Beyond Space! Back to the Renaissance/Story

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Final Chapter

Girl Meets Renaissance!

 **Karen:**Hikari-chan, Mahiru-chan, hurry up!

 **Hikari:**Karen, you're too energetic for this early in the morning.

 **Mahiru:**She's been like that since last night.

 **Karen:**Heh heh. It's because we're getting our play assignments today.

 **Karen:**I was so excited to find out what play we'll be doing that I couldn't sleep at all.

 **Hikari:**...Stage-crazy.

 **Karen:**What did you say!? You're also stage-crazy yourself!

 **Karen:**I know you didn't sleep until late last night because you were all restless!

 **Hikari:**How did you know that...?

 **Mahiru:**Haha, you two are the same as always♪

 **Karen:**Okay, we're here! A new play is waiting for us.

 **Karen:**Huh? Something's been posted on the information board. What's it about?

 **Mahiru:**It's team divisions for "Basic Theatre Theory II".

 **Karen:**Team divisions?

 **Mahiru:**Weren't you listening?

 **Mahiru:**The "Basic Theatre Theory II" lesson this time is three-person team short story play.

 **Mahiru:**Our seniors in Group B will randomly choose a short story script from "Basic Script Theory II" for us to do.

 **Mahiru:**That's the "Basic Theatre Theory II" lesson.

 **Mahiru:**And they're announcing the team divisions today. It was written in the printouts we got.

 **Karen:**What!? Oh, yes, it was! Right, team divisions. I remember now!

 **Hikari:**So you'd forgotten...

 **Karen:**Let's see here... Yes, yes. I'm in Team G!

 **Mahiru:**I'm in Team G too!

 **Hikari:**...Me too.

 **Karen:**Oh, we're all in the same team! Let's do our best, roomies!

 **Mahiru:**Heh heh. Let's show everyone a performance that only we can do!

 **Hikari:**So... What kind of play are we doing?

 **Mahiru:**Let's see... Team G's script is––

 **Mahiru:**It says "Back to the Renaissance".

 **Mahiru:**...Written in 1985. Wow, that's quite an old script!

 **Karen:**Ooh, Renaissance! Yay! Renaissance!

 **Karen:**Renaissance...

 **Karen:**Wait, what's "Renaissance"?

 **Hikari:**You got all excited without even knowing what it is?

 **Karen:**Well, don't you think it has an exciting ring to it? Renaissance!

 **Hikari:**I'm not sure I'm getting you.

 **Mahiru:**Renaissance is the art movement that occurred in 14th century Italy, right?

 **Karen:**Art...movement?

 **Hikari:**Things like reinterpreting classics and developing new techniques.

 **Hikari:**It was a period when many artists published various works.

 **Karen:**Oh, so that's "Renaissance"!

 **Karen:**Then this script must also be really "Renaissance"! Let's hurry and read it!

 **Karen:**Whew...

 **Mahiru:**...Yes.

 **Hikari:**......

 **Karen:**Mahiru-chan... Do you understand this script?

 **Mahiru:**Um, well... What about you?

 **Hikari:**I didn't really understand it.

**Karen & Mahiru:**Right??

 **Karen:**While the script is short, there are a lot of difficult words in it.

 **Mahiru:**It explains all sorts of things, but it's all just explanations.

 **Karen:**There are many characters, but you can't tell who the main character is.

 **Mahiru:**The timeline is all over the place so I never know what I'm reading.

 **Hikari:**I didn't really understand it.

**Karen & Mahiru:**Right??

 **Hikari:**This is a tough one.

 **Kaoruko:**My, oh my. For Team G to have to take over that script, you sure are lucky.

 **Karen:**Morning, everyone!

 **Karen:**Huh? Kaoruko-chan, you aren't in the same team as Futaba-chan?

 **Futaba:**I'm in Team F with Clau-ko!

 **Kaoruko:**I'm with Tendo-san in Team D – the team that's sure to win.

 **Nana:**I'm with Junna-chan in Team C♪

 **Karen:**Oh my, everyone's a strong rival!

 **Kaoruko:**I know, right? We're going to put on a performance that's worthy of paying premium tickets for.

 **Hikari:**More importantly, what does that script even mean? Was there a mistake?

 **Kaoruko:**Ah, about that? Banana-han, if you will.

 **Nana:**Yes, "Back to the Renaissance"...

 **Nana:**I heard it's the most complex script in the history of "Basic Theatre Theory II" – a script with a shady history.

