Anime Heart

Wednesday arrived in the blink of an eye. At noon, Yu Ma Xian Dong sat in front of his phone, preparing to upload the prologue and the first chapter of "Date A Live".

He had already seen the cover redrawn by Izumi Sagiri yesterday, and all he could say was that he was very satisfied...

Although curious about how Izumi Masamune managed to get Izumi Sagiri, who could only be drawn after seeing it, to have such large breasts, Arima Kento wisely kept quiet.

At that time, Izumi Sagiri's face was flushed red, and Izumi Masamune wasn't much better off.

After glancing at the time, Yu Ma Xian Dong brought up the website for the Electric Shock Grand Prix, logged into his author account, created a work, uploaded chapters, and placed a cover—all in one smooth motion.

A few minutes later, the cover and synopsis of Date A Live appeared in the center of the website's homepage.

This was something Ma Xiandong had never expected; his book would actually appear in this position.

Izumi Sagiri's delicate art style, Tohka's elegant figure, and a few lines of unique world-building descriptions firmly attract the attention of netizens visiting the site.

"Editor's Recommendation: The strongest newcomer, Kanojo Neko, presents her masterpiece, *Date A Live*, in the Grand Prix! Follow Itsuka Shido's gaze and witness the strange world of spirits with world-destroying power! Spirits are invincible, capable of destroying the world, but the way to seal them is to date them..."

This rather childish recommendation made Arima Kento himself feel a little embarrassed.

However, readers in Japan and even throughout China really like this kind of thing.

Out of curiosity, readers who clicked in and read the prologue and the first chapter generously cast their recommendation votes.

In just a few tens of minutes, the number of recommendation votes for "Date A Live" reached 2017, and the number of clicks reached 2137.

The ratio of clicks to recommendation votes was a terrifying 1:1.

It's fair to say that almost every reader who clicked in and finished reading cast their precious vote.

Meanwhile, the comment section below the book also became lively.

"Wow! This is completely different from the usual stuff! A nearly invincible spirit capable of destroying the world, and the sealing method is a date? I just want to say, I want a dozen spirits like this!"

"Is the person upstairs an idiot? The male lead can do it, but can you? If it were you, you probably wouldn't even be able to say a word before being blasted to smithereens by the aftershocks of their energy!"

"I agree with the comment above. The original poster is indeed stupid. I think it must be that the male protagonist, Itsuka Shido, has a special ability, otherwise his sister would not have let her brother do such a dangerous thing."

"A prediction master has appeared on the third floor! Let's wait and see if the author will prove him wrong!"

"Watching people get slapped in the face +1", "Watching people get slapped in the face +2", ... "Watching people get slapped in the face +10086"

The thread had already gone off-topic. Ma Xiandong also saw the most popular post, so he casually replied with a "囧" emoji and then closed the website.

He had just looked at not only the data for the book "Date A Live", but also the situation of the great author who started a new book, as mentioned by Kagurazaka Ayame.

The master is indeed a master. Even though the recommended position is slightly lower than that of "Date A Live", the current number of clicks has reached 5000+ and the number of recommendation votes has reached 3500+, crushing "Date A Live" by nearly half.

Seeing this, Ma Xiandong was not discouraged, after all, he was a great author with a large readership.

Unlike myself, who attracts popularity entirely based on the brilliance of my work.

However, I believe I will surpass him in the future; I am confident of that.

He shut down the website, but the book review section for "Date A Live," specifically the post he had just replied to, is now in an uproar.

"Wow! We've spotted a wild author! And why is the author using the '囧' emoji? Did the prediction genius on the third floor guess right??"

"I've caught a wild author, but what's with all this frivolous post-0 author nonsense? Get back to writing! I don't care about prediction geniuses or anything like that, I just want to see what happens next!!"

"Want to see more of the story +1, author go write something else +1!!"

By this time, it was already 1 a.m., and "Date A Live" had over 5000 clicks and over 4500 recommendation votes, more than doubling the numbers from before.

It seems everyone really enjoys this unique book, "Date A Live"!

However, now is not the time for a real reader explosion. Arima Kento has asked Izumi Masamune, Izumi Sagiri, Yamada Elf, and others to promote it on Twitter.

I imagine that after those people post on Twitter, Date A Live's popularity will likely increase even further.

However, even so, Date A Live is still unlikely to surpass the popularity of that great author's work.

The data for "Date A Live" is constantly rising, and the works of that great author are rising even faster.

When the challenge reached 5,000 clicks, the other party already had over 10,000 and over 7,000 recommendations.

It directly ranked first on both the click ranking and the recommendation ranking.

"Date A Live" is ranked second on both charts, so it can be said that this master is Arima Kento's only opponent this time.

The third-ranked book barely reached 5,000 clicks, but only had around 2,000 recommendation votes. The books that followed were even worse.

