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Spring Troupe 7th Play: Magician’s Pure Love Translation Ch5-6

Next chapter is up~ The story is good so I’m quite hooked actually...

Ch1-2 / / Ch3-4 / / Ch5-6 / / Ch7-8 / / Ch9-10 / / Epilogue

Disclaimer:

A3! is owned by Liber’s Entertainment

Translator’s Note:

I have difficulties translating the name so please bear with it. It’s whatever I can make out from the Kanji/Kana of the character’s name.

UPDATE: Edited the name through feedbacks! I like feedback so feel free to DM me/comment if you have any!

Director:

Hey, Masumi-kun, I have something to talk to you about, is it alright.

Masumi:

Director:

Actually, my husband’s transfer has been decided. I need to move out to a faraway place.

It seems that I have to quit the theatre troupe too…

Masumi:

Director:

I’m sorry.

But, even if we’re far apart, I’ll always support everyone.

About the troupe, I’ll leave it to you.

Masumi:

(No, wait… If you’re not here by my side, my acting too…)

Sakuya:

I’ve made copies of the script!

Director:

Alright, let’s get to the reading!

…

(It’s a story about a pair of magician master and pupil, who visited a mansion to hold a magician show, but they ended up getting involved with a mess caused by a phantom thief…

It started with a weird atmosphere, but followed up with a bittersweet ending…)

Itaru:

Senpai’s role, the master of the suspicious-looking magician, Uso Petén, really suits him.

Tsuzuru:

We decided the role beforehand after all.

This time, I wrote it with the image of the other members in mind as the basis.

The protagonist magician, Suga Kiel will be Masumi.

Petén’s old friend, the puppeteer, Kigustudou, will be Itaru-san.

The millionaire owner of the mansion, Ritchie Marney will be Citron-san.

The hardworking servant, Koma, will be Sakuya.

Then, I really want to add a role of a detective in the development so I will be playing as Detective Kanagi… I’ll do my best to study his role properly.

Director:

It suits everyone perfectly!

Sakuya:

Koma’s character sounds a bit complicated, but I’ll do my best!

Citron:

It seems that I’m going to play another NG celeb!

Even the name sounds like a nasty high-up celeb!

Itaru:

Well, you’re the most millionaire like here.

Chikage:

Yep, there’s no other choice.

Citron:

Oh, I won’t be playing the role because I’m a noble overflowing with dignity!

Tsuzuru:

Are you bragging.

Citron:

Masumi, change role with me!

Tsuzuru:

Wait, he’s the lead!

Masumi:

…

Citron:

…I guess I have no choice, I’ll surrender~

Director:

(Masumi-kun, as I thought, he looks a bit weird…)

Then, let’s get into the script reading, make sure to build the image of the role you will be playing as.

From tomorrow onwards, we will start reading together.

Sakuya:

Yes.

Tsuzuru:

Alright.

Masumi:

…

Citron:

…

*approaching slowly*

On the wall, I’m Minnie, but actually I’m Mary.

Masumi:

…It’s Citron behind me right.

Citron:

On the floor, I’m Morris, on the ceiling, I’m a flying squirrel…

Masumi:

Why does it suddenly become a flying squirrel.

What business do you have with me?

Citron:

I’m curious about how you read the script just now.

Maybe, were you empty sizing with the ending of Kiel’s first love?

Masumi:

… Empathize?

Citron:

That’s it!

I thought you became nervous because of that.

Masumi:

… That’s actually, something that I requested from Tsuzuru.

Citron:

It’s your request?

Why though?

Masumi:

…

What is love for you, Citron?

Citron:

… Love, huh?

…

<<… The thing about love is, it always involves both good and evil>>

Masumi:

…What?

Citron:

It’s a saying from an old philosopher.

Love is the strongest force, one that will pull you forward, further than any others.

I’ve seen you, Masumi, always for Director’s love, trying your best to move forward.

I’ll say it to you now, but…

I’m actually quite jealous of you.

