MaruMA:DramaCD44:Track2
Shin Makoku has outdoor hot-spring baths too!?[edit]
Scriptwriter: Takahashi Makio
Script for a live event that took place on October 29, 2006. Tracks 1 and 2 were part of the live, track 3 is a special one recorded for the cd.
Title
Murata: Mini-drama: Shin Makoku has outdoor hot-spring baths too!?
FX:*birds chirping, water splashing*
Murata: Dear Mother[1], right now, I'm in Shin Makoku...
Conrad: Uhm... your Highness...?
Murata: What is it, Lord Weller?
Conrad: What are you looking at and who are you talking to?
Murata: That's a S-E-C-R-E-T! Ah... at any rate the warm water is really nice, huh?
Günter: Yes... It sure is nice, right? It goes round and round (gyugyugyun) my tired body and it feels like it's soaking right trough it.
Wolfram: Hmph! That's because every day his Excellency the Assistant to the King, old as he is, is driving his old body as hard as ever.
Günter: Did you say something, Wolfram?
Wolfram: Not really.
Murata: But I really had no idea that there was such an elegant hot-spring hotel so close to the capital. Furthermore, there's even an outdoor hot-spring bedrock bath in this pavilion. Even though it was made deliberately to look rustic, this is obviously a brand new tourist SPOT, right?
Günter: Yes~. This resort facility was especially built in the Japanese style. In fact, they only just opened it a few days ago.
Murata: Really? So this was made for Shibuya? It's because he loves soaking in bathtubs, right?
Wolfram: You're wrong. Like we would use public money to make a hot spring resort for that reason?
Murata: Oh, I was wrong? Eh... I was certain that...
Wolfram: To use our power as government officials for such private reasons would be inexcusable. It is absolutely not allowed for people involved in politics to do something like that. Otherwise we would lose the trust of the citizens.
Murata: Oh, despite appearances, you're quite a serious person.
Günter: Yes, about these matters, he's just as stern as his oldest brother, your know?
Conrad: Well... but power is there in order to be used, right?
Wolfram: Conrad, that is a dangerously arrogant remark.
Conrad: You think so? I mean, look, there's an old saying in Shin Makoku that goes: " If you do the right thing, you'll become great".
Günter: Does that really exist? Such a saying, I mean.
Conrad: It applies, for example, if during wartime you try to prevent the unnecessary deaths of soldiers, or also, if you infiltrate another country because you need to conquer it. If you have power you can do that more easily, right?
Wolfram: The first example is fine, but I don't understand why you would have a need to conquer anything.
Murata: If there's some truth behind your examples, then you're quite scary Lord Weller.
Conrad: Eh...? Sorry.
Günter: In any case, what where we talking about?
Conrad: About this place I guess.
Wolfram: *clears throat* Let's go back to the topic at hand. This place was built not only so that people don't need to go all the way to the far Van dar Via island to take healing baths, but also, so that people can easily enjoy taking a hot-spring vacation inside the country. It's a public welfare facility made for the citizens.
Conrad: But isn't it true that this place was made to look like a well-established Japanese hot spring spa in order to make Yuuri happy, Wolfram?
Wolfram: That's not true! This place was specifically built like this, so that the general public could understand better the characteristics of the area where the king was born and raised. It was absolutely not done like this for Yuuri's sake.
Murata: *whispers*... Hmm.... these days he's been acting more and more like a perfect tsundere...
Wolfram: Did you say something, Daikenja?
Murata: No, not at all.
Conrad: Ah~... you're not being honest. And you used to be such a cutie back in the day...
Wolfram: What did you say!?
Günter: Stop bickering you two. Please refrain from having such a childish brothers' quarrel in the honorable presence of his Highness.
Murata: Ahahaha. There's not such a thing as "honorable presence of his Highness" in a hot spring bath where we're all naked, right? But it's all right, I don't mind it at all.
Günter: But...
Murata: No, really. If I were to say that such a simple brothers' quarrel bothered me, I wouldn't be able to hold my own while witnessing the quarrels between the Shibuya brothers, you know? After all, when they had to decide whether to watch the Lions' game or the Morning Musume Live Special[2], they engaged in a bloody feud over the channel, and when the older brother lost to the youngest in rock-paper-scissors he blurted out: " I'll make you pay for this, as soon as I become the governor of Tokyo, I'm going to erase your name from the family registry!" and after saying such a line, he locked himself in his room to play dating sims, you know? But, if you think about it, both of them are from Saitama, hahahaha[3].