 **Mahiru:**A sh-shady history!?

 **Nana:**The complexity is due to the Renaissance's interpretation.

 **Karen:**Interpretation?

 **Nana:**The senior who wrote that script was someone with profound knowledge of the history of theatre.

 **Nana:**After graduating, she became a researcher of Neoclassicism in the Renaissance period.

 **Karen:**Wow, those are all difficult words!

 **Futaba:**To begin with, we don't even know anything about the Renaissance.

 **Karen:**Yeah, I don't understand it.

 **Claudine:**To sum it up, the Renaissance had over 200 years of history.

 **Claudine:**And to be able to fit all of that into such a concise script is nothing short of incredible.

 **Claudine:**But because of that, it's crammed with information.

 **Hikari:**...It's not a "story".

 **Claudine:**Exactly.

 **Karen:**How are we supposed to act this out!?

 **Maya:**Now, now... Calm down, Aijo-san. The scripts that we've been handed are only materials.

 **Maya:**Even if we're handed a script that was written decades ago, it's up to the actors to interpret it in a way that matches the current times and approach the roles accordingly.

 **Maya:**To do that is what "Basic Theatre Theory II" is all about.

 **Kaoruko:**Is that so...? I see...

 **Futaba:**Kaoruko, you just got that now?

 **Kaoruko:**I knew about it! Don't put me together with Karen-han!

 **Karen:**Hmm, I see. So that's what this class is.

 **Karen:**Okay, I'm getting excited now!

 **Mahiru:**Excited?

 **Karen:**Well, isn't this a chance for an old script to be reborn into a new one from our acting?

 **Karen:**This is a Stage Girl's place to show our skills... Wait, no... A restaurant to show...?

**Hikari & Mahiru:**A chance to show our skills.

 **Karen:**Yes, that!

 **Maya:**Aijo-san is right. The more difficult it is, the more worth it your efforts will be.

 **Maya:**I'm looking forward to seeing your Renaissance.

 **Kaoruko:**Well, do your best.

 **Futaba:**Clau-ko, we can't lose either!

 **Claudine:**Futaba, if anything, we can't lose to Team D!

 **Junna:**Nana, let's have our strategy meeting too!

 **Nana:**Then let's start with reading the script♪

 **Karen:**Alright, let's do this!

 **Karen:**That being said, what are we supposed to do with this Renaissance?

 **Mahiru:**Well, first we should do our research on it.

 **Mahiru:**Our school library has tons of reference materials of this sort, right?

 **Mahiru:**It should have reference materials for the Renaissance too.

 **Hikari:**You're right. We might be able to find some hints there.

 **Karen:**Okay, let's head to the library right away! Let's Renaissance!

Renaissance Is Unexpected

 **Hikari:**Here it is, "Renaissance".

 **Karen:**What? This entire corner is Renaissance-related books? There are so many!

 **Hikari:**This just shows how many people were active during the Renaissance.

 **Hikari:**...Machiavelli, Dante, Raphael, Boccaccio.

 **Hikari:**There are a lot on Leonardo da Vinci in particular.

 **Karen:**Ah, I know him too! He's the one who drew "Mona Lisa", right?

 **Mahiru:**There are a lot of books on "Mona Lisa". Like, who the model is and stuff.

 **Hikari:**"Mona Lisa's" model will forever be a mystery.

 **Mahiru:**There are also a lot of books on Salaì.

 **Karen:**Shallot?

 **Hikari:**It's Salaì, Karen...

 **Hikari:**Salaì is da Vinci's apprentice and was the most loved by him.

 **Karen:**I see.

 **Karen:**Da Vinci and "Mona Lisa" really feel like the Renaissance!

 **Karen:**If we include Salaì and put the three of them in the center, then it'll turn into a Renaissance-like performance... perhaps?

 **Mahiru:**At the very least, it's in the right direction, I think.

 **Hikari:**Karen, you're moving in the right direction.

***\*thud\****

 **Hikari:**So I've gathered all the materials.

 **Karen:**Wow, Hikari-chan! Let's start studying!

 **Karen:**"Leonardo da Vinci. The representative artist of the golden age of the Italian Renaissance."

 **Karen:**"A genius revered not only in the arts, but also science, civil engineering, hydrodynamics, and various other fields."

