Prologue
って、やっぱりおまえか変態仮面!? おまえの髪の色かっ、神秘的な何かだと思った俺が馬鹿だったよ!
Of course it was the Masked Pervert! I’m an idiot for thinking that your hair was some mystical object!
もぉ~っ、今回は何だよ? 何のつもりだ? どういう悪戯だっ?
Oooh, what did you do this time? Is this a prank or something?
もう関東地域の予選会は『fine』の勝ちでほぼ決まりだろうし、日々樹先輩たちには余裕があるんだろうけど
It’s pretty much guaranteed that fine is gonna pass the qualifiers, so I bet you and the others have tons of free time right now.
だからって暇潰しに、俺を弄ばなくても――
But isn’t playing around with me just a waste of time—
Circuit of Happiness (12)
お、おい。あの、本当に何が何だかわかんないので、説明してもらえません……か?
H-Hey. Uh, I have zero idea what’s going on here. Could you explain it to me…please?
断る
No.
君も演者としての日々樹渉のファンならば、演者本人や脚本家、演出家などに正解を聞かずに自分で解釈するべきだよ
If you’re genuinely a fan of the actor Wataru Hibiki, then you should be capable of coming up with your own correct interpretation without asking him, the scriptwriter, the director, or anyone else.
そして、僕のように誤解して勝手に傷ついたり、哀しんだりして恥をかくといい。ううん、自分の愚かさを嘆きながら後悔すればいい
You should be like me and cry and mourn and be shameful over the fact that you misunderstood his message. No, you should lament over your own stupidity.
そうして苦痛を重ねたものだけにしか、辿り着けない境地がある
There are frontiers where only those who have been through such pain could reach.
(うあっ!? 何だ? 急に周りが明るくなった! 眩しい!)
(Gah?! What’s that? Everything suddenly got all bright! I can’t see!)
(真上から、プロペラ音がする! ヘリか? よくESの近くを飛んでるけど……!?)
(I hear a propeller overhead! Is that a helicopter? These often fly around ES, but…?!)
(あ! 町を取り囲んでる塀の天辺、真上に四角い穴が空いてる! その向こうを飛んでるヘリから、梯子が降りてきて――)
(Agh! There’s a hole at the top of this town’s walls…?! Now the helicopter’s bringing a ladder down—)
じゃあね、真白くん
See you, Mashiro-kun.
非常に心苦しいけれど。渉は返してもらうよ、彼は僕の人生に必要だ
I am so sorry that I have to do this, but I’ll be taking Wataru back now. I need him.
……! それは俺も、俺だって――
…! But… But I need him too—
君には、大事なものがたくさんあるじゃないか。平凡だけれど優しい家族、一緒に楽しく遊べる友達、ともに夢を追いかけられる仲間たち
You already have everything. You have an ordinary, loving family. You have friends you could play with. You have others you can chase dreams with.
羨ましいよ、本当に
I envy you. Truly envy you.
……そんなにたくさん持ってるんだから、ひとつぐらい僕にくれてもいいだろう?
…Since you already have everything, can’t you just give this one to me?
Circuit of Happiness (19)
君は人生のすべてを、演劇だと捉えていると考えていたけれど
I thought you considered your whole life as a play.
私もそう思っていましたけど。私は単に際限なく広げた舞台の外に現実の自分を追いやって、見ないふりをしていただけのようです
I thought so too. But I was only pretending to not see the real me being chased off into the wings of an endlessly expanding stage.
煌びやかで輝かしい舞台の外、誰からも認識されない奈落の底に、寂しくて泣いている救われない子供がいました
And in the wings of that dazzling, brilliant stage, in an abyss where none could see, stood a crying lonesome child beyond salvation.
かつて、ごくたまに目敏い友也くんが見つけてくれた私です
It was that sharp-eyed Tomoya-kun who found that child for the first time—he found me.
その子は寂しくて泣いていて、誰もが普通に与えられる素朴な楽しさや愛情に飢えていた
That child was starved for love and simple pleasures that everyone else was ordinarily given.
そんな私のなかにいた私を、今回、私はちょっと甘やかしてあげたわけです
So I decided to spoil him a little this time.
英智に仕事ばかりせず休め、遊べ、もっと自分を大事にしろと口を酸っぱくして言ってきた手前……。自分がそうしないのは、不誠実な気もしまして
I’ve repeatedly told you to take a break from working all the time, to let yourself play around, to take better care of yourself… So it’s only fair that I’d do the same.