V1C4 Part4

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Chapter 4 part 4

In the end it turned into an anime competition from afternoon all the way to evening.

We talked about “Tochuu Kara-san mo Haitte Kitte”*, It became controversial on which one is better between part 1 or part 2. It got very messy and due to that I went back alone.

(*Tn note-I don’t know what this is referencing to)

[“Is that… Hikawa?”]

In front of me a tall lone man wearing karate clothes while walking against the setting sun as the background  reminiscent of a fighting game character.

[“Yo! If it isn’t Hashiba!”]

When he sees me , he shows me a wide smile with beautifully grown pearly whites as he laughs.

[“It seems you’re not wearing ninja clothes today”]

[“Ahh , From now on I’m gonna wear this at class for practice lessosns so I changed my clothes.”]

[“Class…?”]\n [“Yeah, I’m going to teach karate lessons at an elementary school, It’s a pretty sweet part-time gig!”]\n 

So he was also doing such a thing huh.

But I think It’s great to be talented at something no matter what it is. There are a lot of courses in life.

[“Alright! elemtary school students!!! If you show them a little strength they will respect you unconditionally! It also means that I’ll become popular with elementary school girls, Gahaha! Well not that it means anything because I like mature women though.”]

A sudden fetish confession! Rather if he actually liked little girls I’d have to report him in advance.

[“Oh right thanks for helping me out in practice the other day.”]

[“It’s nothing special don’t worry about it.”]

[“In any case , I have to show my gratitude properly!  Just tell me if you need anything. ”]

Then he raised he raised his right hand in goodbye. 

[“Looks like he’s having fun…”]

I can’t find the right words but, Hikawa has found his own place in this school. I myself am still far off from the abstract thought  of “a place where I belong”. Even the relationships of where I currently am are unclear.

How long until I find it?

I returned to the boarding house and opened the door

[“I’m back…”]\n [“Ah, Kyouya-kun welcome back~”]

Shinoaki was doing story board work in the living room\n [“That’s odd, what are you doing here?”]\n [“Un, I thought that I should draw in this room because it woud be easier to hear Tsurayuki-kun and Kyouya-kun’s opinions here.”]

Tsurayuki… those words made my heart pound.

[…Has Tsurayuki-kun come back today?]

Shinoaki shook her head

[“He hasn’t come home much lately. Sometimes I show him the storyboard and he just says “Whatever Shinoaki likes is good.” and leaves it at that.”]

[“I see”]

As I thought, Has he lost interest because of the incident before?\n I haven’t met Tsurayuki face to face ever since the meeting that day. The awkwardness couldn’t be helped and no breakthrough has been found.

[“Kyouya-kun… Just do what needs to be done, so don’t mind it to much ok?”]

[Yeah, Thanks for that…]

Shinoaki encourages me in her own way.

Definitely the matter of Tsurayuki is still stuck on the back of my mind.

[“I wonder if this will continue to drag on till shooting”]

With a heavy heart, I return to my room.

Even after that the awkwardness relationship between me and Tsurayuki continued.\n As I was busy preparing for the shoot I become increasingly distant with him.

It’s the end of June. Using the time of the General Practicum on Monday I went out alone to get permission to film so I went to the electric railway company that has jurisdiction over the station to get the documents for it.

I went to the platform of Kishi station on the Kinetsu Minami Nagano line to head to Namba station to where the company is.

[“Tsk, It’s unpleasant unnoticeable, Kyouya Hashiba!”]

[“Doesn’t the number of titles seem to have increased!?”]

For some reason Kawasegawa Eiko ,who is looking on with hostility, is suddenly here on the train platform and heading to the same destinaition.

Now of all times, thing could become troublesome because of this meeting. 

[“Don’t have that annoyed look on your face! I feel the same way too.”]

[“Don’t just read someone thoughts!”]

Although at the very least we are a student of the same school, grade, and department and it wasn’t the moment to waste time on my smartphone so I took the same train and sat next to each other.

Despite the train being not that crowded, there was only one vacant seat to sit on.

[“…So, why are you out during class? You suddenly playing hooky? Or are you doing a location hunt now.”]

[“Not really… since we’re already done with location hunting I was thinking of applying for permission to film.”]

Kawasegawa was surprised at my answer.

[“Applying for permission…? If you were filming on the road wouldn’t it be best to go to the government office? ”]

[“We’ll be filming within the station so I’m going to the railway’s headquarters”]

When Kawaswgawa heard that she stood up from her seat.

[“Haa!? You’’re filming at the station as well? Why? For what reason!”]

[“Uwaah , I get it so calm down you’re on the train.”]

