{"id":127,"date":"2021-01-22T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T15:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebopo.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2021-01-22T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T15:06:14","slug":"my-main-character-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebopo.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"MY MAIN CHARACTER ACADEMY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>EPISODE 1:  A Weeb Welcome<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>EXT. MAIN CHARACTER ACADEMY &#8211; MORNING (1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camera pans down onto a large academy reminiscent of University Architecture. Carved and embalmed across the arch entrance are the words: Main Character Academy. Students in uniform are flocking inside as the morning bell rings and all have hair that has been termed in the Anime community as &#8216;main character hair&#8217;. Camera continues to pan over the environment and the students who are excited for the first day of the prestigious school as the voice over, done by SHINICHI TEMPEST (16), <em>the most forgettable person you ever met<\/em>, begins his monologue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today is the first day of Main Character Academy. A high school created for those whose destinies are tied to a greater fate; a fate that will ultimately be capitalized by the Media Business, or better known as Crunchyroll, and these students deemed worthy enough to be Main Characters, their lives will be broadcasted for weebs to enjoy, worldwide. Weebs like me! Weebs like you!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t just waltz into a prestigious school like this. Main Character Academy runs it Hogwarts style: by invitation. The kinds of kids that get invited to this school can be really surprising. They&#8217;re the kinds of people who you wouldn&#8217;t even think could exist within well-written character development. So, now you know there&#8217;s no writers you can throw your complaints at. Believe me, I&#8217;ve tried.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve got your Narutos or your Dekus and even Happys plus many more unknowns who rejected the offer to go to school here. Those cases are usually in denial of their Main Character fate. Often weeb-phobic, too. They just don&#8217;t think they belong.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a long time fan of the shows that have come from this school. I always wished I could be a student here but I always knew that would never happen that is until a week ago when I got an odd letter in the mail. It was an invitation to enroll in Main Character Academy. I was invited to Main Character Academy but I know I REALLY don&#8217;t belong!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INTRO PLAYS THAT&#8217;S FULL OF SPOILERS AND DESPONDENT EDGY PROFILE SHOTS OF THE CHARACTERS AS THEY SLOWLY LOOK FROM THE SKY TOWARDS THE CAMERA. THE SONG IS A BANGER AND HELLA SWEET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>EXT. MAIN CHARACTER ACADEMY &#8211; MORNING (2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students are walking past SHINICHI TEMPEST who is staring blankly ahead clearly not aware of his surroundings. He&#8217;s muttering to himself and is attracting side-glances from the students walking around him to get inside the academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Is he okay?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He knows we don&#8217;t have to monologue out loud, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it. I&#8217;m on the VERY grounds of Main Character Academy on the FIRST day of school! It&#8217;s like a dream come true. If you had told me I&#8217;d be going to THE M.C. Academy, I would have thought you were joking. Mainly because I know I don&#8217;t belong.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You said that already!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;All these other kids are interesting and have a lot going for them. They&#8217;re beyond spectacular! But me? I&#8217;m as dull as rocks. Break me open and there&#8217;s just more of the same. My whole life I&#8217;ve been boring. Everyone I know tells me so. I&#8217;m just your average guy. I don&#8217;t have a sad backstory, recovery arc, super powers, glorious mission, personality trait, none of it! So, when I found that invitation in the mail, I was truly dumbfounded.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLASHBACK BEGIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST opens up the front door if his house in the most normal and boring way possible. He calmly walks to the mailbox and opens it. He finds the letter. He opens it and is surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLASHBACK END<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;THAT was the flashback? What did that establish? You already SAID that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Well, now that I&#8217;ve established how much of an utter disappointment of a main character I am, let&#8217;s begin the story.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Boo! Ham-fisted!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>INT. CLASSROOM &#8211; MORNING (3)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Has there been a mistake? Should I turn myself in? Maybe it was delivered to the wrong address or maybe it&#8217;s a fake. I guess I&#8217;ll just see what today has in store for me. What else can I do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MISS PROVACATA (30), <em>a flamboyant and provocatively dressed teacher<\/em>, struts into the classroom and all students pay attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MISS PROVACATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Helloooo there!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Class is in shock but also in awe at her provocative nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Is there not a dress code for this school?!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MISS PROVACATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m Miss Provacata. I hope you all are having a FABU first day at the school where you truuuuly belong. Because if you didn&#8217;t belong here, I would have to -PUNISH- you mhm.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have to prove to missly boobsly that I&#8217;m interesting. Must. Be. Interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST visibly sweats. He then raises his hand unprompted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;&#8230;ahh.. Uh I MET A RHINOCEROUS ONCE!