How to raise a random guy's wife

Kobayashi Sora reminded, "Now there's only one B part left, and even if we use the ending theme song, the runtime won't be very long."

"So it can only be attributed to the undercurrent?" Kasumigaoka Utaha changed her perspective. "Then let's think about it from the perspective of the skeleton. Let's choose a simpler emotion: the exorcist thinks the skeleton came for revenge, but in reality, the skeleton just wants to use its own life to complete its final rakugo performance."

“After all, yokai don’t age anymore,” Kobayashi Megumi nodded. “It feels very much in line with Master’s pursuit of rakugo.”

“But that would reduce the apprentice’s role…” Hashima Izumi thought for a moment, “The exorcist thought that White Bone wanted to use his own life to complete his final performance, but in reality, White Bone was just worried about his apprentice who was not with his help and wanted to see him one last time.”

“This feeling of sadness and dedication is also good,” Kobayashi Megumi nodded. “Art is a pursuit that the master can let go of, but the disciple is a concern that the master cannot let go of.”

It looks like smoke is starting to rise from Eriri's head.

“There’s another way,” a new idea popped into Bodao Chuhai’s mind. “The master is not satisfied with his own story, so he wants to perform a better one for his disciple, which is why he appears. Or the master is very satisfied with his own story, so he wants to perform it and let others help judge it.”

Mayu Sagara's head seemed to be starting to smoke too.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was initially reading the script, but as Hashima Izumi continued to come up with more and more new ideas, she gradually noticed something was wrong and frowned as she looked at Hashima Izumi.

"Alright." Kobayashi Megumi clapped her hands gently. "We've been discussing for a long time, so we should take a break and get something to eat. We'll continue later."

Eriri was the first to run out, followed closely by Mayu Sagara.

Bo Island politely bid farewell to everyone and left the meeting room.

Only Kobayashi Sora, Kobayashi Megumi, and Kasumigaoka Utaha remained in the meeting room.

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, "You noticed too?"

“Hmm,” Kobayashi Megumi lowered her eyelids slightly, “No wonder some people say that creation is a process of self-analysis for the creator.”

"Oh?" Kobayashi Sora raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Megumi Kobayashi suggested, "Try to analyze the current situation by applying it to the structure of 'Mononoke'."

Kobayashi Megumi and Kasumigaoka Utaha were able to discover this earlier than Kobayashi Sora because their focus was on emotions and psychology.

Kobayashi Sora was more focused on the matter itself.

"Discovering the problem and finding the truth in form corresponds to the structure of introduction, development, climax, and conclusion in a story." Kobayashi Sora applies the structure: "The problem is that the storyboard for the final episode is not yet complete, which is the beginning of everything, the 'introduction'; 'form' refers to the shape of the problem, the difficulty in creating the ending, highlighting the key to the problem and leading to the following content, the 'development'; 'truth' is the real situation, not that we can't think of an ending, but that there are too many endings to decide, the 'climax'; 'reason' is the psychology of the parties involved, which is..."

Kobayashi Sora's gaze shifted to the conference room door, "My true thoughts on going to sea."

Kasumigaoka Utaha admires Kobayashi Sora for this: she's rather oblivious when it comes to emotions, but quite perceptive when it comes to reasoning. With just a little prompting, she can use her exceptional logical thinking to roughly analyze other people's psychological state.

While not as accurate and perceptive as Kobayashi Megumi and Kasumigaoka Utaha, it's sufficient for most purposes.

“Just like the Medicine Seller can’t draw the complete Demon-Slaying Sword without knowing the true nature of form, our previous thought that the ‘difficult birth of the ending was due to too many ideas and an inability to decide’ was actually just about the degree of form and truth.” Kasumigaoka Utaha tapped her pen lightly on her notebook. “To solve the problem, we must figure out the true intentions of going to sea and understand the ‘reason’.”

Kobayashi Sora, not understanding, asked, "Then what is 'reason'?"

Kobayashi Megumi rested her chin on her hand. "Kongqing, don't you feel that the state we were in when we just went out to sea felt a bit familiar?"

Kobayashi Sora tapped her forehead, searching her memory for similar images, and quickly thought of Kobayashi Ran, who didn't want to go to kindergarten.

Even the obedient Ran Kobayashi sometimes doesn't want to go to kindergarten.

The wind was too strong, the sun was too hot, I didn't get enough sleep last night, I didn't eat enough this morning... Xiao Linlan could always find a lot of reasons.

But do these reasons prevent her from going to kindergarten?

Not so much.

She came up with these reasons simply because she didn't want to go to kindergarten.

The situation is very similar when going out to sea from Po Island.

This ending has a problem, that ending lacks emotion, and a certain ending has a bad theme... but all of these endings are still quite good, and each one is satisfactory enough.

But when they go out to sea from Po Island, they will still come up with new ideas, then find new problems, and then come up with new ideas again, and find new problems again.

She came up with these endings simply because...

Kobayashi Sora sighed, "She didn't want the ending."

Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out, "No matter how much we discuss it, it's useless if this problem isn't solved."

Kobayashi Sora frowned. "All the time before was wasted."

“I don’t think so,” Kobayashi Megumi chuckled. “If we could add our mental journey of going to sea, as well as our analysis process, to the animation, then all the time we spent before wouldn’t have been wasted.”