Suddenly voicing her complaint in a loud voice I quickly tell Kawasegawa to settle down. [“Ah.”]

A small voice was let out.

Kasegawa noticed that she was the subject of people’s gazes so she apologized as she sat down again.

[“Perhaps, Kasegawa also came to apply?”]

[“That’s right, there’s nothing wrong with that I presume?”]

I didn’t say a single word about that…

[“….And who’s idea was it to film at the station? Could it be that gaudy-looking guy Rokuoenji Tsurayuki?”]

[“Pretty much, though I brought the idea first although it feels more of that we simultaneously had the same idea though?”]

[“You also had that idea to…?”]

[“Yeah”]

Kasegawa had a surprised look for a brief second though afterwards it turned into a strangely serious face.

[“…so that led you into coming to apply for today.”]

[“Yeah, this was a necessary step, I only looked it up recently though.”]

[“It’s natural to reach that conclusion if you just think about it properly!”]

Kawasegawa sighed deeply.

[“Eh?”]

[“It’s nothing. So the documents, have you already written it?”]

[“More or less.”]

[“Can you show it to me a little?”]

In response I handed over the documents.

From the circumstances thus far, I thought the documents would be ripped apart as soon as it reached her hands but there was no such thing. Surprisingly however, Kawase carefully checked the documents.

[“You haven’t stamped* here and here, also you need the address here too.”]

(Tn note: Japanese use stamps in lieu of signatures. )

[“Ah I missed those parts.”]

[“And right here. You need to add schematics to the explanation of the filming area. Is the location a platform?]

[“Yeah, It’s primarily filmed in the train platform, front of the station, and inside the site. ”]

[“Then properly explain the plans for the train platform. The camera placements, the time needed, If possible comparing it to the storyboard numbers would be nice.”]

After all of that she continued to point out the deficiencies of the documents down to the smallest detal.

After finishing.

[“Thanks, It was really helpful!”]

I sincerely express my gratitude.

[“D-don’t be mistaken, Doing this thing sloppily, I won’t allow the reputation of the entire university to be brought down…that’s all. And also…the e-mail I got recently, I read it.”]

Kawase in an embarassed state denied it.

[“No really, You had no reason to help me at all, thanks for that I’ll return the favor someday.”]

I casually answered.

[“…Then to both of our productions…”]

An unexpected reply.

[“Eh what did you say?”]

[“Hey you, you properly heard what I said don’t act like you didn’t!”]

[“S-sorry I was just going with the flow of things”]

That was supposed to be the reaction of a Light novel protagonist, could it be that sort of thing was not around at this time?.

…Come to think of it, Kawasegawa was supposed to be at the director’s helm to the point of infighting. However what she’s doing now is obviously the “production” work.

[“Then why is Kasegawa the one applying…”]

As I said that Kawasegawa without reservations…

[“I’ll tell you! It’s because it was absolutely necessary to become one.  Those guys keep saying “Won’t it be alright if we film silently?” and “Isn’t guerilla filming more interesting” and such, no one was saying anything competent. No progress was being made so I had to do a lot of roles.”]

Ranting on in one breath with a lonely countenance. 

[“…I really don’t understand anything.”]

Together with a big sigh she muttered.

[“It’s been hard huh…”]

When Kawasegawa was yelling during team formation, I honestly thought of her as a little annoying.

When she talks like this however you can feel she’s  just  genuinely earnest, serious about the film and is the reason why she nags.

[…Well, that’s how it is, so please help me if anything comes up]

[O-of course… If there’s anything to do count on me, though with someone like me I don’t know if I can be useful though.]

[“Oh my, not confident are we? To me it looks like you’re doing pretty well”]

[“Not really…”]

I confessed all my troubles to Kasewagawa. For some reason I feel like I could confide to her.

[“What a boring problem.”]

In response to my confession Kawasegawa retorted.

[“Is that so… I’m pretty worried about it though.”]

[“It’s because you took your role seriously right? And as a result of that you had a fight is what you are sayng. It’s not wrong to be proud. Worrying about whether or not it was wrong…Getting hung up over it will only leave you depressed.]

With a scoff* she crossed her arms and turned away.

(TN Note: It’s actually more of a Fu~n that thing that a classic tsundere does )

It maybe exactly as she says. But the me right now is not prepared nor has the confidence to say it.

Thanks to Kawasegawa, the application for the railways was accepted successfully.

After saying my thanks to the reception, I turned around to find out that Kawasegawa wasn’t there anymore.

However on the mobile phone where we exchanged email addresses on just earlier, 

[If anything else happens ask me again 💢</u>]

Is on the e-mail that was just sent.

[“So Kawasegawa can use e-mail now huh…”]

That brightened me up a little.