Shosetsu O S01E03 - Determination

Toyotaka Yoshida (Alan Shirahama) and Haruko (Nanami Sakuraba) who spent the night together. Haruko takes an unexpected attitude to Toyotaka, who says, 'I don't want to make a lover because it interferes with writing.' She is rather worried about Haruko, who is different from other women.
On the other hand, the editor Shuntaro (Yu Koyanagi) is called by the great writer Uchiyama (Tokuma Nishioka). Uchiyama says that if he competes on the same theme as Toyotaka, he can write a new series in 'Novel God.' However, if Toyotaka couldn't write it, it would be a condition to really quit the novel this time. To do so, we must find a theme that Toyotaka can be serious about. Shuntaro tries to find out the theme from Toyotaka's past works.
At that time, I met a dubious man (Kazuyuki Matsuzawa) who came to Toyotaka for money ...