How can I let go of the matter of saving my stepsister?

Sato Yu could say such words without any confusion, but this firmness and lack of confusion only added to the anger in Mochizuki Nanae's heart, making her resolutely refuse.

"I don't want to take this risk. Wasn't it the same before? I kept saying I had drawn a lot, but those two outsourced ones ended up doing nothing..."

"I'm different from them."

"I don't understand. Isn't it good like this now? With a slightly looser schedule and more manpower, the two of us, at least you might have the energy to correct those shoddy original drawings made by the outsourcing company. Together, we can improve the quality of the drawings and steadily contribute wonderful shots in every episode until the end.

Isn’t this the safest way to ensure completion and deal with risks?”

"But that won't change your reputation as a girl, and it won't meet my expectations."

Holding down the shoulders of Nanae Mochizuki who was moving back and forth, and forcing her to sit on the chair and calm herself down, Sato Yu tried to start a conversation.

He couldn't say that he chose this way of exploiting himself and hurting others in order to maximize his fame. He could only use words to convince Mochizuki Nanae and to soothe her overly agitated heart.

"The road we walked in the early stages was too muddy, and now Mei Fei Mei is covered in mud. My few dozen seconds of footage, and the few dozen seconds of footage I contributed in each episode since then, are simply not enough to wash away the mud.

It's only because the overall animation is so broken that my part of the scene is overly eye-catching, but it's okay once or twice, but if it's more than a few times, the audience will get bored. In the end, they will probably only watch the slices, only the shots cut out by the video up masters, and their overall evaluation of the series will still not change.

I cannot accept such a result. The best way to change the situation that I can think of is to be responsible for producing the most exciting final episode as the only original artist. Even if it's just one episode, it will stand out among the hundreds of animations produced every year and leave a mark.

If we follow what you said, Director Mochizuki, the final result will be mostly negative reviews. If we can make a really wonderful episode, the result should be mixed. "

There are two results and two choices, but if you still have a sincere heart for animation and still have expectations for the "Sister, Not Sister" project, there will only be one answer.

Nanae Mochizuki will only have one answer.

Sato Yu, who set the trap, knew about this, and Mochizuki Nanae herself also knew about it.

But even so, she was still unwilling.

"Are you determined to do this?"

"Ah."

"What do other people think?"

So, what do I think?

Looking up, Sato Yu was heartbroken by the sadness in Mochizuki Nanae's misty eyes.

There is only one other person who would have ideas about one person's original painting, and that is Nanae Mochizuki.

"You are overwhelmed by the heavy workload of original drawings and supervision. You have only completed part A of the sixth episode, and have not started part B at all. You have to be responsible for the storyboards of the subsequent episodes, and if necessary, you have to take over the undistributed original drawing cards. Supervisor, you don't have time."

[If you want to make the most exciting episode of Sisters and Sisters, the most eye-catching and the one that changes the world, can you count me in? If it’s me, I will never hold you back! ]

Mochizuki Nanae must have thought so in her heart and must have wanted to say so, but before that, Sato Yu took the lead in using the construction period as an excuse to shut her up and exclude her.

It's not for any animation ideal, but to complete the task, to increase fame, and for my sister.

After an extremely perfect episode, the shock brought by having only one person in the original painting column at the end of the credits is far more shocking than adding one, several, two or three new people.

Only in this way could Sato Yu amaze everyone with the wonderful final episode, and then take all the huge contrast power contained in the bad and collapsed impressions of the animation "Sister, Not Sister" that had accumulated during the three months of its broadcast, and turn it into a huge amount of fame value sufficient to complete the first stage of the task.

Only in this way can he, a new original artist, gain sufficient qualifications overnight, and with such experience can he serve as a supervisor in the production of the next animation, truly have the right to speak, and make an animation that can definitely complete the task of fame value in the next stage.

There are not many famous original paintings, but there are many supervisions that are remembered by the audience, and the fame of the two is not comparable at all.

The fame value required for the first stage is 50,000. Sato Yu has no idea how much fame value will be required for the second stage after completing this stage of the task. It may be one or two times, or it may be five or ten times.

He has to think about the future. After this series, he has to become a supervisor at the overly "young" age of 19, having just participated in an animation.