When I was in Zahra, I couldn’t even tell Guy or Tangerine that I love them directly.

I have to choose the safest option, considering my position.

That’s why, Masumi who always acts by following your heart looks so bright to me.

Of course, it’s possible that other members think the same too.

Masumi:

…

Citron:

But, I’m sure everyone thinks that Masumi’s one directional thinking leads you to a good place.

Masumi:

…By the way, why did you call out to me during the flagship performance.

From now on, I’ll try to know more about everyone else…

Citron:

Masumi is a man who will move for the sake of someone you love regardless of any percussion, I think it will be good if you can direct that love to everyone else.

Masumi:

Percussion… repercussion?

Citron:

You’re right. Masumi’s love, if you direct it to everyone else, I’m sure you will be able to get along with everyone.

Masumi:

My love, since now and always will only belong to the Director.

Citron:

Do you really think so?

Nowadays, there are times that I can feel Masumi’s love.

Masumi:

That’s just your excessive self-awareness.

Citron:

During the Quartet performance, it’s because of Masumi that I was able to express my love for Tangerine directly.

I’m really grateful for that.

To repay the favor from that time, I will support Masumi with all I have this time!

I’ll shower Masumi with my love!

Masumi:

You’re annoying.

Citron:

Love is the strongest force.

For the sake of love, you can break your common sense and do crazy stuffs.

Masumi:

Love is, strongest force…

…

“Love is the strongest force, one that will pull you forward, further than any others.” By Citron

Chikage:

It’s a private party in the mansion, huh.

Masumi:

Then, will it be a Close-up performance?

Itaru:

Close-up?

Masumi:

It’s when you do the magic trick right in front of the audience, usually for a small amount of people.

Itaru:

Ah, I see.

It’s a private residence this time, but there would be a small hall there.

The client is Ritchie Marney…

He ranked very high in the list of real estate king in the magazine every single year…

Mr Marney is a connoisseur, he created an art museum on his premises to display his collections from all over the world.

Every year, he would open his house for 3 days 3 nights to showcase those collections, it seems that he called us to be in that demonstration.

Chikage:

It sounds like a good business. Take the job, Kiel.

Masumi:

Please don’t just selfishly decide like that.

Chikage:

I’m the president of this office. I have the authority to.

Director:

Alright, that’s it for today.

Masumi-kun, do you have anything to say?

Masumi:

Everyone, I think you all did a good job interpreting your role.

After that, all the characters in this performance are kinda suspicious, I thought the atmosphere is good too, but I want to try showing something like a gap.

Chikage:

I see.

Sakuya:

I see, I think it’s a good idea!

Director:

(Masumi-kun really grows up. He doesn’t look that enthusiastic being the leader of this performance, but he’s looking at everyone properly.)

Masumi:

Then, if nothing else, that’s it for today.

Director:

Ah, Masumi-kun--

Masumi:

Director:

(Why do I feel like he’s running away from me…

Is he maybe avoiding me?)

Citron:

Director, somehow awe walk with Masumi huh?

Director:

Awe walk…?

Itaru:

Awkward?

Director:

Ah, I see!

Tsuzuru:

I thought he’s been talking normally recently.

Director:

Me too, I don’t remember doing anything that will make Masumi-kun avoid me…

I’ll look at the situation again and try talking to him.

Then, I’ll go off first.

Sakuya:

Good work today!

Chikage:

…

Itaru:

…

Tsuzuru:

…Is it going to be alright?

Itaru:

It’s not that it’s actually caused by Director-san.

Citron:

I talked to Masumi yesterday.

He’s been worried about something.

Chikage:

About love, is it.

Tsuzuru:

Me too, I received some consultation from Masumi.

Sakuya:

Me too.

Citron:

About Masumi, I heard he requested for his character to lost his first love in this script.

Sakuya:

Eh, why did he make such request…

Tsuzuru:

About that… It seems that he had a dream where he’s not together with Director.