 **Karen:**"He is a person who has both 'insatiable curiosity' and 'limitless creativity' – an 'all-around genius'."

 **Karen:**"He was also deeply trusted by the influential Giocondo family. One day, he was asked—"

 **Karen:**"—to paint a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of the head of the family." I see...

 **Karen:**Hmm. So this is up until "Mona Lisa" was painted.

 **Mahiru:**I'm starting to understand da Vinci a little bit more, I think.

 **Karen:**We don't understand but let's practice because we don't understand!

 **Hikari:**You're right. That's probably the best thing to do.

 **Karen:**Alright, let's start reading right away!

 **Karen:**Okay! From Act 1 Scene 1 of "Back to the Renaissance"!

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Welcome, Maestro Leonardo."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"I feel honored to have my portrait painted by one so renowned as you."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"It is my pleasure, Monna Lisa. I'm returning the favor to the Giocondo family, whom I'm deeply obliged to."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"With someone as intelligent and beautiful as you for a model, this portrait will turn into a masterpiece that will be passed down for generations."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"You say such nice things."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Salaì, have you finished preparing the canvas?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Yes, Maestro. Over here, please."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Salaì, I don't care about my things, but keep your hands off of the mansion's ornaments."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Oh my, I don't do such things anymore."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"What do you mean?"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"My apprentice, Salaì, has had a habit of stealing things since childhood."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Well! That's not very obedient of him."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Oh, that's in the past. Anyway, Maestro, let's begin."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I also would like to see your masterpiece of the century soon."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Yes, you're right. Let's get started."

 **Karen:**"This was how da Vinci completed Mona Lisa – his life's masterpiece."

 **Karen:**"Da Vinci – End"

 **Karen:**......

 **Hikari:**......

 **Mahiru:**......

 **Karen:**What do you think? Did you two feel the Renaissance?

 **Hikari:**I'm not sure.

 **Karen:**What about you, Mahiru-chan? Did you feel it?

 **Mahiru:**I'm not sure if it was the Renaissance, but da Vinci's story... Well, yeah.

 **Mahiru:**But...

 **Hikari:**It's kind of...ordinary.

 **Karen:**I agree.

 **Karen:**Like, this Renaissance thing doesn't get you excited.

 **Hikari:**Is it missing something?

 **Karen:**Maybe just simply showing the way of life isn't what the Renaissance is about?

 **Hikari:**All this script has is information. What it's missing is probably the essence of the Renaissance.

 **Mahiru:**Essence... What IS the Renaissance's essence?

 **Hikari:**......

 **Karen:**The essence of the Renaissance...

 **Karen:**Oh! That's right!

 **Hikari:**Karen?

 **Karen:**If you don't know, it's "onigiri"!

**Hikari & Mahiru:**Huh?

 **Karen:**Look, don't they sometimes do it on TV too? The game where everyone shouts out words related to the one theme.

 **Karen:**Kind of like, "When it comes to the Renaissance, it's...?"!

 **Mahiru:**Karen-chan, do you mean "Ogiri"?

 **Karen:**Yes, that! You're right!

 **Karen:**If we do a Renaissance Ogiri and try to say any words that come to mind, maybe we'll get closer to the essence of it!?