Then, the third stage, the fourth stage, the fifth stage...

He had to surpass others and the older generation of original artists in just a few years to reach the pinnacle of animation, which took them decades to reach.

In order to save his lovely but weak sister, Qiong, who is like a girlfriend and a little mother, the cliff he has to cross is so steep that he can only be selfish, selfish to the point of being unkind, selfish to the point of doing things that he knows are wrong, even if...

Mochizuki Nanae looked like she was about to cry and whispered with tears in her eyes.

"what about me?"

Storyboards are the most important aspect of a director, especially since "Sister Not Sister" is her debut work as a director.

Even though it is so broken and so rotten, it still has absolutely special meaning to her.

But now, not only the storyboards that concern the director's self-esteem have been modified, but even the most important storyboards for the final episode have been requested by Sato Yu.

When asking this question, did Sato Yuu really think about it seriously and care about her feelings? Was she really so insignificant in his heart?

What's more, his usurpation did not stop there. After taking away the storyboards, he even asked for one person to do the original drawing.

[I must make the final episode of Sister or Not Sister extremely beautiful. It changed the reputation of the animation in one episode and will be recorded in history forever. But as long as I am there, it is enough. Others cannot meet my requirements and are just a burden, even you, Nanae Mochizuki. ]

Look, the confident look in this guy's eyes and that overly serious expression, aren't they saying exactly these words?

What about me? It turns out that in the eyes of the genius Sato Yuu, she, Mochizuki Nanae, is not worthy and has never been in her eyes.

What do the outside world think? In her debut work as a director, she gave up the storyboard for the last episode and asked someone else to draw the original. Even if she is indeed not as good as Sato Yu, how will people in the industry view her and how will they belittle her?

Her reputation and dignity as an animator were being crushed and trampled upon by Sato Yu, but because the other party was Sato, a person she already admired and was completely convinced by, she accepted it.

But she begged humbly, hoping to work with him, but she was evaded by the deadline for the last bit of face left to her...

In the end, all she had to lose was her self-esteem. What Sato Yuu gave her was just a voice—

"Feel sorry."

"What good is being sorry?"

"I......"

"That's enough. Everything you said is right. It's the truth. I will hand it over to you in the end. Now, please get out."

She wanted to comfort her, she wanted to rack her brains to explain, but Mochizuki Nanae would no longer listen. She just tried her best to push Sato Yu out of the door.

"Sato-kun, did you have a fight with the supervisor?"

After being pushed out of the door and looking dejected, he seemed to have heard from other people that they might have had an argument, so Miki Sugino, who had been waiting at the door, came up to him and asked worriedly.

Looking up, his eyes met Sugino Miki's worried gaze, and Sato You shook his head.

"No, I'm just hurting her."

Volume 54: Chapter Chapter . Abnormal

It is common in the industry for more than ten people to work on one episode of animation, and the one who shoulders all the pressure of more than ten people is the original artist.

With the production schedule of "Sister, Not Sister" so tight, if Sato Yu can complete the original drawings for the entire episode by himself, it will significantly relieve the pressure on others.

Nanae Mochizuki could draw fewer storyboards for one episode, leaving more time for supervising the drawings, reducing the occurrence of animation corruption and eliminating animation accidents.

And because the other production team members have one less episode to draw overall, they no longer have to worry about the progress of the tenth episode when drawing the eighth and ninth episodes. Their efforts can be concentrated, and the quality of the animation produced will naturally be further improved.

All in all, for the "Sister, Not Sister" project, there is indeed someone who has the ability to do the original drawing alone and chooses to do it alone, which should be a hundred benefits with no harm.

If that episode wasn't the final one.

Sato Yu was aware that he had crushed the self-esteem of Mochizuki Nanae, a woman who truly loved animation.

He thought he was tough enough, but in the end, all he proved was that he was just tough in words.

"Sato, are we going home?"

"Well, Qiong is still waiting."

His heart was filled with guilt the whole day long, because of the agreement he had made with Qiong that night. At six o'clock in the afternoon, he went to the office to say hello to Mochizuki Nanae, whose eyes were visibly red, and prepared to go home after get off work.

