To all those who couldn't become a genius
You suck...
What?
I couldn't hear you.
Eren.
Suck!
Five past eight...
The revision.
I still got work left.
The presentation is at...
SUNYTRY Presentation: 10:00 am!
How long have I been asleep?
You done?
Show me first.
You there?
Calm down... calm down...
It's in Yurakucho.
40 minutes by train, 30 with taxi.
Presentation is at 10:00.
It has to be ready at 9:00 the latest.
Which means, I have 55 minutes.
55 minutes to revise the complete design.
Actually, it's only 54 minutes by now...
Impossible...
Kamiya, you sure Asakura is the right guy for the job?
We're talking 300 million here, 300 million!
It'd be fatal if we lost this competition.
He's right...
Don't worry.
He's got guts.
Well... That's all he has, though.
Right?
Yes!
I gotta do this.
Five parts need revision. 10 minutes per part.
I'll be done in 50 minutes.
Mac! You're slow, Mac!
Match my speed! Don't drag me down!
Nice! Only four parts left.
45 minutes left!
I can do it! Let's go!
As long as it's done before he comes to work.
I can definitely...
Answer me. Now.
Advertising companies.
Huge organizations with thousands of employees
and us designers at the very end of the chain.
With a presentation worth 300 million,
many people from all kinds of departments are involved
and every single design has to be checked multiple times.
In the creative department alone
there are creative directors (CD) at the top,
art directors (AD) to ensure quality
and designers (D) who do the actual work.
This order is absolut. In other words...
The design has to be perfect in order to get approved by the AD and CD.
A designer doesn't get to decide a single thing on his own.
How could I fall asleep...
30 hours ago
The current competition
is for the 10th anniversary poster of a major company's beverage.
I was entrusted with the important task to design the logo.
Such a chance is honestly super rare.
But...
Koichi, this is boring.
22 hours ago
Not good enough.
The lines are too stiff. Give it more personality.
Okay.
No matter how many drafts I come up with, he keeps on rejecting them.
15 hours ago
Of course I'm not just working on the logo all day.
I have to work on stuff for other projects and perform routine tasks.
Koichi-san!
This one as well. Thanks.
11 hours ago
Don't you dare choose a superficial line from somewhere else.
Right...
5 hours ago
Come up with a line that touches you emotionally.
Yes, this is it. The logo is done.
Now I only have to finish the rest of the layout.
After managing to stay awake for 30 hours...
( Incoming call: Kamiya Yusuke )
Hello?
What's the status?
I'm working on it. Don't worry, I...
It's still not done, huh?
Send me the data. I'll finish it up.
You should have told me sooner, stupid.
To Meguro.
And step on it, please.
I've been a designer for an ad company for four years now.
My dream has become real.
But...
Our company has tons of incredibly creative minds like our ace, Kamiya-san.
It's all done. Get things ready.
Already?
You serious?
My everlasting fate.
Always being at the bottom.
Will I ever be able to do a presentation and become as resolute as him?
How about those?
Ah, yes. Thank you very much.
Take this.
Buy yourself a jacket.
Make it snappy.
A jacket?
Did you plan on doing the presentation in this outfit?
Ah, no. I just don't think...
I mean, we're talking 300 million...
You made this part, you present it.
Koichi.
For 100,000 people with a dream,
only 10 people make it at most.
10,000 to 1
This is the reality.
You up to the task?
Yes!
Right now I'm a sleep-deprived and worn-out underling,
but I'm going to make it eventually.
I'll become a shining star.
Watch me!
Eren.
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts Twitter: @hpriestsubs
Hidarikiki no Eren [Eren the Left Handed]
EP1: I'm so full of myself.
'Sup.
My bad, I'm almost done.
We won.
The SUNYTRY presentation.
The 300 million. It's ours.
You better not be slacking.
Of course! This means...
I'm so glad...
I'm really glad I kept at it.
[Art Directors Club]
If this earns me the ADC award,
I'll be the youngest prize winner!
