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

"Um, oh, okay, I'm Mochizuki."

The voice was so inspiring that even Nanae Mochizuki on the other end of the line was at a loss for words. She stumbled and barely managed to finish the greeting.

They are so familiar with each other, but they still use such polite opening words to deal with strangers. It's really weird!

"Ah~ It turns out to be Mochizuki."

"Why, you look disappointed?"

"No, no, it's so late, what's the matter with you calling me? If it's about Masashi Umezawa, then there's no need to..."

"Can you go on a long journey with me?"

"Ugh?"

Originally, it was thought that Mochizuki Nanae had seen the news that Umezawa Masashi had provoked her again, and thought that he was in a precarious situation, so she called to comfort him and help him feel better. However, while they were talking, Sato Yu heard an unexpected request.

He moved the phone away from his ear and held it in front of his face. He saw that the person calling was indeed [JK Mochizuki], and a big question mark appeared on Sato Yu's forehead.

A discussion with JCSTAFF was imminent, and logically he shouldn't leave them alone and go on a long trip, but the caller was Mochizuki... For some unknown reason, after being surprised, Sato Yu asked back.

"Where to go?"

"Kyoto!"

Volume 131: Chapter Chapter . Please, this is so lame

Should I go to discuss with JCSTAFF or accompany Mochizuki to Kyoto?

From the most pragmatic point of view, the natural thing is to negotiate with JCSTAFF as soon as possible, and at the same time release some information through Kota Totani to put pressure on other companies to see if they can wait for the price to be raised. If they can, they can use JCSTAFF as a springboard, and if not, they can choose JCSTAFF.

But such a pragmatic approach is always impossible to achieve. Otherwise, from the very beginning, Sato Yu would not have taken on this series of fame value tasks that have made him tired and painful for more than a year.

The next day, at six in the morning, Sato Yu arrived at the station on time with the complete storyboard of the first episode of "Fate/Zero".

It was already very early, but when I arrived, Mochizuki Nanae and Sugino Miki were already waiting.

"President Mochizuki, Ms. Sugino is here too."

[Also], after seeing Sugino Miki also appear at the station, his guess was finally confirmed. Looking at the two of them, Sato Yuu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

When two people go together, it's a private matter, but when Sugino Miki is added, when three people go together, it's a business matter.

What kind of business can one go to Kyoto for? Where can one carry out the business?

Sato Yu could only think of one answer, Kyoto Animation. It is not located in the metropolitan area, but it is a well-known animation company that has unparalleled production capabilities in the field of cute two-dimensional animation, has many loyal fans, and can always produce masterpieces that people love.

When they got there, they brought Sugino Miki with them. Mochizuki Nanae probably wanted Sugino Miki to handle the affairs, help him sign a contract with Kyoto Animation, and find a way out for him.

Last night, there was no mention of the current situation of the national team squeezing out the production space of "Fate/Zero" on the phone. Even when Sato Yu tried to remind him, he looked surprised, as if he was completely unaware of the dispute.

But, this situation...he cruelly abandoned her, but she still insisted on sticking to him and contributing her precious connections. Is she always thin-skinned, or is she afraid that Sato Yu will bully her even more unscrupulously in the future?

In short, the 25-year-old pure JK Mochizuki Nanae is tsundere again.

"Thank you Mochizuki for running around for me, but if it's Kyoto Animation, let it go for now."

Everyone has a different estimate of the incident. After being blocked by the national team, Sato You was thinking about going to the gambling table. He felt that his value had been further increased and he was qualified to be sold at a good price.

But Nanae Mochizuki didn't seem to have thought of this. After seeing the news, she panicked and thought that he was about to be desperate. She frantically looked for ways to deal with it and wanted to take him to Kyoto Animation to try her luck.

It's just that Sugino Miki will also go along. Is it an over-interpretation to think so?

Maybe there is, but at least, this is how Sato Yu guessed Mochizuki Nanae's thoughts, and he also firmly believed that the other party was thinking the same way.

Sato You appreciated this kindness, but he had no hope of it coming true.

In order not to waste each other's time, not to waste Mochizuki Nanae's connections, and not to let her give up her thin face that she was shy to express her true feelings and had to express it in a proud manner, and end up in an ignominious and fruitless ending, which would make her lost and sad, Sato Yu spoke out at the beginning of the meeting.

