Tokyo: The Manga Begins with the Funeral of Frilian

"I just wanted to tell you something. Tomorrow at 2 PM, the first episode will air in Kyoto's Suzaku district. The blue color that Kobayashi mixed will appear on the screen."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Fujita."

Sato said.

"I'll bring Kobayashi over tomorrow."

"Need not."

Fujita said.

"Yokohama to Kyoto is too far, and Kobayashi's current health condition cannot withstand such a long car ride."

"She will definitely want to come."

Tell her.

Fujita said.

"A copy of the film will be sent to Yokohama. She can watch it whenever she wants."

After hanging up the phone, Fujita stood in front of the glass door for a while longer.

He looked up at the poster.

Then he turned around and walked back to the hotel.

.........

At 8:00 AM on April 10th, Kimura opened the door to the Suzaku constellation.

The screening room has been cleaned.

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Kimura carefully wiped each of the red flip-up chairs with a rag.

The screen hung down, white.

It's like new paper.

In that screening room.

Kimura placed the broadcast master tape into the film camera.

He adjusted the focus three times and also checked the sound system.

He had spent money to reinstall the sound system last year.

Kimura stated that he has been waiting for a work that is worthy of being played using this sound system.

At ten o'clock in the morning.

Fujita led Kamiya Yuma and the others from where the inn was located toward this side.

The posters were still posted on the door. There were a few more people on the street than in the previous days.

But no one stopped in front of the poster.

"Mr. Kimura, if no one comes..."

Ryota Onodera stands by the ticket window.

"What should we do?"

"Then I'll show it to you."

Kimura peeked out from the projection room.

"Anyway, the film camera is already ready."

"No."

Yuma Kamiya said.

"If no one comes, we won't watch it. We'll keep the film and show it to the next person who comes."

Kimura was stunned.

Why?

"Because this film isn't shown to us."

Yuma Kamiya said.

"We've seen it a hundred times."

Kimura shifted slightly and adjusted his round-framed glasses.

Then they remained silent, making no sound.

.........

At 11 a.m., the first person arrived.

There was a young man around twenty years old, wearing black-rimmed glasses.

He was carrying a backpack with the logo of a certain university printed on it.

He was wearing an old trench coat.

He stood in front of a poster for three minutes, looking at the text on it over and over again.

Then he pushed open the door and came in.

"Excuse me."

He said to Kimura.

Are the animations shown here at these two points really free?

"Really," Kimura said.

"Can we go in and wait now?"

"Can."

Kimura said.

"But there are still three hours left."

"It's okay."

The young man said.

"I'll wait."

Kimura handed him a small admission ticket.

The young man took the ticket, then walked into the screening room and chose a seat in the middle towards the back.

Hoshino Rin watched from the side.

Suddenly, she reached out and grabbed Shiori Shirakawa's sleeve.

"senior."

She said in a low voice.

That's the seat I want to sit in.

"Then you can sit next to me."

Shiori Shirakawa said.

At 12:30, the second person arrived.

This person was a middle-aged man around fifty years old, wearing a wrinkled suit.

He lingered at the door for quite a while.

Finally, he pushed open the door and came in.

"Excuse me."

He said to Kimura.

"Is this the manga 'The Burial of Frillian,' which is serialized in Jump?"

"Yes," Kimura said.

The middle-aged man's hand trembled slightly.

"I read it in a convenience store in Tokyo."

He said.

"I bought ten volumes of the standalone edition."

Kimura gave him an admission ticket.

The middle-aged man entered the screening room and found a seat on the side.

After he sat down, he placed his schoolbag on his lap and took out a single-volume book from it.

This is the first volume. He held the single volume in his arms and waited without saying a word.

Ryota Onodera stood at the ticket booth, looking around.

Then he suddenly stubbed out the cigarette in his hand.

"Kamiya."

He said.

"Um?"

"There are probably more people coming to see it than I thought."

Why?

"That middle-aged man."

Ryota Onodera said.

"He's not from Kyoto. He came here specifically for this purpose."

.........

At one o'clock, people began to walk in one after another.

A girl in a high school uniform came here alone.

She was carrying a schoolbag. When she saw the poster, she paused for a moment in surprise.

Then he came in and asked if it was true, Kimura.

After Kimura confirmed it was true, the girl's eyes reddened.

"I couldn't buy the latest volume when I was in Tokyo."

she says.

"I've been waiting."

Kimura handed her an admission ticket.

The girl entered the screening room and found a seat near the front.

He held his schoolbag close to his chest and waited quietly.

At 1:30, a group of college students arrived here together.

They are students from a local art university in Kyoto.

One of them had seen the serialization of "Frilian" at the Manga Research Club.

So they specifically gathered a few people here.

"I heard the artwork in this comic is amazing."

One of the boys said to Kimura.

"We are animation majors and want to see what the animation looks like."

At 1:45, a middle-aged man entered the room.

He was wearing a worn-out suit and carrying a briefcase.

They moved rather hastily and went straight in through the door.

"Can we still get in?"

He asked Kimura.

There are still seats available.

Kimura said.

"Very good."

The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I took the Shinkansen from Osaka after get off work. I almost missed it."

Kimura asked.

How did you know to put this anime here?

"I saw someone forward a photo of a poster on the Kansai University underground forum."

The middle-aged man said.

"It said 'The Burial of Frillian' on it. I saw it was free, so I rushed over."

Ryota Onodera turned around and looked towards Yuma Kamiya.

"An underground forum?"

"One of the key animators from Fujita has a junior at Kansai University."

Yuma Kamiya said.

"He took a picture of the poster and posted it online."

"that's all?"

"that's all."

.........

There were probably about 180 people already seated in the screening room.

Kimura counts the admission tickets at the entrance.

"Mr. Fujita."

Kimura walked over.

"You really didn't do any advertising?"

"no."

Fujita said.

"Where did these people come from?"

"have no idea."