A revision? Where?
But that doesn't exactly warrant a...
Yamashita-san is the one in charge.
Why didn't you revise it?
No. They eventually approved it.
I just got a call from the client. They're canceling the contract.
I was thinking about the team!
You dimwit! Team my ass!
This job ain't some joke!
Yamashita-san...
I'm sorry. Her water broke just now. I'll call you back.
Just listen to me come back here already!!
I was proposed to.
You can have it back.
Have it back?
Your life. Give it to me.
I'm sorry...
Eren.
He keeps saying stuff like that at the company all the time now.
He's like a second Yanagi. People even call him Yanagi Junior...
You told me something. "There's always another life in the shadows."
The shadows don't interest me.
I want to defeat Kamiya-san.
Try me.
Asakura here.
How's the illustration coming along?
I'll come and get it now.
Doesn't matter. I'll wait until you're done.
Later.
Hey, you better not go and breath down the neck of a subcontractor.
That's against the rules.
It's their fault for being slow.
You want to get sued for power harassment?
I'm simply following Yanagi-san's example.
If you've got any complaints, please go to him.
Jerk.
Don't give me that senior attitude.
I'm getting shit done to silence the small fry.
A dialogue? Why am I doing this again?
For your next movie.
Since you're playing an art student,
you're having a dialogue with an active young creator.
We've already talked about this.
You should pick one of them.
Not interested.
Well, I guess I'll do the picking then.
I've decided.
My ex.
What do you mean?
Koizumi is taking over the illustrator project.
I want to know the reason.
They're scared of you. They say you're giving them a hard time.
I've been working on this project for half a...
It's not your project, it's the company's project.
Maybe you're getting the wrong idea.
I'll teach you.
There are four types of businessmen.
One: Skilled and irreplaceable. In other words, the stars of a company.
Eccentrics, most of them.
They have unique know-how and connections.
Two: Skilled but interchangeable.
They're the main force.
Easy to manage, easy to use.
Three: Incompetent but irreplaceable.
For their own good,
they should find a different occupation.
Unique and somewhat special.
Four: Incompetent and interchangeable.
That's most people in their youth.
No assets. Perseverance prevails.
Trying their best.
Which one do you think is the most important for a company?
- One. - Two!
Skilled but interchangeable.
There's no need for stars.
They eventually run away anyway.
Just like Kamiya.
But Two can be trained from a rookie to a main soldier of the workforce.
In my eyes, the strongest team is
a reproducible and easy-to-use corps.
Trust me, Asakura.
You're never going to be like Kamiya.
Acting like some foolish wannabe star.
You don't have it.
Higher dimensional thinking.
A novelist-like way with words.
A unique aesthetic sense.
Those things...
They're called talents.
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Hidarikiki no Eren [Eren the Left Handed]
EP8: I didn't have the talent.
Yes.
Here's creative team. Mr. Asakura?
Koichi-san.
It's some English bitch.
Yes?
Hello! It's me!
Long time no hear. How about a talk?
Sounds good, right?
When are you free?
Koichi?
I thought I was never going to be equal to you?
I mean, it's not like you're ever going to be equal to me.
I said that?
Don't look down on me.
Has your personality changed?
It hasn't.
Ah, which reminds me. Have you been in contact with Eren?
I met her in New York the other day and...
I don't fucking care!
Just leave me alone.
Why so angry?
Eren and you...
To me, you're like Ichiro.
Ichiro, Jobs, John Lennon and all those people...
All of you are protagonists.
I'm not.
The heck?
I thought that Eren and Akari are on the other end of this path.
But if there's nothing connecting us...
You suck.
You have such a low self-esteem?
...why have we crossed paths?
Go ahead, laugh.
I still...
...want to become Ichiro.
You were turned down?
I can't believe this.
Me being turned down...
I see...
Compared to the Giga Kara Chips days, he's a completely different person.
I guess I better avoid Kamiya-san then.
Why would you have to avoid him?
I heard what you said.
Are you thinking about quitting?
I'm going independent.
I leave Koichi in your care.
But there's nothing I can do.
We're in different departments.
That's fine. You don't have to do anything.
Just be there as a senior who cares about him.
That alone makes it hard for people to break.
What do we do?
It's not like Asakura and I are close or anything.
We actually can't stand each other.
There's never been a bond between us from the start.
Unless we have...
Asakura. I've got a job for you.
Here you are.
Thanks.
Why can't Southpaw paint anymore?
I wasn't enough.
Where is she?
She's in Yokohama, right?
The place of her rival, huh.
( Bashamichi Art Academy )
Eren.