In the production of "Fate/Zero", Sato Yu took a lot of considerations into account, and naturally he also carefully analyzed and selected all the companies that had the ability to make good animations.

But the end result was that Kyoto Animation was not on the shortlist from the beginning.

This is not to say that Sato Yu looks down on Kyoto Animation's production capabilities. No matter how talented he is, he would never dare to underestimate Kyoto Animation in the slightest.

Although his acting style is often in the Moe II style, after producing "Full Metal Panic" in the early days, he has focused more on cute daily animations, and most of his works are cute masterpieces such as "K-ON!", "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid" and "Sound, Euphonium", which seem to be very incompatible with the serious and dark style of "Fate/Zero".

But in fact, when it comes to animation production, this stylistic difference and obstacle is not worth mentioning at all.

There is no saying that a cute artist cannot draw realistic characters. They are all senior artists who have been drawing for more than ten years. They can draw with ease by changing the style. At most, they may be a little slow in the beginning, but they will never draw badly or even be unable to draw.

The style of the animation is given by the director. Kyoto Animation's animation style has always tended to be moe-2, simply because the leading directors such as Kigami Yoshiharu, Yamada Naoko, and Ishihara Takemoto are all moe-idols.

In this regard, if Sato Yu is the supervisor, as long as he can have absolute say, then the style change will be easy. In a few months, Kyoto Animation can temporarily become the second "Bones" in the industry that is committed to making animations with substance.

In addition to the problem of painting style, there seems to be a problem in the production of how to solve the problem of painting the fighting scenes, but it is too much of an underestimation of Annie to have such an idea.

There are extremely excellent painting clips in the animations produced by Kyoto Animation such as "Beyond the Boundary", "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid", and "Chunibyou ga Koi ga Shitai" etc.

Especially the erotic animation "Mugen Colors: Spirit World" aired last year. Although its reputation was terrible and it was even expelled from Kyoto by fans for a time, as long as you have watched its first episode, you will never be able to say that Kyoto Animation cannot produce exciting fighting scenes.

It's just that the fighting scenes account for a small proportion. Kyoto Animation can do it. Even the fighting scenes in "Fate/Zero" are definitely not a problem.

But the problem has become apparent at this point: being able to do something does not mean being willing to do it.

Although Sato Yu envied Kyoto Animation's painting ability, working environment and talent pool, he never dared to have any coveted ideas.

There was a problem with the refresh location. After all, he started from P8 company and had been hanging around in the metropolitan area rather than the Kyoto area. He did not make a name for himself within Kyoto Animation from the beginning. As an outsider, he could not enter this extremely "xenophobic" company.

In fact, in the entire animation production industry, Kyoto Animation is extremely unique, and it can even be said to be a special existence that transcends the world.

Original painting, coloring, background, photography...

Animation is a comprehensive operation that requires the cooperation of multiple companies in various processes to produce a finished product. This is especially true in the metropolitan area, where no animation company can produce an entire episode of animation by itself. All of them need to outsource the production to other companies to varying degrees.

But Kyoto Animation is able to do all of these as a company, so you can often see pages of Kyoto Animation people's names in the staff lists at the end of Kyoto films, which is shocking and enviable.

In addition, it also has its own library. It is truly an investor, producer, and distributor at the same time. It can always produce animations at the lowest cost. There is almost no worry that the company's finances will be strained if one or two animations fail.

Then, they offer a fixed salary instead of piecework wages, never work two shifts at the same time, only produce one animation at a time, and have two days off a week... With all these factors, it can truly be said that they are the animation company with the best production ecosystem in the industry.

This unique production environment also makes Kyoto Animation extremely "xenophobic".

It is a gathering place of experts, and all talents are trained internally, digested internally and promoted internally. They may invite original artists from outside to help with production, but they will never invite main creators from outside to supervise the character design level.

To be fair, this is not a bad thing, but for Sato Yu who did not refresh in the Kyoto circle, this is a huge bad thing.

There was no way Kyoto Animation would accept him, so there was no need to even try.

