In Saekano Fine, circumstances push Tomoya and Megumi to communicate more, and it is with this communication that the two are able to embrace their partner for their strengths, acknowledge their flaws and work together to understand one another. However, communication gives Tomoya and Megumi trouble: Tomoya is the sort of person to jump headfirst into things in order to help those important to him, creating strain with Megumi, while Megumi tends to bottle up her feelings and not give voice to them. As Saekano Fine continued, it became clear that Tomoya’s fallen in love with Megumi for her steady, dependable presence, and she’s grown fond of him for his commitment to his passions, most evident in his willingness to go to extreme lengths to get things done. Tomoya and Megumi appear quite incompatible on first glance: he’s an enthusiastic otaku whose passion for his interests can be a bit off-putting, and she’s a down to earth, ordinary girl. However, even with the second season’s ending and the film’s opening, how this journey came to be was not so readily apparent. Saekano had always made it abundantly clear that Megumi would earn this coveted spot, poking fun at traditional conventions along the way. Having demonstrated that Tomoya’s motley team of creators had what it takes to put together a moving work throughout the course of Saekano, Saekano Fine strove to wrap up the lingering question of how Tomoya would end up getting together with Megumi. This is Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata Fine ( Saekano the Movie: Finale, or Saekano Fine in this post for brevity), a theatrical film that acts as a conclusion to the journey that began with a fateful encounter. After her initial shock wears off, Megumi joins the others to celebrate first full reunion of Blessing Software’s original team. They head home together, and as it turns out, Tomoya was able to hire both Eriri and Utaha. Some years later, Blessing Software has become an established company – after reading a horrifying manuscript that Utaha is working on, Tomoya rushes off to meet Megumi and be reassured that she’s not leaving him. However, the sum of everyone’s efforts allows Blessing Software to make their deadline. Utaha and Eriri arrive: with their involvement in Fields Chronicle finished, the pair now have spare time to lend a hand and have been dropping by daily, much to Izumi and Michiru’s irritation. The pair kiss, and promise to see their latest game through properly. Realising the depth of everything she’s done for him, no matter how difficult things became, Tomoya confesses his feelings to Megumi, and she accepts, stating that she’d long been in love with him. Upon returning home, he runs into Megumi and learns about how she feels. Tomoya’s departure confirms to Utaha and Eriri where his heart truly lies. At the end of these two weeks, Tomoya manages to help Utaha and Eriri stay on course to meet their deadline. One evening, when conversation between Michiru and Izumi turn towards Tomoya, Megumi’s reaction to things speaks volumes that she has come to care deeply for Tomoya, to the point where she feels jealousy at the suggestion that others might be interested in him. Feeling abandoned, an irate Megumi decides to continue on their work in his absence. When Tomoya learns of their plight, he takes two weeks off classes to help them and successfully negotiates for a compromise: two more weeks to add the core of Utaha and Eriri’s content while removing the rest of the material. Akane’s hospitalisation leaves Utaha and Eriri in a bind, as the project manager above Akane is intent on moving ahead with testing and release of Fields Chronicle, a triple-A title, to meet the release deadline: the pair had been working on the game’s story and artwork, but this change threatens to strike their contributions from the final product. Tomoya celebrates Megumi’s belated birthday with Michiru and Izumi. However, when Akane succumbs to a stroke and is hospitalised, those plans are cancelled. When Megumi’s birthday arrives, Tomoya promises to spend the day with her, both to gain inspiration for the game they’re working on and to be with her. He meets up with Akane Kōsaka while attempting to visit Utaha, who suggests to him that he make the romance in his work more visceral, and later, runs the idea by Megumi, who is reluctant to accept it. With the deadline for his latest title fast impending, Tomoya finds himself experiencing writer’s block.
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