Itaru:

So he’s afraid of getting his heart broken and he make a return to ‘negative mode’.

Tsuzuru:

Is it because I told him that he has to support his feelings when subjected to a sad experience.

Maybe he wanted to experience how broken heart feels first by playing it in a role…

Itaru:

What kind of Maso-play is that…

Chikage:

For Masumi, Director-san is his first love after all, so he has never experienced a broken heart before.

Tsuzuru:

That’s why, I think Masumi wants to know how the pain feel, doesn’t he.

Itaru:

Then, this role will be a hard one for him.

Chikage:

He seemed to be normal during the reading just now, I wonder what would happen from now on.

Sakuya:

When it becomes hard for him, let’s all support him with all we have.

Citron:

You’re right.

I intend to do very much so!

Tsuzuru:

You’re right.

Chikage:

I’ll do what I can as the co-lead.

Tsuzuru:

By the way, Sakuya, did you recommend Masumi to hear everyone else’s opinion about love?

Sakuya:

Ah, yes! If it’s only me, I think it won’t be enough…

After all, there are different forms of love, maybe when he heard from everyone, he would be able to understand it better.

Chikage:

You mean, he has been walking around to listen to everyone?

Itaru:

Are you serious.

Citron:

I already answered him!

Sakuya:

So next should be Itaru-san or Chikage-san isn’t it.

Itaru:

…Love stories huh. Well, as his senior in life, I guess I have a bit of story to tell…?

Chikage:

…

Itaru:

How about you, senpai…

Chikage:

Maybe he won’t come to find me.

I’ve already told him that I have no love stories to tell.

Don’t expect too much from me.

I will think of another way to support Masumi.

Sakuya:

But, if Masumi-kun really come to listen to your perception of love, please answer him properly when the time comes.

Chikage:

…If he comes to listen, right.

Itaru:

… I should stop levelling up this skill soon, the next will be…

Masumi:

…

Itaru:

It’s you, Masumi. You need anything?

Masumi:

…That game, let me try it again.

Itaru:

That game?

This one?

Masumi:

Not this one. The one we played during Alice, the one where a character that looks like Director appears.

Itaru:

Ah~ That one.

You can sit there and wait. I’ll get it out now.

Masumi:

…

Itaru:

There it is. This one right?

“B5! Best! Beauty! BigBang! Bishoujo!”

Masumi:

Right.

Itaru:

This opening is so nostalgic.

Here, your controller.

Masumi:

Is it possible to lost your love at the end here?

Itaru:

… is that, for your role study?

Masumi:

Yeah.

Itaru:

Then, first of all, let’s try to do the Director character’s route using the guide, choose exactly as I told you.

Masumi:

Understood.

Itaru:

The first one is A. Next is B

Itaru:

From here on you’re in the Director character’s route, what are you going to do now?

Masumi:

…

Itaru:

If you want to lose her love, you can just make her hate you.

Game Character:

“This time, do you want to go to the aquarium together with me?”

Masumi:

Then, this option should be…

“B: I don’t like fish”

Itaru:

You’re ri—Ah, wait, I customized this part.

The correct answer should be A.

Masumi:

“A: I want to see the dolphin show!”

…Understood.

Game Character:

“Sorry, I don’t like dolphin. As I thought let’s cancel the aquarium plan.”

Itaru:

See.

Masumi:

You’re right…

Itaru:

With this, you’re probably going to get dumped.

Game Character:

“Thank you for always getting along with me, from now on let’s stay as friends!”

Itaru:

See, there you go.

Masumi:

…Are you, the master of lost love?

Itaru:

Let’s leave it as the master of love.

So, what do you feel after actually experiencing lost love?

Masumi:

…

This is a game after all, so it doesn’t mean anything.

Itaru:

That’s not true.

You can learn a lot of things about life by playing games.

Even for me, I’ve learned a lot from playing games.

It will sound like something Tsuzuru said but…

Games and stories are like the same thing.

