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The first time I played Fairies Story was when I was in grade school.

I was moved by the story and overwhelmed by the game world,

but I especially grew fond of the beautiful characters.

That's when I found out about the character designer job.

Character Designer: Yagami Ko

The character designer of this game was called Yagami Ko.

Yagami Ko.

To me, that name...

means something special!

My name is Suzukaze Aoba.

I joined a game company one week ago.

The name of the company is Eagle Jump.

To my surprise, I was welcomed onto the team that's making Fairies Story 3!

Morning.

Oh, good morning.

This lady who was sleeping under the desk is Yagami Ko-san.

She's a hard worker, and it looks like she stayed the night at work.

Character Designer: Yagami Ko

I want to become a character designer like her one day.

That's my current goal.

However...

I don't plan to sleep in my underwear like she does.

Stop staring.

Ko-chan.

Don't be a bad example to other workers.

Whatever.

Good morning, Aoba-chan.

Good morning to you, too!

She's Toyama Rin-san, an art director.

Where're my pants?

An art director's job is to manage all the art related jobs.

Goodness, clean this up.

Rin-san and Yagami-san joined at the same time and are close friends.

Can I toss these out?

Oh, thanks.

I'm the only new employee this year, so I'm a little bit jealous.

Good morning!

Aoba-chan, look.

I got the new wand from Moon Ranger!

Th-That's incredible.

There are twenty different quotes in this thing.

It's so well designed and manufactured.

She's Shinoda Hajime-san with the motion team.

She sits right next to me.

It was super expensive, but totally worth!

She's a super bright and energetic person.

Good morning.

See this? When you swing it...

Ow.

Oh, no!

I'm sorry, Yun!

Yun-san!

Iijima Yun-san.

She's on the character team with me.

She joined with Hajime-san, and she's a responsible, older sister-like person.

Why're you getting so carried away at this time of morning?

I'm sorry.

I got carried away.

Oh!

I'm getting the urge to swing it around, too.

Whoa, there.

Good morning.

Oh, good morning!

She's Takimoto Hifumi-san, also on the character team.

She joined before Hajime-san and Yun-san.

She doesn't talk or smile much,

but she's very nice and answers my questions through private messaging.

Producer

Director

Planning Programmers Debuggers

By the way, our team structure looks like this.

The director is in charge of everything.

Art Team

The art team consists of background, character, effects, and motion teams.

Art Director Background Team Leader

Background Team

Character Designer

Character Team Leader

Character Team

I'll do my best!

Yagami-san is also the leader of the character team.

Effect Team

Motion Team

A little lonely on the diagram

Hey, Mozuku-chan...

Stop, I can't work.

Say, "I'm sorry."

You look experienced.

I'm so sorry!

I'm playing with your cat.

I don't care.

Mozuku's at fault for interrupting your work.

In fact, you could discipline me as his owner, too.

I'm kidding.

Come on, don't get in her way, Mozuku.

Hazuki Shizuku-san.

She's the director of Fairies Story 3, but...

Strangely, she doesn't act like one.

Shizuku-san decided on Mozuku-chan's name because it sounded nice.

Tomorrow (4/10) is Aoba's welcome party!

Don't Overeat or Drink Too Much!!

Aoba-chan.

What are you doing for lunch?

We're gonna go buy boxed lunches.

I'm almost done with this part,

so I'm going to finish up.

I see.

But it's important to eat.

You should at least snack on this.

I shall repay you one day!

You can buy me lunch sometime.

Are you serious?

I'm finally done!

Yun-senpai, thank you so much.

I wonder what Hifumi-senpai does for lunch.

D-Did you need something?

N-No.

I was just wondering what you did for lunch.

I ate at home before coming here.

What? That's amazing.

I don't have time for that.

Though I come a little before lunch...

I wanted to eat with Sojiro.

S-S-S-Sojiro-san?

Is he your b-b-b-boyfriend?!

Wanna see his picture?

Can I really?

She's so fast with her phone.

Here.

A brush?

A hedgehog.

Oh.

You mentioned a boy's name,

so I thought he was your boyfriend or something.

My boyfriend?

I can't feel relaxed around men.

Oh! I totally get it!

I get a bit nervous, too.

I don't really speak from experience.

I'm sorry.

I was talking about my fantasy world, too.

I have more.

Wow! He's so cute!

Isn't he?

Are hedgehogs friendly?

Not really.

He's always hiding in his hole.

He's a big coward.

I can see the resemblance.

But...

We've gotten close to where I can touch him.

You're smiling, Hifumi-senpai.

Forget what you saw.

Money?!

No.

Well...

I look so weird.

Not at all!

Your smile is so cute!

You look so kind.

You'd be much more approachable like that.

Do I not look weird?

Not at all!

Then...

No, you were almost there!

I can't.

Then don't look at me.

Look at Sojiro-kun.

Smile. Smile.

Smile. Smile.

Lunch, lun—

What are you doing?

Aoba, did you eat lunch?

Oh, I wanted to work on my training.

Taking breaks is part of the job.

Here, have a rice ball!

I feel kind of bad.

Yun-san gave me her snack, too.

I'll take you out to eat sometime, too!

I can't let the newbie take me out!

When you're busy, you should buy something before coming in.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for food.

Wow, it's already so late!

I have to eat fast.

Sojiro's...

friend?

Sorry.

N-No worries.

That caught me by surprise.

I'm home.

Sojiro, do you like it when I smile?

Hey.

You brought lunch today?

Yeah.

I got in a fight with Sojiro.

A fight?

I don't think Sojiro likes my smile.

What?

How far are you in the textbook?