We're gonna be gardenin' all together b'fore we do the photoshoot. Feels like an extracurricular class, so it sure gets me excited!
Fufu. Let's observe these plants ourselves lots to connect them to the PV photoshoot too!
...Yeah. Let's get started, then.
...I did it! What do you think about the garden I made?
Ooh! It gives off yer air, and it's a cute li'l garden! Ya got talent as a gardener, Ryo!
C-cute!?
...Maybe I should put a bit more greenery, instead of having it just be flowers...
............
...Huh? Kazuki-san, is something the matter?
...No. It's nothing.
(The book that father—... No, the book that I wrote is getting a drama adaptation. We were assigned to sing its theme song...
I can't believe I've been forced to face my own past in this way.
But I'll make it a success no matter what... I'll hit it with everything I have now.)
...Ever since I became an idol, I haven't talked very much with my father.
...Regardless of us living in the same house, we haven't even met face-to-face with each other...
That's... quite lonely, isn't it...
...Thank you for saying that. You're a kind person.
...I can't even imagine as to why Father designated us for this.
...I also want to know what Father is thinking.
...But... with these current circumstances, hearing it from him directly would be difficult.
Ya wanna know what yer dad's got runnin' through his head, huh...?
Could it be that... your father wants some sort of chance to change these current circumstances?
Yeah, I think so too.
He's probably thinkin' that he can't let things keep on goin' this way.
...It'd be nice if that were the case.
...Both Father and I... have to change.
...Because I think that way...
(If I show Father how I am now, then it's possible that nothing will change.
Would it be too optimistic to think that'll happen...?)
We'll be taking a momentary break from filming? I understand. Thank you for your work!
...Director, I have something small that I'd like to talk with you about the performance.
...One of the themes of this work is "solitude."
...As such, I thought it better if I were to bring out a sense of loneliness in a more direct way.
...No, it's a given that I'd be knowledgable about this. The original work was... made by my "Father."
(But it was actually the novel that Kazuki-san wrote...)
Sensei...
...We'll go with the way I proposed my idea? Thank you very much, Director.
Hey, Sensei... Doesn't this sorta situation hurt ya?
Everyone thinks that the one who wrote the original work was your father.
But the one who actually wrote that novel was you, Kazuki-san...
...Are you two worried about me? Thank you. But I have no problems with it.
...I'm used to something around this level. That's what it means to live as a ghost.
That sort of thing is just so...
...I was wrong. But I can't change my past.
...However, I can change my future. And the only one who can do that right now is my present self.
...I want to make this PV the best it can be.
...Ryo, Daigo. If either of you have any questions regarding the product, you don't need to hold back. You can ask me.
Ryo, Sensei! The PV we took a while back is finally airin' on television!
Really!? Let's watch it together, Kazuki-san!
...All right.
Hoo wee, it's such a good PV no matter how many times I watch it! Wahaha!
It's being raved about on the internet and stuff, that the original work's worldview is being splendidly expressed here!
‘Zat so! That's also thanks to Sensei, too!
...For that job, I managed to express everything about how I am now.
...But that was because Ryo and Daigo, as well as the two from Shinsoku Ikkon, were there with me.
...Thank you. I'm sure these feelings will get across to Father as well.
(...I'm sure Father will watch it, too...)
So did I! It's hard to put it in words, but... it was a beautiful drama.
Yeah. I thought that it was a work that spelled Kazuki-san all over it.
...It's most important to me that you two enjoyed it.
...Now that I think about it, I started helping Father out with writing because I wanted to please him.
...At the time, Father was in a slump. When he read the manuscripts I wrote, he said this:
"Kazuki, you have talent. Would you like to try writing my novels?"
...And I answered with this. "That's fine, as long as I can help you out."
...Father was pleased. And I was happy about that. It had made me happy...