The next day
Kamiyama High School - Class 2-A

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Nene

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(Thanks to Miku and the others, my story's mostly all set now...)
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Nene

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(There might be a little too much going on... But I guess that can't be helped since everyone gave me so many ideas...)
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Morning, Kusanagi!
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Nene

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Oh... M-Morning, Shiraishi.
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What's this you're reading?
Oh, could it be...?
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Is it the screenplay for our film?! It's already finished?
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Nene

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More or less... But I'm not sure you can call it that since it's still pretty rough.
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No, that's totally fine! You knocked it out so fast! Can I take a look at it...?!
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Nene

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Uh, sure...
I was actually planning on having everyone read through it later.
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Awesome! Alright, how does it start?

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Akito

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What are you two looking at...?
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Oh, Akito!
The screenplay for our film's sorta done!
Wanna take a look at it with us?
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Akito

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Oh, for the festival?
I don't mind waiting until later...
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No, come join us!
Kusanagi worked really hard on it, so we should read through it together! Here, sit with us!
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Akito

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Alright, I'm coming...
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So, this story takes place way in the future...
And a series of disasters has led humanity to the brink of extinction...

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Food has become scarce with the land now arid and no longer producing crops, causing great suffering.
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Akito

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Talk about a heavy setting.
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Akito

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However, a number of the privileged employ cooks from the “Dark Culinary Society” to hoard all the food for themselves so that they can live in luxury.
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Akito

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One man saw this injustice and stood up...
They call him the “Wandering Cook”. The freedom fighter who's sworn to make food for those in desperate need...
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And so, with stomachs rumbling, the battle between the Dark Culinary Society and the Wandering Cook will soon begin...
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Akito

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...
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Akito

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This story's... Interesting...
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Nene

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Y-Yeah, I get how you feel...
It sorta just ended up like this after trying to work in everybody's ideas...
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Akito

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Now that you mention it, I am recognizing a few that came up...
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That's amazing, Kusanagi.
You managed to get all those different ideas to work as a coherent story.
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Nene

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I-I'm not sure coherent is the right word... I asked some friends for help, but I'm still a little worried...
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Don't be!
I think it's gonna be really fun!
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I really love how the hero fights to make food for all those in need. That's so cool!
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Nene

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Th-Thanks...
I'm really glad you feel that way.
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Now that you've drafted a screenplay for us, Kusanagi, we can really get the ball rolling. What else do we still need to come up with...?
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Nene

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I'm still not sure about that either...
I was thinking that we should start by splitting into groups.
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Groups?
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Nene

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Yeah, all films involve a lot of different people and groups working together. Actors, costume designers, cinematographers, prop designers, editors...
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Nene

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But I don't know how we're going to decide the groups... It'd be great if we could have people with knowledge about those fields...
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Akito

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Then, why not just go ask?
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Nene

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Huh?
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Yeah!
For example... Tachibana probably knows a ton about designing costumes!
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Nene

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(Tachibana...?
She's the one who's always wearing a lot of jewelry and stuff, right?)
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Nene

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(The thought of talking to her never really crossed my mind since it feels like we live in completely different worlds...)
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Oh, there she is!
Hey, Tachibana!
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Nene

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(Huh...? W-Wait, now...?!
I'm still not ready to...!)
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Tachibana

You called? What's up?
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Nene

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(Whoa... Her makeup looks even more conspicuous up close...! H-How am I supposed to talk to her...?)
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Tachibana

Oh, the director's here.
Is this about the festival?
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Nene

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U-Umm...
So, we were just looking for someone to talk to about costumes for the film, and your name came up...
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Tachibana

Really?! You can count on me.
I love designing clothes and stuff.

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Nene

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Y-You do...?
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Tachibana

Yup! Gimme just one second...

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Tachibana

Here, take a look.
It's a little beat up, but...
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Nene

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A sketchbook...?

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Nene

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Wait, these clothes... Did you design all these...?
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Nene

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(And there's dozens of pages...
She's even gone into really fine detail... Which fabrics to use, how to get these shapes and even the concepts for each design.)
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Akito

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Wow.
You designed all these yourself?
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Tachibana

Yeah, because I wanna become a fashion designer. I try to come up with new ideas every day.
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And the teachers are constantly on your case about drawing stuff during class.
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Tachibana

Hey, you don't have to go there!
I mean, An, you're one to talk.
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Tachibana

Anyway, ask me whatever you want about this stuff. I'll be more than happy to help...
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Nene

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Th-Thank you...
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Tachibana

Then, let me know once you know what you wanna do.
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Nene

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(I see...)
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Nene

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(Tachibana is working really hard to make her own dream a reality.)
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See? Why don't we go around to ask what everyone in our class is good at and stuff?
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Nene

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Yeah, that might be a good idea...
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Alright, then...
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Hey, everyone! Listen up!
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Classmates

H-Huh?
What's going on?
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Akito

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You're really starting now...?
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Hey, it's faster if we just ask everybody at once!
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There's some things we wanna ask you guys regarding the arts festival. Do you mind helping us out?
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Nene

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Oh...
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Female Students

Ooh, is this about our film?
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Male Students

Come to think of it, nothing's really been decided yet.
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Nene

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So, in order to get it off the ground, we're gonna need to figure out how to film it and edit and stuff. I don't know how to do a lot of those things, so...
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Nene

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We wanted to see if anyone in our class does.
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Classmates

About filming...
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Amisawa

Oh, I know a few things about shooting films and stuff because it's my dad's hobby!
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Amisawa

We might have some spare equipment lying around at home. I'll ask to see what he'll let me borrow...!
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Soda

Like I mentioned the other day, since we're doing an action film, we've got plenty of judo and karate club members ready to help!
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Soda

Not just judo and karate. Boxing too...
We've got a lot of skilled martial artists who've been training since they were little!
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Nene

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Th-Thank you...
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Soda

Also, this is a class project. It wouldn't be fair for us to make you do everything, Kusanagi.
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Amisawa

I agree! We're sorry about not helping you sooner, so please let us know what you need.
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Classmates

Yeah...
Let's make our film a good one, Director!
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Nene

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Okay, thanks...
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Nene

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Let's all do our best.
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Classmates

Yeah!
Next Chapter: Action!