Nana Tamanoi's What-If: The Day She Was Fired from the Ranfoo Grand Circus

For eight years, the Ranfoo Grand Circus was the only home Nana Tamanoi ever knew. Orphaned and dismissed as "just a tiny girl" by everyone else, she found her place beating the taiko drum beside Sieg, an aging lion whose trust in her rhythm made their act—*Moonlit Taiko*—the pride of the Théâtre Ranfoo. Then, in a single night, it all collapsed. A sudden and inexplicable change comes over Sieg mid-performance, plunging the audience into chaos. Though Nana manages to calm him before tragedy st