Immerse yourself in the game storyline and experience life in the eyes of someone else, your heart will be moved.

Afterwards, when you experience something in real life, whatever scenario it is, you would have known how it feels.

Masumi:

… I was lonely, I was sad.

Even if it’s just a game, as I thought it’s hard.

But, I absolutely cannot give up.

Itaru:

…That sounds just like you, Masumi.

Masumi:

What is love for you, Itaru?

Itaru:

Uh…

…Love is, sometimes an impossible game.

Masumi:

Ha?

Itaru:

Without looking at walkthrough, there will definitely be routes that you don’t understand the first time you see it, things like when you need a combination of certain choices…

There’s also route that you can only unlock after unlocking every routes from every other characters.

Masumi:

… I don’t really understand but, you sound like the master of love.

Itaru:

I’ll take that as a compliment

I was talking about games just now, but reality is really like an impossible game.

No matter how much we think about doing things for the sake of other people, in the end we’re just spinning around in place.

Really, human relationship is like an impossible game and it’s annoying.

But, no matter how many times you reach game over, if you build up your strategy and never give up, I think one day you’ll definitely be able to clear it… That is, the real pleasure of an impossible game.

Well, anyway, Masumi can stay as Masumi, just do whatever you want.

I think in the end, that Masumi that sounds like the usual Masumi will always be supported by everyone in Spring Troupe.

Masumi:

…Somehow, you sounded so proud.

Itaru:

I’m your senpai in life, I’m also your father figure in Spring Troupe after all.

“Love is, sometimes an impossible game.” By Chigasaki Itaru

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Steven Universe Podcast Volume 3: Episode 6: Crossovers and Collaborations

This is Volume 3, Episode 6 of the official Steven Universe podcast, looking at crossover episodes, guest animators, and transitions into other forms of media (like video games!), including input from Rebecca Sugar, Kat Morris, and Joe Johnston.

The official description:

There have been some amazing crossovers and collaborations in the world of Steven Universe - "Say Uncle" with the "Uncle Grandpa" team, Save The Light with Grumpyface Studios, the "Mindful Education" episode with animator Tokafumi Hori, and of course, Monopoly. So creator Rebecca Sugar, and Co-Executive Producers Kat Morris and Joe Johnston return to detail how each was conceived and executed, and to share some anecdotal stories that happened along the journey to bring each collaboration and crossover to the fans.

This, as usual, is bit long so I’ll do my bullet points of interest, with longer descriptions after the jump.

Highlights:

CN shows that were influential and magical for Rebecca and her crew include Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Dexter's Lab.

Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Hotel Transylvania, Clone Wars) was incredibly influential for Rebecca because of his input on her pilot and the show concept in general.

Rebecca dreamed of having her own show, but always assumed that was an unattainable dream and fully expected to work a day job as a storyboard revisionist while fulfilling her desire to do personal work through independent comics.

Kat and Rebecca knew each other in college and later lived together in California.

Joe hadn't seen the pilot or met Rebecca until his first day of work, but after he'd seen the sketchbook with planned characters and heard her ideas, he knew he'd made a good decision to work on her show.

Rebecca Sugar describes herself and the Crew as being "very involved" in the Grumpyface Studios game Save the Light. They tweaked dialogue, designed Fusions, developed relationship-based attacks, and contributed canon material and characters to premiere in the game (such as Hessonite).

Rebecca loves that Steven has to heal himself to be around to take care of others in the game or else it's really hard to win, and thinks of that as a really good metaphorical message.

Rebecca as of this recording has not beaten the game yet.

Rebecca wanted Attack the Light to begin with two choices, and if you just listen to Garnet, you completely win the game 100%. She did not get to apply this option.

The Steven Universe Monopoly game is the first place the Beta Kindergarten was revealed.

The Uncle Grandpa crossover episode, "Say Uncle," was Rebecca Sugar's idea at the start. She felt Uncle Grandpa was a sibling show to SU since it came out at the same time and she knew the creator, Pete Browngardt.