 **Mahiru:**Do you really think it will work?

 **Hikari:**It might be worth a try.

 **Karen:**Right!? Let's get to it!

 **Karen:**Renaissance Ogiri! Um... When it comes to Renaissance, it's—! Hikari-chan's turn!

 **Hikari:**Renaissance...

 **Hikari:**Uh... Renaissance.

 **Karen:**Wrong!

 **Karen:**Next, Mahiru-chan! When it comes to Renaissance, it's—!

 **Mahiru:**Uh... Um...

 **Karen:**Wrong!

 **Karen:**Next, Karen Aijo! When it comes to Renaissance, it's—!

 **Karen:**Uh... Um...

 **Karen:**This won't do. I can't come up with anything.

 **Mahiru:**Huh? What!?

 **Mahiru:**You went and started it yourself and then just ended it abruptly.

 **Karen:**I thought it was a good idea... I guess that wasn't necessary.

 **Hikari:**......

 **Hikari:**Oh, well that's not true, Karen.

 **Karen:**Huh? But, Hikari-chan—

 **Hikari:**I feel like I might understand it a little bit.

 **Karen:**Understand what?

 **Hikari:**Which means, that's what it's about.

 **Mahiru:**Hikari-chan?

 **Karen:**What do you mean?

 **Hikari:**Renaissance is wonder. It's something unexpected...

 **Hikari:**Yes!

 **Karen:**Hikari-chan!? Where are you going all of a sudden!?

 **Hikari:**I'm going to go Renaissance...

 **Karen:**What? Hey, wait––!

 **Mahiru:**She left.

 **Mahiru:**Just what did Hikari-chan come up with?

 **Karen:**Renaissance...?

Creativity and Renaissance

 **Maya:****(As Old Man)**
"Dance, cha-cha-cha! Dum-di-dum!"

 **Kaoruko:****(As Oni)**
"Wow, what wonderful dancing! It's a waste for you to be a human!"

 **Kaoruko:****(As Oni)**
"Hey, old man. Come back tonight to dance. I'll keep this lump of yours until then... Got it!"

 **Maya:****(As Old Man)**
"Well, I'm very grateful! Thanks to you, my troublesome lump is gone!"

 **Mahiru:**......

 **Mahiru:**(Tendo-san is amazing. Even her old man role in Kobutori Jiisan is excellent...)

 **Nana:**Mahiru-chan, are you spying on the enemy too?

 **Mahiru:**Whoa! B-Banana-chan!

 **Mahiru:**It's not such a big deal. I was just curious.

 **Junna:**How is Team G – "Back to the Renaissance" script?

 **Junna:**I've read it before in the Resource Room too. It's quite a difficult script to perform.

 **Mahiru:**That's right... We're in the middle of an extremely hard fight.

 **Nana:**I see...

 **Kaoruko:**Oh? Everyone's gathered here. Are you here to watch us practice?

 **Kaoruko:**I guess not. Well, our team is going to win without a doubt.

 **Kaoruko:**"Kobutori Jiisan" is a little childish.

 **Nana:**Yes, how Kaoruko-chan shows the oni's malicious heart is good♪

 **Kaoruko:**Right? Right??

 **Kaoruko:**...Just something about it bothers me.

 **Kaoruko:**In any case, with this being a traditional arts performance and no match for us, the winner will definitely be Team D.

 **Kaoruko:**Do your best, everyone.

 **Junna:**Folktales aren't traditional arts though.

 **Mahiru:**But it's true that Kaoruko-chan's oni is amazing.

 **Junna:**Well, they might be the team that's the most well-matched. The script is easy to understand and everyone knows the characters.

 **Nana:**Maya-chan and Kaoruko-chan... It's like a match made in heaven.

 **Junna:**They're both oni, after all. Heh heh.

 **Nana:**Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**Oh, it's nothing. Nana, we can't lose either!

 **Mahiru:**What is your team's script?

 **Junna:**It's a story about these high schoolers who held back from quitting their club.

 **Junna:**The play is "Confectionery Club" – it looks back on youth through making sweets.

 **Mahiru:**That sounds interesting!

 **Junna:**It's not only interesting. We also have an ace up our sleeve.

 **Mahiru:**An ace?

 **Junna:**We're going to try to make real sweets during the performance to give it a sense of reality.

 **Mahiru:**Real sweets you say!?

 **Nana:**The sweets will be ready as the performance comes to an end. We'll hand out the sweets to the audience and the curtain will drop.

 **Nana:**That's what we're thinking of.

 **Mahiru:**Wow! That seems really interesting!

 **Junna:**Interesting and delicious – we'll deliver the best performance!

 **Nana:**We have to be able to make the sweets in a short time frame so it'll be tough.

 **Junna:**Heh heh, I'm already looking forward to see what kind of play it'll turn out to be.

 **Junna:**Which of your sweets will I be able to eat?

 **Nana:**You're one of the performers, you know?

 **Junna:**What, then does that mean I won't be able to have any!?

 **Mahiru:**Haha. That said, making sweets while acting is a wonderful idea.

 **Nana:**It's an idea that wasn't a part of the original script.

 **Mahiru:**Oh, really?

 **Nana:**Yeah. After we read the script, Junna-chan came up with it. Isn't she amazing?♪

 **Junna:**Nana!

 **Mahiru:**To be able to come up with such an idea from the script – you're amazing, Junna-chan!

 **Junna:**It's an assignment for myself.

 **Mahiru:**Assignment?

 **Junna:**To add my own spice to the script I've been given. That was the assignment I'd given myself this time.

 **Mahiru:**Add a spice...

 **Junna:**Is it creativity?

 **Junna:**I'm now able to grasp the basics of making sweets after having Nana teach me and making Valentine chocolates myself.

