A single corporate ONA short that turns job interview anxiety into science fiction. The show knows you've been asked to compress yourself into something marketable, and it doesn't pretend that's a neutral question. It builds a smart city where technology solves everything except the one thing that matters: whether you fit.
Set in the near future, this single-episode sci-fi ONA centers on Yuki, a job hunter who struggles because he has no clear sense of the work or the person he wants to pursue. Michiru, who hopes to be a journalist, keeps advancing through the selection process. Michiru's last assignment is to report on a nearby island, a smart city where peaceful nature and advanced technology exist side by side. Yuki turns down Michiru's request but chooses to help with the assignment anyway. Meeting the people who work on the island, and hearing something Michiru says, begins to change how he feels. The short is built around Kyocera's vision of a smart city where advanced technology lets everyone live comfortably and safely. Its title plays on two problems at once: summing up Kyocera's wide range of business in a single word, and the frustration job seekers feel when an interviewer asks them to describe themselves with just one word.
Streaming "Anata wo Hitokoto de Arawashite Kudasai" no Shitsumon ga Nigate da. legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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