Truth is everywhere within range

July 13th.

Saturday.

Clear skies.

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

Every day is a holiday anyway, so what’s the difference between Saturday and Monday?

No, the answer is actually yes.

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

Especially in July, summer animations are aired one after another.

"There will be the second episode of Olmelo II tonight, I'm really looking forward to it."

Qiao Qiao said casually on the subway.

This caught the attention of Hashimoto Kotone who was standing aside.

She seemed to want to say something, but stopped.

Today, Qiao Qiao met Hashimoto Kotone alone and went out with Asano Ariko, which made Hashimoto Kotone feel confused and a little restrained.

She has an introverted personality. Although she is not unable to communicate with others normally, it is still very difficult for people like Qiao Qiao or Ariko Asano to discuss such otaku topics without anyone else.

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

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

"Ah, Dr. Otone is also good. This summer's new show looks very powerful."

"Have you been beaten? It feels good. I have read the original comic. It is a very good comic that teaches survival knowledge."

"Hey, that's an instant noodle show, right? I prefer anime like Street O Demon Clan, with soft and cute girls."

The two chatted about animation in a few words, which made Hashimoto Kotone feel itchy.

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

"that."

"What's wrong? Hashimoto-san?"

Seeing this, Ariko Asano tilted her head and asked.

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

Hashimoto Qinyin seemed to have turned on some switch and said extremely seriously.

"The original work of this animation was serialized in 2005. Unlike other comics, it chose the theme of Viking pirates and the painting style is also very tough. There is no doubt that it is an excellent original work!"

"The animation production company is Wit. This is the company that produced the phenomenal animation giant. It must be very comfortable in handling this kind of subject!"

Her voice also got a little higher.

Attracted the attention of those around him.

When she realized this, Hashimoto Kotone's face turned red and steam seemed to come out.

"Yeah, sorry."

She lowered her head.

"Hashimoto-san, you seem to have done a lot of research on this kind of thing, including previous movies."

Qiao Qiao sighed, causing Hashimoto Kotone to raise his head again.

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

Hashimoto Kotone said simply.

When she was in elementary school, Shimogamo Shrine had not declined to the level it does now. Her father, a priest, often had to go out to remove spirits, leaving Hashimoto Kotone at home alone with nothing to do.

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

However, my father, who didn't know much about movies, didn't know that the video tapes he rented also contained some low-cost movies, commonly known as B-level movies.

Although the production cost of B-level movies is very low, the themes are all pleasing to movie audiences, such as horror, science fiction, gangsters, etc., which are all popular with B-level movies.

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

However, Hashimoto Kotone is still a bit uncomfortable with horror movies. She has watched many movies between her fingers.

There are also late-night animations at the same time.

Since Hashimoto Kotone often waits for her father to come home, late-night animations on TV have become one of her entertainment projects.

While his peers were still watching jump-type animations such as Aquaman and Fire Ninja, Hashimoto Kotone had already started watching animations such as Ryo Haruhi and Rebellious Luo Shu.

From here, Hashimoto Kotone embarked on the road of otaku, never to return.

"Teacher, don't add weird narration."

Ariko Asano stared at Qiao Qiao and said.

"Watching animation is not something to be ashamed of. It's a good thing for Hashimoto-san to have his own hobby."

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

"Speaking of which, the video studio we were commissioned to visit today is also filming a short film."

With two subway stops still to go, Qiao Qiao sent the information entrusted today to Hashimoto Kotone via Line.

Hashimoto Kotone, who was originally a little timid about this information, couldn't help but be curious after hearing Qiao Qiao's statement, and clicked on it to take a look.

"This...is the model of a B-movie."

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

The movie they shot tells the story of a film crew filming a group of photography enthusiasts who were actually attacked by zombies while filming a zombie film, and then avoided the zombie attacks while filming.

Triple nesting doll.

In addition to cult, it also has a hint of meta.

What's more noteworthy is that when filming the story of the photography enthusiast, a one-shot-to-shot technique was used, which quite tested the scheduling ability.

Although it is just a video studio, its ambitions are not small.

After reading the information, the subway arrived at the station. The three of them walked to a hotel at the foot of Mount Hiei, where the people from the video studio lived.

"There is an abandoned sewage treatment plant in the mountains. We accidentally discovered it before and thought it would be a good background, so we came over to shoot. Unexpectedly, we found a body in the woods over there."

The person in charge of receiving Qiao Qiao was a man wearing glasses. He was the owner and director of this video studio. The name is Satoshi Furukawa.

He spoke with a slight Kyoto accent, but it wasn't obvious.

"Later, when we continued shooting, we found unexpected shadows in the video."

With that said, Furukawa Satoshi played their video to Qiao Qiao and others.

Hashimoto Kotone was a little hesitant to watch it at first, but soon, because the plot itself was quite interesting, she started watching it as a B-level movie.

I looked at it quite seriously.

Qiao Qiao also watched the movie carefully.

It can only be said that it is indeed a low-budget film shot by a video studio. Perhaps it is also to emphasize the setting of photography enthusiasts in the film. The lens and color tone always have a kind of home video quality.

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

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

Qiao Qiao remembered that there was a movie with a similar technique, and this short film should be based on that one.

"right here."

Furukawa Satoshi suddenly paused the movie when it reached twenty minutes.

This picture is of a photographer holding a camera to capture the conversation between enthusiasts.

Satoshi Furukawa pointed to a corner of the screen.

Hashimoto Kotone looked there.

In the corner, a woman wearing a red dress is staring at the audience outside the frame.

Last month, I got 1,000 monthly tickets within one week of its release. Thank you readers for your support. This is the second monthly ticket update~