 **Junna:**So I wanted to be able to show that on stage too.

 **Junna:**I wanted to do something that would surprise the audience on a stage that surpasses my past self.

 **Junna:**The haves beat the have-nots – the only ace. I think that's creativity.

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan...

 **Mahiru:**Surpass your past self...

 **Nana:**Mahiru-chan?

 **Mahiru:**Huh? Oh, no, it's nothing.

 **Mahiru:**Thank you, Junna-chan, Banana-chan. I feel like I can see it now.

**Nana & Junna:**Huh?

 **Mahiru:**My...Renaissance!

Croquette Renaissance

 **Mahiru:**Renaissance... Renaissance...

 **Mahiru:**What is it? I feel like I'm so close to understanding it...

 **Mahiru:**(No, this won't do. I'm just going around in circles.)

 **Mahiru:**Hm, maybe I'll do some cooking as a change of pace. After talking to Junna-chan and Banana-chan, I feel like making something too!

 **Mahiru:**Hm... What should I make...?

 **Mahiru:**Oh, that's right. They delivered potatoes from home yesterday...

 **Mahiru:**Yes, I'll make something with them!

 **Mahiru:**What should I make...? Meat and potato stew, gratin, potato salad...

 **Mahiru:**But practice will take time too so maybe I should just make something simple.

 **Mahiru:**...Hm?

 **Mahiru:**Huh? What's this!? There's something strange in the side dish corner!?

 **Mahiru:**"Twist Potato"?

 **Mahiru:**Make incisions in the potato, shape it into a swirl, and deep-fry it...

 **Mahiru:**Heh heh, this is interesting. Something that my younger siblings would like.

 **Mahiru:**Oh, where have I seen this shape before...?

 **Mahiru:**......

 **Mahiru:**That's right... That might be interesting too.

 **Mahiru:**Alright, let's try it right away!

 **Mahiru:**I hope Karen-chan and Hikari-chan will be surprised♪

 **Karen:**Hmm... Mrrgh...

 **Karen:**This won't do. No matter how much I think about it, I still don't understand.

 **Karen:**Hikari-chan has gone off somewhere...and I'm getting hungry too...

 **Karen:**We're running out of time! I don't understand the Renaissance!

 **Mahiru:**Karen-chan, found you!

 **Karen:**Mahiru-chan?

 **Karen:**Hey, what should we do about the Renaissance?

 **Mahiru:**I don't understand it so first, just try this!

 **Karen:**Huh? Croquette?

 **Karen:**Wow! It's a Mahiru spuds croquette!

 **Karen:**I was starving! Thank you!

 **Mahiru:**Yes, please have some♪

 **Karen:**\*chomp\*

 **Mahiru:**......

 **Karen:**Mmhm, delicious! Mahiru-chan, this is so good!

 **Mahiru:**Really!? Yay!

 **Karen:**The taste and the texture are completely different from normal!

 **Karen:**Your usual croquettes are delicious too but this is even more delicious— Hm? Huh?

 **Karen:**Oh, what's this!?

 **Karen:**The center of the croquette is...a spiral!

 **Mahiru:**Heh heh, I'm glad you're surprised.

 **Mahiru:**This is Mahiru's Special Renaissance Croquette!

 **Karen:**Nomnom... A twist potato, I see. The one that was in the side dish corner!

 **Mahiru:**It'd be boring to make it normally, so using the twist potato as a hint...

 **Mahiru:**I made separate fillings with the potatoes and pumpkins from home. I rolled them into a swirl and made it into a croquette.

 **Karen:**I see!

 **Karen:**The fluffy potatoes and the moist pumpkins go together so well!

 **Karen:**But what is Renaissance about this?

 **Mahiru:**It clicked for me when I saw the twist potato. I felt like I'd seen this shape somewhere before.

 **Mahiru:**It was in a book we read in the library, right? Da Vinci's inventions...

 **Karen:**...?

 **Karen:**Oh! Ohhh!

 **Karen:**I remember now! Da Vinci's helicopter!

 **Mahiru:**That's right♪

 **Mahiru:**Da Vinci's amazing. He was knowledgeable about not only the arts and architecture, but also the scientific field too.

