This continued for a year, until Uchida, satisfied that Ponjea had made sufficient progress, invited him to submit a draft for a short script by Riichiro Inagaki entitled Kiba & Kiba.
如此又過了一年，認為彭傑有顯著進步的內田，主動邀請他參與由日本漫畫家稻垣理一郎編劇的新作短篇《牙與牙》比稿，這才真正面臨決定勝負的關鍵時刻。