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Pentamaru
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Stage forms this act uses in the library, and how often.

Scenes

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Pentamaru · Street Gig

A performer tells how a prank, pressing a button first, led to a falling-out.

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it ended up escalating to the point of them squaring off one-on-one,

Textbook一対一でけんかをするところまで発展してしまいました。「発展してしまいました」→「発展しちゃって」: 「てしま」 shrinks to 「ちゃ」. The stage line uses the linking te-form 「ちゃって」 (from 「ちゃう」) instead of the final 「ちゃった」, with the same 'ended up…, things got out of hand' feel.

Speed: slow
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Audience laughter in this scene0:17
Pentamaru · The Zipper

A man angrily tells someone that his father died of illness three years ago and blames that person for it.

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you might as well have killed him. Hey, look at me, you jerk! Why the hell do you keep staring at my crotch...

Textbookあなたが殺したようなものです。ちょっと、こちらを見てください。どうして私の股間ばかりじろじろ見ているんですか。「ばかり」 gains an emphatic small っ: 「股間ばっかり」 = 'at nothing but my crotch'. Rough 「てめえ」 and command 「見ろ」 add heat.

Tone: RudeSpeed: slow
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Audience laughter in this scene0:20
Pentamaru · Busking

Between songs, a performer is chatting with the audience when someone seems to offer them something.

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Oh, then please wait a moment.

Textbookあ、では少々お待ちください。Everyday 「ちょっと」 replaces formal 「少々」, and 「お待ちください」 becomes 「待っててください」 (contracted from 「待っていて」, 'please hold on for me'). Still polite, just not formal.

Speed: fast
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Pentamaru · Superpowers

Someone threatens to punch classmates one at a time until another student agrees to show something.

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Stop it!

Textbookやめてください。Dropping 'ください' turns the polite request 'やめてください' into the casual 'やめて'; 'やめろ' is the plain imperative of 'やめる': a blunt, forceful 'Stop it!'

Tone: Rough commandSpeed: normal
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Audience laughter in this scene0:22
Pentamaru · Superpowers

One student explains that another student's lightning power is useless because lightning rods absorb all the lightning.

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Shut up!

Textbook静かにしてください。Instead of the polite request '静かにしてください' ('please be quiet'), the speaker snaps 'うるさい' ('you're noisy / annoying'), which becomes 'うるせー' as the 'ai' fuses into a long 'ee': a rough, snapping 'Shut up!'

Tone: RudeSpeed: normal
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Audience laughter in this scene0:23
Pentamaru · The Courier

A courier in a panic calls out to Kenji for help while lots of pollen fills the air around them.

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Oh no, Kenji, a ton of bees are swarming in!

Textbook大変です、ケンジさん。蜂がたくさん集まってきました。「めっちゃ」 is slangy 「とても」. Before a verb like 「集まってきた」 it means 'a lot', so polite speech uses 「たくさん」; particle 「が」 is dropped too. Around it, 「やばい」 stands in for 「大変です」 ('this is bad'), 「ケンジ」 gets 「さん」, and 「集まってきた」 becomes 「集まってきました」.

Speed: slow
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Pentamaru · The Courier

Someone phones Kenji partway through a job carrying a package for big money.

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that's totally not okay, right?

Textbook絶対にだめですよね。Kansai 「あかん」 replaces 「だめ」; 「絶対」 drops 「に」, and plain 「よな」 seeks agreement like polite 「ですよね」.

Speed: normal
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Pentamaru · The Courier

A courier turns to someone named Kenji and asks Kenji to carry a load for them.

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For real?

Textbook本当ですか。Kansai 「ほんま」 replaces standard 「本当(ほんとう)」. 「ほんまに?」 is 「本当に?」 said with rising pitch and no 「ですか」 — casual.

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Pentamaru · Psychic Powers

After some shrieking, one performer calms things down and sums up what the other's psychic powers can actually do.

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Yep.

Textbookそうですよ。「そうだ」 becomes Kansai 「せや」, and the final particle 「で」 is Kansai for 「よ」.

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Pentamaru · The Smuggler

Someone talks with their friend Kenji about backing out of a shady delivery job.

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Look, the money's in this envelope.

Textbook見てください、この封筒の中にお金があります。「ほら」 replaces 「見てください」 to show the envelope; plain 「ある」 replaces polite 「あります」.

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