her!
Sagishima: But Master Souma…is this not your handwriting?
Keiji: Well? What now, Souma.
Keiichi: …you’re right. But so what if it is?
Keiji: Eh?
Keiichi: I wasn’t the one who murdered her. I even failed my attack on Tojo Shiki. What’re you gonna take me in for? I haven’t committed any crimes.
Keiji: You really think that’s going to work?
Sagishima: Even if being taken in by the police would not cause you any harm, perhaps it would be an issue for you were Master Kusanagi to find out the truth?
Keiichi: You—!
Shiki: What’s the meaning of this, Sagishima?
Sagishima: I believe you should explain for yourself. It would clear you of all suspicion of the murder.
Keiichi: Tch. ...I was seeing other women. I only wanted to marry that girl for the money.
Shiki: What!
Keiji: You…
Keiichi: There’s no way I’d want to marry such a boring woman as that otherwise! But...I’d never worry for cash again as long as I lived.
Sagishima: Master Souma would never have murdered her without getting a hold of her fortune.
Keiji: Then...why did he go after Tojo-san?
Keiichi: If Mr. Kusanagi found out that I was messing around with other girls, I’d lose the support I was already getting. Geez...what kind of shit luck is this...if you were gonna die, couldn’t you have waited til after we’d already gotten married?!
Shiki: (punches keiichi in the face. deserved.)
Keiichi: (grabs shiki’s lapels) The hell are you doing in front of the detective?
Shiki: Detective. Did I do anything wrong?
Keiji: Hmm. I must’ve had something in my eye. Did I miss anything?
Shiki: No, not at all.
Keiji: I understand that you didn’t kill her. But between criminal intimidation and breaking and entering, it appears you might guilty of some other crimes, so I’ll have to take you in.
Keiichi: (makes a fucking run for it and almost goes at sagishima)
[winter telepathic convo time part 3!]
Hisoka: (Tsumugi’s acting so awful…)
Homare: (I nearly had to raise a hand against him!)
Tasuku: (It’s no good…he’s concentrating too hard.)
Hisoka: (Receiving feelings onstage and connecting them to the next play…)
Homare: (Acting is truly a wonderful thing, is it not, Hisoka-kun?)
Tasuku: (It’s great that you guys can understand that too.)
Tsumugi: (We’re counting on you two for the rest!)
(this part is really funny to me bc mugi sounds so gentle and they’re all so soft but also at the same time keiichi is struggling against being arrested and gets dragged off stage by keiji, the duality of man i guess)
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Sagishima, Shiki The culprit wasn’t Keiichi
Shiki Who on earth could it be?
Sagishima The scent on the kerchief The truth cannot possibly be so kind
Shiki I want to know the truth
Sagishima: My, my, Master Shiki is…
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Sagishima: Oh. That’s an interesting book you have there.
Shiki: I borrowed it from Kusanagi-kun.
Sagishima: I am glad you have found yourself such a good friend. Will you cease your search for the culprit, then?
Shiki: Whatever for? Of course not.
Sagishima: …I see.
Sagishima: The scent wafting from that book…It’s the scent of a coleus flower, is it not.
Shiki: Coleus…? Where have I…N-no. It can’t be. The one who killed Miss Kusanagi—!
(83723847236486th time but oh my god if you can watch it please do because the expression that shiki makes when he realises i just. i die. every time. it hurts so much uechan i’m going to fight you irl (said with love) )
Sagishima: This is why I asked if you would give up your search. You really are no smarter than a dog.
Shiki: But…why…why would he…?
Sagishima: Master Shiki. Do you know what the coleus flower symbolises?
Shiki: I’ve already told you, I have no interest in flower language!
Shizuma, Sagishima: An impossible love.
Sagishima: That is its meaning.
Shiki: …it was you, wasn’t it. You killed Miss Kusanagi.
Shizuma: I couldn’t stand the thought of my dear sister marrying that man! As long I’d realised his true nature…
Shiki: …Shizuma-kun…
Shizuma: Even so…I didn’t think there would be another man with such an interest in flower language as I.
Shiki: Oh…actually, the one who knew was—
Sagishima: My master is well-versed in many subjects.
Shizuma: My one miscalculation…was your involvement, Shiki-san.
Shiki: What a shame…and here I thought we could have been good friends.
(ok pain. you know how in the original, shiki’s like “ooh too bad you can’t lend me more books bc you’re the murderer.” in the stage ver, shiki tries to give back the book shizu lent him earlier on, and shizu just quietly puts a hand up like ‘no, keep it,’ and shiki looks so. pained. i hate it here.)
Sagishima: The detective is waiting outside.
Sagishima: Master Kusanagi, she was quietly stabbed from the front. There was no sign of struggle.
Shizuma: And what of it?
Sagishima: Perhaps Miss Kusanagi chose death at the hands of her beloved brother rather than be married to a man she did not wish to wed.
Shizuma: …thank you, butler.
Shiki: From the front…? Struggle…? I haven’t the slightest clue what any of this could mean. (sagi attempts to give him a hug) What is it?!
Sagishima: As expected from you, Master Shiki. You are—ah, never mind.
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Shiki: …it was windy that day too, wasn’t it.
Sagishima: Are you all right?
Shiki: Why do you ask?
Sagishima: I think you might have been more upset about this case than...ah. Forgive my impertinence.
Shiki: Was that…concern? How revolting. What on earth are you thinking?
Sagishima: Only that…perhaps I am fonder of you than I had thought.
Shiki: …what a strange fellow.
[winter telepathic convo time part 4!]
Hisoka: (Didn’t need that adlib at the end.)
Homare: (I thought it would be alright to include our true feelings for once!)
Hisoka: (I didn’t want more lines.)
Homare: (But I’ve understood! I care for you more than I had thought!)
Hisoka: (I don’t really like you that much.)
(another thing i wanna point out: as shizu is getting taken away (at the second level of the stage), kusanagisis appears at the back of the stage, and he tries to approach her, but is led offstage by keiji. meanwhile shiki is staring up at him in pain. i die.)
then it just goes into es no yuuutsu here. i’m gonna put it anyway so u can read along and still suffer. eng tl from here ofc
Sagishima The worn out, sad love that
Shiki Aah, brought us two conspirators together
Sagishima, Shiki Has now become, the gentlest of dreams
Sagishima The exposed and scattered truth
Shiki All that remains are the footprints left behind
Sagishima Quietly
Shiki Telling the tale
Sagishima, Shiki With words of melancholy
Sagishima As if scorning everything
Shiki The eerily shining
Sagishima, Shiki Heat haze glimmers At least I will end it all for you By my very own hand Farewell, aah, sweet cruelty.
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