As a judge for high school theater, Naoyuki Miura was impressed by the works but took issue with having to choose a play from a few choices that met competition requirements. The new Itsukou series is the result of his decision to write high school plays himself. Miura’s work complies with National High School Theater Competition performance rules (such as a running time of 60 minutes plus 10 minutes’ preparation, strictly no food or drink or flammables) and is teen-friendly in every aspect, offering free tickets and no performance fees for students of high school age and below, plays free of charge, etc. Miura prepares and works on diverse content so that high school students will eventually be able to learn how to write and direct plays themselves and produce works with fellow students.
2017 saw performances of three works, vol.1 to vol.3, and four new works together.