DUO – Episode 12: “Blueprints and Broken Bolts”

Theme: Rebuilding, learning curves, fragile beginnings

Tone: Optimistic with hints of struggle

Visual Palette: Grimy interiors, scattered tools, Tokyo’s glow through dusty windows

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[OPENING SCENE]

Visual: A cracked wall. A blueprint taped to it, edges curled.

A pencil draws new lines over old, shaky ones.

Music: Light acoustic guitar.

Narrator (V.O.):

“A dream drawn on a wall… needs more than hope to stand.”

Title Card: DUO – Episode 12: “Blueprints and Broken Bolts”

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Scene 1: The Birth of Duo Garage

Location: Abandoned warehouse near Shibuya – Morning

Kusabimaru and Yuji push open the creaking doors of an old building.

Broken windows, rusted lockers, oil stains, forgotten crates.

Kusabimaru (grinning):

“Perfect. This place screams ‘illegal wrestling ring’.”

Yuji:

“It’ll scream ‘potential’ in a week.”

Montage:

• Yuji drawing diagrams

• Kusabimaru hammering shelves (poorly)

• Electricity sparks from a wire—Yuji curses softly

• Kusabimaru nearly falls through the roof patching a hole

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Scene 2: Trial and Error

Location: Duo Garage – Later that week

First customer: A college girl with a busted speaker.

They fumble. Kusabimaru breaks a fuse.

Yuji fixes it under pressure, silently focused.

Customer (leaving):

“You two… really saved this thing. I’ll tell my dorm.”

They exchange glances. A tiny win.

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Scene 3: Getting the Word Out

Location: Tokyo backstreets

Kusabimaru hands out flyers. Gets rejected, ignored, even chased by dogs.

At a community center, he fixes a kid’s bike chain for free. The kid’s father watches quietly.

Man:

“You’re not just selling. You’re earning.”

Hands him a business card. He’s from a local parts distributor.

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Scene 4: Yuji’s Internal Storm

Location: Duo Garage – Late night

Yuji stares at a ledger. Costs are higher than expected. Stress builds.

Flashback: His father at a desk, confident, calm.

Yuji (to himself):

“How did you make it look so easy?”

He throws the pencil across the room. Kusabimaru walks in.

Kusabimaru:

“Paperwork panic?”

Yuji:

“Everything panic.”

Kusabimaru (softly):

“We’ve been through worse. Hell, we slept under a bridge, remember?”

Yuji (nods):

“We can’t afford to fail.”

Kusabimaru:

“Then let’s stop thinking about failure.”

They share a quiet moment. Then both turn to the blueprint again.

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Scene 5: Growing Pains, Growing Roots

Montage:

• More clients come in

• A couple teens ask to intern

• Yuji begins designing his own tools

• Kusabimaru learns to repair more complex tech

• They repaint the front wall: “DUO GARAGE” in crisp, stylized letters

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ENDING SCENE

Location: Duo Garage rooftop – Sunset

Yuji drinks canned coffee. Kusabimaru eats noodles.

Yuji:

“I think… we’re actually doing it.”

Kusabimaru (mouth full):

“Told you. Brains and biceps.”

They fist bump as the sun dips behind the Tokyo skyline.

Narrator (V.O.):

“Greatness doesn’t rise all at once. But brick by bolt… something real is being built.”

[END CREDITS – soft indie rock with city ambient sounds]

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Post-Credit Scene:

A well-dressed man in a black suit walks into an office.

He drops a flyer onto a desk.

It reads: “DUO GARAGE – Fixing Anything You Bring Us.”

Man:

“Keep an eye on them. The Hatayo boy’s alive.”