Barnaby: TIGER & BUNNY 2, Special Audio Drama, from the former students of Hero Academy. Hi, this is Barnaby. Today’s story is about the former students of Hero Academy coming together. Those who come to mind are Origami-senpai and I, as well as the rookie Thomas, but in actuality, there is one more person.
Edward: Yeah and the upperclassmen hid a fake bomb in the Hero Academy’s principal’s office as a prank.
Ivan: They called the office, pretending to be the criminal…
Edward: And said “We placed a bomb in the principal’s office!”. And the panicking principal went to search for the bomb and when he found it he said that iconic phrase. Remember it, Ivan?
Ivan: Hmm?
Edward: Mimic the principal and say the iconic phrase.
Ivan: Oh, um, “oooh danger”...
Edward: Say it like you just met the graduates!
Ivan: “Oooh! Daaanger!”
Edward: Come on! Say it like you’ve crying!
Ivan: (crying noises) “Ohhuh uhhuh daaangeeeeeer.”
Edward: And then the upperclassmen who were hiding couldn’t hold in their laughter and got caught in the end~
Ivan: (sharp inhale) Then?
Edward: That’s it.
Ivan: You’ve got to be kidding me Edward…
Edward: Really! I heard it directly from said upperclassmen.
Ivan: No, not that but… Was there a need for me to mimic the principal? The story would have been fine without it.
Edward: That? Ehehe.
Ivan: You’re avoiding it by laughing!
Edward: But it reminded you, right? Just where “oh danger!” originated from?
Ivan: Yeah. Even after that incident, “oh danger” was pretty popular. I feel like everyone said it whenever something bad happened.
Edward: On days with tests, some students would say “Uwaa, i didn’t know today was oh danger!”
Ivan: (laughs) They did, they did! Ah~ this is making me feel nostalgic about Hero Academy.
Edward: I want to say I agree but… I don’t have the right to feel nostalgic.
Ivan: Huh?
Edward: I’m still stuck behind bars, you know? I’ve also caused the academy a lot of stress.
Ivan: But you’re a former student of the academy regardless. You don’t have to phrase it like that…
Edward: A former student of Hero Academy huh. More than that, why did you suddenly start talking about our principal?
Ivan: About that… I’ve been booked for a radio appearance…
Edward: Radio?
Ivan: The heroes take turns MC-ing the program every week and I’m in charge of the next episode, so I wanted to prepare some funny stories…
Edward: Then stories about the principal are out of bounds. It’s an inside joke so nobody will find it funny.
Ivan: That won’t be a problem. The next program will be special.
Edward: Special?
Ivan: To tell you the truth…
(music plays, flashback begins)
Barnaby: An episode with just the heroes who attended Hero Academy is exciting. Right Origami-senpai?
Ivan: I will work hard to fulfill my role as MC so please take care of me.
Barnaby: I will learn a lot from you.
Ivan: Learn!? Oh um, you don’t need to be nervous either, Thomas-kun. Let’s make this as casual as we can.
Thomas: (sound of something whooshing) Hu! Hu!
Ivan: Huh? (whooshing noise continues. Thomas: Hu!) I- is, is he listening?
Barnaby: Ah senpai! He has earphones in.
Ivan: Oh!! (Thomas: Hu!) I didn’t realize! I thought I was being ignored and my heart started beating fast!! (Thomas: Hu!) Is he… immersed in his stress ball? (Thomas: Hu!)
Barnaby: You don't need to worry about Thomas. (Thomas: Hu!) Since he gets to continue working out like always. (Thomas: Hu!)
Ivan: Uhh, I guess so! (Thomas: Hu!) I just need to make sure I work hard today!!
(radio song plays)
Origami Cyclone: I won’t let tonight end with me just being seen in the background-de gozaru~. And with that, “All Night Heroes” has begun! Tonight's MC is I, Origami Cyclone-de gozaru. And here are our guests!
Barnaby: Hi! This is Barnaby Brooks Jr.. And…
HIT: He is Thomas.
Origami Cyclone: And the three of us will be live today. Today’s program is special because all of us are former students of Hero Academy-de gozaru.
Barnaby: The order of the year we graduated is Origami-senpai, I, and Thomas, correct?
Origami Cyclone: Is that so-de gozaru? Is Thomas nervous to be facing his academic senpais-de gozaru?
HIT: Huh…
Origami Cyclone: Did you react that way because you are scared of us? Did you by chance hear any weird rumors-de gozaru?
HIT: Um. What are you talking about?
