Kujo

Director Kujo (九条, Kujō) is the head of N2 Factory Studio Studio 7 which consist only from freelancers. He decided to hire Miyuki Sanada to N2 Factory Studio based on her passion for animation, even if she lacked the technical skills to do it. He decides to have Fuji Yuiko train her, because she is incredibly competent.

Plot
As N2 Factory Studio was doing an interviews for new animators, Kujo came into the interviewing room stating that new hires are dead weight. Fuji Yuiko questioned him why he was there as Studio 7 doesn't hire people, but Kujo stated they will hire this year.

He was looking at Miyuki Sanada file seeing she was 19 and commenting that a 19 years old has bigger potential for growth and if the person realize they can't make a living as animator, they can still quit before 24 and still be easier for them to switch careers. When Miyuki entered the room, he listened the interview and he noticed something in her practical exam. After Miyuki left, he decided to get a drink, but dropped his coins on the stairs and Miyuki who was still in the building as it was raining, managed to catch one and told him where the other coins fell, before leaving. As Kujo found them exactly where she said they fell, he was impressed she saw them and then rushed to catch up to her and gave her an umbrella telling her to return it next spring. He also asked her if she was brave enough to bet her life on anime, to which she happily answered yes.

Kujo decided to hire Miyuki and six months later, when she came for her first day, she told him that she forgot the umbrella, but Kujo had no idea who she was. As she explained, he remembered and told her it wasn't a problem. Later that day while working, his assistant director came to him as he heard he hired a new person. Kujo knew he was there to lecture him and the assistant director told him that he had a better chance winning at the lottery than managing on making a kind of an animator he wanted. Kujo then explained he gave her to Fuji and she won't be at the studio for a while.