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  TN - here is the rest of chapter 2
In addition to the three cafeterias at DaiGeidai quite a few café’s were also open. The cafĂ© “Spade” boasts of a curry that “Takes like just how your parent’s made it when its been laid out for 3 days” * the price is cheap too, It’s a popular specialty that could satisfy the belly of Geidai students.
(TN- I may have been able to find this shop due to the naming convention “Spade” it seems likely that it could be referencing the store “CafĂ© Ace” for one it has a good reputation, with the low price of 450 yen and large portions(always a welcome for college students) secondly it’s near geidai and third I couldn’t find anywhere else that fits the criteria. I don’t know about the three days thing but I do know that curry tastes better the next day (can personally confirm ate the same curry for 4 days straight breakfast lunch and dinner )
  “This curry tastes real good.”\nKeiko-san is all smiles when asked for her opnion.\n“Ah, quite so.”\nIn front of me the curry was served with beautifully done spade-shaped rice surrounded by the it’s roux. I was hungry and continued eating it but unfortunately I didn’t feel much of the taste.\n“You don’t find it good?”\nI’ve been immediately found out.
“Sorry, usually I’d find it delicious and just dig in but
”\n“You’ve been holding your concerns right? If you feel like it we can eat another time.”\n“Thank you very much”\nI was called out by Keiko-san this day in continuation of her invitation the other day.\n“

and with that said, although its peak has gone by. Doujin games are still going strong”
Though I sometimes get confused, it’s still the year 2006 right now. It’s Keiko-san says, a lot of star doujin games were born around this time. Around the early 2000’s with a slew of commercially successful doujins such as “Tsukinohime” and “Higurashi when they sound out”* being released, the doujin game market temporarily became the forefront of the otaku industry. 
“Matsuribayashi-hen* came out recently right?”\nIf I remember correctly it came out this summer
.so I took a guess.\n“You got that right. It had an insane people lining up for it at Summer Comiket. I haven’t been able to play it yet, I’m interested in what happened after the massacre.”\n(TN- Tsukihime and Higurashi references. Matsuribayashi is the final arc in the series. And talk about spoilers)
Thank goodness, I didn’t seem to be wrong.
“Even if we can’t go up against that monstrous game, we managed to get out about 5000 copies. There’s a hefty profit to be made with games.\nI thought about how many copies we sold when I was in the business of manufacturing games back in 2016


.It only made me sad remembering so I stopped.\n10 years ago was about the time when even physical copy sales were going well. Comparing it out of the question.\n“So going back to topic, helping you is a little

