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Chapter 4 part 3
June, The art school was surrounded by the heat and humidity. There were no air conditioners for us to bask in at the Art Research Club’s cultural circle building. It was a state were we had no choice but to depend on fans. I have immersed myself there for a few days.
(TN note: a circle is basically a club)
I have immersed myself there for a few days.
[“Oi Hashi, want to bet in a match of rock paper and scissors on who gets to buy pocari and potato chips?”]
While leaning on a chair Kiryuu-san called out to me
[…No thanks.]
[…Suit yourself then~]
There were two tatami mats worth of space at the far end of the clubroom.I was squirming restlessly over there.
Like being onslaughted by a rapid-fire machine gun I was basked by the chirping of the cicadas and the heat of the sun. Even while lying down it still mercilessly chipped away at your strength. Even at the best of times mental strength is robbed and now it even gets your physical strength? How can such unreasonableness be allowed?
Today’s only class is already over, and I have no part-time work for today.
[“Hashi, do you watch anime?”]
[“First off, when did you decide on my nickname?”]
[“You don’t like it?”]
[“It’s not that bad. And for the record I like anime very much.”]
It’s not an exaggeration to say that late night anime was a form of salvation for me. Ahhh~, I remember the times when I was still working at the company.
[“Then do you want to see this-’]
The temperature of the room seemed to rise further as the CRT TV turned on.
Kiryuu-san took out a DVD and inserted it in a dust covered DVD player. On the nostalgic 4:3 screen a likewise nostalgic work was projected.
[“Do you know about this? [The Place Promised in Our Early Days?]”]
[“Of course I even watched [The Voices of a Distant star]. ” ]
How could I not know? Ten years later the director becomes pretty outrageous.
[“It really is incredible huh. A one man team preparing everything and making an anime. I can’t begin thinking of imitating that.”]
On the slightly blurred screen of the CRT, One can see a beautiful scenery of clouds.
But of course, 10 years ago the blockbuster work that set a new record in Japanese film history was not yet of this world.
That director fought hard, steadily trying to reach his dream and 10 years later he finally caught wat he was chasing after.
On the contrary even though I unexpectedly gotten lucky, I still managed to made a huge blunder early on.
[“Kiryuu-san, you like anime huh~.”]
[“At midnight when doing image correction ,I end up having free time, Ever since I entered the university watching it has become an addiction.”]
Yeah he did mention he was from the Photography Department.
[“Right now the best one is Haruhi. KyoAni is amazing! If you let them handle the original works they’ll make it the best it can be.”]
Ah that's right, Chuuni and Euphonium is still a long ways off.
[“Oh yeah, don't a lot of anime celebrities come from the film department. Is Hasshi thinking of aiming for that.”]
[“Anime isn’t even a major. But you can choose a major from 3rd year onwards. ”]
In the Film department the 3rd courses are divided into 3. There’s Movies, Video, and Advertising.
[“I see… but suppose that Hasshi becomes a famous anime director, I can brag in various ways”]
Boasting huh…\nIt’s not like I’m a director in the first place, plus I don’t think I can become famous. It would be quite difficult to become the talented man Kiryuu-san wants me to become.
[“If Hasshi has any questions about “still camera” you can discuss it with me! So later down the line I can sell myself by saying [I was the one who though that guy everything he knows about photography.] ”]
(TN Note: Still camera is any film-based device or digital device that takes one picture at a time.)
[“Haha…. Well when that time comes I will have to thank you in that case.”]
But that will probably never come in this lifetime.