Although the issues between Rin and her father weren't quite what he had imagined, this was actually better.
Compared to complex and convoluted conflicts, he still preferred simple stories like this.
In any case, after returning from Tokyo Movie Shinsha, he began writing the song "because of you."
At the same time, the results for the 12th chapter of Fsn's popularity poll came out. As expected, the ranking slipped slightly, landing in third place.
First place was One Piece again, and second place was the newly serialized naruto.
Compared to the previous The Prince of Tennis and zombie powder, the performance of naruto was undoubtedly quite optimistic.
"There's also the issue regarding the distribution of Weathering with You."
Hisashi said, "The editorial department's idea is to split the manga into four chapters to be serialized in Shonen Jump, and then produce it as a tankobon for sale after the serialization ends. What do you think?"
To this, Akira nodded and said, "No problem, either way is fine with me."
The length of Weathering with You was indeed too long; it was basically impossible to serialize it all at once, even in the special supplement Akamaru Jump which specialized in short stories.
So, he had already expected this outcome in his heart.
Of course, the editorial department didn't split it up randomly; these four chapters were allocated according to the rhythm of the story, corresponding to the 'introduction, development, twist, and conclusion' of the entire narrative.
『Introduction: Hodaka struggles to survive in Tokyo, meets Hina, and learns she is a sunshine girl;』
『Development: Hodaka and the others start the 'sunshine girl' business, the police track Hodaka, and abnormal weather phenomena intensify;』
『Twist: Hina disappears, the weather returns to normal, and Hodaka breaks through the police blockade to go to the world above the sky to save Hina;』
『Conclusion: Successfully saving Hina, the heavy rain returns, and three years later, Hodaka returns to Tokyo and reunites with Hina.』
After listening to Hisashi's detailed explanation and realizing the editorial department had indeed put in a lot of effort, Akira was completely at ease.
Since the latest two issues of Shonen Jump were already being printed, the serialization of Weathering with You would only begin starting from the 46th issue on October 19th.
However, the manuscript fees for Weathering with You would be issued this month along with the fees for Fsn.
In short, after all that talk, it meant the editorial department had arranged everything, and there was nothing he needed to do.
So, for the past few days, besides drawing the latest chapter of Fsn, he spent the rest of his time continuing to write songs. Time passed quickly to October 5th, the day the 44th issue of Shonen Jump was published.
This issue featured the 13th chapter of Fsn, which was another chapter focused purely on dialogue and exposition.
Since Tohsaka Rin had helped him request a day off, Emiya Shirou didn't need to go to school today.
After she left, he found Saber meditating in his home's dojo.
More importantly, Saber wasn't wearing her armor at this time; instead, she had changed into a set of elegant Western clothes and black stockings that suited her very well.
Here, Saber took the initiative to bring up last night's battle.
Although Emiya Shirou's actions had indeed played a key role in the end, Saber stated that his behavior was too reckless and hoped he would be more cautious in the future.
As for the trust Emiya Shirou showed in her, Saber felt quite surprised, then revealed a smile, expressing her gratitude for that trust.
But in the following exchange, Emiya Shirou discovered that Saber also wanted to obtain the Holy Grail.
However, he learned that Saber wasn't the kind of person who would resort to evil just to get the Holy Grail, so he felt relieved again.
Yet Saber was stunned to find that Emiya Shirou actually had no desire for the Holy Grail, and her expression immediately became serious.
"Shirou, do you have no intention of participating in the Holy Grail War?"
"
—No, I do.
I don't want to hand the Holy Grail over to someone with bad intentions. It's just that I personally have no reason to desire the Holy Grail.
"Then Shirou, are you saying you don't need the Holy Grail, yet you must fight for it?"
"You can't really put it that way, can you? It's precisely because I want to obtain the Holy Grail that I intend to fight."
"
That was the contradiction.
Why would you fight even at great cost to obtain something you don't need?
Saber's expression grew increasingly solemn, and for some reason, the atmosphere around her became extremely heavy.
"? But Saber needs the Holy Grail, right.
I don't know what others want to do with the Holy Grail, but I believe Saber won't use it for evil, so I've decided to help you get the Holy Grail."
"————Then if I chose to give up on the Holy Grail, would you give up on participating in the war?"
"I wouldn't."
Emiya Shirou's decisive answer made Saber sigh helplessly, and she could only reluctantly accept his choice.
"I understand. Although our purposes are different, our goal is the same.
However, Shirou————"
Saber's gaze seemed to be looking into the distance, and she said in a low, heavy voice:
"
Although I can't quite put it into words, Shirou will regret this later.
————You will surely feel regret."
End of dialogue.
The scene of Saber meditating in the dojo was also one of the famous 'Type-Moon paintings.' Akira used nearly a full-page full-body close-up here to minutely depict Saber's appearance.
But compared to the famous painting, the dialogue portion was more important here.
If it were a viewer who had only seen the anime, they might find this conversation between the two unfamiliar.
Because this was a conversation that only existed in the original UBW route and was cut by ufotable when it was animated.
However, as a galgame, the original work had too much text description and dialogue; animating it would definitely require cutting a large amount of content.
Including his adaptation of Fsn into a manga, he also cut many things he deemed unnecessary.
But this part that ufotable cut during the animation process was something he felt was very necessary to keep, at least for his Fsn manga.
Because this conversation not only indirectly showed the protagonist Emiya Shirou's ideals and state of mind but also hinted at the parallel relationship between Saber and Emiya Shirou.
Simply put, Saber and Emiya Shirou are essentially very similar, and the current Saber can almost be described as a gender-swapped version of Archer.
Archer regrets the path he took, which is why he wants to participate in this Holy Grail War to kill his past self.
Saber also regrets the path she took, which is why she wants to participate in this Holy Grail War to change past history through the Holy Grail, which is also equivalent to 'killing her past self.'
That's why it's said that the Fate route tells the story of Emiya Shirou and Saber's shared ideals and beliefs, with the core being the persistence and inheritance of ideals.
And while the heroine of the UBW route is Tohsaka Rin, it is essentially Emiya Shirou's self-analysis, with the core being the introspection and choice of ideals.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that ufotable in his previous life cut this content.
The reason he chose to keep it was because his adapted manga version of Fsn needed to tell Saber's story as well as Emiya Shirou's.
After all, what he wanted to draw was 'Fate/stay night,' not just one of its routes, UBW.
So for him, this dialogue that indirectly pointed out the relationship between the two was crucial.
And—
From this point on, there would be more and more original adaptation content.