204. The first day of Shikoku
() After the long March 25th, it was less than two days before the cherry blossoms bloomed in Tokyo.
Whether it's the Meguro River or Yoyogi Park, it's crowded with people, crowded with people, and it's full of people.
Yu Murakami and Nobunaga Shimazaki went to Shinjuku Gyoen once, and after walking around, there was no extra time to feel the seasons.
"Murakami, it's a good errand." On the last day of March, Akira Ishida said to him with a smile.
Yu Murakami doesn't look forward to the good errand in Akira Ishida's mouth, and certainly doesn't hate it.
"What kind of activity is it?" He asked.
The wrinkles at the corners of Akira Ishida's eyes wrinkled slightly, and he said with a smile: "Shikoku is going to invite "April" to perform and premiere, including food, accommodation and tickets, and the remuneration is high. ”
"Shikoku?"
In April 2014, he had no affection for the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, and only thought about traveling around the island country on JR and wandering to uninhabited places.
If you are tired of nature, you can find a bookstore and pick up a copy of the otherworldly or high-civilization immersive.
A year has passed, and now he has become accustomed to the crowds of Tokyo, and the idea of going out for a walk has gradually faded.
But when Akira Ishida suddenly said that he could go to Shikoku, an area that had not yet been deeply explored, he suddenly became interested again.
"What about time?" He asked.
"It's about three or four days, and the specific time is not allowed. Tamamo Park in Takamatsu City is preparing for an open-air performance by the "April" team, but in case of rain, it will have to be postponed. ”
"That's it."
Three or four days, although not long, but not short.
"When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow. You've already started booking your ticket, so you should be notified by someone from April or Shikoku. ”
"Okay."
"It's okay to sing, right?" Akira Ishida knew that Yu Murakami had been a singer in "Asahigaoka Idol is a Legend", but he still asked with concern.
"There should be no shame." Murakami said with a smile.
"That's good, I couldn't be more reassuring about you."
Out of the office, Yu Murakami finished today's animation and game dubbing, didn't go to the coffee shop to work, and went straight home to pack his luggage.
"Brother You, won't you come back for a few days?" You Mubi pouted.
"Yes."
"But I'll start school tomorrow." You Mubi barely hugged the thick neck of the panda doll, "I still want to take a photo with you." Waseda is also close to Shinjuku, and you can also help guide the way and pick up your luggage. ”
"The only thing you know about is the alleys of the three chomes," Suzune Sakura said angrily, "You won't even look at a place like a school." ”
In the alleys of Shinjuku Sanchome, there are bars except for izakayas.
Higashiyama put his arms around Sakura Suzune: "Suzune, don't be angry, don't you just can't go out to play?" Next time off, we'll go out together. ”
Although Suzune Sakura also starred in "April", she was not in the invitation team.
"You don't understand." Sakura Suzune hugged Higashiyama and pinched her round ass: "Only by spending the money of the production team, spending other people's money, and going out to travel, can you have a sense of accomplishment." ”
"I'll treat you next time." Higashiyama sat down on his ass and didn't let Miss Sakura's hand go inside.
"Your money isn't mine yet?"
"Then you can invite me. I also want to try to spend other people's money on travel. ”
"Next time we have time, let's go together." Ai Nakano smiled and said, "Murakami-kun, have you packed your things?" ”
"Almost. I only went for three or four days, and I didn't need too many things. ”
"Did I bring the cleanser I bought? The hotel is not ready. Miss Sakura gave up her ass that she couldn't attack for a long time, and instead hugged her waist.
"Forget it."
"Give me the honest ones with you. If you don't wash your face well when you go out to participate in events, don't lose the face of the voice actors! ”
"Say more, say more."
The next day, Yu Murakami rushed to Haneda Airport according to the notice in the "April" group, and the band was checking in musical instruments.
Wearing a water-blue long skirt and a black-haired shawl, the peerless beauty Taneda Risa is holding a travel guide and reading it with great interest. There's even a colorful label on it.
After flying in the sky for an hour, the group landed at Takamatsu Airport.
Yu Murakami heard that there were ferries, JR and other modes of transportation, and he felt a little sorry. He didn't really like the time he was flying, and it wasn't something he needed to cherish.
The staff of the organizer picked them up, and then led them to a Japanese-style hotel to stay and have lunch.
After eating, a short meeting was held to explain the process of the event again.
Murakami sat in the corner, listening without saying a word.
Finally, Kyohei Ishiguro, the chief director of animation, said:
"There will be a premiere of the first episode of "April" tonight, and the time is set for 8 pm, and everyone can move freely before that."
After the disbandment, the band went to the room arranged by the hotel to train, and the superintendent and other bigwigs went to drink with the organizers.
Yu Murakami can also go, but he doesn't want to join in the fun.
"I'll go out for a walk and I'll be back on time in the evening."
"I'll arrange a tour guide for you." Said the people of the organizers.
"No, no. If it's so troublesome, I'll just take a look. ”
"Well, I won't let anyone disturb your fun. Murakami-san, please be careful all the way. ”
"Hmm."
