With You and the Rain (雨と君と)

Good morning.

Know something?

Even though I've got so much work to do, I end up sleeping a lot every day.

You do it during the day

Not during the day, either.

You do it during the day

And I don't do anything at night, of course.

How about in the morning?

How about in the morning?

I've been doing it in the morning.

How about in the morning?

Time to get up.

With You and the Rain

Episode 10: A River That Cannot Be Crossed

Episode 10: A River That Cannot Be Crossed

Okay.

Let's get started with the meeting.

"Hey there."

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to work with you."

"You say it so casually, but there are just a lot of worrying factors on my end."

C'mon, look that way.

"Think carefully about it yourself first."

Oh, my package is here.

Sorry, sorry.

"Sorry a-boat that."

Hey there.

Um...

Can we get this meeting started?

You are going to work with us, right?

"Sure. You boat-cha."

What a relief.

That got a bit of a laugh, huh?

I got nervous

I got nervous

I got nervous

I got nervous

I got nervous

I got nervous

I think I covered most of it in the email,

but I wanted to ask you again to handle the animation's script.

Thanks for coming on board.

Hiura really wanted you for it, Fu-chan.

What?

That's what you said.

Uh, yeah. I'm counting...

...on you.

Okay.

Are you okay with the delivery date? I'm sure you've got other work, too.

It's all fine.

That's a relief.

Then, let's get straight to it.

Theatrical Animation "Mountain of Storms" (temp title)

Theatrical Animation "Mountain of Storms" (temp title)

Theatrical Animation "Mountain of Storms" (temp title)

Theatrical Animation "Mountain of Storms" (temp title)

All right. I'm counting on you.

Thanks so much.

Right.

A writer, huh?

You really are one now.

Yeah, she is.

Your dream came true.

After all, ever since grade school...

I'm first!

You should study as hard, too.

All right, all right. Come on, come on!

Ouch!

All right!

Huh?

Hiura, watch out!

Well, I guess it was only natural you became a writer.

I agree.

All right. Thanks again.

Oh, that's a hard deadline, by the way.

Right.

You two really haven't changed.

Anyway, thanks again for taking this on.

We're counting on you.

Okay.

I've gotta finish some work.

"It was only natural," huh?

He might be right.

I've always loved books, and I've always been around them.

That's why I thought I could become a writer.

But...

I can't write at all.

It's so boring.

I should've never written a novel.

But aren't you a writer?

But aren't you a writer?

Isn't that Fuji-san?

You're right!

It's been a while. How have you been?

What are you doing now?

What?

A writer? That's impressive.

It's not impressive.

So you sell books, right?

How much do you get in royalties?

I'm so jealous of your passive income.

It's not passive income.

Must be nice. You get to do what you love as a job.

It's not like that at all.

I can't write.

This is tough.

Why am I doing this?

Oh, sorry.

Time to eat

It's already that time, huh?

Here you go.

How it starts out is good.

No, it's no good at all. It's got no end.

You're not gonna eat?

Me?

I'll get sleepy if I eat.

I won't eat until I finish this.

You've got this!

Thanks.

A writer? That's impressive.

Must be nice. You get to do what you love as a job.

Everyone should have the right to make a living doing what they love.

No, that's not the point.

The struggles.

The fear of being read.

I wonder if I could endure them if I loved it.

I mean, it's not like they're reading it. I'm making them read it.

Huh?

What if... I just keep it simple and link this part to the end?

Done.

I think.

Are you done?

Yup, almost there.

Are you okay?

I know.

I should be reading them, not piling them up, right?

I breezed through them.

Writing's such a struggle, but reading's so easy. There's such a huge difference.

I've loved books ever since I was little.

And I still love books as an adult.

But...

I don't love to write.

Just loving it isn't enough.

I know this isn't the best thing to do at this time. But...

Was it good?

Here's a question.

What is this?