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(Cut the potatoes into bite-sized)

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Here.

Yummy!

What a relief.

Please eat a lot.

Yeah!

He'll probably return soon.

Even if he comes back suddenly,

it should be fine.

We're both women.

If you don't like it, you can leave.

- Huh? - Just leave!

Even now,

I still love you, Fuyu!

Are you staying over?

Do you want me to stay?

Sure.

(Hayashi Fuyu)

(Hayashi Kou, Tsuki) Are you alright?

Do you need any help?

No, I'm fine.

Mama, are we having cream stew today?

Tsuki, you love it, don't you?

Yes, I love it.

Let me know if you need help.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

- Then, let's go wait over there. - Yeah.

- Let's go! Looking forward to it. - Yeah.

(CHASER GAME W: My Evil Boss is My Ex-Girlfriend) (Episode 6)

(Harumoto Itsuki)

Geez.

- Were you surprised? - Of course!

But it's warm.

- It's warm, isn't it? - Yeah.

- Thanks, but aren't you cold? - No, I'm fine.

Fuyu...

Hello.

Good job!

What is wrong?

I thought it might be bad,

(Nanase Futaba) but it seems like

(Nanase Futaba) the outcome will be okay,

(Visual Effects) so I thought I should tell you

(Visual Effects) as soon as possible.

I have no idea

what you're talking about.

Itsuki-chan,

good evening.

(Ishii Teruyoshi) Today, Futaba-chan came

(Character Designer) to play at the heated swimming pool.

It was to celebrate finishing drawing

all the main characters of Tennyo Sekai.

Sorry for not inviting you!

No worries.

So,

what was he talking about?

You follow me and

Ishii-san on social media, right?

If you check that, you'll

understand right away.

Yeah.

(Futaba From Dynamic Dream Game Developer)

(I received an amazing illustration!)

(I want to show it to everyone as soon as possible!)

(Ishii Teruyoshi, Former Animator)

(He has returned after a long disappearance)

(Designing characters from "Tennyo Sekai")

(Ah same picture as the one from DD)

So that's how it is.

The fact that they both posted

at the same time,

the news about DD Company

developing a game adaptation of

'Tennyo Sekai' has spread

in the public eye.

That's right.

I thought about deleting it immediately,

but Fuyu-san leaked something

in advance before,

so I thought it might be

okay to cut it close.

Besides,

I wrote down the names of

the staff Futaba-chan told me.

Isn't it great?

This team is amazing!

Huh?

(It's said that 'Tennyo Sekai' has all the talented staffs)

(Jinsenji Akio, Tanaka Takayasu, Shinzawa Ryosuke )

(Amayami Sayaka, Kinokawa Sakura)

Recast them.

Tanaka Takayasu and Shinsawa Ryosuke

have both made controversial remarks

on China.

Here is the proof.

The problem is that a game made

by those staff members

won't pass.

For now,

let's not say anything more

from Futaba-chan's side.

Please tell Ishii-san as well.

- Understood. - Alright.

Nope.

How about an ear cleaning session then?

- Is that okay? - Sure. Here we go.

- I'll put in both at the same time. - Huh?

- It tickles! - Please stay still.

Alright.

(Dynamic Dream)

I double-checked the confidential

agreement thoroughly,

and there shouldn't be any issues.

- With this, Chief Ro should... - Not be angry.

Well, she can't be angry.

Look at how it's trending.

Not just in Chinese,

but also English, Spanish, French,

Korean, Portuguese,

Arabic?

And...

Huh?

Wait, what language is this?

I've never seen it before.

I've never seen a tweet with

over a million reposts either.

Only BTS gets that kind of number.

Yeah.

- Good morning! - Good morning!

Good morning!

(Ro Asami, Chief Producer) Chief Ro, did you check social media?

Yes. Is it about Ishii Teruyoshi

- and Nanase's incident? - Yes.

Here shouldn't be any issues

with what Nanase did, right?