FX:*owl hooting*
Conrad: ... Uhm.... The content and words you used are quite singular, so I believe Günter and Wolfram are not following.
Murata: Right, well... in any case, because I'm an only child, I yearn to have brothers' quarrels.
Günter: His Highness has no brothers?
Murata: That's right, at least up till now in this life.
Wolfram: That's a strange way to put it...
Murata: Maybe a little. It's just that if I were to go through the memories of the past owners of this soul, I would find people with brothers and sisters. Because after all I can REPLAY the lives of dozens of people..... Ah, by the way, does his Excellency the Assistant to the King have any brothers ?
Günter: Eh? You mean me?
Murata: Right. I was just thinking that I haven't heard anything about that from Shibuya. But since you're also holding the title of head of the Christ territory, it means that even if you have brothers, you, Lord von Christ are the oldest son, right?
Günter: ... Uh, no, that....
Murata: Ah, but if you went through all the trouble of adopting Gisela as your daughter while still being single, then it must mean that you are indeed an only child, right?
Günter: No, uhm... your Highness...
Conrad: Your Highness, you're making Günter really uncomfortable, so let's end this topic here...
Günter: Conrad....
Murata: Wah... The way you're ending the conversation makes me really curious about it. Ah, but I get it. With this we'll end the topic .
Günter: I'm grateful for your consideration.
Murata: No, please, you're welcome. *sighs* In any case, the warm water feels great, huh?
Wolfram: Do all Japanese people like hot springs?
Murata: It doesn't matter what country people are from, there are quite a few people who don't like them, the hot springs, I mean. Do you like them, Lord von Bielefeld?
Wolfram: Well, kind of. It's not bad when others join you.
Conrad: Though a long time ago, when we were children, the three brothers used to take baths together often. But look, soon after that, the youngest went through a rebellious phase, and for a brief time he went through a brother-child separation. I was a little sad.
Wolfram: Fool! You make it sound like I still haven't been able to separate from my brothers! Don't say things in a way that can be misinterpreted!
Conrad: Hahaha. Don't blush, don't blush.
Günter: When they talk about this and that, these children get along really well.
Wolfram: Don't call me a child~!
Conrad: Hahaha. You're cute~! Cute~!
Murata: *sighs* Since I had such a nice bath, I want to drink coffee milk while waiting for dinner. I wish Shibuya could hurry up and join us.
Conrad: Ah, I got white-dove mail from Ulrike at the Shinou's Mausoleum a while back, saying that the make up test was over, which means that his Majesty will soon be joining us.
Günter: His Majesty!? Ahh, your Majesty! I, Günter, couldn't wait any longer~! *Günter juices gush out*
Wolfram: Uwah! Cut it out, Günter! You're getting all your liquids in the water!
Günter: Your maguuujesguuuutiieaaaahhh!
Murata: Uwah.... the whitish water of the hot springs turned the color of strawberry milk!
Günter: (unintelligibly) Since it has lots of collagen, it shouldn't have any adverse effect on the body (more juices)
Murata: W-What are you saying?
Conrad: He said that since the third Gün-juice is full of nutrients, it's a perfect bath additive.
Wolfram: Did he really say something like that? Or rather, where is the third juice coming from!?
Murata: *sniffs* Uwah! It kinda smells fishy...
Conrad: Ah, right, right, Ulrike said that since we were going to be here at the hot spring hotel, she was going to set his Majesty's transfer location to the outdoor hot-spring bath.
Wolfram: That's... right here!?
Conrad: Most likely, huh? Ah? Is he about to arrive?
Günter: Your Majesty~!
Murata: He's coming! All right! Three, two, one!
FX:*water splash*
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References[edit]
- ↑ Dear Mother (Senryaku ofukuro sama) was a TV drama that aired in Japan from 1975 to 1977.
- ↑ In the drama cd they used sounds to cover the names, but you can see them in the script. Morning Musume is a pop idol girl group : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume
- ↑ Saitama is not in Tokyo (it's really close, but not Tokyo). So first of all, Shouri would not be able to be the governor unless he moves (FYI, Shouri's desire to become the governor of Tokyo started when he first met Bob in America. Bob told him that he moved the amount of money, and ruled over the population, of a small country. Shouri asked Bob if he was the governor of Tokyo, and then told him that since he lives in Saitama he would not be able to succeed him.) And secondly, even if he did become the governor of Tokyo, if Yuuri were to still live in Saitama, he would not be able to alter the family registry, because every prefecture/province keeps its own records.