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole class is silent and is staring daggers at SHINICHI TEMPEST. He whimpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MISS PROVACATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tempest, this is not show-and-tell. Naughty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;She knows my name?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST is blushing as he thinks this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Is this kid going to interierally monologue the whole damn time?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Leave him alone, it&#8217;s endearing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;No it is not. Just because you say it or heavily heavily imply it with editing and animation does not make dumb qualities like that intrinsically endearing. Only under this specific, controlled perspective will you find this endearing, and when confronted with it by an ACTUAL person in the ACTUAL word, you will not see it as romanticized or likeable as it is now. Writers like to take these weird characteristics and force the aud-&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MISS PROVACATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For starters, you all have been assigned a section of the school that will best fit your character arc. Each section will provide specific criteria that best<em> -supports-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fanservice boob jiggle close-up because how could anime plot function without it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MISS PROVACATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;your educational needs, events that fit your genre, and NPCS to fill out your day-to-day life. Your assigned section can be found in the pamphlet on your desk. Go ahead and<em> -flip-<\/em> through them then go to your assigned section.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Why are writers trying to give kids boners?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not for the kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Huh. This pamphlet. It has MY name on it. If I wasn&#8217;t meant to be here, then they&#8217;d have a completely different person on here. So, I must belong, right? But what&#8217;s so special about me?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST is struck with an idea. The camera is zoomed in solely on his face as he thinks to himself but also slightly aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh! I completely forgot! The common trope where the main character&#8217;s adventure starts on the first day of school. The day where an exciting event reveals how truly spectacular that person is. That must be me since nothing spectacular has happened to me ever. So, I just have to be on the look out for an event that defines my future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Now, let&#8217;s see what section I&#8217;m assigned to. Section C. Huh, not a lot to go off of. Maybe Miss Provacata has a map?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST looks up from his pamphlet and the classroom is completely empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8220;Oh. Everyone left already. How long have I been monologuing internally?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY &#8211; MORNING (4)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone is staring at SHINICHI TEMPEST as he walks down the Academy hallway. Comments like: &#8220;Is that a student? He looks too normal.&#8221; &#8220;He must be staff or an NPC.&#8221; &#8220;This is probably the only time he&#8217;s ever stood out in a crowd.&#8221; can be heard as he walks by them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Section C looks like your typical High School. All the other kids look like regular people. Well, except for their hair.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slow-motion shot of students vogueing and posing for camera with their hair blowing gently by a fan as if they were models. Their eyes are squinted and their lips pursed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>INT. ANOTHER CLASSROOM &#8211; MORNING (5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MR. NO NONSENSE (34), <em>a tall and terse teacher who embodies all the faults of a patriarchal system<\/em>, walks to the front of the classroom in a way that certain people think of as impressive, but those people are dumb for being so easily swayed into that impression even within a fictional environment. Being a leader and being an intimidating jerk to those under your power are not the same and believing that only purports the negative qualities that the patriarchal society has imposed on our minds and collective understanding of decent human interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MR. NONONSENSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Hello class. I am Mr. No Nonsense. I&#8217;m the strict teacher who doesn&#8217;t take any bull. Just because you&#8217;re special doesn&#8217;t mean you can ignore your studies. Life won&#8217;t simply hand you the victory. Even main characters have their share of trials they must overcome in their season. So, don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re getting a free ride. You aren&#8217;t special. You are snot-nosed brats just like anyone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He sneers and lets out a faint laugh as he tilts his head down and holds a single finger to his temple. The girl students swoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;No. Don&#8217;t fall for it. He&#8217;s not sexy. He&#8217;s a jerk and he&#8217;s 34.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Why do fans like jerks in TV?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MR. NONONSENSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As you may have noticed, you&#8217;re in the &#8216;typical high school&#8217; section of the Academy. For those of you who didn&#8217;t notice, there are usually a few, &#8216;typical high school&#8217; is the setting of your world. It is where your story will take place. This means that none of you have any special powers. None of you will have a &#8216;special event&#8217; that happens to you today, either. You are in a category not much spoken of outside the Academy walls. A category so boring that no one can really explain why it still exists. But the fans of the Academy&#8217;s shows are our Gods, so who are we to defy them? Open your envelopes and your assignments will become clear to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students mutter amongst themselves in confusion as they open their envelopes. SHINICHI TEMPEST holds open the letter from his envelope as he reads it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Genre: Slice of Life. Role: Regular Guy&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Wait&#8230; So&#8230; I&#8217;M NOT SPECIAL AFTER ALL?!