Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

The crowd, already terrified, immediately responded with utmost respect in unison.

Although this kind of separate supplement that comes with the main magazine is a bit like cheating, it is indeed much better than directly taking over the serialization position of other works in the main magazine, isn't it?

However, they overlooked what would happen if Demon Slayer ranked last.

Perhaps they naturally assumed that if Demon Slayer ranked at the bottom, they could simply serialize it in their magazine's secondary journal for a while to build up its popularity.

After all, even the best works need time to accumulate and mature.

But only the editor-in-chief knew how much Yukiko valued this manga, or rather, how much she valued Kitagawa Yu.

"If Demon Slayer's sales are at the bottom? Then we'll continue serializing it in the supplement that comes with the main magazine for free, until it's no longer at the bottom~"

The editor-in-chief felt a chill run down his spine whenever he thought about Yukiko's reply on the phone.

Without raising the price, adding a supplement, even if it's just a chapter or a dozen pages long, would directly increase the cost per issue by tens of millions of yen, based on the sales volume of Weekly Shonen Magazine!

This is equivalent to spending tens of millions of yen per issue to promote "Demon Slayer"!

So when Kitagawa Yu and Yuna arrived at Kodansha, they didn't encounter the beautiful editor that's a staple of light novels and anime protagonists. Instead, the editor-in-chief personally came to greet them outside. After learning the editor-in-chief's identity, Kitagawa Yu roughly guessed what was going on, and was both amused and exasperated.

But so what if there's a hint of backdoor dealing? With Demon Slayer's quality, it'll shine sooner or later no matter where it's serialized.

The editor-in-chief, who had initially thought he would at least say a few good things even if the quality was mediocre, became serious after seeing the unique art style of Demon Slayer. After spending more than twenty minutes carefully reading the first three chapters, he was already showing an expression of amazement and found his original thoughts utterly ridiculous.

"No wonder the usually fair and impartial Chairman would 'praise' a work like this. It seems the Chairman has a discerning eye! No wonder he is the next head of the Asuka family!"

The editor-in-chief sighed again, and at the same time couldn't help but get excited.

Because the style of Demon Slayer was more suited to being serialized in their arch-rival, Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump.

It seems somewhat inconsistent with the style of works in Weekly Shonen Magazine, but from another perspective, with sales growth stagnating, if they suddenly start serializing a shonen manga in Weekly Shonen Magazine that is better than all the works currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, which focuses on passion and friendship, wouldn't that be able to steal market share from Weekly Shonen Jump?

The most brilliant touch is that Demon Slayer is serialized in a free supplement, which will not displease readers who are used to the original style of Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Since it's already free, what more do you want?

Given the quality of "Demon Slayer" and the convenience of being free, it will surely spread among readers at the fastest speed. Wouldn't that attract readers who like shonen manga to buy "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and boost its sales?

"Brilliant! The chairman's move was absolutely brilliant!"

Thinking about it this way, the editor-in-chief couldn't help but admire Yukiko's wise decision even more.

Of course, the key to all this is that the quality of Demon Slayer after the graphics upgrade is really too high.

Suddenly, his attitude towards Kitagawa Yu and Kitagawa Yu became even more enthusiastic, making Kitagawa Yu almost think that he had some serious illness.

So, after agreeing on a time to visit each week for his high school entrance exams, Kitagawa Yu hurriedly left Kodansha with Yuna.

"What are your plans next?"

After leaving Kodansha, Kitagawa Yu looked at Yuna, who was still somewhat excited, and asked her a question.

"The class said we need to prepare for the school festival the week after next. Our class theme is haunted house, and the class monitor told us to gather in the classroom whenever we have time to make props," Yuna said after thinking for a moment.

"But I don't really want to go. I want to keep drawing manga and finish the fourth chapter as soon as possible." Yuna playfully stuck out her tongue.

Perhaps it was because she saw hope in helping her family pay off their debts that the invisible burden that had been weighing on her finally shattered completely, making her appear like a phoenix rising from the ashes, even more vibrant and radiant.