But this is the only way out that Nanae Mochizuki can find for Sato Yu. Even though she herself knows that the hope is slim, she still has the fantasy and still tries to help Sato Yu grasp it.

Facing Sato Yu's thanks and rejection, she snorted, curled her lips and said stubbornly.

"What do you mean running around for you? You, a traitor, think too highly of yourself. I went to Kyoto and Kyoto Animation just for the production of the 5 Centimeters per Second movie.

The comic is so famous and well-received that I am prepared to put all my efforts into its production.

This time, I am considering the coloring of the collaboration. The art background company is not strong enough, and sometimes they outsource the work behind my back. It's not a request, but a request. I think the theatrical animation must not be cheated by these companies, so I am ready to seek help from Kyoto Animation.

The coloring company ST BLUE that they have been cooperating with and the background studio Basara both have very good output quality and are trustworthy. I went to Kyoto for my own theatrical animation.

As for you, huh~ I was originally thinking of taking Miki with me, but last night I suddenly had the urge to call you and take you, a country bumpkin from Tokyo, to see the world."

Rebellion, traitor, because he was leaving Pandia, Mochizuki Nanae was really too embarrassed to save her face. She had been able to open her heart to him, but now she had returned to the tsundere mode she had when they first met.

Seeing her stubborn look, he couldn't help but find it cute and smiled inwardly. Sato You smiled and exposed her.

"Then you specifically asked me to bring the settings and storyboards for Fate/Zero."

"Who said I was going to recommend you? I was just bored on the way and thought of looking at your storyboards for fun. When we get to Kyoto Animation headquarters, I won't even mention it."

"Ouch, you..."

Sato Yuu wanted to say something else, but he seemed to have noticed that Mochizuki Nanae's expression was getting a little tense, and she was about to yell "I just miss you, I miss your animation" and blushed. At the same time, she was also hoping that this trip would have a good result, so Sugino Miki hurriedly said:

"You two! Stop talking here, the train is about to leave."

"Isn't there still ten minutes?"

"Is ten minutes still a long time? Have some sense of time and get in the car!"

Not wanting to go to Kyoto and waste Mochizuki Nanae's favor and beg for help humbly, Sato Yuu made a move to leave, but just as he had this intention, his arm was grabbed by Sugino Miki.

This woman, who was so plump that she once had the intention of raping him, had unexpectedly strong hands. During the tug, she pressed her whole body against him and stuffed his arm into her fat and wrapped it around him.

In the end, he didn't dare to use force, didn't dare to move, couldn't push away, and while pulling and tugging, bang! Sato Yuu was completely pressed into the seat of the Shinkansen train by Sugino Miki.

There is no turning back, he has been kidnapped by the two women in front of him and taken to Kyoto (sad).

"Huh~ Go ahead, Mochizuki, thank you for your kindness. Okay, okay, don't glare at me. You're just busy with your own things, so you don't have the slightest intention to help me plead for mercy... So, Mochizuki, what is your relationship with Kyoto Animation?"

It's hard to refuse a kind invitation. He was ready to accept Nanae Mochizuki's kindness, but also ready to be rejected harshly. He calmed down and looked at Nanae Mochizuki who couldn't wait to snatch the file bag from his hand and take the storyboards as soon as she sat down. Sato Yu curiously asked about her relationship with Kyoto Animation.

As far as he knows, since her debut, Nanae Mochizuki has been hanging around the metropolitan area and has never collaborated or had any interactions with Kyoto Animation.

"My relationship with KyoAni? Um... Generally speaking, KyoAni can be considered my grandma's house?"

"Grandma's house?"

"Well, my mother worked at Kyoto Animation for a while. I was often taken to the studio to play since I was a child. That can be regarded as my enlightenment place."

"I see, it's an old friendship... But, is that all?"

Because his mother used to work at Kyoto Animation, and because he was raised by some of the company's painters, he was able to use this relationship to get them to connect him with the coloring and background outsourcing companies he had been working with for his animated theatrical work, and even try to help him get a supervisory position.

Sato Yu always felt that all these things were not very realistic.

All of this happened more than ten years ago. She has been in Tokyo for a long time and has not had much contact with Kyoto Animation. Mochizuki Nanae said that Kyoto Animation is her grandmother's house, but whether her grandmother will recognize her as her granddaughter is something that Sato Yuu really does not know.