Hayashi-san,

there's an email from headquarters.

- Can you take a look? - Yes.

Regarding yesterday's

social media posts.

Our project has become a global topic.

With the support of

a talented staff and voice actors,

please work hard towards

the game adaptation.

I pray for the success of this project.

What a relief.

That means both the staff and

voice actors are okay, right?

Yeah, it seems so.

Both the staff and

voice actors are fine.

We have a clear path for

the game adaptation now.

That's good.

Wipe off the dirt from my shoes

You think you can get away

with this, don't you?

I'll never forgive you!

Chief Ro.

What happened yesterday,

- I apologize... - Hold on.

You don't need to apologize for that.

We are

done with it.

Done with it?

Regardless of the reason,

(Ando Yoko )

(Manager of Development Department) it was inappropriate to push her, right?

Yes.

Fortunately,

the injury itself wasn't serious,

but Chief Ro

wants you to take responsibility

for damaging her reputation,

she requested that Harumoto-san be

removed from the 'Tennyo Sekai' project.

It's true that I may

have damaged Director Ro's reputation.

But before that, she hurt Fuyu...

She has damaged Hayashi-san's pride.

What about the responsibility for that?

Those two are affiliated with Vincent.

If we interfere too much,

it will be seen as internal meddling.

These things happen when you're working.

Try not to get too down about it.

Who is the one who will

replace me in the team?

At Chief Ro's request...

(Takahashi Misaki, Visual Effects) Starting today,

(Takahashi Misaki, Visual Effects) in place of Harumoto-san,

Takahashi-san has become

the leader of the Japanese side.

I'll do my best to fill in for Itsuki,

so please take care of me.

What do you mean I don't have

come starting tomorrow?

When it comes to work,

there are countless replacements.

So, I just changed the work.

Please go pick up Maya-chan soon.

I think Chief Ro's spy

is Takahashi.

- Do you really think so? - Yeah.

After being removed

from the project once,

it's impossible for her to come back

just because of Chief Ro's request.

There must have been some

kind of deal between them.

But Misaki-san wouldn't

do something like that.

You're too naive, Itsuki.

A spy is someone who

does things that we don't expect.

Yeah.

If, hypothetically, Misaki-san is a spy,

what will you do?

She will probably try

to sabotage the project again

in some way.

To prevent that, we need to

take the initiative,

like Futaba did with yesterday.

Understood.

But

let me investigate whether

Misaki-san is a spy or not.

Sure,

but how are you going to investigate?

DD Company

has someone who can be helpful

in situations like this.

Hmm.

- Hey. - Hmm?

Do you remember this?

- You still had it. - Yeah.

I want to stay like this forever.

Yeah.

Itsuki.

What?

It's nothing.

What is it? I'm curious.

I just wanted to say

that I love you.

Me too.

I'm counting on you.

(Japan Illegally Profiting from 'Tennyo Sekai'!)

(Mastermind is DD Company!)

(DD's causing trouble, I'm disappointed)

(Awful DD, hope you go bankrupt, DD is unreliable)

(It done with integrity, adhering to good principles)

(Failed DD, Maintain some transparency)

(Japan Illegally Profiting from 'Tennyo Sekai'!)

(Mastermind is DD Company!)

Making money illegally,

that's a false story, isn't it?

Not necessarily.

(Sakamoto Ayaka, Storyboard) What do you mean?

Our employees in the past,

exhibited at cosplay events

and doujinshi events.

Thank you.

And used 'Tennyo Sekai'

material without permission.

Cosplay and doujinshi are

almost always unauthorized.

So why are we wrong?

Cosplay and doujin works

exist in a legal gray area.

Since fans do it out of goodwill,

most companies turn a blind eye to them.

Then there's no issue, is there?

But

it's not that simple in reality.

For example, me.

An enthusiastic 'Tennyo Sekai' fan

makes a high quality costume.

