Aki Itami

익숙한 배움터와의 이별, 진로나 장래의 일. 조금씩 어른의 계단을 오르기 시작하는 중학교 3학년 여름의 한 페이지에 새겨지는 두 사람의 청춘의 무늬가, 원작자인 야마모토 소이치로의 감수 아래, TV시리즈와 같은 제작진에 의해서 아름답고 정성스럽게 탄생했다. 중학교 3학년, 한 번뿐인 여름─. 햇빛이 쏟아지는, 파릇파릇한 논밭을 바라보는 타카기와 니시카타. 둘의 중학교 마지막 여름이 시작된다! 히죽 설렘 지수 100%의 ‘장난 배틀’드디어 최종 라운드에...!?

Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is making deadlines, severely hurting the quality of the images. Shihonmatsu, who has been helping Kuromi, gets angry at the new producer and leaves, leaving Kuromi with a difficult choice: to choose between the quality or the deadline.

Ever wonder what it would be like to work for an animation studio? Kuromi just landed her dream job at the famous Studio Petit, and boy is she in for a rude awakening! The new head of the ultimate team of slackers, it’s up to her to finish "Time Journeys Episode 2," or fans everywhere will be let down. Will Kuromi's love of cartoons clean up this horrible mess... or make an even bigger one?

Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.