Natou

Natou (名等, Natō) is a new hire for N2 Factory Studio Studio 2.

Personality
Natou has a habit of trying to impress those around him. While practicing cleanup under Fuji Yuiko, he kept making many comments about his time as the VP of the Animation Club at Tokyo University and rushed through the job to try and impress her. Though his efforts fell flat when the work was lackluster.

Plot
Natou started working as inbetween animator at N2 Factory Studio. On his first day, he was introduced to the rest of the new hires and Asaishi was explaining them things around the studio. When Fuji Yuiko came, Asaishi introduced her and told them he will be training them.

Fuji then gave them their first assignment, cleanup. As Miyuki Sanada didn't even knew what was that, he questioned her how she was even hired, but Fuji told them to go and work, if they already knew what it was. Natou finished his job the quickest and went to Fuji, commenting his past as VP of the animation club at Tokyo University, but Fuji wasn't impressed. Looking at his work, she returned it, telling him he doesn't need to rush and his job was sloppy. Later Asaishi invited him and the rest to go to the welcoming party.

At the party, Miyuki went to grab some meat and then offered the rest, Natou accepted taking one of the two plates she had. He was later introduced on the front scene along the rest of the new inbetweeners.

On the next day, Natou was given tweening and when he was ready, Fuji commented he understands the basics, but his tweens are simplistic and the motion was boring, so he needed corrections. After work, he asked Miyuki if she was hired because she knew someone, but Miyuki didn't knew why she was hired. He explained that he was working hard to be hired, but being hired with her at the same time, lowers his value as an animator. On the next day, she met Miyuki at the front door, where Fuji came too, telling her to keep working on the same frame, and he with a smirk wished her good luck.