【桜花拾】郁田はるき

Haruki P-SSR3 Haruki P-SSR3 Fes

深遠

In the 283 office, Haruki is sketching away and Producer is typing vigorously at his desk and sighs. Haruki gets lost in the noises of their work and giggles the more she thinks about it, snapping the two out of their concentration. When Haruki asks what he was working on that made him sigh, he reluctantly responds that there’s a tough job offer for Haruki. She’s been asked to both aid in the creative production of a short movie while also being asked to perform in it. When Haruki doubles back and has to confirm if the job really has her in a creative position, P reiterates that she’ll be doing pre-production work under supervision, but also explains his concerns regarding how hard it’ll be to fit the job into Haruki’s already packed schedule. Haruki pushes for it anyways and absolutely wants to give it a try, so P assures her that he’ll get the timeline sorted out.
Haruki then asks about what the topic of the movie might be, to which Producer responds that it’ll be for a furniture company and that the theme is “eternity”. The idea of “eternity” is extremely broad, bringing to mind numerous potential concepts, but nothing concrete. Haruki’s had art school assignments before that required her to create things with nothing but a basic prompt as the guide, so she immediately starts drumming up some ideas, but she asks Producer what he thinks “eternity” might be for reference.

LEFT CHOICE: Life…or something
P quickly tries to rescind his suggestion, as life is always ending, but Haruki assures him that it wasn’t a bad idea. If everything comes to an end eventually, does an “eternity” even exist? Is that in and of itself what defines eternity?

TOP CHOICE: Something that never ends…?
Haruki agrees, but the problem of how to express the concept of “never ending” to an audience becomes another tough question.

RIGHT CHOICE: The mind…perhaps?
P isn’t too confident in his answer, but Haruki latches onto it regardless. Thoughts are intangible, so they likely don’t have definitive endings. The only problem is…how are you supposed to convey that to an audience?


無数の題名

The two are out at karaoke as Haruki finishes singing an “older” song that P says is from back when he was younger. Haruki explains how she found the band while watching videos before noticing that there’s no next song coming on. P claims he got caught up in appreciating Haruki’s singing so he forgot to enter in a new song for himself. When he tries to let Haruki have another turn, saying that they’re here to fuel her creativity anyways, she refuses and says he’s not allowed to get out of this since listening to his singing is also required to spark her imagination.
Having had their fun, they leave but haven’t gotten any inspiration regarding their “eternity” problem. They start walking while discussing it further. Haruki brings up a hypothetical situation where a camera is watching them walk just as they are now. Pan up to the blue sky and you’ve got yourself some kino. She then adds to title this film as “Eternity”.

LEFT CHOICE: That sounds good to me.
P says the idea sounds fine, though demands he not be filmed. Haruki then adds that even if it works, the people watching would probably struggle to understand the purpose behind it. She asserts that it’s hard to express your ideas through your work, but to an even greater extent, that’s what makes it fun.

TOP CHOICE: …That’s certainly an idea.
P says he would just accept it as is, though Haruki feels that it’s just naming it suddenly without deeper thought. She’s harsh on herself for struggling, but P says that everyone has their own difficulties and reassures her that she can handle it.

RIGHT CHOICE: Well, then what about this?
P suggests using a name like “My Eternity” instead. Haruki likes the idea as referring to whose eternity it is may give a hint towards the film’s meaning. She says she’d likely go for a name that refers to the both of them though.


邂逅

Haruki is out with her friends doing some art assignments for school. She finishes, but her friend points out how rare it is to see Haruki getting lost in thought when she’s usually so focused on her art. Haruki explains that the thought process has been a struggle for her. She initially didn’t want to say anything about it to make sure her solution is entirely of her own ability, to which her friend understandably adds that sometimes discussing a problem just makes things more confusing. The friend says that it’d be an exception if there was someone around who had the similar sensibilities, but people like that don’t come around too often, a statement which causes Haruki to think back to when she first met P.
Haruki returns to the 283 office and is by herself as she waits for her meeting with P. She starts pondering and rummaging around. Producer appears and notices something up with his chair. Haruki handwaves it, saying she was just cleaning some trash off of it.
As they begin their meeting, Haruki blurts out that she’s got an idea to show him. She illustrates it and presents it to P. P likes it and tells her they can flesh out the details in storyboarding, praising Haruki for coming up with an idea like this.