Now that's a surprise!
There still hasn't been any child as talented as you.
Those days were fun.
With you being here.
As well as Sayuri and Koichi.
That drawing has always been there.
After all you're both our most successful alumni.
Koichi is doing great.
Incredible, right?
Something's different...
The client is Sonomiya Pharma.
The PR director is the president's daughter.
She's been ordered to revamp their struggling cosmetics business
and has asked us to help her.
Their current ad is this one.
Akari and Eren...
I wanted to see the same scenery as them and Kamiya-san.
But all I got to see was them.
We have an orientation scheduled for introductions.
It's only an hour.
Something... "I have to become something."
I've always wanted to become something for someone.
But what I've become is an interchangeable person with skill.
An inferior copy.
Koichi, are you listening?
Okay, let's go.
I've had enough.
Let's put an end to this.
This will by last project.
You're not staying in contact?
Your ability is the ability to see.
Go and see it for yourself, with your own eyes.
- Good morning. - I've been expecting you.
Thanks for having us.
This time our AD Asakura will be in charge.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
She's the PR director, Sonomiya Chiaki.
It's my first time being in charge of a rebranding.
I'll do my best and I appreciate your support.
- This way, please. - Okay.
I don't want to be in her shoes.
She's got no experience whatsoever
and suddenly got promoted to head of PR...
Miss PR Director.
Papa...
Mr. President.
May I join your meeting?
Akari!
Here. Those are all.
Thanks.
Somebody has gotten cocky...
Please, sit.
That isn't your place to sit.
Okay, first...
Let's hear the proposition from the people of Meguro AD Agency, shall we?
Proposition?
Mr. President, today is just for orientation.
Orientation?
It's been two weeks since I've instructed you with this task.
Will we make it in time for a spring release at this leisurely pace?
You're too slow, Miss PR Director.
I know.
But...
Excuse me.
I think today's schedule is more than enough to make it in time.
First, we put together a foundation and then...
Let's decide on the direction of the rebranding right here, right now.
Asakura, don't.
Pardon my rudeness.
I'm our AD, Asakura.
Is he trying to twist their arm?
There are two things we have to decide.
A new name for the brand and a direction for the ad.
I'd like to hear your vision for the brand.
I hate to interrupt,
but is there any need to change its name in the first place?
It hasn't been long, but we already got its name out there.
What's your take on this?
- Personally, I... - Personally?
- I sort of... - What do you mean, sort of?
A leader shouldn't make remarks according to their mood.
Sonomiya-san.
Where lies the strength of this brand?
We're a long-standing pharmaceutical company
and we're confident in our quality.
Every brand proclaims to be of high quality.
Is there any way of conveying it objectively?
No...
If you're looking for quality, we can't match those luxury cosmetics...
But in our price range, nobody can beat us.
Thank you for your insight.
inexpensive and high quality
Please rephrase this in your own words.
Not as the PR Director but as yourself.
It's so good, yet I'm glad it's cheap.
inexpensive and high quality
Please continue.
If I had the money, I'd want to get even better products,
but that's not what those cosmetics are about.
You're not supposed to use them for a date.
Being a more casual brand,
you'd want to use it on no-makeup days...
I see them as cosmetics for ordinary days.
That's your vision for the brand.
What about this for the new name?
Weekday
Weekday...
She's already come up with the slogan as well.
I think "Makeup for No Makeup Days" is pretty nice.
A beautiful slogan.
Yes.
Thank you for helping me out there.
We're the ones who should be thanking you.
The issue with your current ad campaign has become clear.
Maybe top model Akari-san isn't the right fit for our brand.
Empathy is more important than admiration.
I think a more unknown person and a more raw picture is what you need.
Agreed.
So we're going to get things ready for an audition first.
Thank you so much!
Okay then, we'll keep in touch.
Is something wrong?
I'm happy to be working together with someone as talented as Asakura-san.
Thank you for your help.
Now, if you excuse me.
Must be nice being creative.
You were surprisingly motivated.
I was just frustrated with the bad planning.
Clumsy yet honest and hard-working...
Like your old self.
Thanks.
I just got a call.
The contract with Sonomiya Pharma.
It won't get renewed come next term.
Uh-huh.
The next one in charge
seems to be the person you tried to have a dialogue with.
Asakura Koichi.
What do you think?
I don't think she's the one.
I agree.
She only had a small repertoire of smiles
and I think I want a girl with more expressive power.
The next one has acting experience,
so let's look forward to her.
Yes.
But an experienced yet nameless girl is hard to find.
I'm sure we'll find one.
Let's be patient about this.
You're right.
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