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[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]

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[Previously unaired footage]

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Yesterday, I went to see Professor Yamanaka
to talk about what my next step should be.

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What did he say?

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I bet you can relate to this too.

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There are probably many female freelancers
among Prof. Yamanaka's students,

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Many of us resent that we're seen 
as relying on our appeal as young women.

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That’s the case for me, and I bet for you too,

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-especially since you’re surrounded 
by male designers. / -Yeah.

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Maybe sometimes you think so too.

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He said that my work may just 
be swept away over the years,

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but he said I don’t have to worry about that.

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Or rather, that there’s no helping it.

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He said I was lucky to have made it this far--
I mean, I think so too.

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He said people may ask to work with me just 
because I’m easy to do business with, including personality-wise.

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It’s not necessarily the case that people
contact me because they value my work.

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He said it’s okay to accept that,
rather than just worry about it.

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That really made me think.

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I realized that I need to build the foundation of my work 
and make a change in order to get to the next level.

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To do that, I should try a totally different field 
to gain new perspective.

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-He said I shouldn’t wait around to do it. 
-What are you considering?

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I might get totally chewed up and spat out,

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but I’m thinking about working
in London or New York at some point.

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I’m not sure doing what exactly, 
but I might try going abroad.

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You might have an easier time abroad.

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Yeah. Overseas, it probably doesn’t matter 
whether I graduated from an arts college or not.

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I’ll actually be judged based on my ability,
so I’m scared in a different way.

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I really think I can grow more
in that kind of environment.

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-You seem like you’re in a big hurry.
-I feel a lot of pressure.

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I don't want my work to be just 
consumed temporarily then cast aside.

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I’m so scared that I’ll have to give up on everything
I’ve worked so hard on since I left my company.

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It’s so...

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Even though I worked so hard... 
The next ...

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I don’t know what to do.

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I'm sorry.

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I know it’s tough.

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But you know,

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even if us illustrators, writers,
and designers have huge failures,

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we just go back to the starting line.

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I’m not brave enough to start again.
Even though I may have to.

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I was once told by our professor that,

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at the very worst,

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this isn’t the kind of business
you need to go into debt for.

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-At the very worst, you start at zero. 
-I see.

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That means you can always start something new,

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and I totally agree.

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Yeah, you’re right.

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Not many people understand what it's like,
so I’m glad you reached out.

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Thanks so much for listening.

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Any time.

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[Translated by hiro]
[Timed & Reviewed by koma]