It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

Iura Hide couldn't help but turn his head to look at the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair. Coincidentally, the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair also looked over in surprise.

Their eyes met, and both of them were slightly taken aback.

However, this surprise was fleeting, since they were just getting off at the same station. Even though Fujimi Station isn't a station with a lot of passenger traffic, and there aren't any shopping streets like Ikebukuro or Shimokitazawa nearby, there's nothing strange about it.

However, to their surprise, the two, who had only parted ways at the station, soon met again.

"Hello, I am Hideaki Iura. I have made an appointment with editor Ayame Kagurazaka."

"Excuse me, please wait a moment. Okay, please follow me."

A dozen minutes later, Iura Hide found the Kadokawa Bunko editorial department following the directions on his phone, and then followed the receptionist to Kamisaka Raku Ayame's workstation, where he met Nikaido Yuri's junior from university with whom she had a very good relationship.

"Hello, Ms. Kagurazaka, I am Hideaki Iura, a student of Mr. Nikaido."

While politely introducing himself, Iura Hide sized up Kagurazaka Ayame in front of him.

This is a beautiful woman with short brown hair and gray eyes. Judging from Yuri Nikaido's age, she should be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

She was wearing a simple black women's suit, seemingly intentionally dressing herself up as a powerful career woman.

Whether it's her cute round face or her energetic and sweet smile, she looks like a female college student who hasn't been in college for long and still retains a lot of youthful vitality.

Even the tone of his voice is very casual.

"Oh my! I didn't expect Yuri-senpai's student to be such a handsome young man~"

Kagurazaka Ayame approached with a grin, seemingly very interested in Iura Hide, her eyes constantly scanning his face.

In fact, she was indeed very interested in Hideaki Iura.

After all, as her best friend, she knew how high the standards were for the proud queen, Yuri Nikaido. Iura Shu was the first student she had ever valued or even praised.

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The warm, sweet breath landed on his face, causing Iura Hide to subconsciously take a half step back, momentarily at a loss for words.

However, looking at the beautiful face in front of him, he suddenly had a sense of familiarity.

"Is this guy a character from some anime or light novel?"

Memories flashed through my mind.

At the same time, Kagurazaka Ayame finally got serious and took the initiative to bring up the matter of submitting her work.

"Did you bring the manuscript and outline?"

"Well, I brought them all."

The memory was abruptly interrupted. As he spoke, Iura Hide took out the previously printed manuscript and outline from his bag and handed them to her.

"Come with me."

Kagurazaka Ayame took the manuscript and glanced through it briefly before leading Iura Hide to the adjacent lounge.

After all, 50,000 words is no small amount. Even for a professional editor like her, it would take more than ten minutes to read it carefully.

After all, Iura Hide was a student favored by her best friend, so she couldn't possibly keep Iura Hide standing there waiting forever, could she?

Iura Hide followed behind her, still wondering which anime or novel character she was from.

As soon as he stepped into the lounge, his recollection was once again abruptly interrupted.

In the bright and comfortable lounge, a woman dressed in a black suit, with short black hair, whose looks were no less than Kagurazaka Ayame's, but with a strong mature and sophisticated aura, was carefully reading through a manuscript.

The girl sitting quietly and elegantly drinking coffee on the sofa next to her was the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair he had met on the subway earlier!

"Is she here to submit a piece as well?"

A look of surprise appeared on Iura Hide's face.

At the same time, the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair also heard footsteps, turned her head and looked over. When she saw Iura Hide next to Kagurazaka Ayame, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and the same thought as Iura Hide popped into her head.

However, it's too early for Iura Hide to be surprised now; there are even bigger surprises waiting for him.

"Oh, it's Ms. Kasumi Shiko! Did you come here today because you've finished writing the second volume of 'Love Metronome'?"

Upon seeing the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair, Kagurazaka Ayame greeted her with a smile.

Before he could finish speaking, Iura Hide's pupils dilated in shock, and he was completely stunned.

"???"

"Xia Shizi? 'Love Metronome'?"

"Holy crap! Could this guy be Kasumigaoka Utaha?!"

Iura Shuu's eyes widened as he took another look at the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair in front of him.

It seems that apart from changing her school uniform into a sailor uniform and replacing it with the white shirt and blue plaid skirt that Kitagawa Kaimu usually wears, everything else is exactly the same as Kasumigaoka Utaha's!

"No wonder! I was wondering why she looked so familiar! It's my senior!"

"So, does this crossover anime world also include the world of 'Saekano'?"

"Do Eriri and Megumi, the 'loser' characters, also exist?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Iura Hide's mind in an instant.

At the same time, Kasumigaoka Utaha was also stunned for a moment, and then a look of panic appeared in her eyes. She almost spilled the coffee in her hand.

Although she is recognized as a literary genius in school, she doesn't want her classmates to know that she debuted writing light novels under the pen name 'Kasumi Utako'!

