With You and the Rain (雨と君と)

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Hi there.

Oh, hi!

Were you waiting long?

Oh, no, not at all.

Welcome.

An iced tea, please.

Right away.

We're meeting today because I wanted to talk to you about a new job.

Ah, yes, I remember.

But you see, the thing is...

Uh, the job is writing the story for a manga.

A manga? I wasn't expecting that.

Should we turn it down?

Oh, come on. Tell me more about it.

Please enjoy.

From what I hear, the request comes direct from the manga artist herself.

Her name is Tokaku Arata.

Tokaku Arata

This is one of hers.

Tokaku Arata

Tokaku Arata

Huh. Why me, I wonder?

I'm sure she's a fan of yours...

Well, I don't have many details.

I wish I could ask someone to write a story for me.

I've never worked on a manga before,

so I'd need to talk to the client before making a decision.

Yeah, that's fair.

Either way, it's best if we respond soon. Let's set up an initial video call, okay?

Sure.

Sounds good.

With You and the Rain

Episode 5: The Same Moon

Oh, hello, Fuji-sensei.

Hello there.

So, um, this is Tokaku Arata-sensei's editor, uh...

I'm Kumanomido.

It's nice to meet you.

Thank you for taking on the story writing for this project.

What?

Um, we haven't accepted yet.

I'm only kidding.

This time, the manga artist herself made a firm request,

so we wanted to have this meeting to, uh, introduce you to her...

Huh? Arata-sensei's offline—

Pardon me.

A moment, please.

The call's happening now.

We're just waiting on you to join.

U-Um, I-I'm too n-n-nervous.

Nervous? Just take a deep breath and join us.

She's not muted.

Oh, my.

Hello.

Let's start with an apology.

I'm sorry for being late. Thank you for meeting with me today.

Nice to meet you. I'm Fuji. I'm curious about your inquiry.

I like your earrings.

Ouch.

First, we'd like to tell you what the request involves.

I-I've read your works, and I'd like you to write a short story for me.

Thank you so much.

Do you have a theme or concept in mind?

I'll leave that up to you.

What?

Huh? U-Uh...

U-Um, it's up to you.

Please feel free to write whatever you like, Fuji-sensei.

It's up to me?

So, um, could you explain what exactly you mean by that?

Anyway, I look forward to working with you.

Wait, hold on.

Hey!

I'll try putting together a rough draft.

Then, let's do another call when the draft is done.

Okay.

Certainly.

See you then.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

I ended up accepting without thinking.

When did autumn get here?

It caught me off guard.

It's really beautiful.

How can I express this in words?

What words could capture this?

Even if I put into words that something is truly beautiful,

people still wouldn't understand.

This is harder than I thought.

It's having fun without a care in the world.

That's the most sincere...

You scared me.

What's up?

You're into them more than the ginkgo trees, huh?

Oh. The thorns.

Here, let me try.

More!

This is pretty difficult.

Let's boil and eat them at home.

You eat them raw?

I brought some apple for your snack today.

Here you go.

Put the chestnuts down maybe?

I want to wash it

I want to wash it

Okay.

I want to wash it

Let's wash it over there.

It's a raccoon.

Is it wild?

No, it's my dog.

Oh, it's yours?

Sorry about that.

It is washing that apple, though, right?

It dropped the apple it was going to have as a snack just now.

Sure, washing the apple is the right thing to do. But you see...

Dogs don't wash apples.

The owner usually does that.

It's actually a raccoon.

Aha! I knew it!

I've never seen a raccoon in person before. It's so cute.

Does it always wash its food before eating?

Yeah. Since it's a raccoon.

Wow, that's amazing.

Sorry for bothering you.

See you later, little raccoon.

Bye.

She called you "amazing."

Good for you, getting a compliment. Right, little raccoon?

You lied!

You lied!

You lied!

Oh, come on. It's no big deal.

What's up?

Don't you want to tell me something?

Don't you want to tell me something?

Don't you want to tell me something?

Don't you want to tell me something?

Don't you want to tell me something?

What? Not really.

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

You're persistent.

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

Look carefully!

Ah, I've got it.

There are two leaves on your head.

Ah, that feels better.

I'm glad I figured it out.

What? It got on there while we were out walking, right?

No

No