Double Planet Episode 6

Double Planet
Episode 6: "From my story to my story and Natsuki's"
Tamaru Luka (Furuta Jun & Kanda Yota / Radio Shonan Personality)

"I've been doing well." I exchanged such greetings many times in the classroom. When I met my classmates who I had been in contact with on social media, I discovered that it was so much fun to talk to them while looking them in the eye and feeling each other's body temperature. There is no time lag in communication, and it feels good to have the other person directly in front of you. It's something that we take for granted, but now we realize its value. Corona has taken away many things from us, and it's really, really annoying, but at the same time, maybe there was a time when it made us realize something. When I told Natsuki from the drama club about this, he responded in a second.

"That's what theater is all about."

Natsuki likes to link everything to theater. But this time, I was convinced. The appeal of theater is that people directly face each other, emotions collide, drama is born and a story is formed. The audience watches it directly. That's the appeal of a live performance.

"But it seems club activities will be difficult for a while."

I thought so too. Classes may return little by little through staggered school attendance, staggered school attendance times, and shortened classes, but the resumption of club activities is another matter. I still wasn't sure how the drama club would resume.

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

With that said, Natsuki went completely quiet.
I understood Natsuki's feelings all too well. Natsuki, who had practiced harder than any of the third-years, said that she would definitely enter the competition as a cast member. Furthermore, she said that if allowed, she would like to try for the lead role. She wanted to experience the pressure that only a lead role can bear, and so Natsuki's ambitions were endless.

In fact, my consciousness was not defeated either.

During the school closures, he wrote a play, even though no one had asked him to.
When I sent an email to the radio show "Love & Music" asking for advice, I thought of a strange story about an animal I was raising, thinking it was a dog, but it was actually a cat. I put it aside for now. What is the work I really want to create now? I started thinking about myself and came up with ideas again. Then the keywords "friends" and "future" came up. I wanted to create a story with life-sized characters, not a worldview that I had somehow managed to create. I didn't know how to write it, but I looked up the format on the internet and managed to write it by imitating what I saw. I tried to wake up at a certain time every day, write at a certain time, and go to bed at a certain time. This was because I was influenced by reading Haruki Murakami's essays. I felt like a great writer. A little over a week like that. I finished a work of about 30 pages.

The title is "Sky and Puzzle"

Rather than feeling a sense of accomplishment at finishing writing, I was more worried about whether it was really interesting. To be honest, I wasn't confident. That's why I hadn't told anyone yet. It's not that I was being shy, it's just that I was embarrassed to talk about it. But I still thought I should tell them. No matter what I thought, the right time to tell them was now.

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

My voice was very weak and quiet, but Natsuki didn't miss it.

"What, you wrote that? The one about the cat and dog?"
"No, I wrote it with a new idea. If you'd like... please read it sometime."

Natsuki's face, which had been depressed, suddenly brightened.

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

I was surprised because I had a feeling that Natsuki would reject me again somewhere. I never thought he would be so enthusiastic about reading it. Something you create can cheer someone up. Sometimes, even before you come into contact with a work, the mere fact that it exists can change a person. This reality made my heart race. Corona has taken many things from us, but because I was able to spend more time at home, I was able to write a story. On my way home from high school, my steps were so light that I felt like I was dancing.

The next day, Saturday. I read the script one more time before sending it to Natsuki. I did a final check for typos and attached the Word document to the email. All I had to do was press the send button. Once I pressed it, it would go from being just my story to being a story about me and Natsuki. My fingers were shaking. It was just a press. It had been a long time since I had felt this nervous.

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

"hello!
It's subtle blue.
This is the first song I wrote lyrics for, "Kiseki no Kotoba," and although I've tried various things as an amateur, I'm completely lost when it comes to composing. I can come up with a melody, but I can't connect it to the original, so I end up going back to zero again, over and over again.
So I thought maybe I could get some help from my master, Kanda-san, and decided to ask, knowing it would probably be a long shot.
Could you please help me compose the song "Kiseki no Kotoba"?!"

"Email sent"

Our story began.

"to be continued"

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