Excuse me...
What is it?
The boss is calling for you.
Got it.
I'm afraid you'll have to work on a different subject.
What do you mean?
I'm taking you off the project.
You simply don't have the experience.
Well...
Being part of such a big presentation must have been quite educational.
Why?
A veteran will handle this one.
Right...
That... only makes sense...
Alright, keep it up.
Why?
Why!?
Why?
Koichi-san...
You should drink some!
It's Kamiya-san's treat today in celebration of your achievement.
The deep-fried food here goes really well with beer!
That's right.
If I consult with Kamiya-san
I'm sure he can persuade the boss for me.
"Let him do it."
I...
I heard.
There will be another chance. Don't get impatient.
It took me a long time to become an AD, too.
Just keep doing your best.
I know! Tell him about that story!
I am.
I am!
I am doing my best!
No sleep. No rest.
I came up with the idea.
It's my design.
I did the presentation!
It belongs to me.
It's my...
My apologies.
I'm going home.
Koichi!
I'm leaving.
It's fine. Sit.
- Sit down! - I said I'm leaving!
Kamiya-san had been talking to the boss until earlier this evening.
I'm pretty sure he fought for you.
But it doesn't seem like he succeeded.
Please try to understand him.
So lame...
I'm so lame...
I'm so...
...full of myself.
An atelier?
That's right.
We better study if we want to get into an art college.
Is that really necessary?
I'm already pretty good at drawing.
Says the guy who rarely comes to the art club...
You know I am, objectively speaking.
Wait, you're leaving already?
Yeah, I'm out.
Wait!
- Hey, wait for me! - What? Don't tag along.
- Why do you always have to be so rude? - What?
- Let me see this. - What? Why? Why?
The cord got entangled. Let me fix it.
Seriously?
Let us at least go and take a look.
Just go by yourself if you want to go that much.
Besides, I don't even want to become a painter.
Then what do you want to become?
A designer.
A designer?
I'll join an ad company,
then I'll become famous
and go out with some bikini model.
Yeah, right. I'm sure you will.
You don't believe me?
My dream will definitely come true, just you watch me.
That's surprisingly pragmatic.
I'm relieved...
That's just the right mindset.
Okay, it's my turn now!
What?
- Is there a problem? - Why? What?
You never walk up there!
Hey, remember the cafe I told you about?
Wanna go there?
Why would we go to a cafe?
- There's nothing to do there. - But sweets...
What's wrong?
Some scribbling?
No...
That's art.
Graffiti art.
Eren?
She's left-handed...
And 100 times better than me...
How can you not be dumbfounded?
Incredible...
Incredible!
Hey! You!
What are you doing!?
Stop right there!
Hey!
That was the first time I met someone like her in my life.
A true genius.
"Suck..."
"You suck..."
Proclaiming that the exhibitions at the art gallery suck...
I'm sure she's still venting her anger somewhere out there.
When I compare myself to her...
I'm just some trash who wants recognition,
an asshole who wants to get praised.
Koichi.
Get serious.
Eren?
You only get to give up
after you've gotten serious.
Come on, Koichi.
Show me what you've got.
Being a mediocrity.
Is that how you're going to fight your mediocre life?
You suck...
That makes 6,500 Yen.
I just...
I wanted to apologize for my rude behaviour just now!
Apologize for what?
I mean, at the izakaya, I was quite...
I don't remember.
Anyway, a new order came in.
I'll send you the details, so get the reference design done by tomorrow.
Understood!
You sure that's enough?
Always talking about work.
It's fine. Nothing else needs to be said.
The enthusiasm I felt back then.
The fact that I've met an actual genius.
It's still driving me forward.
Eren, just you wait.
I won't give up like this!
I'll never give up!
I'm afraid we have to postpone the exhibition.
Yeah, I'm sorry. She's always like this...
Eren!
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts Twitter: @hpriestsubs - ko-fi/patreon: hpriestsubs