Anime Crossover: There are a lot of beautiful girls who like me.

"I happen to have a spare room in my rented apartment. You can move in first, and pay me back when you've earned some money from working. It'll be like we're sharing the apartment."

Kitagawa Yu explained while glancing at his personal identification number card.

Then, upon seeing the name 'Eiko Tsukimi', it was as if a lightning bolt had struck my mind, and I froze on the spot.

"Tsukimi Eiko? Kobayashi Mirai? Holy crap! Could these be the female lead and the second male lead from 'Party Guy Kongming'?!"

Coming to his senses, Kitagawa Yu took another look at the girl in front of him and realized that she really was the female protagonist of "Party Cafe Kongming", Tsukimi Eiko, who had the title of "Soul Diva".

However, at this time she had just experienced the lowest point in her life and had not yet embarked on a musical career, so she did not appear as energetic as she did at the beginning of the main story.

"W-What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Seeing Kitagawa Yu staring at her without saying a word, Tsukimi Eiko felt uneasy and timidly tugged at the hem of her clothes, asking in a hesitant voice.

"Their personalities are really different..." Kitagawa Yu shook her head inwardly, then took out a key from her pocket and handed it to her along with her personal identification card.

"Here's the key. As for the apartment address, add me on Line and I'll send it to you so you don't forget it~"

Chapter 14 The Correct Way to Greet Someone

Five minutes later, when Kitagawa Yu and Tsukimi Eiko parted ways and Kitagawa Yu boarded the SS-Seibu Shinjuku Line alone, heading towards Takadanobaba, he could no longer maintain his calm expression. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a gleam of excitement.

"Oh my god! I actually ran into Tsukimi Eiko!"

He was worried that he couldn't find his Rila Itada so he wouldn't be able to form his own YOASOBI. But now his Rila Itada has arrived!

Eiko Tsukimi, the female protagonist of "Party Guy Kongming," is a talented singer who loves music and has managed to rise to the status of a "third-tier singer" with over 10 fans simply by writing "trash songs"!

Her singing possesses a power to move people's hearts, which is why she is also known as the 'Soul Diva'.

In addition, she is very talented in playing musical instruments. In just over a year from when she was rescued until the start of the main story, she mastered the guitar, bass, and drums while working part-time.

Although I don't have much talent in arranging music, I can still use the arrangement keyboard skillfully.

This person's learning speed is much faster than his.

So with Tsukimi Eiko, it won't be long before his YOASOBI makes its dazzling debut.

Later, depending on the situation, you can just find two drummers and bassists who you think are pleasing to the eye, and you can form a complete band.

so......

"Is this what they mean by good deeds being rewarded?"

Kitagawa Yu became more and more excited as he thought about it, so much so that when the tram started moving again, he suddenly realized that he wasn't the only one who had just boarded.

"Huh? It's her?"

Kitagawa Yu was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously and quickly wiped the smile off his face.

Although the girl sitting diagonally opposite him had her head slightly lowered and wasn't looking over, he could still instantly recognize her from her signature slightly wavy golden twin ponytails, her slender and delicate figure, and the high school uniform she was wearing that matched his. He recognized her as the super popular cover model, Narumi Seina, who had already secured the title of the school's number one beauty before even enrolling, attracting the attention of all the boys around her wherever she went, and even being surrounded by classmates asking for autographs during breaks.

To be fair, even without the halo of her immense popularity, Narumi Sena still deserves the title of the most beautiful girl in the entire school.

Although she is not as good-looking as Karen Himegami and Yumeko Shikiya in terms of figure, and her two Devil Fruits are not as big as Anna Hachimi's, she is definitely better in terms of appearance. It is no exaggeration to say that she is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen.

Even so, he only glanced at Narumi Seina briefly before looking away.

This isn't him deliberately trying to act serious or gentlemanly; it's just that he genuinely isn't interested in models or idols.

It's like in his past life, although he loved J-POP and was intimately familiar with the works of Kenshi Yonezu, Green Apple, King Gnu, and the 'New Generation Sony's Three Great Divas,' and also loved Japanese anime culture, having read countless anime, manga, and light novels, he had never paid any attention to AKB48 and Nogizaka46.

