Anime rating game

The plot has just begun, so it's too early to tell if it's good or bad. In terms of art style alone, this anime seems to be an improvement over the previous season's anime.

Given time, it wouldn't be too strange if Shiina Mashiro's drawings jumped off the paper.

'If I had this level of drawing skill, any magazine would want to interview me, right?'

As the plot unfolded, both of them became completely engrossed in watching.

If the previous Shirobako was a brief introduction to Musashino's workplace, this anime is a life experience from the perspective of Shiina Mashiro.

Comparatively speaking, the male lead, Masamune Hayase, has a smaller screen time.

'Huh...? So Shiina also aspired to be a manga artist before returning to Japan, and failed to submit her work multiple times?'

In the story, Shiina once saw a boy at a solo art exhibition who wasn't interested in her paintings. After asking him some questions, she developed the idea of ​​becoming a manga artist.

When I first returned to China, I considered giving up oil painting and focusing solely on comics.

But Masamune persuaded him to stop, and he was deeply moved by the stories Masamune told him casually. Even though his face was expressionless, his eyes and the details of his expression revealed his deep unease.

Later, at Masamune's suggestion, the two began to collaborate on drawing manga. Masamune provided the stories, and Mashiro was responsible for organizing, revising, and drawing them.

When drawing, Masamune would also act as an assistant, helping to complete some simple tasks.

Meanwhile, under Masamune's arrangement, Mashiro began studying oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts.

After entering the art university and attending one class, I never mentioned giving up oil painting again.

At the end of the second episode, Mashiro, accompanied by Azuki Miho, arrives at Shueisha.

"Huh...? Is it over already?"

When she came to her senses, Sanzenin Nagi realized that the two episodes for the day had already finished airing.

"Mom, what do you think? The Musashino anime is super fun!"

"These two episodes have a lot of content, but the pacing isn't too rushed."

"I didn't know much about Shiina before, I only knew that she was a world-class painter, an undisputed genius, and was hailed as a national treasure by many people."

"So she had considered giving up painting before. But I can understand her thinking."

"Persistence can be really hard sometimes."

"Fortunately, she always had people supporting her."

At this point, Sanzenin Nagi couldn't help but let out a soft "Eh."

"Judging from the anime, she doesn't seem to have it very hard. Everything is arranged for her by others, and even her clothes are helped by Aunt Hayase."

"Is this really a good thing?" Shiko Sanzenin sighed softly. "Being taken care of so well makes it hard to grow much."

"I think this is a good thing. Every girl wants an angel who will always protect her."

Hmm? I think I just blurted out a famous quote.

Sanzenin Nagi quickly picked up her phone, entered her favorite chat group, and planned to share her thoughts after watching the show.

However, as soon as I entered the group chat interface, a whole bunch of conversations popped up.

[Shiina-sensei is so cute...]

[I want to watch episode 3. Is there any way to travel directly to a week in the future?]

[Now I finally understand why Adagaki Aki couldn't beat Shiina-sensei. Compared to her, her loss was truly deserved.]

[That's right, I always thought Adagaki Aki was being cheated on. Now I suddenly realize that Masamune-kun and Shiina-sensei are a match made in heaven, and Adagaki is completely irrelevant.]

[At the end of episode 2 of Pure White, Shiina and Azuki Miho arrived at Shueisha together. The second anime airing tonight is Bakuman, which features Azuki Miho as the main heroine; I suddenly realized the crossover effect between the two is amazing.]

Huh...?

Sanzenin Nagi snapped back to reality in an instant.

She reads JUMP every week, so she naturally knows what story Bakuman tells.

One can easily conclude from the story that the author's comics did not leave any impression on the editor at all.

Otherwise, at the very least, they would provide a way to contact them.

Since the main storyline is based on manga, it includes works by many other manga artists that are serialized in JUMP.

Among these people, Eiji Niizuma is undoubtedly number one.

Because the anime's Pure White timeline is relatively late, and the manga artist Souhaku has not yet appeared, it is still the era where Eiji Niizuma stands alone.

In other words, the next episode of the anime Pure White will take place several years after Bakuman.

"Mom, the next anime to air on Musashino will be about another pair of manga artists."

"That pair of manga artists might meet Shiina in next week's pure white."

Sanzenin Murasaki seemed to be deep in thought, and pondered:

Why do all the anime produced by Musashino Entertainment feature real people?