"That won't do," Kitagawa Yu said, giving her a light tap on the head with his hand. "You've been working overtime for two weeks straight, you deserve a good rest! One chapter a week, we can work together, there definitely won't be any problems!"

After a pause, Kitagawa Yu said, "How about this, I'm going to record a song this afternoon, and I happen to be short a female backing vocalist, so I'll have to trouble you~"

"And now?" Yuna asked.

"Let's pay the deposit now and go to the amusement park together!"

There is no doubt that amusement parks are a huge attraction for girls, from four or five years old to twenty or thirty years old.

Yuna was no exception.

Moreover, due to her family background, she had never actually been to an amusement park except when she was 'working'.

Most importantly, the person she was with this time was someone she truly liked!

Her eyes lit up, and Yuna immediately nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice, agreeing without hesitation.

An unexpected date arrived. Although it wasn't very long, after lunch and a short stroll, the two went to the recording studio together. Even so, both Yuna and Kitagawa Yu were very happy.

Meanwhile, Ayako slept longer than Kitagawa Yu had expected, only waking up groggily around 1 p.m., and then letting out a panicked scream after glancing at the alarm clock.

"One by one?!"

Why didn't my alarm clock go off?

"I still have my cell phone, why didn't Anri-nee and the others call me?"

Ayako's mind raced with various thoughts, and then she instinctively thought of Yukiko. After all, who else but Yukiko would play such a prank on her?

Just then, Yukiko, perhaps having heard her scream, opened the door and came in.

Then the two sisters looked at each other, and Yukiko almost instantly understood what she was thinking, and said in a flash, "It wasn't me, it was Yu!"

"Huh? Senior?" Ayako was furious upon hearing this. Yukiko had done something wrong but refused to admit it, and even dared to frame the person she liked. This was simply intolerable!

"I'm not lying to you. Yu turned off your alarm and left you a note. I was planning to wake you up this morning to make breakfast, but when I saw the note, I found out that you and Yu stayed up all night watching anime, and without me! That's so awful!" Yukiko said, clenching her little fists and grinding her teeth.

This made Ayako, who had been so aggressive, suddenly feel a little guilty.

"In addition, Yu also specifically notified the three members of your band that they have the morning off so that they can also get some rest."

"And Yu also knows about your small company's debt. I heard from Akari-senpai that Yu went to the company this afternoon, apparently planning to release two singles himself."

Before she could even finish listening, Ayako's anger and anxiety had already transformed into deep emotion.

Especially when Kitagawa Yu wanted to release his own single to help ease her burden, her heart almost melted.

but

"The senior is actually going to sing by himself?"

How could she miss this!

Ayako jumped out of bed, throwing off the covers. She planned to quickly wash up, change, and head to the office. As for lunch, she'd just grab two sandwiches and eat them in the car.

However, Yukiko's next words made her change her mind.

"Oh, right, Yuna-senpai went to the company with Yu, I think they were going to record harmonies for Yu's new song~"

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Although she got along quite well with Yuna, as a rival, she didn't want to lose to Yuna anywhere, so...

Ayako decisively doubled the time she spent on dressing up.

When she arrived at the company, she happened to run into B Komachi, who was finishing her lunch break and heading to the rehearsal room to continue practicing. For a moment, even though she was also a young and beautiful girl, she couldn't help but be amazed by Ayako's appearance and temperament.

Then they couldn't help but feel a little worried for Ai, who had already run off to the recording studio to find Kitagawa Yu.

"Xiao Ai's competitors are too strong!"

"It just goes to show how incredibly popular Kitagawa-sensei is."

The three of them exchanged a furtive glance, a sudden surge of schadenfreude rising within them.

Ayako doesn't have mind-reading abilities, so she obviously couldn't know what these three were thinking. When she saw them, she simply stopped briefly, smiled politely, and greeted them before continuing her elegant yet brisk walk toward the elevator.

"Born empty-handed, I struggle in the cracks of eternity, barely surviving in an age where only the hopeless and the wise are the victors."

Seeing that the lights in the recording studio were already on, Ayako went into the monitoring room first to avoid disturbing Kitagawa Yu.