Even though he's always considered himself a hardcore otaku, his interests are limited to anime, manga, and light novels. He might be interested in cosplayers and voice actors, but models and idols... well, forget it!

In his view, whether it's models or idols, they are just fast-moving consumer goods carefully packaged by capital.

So what if they're beautiful? Aren't they just pretty toys produced on a star-making assembly line, all flash and no substance?

Honestly, if Narumi Sena were just an ordinary high school student, he might have taken a second look at her.

However, what he didn't know was that just as he turned his gaze away and began to concentrate on watching YouTube, Narumi Sena, who had been slightly lowering her head, secretly glanced at him again out of the corner of her eye.

As for why it's 'again', it's because Narumi Sena had been secretly watching him all along.

There was nothing he could do; after all, Narumi Sena had just witnessed the entire process of him going from "rescuing the damsel in distress" to "causing a misunderstanding," and then helping the pitiful girl who wanted to commit suicide to "emerge from the shadows" and find "hope to live."

Kind, brave, intelligent, optimistic, gentle, considerate...

Saying it's a prince charming or love at first sight is a bit of an exaggeration, but comparing Kitagawa Yu to an upright and brave knight is not a problem.

Although Kitagawa Yu didn't actually save her, after witnessing the whole process and hearing Kitagawa Yu's words, she did develop a strong liking for him.

Upon realizing that Kitagawa Yu had only glanced at her before 'gentlemanly' and 'politely' looking away, she felt both happy that she hadn't misjudged him and a sudden pang of annoyance.

"Although I didn't put on makeup today because I had to go to school, and I was just wearing my regular school uniform, it shouldn't look much worse than when I wear my casual clothes, right?"

Narumi Sena muttered to herself, almost unable to resist taking out a small mirror from her bag to check if there was anything 'wrong' about her hairstyle and outfit.

Fortunately, compared to the question of 'whether my charm has diminished today,' she was more concerned about another issue at this moment.

"Whether it was cleaning or during breaks today, he didn't ask me for an autograph like the other boys in the class. Instead, he was with another boy and two girls."

"Have they formed their own clique so quickly?"

"So how should I... greet him?"

It might be hard to believe, but Narumi Sena, the No.1 cover model of the new generation, who has already held several fan clubs and handshake events and is about to enter the idol world, is actually quite introverted and shy at heart, and is also easily embarrassed.

In fact, if it weren't for this reason, with her outstanding qualities, she wouldn't have chosen to become a print model; she would have gone straight to becoming an idol.

Now, after a year of 'growth and training,' her agency believes she's almost ready, but in reality...

"Hello, Kitagawa-kun, I'm Narumi Sena from your class... No, no, that sounds too formal, it seems a bit strange."

"Hi! Kitagawa-kun, I'm Narumi Sena, your classmate. I didn't expect to run into you here... No, no, this is too deliberate, and... it's too rude of me to pretend to 'suddenly notice' you after we've been on the bus for so long."

"Huh? Kitagawa-kun? Are you going to an extracurricular class...? No, this is too much of a show-off, and I shouldn't even know he's going to an extracurricular class..."

Chapter 15 A wonderful fate

Even after the train arrived at its destination, Takadanobaba Station, and the two got off one after the other, Narumi Sena still couldn't figure out how to greet Kitagawa Yu.

However, the thought that she and Kitagawa Yu happened to board the same train at the same platform and get off at the same platform made her feel a strange sense of fate.

Watching Kitagawa Yu gradually walk ahead of him with his faster pace, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

Kitagawa Yu, on the other hand, noticed that Narumi Sena got off at Takadanobaba Station just like him, but he didn't find it strange.

After all, Takadanobaba is home to many universities, including Waseda University, Fuji University, Tokyo University of Music, and Neon Women's University, as well as more than two-thirds of the various specialized schools in Tokyo.

He can come to a specialized school here to study music composition and keyboard arrangement.