Turning around and closing the office door, he looked back and said:

"By the way, maybe later, I will paint at home."

"...Well, don't slack off."

In the dull and depressing atmosphere, after the final episode, Mochizuki Nanae gave Sato Yu this privilege again.

Nodding, Sato You ran out of the P8 company building in a panic, almost as if he was running away.

"I am so despicable."

Taking a deep breath, Sato Yu gave the worst possible assessment of his behavior today.

I have been doing drawing work in the company all this time in order to become familiar to Nanae Mochizuki and gain prestige in the production team, so that I can get the right to draw the final episode from Nanae Mochizuki with my own strength and excellent drawing clips.

This was the "evil plan" that Sato Yu had planned since his first day at work after obtaining the system.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Sato Yuya has begun to consider carrying out all future painting tasks at home. This way he can take care of the original paintings while being with Qiong at all times, which is the best scenario for the two siblings.

Qiong should want to celebrate this.

Standing in front of the company building and thinking about it, Sato You took a detour to the cake shop to buy some snacks that Qiong would like. As a result, when he returned home, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening.

"Qiong, I'm back!"

After clearing away all the depression in his heart for the whole day and putting on a smile as usual, Sato Yu pushed the door and entered the house. He shouted happily and decided to tell Qiong the good news that he would paint at home in the future at the entrance, but he did not get the response he deserved.

Even if he came back a little late, Qiong should have waited at the entrance until he entered, and then said to him, "Onii-chan, welcome back" before she would stop.

But today, Qiong is not like that.

“Brother, brother!?”

Qiong's voice came from within the room. It was not as clear and bright as usual, filled with joy and attachment. Instead, it was hurried and a bit panicky.

This abnormality aroused alarm. Fearing that something might have happened, Sato You hurried into the room and immediately rushed into the bathroom when he saw the corner of Qiong's clothes.

"Yeah~"

The moment he broke in, Qiong let out a loud scream, and when she turned around, her cute little face was paler than usual, her brows were furrowed, and her face was full of panic.

Guruluulu~

Glancing inside, Sato Yuu saw what Qiong was doing—

The toilet was flushing, balls of toilet paper were being flushed down the toilet, and the water was tinged with red.

"Qiong!?"

"Brother, H!"

Her reaction was extremely huge. She picked up the facial cleanser from the sink beside her and threw it at Sato Yu in shame and anger, not caring at all about the fact that he was her most beloved brother.

Unable to dodge, Sato You was hit directly in the face by the facial cleanser. He fell backwards. When he recovered, the toilet had already been flushed. Apart from the fact that the water was still a little red, there was nothing unusual.

"what is going on?"

The location moved to the living room, and Sato Yu sat cross-legged with his arms folded, questioning Cai Qiong about a series of abnormal behaviors.

Qiong was obviously at fault in the whole incident, but she was arrogant and showed no apology. She stared at Sato Yu fiercely with her big eyes. Finally, she turned her head uncomfortably and whispered:

"That one is coming."

"What's coming? Which one is that?"

"That's it!"

"Which one is it?"

"Oh, yes, aunt... aunt."

"So it's... huh? Qiong?"

"......" × 2

The topic was too shocking. Qiong was "shy" and Sato Yu was at a loss, and the brother and sister fell into an unspeakable silence.

The panic of the little girl when she returned home, the bloodstains in the toilet, and the series of violent actions when he found her, all connected together, and Sato Yuya could understand.

Qiong, this little girl has relatives coming to visit for the first time in her life.

It's no wonder that Qiong was so embarrassed when he broke into the bathroom. A little girl's first menstruation, when dealing with all kinds of waste, would be embarrassing and uncomfortable for a man to see her, even if it was her brother.

Subconsciously, Sato You tilted his head and looked towards Qiong's lower abdomen.

"Don't look!"

The legs that were already together immediately clamped tighter. Qiong suddenly covered Sato You's eyes with her hands, and through the gaps between her fingertips, Sato You could see Qiong's flushed little face and the tears of shame in the corners of her eyes.

"Huhuhu~"

Sato Yu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

He moved Qiong's hand away and then held Lingzhi and pressed it against his cheek, showing the joyful curve of his lips to his shy sister.

"My dome has grown."