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GIRL, HUH?

SORRY
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ABOUT THE ONLY THRUSTING THIS
PERSON WHO UPON YOU.
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LIKE THIS IS
THE FIRST
TIME.
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IF YOU SAY HAPPENED
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GUESS T CAN
TELL YOU.
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MENTORING
AQUA-KUN,

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HIM WHEN HE
WAS A GRADE
SCHOOLER.

SEEM TO LIKE
SHOWING THIS
TO PEOPLE
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WHY...

PREPARED
ACTING.

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PLITTING ANY
OF HIS OWN
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FORMANCE WAS FR=SNINIKAAN «22M LINNA-
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NEVER BEEN
GOOD AT EX-
PRESSING H
THIS EMOTION. COLLAPSED
OCCASIONALLY JUST LIKE
HAPPENS WHEN
HE TRIES TO DRAW
ON HIS PAST EX-
PERIENCES.

THELESS
HE'S A
SKILLFUL
THEN MIMIC
IT WELL AFTER
PROCESSING IT
INTERNALLY.

I THINK
THIS IS AN
BuT EXCEPTIONAL
HE SEEMS SKILL TO
HE'S ALWAYS DISPLEASED HAVE,
GRUMBLING ABOUT IT.
ABOUT HAVING
NO TALENT.
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ARE YOU IN

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IT
ARE YOU DOESN'T
DOING IT FOR DON'T ee
FAME... DODGE THE
FOR QUESTION.
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OR
SIMPLY
TO BECOME
SOMEONE
SPECIAL?

BECAUSE
IT’S FUN.
SOUNDS
LIKE YOU,
ALRIGHT.
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TOLD YOU MY
REASONS.

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SAY THAT COM-
MUNICATION IS
IMPORTANT,
YET
YOU'RE
INCREDIBLY
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IT BECALISE I
WANT TO KILL
SOMEONE?

PERSON |S
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TRYING TO ENTERTAINMENT f
MAKE IT BIG INDUSTRY...
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CLOSE TO

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SOMEONE YOU
DESPERATELY
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THERE'S A RIGHT? : DON'T
GOOD REASON SAY THAT SO
FOR THAT. CASUALLY.

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YOU WERE A ABOUT WHETHER
REALLY BAD YOU'RE RIGHT
I THINK I Boy
WOULD STILL
ACCEPT YOU
FOR WHO
YOU ARE.

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SERIOUS I AM IF YOU'RE
EVEN IF IT’S SHOULDERING
JUST A PRO- ABOUT THIS
RELATION- GUILT
FESSIONAL
ONE. SHIP. THEN T WILL
SHOULDER IT
TOGETHER
WITH YOU.
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BUT, OUT OF
T WANT you YOUR
TO DO YOUR MIND.
PART AS MY
BOYFRIEND
TOO. I'M FLAT-
TERED IT TOOK
YOU THIS LONG
TO NOTICE.

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TO TRIUMPH
OVER ARIMA
KANA.

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‘ ARE JUST TOO SSM BEAT ARIMA AND
: HIMEKAWA, NO
MATTER WHAT
IT TAKES.
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TO WATCH ME I'D DIE FROM
DIE... GETTING TOO
UPSET IF I
LOST TO
THEM.

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ARE RESPON- RIGHT. i"
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FOR
KEEPING
THEIR GIRL-
FRIENDS
FROM
DYING.
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WIN AGAINST
HIMEKAWA
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KIND OF STORY THROUGH THE WITHOUT USING
CONSIDERING SCRIPT...
THE SCALE.

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STRUCTURED IS
A CHALLENGE
IN AND OF
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SCRIPTWRITERS'
INTENTIONS ARE
CLEAR AS DAY
THOUGH.
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FOR AMAZING § YOU BEFORE.
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TO DELIVER THE
EXACT KIND OF
PERFORMANCE

WHAT'S THE CONSIDER

EXACT KIND THE STAGE WITH THAT
OF PERFOR- B= PRODUCER'S IN MIND,
MANCE THAT | DESIRES
THIS PLAY
SEEKS?
AND
THE SCRIPT-
WRITER'S
INTENTIONS.

