Chapter 4 We Desire a Form


Translated: Sei, MTL-sensei-tachi
Edited: Sei, Grammarly no Danna

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Part 7

    March. The university was already on spring break.

    The senior class of the fourth year was celebrating their graduation ceremony, and they were having a series of parties every day and night as their last chance.

"...I can smell the booze coming from everywhere."

    Kawasegawa walked down the corridor of student apartment, frowning slightly.

"The party has been going on for the past few days, I'm sure... oh, it’s here."

    I knocked on the door with the nameplate "Kiryuu Takashi" handwritten in magic marker. When I knocked on the door, an extremely unhealthy-looking face came out from inside.

"What~? ...Is it Hasshi?"

"Good morning Kiryuu-sa... you stink of alcohol!"

    When I frowned at the strong smell of alcohol, Kiryuu-san laughed and said,

"I had a party three nights in a row until yesterday. No~, I drank for the part of the rest of my life, that was."

    Kekeke, He laughed and invited us into the room.

"This, then you can use the equipment as promised ~"

"...Thank you very much, I'm sorry to bother you."

    With Kawasegawa frowning even more than before, I went into Kiryuu-san's room.

    For the time being, it seemed that only the space for people to enter was cleared up, and when I sat down on the cushion that was placed, I briefly introduced her.

"This is Kawasegawa Eiko-san."

"I'm Kiryuu Takashi. E~tto, I'm the president of a circle called Art Study Group, which includes Hashiba-kun and Shino-san."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kawasegawa."

    Kawasegawa bows her head.

    Why were Kawasegawa and I visiting the room of a graduating senior today during spring break? There was only one reason: to make the OP movie for "Haru Sora".

    Kiryuu-san, who had helped me with my first assignment as a freshman, had a complete set of professional-use editing software. Since we couldn't use the department's equipment this time, we decided to ask him again.

"So, do you have all the editing software you need?"

    In response to Kiryuu's question, Kawasegawa said,

"I've used Premier many times, but not so much with Outer Effects."

"I see, so you know how the timeline works."

"Yes"

"Then I'll just focus on the different parts."

    Kiryuu-san said this, and added an explanation while actually running the software.

    I've thought this before, but when it comes to discussing the details of manufacturing, Kiryuu-san is very rational and firm, which makes me frustrating and he looks kind of cool.

    I thought that if he had been this way for a long time, he would have been popular, but at the same time, I thought that Hiyama-san must have liked him because of the gap.

    And two hours later.

"Kawasegawa, how about it?"

    After checking the progress, she removes the headphones,

"It's about 40% more. Most of the character introductions have been keyframed, so all that's left is to replace the characters and change the colors."

    She said, put on her headphones, and went back to her work.

"... Hasshi, I have one question."

"What is it?"

    Kiryuu-san gently pointed at her behind, Kawasegawa's back,

"... Is this girl, by any chance, a super honor student?"

    I nodded my head,

"I knew it. She understands things so fast, and even though I only taught her the basic operation, she's already able to apply it."

"Is it really that great..."

"She'll be a good movie maker, I'm sure."

    It may have been a compliment, but I thought it was ironic for her now.

    Originally, her goal was to be a so-called writer, not a technician.

    However, the harder she worked, the more Kawasegawa Eiko improved her knowledge and skills as a craftsperson. I think she must be frustrated because she is aware of it.

"It was very helpful as always. I'm grateful to Kiryuu-san and Kawasegawa as well."

"I've gotten used to Hasshi's rough manners."

    Haha, Kiryuu-san laughs.

 "……Excuse me"

    Nevertheless, considering what happened at the school festival, I think they'll forgive me for this.

"It's okay, though. This beautiful woman is a little scary, but that's what makes me thrill."

    Even though I just thought he was cool!

"Don't say that in front of her. She'll really attack you verbally."

"Aah... that's also good, I'd like to see what kind of face she'll give me. If I say something very crude, will she react coldly...... It’s nice, right?"

"Just be quiet, please."

    ......He's a real pervert, isn't he.

    I was really glad that Kawasegawa was working with headphones on.

    That's it for now, it seems that the OP will be finished in another two hours.

    And then, unexpectedly, my cell phone rang.

"Are... It's from Shinoaki"

    It was unusual to have a phone call, as she usually contacted me by short email.

"I'll be out in a bit"

"Okay"

    I left Kiryuu-san and Kawasegawa behind and walked out of the room.

"Yes Hello"

    As soon as I got out, I heard Shinoaki's voice.

"Ah, Kyouya-kun!"

    I thought it was some kind of emergency, but was relieved to see that Shinoaki's tone was normal.
It was rather too energetic, which bothered me in the other way.

"What's the matter, Shinoaki, calling me"

"Un, I came up with something good about the work, so I called you."

"Something good……?"

    I wonder what it is. It's probably about the work, so I guess it's about the illustration.

"I want to tell you as soon as possible, can we talk at home now?"

"All right, wait a minute"

    I hung up the phone and went back to my room.

    I called out to Kawasegawa,

"Excuse me, but can I leave it to Kiryuu-san and Kawasegawa to decide what to do from here?"

"I don't mind, but... Is it really that high on your priority list?"

"Un. It's about the main game, so I want to get this over with as soon as possible."

    Kawasegawa nodded at my words.

"It's okay. In about two hours, I'll be done, and then you can burn the complete packet and take it with you, right?"

"Un. I'll bring the original data back later with an external hard drive. You too, Kiryuu-san, see you."

"Yeah, that's fine."

    After going through a series of other paperwork, I headed back to the share house as soon as possible.

    It was a short walk from Kiryuu-san's student apartment to the share house. Today, Kawasegawa was with me, so we met up and walked over.

"I guess I should have used my bicycle... Oh crap"

    As I walked hurriedly, I felt that I was wasting the time that I was losing.

    As a result of the drastic change in content, Tsurayuki's writing speed increased dramatically. The script was finished, the voice recording was scheduled to start tomorrow, the background music was all done, and the production script was being incorporated as soon as it was possible.

    There was one part of it that still had the word "dummy" written on it that was still working.

"I wonder if Shinoaki gets stuck here..."

    The illustrations were the only thing that had been visibly delayed. I had changed the composition to make it as easy as possible to draw, but Shinoaki was still trying to change the content as much as possible.

    Instead of a simple side view composition, she always added some kind of arrangement, such as changing the crop or using the expression of her hands to show the scene.

    That in itself is not a bad thing. In fact, as a creator, it's necessary, and it's also an area where Shinoaki can make her presence felt as an illustrator.

    But the result of that painstaking arrangement was that it took a lot of time.

    There was not much point in simplifying the composition.

"I wonder what something good is..."

    I wondered if she had suddenly learned how to draw. But if that was the case, she could have just called me and told me, and she wouldn't have reported such a thing in the first place.

    First of all, there is nothing I can do but ask.

    I walked as fast as I could, hurrying my way to the share house.