Narumi Sena, who is about to enter the idol world, might naturally come here to learn vocal music and dance, right?

In fact, he guessed correctly. Narumi Senna did come to Takadanobaba to take vocal and dance lessons in preparation for entering the idol industry.

However, Narumi Sina did not attend a specialized school, but rather a training course offered by her talent agency.

That's right, it's probably because there are many specialized schools nearby, making it easier to hire teachers for training.

In addition, it is close to Shinjuku, Shibuya and Shimokitazawa, which have the most bars and live houses, and the rent is relatively cheap. Many powerful artist agencies, including HoneyWorks, where Narumi Sina works, have also opened in Takadanobaba.

However, compared to Kitagawa Yu's talent class, Narumi Sena's training course was much more arduous.

Take the few days before school started as an example. Kitagawa Yu would leave home at 8:30 every morning to take the tram to his talent class.

From 9:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Narumi Sena, on the other hand, would take the train to her office at 6:30 a.m. every day during the entire spring break, and then work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Even if the number of classes is reduced after the start of the school year, she will still be teaching until 9 p.m.

So becoming an idol isn't as easy as Kitagawa Yu imagined. Perhaps you don't have the talent of a singer or actor, but at least you've put in the effort and sweat.

However, compared to Kitagawa Yu's talent classes, Narumi Sena's training courses are not without their merits.

At least when Narumi Sena was in class, she had two girls from the same group, Yuki Juu and Nakamura Chizuru, to keep her company.

Meanwhile, Kitagawa Yu's side...

To be honest, Kitagawa Yu was completely bewildered when he first went to class.

The entire class, including him, consisted of twelve students, and the teacher was also a man!

This is a crossover anime world!

Moreover, apart from him, the youngest high school student, whose attire was relatively normal, the youngest people, including the teachers, all looked to be in their twenties, and their attire... could only be described as truly rock and roll!

Their hair was so oily, it looked like they hadn't washed it in months.

Many keyboardists in anime are actually pretty and cute girls!

For example, Shoko Toyokawa from BanG Dream!, and Kotobuki from K-On!.

In addition, those who enjoy writing their own songs or making music on their own usually learn some music arrangement and arrangement keyboards.

For example, there's Tsukimi Eiko and Kuon Nanami from "Party Cafe Kongming," Yamanouchi Kanon and Takanashi Mei from "Night Jellyfish," and Yamada Ryo and Hiroi Kikuri from "Lonely Rock."

These are all beautiful girls with outstanding looks... um... let's just say Hiroi Kikuri is a drunkard, no need to mention her.

In short, Kitagawa Yu didn't know whether the world was wrong, or whether he was just unlucky and had chosen a bad training program.

Fortunately, Kitagawa Yu came here to learn.

Now that there were no pretty girls to slow him down, he felt like he had a cheat code that doubled his drop rate, and his learning efficiency improved.

However, what he didn't know was that this situation wasn't due to bad luck, nor was it the world's fault; it was entirely because of the problem with the course he had chosen.

The courses he chose focused on arrangement theory and techniques, supplemented by keyboard performance, and also included advanced arrangement courses on mixing and recording. While it was said to be a path to becoming an arranger, it was actually more like a course for becoming an independent music producer.

Ordinary band keyboardists, independent musicians, and online singers, especially young high school students with dreams, simply do not understand how important arrangement is in actual music production. They think that as long as they can write a nice melody, they can make a good song.

Therefore, most of the courses they enrolled in focused on live keyboard performance for arranging music, with basic arranging skills included in introductory courses, also known as 'keyboarder courses'.

The two are very different.

However, writing a catchy melody is not so easy.

Composing music requires a lot of creative talent, and as times change, there will only be fewer and fewer good melodies to write, making it increasingly difficult to create them.

Therefore, with the development of the times, in today's J-POP world, the ability to elevate the lower limit of a song through skill and make ordinary melodies sound better has become increasingly important in music production.

To put it simply, the relationship between composing and arranging music is like that between ingredients and a chef.

Good ingredients are important, but a chef who can cook ordinary, even bad, ingredients into delicious food is even more important.