Top 7 Startup Lessons for Students in the Anime New Game!

A humorous moment in the show occurs when Aoba uses chat language and emojis while talking to her superior. While it might seem like a small mistake, it teaches us an important lesson. Your colleagues at work won’t be like your old school friends. The workplace is made up of individuals with various ages, personalities, and positions. You can be friendly with your team, but always be careful with your words when talking to superiors or senior colleagues. Aoba finds herself in a situation where she’s the only one her age in the recruitment group, but she’s lucky to have mostly female colleagues who are easygoing.

Do you remember what Aoba did when she received her first paycheck? She looked at her office outfit – the one her parents had spent a lot of money on – and decided to buy a cake for her family. Aoba is lucky to still live with her parents, which helps her avoid the pressures of living expenses and rent. She understands the importance of family and takes the opportunity to show her appreciation to her parents, who have supported her so much in her current and future life.

Aoba has had a close friend since childhood, affectionately called Nenecchi. While Aoba chose to join a game development company, Nenecchi decided to attend art school. Both girls have childish personalities, but they always see these traits in each other and worry about one another. When misunderstandings and conflicts arise, they apologize to each other and strengthen their friendship. Personally, I really enjoy episodes featuring these two. Genuine friendships are hard to find in college or at work, so cherish those high school friendships!

Yagami Kou is Aoba's superior, a talented but troubled person with a painful past. She once held a significant role in design, but her work pressure and perfectionist ambitions caused her to push her subordinates too hard. Many new employees like Aoba couldn’t handle it and quit. So why does Aoba want to become someone like Yagami in the final episode? It's not just because she’s a superior. Aoba sees that Yagami is someone who works tirelessly for her job (she stays late at the office nearly every night of the week) and has exceptional skills (she was the one who helped Aoba improve her design abilities). In your career, don’t set unrealistic goals like promotions or raises. Instead, find a concrete role model and constantly learn from them. You'll build both a solid skillset and valuable relationships.

This is an important lesson that appears right from the first episode of the show. Aoba applied for a job at a video game development company, instead of enrolling in the art school her best friend was attending.

Another noteworthy detail is that Aoba received full support from her family. She chose her own path, took a risk by entering a field where she had no experience, worked hard, and succeeded.

As mentioned earlier, Aoba entered the video game design industry without any prior experience. She had never studied 3D graphic design and spent an entire week teaching herself everything from books. Then, she spent additional weeks creating her first 3D character.

Even though it was just a generic character with no standout features in the game, Aoba persevered, fixing each mistake and learning from her errors along the way.

If you think you can easily adapt to office life and use money as your motivation, I suggest you reconsider. The office environment is vastly different from university life, where you're not just under pressure from family and school, but also have the added responsibility from your company and colleagues.

In today’s industrial world, creating a product requires a whole production line, and if you don’t put in the effort, your co-workers’ work will suffer. Aoba faced many struggles during her first job: she had to work overtime, sometimes getting only 4 hours of sleep a day.