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I need to get to acting school. It's almost time for my lessons.

Itabashi Third Hospital

Listen to the doctors and stay in bed, okay?

Thank you, nurse.

Sheesh.

Rent-a-Girlfriend

Hello!

Oh, hey, Chizuru-chan.

Did we start already?

There are sixty-five students in this acting school.

Nope, just about to.

Clown Wars

Showing now to packed houses!

Oh lord, they coming!

Coming in 2019

Go back to your roots...

Only one or two get to sign with an agency each year.

And even fewer actually get work.

Chizuru-chan, do you want to get some grub with us?

Sorry, I've got rehearsals now.

Sorry about that!

Don't worry about it.

Chi-chan's incredible.

She never misses an acting lesson,

and she goes to all the courses her agency signed her up for.

She visits her grandma in the hospital twice every day.

And she goes to rehearsals.

Oh, and she takes two auditions a week.

How long is her day? Thirty hours?

Acting school costs 24,000 yen per month.

Even that's pretty reasonable, comparatively.

Yikes! I forgot to go to the bank!

Urk...

I gotta pay the fees this weekend, too.

This is a diet.

Beckoning Cat Troupe Rehearsing

I learn a lot working with the troupe,

but you can find these small ones everywhere.

Oh, how cruel!

Talent, luck, timing...

Without all of those, you're not going to stand out.

I'm sorry!

Did you wait long?

Rental girlfriend work is great.

It pays well, and it lets me choose my own hours.

I can use my free time for myself,

and it's great acting practice.

"Girlfriend and Me"

She hasn't been eating much lately.

I pretty much knew from the start,

from the moment I heard my grandma's diagnosis.

Movie roles aren't easy to land.

I knew I'd never make it in time.

That's exactly why I made sure I wouldn't have any regrets.

So that Grandma wouldn't have any, either.

Obata-san Re: The BLB Movie Audition

There's no way she'll make it to release.

But if I can at least tell her I got picked...

Obata-san Re: The BLB Movie Audition

If I can at least tell her that dreams do come true...

The Big Love Bang

Obata-san You didn't pass the BLB audition. Better luck next time!

Obata-san You didn't pass the BLB audition. Better luck next time!

Got it. Onward and upward!

I failed again.

What else can I even do?

Stop smirking and tell me,

Grandpa...

7 Years Ago

What?!

You got into a fight with some boys because they teased you for not having parents?!

Next time, tell 'em you've got a grandpa who'll run circles around their dads!

Ichinose Sayuri Age 70

Listen up, Chizuru!

Ichinose Katsuhito (73)

Your feelings will always get through!

Huh...

Seventh Grade

Ichinose Chizuru

Are you even listening?!

Chomping on that ice cream...

All men are idiots.

Married 35 years, and still madly in love

They've got their heads in the clouds and can't face reality.

Say "ahh," Katsuhito-san.

They always put on airs and are cowards deep down.

Your granddaughter's right here...

And they're optimistic to a fault.

Listen here, Chizuru.

Dreams always come true.

But Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi Fortress,

and his son Liu Shan got the whole dynasty wiped out by Sima Zhao of the Wei.

Wh-What are you saying?!

The Three Kingdoms

Their dream was passed on and laid the foundation for the 160-year Jin Dynasty!

Huh... Sounds kinda forced.

You're so cynical.

But I love this story.

Oh, do you? I'm glad you get it, Chizuru!

I cut up some watermelon!

What? A hundred shrine visits?

That thing where you keep running up and down the stairs?

Praying to the gods works!

The night before I proposed to Sayuri,

the gods took note of my raging emotions—

That's just superstition.

Hey, Chizuru!

chuckle chuckle

Sit down! You need to learn a lesson!

What?

I loved books and movies even as a child.

I'd often go read in the library on my days off,

and I also saved up my pocket money to go the movies.

ba-dump ba-dump

I'd heard that my grandma used to be an actress.

I'm not sure if that played a part...

But at some point,

I wanted to be like the people on the screen.

It was in ninth grade that I decided to be an actress for real.

I-Is this...

s a n d

C r a n e s

Starring Otori Sayuri, winner of Japan's Rising Star Award

One Thousand Cranes Japanese Drama

Runtime 105 minutes

Wow, this takes me back!

You want to watch it with me? How embarrassing!

What the hell would you know?!

Th-That's Grandma?!

She's a downright filthy liar!

Grandma was a prodigy.

Under the stage name "Otori Sayuri,"

she and her method acting, as they called it,

Give me back my son!

took the acting world by storm in her very first role.

You know, your name was taken from "Senbazuru," the title of this movie.

Your mother often used to say that, like a thousand folded cranes,

she wanted you to grant wishes and bring happiness.

My name...

That was when I learned that you don't "have" dreams, they take you over.

One Thousand Cranes

Can I be like her someday, too?

You have rice on your face, Katsuhito-san.

I wanna be an actress.

An actress like Grandma.

Chizuru...

Chizuru, the world of acting isn't easy.

Well said, Chizuru! Is that your dream?!

You can do it!

I'm sure you can be a wonderful actress like Sayuri!

Yeah!

You can do it, Chizuru!

Yeah!

You can do it!

Yeah!

But still, Chizuru...

You should go to college.

The world's changing fast, and nobody knows what the future holds.

Okay, got it.

That said, I'm so happy that you managed to say your dream out loud!

And here I thought you were a cynical child...

Who? Me?

If you keep dreaming and work hard, your dream will come true!

You have my full support until it does!

And I'm gonna see you perform on the silver screen just like Sayuri did!

That's a promise, Chizuru!

Yeah.

Promise!

It's like the Oath of the Peach Garden!

True!

I'm off!

Morning practice?