Rebecca doesn't like that SU gets used to trash other cartoons and wanted to express through "Say Uncle" that there is room for diverse voices even if they're not like your voices, and that they all belong there. It seemed like a very Steveny message.

Some people think Uncle Grandpa's recommendation that Steven get his Gem polished twice a year was an early bit of foreshadowing that Steven's Gem was a Diamond, since diamonds are supposed to be polished twice a year. Rebecca and Joe acknowledge that this was not intentional as far as they know, but they may have to find out from Matt Burnett if that was written on purpose.

Takafumi Hori was brought into working on "Mindful Education" initially through contact with Jeff Liu on Twitter.

Rebecca's only time off the show since 2011 was three weeks off in 2015, during which she went to Japan and went to Studio Trigger and had a meeting she hadn't been expecting to help set up the collaboration with Hori-san.

Takafumi Hori did key frames for some action sequences and the "Here Comes a Thought" music video.

The detailed summary is below!

[Archive of Steven Universe Podcast Summaries]

McKenzie opens up with a greeting for her guests and begins by asking about how everyone feels about being a part of the Cartoon Network "legacy." Rebecca Sugar goes first and describes it as "unreal," since she grew up on CN shows. She still has trouble processing that her show is to the next generation what CN shows were for her. Joe thinks it's weird too, comparing their show to such iconic shows and seeing that it has the same effect, and Kat agrees--she can't imagine SU having the "same weight," though Rebecca can see from meeting kids who love her work that this is indeed going on. They conclude that those other shows are still kinda magical for them because even though they now have an inside look at how these shows are made, their show's "magic" secrets aren't secrets to them, while those other shows still have mysteries they never saw from the inside.

They discuss a few other CN shows that were influential for the Crewniverse, focusing on the amazingness of Samurai Jack and how Genndy Tartakovsky had been so ambitious to make something so "artful and cinematic"--seeing it actually work was inspiring. When Rebecca worked on another project with Genndy (Hotel Transylvania), she got to ask him who was responsible for some of the most powerful scenes in his Clone Wars cartoon and discuss the experience. Rebecca sometimes used to bring her Clone Wars DVD to entertain babysitting charges with, because that made her the cool babysitter. (Joe says that would work on him NOW.) McKenzie points out that Genndy was involved in giving Rebecca advice at the beginning of Steven Universe, and Rebecca agrees that he even directed her pilot.

Joe prompts Rebecca to explain what it means to direct a piece of animation, so she elaborates on how Genndy influenced how everything moves in the pilot, how the actions are planned out through exposure sheets (and she's been advised never to talk about exposure sheets, ha). So Genndy did animation directing while Rebecca boarded and wrote the pilot.

Joe's beginnings go back to Disney TV, and Kat was on Regular Show. Rebecca's first job of course was Adventure Time; she started as a revisionist and became a boarder. She had a dream of having her own show, but she always had this "realistic" understanding that it wasn't an attainable dream. She thought she would do revisions as her day job and do independent comics for her personal work on the side. She didn't realize that something like Adventure Time would allow her to do personal work, directly communicating messages she wanted to communicate. Everything changed when she realized Adventure Time was the kind of show that WOULD give her that freedom.

Rebecca did dream of having a show and Kat says she also dreamed Rebecca would have a show. :) Kat remembers wanting to meet her in college because she read her comics online, and then it actually happened. Rebecca has trouble still believing people regarded her that way, especially back then.

Rebecca also really liked Kat's stuff back then--Kat was older so they didn't have classes together (senpai!) but Rebecca thought Kat looked really cool and creeped around trying to inconspicuously look at her drawings. They ended up living together in California because Kat was already out there working on Regular Show, and they'd sit around eating ice cream and watching anime and gaining weight. They discuss how Kat was very sick during that time (sleeping on an air mattress and not going to the doctor) and Rebecca would make her tea. They describe trying to walk to the art store together and almost dying because what looked walkable on a map was not walkable in practice. They ended up not buying anything, even after all that.

