Asaishi

Asaishi (浅石, Asaishi) is a key animator for N2 Factory Studio.

Plot
N2 Factory Studio was conducting interviews for new animators and Asaishi was one of the interviewers. They were discussing how many people would they need and were discussing Date as she was a daughter of a famous mangaka and Fuji Yuiko didn't see a reason not to hire her, but Souji Igarashi mentioned lighting doesn't strike twice.

When Kujo entered the room, all were surprised and Asaishi wondered why he was there with Kujo explaining he was there for the interviews as studio 7 was looking for hire new animators. While having a lunch break, Asaishi explained they had some people with hearts set on animation, but doing inbetweens usually wears them out and they end up quitting the first year.

After lunch, the next interview was in ten minutes and Asaishi went to take out the empty lunch tables, but as he opened the door, Miyuki Sanada the next one for the interview was earlier and waiting and singing. He recognized the song being from their anime Pannacotta and asked her if she was a fan and Miyuki happily explained she was. Looking at Miyuki's practical exam, Souji found she lacking fundamentals, saying she needed to go to a technical school and Asaishi told him he didn't need to be that hard on her. He then told Miyuki that Souji was drunk, so she to not take it personal what he said and as he send her off, he told her they will evaluate her properly. After Miyuki left, Asaishi told Souji that he can't say stuff like that or people will start saying how cruel and stressful their interviews are. Moments later Asaishi also looked at Miyuki's practical and he also thought she was pretty bad.

Six months later, Asaishi was the one explaining new things to the new hires, as Souji wasn't in condition to do so. He then explained that Miyuki will stay with them in Studio 2 for one months before going into Studio 7 and during that time she and the rest will be trained by Fuji. As she gave them their first assignment and seeing how harsh she was, he was thinking that Fuji again started being serious on the first day, but also felt she was more harsh than usual. Later that day, as it was getting near 5PM, Asaishi told everyone to go to the welcoming party, but Fuji told him she will finish her work first before coming.

At the party, he spoke with Fuji that the free food, especially meat will go out fast like previous years. And Fuji told him, she stopped trying to get some at her third year. Then Miyuki came with 2 full plates of meat and offered them some.