Our heroine Natsuko gets isekai’d into her favorite childhood anime, but that’s not all. She’s also a director who is really up against the clock. Even though she’s already had her breakout work — some mahou shoujo series that looks as silly as can be — her house of cards can all come tumbling down if she goofs up her next big project, a romance anime film about first love. But unfortunately, Natsuko’s got a creative block. For whatever reason, she can’t put pen (or pencil) to paper. Why? Is it because she’s never experienced love so she can’t craft the storyboards necessary to get the film started? Maybe, but I don’t know if firsthand experience is all that necessary. I mean, is the romance in Twilight remotely realistic… or even healthy? But it has spawned a hit series of books and movies nonetheless. It’s no more realistic than, say, a romance between a young girl and a goddamn spirit of the Kohaku River. In saying this, I’m not trying to debase Spirited Away or lift Twilight up to one of the best anime films of all time. I’m just saying that realism doesn’t really matter. Go pop in a Makoto Shinkai movie or whatever. Or park yourself in a manga cafe and check out a few fresh series. Inspiration can come from anywhere and it doesn’t need to be real.