EXTREMELY
PASSIONATE
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GUESS THERE'S
NO WAY OUT
OF IT HUH?

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ACTING
THAT IS.

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TOMORROW,
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FROM HIME- PEOPLE? BECAUSE I
KAWA TI MIGHT
HAVE TAKEN IT CAN ACT.
SERIOUSLY.

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THING TO EAT
SOMETIME...

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PROBLEM?
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BUSINESS.

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ACTORS WHO
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THINK T AM?
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KNOW T'M A
PRODIGY!"
RIGHT?
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GUSTING HOW
YOU CLING TO
YOUR PAST
ARE YOU GLORY:
EVEN WORKING
ON IMPROVING.
YOUR CURRENT

KUROKAWA
AKANE-CHAN?
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WAS NIUS NAMED HAPPENED
INSPIRED TO KUROKAWA TO OVERHEAR
START HER AKANE, THAT A CERTAIN
CAREER BY RENOWNED
A CERTAIN ACTRESS,
ACTRESS.

WEEEELL I'M JUST

CURIOUS WHO WOULD
SUCH AN AMAZING
PERSON IDOLIZE?

I ORDERED A I HEARD
BACK ISSUE OF THERE'S AN
INTERVIEW WITH
WHAAA THIS MAGAZINE
TO CHECK IT KUROKAWA-SAN
AAAT!? OUT, FROM WHEN SHE
DID HER FIRST
STAGE ROLE.
 IF YOU REALLY
LIKED ME YOU
SHOULD'VE SAID
$0 FROM THE
START!

ONE FR
LALALIE!
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I KNEW YOU ARE ALWAYS |
WERE RIVALS, BUT AT EACH

I JOINED
A CHILDREN'S
ACTING TROUPE

SHES
SO FULL OF
) HERSELF!
ALWAYS
HARASS-
ING ME!
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SNUCK INTO SHOW OFF BY
THE VENUE
AND THEY'RE
SCARING
ME.

you'RE Too AT HER OWN

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THINK |ALSO
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WA AKANE SEE HER
WAS $000 FACE?
YOU'RE
PISSED!
REALLY
MESSED
uP.

KNEW YOU'D
BE LIKE THIS,
FIGHT WITH I WOULDN'T
KUROKAWA HAVE TOLD
$0 MUCH?
 EVEN IF IT'S
JUST TEMPO-
RARY, SHE'S
DATING AQUA
FROM YOUR
AGENCY.

SHOULD GET
ALONG...

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IT'S NOT THE NATURE WELL, I
WE FOUGHT LIKE THIS |S es eg HAVE MANY
EVERY TIME MY FIRST TIME EAE GEN- REASONS.
BEFORE. ACTING WITH ERATION.

v IT
STEMS FROM
OUR DIFFERENT
aes TO
APPROACH SB) METHODS OF
ACTING...
AND WHAT yy)
WE CONSIDER
GOOD ACTING.
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WRONG?

IF THIS I EVEN IF I WAS

KEEPS UP, DIDN'T GET A GENIUS CHILD
SHE'LL BE THE ANY WORK ACTRESS, AFTER
ONE WHO WAS AT ALL. PUBERTY, I WAS
RIGHT ALL THEY CALLED ALWAYS SEEN AS
ALONG. AKANE A GENIUS. AVERAGE.
EVEN MORE
SO NOW.
 WELL YEAH, AL-
THOUGH THAT'S
A CHEAP WAY

NEVER
ONCE THOUGHT
MY ACTING WAS
INFERIOR TO
HERS.
 BOTH OF THEM
ARE VETERANS,
HAVING ACTED HIMEKAWA,
SINCE THEY FROM YOUR
THEY'RE WERE YOLING. POINT OF
BOTH GOOD,
AND I WOULDN'T
GO AS FAR AS
TO COMPARE

YOU HAD
TO PICK?

