Shosetsu O S01E04 - Dad and Son

Toyotaka (Alan Shirahama) and Shuntaro (Yu Koyanagi) have a unique opportunity to serialize in 'Novel God'. However, there were conditions, and I had to compete on the same theme as Uchiyama (Tokuma Nishioka). Moreover, if that fails, Toyotaka must quit the novel. Shuntaro is convinced that the theme should be 'father' depicted in Toyotaka's debut work, but Toyotaka rejects it. Being abandoned by his father at an early age was a deep wound to Toyotaka and he could not yet face him. However, he also exudes a complicated heart to Haruko (Nanami Sakuraba) that it was also the origin of her passion for the novel.
Meanwhile, Toyotaka is consulted by Shuntaro's son, Yu. He says he has to write about 'family' in the composition he presents during class visits, but he can't write about his father and mother who are all fighting. Toyotaka, who doesn't want to go home, invites him to write an essay together. Toyotaka overlapped himself with Yu's appearance as a child ...