Origami Cyclone: Hu- oh, uh! Rumors-de gozaru. Of Barnaby-dono and I.
HIT: Rumors… huh?
Origami Cyclone: Eh?
HIT: Hmm?
Origami Cyclone: Heh?
HIT: Hmmm…
(silence)
Barnaby: Roll the commercial!
Guy: Rolling the commercial!
Barnaby: Let’s make sure we are all on the same page. The listeners won’t understand anything by just saying “eh?” or “hmm”.
Ivan: I’m sorry.
Thomas: I’d like to confirm something. The script didn’t mention anything about rumors, right?
Ivan: Script?
Thomas: This. (pulls out paper)
Ivan: Wow. It’s packed with notes.
Barnaby: How stoic.
Thomas: According to this, it says to talk about the lectures from Hero Academy after saying our greetings.
Ivan: That’s true but… I wanted to raise the energy by adding some of my improv…
Thomas: That’s disrespectful to the person who wrote the script. I think you should exclude things like that.
Ivan: Aha.. I didn’t realize there were these types of stoic people too…
Barnaby: Well, I agree that some things are hard to do if it is done through improv. (whispers to Ivan) Thomas is, after all, a rookie.
Ivan: Aaah!
Guy: You guys are about to be back on air!
Barnaby: Let’s try to stick to the script for now, Origami-senpai.
Ivan: Eh? You want me to just read the script as it is?
Guy: Three!
Ivan: Really?
Guy: Two!
Ivan: Eh, wait!
Guy: One!
(music plays)
Origami Cyclone: U- up until now, the three of us have revealed an embarrassing story while we were students but… Uh, um… rggkk-! Please roll the commercials!
Guy: Rolling the commercials!
Barnaby: Senpai!?
Ivan: I can’t read the script word for word! Nobody talked about anything embarrassing!
Barnaby: Play it by ear in those situations.
Ivan: Hnnngh. Hehnnnnngh.
Barnaby: What’s wrong?
Ivan: I can hear the plans I made for when I’m MC-ing crumble.
Barnaby: Please hold it together! What were you planning on doing next, according to your plans?
Ivan: I was thinking of slipping in a bit of my super hilarious short stories.
Barnaby: Mmh! Right now is definitely not the time for that.
Ivan: Eh?
Barnaby: For now, we need to guide the conversation back to Hero Academy.
Ivan: How should we do that?
Barnaby: (awkward) I haven't thought about it that far.
Ivan: (exhales) Hnnngh. Heahnnngh. The sound of my plans crumbling…
Thomas: The commercials are going to end.
Barnaby: U- understood. (flips paper) I’ll follow up on your conversation this time, so let’s start from here. No matter what, keep the program going.
Guy: We’re returning!
(music plays)
Origami Cyclone: And with that, we are laughing about one hilarious thing after another but… eeeh uh, what were we just talking about-de gozaru?
Barnaby: We were talking about what made us want to enroll in Hero Academy. When did you know you wanted to enroll, Thomas?
Origami Cyclone: When you wanted to enroll-de gozaru?
HIT: At open campus.
Origami Cyclone: De gozaru!?
Barnaby: Interesting. So you decided to enroll after properly seeing the place.
Origami Cyclone: He did-de gozaru.
HIT: Yes.
Barnaby: I enrolled without attending the open campus.
HIT: Why is that?
Origami Cyclone: De gozaru?
Barnaby: I was.. looking for something back then.
Origami Cyclone: I see-de gozaru.
Barnaby: Afterall, I was desperate to become a hero as soon as I could.
Origami Cyclone: Understood-de gozaru.
Barnaby: Speaking of that, a few years ago-
Origami Cyclone: De gozaru?
Barnaby: Were you at the school when we visited the Academy?
Origami Cyclone: Were you-de gozaru?
Thomas: “Take it before it is taken”, correct?
Origami Cyclone: De gozaru!
Barnaby: Were you by chance in my lecture?
Origami Cyclone: De gozaru?
HIT: Yes.
Barnaby: (laughs) This is a bit embarrassing.
Origami Cyclone: True-de gozaru~.
Barnaby: (in pain) Excuse me. Please roll the commercials.
Guy: Rolling the commercials!
Ivan: What’s wrong?
Barnaby: Um, haven’t you been adding weird phrases in between our conversation?
Ivan: Eh?
Barnaby: Like you shove a “de gozaru” as soon as you spot an opening…
Thomas: I was thinking the same thing.
