Venting this desire to act that had not been released for a long time made her old habit of easily getting carried away act up again.
“Senior Sakurajima, I won’t lose this time!
The role of Junko will definitely be mine!”
“That’s not necessarily true.”
Hearing Kana speak like this.
Sakurajima Mai, whose personality was relatively calm, also spoke without hesitation.
“The role of Junko is mine, Kana-chan.”
I must say, actors are indeed creatures born unwilling to admit defeat.
Clearly the results of the audition wouldn’t be notified until several days later, yet the two of them were already arguing fiercely there.
But soon, the two of them realized that such an argument was meaningless.
They needed a more objective perspective, different from their own, to evaluate it.
“What do you think?
Yuji!
Between Senior Sakurajima and me, who do you think has better Acting?”
Kana leaned in and asked directly.
Compared to Kana, who asked directly, Sakurajima Mai glanced at Yuji.
Her eyes were filled with suspicion.
“…Him evaluate…?”
To be honest, she didn’t feel any animosity toward the boy Yuji; on the contrary, she rather liked such a younger ‘little brother’.
But asking him to evaluate the Acting of Kana and herself…?
Wasn’t this a bit of a joke?
It wasn’t that she looked down on Yuji, but rather an answer derived from a rational perspective.
You must know that she and Kana had starred in various TV dramas and movies, child stars hailed as ‘geniuses’, practically the ceiling of the entire child actor industry.
To want an objective evaluation of their Acting.
Not to mention reaching the level of a ‘genius’.
At least they should have a resume with one or two respectable works, right?
But she had just deliberately asked her mother and found that Yuji seemed to be just a very ordinary, common child actor.
Could someone who couldn’t even produce a decent work…
really understand their Acting?
But what surprised Sakurajima Mai even more was Yuji’s next sentence.
“Senior Sakurajima gave a better performance, but the one who will win in the end is Arima.”
With the same calm tone, Yuji spoke without even raising his head.
This time, it wasn’t just Kana with question marks popping up over her head.
Even Sakurajima Mai on the other side felt surprised.
Performed better…
But the winner would be Kana?
“Isn’t that statement a bit contradictory in itself?”
Sakurajima Mai voiced her thoughts.
Indeed, what did it mean that the person who acted better wouldn’t be able to get the role?
What kind of…
upside-down logic was this?
“Because Arima has a weapon that Senior Sakurajima doesn’t possess.”
“A weapon?”
The two said in unison.
“That’s right.” Yuji’s head moved up and down.
she and him” tells the story of a younger sister and an older brother.
Here came a brand new problem——Sakurajima Mai’s temperament and age were a bit too old.
The ‘too old’ here referred to being ‘too old’ relative to child actors.
Sakurajima Mai was too old, and her height was right there.
Coupled with her overly mature Acting, the overall effect when brought to the screen looked completely unlike a ‘younger sister’, but rather like an ‘older sister’.
And although Kana’s Acting was slightly inferior.
But her age and cute baby-fat appearance undoubtedly made her much more suited to play the role of ‘Junko’.
Therefore——
“Although I’m sorry for Senior Sakurajima, personally I think Arima’s advantage is much greater.”
Putting down the script, Yuji said so.
“Great!
Great!
Great!
Great!”
After listening to Yuji’s explanation, Kana, unable to contain her joy, jumped down from the bench, clenched her hands into fists, and lightly stomped her feet in little white socks, her small white round cap bouncing up and down with her movements.
“Eh~”
Beside them, compared to Kana, Sakurajima Mai was much more mature.
Listening to Yuji’s merciless evaluation.
Not only did she not show a trace of offense on her expression, but instead deliberately drew out her voice.
“What’s wrong?
Do you think there’s something wrong with what I said?”
“No, I think what you said makes a lot of sense, which actually makes me curious.” She said.
“Curious?”
“That’s right, curious.
Logically speaking, a child actor like Yuji-kun who has such a profound understanding of Acting and roles shouldn’t be unknown for no reason.”
“Uh——”
Although he cared about Sakurajima Mai’s overly familiar address of ‘Yuji-kun’, her words caused Kana to also turn her head curiously.
That’s right.
Ever since she first met Yuji, she had felt his extraordinary temperament.
And since he had such an understanding of actors and Acting.
Logically speaking, he shouldn’t just be a completely unknown child actor.
Could it be that his agency and manager were all blind?
Couldn’t they even see such a huge potential stock?
But…
never mind.
Sakurajima Mai shook her head and said with a smile: “For a child actor like Yuji-kun, becoming famous is probably just a matter of one or two movies…
Oh right, which role are you auditioning for this time?”
“Ryoya.”
There was no need to hide this matter, so Yuji spoke open and honestly.
But what he found strange was that as soon as he said this, Sakurajima Mai’s expression over there clearly changed.
The corners of her mouth, which had just been slightly upturned, froze at this moment.
Replaced by tightly knitted brows and an expression that was definitely not pretty.
“Ryoya…?
Are you sure it’s Ryoya?” She asked with a frown.
“What’s wrong?
Is there a problem?” Yuji asked her.
“Yes, and the problem is huge.” Sakurajima Mai sighed.
Fairly speaking, based on Yuji’s understanding of the plot and roles, she felt that even if he competed for any role in this drama, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.
But…
“Only Ryoya won’t do.”
Because——
Fair fingers anxiously crossed and clasped together.
“This is personal news from my mother; the role of Ryoya…
has been pre-selected from the very beginning.”
She finally let out a long sigh.
And said so.
Yes.
This role was pre-selected from the very beginning.
No matter who it was…
there couldn’t possibly be any chance.