Yu Murakami exited the parlor, kicked his shoes at the door, and tied his shoelaces.
On April 1, 2015, it rained lightly in Tokyo, and it rained a little in the morning in Takamatsu City, and then it cleared up.
Yu Murakami walks alone on the streets.
Compared to Tokyo, Takamatsu is negligibly sparsely populated. Maybe it's because of the week.
This season, the most seen are masks, whether adults or children, almost one per person.
Yu Murakami didn't know where to go, so he found a random station, bought a ticket for 240 yen, and got on the train.
There were plenty of empty seats on the train, and sitting across from him was a uniformed high school girl with a mask stacked under her chin.
She put her bag on her lap and was writing.
Yu Murakami began to wonder why she was here on this Wednesday afternoon and what she was writing about.
In this way, after three stops on the train, the girl on the opposite side inadvertently looked up and saw Yu Murakami.
She tried to keep writing, but she always seemed to be unable to calm down. After struggling a few times, he simply gave up, put the pen and notebook in his school bag, put on his headphones, and put his young, somewhat dark side face to Murakami and listen to the song.
From time to time, I pretend to look at the scenery opposite and take a look at Yu Murakami.
Yu Murakami felt that he seemed to be causing trouble to the other party, so he didn't linger on the train and got off at the next stop.
Looking around, I don't know what the place is, but it is densely populated.
After walking for a few minutes, you came to a pedestrian street with Hyogo Town written on it.
Yu Murakami doesn't have much to do, mainly because he has seen a lot of people in Shinjuku Shibuya, and the number of people on this pedestrian street who is okay seems sparse, so he doesn't mind strolling around.
The pedestrian street is the same everywhere, with food, drink, drugstores, etc., and of course, there are crane machines and vending machines everywhere on the roadside.
At a confectionery shop with a very large signboard that can only seat five people, he bought an original small egg cone that was on sale for only 250 yen.
He doesn't like anything too spicy or sweet, but if he hasn't eaten it before, he's happy to try it.
Eating an egg cone, he turned and walked in as he passed by a shabby-looking grocery store.
The upper and lower spaces of this shop are huge, estimated to be 5 meters high, which makes the dim sum shop even smaller.
There are pots and pans on display, and the roof is covered with red lanterns covered with plastic bags.
Yu Murakami walked out without buying anything, walked for another two minutes, and saw a humanoid mold wearing a kimono standing outside the door of a store, with a price tag of 5,000 yen.
He came interested in such a cheap kimono and had not seen it yet.
When I walked up and took a closer look, I realized that 5,000 yen was the price of a silk scarf around the neck of a human body mold.
5,000 yen is one-third of his salary for an episode of anime, and he can eat five or six bowls of ramen, but he can only buy a silk scarf.
As a man, Yu Murakami couldn't understand the meaning of the silk scarf and turned away.
Stop and go to the central square, and the time is also four o'clock in the afternoon, and the dusk in the west has dyed half of the street gold.
A very small concert is being held in the square, with shamisen as an instrument and performed by elderly people.
《津じょんがら》
Yu Murakami stood in the corner of the crowd, listened to this song, and left after applauding.
Out of the central square, I turned into a bicycle shop, which was still very small, and many of the bicycles were even hanging from the roof.
Prices range from 20,000 yen to 60,000 yen.
Murakami touched the saddles of the two women's bicycles and felt the comfort that the clerk said; I shook the grip of the men's bicycle again to see how cool it was when the clerk said, "It's nice to hold," and then left the store.
Of course I won't buy it.
By this point, he had lost interest in this pedestrian street, and he had been watched by people coming and going, and he had almost endured it to the limit.
Holding a large pile of tissue bags from a female promoter on the side of the road, I found a barbecue restaurant decorated with a straw curtain and a brand with thousands of customers written on it, ordered sake, and ate alone until six o'clock.
Thinking that there were still two hours, I simply walked back, and walked slowly through the alleys that were flower shops or electrical appliance stores.
At 7 o'clock, I saw a mahjong parlor with a sparrow friend brand written on the side of the road, and Murakami simply walked in and went straight to the second floor.
Gambling is explicitly not allowed in the island country, but in fact, there are only three floors of truly healthy mahjong parlors, and the remaining seven floors are still gambling money.
The mahjong parlor in this alley that Yu Murakami found was naturally not a healthy mahjong parlor for women and students.
He won back the money he had spent during the day, and when he made sure that the extra money was enough for the next three days, he gave up.
The old man sitting across from him yelled for him to come back tomorrow.
"I'm afraid it won't work, I'll have to look elsewhere." Yu Murakami said.
Then the old man muttered {people from Tokyo are not good people} or something, and Murakami didn't hear it clearly, so he went downstairs and left.
At this time, he could no longer ensure that he had time to spare, so he took the tram back to the hotel instead.
"Murakami-san, are you having fun?" The organizer asked.
"It's worth the trip."
It's not very happy, but the places I've never been to are all {worth the trip} for Yu Murakami.