Discussing the early days of the Crew, Rebecca brings up Joe's storyboard test. They'd been concerned at the beginning about who would really get their vibe for the show, sorting tests into yes, no, and maybe folders. And when they got Joe's test, they created a "heck yes" folder. Joe points out that he hadn't even met Rebecca until he was hired and it was his first day. She'd met Jeff Liu but not Joe. Joe hadn't seen the pilot until his first day either, and then Rebecca pulled out the sketchbook with all the Fusions in it and explained her ideas, and he realized what a good decision he had made accepting this job.

Next they talk about the collaboration with Grumpyface Studios to make Save the Light, which is now out on Nintendo Switch.

Video games were of course influential for Steven Universe. Rebecca and Kat say they were "Nintendo households" growing up, while Joe didn't have a game system of his own but played games at friends' houses. McKenzie asks how involved the Crew was in developing the Save the Light game, and Rebecca says they were very involved, trying to make its storyline work into the canon. Hessonite is the main antagonist of the game, and she is looped into the show proper.

Rebecca revised some of the dialogue so it would be more accurate to the characters, though many of the ideas came from the Grumpyface team for them to modify or give input on. Squaridot was their idea, which is something Rebecca refers to as tonally different from what they would've invented, but she still likes it a lot--on the show they try to do that too, with letting Crew members contribute an idea and working it in. She uses for example how Squaridot focused on the word "pebble" in a similar way our Peridot used "clod," suggesting maybe all Peridots have this insulting tendency but there's no reason they all have to adopt the same insulting word. There are plenty of bad things you can call someone in the Gem culture.

Rebecca and some others were involved in casting and character design too; Ian had established the style of the video game characters, but Joe drew the Fusions for the game in the style they used. She says they were super excited about the Fusions and the relationship dynamic, since they really didn't get to include Fusions in Attack the Light. (Chronicler's note: they did have an Alexandrite option, but it was just a little battle move and cut scene of Alexandrite pounding the crap out of enemies; there was nothing in Attack the Light like the relationships or fusion possibilities in Save the Light, and Alexandrite was the only combination you could attain.)

The thing Rebecca loves the most about both games is that Steven, as the healer and protector, is so important. It's really hard to win if you don't choose to protect Steven and make sure he heals himself too. Joe really liked getting to play the demos during the beginning, and loved the 3D Beach City. They'd been hoping for a long time that someone would make a game. Apparently a fan had been trying to make a Golf Quest Mini game but they think it disappeared. Rebecca pipes up to say they had early plans to have Greg on the team so they could make him a bard. Joe came up with the combination attacks on a sheet all together. Rebecca hasn't beaten the game yet.

Talking endings, she really wanted multiple ending opportunities for the game. There was no possibility to have alternate endings for the phone game, which Rebecca thought was sad because she loved the idea of having a choice at the beginning: Garnet gives you the advice to NOT take the prism into the light, but you do it anyway and the game starts . . . or you just give the prism to Garnet like she says, and you've just beaten the game and won 100%, credits roll.

Going back to Squaridot (of whom McKenzie is a big fan), Rebecca describes the process of creating the game as a lot of back and forth, and Squaridot having a "contentious relationship" with our Peridot was fun because Squaridot is like Peridot before her redemption arc. They really enjoyed having our Peridot feel enlightened in comparison to a Homeworld version of her. The game just came out for Switch in tandem with the OK KO game, which Rebecca recommends and thinks is really fun.

McKenzie brings up a different kind of game: the Steven Universe Monopoly! Rebecca has a story about it: she points out that the Beta Kindergarten debuted in that game before the Beta Kindergarten was revealed in the show. People did notice it. (Chronicler's note: Oh hey, I told one of my friends about this recently! He questioned whether he could play with the Monopoly without getting spoiled. And I told him actually the game spoiled us on the Beta Kindergarten. And, if I remember correctly, the Great North had not been revealed yet at the time we saw promo pictures of how the board looked.)