KUROKAWA
HAS AN EXCEP-
TIONAL ACTING

SUCH THAT
SHE'S CALLED
A GENIUS.

ARIMA, ON
THE OTHER
HAND...
 IT WOULDN'T
BE STRANGE
AND THIS FOR EITHER

IT DEPENDS ON
HOW THE PLAY
TURNS OLIT.

BECAUSE
I'M HERE.
 THEY
YOUR REALLY HIMEKAWA
SHITTINESS MESSED IS REALLY
IS GONNA UP THE SOMETHING
STAND CAST- ELSE.
OUT. ING.
 REHEARSE
WITH ME
AFTER
THIS?

LET'S MUCH TIME.

HURRY
TO THE DIR-
ECTOR'S
PLACE.
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THE OPENING
PERFORMANCE
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THE SHOW'S

OF COURSE
THIS IS I WOULD BE
SOMETHING A LITTLE NER-
YOU NEVER VOUS...
GET USED
TO.

YOU'VE ALSO
HAD SOMETHING
YOU WERE PROUD OF
THOROUGHLY RE-
JECTED BEFORE,
 WERE TO
BE SOMETHING
THAT NO ONE IN
THE WORLD FINDS
INTERESTING
BUT ME...

TWO PEOPLE IN
THIS WORLD WHO
WOULD FIND IT
INTERESTING,
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SPENT HER
ENTIRE YOUTH
WRITING MANGA,
SO SHE'S AL-

THEY ALL
HAVE THE
WELL,
THE SUCCESS
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ABILITY TO IN THE HANDS
PULL IT OF THE PER-
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AT THE BACK
OF THE THEATRE
ARE MOSTLY
RESERVED VIP A \
IT'S EASIER SEATING.
TO EXAMINE
THE ALIDIENCE’S
REACTIONS FROM
THE BACK.

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IT FEELS
GOOD TO BE
A VIP.
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ONE WHO WAS TE TO
ONCE CALLED bseae
BOON:
HELP BUT BE
A GENIUS, ’ ;
CONSCIOUS OF
YOU, WHO'S
CALLED THE
SAME RIGHT
Now.

THAT I
WAS LOOKING
FORWARD TO
ACTING WITH
YOU AGAIN.
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DEFEAT YOU
ON THIS

BEEN LOOKING
FORWARD TO
ACTING WITH
YOU, KANA-
CHAN.
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TATION? HE'S IN
HE ONE OF THE
SEEMS TO BE PRIVATE
REALLY INTO
SOMETHING

WELL, I GUESS
THAT'S ONE WAY
IT'S NOT OF COLLECTING
UNUSUAL FOR YOURSELF.
PEOPLE TO ISOLATE
THEMSELVES BE-
FORE THE ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE.

SIGN: GREEN ROOM

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THE POWER
TO STEAL
A COUNTRY
LIKE JAPAN,
UH?

I ALWAYS
THOUGHT I'D
LIKE TO TRY
BEING KING.
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THE ROUGH
IDEA OF TO- m BECOME THE
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PREMISE. me) STRONGEST

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SHINJUKU
FACTION
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BETWEEN THESE Open
7WO BEGINS.

MY PARENTS
FORCED ME
au Now 70 TAKE THIS
TM CAUGHT
UP IN THIS
BATTLE.
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ABILITY 1S
MORE THAN
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PERFECTLY
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BUNCH FOR
INTRODUCING
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THERE'S THAT HEARD You YOU LIKE
I THOUGHT WERE USING HIM.
YOU WEREN'T ——LALALIE,
LOOKING TO BE
BOUND BY THE
RULES OF 2.50
PLAYS.

WANT ALL
THE FIRST TIME
THEATERGOERS
TO MERELY BE-
COME FANS OF
2.5D PLAYS,
BECOME FANS
OF THEATRE
ITSELF.

BUT BEND
THEM JUST
ENOUGH TO
GIVE IT A NICE
FLAVOR.
 EXACTLY
WHY WE GOT
LALALIE,
BUT...
YOU WOULD
EXPECT.

