The Great Passage (舟を編む)

Waver

Love letter?

Yes!

I have decided to share my feelings with Kaguya!

Please, give me your guidance!

Guidance?

You know, it feels more like a letter of challenge than a love letter.

The Great Passage

On a quiet dreamlike morning

On a quiet dreamlike morning

The crimson sky shines through the window and reflects off my pen

The crimson sky shines through the window and reflects off my pen

In the vivid clatter of the night, I wander between cities like a cat

In the vivid clatter of the night, I wander between cities like a cat

Deep thoughts

Deep thoughts

A flexible conception

A flexible conception

Foreseeable aspirations

Foreseeable aspirations

Distant memories

Distant memories

Unruly hair

Unruly hair

A narrow mind

A narrow mind

A large circle of friends

A large circle of friends

A long silence

A long silence

A short greeting

A short greeting

Tone of voice

Tone of voice

The light in our eyes that slightly differs

The light in our eyes that slightly differs

Traces of friendship that's not in the treaty

Traces of friendship that's not in the treaty

In the ocean that sweeps the sand of eternity

In the ocean that sweeps the sand of eternity

Swept and sunk in the waves with sparse opposites and similarities

Swept and sunk in the waves with sparse opposites and similarities

Clashing and exact opposites become resolved and connected

Clashing and exact opposites become resolved and connected

Reference

Reference

Conclusion

Conclusion

I'll gather words

I'll gather words

that have

that have

scattered

scattered

over

over

many

many

months and years

months and years

With the fragrant sea breeze, the connection that rests on the seashore becomes one

With the fragrant sea breeze, the connection that rests on the seashore becomes one

"Dear madam, the bitter throes of winter are almost at hand.

I pray that life has found you well."

What the hell is this?

It's way too stiff.

Even corporate public apologies aren't this ceremonial.

Is it bad?

It would be very helpful if you could give me some concrete advice.

Advice, huh? First of all...

I'll read through it later.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Wait, Mr. Matsumoto, the monthly meeting isn't scheduled today, is it?

We're expecting it to arrive today.

"It"?

It.

Has it not arrived yet?

It hasn't.

I see.

Not yet, huh?

I cannot wait for it.

Yes, I can't wait to see it.

What's this "it"?

You know, it.

Huh?

This is the Dictionary Editorial Department.

Yes?

Yes.

Yes. Understood.

Nishioka, Director Yamashita wants you in the conference room right away.

Huh?

The director does?

So it's the time of reckoning.

Huh?

I figured he'd come say something soon.

We've taken a lot of actions to save The Great Passage after all.

Anyway, I'm just going to go get this over with.

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Conference Room

Conference Room

Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.

It's okay.

I ran into the managing director.

He's a real talker, you know?

You wanted to see m—

The Great Passage.

I heard you're working hard.

Huh?

And you got Hokuto University's Professor Shinohara to be a contributor.

Oh, yes.

Now how did you manage to convince a man like him?

I bet that was pretty hard.

I suppose so.

Well, dictionaries are the face of a publisher.

I agree with you on that!

So, we've been talking.

We want you to use your talents elsewhere.

So we're transferring you to the PR Department.

Huh?

Good for you!

You first applied to be in the PR Department, right?

Yes, but...

I've already talked to the PR Department's director.

We'll move you in the spring.

But we've just started editing The Great Passage.

I appreciate the offer, but I'll...

Oh, I don't think so.

Weren't you prepared to pay the price for everything you've been doing?

Oh, and one more thing.

You'll also be revising the Genbu Japanese Learning Dictionary while you edit The Great Passage.

Huh?

You know how that dictionary is showing strong sales in the grade school market.

It will sell even more with a revised edition.

But...

Sorry, the executive director is expecting me.

You know how he is.

Well, thanks again!

Um, sir!

Then we'll go with this.

Understood.

Nishioka?

What did Director Yamashita want to see you about?

Genbu Japanese Learning Dictionary

Revising the Genbu Japanese Learning Dictionary?

But we just did a big revision on it last year.

He's telling us to earn the money to make The Great Passage ourselves.

What are we going to do?

We can't.

We can't possibly revise some other dictionary

while creating one with over 200,000 words from the ground up.

We should just be concentrating on The Great Passage.

But we have to do it nonetheless.

The experience from this revision will surely help us with The Great Passage in some way.

This is your first time creating a dictionary, Majime.

Instead of learning with The Great Passage,

it would be better if you built experience with the Learning Dictionary first.

Okay.