Souji Igarashi

Souji Igarashi (五十嵐, Igarashi) is a God-Tier animator for N2 Factory Studio.

Personality
Souji Igarashi is a drunk, old man. He is pretty brash and will say whatever is on his mind.

Plot
N2 Factory Studio was conducting interviews for new animators and Souji 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.

As they had lunch break between the interviews, Fuji was shocked that Souji opened a beer, saying that he needed it go be able to go through the interviews. He then complained that the lunch they had doesn't have meat. As they were discussing Miyuki Sanada, the next girl for the interview, Souji hearing she was 19 years old, quickly decided she was hired. He had a conversation with Kujo about how a 19 years old had bigger chance for growth than a 25, but both agreed that a talented 25 is much better. Although Souji was still ready to hire an average, but beautiful 19 years old. When Miyuki entered for her interview, Souji was disappointed saying she was disqualified as she wasn't hot and looked kinda dumb. Hearing Miyuki was a fan of the Pannacotta anime they made, he questioned her if she only wanted to draw cute girls like that, but Miyuki explained she was amazed by the drawing and how they made it move. As Souji checked her practical exam, he commented she was bad and needed to go to technical school. After the interview, Asaishi told him he must not be that direct, but Souji commented he was just being honest. And that they can't hire an amateur like her and she needed to be able to draw much better to be hired by them. Fuji Yuiko then wondered how she passed the first exam if her fundamentals were that bad and Souji explained he pushed her though as he saw she had a black belt in judo, so he though she got guts.

Six months later at the welcoming party for the new hires, Souji was watching the scene with the new inbetweeners and saw Miyuki, remembering they did hire her. The President asked him about her and he told her practical exam was quite bad, he wondered why then they did hire her and Souji explained that Kujo really wanted her. They both couldn't understand what Kujo was thinking and while the president explained he wasn't managing the inbetweeners, Souji told him he still needs to care for them, as it's his company. He then saw Miyuki and called her and gave her a nickname Yukimura. Seeing that Souji couldn't believe it, saying that anyone who he nicknames, ends up quitting 100% of the time. Souji then congratulated "Yukimura", although she didn't wanted to be congratulated for that.

Trivia

 * Souji Igarashi passed Miyuki Sanada through the first round of candidates because she is a second degree black belt in judo.