"I can finally rest for a bit lately."
Rin's tone carried an unmaskable joy, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
Just yesterday, she had finally finished recording her program, and the promotional work for "Marigold" could finally come to an end.
Her next promotional activity wouldn't be until the release and promotion of "snow flower" in the winter.
Her work for this period only consisted of recording her album and "because of you"; the pace of work could slow down a bit.
"Good work. Here's your hot milk."
"Thank you."
Akira handed the steaming cup to Rin with a smile and sat down beside her.
Tokyo in late October had fully entered autumn. The nighttime temperature could drop to fifteen or sixteen degrees Celsius—a temperature some found refreshing, but others found a bit cold.
Rin was the latter.
Thus, today Rin wore a thin beige sweater and deep blue straight-leg jeans.
Though the outfit was simple, paired with her exquisite face and excellent body proportions, she looked like a star shooting a lifestyle photoshoot.
Speaking of which, unlike many Japanese girls with pigeon-toed legs, Rin's legs were slender and straight, looking very elegant.
If she wore black stockings, the effect would probably be great?
Akira thought randomly.
Unfortunately, these days the trend seemed to be short skirts + bare legs + loose socks, which was the gyaru look.
He thought that if it were Rin, she would probably look quite good dressed like that?
At the same time, Rin was also secretly observing him.
Because they had both been busy lately, they hadn't seen each other for a while—to be precise, less than half a month.
Hmm——
And although it was a bit embarrassing to say, during this time, Akira's figure would always pop into her mind, and she wanted to see him.
It turned out that when you're in love, you really can't help but miss the other person every day.
At this moment, she suddenly thought of something and asked, "Speaking of which, Mochizuki-kun, you've been drawing a one-shot manga again lately, right? Do you need my help?"
"Of course!"
Akira's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded without hesitation.
This was high-quality free labor; it would be a waste not to take it.
And——
If he had to be honest, he really hadn't seen her for a while and missed her a bit.
Then, the two chatted for a while, complaining about the workplace behind the scenes of variety shows, sharing interesting things from their lives, and discussing manga content they were both following.
Their conversation had no fixed topic; they talked about whatever came to mind, following their hearts, which was a very comfortable state for both of them.
However, just then, the television that had been on as background noise suddenly emitted a familiar, powerful drum beat.
Seeing the images on the TV, Rin raised her voice slightly and said in surprise, "Ah, it's here!"
Akira also looked at the TV screen.
At this time, what was playing on the screen was content he was all too familiar with—
Wealth, fame, power——
Gol D. Roger, the King of the Pirates who owned the entire world, uttered a single sentence before his execution that sent people rushing toward the sea—
"Want my treasure? You can have it if you want it."
"Go find it! I left all my treasure there!"
"And so, everyone set sail for the 'Grand Line' to chase their dreams."
"This is truly the 'Great Pirate Era'!"
After the opening monologue, which he knew by heart, came the incredibly familiar OP "We Are!", along with the most classic opening animation.
At seven o'clock tonight, the first episode of the "One Piece" TV anime premiered on time on Fuji TV.
Akira's situation went without saying.
Although the "One Piece" manga had only been serialized for two years, he was an old fan with over ten years of experience.
Since he could catch the premiere of the "One Piece" anime in this life, he was definitely going to show his support.
As for Rin, her favorite manga in Shonen Jump used to be "One Piece" as well. Although it had now become her second favorite, she naturally didn't want to miss the anime's premiere.
By the way, she claimed her current favorite manga was "Fate/stay night".
In short, for the premiere of the "One Piece" anime, the two fans, old and new, hit it off and decided to watch it together.
That was why Rin was at his house at this time.
As the official content began to air, looking at the TV, Rin said with a bit of confusion, "Hmm, is this—skipping the first chapter of the manga?"
Akira also noticed.
He recalled carefully and found that the first chapter of the manga had been moved to the fourth episode of the anime by the production team, appearing as a flashback.
So he smiled and said, "Maybe it was moved to later."
The first episode of the "One Piece" anime adapted the content of the second chapter of the manga, telling the story of Luffy meeting Koby and finally defeating Alvida.
Furthermore, in this episode, the production team created quite a few original scenes.
For instance, Nami's early appearance and the scene where the Alvida Pirates robbed a merchant ship.
But it had to be said that these original plots were actually quite good, and the content fit the original work well.
Thus, Rin was quickly drawn in.
Akira felt somewhat emotional. In fact, when "One Piece" first started, the animation quality was quite good, and the production team was quite diligent in designing the original scenes.
It was just that later, for some reason, the production team became more and more perfunctory, at one point turning into a "heaven-defying mode" of recap + slideshow animation + repeated clips + next episode preview.
At the end of the first episode, there was a shot of Zoro tied to a cross, and then with the playing of the ED "Memor
ies", it drew to a close.
Rin also let out a long breath and commented with a smile, "Although there are some differences from the original work, it's done very well! Luffy's voice also matches how I imagined him. The OP and ED are both great too."
"But speaking of which, I always feel like Luffy's voice sounds a bit familiar. I wonder what roles this voice actor has played before."
"I actually know that."
Akira thought for a moment and asked with a smile, "Have you seen 'Dragon Ball' before?"
"Of course."
Seeing Rin nod, he smiled and revealed the answer, "Luffy's voice actress should be Tanaka Mayumi-sensei. She voiced Krillin in 'Dragon Ball'. If it sounds familiar to you, that's probably why."
Besides that, she had also voiced Pazu in "castle in the sky", Liu Mao Xing in "Cooking Master Boy", Koenma in "yuyu hakusho", and so on.
The reason he used Krillin as an example was that Krillin's vocal range was very similar to Luffy's.
"So it's her."
Rin suddenly realized, and then she sighed, "It's so nice, getting an anime adaptation."
"If only 'Fate/stay night' could get an anime adaptation soon too."
"It's still early."
Akira replied with a helpless smile upon hearing this.
After all, even "One Piece" took two years to get an anime; Fsn would probably—
—No.
Wait.
He suddenly thought that, in his estimation, Fsn should only have the volume of a medium-length manga. Whether it could even be serialized for two years was uncertain.
Under these circumstances, Fsn probably wouldn't take as long as a typical long-running manga to start its anime adaptation.
Then—
Maybe there's a chance next year?