LEFT CHOICE: I want to ask them about it right away.
P is excited about Haruki’s success. She feels the concept is a tad incoherent at the moment, but P understands that she just needed to “strike while the iron’s hot” for now.

TOP CHOICE: You did well, Haruki.
When P questions what brought up the idea, she responds that it just happened. She was just pondering aimlessly and came upon an idea. It’s odd, but P gets it.

RIGHT CHOICE: I guess I’m the first.
Haruki is honored to have P as the first person to hear out her idea. She asserts that she couldn’t have thought of it without P. He’s confused as he feels that he hasn’t really done anything to warrant that notion, but she insists.


ここにいないあなたを

On the set, Haruki is astonished at how her ideas are coming to life through the efforts of the staff members. As they continue to work, the scene turns to a flashback of Haruki discussing the plan with Producer.
Upon reviewing the storyboards, everything looks good at first, but P notices a serious issue. The concepts all do well enough with the idea of “eternity”, but there’s no Haruki in it. As the job required Haruki to appear as part of the film, she’s unfortunately going to have to go back and rework it to add herself into it which may end up compromising the artistic vision. The work on the set continues as Haruki revises the plans in flashbacks, clearly a bit upset about the required change. P says it would be best if she could manage to explain the illustrated concepts through words later on, so she begins to extrapolate the designs to P in preparation.
The setting is a room of interconnected spaces. There’s an empty seat indicating the presence of someone who no longer exists. It’s a place of no beginnings and no endings. P then inquires what the flower is supposed to be then, and the moment cuts back to the present on the set.
Haruki approaches P before her performance. When P takes note that she’s eased up from before, Haruki explains that she’s entered a mindset where she doesn’t care for anything that’s “here”. Only the people watching exist for now. Everything including the supervisor’s cues sound distant to her.
P-SSR3 Gacha Animation Haruki’s final line is not named and is written with part of the spoken dialogue being blank in text.
Wonderful line
“Nevertheless, I’m in this place for your sake alone.”
(Spoken: ただ、わたしはあなたのためだけの場所にいる)
(Written: ただ、わたしは--------の場所にいる)


TRUE END - それでも、時間は連なって

Before they head out for the day, Haruki asks P to watch the finished product with her. P says he’s already seen it, but Haruki doesn’t think she can handle it alone, so he stays. He starts to explain the feeling it gives him, but cuts himself off so they can just go ahead watch it. Haruki enjoys it and watches the film multiple times. She feels a serious sense of accomplishment, but can’t help but be a bit sad as well, noting regrets about changing it to have her be a part of the scene and the sense of accomplishment’s temporary nature.
They head outside to go home and P begins to talk a bit more about the movie. He says that upon watching it, he understood the gist of what “eternity” was. It was a place without beginnings or ends; he felt like it was something he had seen before. Hearing this, Haruki begins to divulge what caused her thought process. When she was waiting alone in the office, she got wrapped up in thought trying to solve the problem before eventually looking over at P’s seat.
She thought, what if P never came back? What if they never saw each other again? What would happen to her? Time would go on and her life would continue. She’d go back to living a normal life without P. However, Haruki has changed since she’s met P and can’t go back to how she was before. When she thought of that, she felt that it wasn’t “eternity” for everyone, but it was “her eternity”.
Producer is appreciative of her having put so much thought into the project. Haruki flounders about for a bit as she wasn’t planning on saying any of that, but just started to explain everything when she realized P somehow understood the meaning. She finishes by assuring him that the whole thing about life without him was just her morbid imagination, asking him to not go disappearing on her.

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Pub: 06 Apr 2025 08:38 UTC
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