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Double Planet Episode 6

Double Planet 第6話

Double Planet
Episode 6: “From a story about me to a story about me and Natsuki”
Tamaru Luka (Furuta Jun & Kanda Yota/Radio Shonan Personality)

``I hope you're doing well.'' We exchanged such greetings many times in the classroom. When I met my classmates who I had been in contact with through SNS, I realized how much fun it was to talk eye to eye while feeling each other's body temperature. There is no time lag in communication and it feels good to be directly in front of the other person. It may seem obvious, but now I'm realizing its value. Corona has taken a lot of things from us, and I'm really, really upset about it, but at the same time, I think there may have been something that made me realize, "Aha!" When I talked about this to Natsuki from the drama club, she got back to me within seconds.

"That's theater, isn't it?"

Natsuki has a tendency to want to connect anything with theater. However, this time I was convinced. Indeed, the charm of theater is that people face each other directly, their emotions collide, and drama is born out of that, which becomes a story. Customers can directly appreciate it. That's the charm of live music.

"But I heard that club activities will be difficult for a while."

I thought so too. Classes may return little by little after going through stages of distributed school attendance, staggered school attendance, and shortened classes, but resuming club activities is another matter. It was still unclear how the drama club would resume operations.

"The summer tournament may also be canceled..."

While saying that, Natsuki remained silent.
I understood Natsuki's feelings painfully. Natsuki, who had been practicing harder than any of the third-year students, said that she was definitely going to participate in the tournament as a cast member. Moreover, if allowed, I would like to try the leading role. Natsuki wanted to feel the pressure that only the leading role can carry, and she was extremely conscious of this.

Actually, my consciousness was not lost either.

During this school break, I completed a piece of theater work, even though no one asked me to.
When I sent a consultation email to the radio program ``Love & Music,'' I decided to put aside the unusual story that ``the animal I thought was a dog was actually a cat.'' What kind of work do I really want to create now? From there, I started coming up with ideas again while facing myself. Then, the keywords ``friend'' and ``future'' appeared. Rather than creating a strange world view, it is a life-sized one. I wanted to create a story that featured life-sized characters. I didn't really know how to write it, but I looked up the format on the internet and managed to write it based on what I saw. I woke up at a certain time, wrote at a certain time, and went to bed at a certain time every day. This is because I was influenced by reading Haruki Murakami's essay. I felt like a great writer. It was like that for a little over a week. The work was about 30 pages long.

The title is "Sky and Puzzle"

Rather than feeling a sense of accomplishment when I finished writing, I was more concerned about whether or not this was actually interesting. To be honest, I'm not confident. So I haven't told anyone yet. It wasn't that I was being extravagant, I was just embarrassed to say anything about it. Still, I thought I'd say it. No matter how you think about it, the only time to say it is now.

"I... wrote a script for a play."

My voice was very weak and small. However, Natsuki didn't miss it.

"What, did you write that? That dog and cat thing?"
"That's different. I wrote it with a new idea. If you'd like... try reading it next time."

Natsuki's depressed face suddenly brightened up.

"Read it! I'll definitely read it, so send it to me!"

It was surprising because I felt like Natsuki was going to reject me again somewhere. I never expected you to be so enthusiastic about reading it. Something I made will make someone feel better. Sometimes, the mere fact that the work is there, before even touching it, has the power to change a person. I was shocked by this reality. Corona took away many things from us, but I was able to write a story by spending so much time at home. On the way home from high school, my steps were so light that I felt like I was going to start dancing.

The next day, Saturday. I read the script again before sending it to Natsuki. I did a final check to make sure there were no typos, and attached the Word text to the email. All you have to do is press the send button. When I press the button, the story changes from just me to a story about me and Natsuki. My fingers trembled. Just press it. It's been a long time since I felt this nervous.

At that time, an email was featured on "Love & Music".

"hello!
It's a subtle blue.
It's the first time I've written lyrics for ``Kiseki no Kotoba'', and I've tried various things as an amateur, but I'm completely at a loss when it comes to composing. Somehow, a melody comes to mind, but I can't connect it to it, and it goes back to zero again, over and over again.
So, I thought maybe I could borrow the help of my master, Mr. Kanda, and if that doesn't work, I'll ask.
Could you help me compose ``Kiseki no Kotoba''?!''

"Email sent"

Our story has begun.

"to be continued"

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