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Iura Hide with a nervous expression, only to see Iura Hide's shocked look.

This led her to mistakenly believe that Iura Hide knew her and had also read "Love Metronome" or heard of the name "Kasumi Utako".

"Ruined"

Kasumigaoka Utaha took a sip of coffee, trying to appear calm, but the shame of having her secret discovered still brought a faint blush to her fair cheeks.

At this moment, Hideya Iura finally came to his senses, noticed her flustered appearance, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"Is this really Kasumigaoka Utaha, the girl whose outbursts are even more explosive than those of a glamorous woman? She's so easily embarrassed!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to sense that Iura Hide's gaze was fixed on her. Whether it was from nervousness or embarrassment, her breathing gradually became erratic.

Fortunately, the black-haired mature woman who was seriously reviewing the manuscript looked up and looked over, which made Iura Hide look away.

"This is Ms. Machida Sonoko, who is also my senior." Kagurazaka Ayame introduced Iura Hide with a smile, seemingly unaware of the abnormality in Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“This is Hideaki Iura, also a high school student. By the way, Iura-kun, do you have a pen name?” Kagurazaka Ayame asked, turning her head.

Whether they are manga artists or light novel authors, they usually use pen names and rarely use their real names, so Hideya Iura had already decided on his pen name long ago.

However, he suddenly felt a little ashamed to say it in front of other people.

After much deliberation and eliminating impressive names like Naruto and Conan Emiya, he finally decided on Luffy as his pen name.

That's right, he's the man who dreams of becoming the Pirate King!

Although he has always considered himself a warrior of pure love.

But if given the chance, he wouldn't mind betraying his allegiance and joining the pirate camp.

Now he could understand Kasumigaoka Utaha's feelings.

In the end, he reluctantly revealed his pen name.

Fortunately, there is no manga called "One Piece" in this world, so Kagurazaka Ayame and the other two did not show any unusual expressions. Only Kasumigaoka Utaha had a glint in her eyes and secretly memorized the name.

"Okay, you can sit down for a while. If you want coffee, go over there and make it yourself."

After saying that, Kagurazaka Ayame sat down on the sofa and began to read "April" seriously. Before Iura Shu could even come over with the coffee he had made and sit down, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

To be honest, because of Yuri Nikaido's praise, she already had high expectations for the work brought by Shu Iura.

Even so, the excellence of "April" still surprised her somewhat.

Judging from the story and outline alone, "April" is really nothing new. Not to mention her several best-selling novels with cumulative sales of over a million copies, it doesn't have any advantage compared to those novels that barely sell over ten thousand copies.

However, the writing in "April" is truly outstanding, and the emotions it depicts are incredibly delicate, completely exceeding the level of a high school student.

At the same time, it is full of humor amidst its delicate emotions.

Whether it's the scene where Tsubaki breaks the glass at the beginning, the scene where Arima Kousei happens to take a picture of the absolute territory when he first meets Kaoru in the park, or the scene where Kaoru and Tsubaki make countless copies of the sheet music and paste it all over the music classroom in order to help Arima Kousei familiarize himself with the music as soon as possible, and even force him to listen to the music music on repeat during lunch break, all of these scenes made her, a four-year veteran editor, smile knowingly.

When I saw the scene on the rooftop where Kaoru was crying and begging Kousei Arima to be her accompanist, I almost couldn't help but shed tears.

It was a very simple and unoriginal plot, yet it touched her heart, constantly stirring her emotions and making her want to keep watching.

When she turned the last page, her only reaction was: "That's it!?"

Kagurazaka Ayame suddenly looked up at Iura Hide, her eyes like two light bulbs, scrutinizing Iura Hide's handsome face as if she were looking at some monster.

"Did you really write this yourself?" Kagurazaka Ayame suddenly asked, her voice slightly shrill, clearly indicating that she was very agitated.

This startled not only Iura Hide, who was playing on his phone, but also Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had been secretly watching from the side, and Machida Sonoko, who was diligently reviewing the manuscript.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to doubt you. I just... well, how should I put it? If you hadn't told me, I would have thought it was written by a top-selling female author who specializes in romance novels."

Kagurazaka Ayame's praise immediately surprised Kasumigaoka Utaha and Machida Sonoko, especially Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was extremely surprised to hear that Iura Hide had also written a romance novel.

"A romance novel written by a male high school student? And it even received such enthusiastic praise from a top editor like Ms. Kagurazaka? Is this guy really that amazing?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha thought to herself, and her gaze toward Iura Hide gained a subtle new luster.

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However, Iura Hide, who was being praised, couldn't help but have a row of black lines on his forehead.

Although he adapted "April".

But even the original manga's author, Naoshi Arakawa, is a man!

And that guy is a pretentious, greasy guy!

In addition, the scriptwriter in charge of the anime adaptation, Takao Yoshioka, is also a man!