Please read this.
Maybe she's read my love letter and is on her way here to give me an answer!
Tiger?
You're going to wait here with me?
The Great Passage
On a quiet dreamlike morning
The crimson sky shines through the window and reflects off my pen
In the vivid clatter of the night, I wander between cities like a cat
Deep thoughts
A flexible conception
Foreseeable aspirations
Distant memories
Unruly hair
A narrow mind
A large circle of friends
A long silence
A short greeting
Tone of voice
The light in our eyes that slightly differs
Traces of friendship that's not in the treaty
In the ocean that sweeps the sand of eternity
Swept and sunk in the waves with sparse opposites and similarities
Clashing and exact opposites become resolved and connected
Reference
Conclusion
I'll gather words
that have
scattered
over
many
months and years
With the fragrant sea breeze, the connection that rests on the seashore becomes one
Resonance
Um...
I-I-I'll be going now!
Huh?
Micchan?
In other words, you couldn't handle the pressure of waiting for her answer,
but you bumped into Kaguya on your way out and ran off again.
That's why you were here at work at 6.
Looking at the vocabulary list relaxes me.
Now's not the time to be relaxing.
I can't do this anymore.
What?
She could've come to give me an answer, but I ran away.
I'm such a fool.
A dolt. A joke. A numbskull. An imbecile.
Look, who cares?
I mean, you might be right that it's over.
But it's not set in stone yet.
Do you really think so?
If you're having regrets, just go ask for her answer as soon as you get home.
Huh?
Stop wasting any more time on this!
You'd better settle this by today.
Got that?
You'd better not run!
I'm going to check on you tomorrow.
Where did you go off to yesterday?
You were gone all day. Did you find yourself a girlfriend?
Oh, have a nice day at work.
Thanks.
It seems like Micchan went to work extra early today.
Yeah. Long before you even woke up.
Really?
What?
Kaguya, last night...
Huh?
From the looks of her, it seems there hasn't been much progress.
Honestly, what are they doing?
Is something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
I have mail for you.
Oh, thank you.
It's rather chilly today, isn't it?
It's really cooled down.
Apparently, it'll be even colder tomorrow.
It will? I see.
Let's find an opening to temporarily put our work with The Great Passage on hold
and focus all of our attention on the Genbu Japanese Learning Dictionary.
There's no way we can finish it on such short notice.
When editing a large dictionary, there are bound to be setbacks.
Unfortunately, we're just a bit shorthanded.
Honestly, how many years is it going to take us to finish The Great Passage at this rate?
I'm wondering if the company really intends to make a dictionary.
They don't give us the manpower we need, then they pile on this revision work.
It's like they're waiting for us to throw in the towel.
There has been someone who has completed a major dictionary on their own.
Major dictionary?
It's a dictionary with many volumes or pages.
How do you not know that?
How long have you—
Sorry!
So, what dictionary was that?
Genkai.
Genkai?
Oh, it means "Sea of Words."
It's Japan's first modern dictionary created by a man named Otsuki Fumihiko back in the Meiji Period.
Otsuki Fumihiko used every second he had as well as all his savings to complete this dictionary.
Really? Why go that far, though?
Perhaps it was karma.
Actions of the heart that ignore all reason.
Karma also has other meanings.
It can refer to one's work or deeds.
Some could call it a higher calling.
One works because they are compelled to do so by some higher power.
We are also the same.
Yes.
But while Otsuki Fumihiko was alone, we at least have each other.
So let's not give up and find a way.
Yes.
You're right.
Uh, I don't know how to say this...
What is it, Nishioka?
I'm sorry!
This is very hard for me to bring up!
It seems I'll be transferring to the PR Department in the spring.
What do you mean?
Well, it was one of the conditions for continuing with The Great Passage.
What? Why didn't you mention this earlier?
Well, they just told me yesterday.
I needed some time to process it, you know?
Honestly...