“Well… that’s just Musashino’s style,” Sanzenin Nagi said with a smile. “And it’s quite interesting.”

"Is there no objection to adapting a true story into an animation?"

"No. After all, there are extraordinary rewards to be gained, so exposing private information isn't too much of a problem."

"And what about yourself? What are your thoughts?"

"I don't care."

"What do your classmates think? By the way, will they be doing the voice acting?"

"I don't know that."

"In that case, I'll ask them when I get to school tomorrow morning. If they're willing to do the voice acting, they'll have each other's company."

"Why...?"

Sanzenin Nagi's expression froze.

Speaking of which, tomorrow is Monday.

Normally, you should go to school.

However, I haven't been to school even once since the summer vacation started.

Even if I suddenly have to go to school, I still feel a bit... reluctant to go out.

The problem is that, judging from the mother's attitude, resistance is probably futile.

Chapter 387 A New Quarter, A New Beginning

On Monday, October 3, after a short end-of-quarter holiday, Musashino Sports returned to its pre-holiday state.

Many people are discussing the end-of-quarter rewards, with CL's time travel reward and K-On!'s ten-year agelessness reward being hot topics.

"When you traveled through time before, did you see your past self?"

"No, Hikari-zaka Town is too far from my hometown, there was no way I could make it in time. That day, I wandered around Hikari-zaka Town."

"Didn't you go back to Tokyo with the president and the others?"

"No. I didn't know at first that the president had called everyone together to go back to Tokyo. At the time, I didn't have any money on me. It wasn't until noon, when I met people from the Hayase Group outside the Furukawa Bakery, that I found out what had happened."

"I missed out completely, but even so, I'm still so envious..."

"Aren't you from the K-On! production team? The rewards over there are also incredibly amazing—you won't age for the next ten years. If you can produce a 5-star anime every ten years, that's practically immortality."

"That's true. I wonder if any of the anime being produced this season have the potential to be rated 5 stars?"

The casual conversation ended there, and the two, who had suddenly become competitors, unconsciously distanced themselves from each other.

Early in the morning, the atmosphere in the third-floor conference hall was equally tense.

Seeing that all four directors were eyeing the script in Okitsu Yuka's hand intently, Masamune smiled helplessly.

"Since everyone is in such a hurry, let's skip the lesson-taking section and start looking at the script directly."

"We will still be producing four animated films this quarter, and everyone will have a share, so there's no need to fight over them."

"As for the five-star animation, the right timing, location, and people are all indispensable. Although I am also looking forward to it, I will do my best in everything I can, and then all that is left is to wait."

Looking at the scripts distributed by Yuka Okitsu, Seiichi Kinoshita immediately picked up the one that was clearly twice as thick as the others, based on its thickness.

Hayate the Combat Butler

The female lead, Nagi Sanzenin, and the male lead, Hayate Ayasaki, were both finalists in the event held in late August, and both had quite a few personalities. Seiichi Kinoshita still remembered some of them.

Turn the page gently to the beginning of the story: Ayasaki Hayate's parents ran away and sold him to yakuza.

After a series of events, the debt was taken over by Sanzenin Nagi, and Ayasaki Hayate began working as a butler in the Sanzenin household.

Tsundere, blonde twin tails, little girl, genius beauty, shut-in NEET, rich heiress... there are just too many attributes for this female protagonist, it's dazzling.

Turning the page, the story is very interesting overall, and it's clear that the scriptwriter put a lot of effort into it.

However, some of the plot points are a bit cliché.

Kinoshita Seiichi quickly flipped to the last page, his brow furrowing slightly.

Even though it's set to have 50 episodes, which is already the length of the entire CL series, it still seems like it's a long way from finishing the story.

Returning to the first page, Kinoshita Seiichi noticed the words "unlimited funding" written next to it. A slight tremor ran through him, and he instinctively glanced at Masamune.

"President, what does 'infinite' mean here?"

"That's what it means."

Masamune nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"This anime is the result of a collaboration between the Sanzenin family and our Musashino. According to the previous contract, the Sanzenin family is responsible for funding the project and will not interfere with how the funds are used. All the profits will belong to us."

"This can be considered a collaboration?" Kinoshita Seiichi couldn't help but retort.

"Of course, it's a win-win situation. Now that I've brought Ms. Murasaki back from the past, the Sanzenin family is even more eager for the reward of a high score, and that's the basis for our cooperation."

"So, you can spend money on special effects indefinitely?"

"That's it."

I want this animation!