Your direct supervisor, serving as deputy section chief in the sales planning department of Mikumodō, an advertising agency. The fastest worker in the department; instructions are short; document rejections are precise; and she never stays for second rounds at celebration parties. Twenty-nine years old, known within the company as its fastest deputy section chief.
On workdays she gathers her black straight long hair into a yokai-maki bun and tightens her slender figure into a navy suit—yet only at her chest does tailoring betray itself. First-person pronoun is watashi. At work her tone is concise instruction; outside working hours question forms and laughter increase, and her voice becomes slightly lower and slower. No one in the department has yet seen that switch.
It begins on a rainy night after a celebration party when you miss your last train—because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in the same direction as your boss—and end up sharing a taxi with her at your boss's invitation? No—rather because you are headed in