As soon as she pushed open the door, she heard Kitagawa Yu's deep and melancholic singing voice. She couldn't help but stop in her tracks, and even her breathing slowed down unconsciously.

To be fair, although "What Else Can Love Do?" isn't as classic as "Dream Lantern" or "Zen Zen Zense", it's no less impressive that it was chosen by Makoto Shinkai as the theme song for "Weathering With You" and topped the Oricon weekly chart. The song's powerful vocals, moving from sadness and helplessness to struggle and despair, and finally to never giving up, are truly infectious.

Just as the first verse ended, Yuna and Ai's soft singing began at the perfect moment, accompanied by a simple and clean accompaniment using only the piano, creating a powerful impact that struck straight to the heart.

In the second section, with the addition of other instruments, the slightly faster melody stirred a surge of power within Ayako, dispelling the many distracting thoughts in her mind and allowing her to immerse herself in the song, her eyes fixed solely on the figure of Kitagawa Yu sitting at the piano, singing and playing.

"Courage, hope, bonds—these are all useless magic, so adults avoid them. Even so, from that day until now, you have been guiding me in the right direction. Even when I go against the world, you have always been by my side."

"Senior, even if the whole world goes against you, I will always stay by your side!"

As if by telepathy, Kitagawa Yu suddenly turned his head and looked over. Their eyes met, like the first ray of light after the rain, shining through the thick roof and falling on them at the same time.

Chapter 198 Xiao Xun Takes the Initiative

Relying on her memories from her past life, she knew how to sing and what the final effect should be. In addition, her breath control was extremely stable. Although Kitagawa Yu had not received professional vocal training, the recording went very smoothly.

However, this was his first time releasing a song on his own. In order to achieve high sales, even though Ayako and the others felt that the effect was already very good, he still went all out and used the skills of a million-dollar sound engineer to continue to carefully fix the sound after recording.

While he was busy with his work, in a Western-style bakery diagonally opposite Ayumi's house in Lushan Shopping Street, Xiao Xun placed a plate full of freshly baked bread on the shelf, then wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, picked up her phone, glanced at it, and muttered to herself.

"You damned master! You stinky master!"

"They didn't come to pick me up when I was discharged from the hospital yesterday, and they didn't celebrate with me. I can understand that, but they haven't sent me any messages all day today. That's just too awful!"

Doesn't he miss me at all?

Thinking about this, Xiao Xun felt depressed, annoyed, and wronged, and her lips unconsciously pouted.

As a result, her mother, who was not far away, noticed her expression and muttering to herself. Thinking that she was not feeling well again, she quickly said, "Xiao Xun, go and rest. Your body has just recovered. The doctor also said that you should not do too much physical activity now and should proceed gradually."

Xiao Xun didn't think much of it at first, and upon hearing this, she immediately flashed a sweet and obedient smile, saying, "It's okay, it's just some bread, it's not serious. Besides, my illness is really completely cured, and it won't relapse like the doctor worried~"

"You child, you should listen to the doctor." The mother shook her head first, scolding her helplessly, then seemed to think of something, and joked with her with a smile, "So what were you thinking about just now? You looked so depressed, were you thinking about Arima Kousei?"

"Arima Kousei?" Kaoru was taken aback.

This name, which had lingered in her heart for nearly ten years, has been increasingly forgotten by her lately, and hasn't even appeared in the past forty-plus hours since the night before last.

Instead, she was replaced by another guy who had previously warmed her like the winter sun, but now made her grit her teeth in annoyance.

"Could it be that I'm too fickle and have fallen for someone else so quickly?" This thought suddenly popped into her head, making her feel inexplicably flustered and at a loss.

However, when her mother saw that expression, she thought she had guessed correctly.

“If you like him, go for it! Weren’t you brave when you were sick? Why are you being so hesitant now that you’re better? If I had been as hesitant as you back then, I would never have been able to win over your dad.”

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A shy blush flashed across Xiao Xun's face.

However, her mother's words woke her up. She was not even afraid of death and had already made preparations, so why was she now becoming timid and hesitant?

"I'm a violinist destined to become a martial arts master! How can I lose my courage!"