Since the quality is so good,

many people say they want to buy it.

Is it okay to sell to friends?

Friends of friends?

People met online?

Then how much should they charge?

Just materials costs?

No, they charge for labor too.

10,000 yen for labor?

100,000 yen? 1,000,000 yen?

Where do you think

the line is crossed in this case?

But I thought China

is so called a copying heaven,

that rips off other people's

stuff like crazy?

That was in the past.

Recently even China has higher

awareness of intellectual property,

and their standards can be

even stricter than Japan's.

Things taken for granted here

could be outright unacceptable in China.

China's scary.

Also, this article.

It is hard to believe that it

was written overnight.

It's very long, after all.

And this person also seems to know

a lot of details about our company too,

like bonuses for going viral on SNS.

An outsider wouldn't

know stuff like that.

Does that mean

there's a spy in our own company?

I don't want to think that.

There is a spy. In this very group.

- Huh? - Good morning!

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

I apologize for keeping you waiting.

Oh, no worries.

Nice to meet you. I'm Honda from

the Special Affairs Division.

(Honda Isao Special Affairs Division)

- Do it. - Yes.

Takahashi-san.

Are you aware of the news articles

criticizing DD Company?

Yes, I glanced over them briefly

before coming here.

May I ask what is you're holding?

Huh?

This is a personal item.

If it's no trouble?

Could I see it?

Well...

You can't show me, right?

Since it would greatly

inconvenience you.

(Fully booked)

You're suspecting Takahashi Misaki

of leaking information

to Chief Ro Asami, is that correct?

It is true that Takahashi-san

and Chief Ro

were seen talking alone together

at the company as if

to avoid being seen.

I knew

Misaki-san was a spy.

I thought so too.

- Huh? - Until I saw this video.

Huh?

In that bag,

wouldn't the articles you

used for the news report, right?

- They're not. - Then let me see.

This was entrusted to me by Chief Ro,

so I have no authority...

Just show me!

Right here,

take a close look.

(Scenario of the animated version of "Tennyo Sekai")

Because I'm such a

huge 'Tennyo Sekai' fan,

Chief Ro asked for my opinion

on the anime adaptation scripts.

But she told me to keep it secret

from the other members.

So it wasn't you

who leaked the news?

I just did what Chief Ro asked of me.

I see.

Sorry about that.

But

if you're not the spy,

then who is?

Now that you mention it,

Yuina isn't here yet.

Good morning.

(Kubo Yuina, Senior Artist)

Do I have something on my face?

Risa.

Please leave a voice massage.

Risa isn't picking up.

There's no way she could be the spy.

(Komatsu Risa 3D animator)

It's usually the unlikely person

who's the spy.

Futaba,

show me Risa's SNS.

Here.

All the cosplay photos

have been deleted.

Risa is the spy?

Komatsu-san has been

officially hired by Vincent Corp.

Did you

have Risa write that article

in exchange for that?

What are you talking about?

Right.

You have an email from headquarters,

please check it.

(We regret to inform you that we wish )

(to reconsider game development)

(matters as well)

For several days since you

requested this case,

I have been monitoring

Chief Ro's behavior for several days.

Turns out, she's been meeting

the same man multiple times.

He may be someone Harumoto-san

is familiar with.

So could you please confirm?

Understood.

Huh?

A...

Aoyama-kun?

(The day before the news released)

Let's go

with these articles then.

Thank you.

And

one other thing...

Yes?

Is it true that Harumoto Itsuki

and Hayashi Fuyu used to be together?

Is that true?

(Aoyama Wataru, Freelance Journalist)

It's true.

To be precise,

they're still together even now.

Hayashi Fuyu

is married with kids, right?

(Next episode) Does that mean DD company

won't get to develop "Tennyo Sekai?"

After the meal,

let's proceed with the plan.

If the project is suspended,

we must separate.

I always knew that

you secretly loved her.

Huh?

What is this important thing?