 **Mahiru:**He had an awareness that goes beyond the present common sense. That's why he was able to make all sorts of things...

 **Mahiru:**I wonder if that's what the Renaissance is about.

 **Karen:**Ah...!

 **Mahiru:**That's why I thought to make a new croquette that has never been thought of before.

 **Karen:**And that's the Renaissance Croquette!

 **Karen:**Mahiru-chan, you're amazing! You're right! This is Renaissance!

 **Mahiru:**Heheh. Thanks.

 **Karen:**Something that's never been thought of... That's Renaissance.

 **Karen:**I see!

 **Karen:**Renaissance is...croquettes!

 **Mahiru:**No, Karen-chan, that's—

 **Hikari:**Give me some croquettes too.

 **Karen:**Whoa, Hikari-chan!

 **Mahiru:**Here you are. Be careful, it's hot.

 **Mahiru:**Hikari-chan, where did you go?

 **Hikari:**Nomnom... Searching for Renaissance.

 **Hikari:**Mahiru... This croquette is delicious.

 **Karen:**Right!? The two types of filling swirled together is so Renaissance!

 **Hikari:**I don't think I'm following you but...I understand. This is Renaissance.

 **Karen:**You understand!?

 **Hikari:**Yes. I thought about it by myself. And I still couldn't understand and then I felt like I did.

 **Hikari:**—The essence of the Renaissance.

 **Mahiru:**Yes. You're right. This is Renaissance.

 **Hikari:**The way we are right now, we should be able to take on this script – "Back to the Renaissance".

 **Karen:**Hikari-chan...

 **Karen:**Alright, let's do this – our Renaissance!

 **Karen:**It'll definitely be a wonderful Renaissance!

**Mahiru & Hikari:**Yeah!

Renaissance Croquette's Radiance

Basic Theatre Theory II Performance

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"I feel honored to have my portrait painted by one so renowned as you."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Monna Lisa, it should be my pleasure."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"With someone as intelligent and beautiful as you for a model, this portrait will turn into a masterpiece that will be passed down for generations."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"The title will be...'Mona Lisa'!"

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"You say such nice things."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Hold on a minute!"

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"What is it!?"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Salaì, why are you here?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Mona Lisa's model can only be me – your best apprentice!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Lisa del Giocondo... I challenge you to a fight for Mona Lisa!"

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Fight for Mona Lisa!?"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Oh, Salaì... Just how much trouble do you intend on causing me?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Heh heh, I simply like to see that troubled face of yours."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"What a troublesome one... Just what is this fight for Mona Lisa!?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"It's already been decided..."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"It'll be a battle to make your favorite croquettes!"

 **Kaoruko:**...But why?

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"So you're going to make one from the Giocondo family make croquettes, Gian Giacomo Caprotti."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Oh, so you know my real name."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"I know you're loved by Maestro Leonardo. But if I were to sit out now, it would be a disgrace to the Giocondo family name."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"In the honor of the Giocondo family, I accept this croquette battle!"

 **Kaoruko:**Why are Salaì and Lisa doing a croquette battle to fight for the right to be the model for "Mona Lisa"?

 **Futaba:**Beats me...

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"It's finished, Maestro!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Here's the croquette I made for you!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"I see. I'll try some..."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Hm, oh my!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"This is a twist croquette with two kinds of filling swirled together! Exquisite. Absolutely exquisite!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I know everything about your favorite things. Swirl croquettes and...I, Salaì."

 **Junna:**Hey, cooking on stage... They're copying us!

 **Nana:**Junna-chan, it's fine as long as it's interesting♪

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Next is Monna Lisa's croquette."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Wow, this croquette is just as delicious! Moreover... Could this form be—!?

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Exactly... This croquette aligns with the Golden Ratio!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Golden Ratio! I hadn't thought of that!!"

 **Maya:**Heh heh. I see. So that's what it's all about.

 **Kaoruko:**What do you mean?

 **Maya:**They are most likely painting the controversy behind Mona Lisa's model into a story.

 **Kaoruko:**Model's controversy?

 **Junna:**There are various opinions regarding Mona Lisa's model. Like how both Lisa and Salaì were potential candidates.

