July 13th.

Saturday.

Blue skies.

Speaking of which, after entering the holidays, the concept of weekends has become ambiguous.

Anyway, every day is a holiday, so what's the difference between Saturday and Monday?

No, the answer is.

For animation lovers, every day of the week is completely different.

Especially in July, episodes of the summer anime are broadcast.

"There's a second episode of O Ermelo II tonight, I'm really looking forward to it."

Qiao Qiao was on the subway and said casually.

This caught the attention of Hashimoto Kotone, who was on the sidelines.

She seemed to want to say something, but she stopped talking.

Today, Qiao Qiao found Hashimoto Kotone alone, and went out with Asano Ariko, and the three of them went out together, which made Hashimoto Kotone confused and a little restrained.

She's an introvert herself.,Although it's not so bad that you can't communicate with people normally.,But it's really difficult to discuss this kind of otaku-oriented topic like Qiao Qiao or Asano Ariko.。

"If you want me to say, Takagi-san is more worth looking forward to tomorrow night!"

Asako Asano stood on the left hand side of Qiao Qiao and said excitedly.

"Ah,That's good.,This summer's new one feels very strong.。

"It feels good to have suffered O.,I've seen the original comics.,It's a very good comic to teach survival knowledge.。

"Hey,That's instant noodles.,I still prefer the street O demon like this.,There's an animation of soft and cute girls.。

The two chatted about the topic of animation in a few words, and Hashimoto Kotone's heart itched when he heard it.

Finally, when the subway passed through Keage Station, Hashimoto Kotone couldn't help but speak.

"The ......"

"What's wrong? Hashimoto-san? ”

Seeing this, Asako Asano tilted her head and asked.

"Actually, the most anticipated thing in July should be the Ice O War!"

Hashimoto Kotone said as if he had turned on a switch.

"The original work of this animation began to be serialized in 05.,Unlike other comics.,I chose the theme of Vikings.,The style of painting is also very tough.,There's no doubt that it's an excellent original!"

"The production company of the animation is WIT, and this is the company that produced that phenomenal animation giant, and it must be handy with this kind of theme!"

Her voice also grew a little higher.

attracted the attention of the people around him.

At the same time as he realized this, Hashimoto's face was flushed, and it seemed that steam was emitting.

"Yes, I'm sorry."

She hung her head.

"Hashimoto-san, it seems that I have studied this kind of thing a lot, and so did the previous movies."

Qiao Qiao sighed with emotion, making Hashimoto Kotone raise his head again.

"In the past, my family was always busy, so I had to watch rented movies and animations on my own VCR."

Hashimoto Kotone said simply.

When she was in elementary school, Shimogamo Shrine had not yet declined to the extent it is now, and her father, who was a priest, often had to go out to do the de-spiriting work, leaving Hashimoto Kotone alone at home with nothing to do.

So, my father went to rent some video tapes to relieve the children's boredom.

However, his father, who doesn't know much about movies, doesn't know that the videotapes he rented back are also mixed with some low-budget films, which are commonly known as B-movies.

Although the production cost of B-grade films is very low, the themes are all pleasing to movie audiences, such as horror, science fiction, gangsters, etc., all of which are liked by B-grade films.

These films left an indelible impression on Hashimoto's young mind.

However, in horror movies, Hashimoto Kotone is still a little unpleasant, and many movies are watched between my fingers.

There is also a late-night animation at the same time.

Since Hashimoto often waited for her father to come home, late-night animation on TV became one of her entertainments.

At a time when his peers were still watching ju-series animations such as Sea O King and Fire O Ninja, Hashimoto Kotone had already begun to watch such types of animations as Ryo Kasuga and the rebellious Lu O Xiu.

From here, Hashimoto Kotone embarked on the road to the otaku and never returned.

"Teacher, don't add strange narration."

Asano Airiko stared at Qiao Qiao and said.

"Watching anime isn't something to be ashamed of, and it's a good thing that Hashimoto-san has his own hobby."

Although this sentence is said by a shrine maiden who is working as a Vtuber, it seems a bit unconvincing.

"Speaking of which, the video studio that commissioned us to go today is also making a short film."

There are still two subway stops away, and Qiao Qiao sent the materials commissioned today to Hashimoto Kotone on Line.

Hashimoto Kotone, who was originally a little timid about these materials, couldn't help but be a little curious when he heard Qiao Qiao's statement, so he clicked on it and looked at it.

"This ...... It's the mode of B-grade films. ”

Kotone Hashimoto saw the description of the movie shot by that video studio.

The movie they shot tells the story of a film crew who were really attacked by zombies in the process of filming a group of photography enthusiasts to shoot zombie films, and then dodged the zombie attack while shooting.

Triple nesting dolls.

In addition to cult, there is also a hint of TA undertones.

What's more noteworthy is that when shooting the plot of photography enthusiasts, the method of one-shot to the end is adopted, which is quite a test of scheduling ability.

It's just a video studio, but it's not a small one.

After reading the information, the subway also happened to arrive, and the three of them walked to a hotel at the foot of Mt. Hiei, where the people from the video studio lived.

"There is an abandoned sewage treatment plant in the mountains, we stumbled upon it before, and we thought it was good to use it as a background, so we came to shoot, but we didn't expect to find a body in the woods over there."

Qiao Qiao was greeted by a man with glasses, who is the owner and director of the video studio. The name is Satoshi Furukawa.

He speaks with a slight Kyoto accent, but it's not obvious.

"Later, when we continued filming, we found that there was an unexpected shadow in the video."

As he spoke, Satoshi Furukawa played their video to Qiao Qiao and the others.

Hashimoto Kotone was a little afraid to watch it, but soon, because the plot itself was quite interesting, it was watched as a B-grade movie.

I watched it quite seriously.

Qiao Qiao also watched the movie carefully.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being a low-budget film shot by a video studio, perhaps to emphasize the setting of photography lovers in the film, and the lens and tone always have a kind of home video texture.

The movie itself is a short film, just over thirty minutes.

The first half is the process of photography enthusiasts being attacked by zombies, and the second half is how to shoot the first half.

Qiao Qiao remembers that there is a movie that is similar to the technique, and this short film should be emulated from that one.

"Right here."

Satoshi Furukawa suddenly paused the movie twenty minutes into playing.

This is a scene where the photographer holds a camera and captures a conversation between enthusiasts.

Satoshi Furukawa pointed to a corner of the picture.

Hashimoto looked there.

In the corner, a woman in a red dress is staring at the viewer outside the frame.