Chapter 27

Scene 27 is the sixth and last chapter included in Volume 5 of Urakata!!

Summary
Ryuuji gets sick the day before the drama club's performance and leaves it up to Ranmaru. He uses yarn to create a substitute for the missing cloth, still producing an impressive effect. Ranmaru also discovers how much hard work Ryuuji puts into art and decides to intentionally work hard and study too. Meanwhile, Soh wants to get closer to the girls of the drama club by participating in the muddy climax of the play.

Plot
Ranmaru continues to struggle with his own anxieties as the Art Squad continues to aide the Kobuto Academy for Girls' Drama Club. Ryuuji reminds Ranmaru about the cloth they need to drape around the set while the girls rehearse with Soh. Ryuuji develops a cough.

At the Kobora residence, both Soh and Ranmaru heave sighs over their troubles. Soh explains about how the other characters in the play get dirty with mud while they finally let out all their feelings but the girls insisted that Soh remain clean in this scene. She worries that she will be unable to get closer to others.

Back at the Academy, Ryuuji suppresses his urge to help by furiously crocheting as his cough gets worse. Ruka discovers that Ryuuji has a fever and he soon collapses. The members of the Art Squad take him back to his apartment and Ranmaru is able to see his room which is filled with books and prototypes. Izumi comments that no one, not even Ryuuji, can be good at everything from the start. Not wanting to pass his sickness onto anyone else, Ryuuji entrusts the rest of the project to Ranmaru.

The next day, a problem arises when the girls realize that they forgot to order to cloth for the set. Remembering the responsibility that Ryuuji left him, Ranmaru solves the problem by stringing yarn around the set in place of the cloth. Ranmaru encourages Soh as well, assuring her that she is worrying about the play because she just wants it to be good. When the time to perform comes, Soh asks to be included in the muddy scene and the production ends up being a great hit.

Ryuuji sees a photo of Ranmaru's work and is impressed. Meanwhile, Ranmaru begins to borrow books to learn more about art.

Characters

 * Ranmaru Kurisu
 * Ryuuji Gouda
 * Ruka Enjoji
 * Maasa Rokubu
 * Izumi Samura
 * Tomu Tenba
 * Soh Kobora