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY &#8211; AFTERNOON (6)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST is collapsed against a wall of lockers with a dazed\/knocked out look on his face. Students walking past can be heard commenting on his freak out during class. LIZZY LIONES (16), <em>a wide-eyed student with a pink streak in her brunette bob hair who is determined to play her part as average student well<\/em>, walks up to SHINICHI TEMPEST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh, hello. You must be Shinichi Tempest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST does that weird nosebleed thing in anime whenever a remotely &#8220;cis-attractive&#8221; woman talks to them because the audience is desperate to know whether the 2D, male protagonist has a hard-on for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;How do you know my name?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It says on my role card that we&#8217;re supposed to be friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Is she not going to point out his bloody nose?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Usually I&#8217;m pro knowing when the Main Character has a boner but I just don&#8217;t feel the connection or the passion in this scene. I have some rewrites to post on the message board tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Sorry. I guess I missed that part of the role card.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LIZZY LION giggles in an overly performative way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh barf, not another one of THESE characters.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;No problem, Tempest-san. How are you enjoying school?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot to take in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I know what you mean.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh yeah?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was surprised that M.C. Academy have a section dedicated to regular people. Slice of Life is such a joke genre. I mean, who&#8217;d want to watch a show like that?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;People who don&#8217;t know how to live a normal life?<em>&#8230;.like me&#8230;<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What was that?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Uh nothing! By the way, I never got your name.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I&#8217;m Lizzy Lion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You&#8217;re pretty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Huh? Why&#8217;d you go and say something like that?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Uh it just came to me?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh. But you couldn&#8217;t have meant it. My role card doesn&#8217;t say love interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST INT. MONOLOGUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Shot down and in such a passive way too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Are you kidding me? No one is THAT na\u00efve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My bad. Sorry about that.  Just not used to this roles thing yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry too. I just want to do well at this school. I feel so unprepared and unworthy, but I&#8217;ve got to try my best!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I agree. We can even help each other. We don&#8217;t have to do this alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Right! Let&#8217;s help each other be the best regular people we can be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;So, Tempest-san?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Why do you think we were chosen to go to this school out of all of the regular people? I can&#8217;t think of a single thing that would make me special enough for this kind of thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Hm. Now that you bring it up, that&#8217;s a good question. Even though you&#8217;ve asked me such a deep question on the spot and we&#8217;re near strangers, I&#8217;ll answer in a purely philosophical way that won&#8217;t feel natural or realistic at all but, in the same beat, will feel powerful and moving because it speaks to a universal truth which audiences like even when out of context for some reason. Anyway, if I had to guess, I&#8217;d say we were chosen because we&#8217;re relatable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLASHBACK BEGIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHINICHI TEMPEST is sitting in his living room on the couch watching TV. He is enjoying watching it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLASHBACK END<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Something about us connects to people everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Connects? What do you mean?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;People can see parts of themselves in us. Things we have in common.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Whoa. That answer was offputtingly deep for two near strangers to tackle within the first conversation they&#8217;re having with one another, but I too will agree that it is a beautiful sentiment that is observing the truths of humanity. So, even if not in the right context, it warms my heart to hear.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sure all the male viewers will relate to my masturbation technique.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDENT 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah, even I don&#8217;t know where this is going.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIZZY LION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Uh&#8230; How many <em>techniques<\/em> could ther- I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s universal enou- Please, don&#8217;t bring that up ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHINICHI TEMPEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t disrespect my one external organ. 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