So, are you going to be okay?
Well, I'll manage...
This is a bit of a problem.
I thought we would be okay with both you and Majime to count on.
Huh?
We were discussing having Majime do the practical work while you would handle the negotiations.
Now we'll have to rethink this from the beginning.
Yes.
Mr. Matsumoto, Araki.
I'm sorry.
You have nothing to apologize for.
Dammit.
Does that mean they're not going to spend any more for our labor?
Does that mean Majime will be the only full-time employee left?
That's just...
Nishioka is being transferred?
Without Nishioka, I'll have to negotiate with the company and do all the editing work all by myself?
Teach me!
The Dictionaries!
Oh no. Oh no.
What's the matter with all of you?
Genkai is coming!
Genkai?!
The legendary dictionary written by Otsuki Fumihiko all by himself with thousands of printings!
The one said to have been used by both Natsume Souseki and Akutagawa Ryuunosuke?!
The one said to have had a page eaten by an old poet.
What? People eat dictionaries?
Genkai is coming here today?!
He's here!
Genkai Published in 1891, Japan's first modern dictionary
It's Genkai!
So the other day I saw...
I'm sorry things turned out this way.
No, it's not your...
Thanks to you...
You protected The Great Passage.
Yet...
I'm going to work hard and do everything I can until the day I'm transferred out.
Can I really go to outside meetings
and collect manuscripts
like Nishioka does?
Micchan. Can't you hear the kettle?
The kettle is whistling!
Micchan! Micchan?
Sea of Words
Chef: One who makes a living with food. Kitchener.
Kitchener?
That's almost never used these days.
Words are alive. They change with the times.
There are some that even disappear.
In that sense, Sea of Words might not be a dictionary for our modern world.
But...
the care and thought...
that was poured into it...
Karma also has other meanings.
It can refer to one's work or deeds.
Some could call it a higher calling.
One works because they are compelled to do so by some higher power.
We are also the same.
That's right.
Mr. Matsumoto, Araki, and I have been put on this path.
We've answered to this higher calling.
I'm sure Kaguya has as well.
I'll make this dictionary.
I'll make The Great Passage.
I have to settle this.
I'm home.
Kaguya.
I would like to get your answer.
Answer?
If your answer is no, there's no need to spare my feelings.
I've prepared myself.
Hold on a second.
Are you talking about the letter you gave me yesterday?
Yes.
I-I-I'm...
I'm referring to my love letter!
I'm sorry!
That means I was rejected, doesn't it?
Tiger.
Tiger?
Tiger...
I guess you're not coming by tonight.
I'm here.
Kaguya?
Um, why?!
How could I not come after receiving such a heartfelt letter?
Huh?
When you gave me it yesterday, I thought it was a love letter for a second.
But when I tried to read it, it was hard for me to understand.
So I wasn't sure anymore.
I spent all night with it, but I couldn't figure it out at all.
So I went to ask you, but you ran away.
I'm sorry.
After you clearly said it was a love letter, I wanted to try to read it over again to make sure.
That's why I ran back to my room like that.
So you...
Yeah.
I have feelings for you.
Yeah.
Um, what do you mean by that?
Remember when we both rode that Ferris wheel at the amusement park together?
At that point, I'd already...
I can't believe you went around it twice.
I'm so embarrassed.
I have feelings for you too.
Resonance
To create a harmony with another person "They had a strong resonance with each other"
Resonance
To create a harmony with another person "They had a strong resonance with each other"
"Hey, it's a full moon tonight"
I tell you softly as you sleep
Your gestures, attitude, and way of life
Mean so much more to me than any word
So please stay the way you are
I & I = You & I feel it
Here with you, forever by your side
I've loved you
Since the day we met
Karma.
Something we're all born carrying.
That's heavy!
Nishioka doesn't seem to have been.
So what's your karma then, Sasaki?!
Would you like to know?
I'm sorry!
Oh, too bad.