Rebecca thought it was pretty similar to how certain attacks Lamar came up with for "Watermelon Steven" were allowed into the game for Attack the Light. (Chronicler's note: I'm not sure how that lines up because "Watermelon Steven" and those attacks premiered on TV way before Attack the Light came out.) The airing schedule makes things weird, so sometimes stuff they wouldn't have intended to be new to fans ends up being an easter egg.

Next up is a discussion of Steven Universe's crossover with Uncle Grandpa in the episode "Say Uncle." Rebecca said she was super excited to do it because Uncle Grandpa could cross dimensions to help kids and it fit like a natural fit. Rebecca Sugar takes responsibility for the idea for this crossover. She pitched it to Uncle Grandpa's creator, Pete Browngardt, in an airport. The shows basically came out at the same time so they were sort of like sibling shows. Even though Uncle Grandpa is super different from SU, she feels that Steven stands for peaceful coexistence with diversity, and she hated that her show was being used as a way to "trash other shows." She wanted to make it clear that she stood for THOSE different voices too, even if they were doing their thing differently than she was doing her thing.

Joe boarded on "Say Uncle," and he describes the experience as seeming to have surprised the other show's crew--as in, it was apparently a surprise to them that they were doing it at all. The first pass was VERY smooth, they say, and Joe got to include some weird jokes that wouldn't normally fly on the show, like Uncle Grandpa coming out of the clamshell disguised as Rose Quartz, characters' heads flying off to circle the world, tripping over letters, the plot hole, Lars and Sadie's ship, the joke about it not being canon--it's all very Uncle Grandpa style that Joe and Jeff had to absorb and execute quickly.

Rebecca excitedly brings up the joke Uncle Grandpa makes about how Steven should get his Gem polished twice a year, and wants to know whether that was a diamond reference (since it turns out that diamonds are supposed to get polished twice a year, and it would have been an amazing call forward if it had been intentional). Sadly, they were not sure if it was intentional, and they felt they'd have to ask Matt Burnett who wrote that line. Rebecca specifies that she did NOT know diamonds should be polished twice a year so she cannot take credit for that. They think it was completely coincidence.

Regarding the collaboration with Takafumi Hori from Studio Trigger, who worked on "Mindful Education." Kat points out that Jeff had a relationship with Hori-san; they talked on Twitter and the Crew knew he was a fan because he posted fan art. Rebecca has been working full time on the show since 2011, except for three weeks off in 2015, during which she visited Studio Trigger in Japan and met the folks who would be involved with "Mindful Education." They believe they were at the outline phase when they had that meeting, since before that Rebecca thought the episode would be instructional mindful meditation from Steven, not an episode where mindfulness is used to solve a problem. Writing that episode really taught Rebecca a lot about storytelling, seeing characters learn and benefit using the lessons you want to teach the viewers.

Takafumi Hori did key animation on some of the action scenes and music video scenes. They give us some animation lessons on how key frames are one polishing step up from storyboards made by Jeff and Colin in that episode, and Hori-san would make the frames in his style/the show's style, with notes for the in-betweeners. In-betweeners would do the frames in between keys, according to direction from the animation director saying how close each would be to the keys. (Rebecca gives some details about how key frames and in betweens might be used in animating a punch.) There was a lot of back and forth with adding the dialogue and finalizing the scenes (involving track reader Slightly Off Track and Sunmin Animation inking on paper with brush pens), not adding too much action so they could preserve the look they wanted.

Kat congratulates listeners who actually followed Rebecca's description of how to animate a punch (and would love to see if anyone can demonstrate it), and Joe tells a Hori-story: he got to in-between a couple of Hori-san's Stevonnie action shots and felt like he was experiencing a universal animation language that transcends borders, even though the way the Japanese sheets and the American sheets worked were different.

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