Ivan: Oh uh… That’s…
Barnaby: You are the MC today senpai. It feels like you’re in the background with the way you are currently interacting with us, but are you fine with that?
Ivan: I guess you’re right. I wasn’t sure how to join your conversation and… I ended up gozaru-fleeing.
Thomas: So that’s called gozaru-fleeing.
Ivan: I apologize! I promise to show you guys that I can MC without running away! Please give me one more chance!
Thomas: You’re overthinking it.
Barnaby: No no no, please raise your head senpai! If this is the case, then please take control of the conversation the way you want to. We promise to follow no matter what.
Ivan: (holding back tears) I am humbled.
Guy: You guys will be back on air!
Ivan: Alright, let’s do this! What’s next in the script?
Barnaby: The segment to introduce questions from the listeners.
Ivan: So we won’t be talking freely anymore? Even though I haven’t said anything yet? Oh, this is bad. What should I do, what should I do!
(music plays)
Origami Cyclone: (caught off guard) Yeaaa! Just now, some private information about us heroes tumbled out but, aah, from here we will aaaah… Go to He is Thomas’ written corner!
HIT: Huh?
(clown honking noises and “yay” noise)
Origami Cyclone: Thomas-dono will read the questions that have been sent to the broadcast, alone.
HIT: Just me?
Ivan: (whispers) To give me some time to reorganize the broadcast.
HIT: Understood. (flips paper) First is from pen name, ‘I love Thomas’... (he continues talking as Ivan and Barnaby talk to each other)
Ivan: How should I continue from here on?
Barnaby: Hm, I wonder.
Ivan: What about telling one of my short stories?
(HIT: "...like you…”)
Barnaby: Now is not the time.
(HIT: “...I am in love with you…”)
Ivan: … Understood.
Barnaby: I think we should direct the conversation to memorable moments from when we attended the academy, just as how the person who planned this episode would have wanted. An exciting story would be best but…
Ivan: If that’s the case! Then I can use that story I’ve been saving!!
HIT: -letter from ‘Oh Danger’-san.
Origami Cyclone: !?
HIT: “Oh danger” is a phrase that was popular at Hero Academy but did any of you alumnus use it? If the principal was right there, I think he would be saying “oh danger”. The three of you are the greatest “oh danger”. From a former Hero Academy student.
Ivan: (thinking in his head) Was that…?
(Ominous music plays)
Barnaby: Interesting. A letter from a former student. That makes me happy. “Oh danger” was used even in my graduating class. It meant “cool”, correct?
HIT: Yes. And with that…please roll the commercials.
Guy: Um… Are we really going to roll the commercials again?
Barnaby: Please leave this building immediately. It is dangerous for you all to be here.
Guy: Eh wait, but-
Barnaby: Please just hurry.
Guy: Y- yes!
Thomas: Let’s search this place.
Barnaby: Origami-senpai too. There is a bomb somewhere here.
Ivan: Y- yes! But I thought the two of you didn’t know the real meaning behind “oh danger”?
(Chairs are being pushed around)
Barnaby: It’s basic knowledge to the students of Hero Academy that those words are used to signal a threat. I lied so the criminal behind the bomb wouldn’t realize that we know.
Ivan: Then-
(Things continue to be pushed around)
Thomas: In the letter, it says ‘if the principal was right there, I think he would be saying “oh danger’” which he said the moment he found the bomb. Basically, the letter was trying to tell us that there is a hidden bomb somewhere here.
Barnaby: I found it!
Ivan: Why is there a bomb in the trash can!?
Barnaby: This one is quite troublesome.
Thomas: It’s the type of bomb that reacts to a change in temperature or movement. It’s possible that it will explode if you touch it by hand.
Ivan: No way… How are we supposed to dispose of it?
Thomas: The most obvious way. (activates powers)
Barnaby: Thomas’ powers should allow him to move the bomb without having to touch it.
Thomas: Leave the bomb to me.
Barnaby: Well then, I’ll go help escort the remaining people in the area. (activates powers)
Ivan: Eh, wait. What about me?
Barnaby: We don’t know what could happen if the criminal realizes that we are trying to remove the bomb. Please continue the radio broadcast Origami-senpai.
Ivan: Me, alone!?
Thomas: Please hurry.
Barnaby: Understood. If it’s you, you’ll be fine. You prepared some short stories, right?
Ivan: Yes!!
(door opens and closes)
Ivan: Alright.
