Anime rating game

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I was so focused on the cake that I completely forgot about the application form."

"Ritsu is so silly," Hirasawa Yui exclaimed.

"You have absolutely no right to talk to me like that!"

Ritsu Tainaka made a comment and then turned her gaze back to the television.

"Seriously, Hayase is such a weirdo. How did he even know about this? There were only Mio and me there at the time."

In the anime, the four members of K-On! who can't find their advisor set their sights on Sawako Yamanaka.

Unbeknownst to her, Daiyu suddenly stumbles upon Sawako Yamanaka's dark past...

At that moment, a scream suddenly came from the room next door in the hotel.

"No!!"

Sawako Yamanaka's piercing scream startled the five of them.

Ritsu Tainaka quickly realized what was happening, hurriedly ran over to check if the door was closed properly, and locked it from the inside.

"Seriously, I can already imagine how long Sawa will come to complain to us after the anime ends. He might complain all night long."

"This situation is indeed very bad for the person involved."

Thinking about what would happen after returning to school the day after tomorrow, Akiyama Mio felt extremely flustered.

Sawako Yamanaka is determined to hide her dark history from high school, and she is very secretive about her rebellious style back then. She will delete any photos she finds immediately.

But now, because the animation has openly revealed this, her dark history has been completely exposed.

Strangers outside the school might think this is fake, and even if it were real, they wouldn't care.

But the teachers and students at the school, who are familiar with her and the light music club, will take it seriously.

Especially among the students, the dignified and kind image she had always portrayed is gone forever.

Fortunately... fortunately I don't have any dark history.

On television, Sawako Yamanaka, whose dark past has been completely exposed, gives up on herself and stops pretending. After a wild recollection, she is threatened and forced to join the light music club.

Under her guidance, the music of the light music club gradually became more and more decent.

Is the next episode about the school festival?

"Ugh...! Don't make me remember this!" Akiyama Mio hurriedly covered her head and crouched down in defense.

Seeing this, Ritsu Tainaka smiled and comforted her:

"Don't be so scared. Didn't we confirm it several times during the dubbing? There's no scene in episode 6 where the blue and white stripes are shown."

"That's terrible too."

......

On the other side, the Hikigaya family.

The fifth episode of Oregairu once again ends with Hachiman Hikigaya revealing himself.

The moment the ending theme started playing, Hachiman Hikigaya's thoughts drifted further and further away.

Episode 5 mainly tells the story of Saki Kawasaki.

She has too many children at home and her family's financial situation is not very good. In order not to cause trouble for her family and to earn tuition fees, she works late at night.

Her younger brother, Taishi, was worried about her safety, so he asked Komachi to help him find the Service Club.

In the animation, the suggestion I gave was to have her try for a school scholarship.

However, in the end, that was only a temporary solution.

Scholarships are too difficult to obtain, and working is a more secure option, so there is nothing wrong with her behavior.

"Brother, don't you feel ashamed to keep exposing your embarrassing past like this?"

"It's alright." Hachiman Hikigaya sighed softly. "By now, I don't care anymore. What I care about is how the audience sees this. Will they find it annoying?"

"No, many of my classmates really like Hachiman Hikigaya, um... the one from the anime," Komachi said with a smile. "They think Hachiman is very cool, and some people have even made a collection of Hachiman's quotes."

"Haha... Is that so? Sorry, I embarrassed you."

"No, I think it's really cool too. It's one thing to constantly complain like that in real life, but it's definitely funny in anime."

Komachi paused for a moment, turned down the TV volume with the remote, and asked in a low voice:

"Brother, what's Kawasaki Saki like in real life?"

"I don't know. We're not in the same class and have never spoken. Since the novel hasn't covered her story yet, I haven't made any effort to find out about her."

"So... will you help her later?"

"I don't know. I'll discuss it with Yukinoshita and the other two, as well as Hiratsuka, later."

The first volume of the novel sold well, and although I only received half of the profits, it was still a considerable sum of money.

Considering that I will be using Kawasaki Saki's name later, it wouldn't be a problem to give her some money under that pretext.

Alternatively, you could talk to Masamune Hayase, since he is the original author after all.

However, the question is whether Saki Kawasaki is willing to accept it?

"Brother, your smile looks weird."

"Is that so? Sorry, I was just thinking about something interesting."

In the animation, I was unable to help her, and the ideas I offered were vague and unrealistic, failing to solve any practical problems.

