Alright, stunt team, let's go down to the schoolyard to practice!

(They sound pretty excited...)

(And I need to keep editing the screenplay when I get home.)

Kusanagi, are you free after this?

Huh? Oh... Y-Yeah, I'm free...

Is there something you wanted to talk about?

So, I was hoping to decide what the costumes are gonna look like soon.

We on the costume team brought in a bunch of our clothes that might kinda fit the setting, so we were going to talk things over while going through them.

But I thought it might be better to ask you first since you know the most about our film's characters.

Oh, I see...

Then, I'll be happy to help.

Really?! Thanks so much!

Still, it sounds like you're already putting a ton of thought into the costumes... I'm not even done with the script yet...

There's nothing wrong with having stuff ready early, right? Having costumes to wear should give the cast a nice boost of motivation, and we can always make fixes later.

(Tachibana really knows what she's doing...

I wasn't expecting her to be so helpful.)

Anyway, can you come with me?

Oh... R-Right.

Hey, Kusanagi! I didn't know you'd be coming!

Me neither.

But they had some questions about the costumes...

Yeah, we heard that as well!

They wanted to hear our opinions since we know a thing or two about fashion.

Fashion's one thing, but we're talking about costumes for our film here...

Hey, we're in the same boat.

It's been mostly trial and error so far, so any help we can get would be really appreciated!

So, thank you all for coming.

Let's get started, shall we?

Let's see... Starting with...

How about the girl's costume?

Any suggestions are welcome!

Okay!

Wow, look at this frilly dress! It's super cute!

Oh, I brought that one because it sorta had this heroine feel to it. But frills don't really fit into our setting, right?

Hmm, yeah...

It is cute, but I'm not sure it's going to fit into this film's world.

She and everyone else live in an arid wasteland, and her family isn't well-off, so something that makes her look more impoverished might be better.

Yeah, okay...

Got it, we'll try something simpler then! Thanks!

By the way...

Kusanagi, wanna try this dress on?

What? Wh-Why...?!

Because I think you'd look really good in it♪

Oh, geez...

I thought we were here to talk about costumes.

Hmm... Yeah, but I also kinda want to see Kusanagi in this dress... I agree that you'd probably look amazing in it!

What?!

See what I mean?

Alright, An, get her!

Roger!

Huh? Shiraishi...?

N-No, don't come any closer...!

*Sigh*

I'm exhausted...

Sorry we made you try on so many things, Kusanagi. But we have a much better idea of what to do now.

R-Really? Then, I guess that's good...?

Yup! Now, I need to go discuss things further with everyone on my team! Thanks a ton!

Sorry about that, Kusanagi...

Yeah, I mean... You had it pretty rough...

*Nod*

Haha...

Oh, but that one-piece dress with an Asian feel looked so good on you!

An Asian feel...?

You mean the white one with the flowers embroidered in?

Yeah, that one! Tachibana and I were talking about how good you look in those kinds of dresses.

You're usually all cool and collected, so outfits with a loose feel to them probably suit you really well!

Y-You think so...?

Yeah! We couldn't stop talking about what kinds of outfits we wanted to dress you up in!

Huh...?

(I-I'm not sure how to feel about that...)

Anyway, at least they know what to do about the costumes now...

Yeah, true... And I think I have a better idea of what the characters are gonna look like now that we know more about their costumes.

As exhausting as that discussion was, I think it was necessary in order to make our film as good as it can be...

You think so? In that case, Tachibana said that she wants to talk more again about some different costumes.

Huh...?

Good luck, Director...

(Yeah, I know that I have to work hard in order to make our film a good one...)

(I know that, but...!)