And it seems that the relationship is not as shallow as Mochizuki Nanae said.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and her gaze shifted away from the screen and turned to the window, fading into the distance. Mochizuki Nanae said softly again.

"Besides that, it may be my illusion. I was ignorant when I was a child, but now I think that Kyoto Animation's current main creators Mr. Takahashi, Mr. Ishihara, and Mr. Takemoto all seem to love my mother...

Let me sort it out. Well, Kyoto Animation was just founded and my mother joined when she was 17 years old. At that time, Mr. Takahashi and others were either my mother's seniors or juniors. In short, they were all unmarried and were all fascinated by my mother. Even later, they were very nice to me. "

[Kami Sato, the rumors cannot be guaranteed to be true, but you know my good brother Makoto Yanagiya, the former senior original artist who made the monthly and annual drawing collections. He is very capable, but he retired because he became frustrated with the industry due to some things.

He seems to have liked President Mochizuki's mother, and Director Wakabayashi An, who worked on Kitan Monogatari, also seemed to be a suitor of Mochizuki's mother in her early years... If there is a chance, you can try to get President Mochizuki to help you with Fate/Zero. 】

When talking about her mother's "romantic history", Mochizuki Nanae seemed a little shy, with a blush on her cheeks. Listening to her reminiscing about the past, Sato Yuu also recalled the "stupid move" that Toya Kota gave him last night.

It seems that what Totani Kota suggested is not a stupid move. Thinking about it, Sato Yu couldn't help but smack his lips.

The painter and director in the metropolitan area, the main creator and director of Kyoto Animation, Nanae Mochizuki's mother seems to be sentimental everywhere and makes people miss her everywhere.

And even after so many years, people still remember it and it still has a profound impact on those people...

Tsk, what kind of succubus in the painting world is this?

His eyes turned to Mochizuki Nanae and she was sized up and down. She had a youthful temperament. At the age of 25, she was still as young and beautiful as a 16 or 17-year-old girl. The cute and pure JK president did have a stunning appearance. When she didn't speak, her long straight black hair hanging down her shoulders made her look calm and elegant. She was indeed a rare beauty.

If one were to draw Yukinoshita Yukino from "My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected", people would definitely think that her prototype is Mochizuki Nanae and would boo her. People would also say that Sato Yuu is projecting herself onto the male protagonist, fantasizing that the JK supervisor is falling in love with her and that she has admiration for him, etc.

The girl Mochizuki Nanae is so beautiful, she is like a beautiful girl who really walked out of an anime.

But similar in appearance to Yukinoshita Yukino, Mochizuki Nanae also has absolutely irreparable flaws, just like that anime character.

His eyes remained fixed on Mochizuki Nanae's calm chest for a long time, and Sato Yuu couldn't help but reveal a look of sadness on his face.

If Mochizuki Nanae's mother is also...

"Ah~"

Suddenly, Sato You let out a long sigh, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of Mochizuki Nanae, who had already noticed his abnormality.

But regardless of all this, Sato Yu still spoke what was in his mind.

"Mochizuki, can you let me see a photo of your mother?"

Sato Yu is now very curious about the appearance of Nanae Mochizuki's mother, who is able to charm so many industry bigwigs.

"...Has anyone ever told you, Sato, that you have a really low emotional intelligence?"

“A lot of people say that.”

"Tsk, never mind, you can watch it if you want!"

Sato Yu's honesty made it difficult to get angry. With a click of the tongue, she knew what was in his mind and without keeping him in suspense, Mochizuki Nanae immediately took out her cell phone and played around with the photos.

It seems that she is the provider of most of Mochizuki Nanae's appearance genes. In the photo, her mother, Mochizuki Mieko, who is still young and holding the hand of the cute young Mochizuki Nanae, is beautiful and has a gentle smile. Although she is a mother, she is more charming and has an excellent temperament that makes people fall in love with her at first sight.

"They look about 70% like her. So beautiful."

The mother and daughter look 70% alike, both are beauties. Watching them, Sato You couldn't help but praise them, which made Mochizuki Nanae, who was also praised for her beauty, blush.