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After a long while, she smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Mirai-sensei, you are a person who truly loves manga."

She understood Takumi's opinion from his answer, but that's why she started to regret it. 'Mirai-sensei worked hard to include the ending in the manga, compromising with the readers. He loves manga and its readers.'

This young mangaka is worthy of admiration, but as a reader, Rina was not satisfied with the ending, so she joined others to cause trouble, thus forcing Takumi to yield.

'This behavior is too despicable.'

"Mirai-sensei, I really hope to see Akari and Takaki together," Rina said. She likes perfect stories and endings, but after hearing Takumi's answer, she suddenly understood that it's better to let the author write the story.

"In fact, you don't have to please others. Whether the ending of Five Centimeters Per Second is sad or warm, I accept it."

Rina looked at Takumi and said, but she also understood that other people would not be the same as her.

'Why did Five Centimeters Per Second cause such a stir when it was published? In fact, the reason is not only its content, but also the readers' lack of understanding and trust towards new artists. A newly debuted artist has written two tragedies. This is like announcing to the public that "I am good at tragedies," which will have a very negative impact.'

Most of Mirai-sensei's fans are just pseudofans. It will take time for them to become true fans. If Mirai-sensei focuses on tragedy at this stage, many will turn away. All the book reviews Rina has read say that if Mirai-sensei writes tragedies, people will stop reading his manga.

Readers have the power to choose whether to read or not, and Mirai-sensei needs to work harder to gain their trust.

Rina knew what worried the boy in front of her. She thought about it and suggested: "Mirai-sensei, what do you think about this...?"

"Delay the animation of Five Centimeters Per Second. After a year or two, when those who read your manga are not easily moved, I believe that, regardless of the ending you use, no one will object."

"I hope you can play freely. If anyone is dissatisfied, I will stand up and explain it!" Rina clenched her fist, smiled, and extended her hand: "Mirai-sensei, thank you for coming tonight."

Her gesture clearly meant they were going to say goodbye.

"Yes." Takumi offered his hand.

"..."

However, unexpectedly, Rina grabbed him and hugged him at the same moment her hands touched Takumi's: "What a handsome boy! Sister, I can't help it, let me hug you!"

she shouted excitedly, wanting to be shameless. 'Any woman who sees such a handsome boy can always feel that kind of desire.'

But Takumi's reaction was extraordinary.

"Let go of me!"

He shouted and pushed hard with both hands. The immense force was transmitted to Rina, pushing her and almost making her fall to the ground.

Rina stood up awkwardly. She looked up, a little overwhelmed by the scene in front of her.

"Mirai-sensei..."

The person remained the same, but Takumi's face turned unusually pale.

With the cold wind, his scarf swayed gently. Takumi stood there, his eyes empty and lifeless like a puppet's, but in less than two or three seconds, he returned to normal.

"I'm sorry, I'm not used to being hugged,"

he explained lightly, as if the scene at that moment was just an illusion.

Rina looked at him with a frown, not even noticing the pain in her body.

"I see..." She lowered her gaze slightly and looked at her fingers. When she was pushed away, the hand Takumi touched was very cold.

Rina couldn't understand how a person's body temperature could drop so much in an instant, but she knew the reason.

"Doesn't Mirai-sensei have anyone he likes?" she asked.

"Yes." Takumi nodded calmly.

"Of course..."

Rina looked at Takumi with a trace of sadness in her eyes. She sighed and said nothing more. She took out a pen and handed him Five Centimeters Per Second.

"Mirai-sensei, can you sign it for me?"

Takumi nodded. He took the pen and the manga, signed in silence, and added a blessing.

"Thank you."

After returning the manga, Rina thanked him and said goodbye.

"I'm leaving, Mirai-sensei."

"No matter where I am, I will always support you as a fan. So I hope that, no matter what happens, you don't stop drawing."

She shook Takumi's hand again, turned around, and left into the winter cold.

Halfway there, Rina met a woman. She was standing, her back leaning against the streetlamp. She was blonde with blue eyes, and two black bodyguards surrounded her.

"Alice..."

Rina's pupils slightly constricted. She knew this woman, a famous agent in the entertainment industry.

After a long period of stupor, Rina turned and looked at Takumi in the distance, and seemed to understand: "Mirai-sensei, is he the new partner you chose?"

Alice nodded without replying.

"You've failed several times, why haven't you given up?" Rina looked at her, shook her head, and continued to ask: "Are you satisfied with the goal this time?"

This time, Alice gave a thumbs up.

"Perfect."

She replied with a smile, which surprised Rina.

"I didn't expect that you, who consider yourself a perfectionist, would one day admit the word 'perfect,' but it's true...". Rina nodded: "Mirai-sensei is very good and has similar interests to yours."

But, thinking about the short episode a moment ago, she smiled bitterly again: "I didn't expect there to be such a strange person like him in the world."

"Strange?"

Alice frowned slightly; she didn't understand what it meant.

But Rina didn't answer either. She waved her hand, walked past Alice, and left into the winter cold.

In the departing car, Rina looked back at the gradually disappearing figures and sighed faintly.

"Why are you sighing, Rina?"

The man sitting next to her, who was driving himself, smiled.

"Nothing, it's a shame..."

Rina took out her phone and entered her personal space. She wanted to write about the ending of Five Centimeters Per Second, but for some reason, the touch of Takumi's cold skin was still on her fingers. She slowly moved her fingers and left these words:

"Today I met Mirai-sensei and we had a great chat. But I discovered he's an idiot. If anyone likes him in the future, they should give up soon if they don't have perseverance!"

After pressing the "Accept" button, Rina closed her phone. She looked at the streetlights flickering outside the car. Thinking about it, a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her lips.

"A boy who has never been in love drew Five Centimeters Per Second. The truth is, I don't know if he's a genius or a weirdo."