 **Nana:**Salaì too? Oh, I see.

 **Kaoruko:**But why the croquettes?

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"It's extremely difficult to choose a winner in this battle. It's a tie!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Let's have this portrait be a combination of both Lisa and Salaì's features."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"The ultimate portrait – Mona Lisa!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Thank goodness... With this, I can leave behind a reason for my existence. Monna Lisa, I thank you for the splendid battle."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Salaì, just what are you—?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Maestro Leonardo, there's something that I must tell you."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"I already know... You're talking about you being an alien, right?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"...You'd noticed?"

 **Kaoruko:**Whaaaaaat!?

 **Futaba:**Kaoruku, be quiet!

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Someone as beautiful as you could only be the devil or an alien."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I've underestimated your perception. As expected of someone of your caliber, Maestro."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I've come from the far end of the galaxy – from the planet Renaissance."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Both the sciences and culture are well advanced... It's simply a boring world filled with stability and peace..."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I left that place to come here in search of passion and new discoveries."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"And then I met you. You, the best being in existence – Maestro Leonardo!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I really enjoyed my days with you. The various paintings, sculptures and architectures that you created.

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I was filled with all those new discoveries and burning passion."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"But those days will come to an end today."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"What? What do you mean?!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I must return to my home planet."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"Why are you going back?"

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"You are my ultimate rival. Aren't we supposed to continue to compete and improve together?!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Monna Lisa... Hearing you say that pleases me greatly and brings tears to my eyes."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"However... I've received radio communication from my home. My father has fallen ill and––"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"I must go back to my planet and take over my family's spaceship factory."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"It's a shame but it's something that must be done."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Wait. I'll come with you. I'll bring passion to your planet!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"I knew that a day like this would come, so I made preparations – a machine that can fly!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Unfortunately, the difference between our scientific advances is too vast. Your flying machine won't even be able to enter space...let alone my planet Renaissance..."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Wh-what!?"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"This is farewell, Maestro, Monna Lisa. I will never forget you."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"No, this isn't farewell, Salaì. We'll meet again."

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Huh?"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Even if I can't reach you now, as long as I have passion – as long as I strive for the new world – I will definitely reach my dream."

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"Just like how I've always lived my life!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"I will definitely come see you on your planet – on planet Renaissance!"

 **Karen:****(As Da Vinci)**
"It's my noble ambition to aim for the new world – planet Renaissance! Let's call this overflowing passion, Renaissance!"

 **Mahiru:****(As Salaì)**
"Maestro Leonardo! Yes, I will wait for you to come!"

***\*rumbling\* (sound of the spaceship)***

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"And like this, Salaì returned to space."

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"However, it was indeed left behind on this planet – the passion to break the mold and aim for the new world––"

 **Hikari:****(As Mona Lisa)**
"The Renaissance indeed––"

***\*clap clap clap\****

 **Kaoruko:**What's...Renaissance...?

Renaissance Is Always in Our Hearts!

**Sakuragi:**Now we'll announce the results from the "Basic Theatre Theory II" performances.

**Sakuragi:**First place is Team D – "Kobutori Jiisan Reimagined".

**Sakuragi:**Brilliantly expressive acting without straying too far from the folktale.

 **Maya:**Thank you very much.

 **Kaoruko:**Hmm. An obvious result.

**Sakuragi:**Second place is tied for Team C's "Confecitonary Girls" and Team F's "Certain Sisters' Letter".

 **Claudine:**Ngh... I couldn't beat Team D's Maya Tendo...!

 **Futaba:**Ugh... I can't stand Kaoruko's smug look!

 **Junna:**Nice one, Nana! We placed second!

 **Nana:**Yeah, it was worth all our hard work!

**Sakuragi:**Team C's "Confectionary Girls" play was new and interesting with their making sweets during the performance.

**Sakuragi:**Daiba's sweets were wonderful and delicious.

**Junna & Nana:**Thank you!

**Sakuragi:**In Team F's "Certain Sisters' Letter", Saijo and Isurugi acted out well the difficult setting of the older sister in the past and the younger sister in the future.