I'll give you a ride in my taxi.

Thank you, Grandpa,

Theater Club

for telling me I could do it.

I'm gonna do it.

I'll be an actress.

Courses

1 Course 12,000 yen

2 Courses 18,000 yen

4 Courses 24,000 yen

Like Grandma,

I'm gonna be an amazing actress.

g l o o m

BROKE

I can't afford that.

I'm gonna show you two how I look on the silver screen!

Asuka North High School

You said dreams come true, that you'd support me....

Chizuru.

Mornin'.

Oh, good morning.

So thank you, Grandpa!

The truck driver was distracted

and jumped out on a red light.

Chizuru!

Operating

Will Grandpa be okay?

We don't know...

Operating

Chizuru?

Chizuru!

What? A hundred shrine visits?

Praying to the gods works!

Staying in the hospital won't help save Grandpa!

What I can do for him right now isn't sitting there and crying.

You said it yourself, Grandpa.

That the gods are watching over us.

If you keep dreaming and work hard, your dream will come true!

That you'd see me become an actress.

Your feelings will always get through!

That dreams always come true!

You can do it, Chizuru!

Tell me one more time, Grandpa!

Grandpa...

Grandpa!

His brain suffered a lot of trauma. He isn't coming to.

Tonight will be make or break.

I see...

Katsuhito-san!

Chizuru...

Remember what you said, Grandpa?

You said that you'd see me become an actress, that I had your full support.

Did you know?

My name was taken from a thousand folded cranes...

They make any wish come true.

So if I wish for it, it will work like a charm.

Chizuru...

You said it yourself, Grandpa...

That if you keep wishing for it, you can make any dream come true...

Katsuhito-san!

Grandpa!

How are his vitals?

No change!

Katsuhito-san! Katsuhito-san!

Grandpa!

...true.

...wish... true...

If you wish for it...

your dream...

will... come true...

Itabashi Third Hospital

Itabashi Third Hospital

Rent-a-Girlfriend

Say, Grandpa...

Did you lie to me?

Die you lie to me when you said dreams come true?

If you did,

that's fine.

I know some wishes don't come true, no matter how hard you try.

Obata-san You didn't pass the BLB audition. Better luck next time!

So... So...

Please!

Stop telling me my dreams will come true!

Yes?

It's me.

Open up.

Wha?

Ichinose

What is it? What do you want?

Hey!

Whoa, you can't come inside!

It's fine!

No, it isn't!

This project hasn't launched yet.

Making a Movie Starring Actress Ichinose Chizuru (Upcoming)

Look!

What is crowdfunding?

Crowd...funding?

This is a, uh, proposal?

A request to the site admins to put up a project.

I looked into whether there were any ways to make a movie quickly.

And it's crazy!

People start crowdfundings project and make their own movies for, like, two million yen.

So many people do it!

It'd only take about a month to shoot, too.

That should be enough time, right?

W-Wait, calm down for a second.

I can't!

Theater Rental

Rent-a-Cinema

You can even, like, rent out a screen at a movie theater these days.

With this, we can show Granny Sayuri!

She can see you shining on the screen!

Remember, I'm majoring in business administration.

I'll get the funding,

so star in this!

I knew it.

Let's make a movie together!

Men are idiots.

Sorry.

I... need to think about it.

But we don't have time.

I know.

Just let me think.

I'm losing my mind!

But the clock's ticking...

What's Mizuhara doing? Is she racking her brain?

Oh, what should I do?

What am I, in heat?!

Why? Why'd it have to be a shower?!

Of course she'd have to think about it.

All I've ever done is show her how pathetic I am.

Telling her I want to make a movie out of the blue can't sound too convincing.

But I did my research.

The cost for making your own movie depends on how ambitious you are,

but the equipment, manpower, editing, and other costs

total up around two to three million yen.

Campfire, a massive crowdfunding site, hosts around 200 similar projects per year.

Seventy percent of them reach their goal.

If you can make it to project launch, it's not impossible.

Crowdfunding is, um... er...

Sumi-chan Memo Crowdfunding is...

Blush...

Please Google it yourself!

That leaves the time problem.

Funding will take a month and a half.

Filming and editing should take another month, maybe?

Honestly, I don't know if Granny Sayuri has that long.

But...

So I at least want my grandma to see me performing on screen.

That's my dream.

We just gotta go for it.

Do you have any better ideas,

Mizuhara?

Mizuhara!

Your Project

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Making a Movie Starring Actress Ichinose Chizuru

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Boasting breathtaking looks and incredible acting ability

What's a more professional way to say "I think"?

I don't know if I can do this...

G U L P

S-Sorry I sprang that on you. I should've known it'd throw you off.

But it's your call, Mizuhara.

I'm not gonna force you.

Can you do it... really?

I don't want to waste the time I have left.

If you can't do it, or if you're going to give up halfway,

tell me right now.

I can do it.

I'll show you that I can!

Men really are such idiots.

They put on airs and have their heads in the clouds.

In this world, most dreams don't come true.

Then, please...

Help me make my movie.

So Grandma can see it.

You're on!

I'll do it!

I swear I'll see it through!

No matter what happens!

Come on, it's fine.

You're coming, right, Kazuya?

Not like you'll be the star of the show, though.

Some other time.

And when will that be?

Karaoke Village

A Guide to Making Movies

Hey, Kazuya-kun...

Rich in Courage

Nagomi Sake

Do I have no life?

That's my Sayutaso!

Itabashi Third Hospital

Is that so?

Yeah, yeah.

Café Kanoir

Movin' and Packin'

Let's make a movie together!

Then, please...

Help me make my movie.

What kind of face was I making then?

I'll do it!

Damn it, that idiot.

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