.”\nI give back my usual answer of it being impossible right now, I end up with just an apology even though it was a situation where I got a free meal out of it.
“It’s really fine y’know. A junior should mooch off meals from their seniors after all.”
It feels odd being called that by someone who I can only see as someone younger than me.
“I almost forgot, I brought you a souvenir today.”
“Souvenir?”
“The games we made. I haven’t handed it to you yet right?”
As she says so, Keiko-san took out a number of dvd cases and placed it on top of the table. It’s in what is known as a “Tall Case”*. It was often use for the pricier doujin games.
(TN- basically the standard 14mm dvd case.)
“That’s impressive. It’s been properly published”\n“That’s a matter of course, We’re very thorough on quality control”\nThe doujin games from these times are mainly CD-Rom games. It was a time when CD-R’s were out on the market. Most of the time it was personally burned and distributed, circles that produce a lot of copies however place orders at publishing companies.
“It even has a proper theme song, it was recorded in a studio and everything.” 
“You’re very particular about it.”\n“I’m taking this seriously after all. I don’t want to create a dispassionate work that I’ll regret.”\n“That’s right you’re taking it seriously
”
“Of course I am. Taking creative work seriously is what makes it amusing.”
Keiko-san says as she puffs up her paltry chest.
“Whether it’s doujins or any business. It’s exactly because of that seriousness when people band together to create things, the customers that sincerely seeks for it will respond in kind by consuming the product and relishing it all the way. That’s the most fascinating thing and the reason I can’t stop making things.”\nBack when I was creating games I crossed paths with a lot of regretful things.\nCopromises, giving up, corner cuttings.\nThe more it piled up, the more the quality would simply fall.\nIf your seriousness is only words deep, the users would respond in kind.\nIf you don’t put your heart into the product , no matter how much you mask it in in bells and whistles it will eventually reveal itself. 
As is the case with Nanako, it’s an opportunity to think whether there’s anything that could be done with being “Serious”\n“Then till next time then. Call me whenever you feel like it. We’ll do it over curry.”\nKeiko-san stands up and as customary says “Ciao
” then goes off.\n----------------------------------\n 
When I returned to Sharehouse Kitayama Shinoaki and Tsurayuki were standing in front of the house.\n“How did it go?”\nUpon hearing it both of them shook their heads
“She’s definitely set on not coming out of her room. I called to her several times but
.”\n Shinoaki says in a sad tone.\n“We have no choice but to leave her alone for a while. She needs to take care of it herself.”\nTsurayuki with furrowed eybrows sighs.\n“I see, Leaving her alone would be for the best.”\nEver since that day, Nanako has completely shut herself in her room.\nShe still came out when it was time for part time job and lessons but she did so without talking to anyone and immediately comes back to her room.
“What a mess, That stuck-up Kawasegawa just had to go and do unnecessary things.“\nTsurayuki scratches his head and frowns.\n“She just had to suddenly knock it out of the ball park with being frank, when we could have eased her in a little more slowly”\n“Maybe so
..”
Kawasegawa really went too far. Even if it went against her own principles, I thought she wanted to consider it\n“But
.me too”\nShinoaki interjects.\n“I also thought that Nanako wants to sing.”\n“Shinoaki
?”\n“I mean Nanako serious about it. That’s the reason why Kawasegawa’s words even hurt her.”\nTsurayuki nods at Shinoaki’s words.\n“I’m of the same opinion. What Kawasegawa did might have been too extreme but I honestly thought that Nanako became more serious when it came to songs.”\n“Tsurayuki too
.”\n“Shouldn’t she need to eventually face it? Rather than regretting it down the line, it would be better to become serious about it sooner”
Tsurayuki puts on his bike helmet and turned on the engine.\n“She should try deciding on it, and if she happens to give up on it, she could quickly move on to the next one.”\nHe says so with a laissez-faire tone and goes out to his part-time work.\nThe sound of the exhaust and the dust that lingers fades out.\nThen in a small feeble but clear voice.
“Yeah, I agree”\nShinoaki also nodded with an earnest expression.\n\n 
   \n====================\n\n“Both of those guys really are true blue creators
.”\nWhile laying down in my room I looked back upon the earlier exchange
Back then, I couldn’t act heartless towards Nanako until the very end.\nThinking that somehow it would continue, somehow it would turn out well.\nBut for creators it never ends up well. Tsurayki and Shinoaki knows that and even Kawasegawa knew it too. That’s why she tried to force out Nanako’s “seriousness”.\n“That’s true
. This is Geidai after all”\nTaking things seriously with peers, striving for things in earnest.\nThis was a place were people gather for a variety of reasons.\nFor better or for worse, the sharehouse we live in is a hodgepodge of unique personalities. 
Immediately after entering this school, I was overwhelmed by their passion.\nIn contrast I was 28 year old god for nothing who worked for a game company, my days continued on unchanging.\nBut then I became conscious to the fact that I can’t do anything so I talked to various people and I was able to find my own place and self-worth. No, I think it’s more apt to say that I got the chance to find it.\nWith just a little courage, and if you can take just a step forward you would be able to find the meaning of working with all your heart.\nBut Nanako didn’t have that courage. So she hid her passions and buried it.\n“What can I do, how do I get Nanako to give it her all?”\nAt present her singing is still incomplete.
When she sang in front of others she was only laughed at as being off pitch. When it came to her volume and range it was praiseworthy, her lung capacity was astounding.\nHowever, she obstinately refuses to get professional lessons.\n“If she gains a bit of confidence would she be able to change”
 I open the ROM I got from Keiko-san\n“Ah, they were able to get CONOCONO on board