(music plays)
Origami Cyclone: Sorry to keep you waiting. I, Origami, will begin telling some hysterical short stories-de gozaru! Shyu shyu shyuu! A long time ago, there once was a person in my neighborhood who was two faced. And one day I asked, “are you… Reversible?”
(silence)
Origami Cyclone: Uh, to continue… This time, there was a person who was always letting thoughts in their head simmer. So I told them, “you aren’t a stew.” Shyu shyu shyuu!!
(silence)
Origami Cyclone: To continue…
Ivan: Oh this is bad! None of them are landing! I need to do something about this! That’s right! Maybe I can salvage this if I turn into Barnaby-kun and Thomas-kun!
(uses powers)
Barnaby: Haaaai!! It’s Barnaby!! Just what was up with that joke Origami-senpai!? It’s hilarious!! (clapping) HaHaHaHa, hilarious!! Ahahaha so hilarious!!
Origami Cyclone: I am beyond humbled to know you enjoyed it, Barnaby-dono-de gozaru. What about you, Thomas-dono?
HIT: Reversible… Hahaha… Because there’s a front and back to them, so they're reversible. Haha! Hahaha!
Origami Cyclone: (panting) Glad to know you enjoyed it-
(explosion in the background)
Origami Cyclone: What!? There are fireworks being lit up!! It’s as if they are giving me flower fireworks for my short stories!
Barnaby: Incredible!! I expected nothing less from you senpai!! (clapping) Ahahahahaha!! Hilarious! Hilarious!! Hahahhaha!! Seyou~ seyou~
Thomas: The fireworks- they’re flowers- the fire- hahaha! Hahahah!!
Barnaby: HaHaHaHaHa-!!
Thomas: Hahahhaha!
Origami Cyclone: Hahaha!! Let us now go to a commercial break after having such a lively segment.
(flips paper. Door opens and closes)
Ivan: Ah~ I was somehow able to overcome it successfully.
Barnaby: Just what about that was successful?
Ivan: Eh!? Barnaby?
Thomas: It was the absolute worst.
Ivan: But I just saw you guys dispose the bomb from the window. Was anyone wounded?
Barnaby: No. But if I were to speak of the truth, I think the two of us have been greatly wounded.
Ivan: Heh?
Barnaby: Just why are we bending over backwards, laughing about something like “reversible?”
Thomas: And I’ve barely laughed in front of anyone…
Ivan: Oh, that…
Thomas: I do not laugh like that.
Barnaby: Neither do I. Please reverse the damage you’ve done.
Ivan: Reverse!? H- how?
Barnaby: By telling the listeners that this was a prank from you, and that we didn’t find a micrometer—no—not even a nanometer of it, hilarious.
Ivan: What!? No way!!
(Jail buzzer going off)
Edward: You sure had your hands full during that broadcast.
Ivan: You were listening…
Edward: It started playing while I was on break so. That was the first time I had heard someone apologize by saying, “I’m deeply sorry that my short stories were not funny!!”
Ivan: (trembling) Ahh, that’s embarrassing… But, thank you for sending the letter about the bomb.
Edward: Eh?
Ivan: You’re the one who sent it, right?
Edward: (clicks his tongue) So you knew…
Ivan: It said, ‘From a former Hero Academy student.’ You told the police about the person behind this after the incident, right? They said that the suspect was immediately arrested.
Edward: That’s good then.
Ivan: Where did you get that information?
Edward: Heard it from a guy I just so happened to be locked up with. That their friend outside of prison will be targeting heroes on that day. I reported it to security but they wouldn’t believe me. So I wrote a letter.
Ivan: Thank you. We were saved because of you.
Edward: I don’t need any thanks. More than that, I want to thank you.
Ivan: Huh?
Edward: You know that I’m going to be let out soon, right?
Ivan: Yeah.
Edward: I’ve been thinking about how I should repent for my sin after I leave for a while now. But I keep coming to the conclusion that there is nothing I can do to make up for it.
Ivan: But.. That was an accident.
Edward: It doesn’t change the fact that I killed someone.
Ivan: !?...
Edward: I wasn’t sure how I should live when I leave this place. But when I was able to help the guys, I realized that that was it. To live a life where I can save people. To live for the people.
Ivan: Yeah.
Edward: Hey. I can start over again just like you said, right?
Ivan: Yeah. As long as it’s you, you can do it.
Edward: Yea. I promise I’ll do it.
Ivan: But before that, we need to thank someone when you finally get out of here.
Edward: Who?
Ivan: Isn’t it obvious? To the person who saved my life, “oh danger!”
Edward: Hehe, you’re right.