The last rehearsal was over, and the time and place to meet tomorrow was agreed upon. Shinichi Iwahashi said goodbye to the members of Mimi Club. When he returned home, he put the paper bag with the costumes on the counter, without even changing his clothes.
, lie down on the tatami.
The hometown of this body is an ordinary family of four in Shizuoka. In today's rb society, which is known as the middle class of 100 million people, it is an ordinary family.
My father works at a research institute in Suzuki, and my mother is a housewife. I have a sister who is ten years older. She has been outstanding since she was a child. After graduating from the Tokyo University School of Law, she joined a law firm. The relationship between the two siblings is lukewarm, and they have a capable personality.
From the perspective of a sister who doesn't do unnecessary things, maintaining a good relationship with her younger brother is probably a superfluous thing.
The two siblings attended the same public junior high school in Katamachi. The elder sister was an outstanding alumnus and the younger brother was an average student.
In that school, there are quite a few students who have their own stores or family workshops at home. Although they may not make much money, when they can't find a way to go, going home to inherit the family business can be regarded as a backup option.
life path.
But working-class families like them lack such a clear way to retreat.
Both siblings understand this at the same time. The elder sister, who has extraordinary talents, has found a place in life with her own talents. The younger brother, who lacks such talents, also came to Tokyo after graduating from high school. Even when he was packing up his things and saying goodbye to his parents,
, when he left Shizuoka with only the minimum living expenses, he didn't know what he was going to do in Tokyo.
A metropolis is not only a "center", but also a stage for self-expression and various possibilities. If you search patiently, you will always know what you want.
Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly discovered the charm of the metropolis.
At 5:30 on Tuesday afternoon, after work, a minibus came to pick him up. Walking to the side of the car, the young man in the driver's seat leaned out and asked, "Iwahashi-san?"
"Yes." Shinichi Iwahashi was still carrying a bag containing his performance clothes. Of course, he couldn't change into such flashy clothes in advance.
I originally thought that the young man was the driver, but after getting into the car and greeting each other, I found out that the young man named Mineshima was the manager of Mimi Club. It was the first time that Shinichi Iwahashi knew that this underground band had a manager.
"In underground bands, there are many cases where the members themselves serve as managers. However, as far as we are concerned, no one is good at managing schedules, so we have to rely on managers." Okubo Kensaku and Iwahashi Shinichi explained.
"You are not omnipotent," Fengdao joked, "I just can rely on this to make a living."
Mineshima has more than one band under his belt, Mimi Club. He knows a lot about the clubs in Tokyo and can find more performance opportunities for the band. He also acts as a bus driver, taking the members to distant performance venues.
Tonight's performance took place in Yokohama City. As the car got on the highway, Shinichi Iwahashi realized that something was not quite right.
When we first got in the car, guitarist Takuji Sakamoto was not among the band members who had worked with him for three days, but there was a young woman whom he had never seen before.
This girl had shoulder-length hair, bangs, and a fashionable beret. Her temperament was demure, like a working girl who had changed out of her uniform. Iwahashi Shinichi nodded at her, taking it as a greeting.
At that time, she stretched out her index finger, slightly lifted the sunglasses on the bridge of her nose, smiled slightly, and returned the gift. It was a bit incompatible with her demure temperament, and she had a frivolous behavior.
No one said anything about this girl's origin.
It happened that Amaya Mari asked him to sit over again, and Iwahashi Shinichi didn't think much about it and just regarded it as a thing of the past. But now, he was leaving Tokyo, and no one mentioned Sakamoto Takuji along the way. It seemed that he had been forgotten.
Similar.
Could it be that Takuji Sakamoto had some kind of accident and broke his wrist while riding a bicycle and couldn't come, so he found a substitute? This band can't be so bad. Iwahashi Shinichi is a little worried.
The strange girl was sitting diagonally in front of him. Without realizing it, Shinichi Iwahashi stared at her for a while. The more he looked at her, the more he felt that she looked familiar.
At this time, as if she was aware of his gaze, the girl suddenly turned her face and glanced at him. Being caught red-handed, Iwahashi Shinichi was startled, and a line of inspiration from when Conan solved the case suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Ah!" He suddenly realized.
Mari Amaya, who was sitting next to him, was startled, "What's wrong?"
"Is it Sakamoto-san?" Shinichi Iwahashi said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter. The small bus was filled with a happy atmosphere.
"We are guessing when you will find out." Ishii Ryuya suppressed a smile, as if he had completed a prank.
"If you still can't find it, let him strike up a conversation with you after the performance." In the commotion, I don't know who threw this sentence.
Who came up with this bad idea? If you stand up, I promise to thank you.
Takuji Sakamoto, from the time he joined the band, appeared as a woman when he stood on the stage. For this reason, he also had a very suitable stage name: Emi Hakata.
"Sakamoto-san plays a very similar role, but the audience hasn't noticed it yet. During the performance, there were many people in the audience enthusiastically calling him 'Little Megumin'." Mineshima, who was driving a car, also chimed in. Regarding this,
It's a prank, and he looks like he's happy to see it come to fruition.
Xiao Huihui...Okay.
It wouldn’t work if he didn’t change his exaggerated costumes backstage, and it wouldn’t work if he didn’t dress up his disguise beforehand. Having said that, if he dressed in an exaggerated costume, he might be recognized at once. It was precisely because of his plain and unpretentious appearance that he didn’t do it at the beginning.
Think about it.
"By the way, when you get backstage, please be sure to call him 'Emi-san' or 'Little Megumin'," Ryuya Ishii added.
Forget about Megumi, Megumi-san is just okay. In fact, Hakata-san is the safest choice.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi can somewhat understand why, "This identity is like a Disney actor's headgear, right?"
A real cross-dressing master is like an actor in a Disney hood. He will never crush other people's dreams. This is really an admirable spirit.
It's not something that someone like him, who is still earning 600 yen an hour, can compare with.
"Bingo!" The band members agreed very much with his statement, "As expected of Iwahashi-san!"
Although this kind of praise is not worth being proud of.
The bus drove steadily on the highway. After the heat wave caused by the reveal of Takuji Sakamoto's identity subsided, it fell into silence for a while. Shinichi Iwahashi turned away and looked at the scenery that was constantly being thrown behind him outside the window.
There is actually a crossdresser in the band...
If he had known about this the day he went to meet them, he might have been really surprised for a while.
But now, after spending a long time with this band whose style is a bit strange and mysterious, he can be considered a person who has seen the world.
The world is huge, so don't be surprised by what happens.