But in reality, I already have the ability to help her.

After the anime aired, the immense popularity of Oregairu was already a clear trend, and the novel is expected to sell even better in the future.

Even if the copyright revenue is irrelevant to me, the income from the light novels themselves is enough for me to live comfortably for the next few decades.

Thinking about the benefits to come, Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly realized that he didn't actually dislike the situation created by Masamune Hayase.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Speak plainly, don't beat around the bush.

As time went on, the storyboard for the anime "Seitokai Yakuindomo," which Masamune was focusing on, gradually took shape thanks to the hard work of the entire Musashino team.

The selection of voice actors has also been put on the agenda.

Inside his office, Yasuyuki Takeuchi held a stack of voice actor names in his hand, sighing repeatedly.

"President, the voice actor selection should have started earlier, but we've focused all our efforts on storyboarding this past month."

“There are about 400 anime series running at the same time this quarter. By the time we noticed, the famous and talented voice actors were already booked.”

"The voice actors are extremely important in this animation. The supporting roles are a bit better, but it's impossible for newcomers to do a good job of voice acting for the main characters."

Masamune nodded slightly and lowered his head in deep thought.

The anime "Seitokai Yakuindomo" has very high requirements for voice actors, so it's definitely not possible to use inexperienced newcomers, even if they are voice actors from their own agency.

"If we let the main characters like Amakusa Shino and others take the stage themselves, like in K-On!, they should be able to perform perfectly after some simple training."

“That’s not a problem, but the key question is, will they agree?” Takeuchi Yasuyuki put down the list in his hand and said hesitantly.

At that moment, Masamune suddenly realized what was happening.

Could he be deliberately putting on this show in front of me so that I'll invite the male and female leads to do the voice acting?

Honestly, can't you just say what you mean directly?

"It is indeed very difficult, but it is worth a try in order to ensure the quality of the animation."

"However, before that, we need to go and apologize first, and then show them the complete script again."

On the other hand, the five members of K-On! dream of going to the Budokan, which would make it easy to persuade them.

But the four members of the student council who fantasize about being in the same league don't seem to have any dreams at all.

If you try to bribe her, it will be very difficult to win over Shichijo Tenku, the young lady of the Shichijo Group, no matter how much money you have.

"Director Takeuchi, do you have any way to ensure that you can convince all four of them to come and do the voice acting?"

“I feel it’s impossible.” Yasuyuki Takeuchi shook his head slightly. “The scenes in the anime are all embarrassing dark histories for the women themselves.”

"In that case, Director Takeuchi, I'll leave the task of persuading them to come and do the voice acting entirely to you."

Is it that if you can't think of a solution, you have to completely dump the task on others?

Although I had some complaints in my heart, I still had to do the job. In fact, this was my job as a supervisor.

"...President, I believe that professional matters should be handled by professionals."

Do you have any recommendations?

“The student council at Sakuragi High School is mostly female, so it’s easier to communicate with women of the same age. Therefore, I recommend Miyamori.”

"No problem, then it's decided."

The two looked at each other and smiled. Yasuyuki Takeuchi put away the list of voice actors in his hand and said:

"In that case, the voice actors for the male and female leads will be the characters themselves. The voice actors for important supporting roles will also be chosen from the characters themselves. As for other supporting roles with too few lines and extras, we will choose from our company's agencies first."

"After all, this is based on a true story. If we can get the cooperation of the main characters, the quality of the animation will likely be improved again."

"You've wanted to say this for a long time, haven't you?" Masamune chuckled.

"President, what are you saying? I'm just... a little envious of Kinoshita when she was working on K-On! last season. Thanks to those five people, the storyboard drawing was so much easier."

"When we encounter a part that we don't know how to draw, we call the person in charge to discuss it, since it's something that actually happened."

"If you still don't know, then gather all the questions up and go to the school to ask them to reenact the scene on the spot."

At this point, Yasuyuki Takeuchi took out his phone and sent a text message to Aoi Miyamori, receiving a reply quickly.

[I'm on the 12th floor, I'll be right there.]

"Next time, please just say what you need. It's too tiring to beat around the bush like this."

"I'm sorry, I'm mainly unsure of the president's thoughts. After all, this matter seems incredibly difficult."

"When you encounter difficulties, you should find ways to solve them instead of trying to avoid them. In the end, solutions are always found by people."

Soon after, Miyamori Aoi knocked on the door and hurriedly walked in.