 **Claudine:**Merci. Well, being able to do that much is expected.

**Sakuragi:**The long-haired Isurugi was also nice and refreshing.

 **Futaba:**Thank you very much!

 **Karen:**Miss! Um, what about Team G!?

**Sakuragi:**Team G's "Back to the Renaissance" is...

 **Mahiru:**...!

 **Hikari:**...!

**Sakuragi:**In last place.

**Karen & Hikari & Mahiru:**No way!

**Sakuragi:**While you're allowed to change around the script you get from "Basic Theatre Theory II"...

**Sakuragi:**The latter half digressed too much.

**Sakuragi:**However...

**Sakuragi:**Given how you rearranged the information overloaded script and narrowed down the characters to da Vinci, Lisa, and Salaì...

**Sakuragi:**The concept of Renaissance was made easy to understand with the story being from da Vinci's point of view.

**Sakuragi:**I can give you a high review for making it a performance that everyone could enjoy.

**Sakuragi:**Your ability to rearrange the script to reveal the theme – Team B gave high praise and many commented on it being thanks to you, Aijo.

 **Karen:**Urk...!

**Sakuragi:**Keep up the good work for your next assignment but don't overdo it.

 **Karen:**Ah, yes!

 **Hikari:**That's great, Karen.

 **Mahiru:**Our Renaissance came through!

 **Karen:**Y-yes!

 **Nana:**Great work, everyone! It was a great Renaissance!

 **Futaba:**It was a mess but I was drawn in. Renaissance is amazing.

 **Junna:**It's frustrating but I wouldn't have been able to come up with that. Not even the slightest...

 **Nana:**You got 100 points for creativity but then lost it all because the script was changed too much.

 **Futaba:**It's very Renaissance-like!

 **Kaoruko:**Alright already with the Renaissance... Just what's with you all!

 **Kaoruko:**The winner was us in Team D so why is Karen-han and the others' Team G now the hot topic!?

 **Futaba:**It's fine. It was interesting.

 **Kaoruko:**That's what's not interesting!

 **Futaba:**What? Are you jealous?

 **Futaba:**Your oni was even better during the actual performance.

 **Futaba:**The useless arrogance was just like a real oni.

 **Kaoruko:**Right? Right?

 **Kaoruko:**Ugh. That doesn't make me happy at all!

***Ahahaha!***

 **Maya:**The Renaissance was an art movement where up-and-coming artists challenged new techniques and subjects.

 **Maya:**At the core of that was the "passion" to push forward without fear of using new interpretations and techniques.

 **Maya:**The essence of Renaissance isn't the people or the works, but the artists' spirits.

 **Maya:**I could feel that essence from your performance.

 **Kaoruko:**Hmph, we won't lose next time.

 **Kaoruko:**Tendo-han, we took "Kobutori Jiisan" too seriously.

 **Kaoruko:**Next time, we will aim high for a "Renaissance Kobutori Jiisan" that surpasses "Kobutori Jiisan"!

 **Maya:**...Bring it on!

 **Maya:**Then let's try acting out a Renaissance-like Kobutori Jiisan right away.

 **Kaoruko:**Leave it to me! Dig here, woof woof!

 **Maya:**Hanayagi-san, dig here, woof woof is from Hanasaka Jiisan.

 **Kaoruko:**It's fine! That's also Renaissance-like!

 **Futaba:**I see. To combine various pieces together is also Renaissance. Then what about us?

 **Claudine:**Hmm. How about bringing the time traveling sisters' reunion to the end?

 **Futaba:**Oh, that's so Renaissance!

 **Junna:**Whoa, everyone's already getting started on the next assignment!

 **Nana:**Renaissance♪ Bana-nice!

***\*chatter\****

 **Mahiru:**Hahaha, everyone's enjoying Renaissance!

 **Hikari:**Renaissance is spreading.

 **Hikari:**It was a difficult script but I'm glad we got to do it.

 **Karen:**We changed it quite a bit though.

 **Hikari:**But just as everyone said, we were able to properly convey Renaissance.

 **Mahiru:**Yes, you're right!

 **Karen:**Right!

 **Karen:**Thank you very much, "Back to the Renaissance"! And sorry for changing your script so much!

**Hikari & Mahiru:**Sorry!

 **Karen:**Miss Sakuragi told us to keep up the good work but to not overdo it. So just how much are we allowed to change?

 **Hikari:**Renaissance... It's hard to control.

 **Mahiru:**Then how about doing Renaissance while eating the Golden Ratio croquettes?

**Karen & Hikari:**Agreed!