“That makes sense,” Kobayashi Sora’s brows relaxed slightly. “The question is how to add it.”

“There’s not much we can do in this matter,” Kobayashi Megumi said, looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha. “From now on, it’s all up to you, as a fellow creator.”

"You want me to write the final ending for her?" Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head. "I've already had enough influence on her. If I were to interfere in the final ending..."

“I don’t want you to write the ending for her,” Kobayashi Megumi corrected. “I want you to draw your exorcising sword, become an exorcist, and slay the storyteller spirit that’s possessing Izumi.”

Chapter 800: A Detailed Explanation

"You guys are better suited to handle this kind of thing." Kasumigaoka Utaha understood what Kobayashi Megumi meant; to put it bluntly, she wanted to help Hashima go out to sea and resolve his inner conflict.

As an animation producer and on-site producer, it is Kasumigaoka Utaha's responsibility to pay attention to the mental state of the production team members in order to ensure the smooth progress of animation production.

Just like how they solidified their idea of ​​helping Bo Island set sail during their previous performance.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha's personality is really not suitable for the role of a caring older sister.

At such a critical time, it is not appropriate to take drastic measures. It would be more prudent for Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi to work together.

"But in terms of creative work, you need to be more experienced," Kobayashi Sora reminded her. "Helping her get out of her current predicament is not the goal; the goal is to complete the storyboard more quickly and effectively after she gets out of the predicament."

"And your abilities in this area aren't as weak as you think," Kobayashi Megumi added. "Plus, as a fellow creator, I feel the same way. There's absolutely no problem. We believe in you."

See? That's exactly how it feels.

One person talks about reason, the other about feelings; with them working in tandem, it's impossible to find a reason to refuse, neither emotionally nor logically.

"At least offer me some help."

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Sora thought for a moment, "Shall I go make two cups of coffee?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes at him disdainfully, placing her hopes on Kobayashi Megumi.

“Hmm…” Kobayashi Megumi tilted her head. “If you really want the other person to open up, you have to open up yourself first.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced down and said, "Open? I can't compare to her."

Kasumigaoka Utaha used to be a bit bigger than Hashima Izumi, but as Hashima Izumi grew bigger, Kasumigaoka Utaha has now been surpassed by her.

In this respect, Po Island is exceptionally gifted at sea.

Kobayashi Sora corrected, "Think about it more deeply."

Kobayashi Megumi chuckled, "It seems you've caught Eriri's influence."

"She's really done a lot of harm." Kasumigaoka Utaha gathered her thoughts. "I'll leave as soon as the coffee is ready."

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[Although everyone except the main character looks a bit odd and their actions and speech are exaggerated, the background is absolutely gorgeous!]

[I was startled at first, but you gradually come to appreciate its beauty.]

[It's a little addictive!]

[This unique style and charm is simply amazing!]

I heard the manager is a newcomer.

[I can't call her a newcomer; I still have her sketchbooks. It's just that this is her first time serving as a supervisor.]

[The earliest work I participated in was "The Gospel of Eternity and Moment," also by RER. It's been so many years since it was released; was it shelved?]

A closer look at RER's work reveals that she has consistently been involved in various types of projects.

[And I've heard that one of RER's executives is her own brother.]

[That means focusing on nurturing them, building up their skills, and then letting them shine brightly.]

[Now it seems that this is indeed the case.]

[Ahhhhh, the medicine seller is so handsome!]

[Although everyone except the main character looks a bit odd and their actions and speech are exaggerated, the background is absolutely gorgeous!]

[Almost every frame of the painting, including its colors and elements, can be carefully analyzed and appreciated for its subtle hints, yielding a wealth of information beyond the dialogue; there are just too many details.]

[What's best is the interpretation of yokai, explaining them from a completely new perspective; this breakthrough is what makes it truly remarkable.]

There are fewer and fewer works like this now.

[There weren't many before.]

Why do I feel that they speak so slowly? (°?°)ノ

[Even though you can tell what it's about just from the title, you're still deeply moved when the ending is revealed.]

[Only twelve episodes, not enough!]

[The protagonist's abilities are also well-designed, fully explaining why it takes so long to explain things even when they could win the fight.]

[It feels really good how this ability and storyline are perfectly combined.]

[Twelve episodes is already quite a lot. What we see is one episode per week, but the actual preparation probably took several years.]

[......]

As I set sail from Po Island, my fingers moved across the phone screen, scrolling through lines of text.

That's great, everyone likes it.

Of course, there are occasional criticisms and even curses.

However, this was overlooked by those going out to sea from Po Island.

She's already a seasoned supervisor, knowing how to filter the information she receives to avoid affecting her creative process.

“If they knew that the final episode still doesn’t have a storyboard…” Izumi Hashima sighed. “But these endings just feel like something’s missing. If we try a little harder, maybe we can come up with a better ending…”

"But there isn't that much time right now."

"Shiyu?"

"Here you go." Kasumigaoka Utaha handed over the coffee. "Azure's coffee is quite good."

"Thank you." Bo Island took the coffee. Before even drinking it, the aroma rising with the steam made her feel much more awake. She took a small sip. "I...I know, but...you must be able to understand that feeling, right? It always feels like something's missing, just a little bit more."