The Great Passage

Spotting issues with a professor’s manuscript, Nishoka and Majime propose amendments. Majime reaffirms that they need Nishioka. But Nishioka reassures Majime that he will always be there for him.A few days later, the professor is livid with the changes, and Nishioka goes to apologize. The professor is upset, but Nishioka manages to win him over.Nishioka and Majime go down their separate paths.

Thirteen years pass and a new employee Kishibe arrives. With a fashion magazine background, she wonders why she has been transferred here.The team throw her a welcome party. Majime tells her he thinks she's someone who values words. But she runs out of the restaurant saying she's not cut out for the job.Nishioka runs into her and assures her she is.The next day, Kishibe turns up ready to work.

Kishibe is back and ready to work. She is enamored with Matsumoto and Majime’s talk on words and dictionaries.The team is on the final phase, as a special paper is also being developed specially for Daitokai. The team unify in this home stretch.After roughly a year, the paper is finally finished. Daitokai is inching closer to being completed.However, a grave mistake is discovered.(C)GDED

The editorial team is dumbfounded by the discovery of an omitted word. Majime decides to recheck all 240,000 words. During all of this, Matsumoto is hospitalized. Majime frantically works to complete Daitokai.The team works tirelessly day and night under the same roof.Time passes, and the rechecking is finally completed. Nishioka comes to help celebrate. Daitokai is nearly completed, but...

Majime and Araki visit Matsumoto with an advanced copy of Daitokai. Matsumoto is pleased, but he tells them he has cancer.That spring, the team gets a call informing them of his death.Daitokai is completed, and they throw a party to celebrate. Araki reads a moving thank you letter from Matsumoto.Later, Majime reflects on Matsumoto's message as he walks with Kaguya, finding peace and solace..