EVEN IN
THE WORLD OF
2.50 PLAYS, HE
IS KNOWN FOR
HIS RESPECT OF
HE'S THE THE ORIGINAL
EMBODIMENT OF WORK.
KNOW-HOW FOR
BRINGING 2D
CHARACTERS
TO LIFE.

“e EVERYONE
THEY ie. Oe FROM LALALIE
SOAKED . sal IMMEDIATELY
UP KNOWL- OL] REALIZED THEY
EDGE ABOUT Va COULD LEARN
PRODUCING t \ A LOT FROM
2.5D PLAYS AVN HIM.
LIKE A DRY \/ \ | NAS
SPONGE.
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TRUST YOUR KUN AND
CASTING, BUT AQUA-KUN ARE
THERE'S ONE ALSO QUITE
TALENTED.
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that jooks good on,
your

ACTING ISN'T HE'S NOT

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WITH aon THAT WELL
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EVEN SURE ANS.
IF HE'D GET
A PASSING
MARK,

WHEN
I WATCHED
YOU FORCED SWEET TODAY,
HIM THROUGH I HONESTLY
THOUGHT HE'S
OUT OF HIS

ITS JUST
A PERSONAL
WHIM,
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AND YOU PICK
THE KID you

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HIS WF

REHEARSALS.

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THAT, YOU
HE'S KNOW...
GOING TO SAME MELT
LEAVE HIS FROM SWEET
MARK. TODAY.
HE'S BEEN
DESPERATELY
WORKING ON
HIS ACTING.

TM SURE
SHE'LL BE
PASSING HER
ON JUDGEMENT...
WHETHER HIS
CASTING WAS
A MISTAKE
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The gap experience is when what you expect from what you see is far, far away from what you get. When a
positive effect of this experience is observed in people, it is often known as 'gap moe’, of which the 3 main
kinds of gaps are:
a. the gap between first impressions and their actual character
b. the gap in their behaviour between different situations, times, and places
c. the deviation or mismatch from their 'archetype'

Some examples have already been listed at the end of Chapter 57, but other examples of gap moe include:
1. The quiet girl in your class suddenly cursing at the class bully in an uncharacteristic fit of anger
2. Dangerous-looking men who love smol animals like kittens
3. Susan Boyle on Britain's got Talent
4. Virtual youtubers switching between their normal artifieiatty high-pitched voice and a low-pitched mellow
voice, especially while singing (read: Anemori Luna)

The key part is that the gap is what makes the person who displays it likeable and the experience especially
enjoyable, respectively. For example, in example 1, the girl’s ability to spout vulgarities is only made special by
the fact that you would never expect that from her.

Conversely, such a gap can also result in strong negative feelings, generally from the feeling of betrayal.
For example:
1. People who were portrayed as good at first but later revealed to be evil, as opposed to villains who are
shown to be evil from start to end. (eg. a certain 1 character in Squid Game)
2.NTR

Some academics have theorized this kind of attraction is caused by the “gain-loss theory”, in which a negative
opinion turned into a positive one will result in a stronger relationship rather than a positive initial opinion, and
vice versa. Others call it the “Halo Effect’, a cognitive bias in which there is a tendency for positive
impressions of a person, company, brand or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion or
feelings in other areas”. The opposite is called the “Horn effect” in which the result is a negative influence
instead.

Not to be confused with the thigh gap. --oldpier

References:
1. Gap Moe on Pixiv encyclopedia: https://dic.pixiv.net/a/F-y-y 7 BA.
Gap Moe on Urban Dictionary: bttps:/(www.urbandictionary.com/define. php?term=Gap%20Moe
Susan Boyle performing “| Dreamed a Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvE1Lxw5ZyXk
Halo Effect on se aeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
Gain-loss Theory:hi ictionary.apa.org/gain-loss-theo.
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https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210330-1791862,
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Hinatazaka de Aimasho (H lig C2lL‘*LE3) is a late-night variety show starring the idols
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