Episode 4: 'Somewhere in Chiba Prefecture, the Black Bass of a Nameless Pond, and the Silence of Topwater Fishing'

(...Phew. I've arrived. Just a pond, not even on the map.)

(But it's in places like this that they lurk. A green shelter, escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city.)

(...It's quiet. No wind. The water surface is like a mirror. It feels as if it's looking right through to my soul.)

(Now, how to approach this? My opponent is a black bass. A rival in a battle of wits that won't be easily won.)

(It's not for food. I just want to go head-to-head with them as equals.)
(...Casting. Only the sound of the line whistling through the air is absorbed by the forest.)

(...Nothing. Silence. Don't get impatient. Did I come here to catch a bass, or did I come to catch this silence?)
(No, it's both. Even this time spent 'waiting' is becoming a part of me.)

(...I'm hungry.)

(Catch them, then let them go. All that's left for me is a pleasant sense of fatigue and an empty stomach.)
(Now, is there a place to eat around here? A shop near this pond that will warm me up...)

(...Alright, let's look. The next battlefield of 'food' is waiting for me.)