Amazing”
CONOCONO was a singer that provided many professionals a great number of theme songs.\nI remembered him to be already extremely popular by this point in time.\n“I tried to get him on staff with our company’s game but it didn’t sit well with our budget.”\nWith no other choice, I offered the job to an acquaintance of the original artist as an in-between, but even that had its own set of obstacles.\n“I was surprised, I didn’t think the songs uploaded at NicoNico had all their pitches altered

”
When I tried out recording, the pitch was all over the place , the range was narrow, and the volume came out low, I remember having a huge amount of difficulty with it.\nAs a result of that I came back home with a sound synthesizer, it was a software to master the audio.
“I learned a lot about pitch adjustment and things about sound quality. In that sense I thank Mr. singer in that regard.”\n *ding* In my head, I put 2 and 2 together.\n“Ah
..”\nI quickly got up. I think calmly and organize my thoughts.\nNanako certainly is tone deaf, but her volume and range are great.\nI have some experience with post-processing, so I’m confident in adjusting the sound quality.\n“T-this could be a chance

”\nI scavenge my bag.\nIn it was an IC Recorder that’s used to record Nanako’s singing for practice. 
And then with PC in hand
..\nThe sound production software from this era didn’t have that much of a technical difference.\n“Who knew I’d actually be thankful for this.”
---------------\n\n 
“Nanakooo!”\n *Don don don*\nI pound on the door strongly.\n“This is urgent, open up Nanako!”
After several knocks, the door slightly opened.\n“
.I don’t want to talk anyone right now, sorry”\nWith just that she tries to close the door.\n“Don’t! Just a little, I only ask for a little of your time so please
..!”\n“No! Even you should have understood it right? I have nothing. It’s all clean and there is nothing left

I don’t want to talk with anyone.”
I pleaded but only a strong feeling of resignation could be heard from the voice that leaked through the gap.
“I understand how you feel. But that’s why I want to with you, about what you yourself have.”\n“You don’t understand! You have the ability to do lots of things. You can take care of everyday necessities and even  look after everyone, you can even prepare one step ahead
.I absolutely don’t know what a person like you can see in a hollow person like me.”\n“It maybe so that I can do a lot of things.  So It may not even my place to say this but”
I harken back to Shinoaki’s words.\nIf you have something, cling onto it. But if there was nothing, you just had to find something.
Right now Nanako might be searching for that something but ended up not finding anything so she locked herself up.  \n"I’ve found it”\n“W-what
.?”\n“I’ve found what you’ve been looking for, so I’ll pass it on to you.”\nI’ve brought the laptop from my room and laid it on the floor and aimed the speaker towards the thinly opened door.
“I won’t give up”
I launched the media player via clicking on the file called auto-tuned.mp3\n “Say Nanako
..do you like your own singing?”
“
..Ha? You of all people, what are you talking about?”
Nanako raised her voice in a blatantly grouchy tone.\n “Sorry. I know listening to me might be hard but”\nI held my breath. I ruminate on the shock she experienced just a while back.\n“I’ve been listening to it so I want Nanako to listen to it too. I wish for you to love your own singing and that’s why.”\nI silently clicked the play button\n“I really want for you to sing again──” 
 The sound recorded by the IC recorder isn’t  good as far as sound quality is concerned.\nTo be honest, normally listening to it would just produce a bunch of noise.\nHowever with the adjustments I made to the “mere karaoke recording”
“

.What is this?”\nNanako’s tone changed instantly. 
Even though I was the one who adjusted it earlier I unconsciously sit up straight as I listened in ecstasy at the altered sound.\nI  don’t know how many times I quivered during the process of studying and correcting her bad habits.
Masked in her tone deafness was a gem of a singing voice.\nNanako would surely regain her confidence if she listened to this.\nI truly believed in that so one way or another I adjusted the original sound and I visited her room.\n“This is
.. my own voice?”\n\nÂ