The people of the organizers laughed:
"If only you could have fun. I'm afraid you're from Tokyo and you're not used to us {in the countryside}. ”
"Why can't it be a countryman? I see a lot of Chinese and other foreign dishes on the street. ”
The organizers smiled more and more happily:
"Recently, the city has been introducing free drinks, Chinese-speaking shopping guides, Chinese character slogans, discounts at Chinese restaurants, and the introduction of big-name drugstores for tourists from China......
Yu Murakami listened to him talk about the recent direction of tourism development in Takamatsu City for three minutes.
"Sorry to bother you." After saying that, he bowed respectfully 45°.
"I haven't heard of this, but I'm quite interested." Yu Murakami said.
The organizer smiled and said politely:
"The supper for the evening has been prepared for you, and if Murakami-san is willing to listen to it, I will tell you everything I know."
"It's better to talk about something else, all sides, I don't know, I can listen to some of it."
"Of course, of course. What about tourist attractions? ”
"I'm already looking forward to it." Murakami said with a smile.
After the organizers left, there was a ten-minute break.
Risa Taneda, who had been listening silently to the conversation between the two next to her, couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Murakami-san, where did you go to play today?" ”
"Just go for a walk."
"Where did you go?"
"Trains, Hyogo, concerts, mahjong parlors."
"How can you go to so many places in just one afternoon? Hyogo Town is a famous pedestrian street in Takamatsu, but what is the train? Where is the concert taking place? What about mahjong? How about winning or losing? ”
After saying what he wanted to ask, Risa Taneda looked at Yu Murakami, but found that he was resting with his eyes closed.
"Hahaha," Taneda Risa laughed for a while, and then pretended to be a lady to cover her mouth, and unceremoniously patted Yu Murakami on the shoulder: "You're really boring." In order to impress me, there is no need to be so unconventional, right? ”
Yu Murakami ignored people who were too narcissistic, and there was no way to do it.
After suffering the losses of several people in Sakura Village, he has a new way to deal with the opposite sex.
Just keep silent.
"Hey! That's enough, you can't play handsome for a long time. You're just going to give people the impression of being uninteresting, you know? ”
"Hey, Murakami-san, I'll ask you questions and talk to you."
"Asleep?"
"I've had enough. It's okay to ask me for money directly, and now it's also deliberately arousing my curiosity, I said, you men think about women all day long? ”
"Hey!"
Fifteen minutes later, in the rented theater, the first episode of "April" was playing.
The heroine Risa Taneda is not interested in the picture, and from time to time secretly glances at Yu Murakami, who is sitting next to her and watching the animation seriously.
When the animation progress bar reached ten minutes, she leaned over slightly.
"Murakami-san, how do you feel about the first words?"
"Very good."
"Will it be on fire?"
"Probably."
"Do you like Kaoru Miyazono, or Tsubaki?"
"I don't like it."
"So, what is the tram? Is it fun? Is it far from where we live? ”
"Watch the anime with peace of mind."
"You don't have to be so cold, right? I'm just chatting with you normally as a colleague, as a friend who doesn't know you well. ”
"The train is a train, 240 yen per person, 120 yen for a child." Yu Murakami said.
"Poof! Are you talking so funny? "Pear Saori Farming: "Child 120 yen~"
Yu Murakami looked at the cherry blossoms flying on the screen, and the picture of Kaoru Miyazono attracting pigeons, the painting style is still very good.
"What about concerts? Which orchestra is it from? Is it nice to sing? Taneda Risa asked again.
Yu Murakami was annoyed by her, rubbed his eyebrows, and simply told him about this afternoon's events.
"A high school student who is suspected of being absent from school on the train? A silk scarf of 5,000 yen? Shamisen performed by the elderly? Playing mahjong to win back all the money you spent today? Did you earn back the tram fare for the next two days? ”
"Hmm."
"You're not bragging, are you?" Risa Taneda will be skeptical.
"Can you watch the animation?"
"Okay."
The animation has come to an end, and the host came to the stage to say a few words, and then the main creative team came to the stage, and Yu Murakami followed suit.
Taneda Lisa followed closely.
When she took the microphone handed by the staff, she whispered to Yu Murakami:
"Now, Murakami-san, can I go out with you tomorrow?"
After speaking, she added:
"Don't get me wrong, I just can't find anyone to go with. I'm a girl, and I don't dare to ...... alone in a strange city."
"You don't have to explain."
"Huh?" Risa Taneda blinked.
"No matter what you say, I won't be with you." Murakami turned to the audience and whispered, "To correct what you just said, we are not {not very familiar}, but {not familiar at all}." ”
"Huh?"
Host: "The following are the voice actors of the male and female protagonists, Yu-san Murakami, and Risa Sansa Taneda!" ”
"Hello everyone, I'm Arima Gongsheng, Yu Murakami."
Risa Taneda hurriedly packed up her emotions and expressions.
The right hand is compared to a "pistol", and while "shooting" at the audience, the right eye is handsome and charming, and the stars are shining.
"Guys from Takamatsu City, I'm Kaoru Miyazono, Risa Farming! Everyone~~, spring and "April" are coming~~"