After all, it's only been an hour since it officially started.

Later, at 2 PM, Izumi Masamune and others arrived as promised and posted on Twitter to recommend the book "Date A Live".

Izumi Sagiri even released several illustrations of Tohka in different poses, and as the artist of "Date A Live", she called on everyone to read this wonderful book.

As a result, the data for "Date A Live" immediately exploded.

At 2 PM, the number of clicks was barely 1 click and 8,000 recommendation votes. After the Twitter recommendation at 2 PM, by 3 PM, the number of clicks had reached a terrifying 2.5+ and recommendation votes of 2.1+.

At this point, Date A Live finally surpassed that great player in one metric: the number of recommendation votes.

The author's new book received 4+ clicks and 1.9+ recommendation votes at 3 PM.

It's a pretty good result, but it received nearly two thousand fewer recommendation votes than Date A Live.

At this moment, the expert couldn't hold back any longer.

As a well-established author, it's hard for her to accept being dethroned by a newcomer.

So he pulled out his Twitter account and gave himself a huge shout-out.

At the same time, I also asked a few well-known figures I had a good relationship with to help promote it.

The established authors, unwilling to see newcomers sitting on the shoulders of veteran writers, stepped in to promote the work.

The results were remarkable.

By midnight, the author's book had over 20 clicks and over 9 recommendation votes. Meanwhile, "Date of War" had over 10 clicks and over 8.5 recommendation votes.

The number of clicks increased by a factor of two, but the number of recommendation votes was roughly the same.

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Seeing this result, even that expert was a little curious: did this book called "Date A Live" have such great potential?

He's already promoted it so diligently, why is he still clinging to it?

In fact, if one's own book is even slightly overdrawn, it is very likely that the other party will surpass it.

Are all newcomers these days monsters? This newbie, who just entered the industry, has such fighting power; he's not to be underestimated.

Actually, this expert forgot.

When I first started out, many veteran authors considered me a monster.

Now, Arima Kento is just slightly replicating the debut experience of every newcomer king.

Those who become masters are not blindly arrogant.

So that expert clicked on the cover of "Date A Live" and carefully read the only prologue and the first chapter.

"The writing is alright, the story is passable, and the setting is about right!"

Although he said that, he couldn't control his hand and clicked the vote button...

Countless readers who clicked on "Date A Live" encountered situations remarkably similar to those of this author.

On Thursday, Arima Xiandong looked at the data for "Date A Live" and sighed inwardly. He realized that surpassing that master player would be quite difficult.

Although the number of recommendation votes is not much different, the number of clicks is much different.

As a new author, I don't have the massive popularity of established authors, so the huge difference in clicks is to be expected.

Fortunately, the final winner of the Electric Shock Grand Prix is ​​determined by the number of recommended votes, and judging from the current situation, Arima Kento still has a great chance of winning.

However, the difference in clicks alone was too great, and even Ma Xiandong felt a little disappointed...

After publishing today's chapter, Arima Xiandong closed the pages of "Date A Live" and began browsing other people's books.

On Saturday morning at eight o'clock, Arima Kento got up, ate breakfast, and left home.

It was another lovingly prepared breakfast by Ayako, and it looked delicious.

And it actually tastes great, easily winning over Arima Kento's taste buds.

However, this time, Ma Xiandong did not bring his lunchbox.

Because he had already arranged with Yamada Elf that the girl would personally cook a loving lunch for Arima Kento at noon.

Therefore, all Arima Kento could say was sorry about Ako's bento.

Even if I bring my own food, I can't eat it all, so it will end up like last Sunday.

Arima Kenji left. Ako glanced at Arima Kenji's figure from the doorway, sighed slightly, and then turned and went back to her room.

Arima Kenji arrived in Adachi Ward by tram; he had originally planned to take a taxi.

However, while waiting for the bus, a tram suddenly stopped at the station. In order to save time, Ma Xiandong boarded the tram and canceled his taxi order.

When the train arrived at the station, Arima Kenji got off and exited the station. Then, he walked to the location of Yamada Elf's house.

He walked straight past the railing, arrived at her door, and pressed the doorbell.

Although the Yamada Fairy's house is right next to Izumi Masamune's, he has no intention of disturbing Izumi Masamune.

Arima Kento knew a little about the sweet life of the two siblings through Yamada Elf.

After what happened last week, Izumi Sagiri is becoming more and more like a normal girl.

Of course, this applies when Izumi Masamune is around.

Yamada Fairy called yesterday to complain that she made some tempura (a type of Japanese pastry) but accidentally made too much.

So, Yamada Elf took the extra portion to the neighbors, hoping that Izumi Masamune and the others could help her get rid of it.

As a result, when Yamada Elf went over to take a look, she was devastated.

Izumi Sagiri and Izumi Masamune were having a meal, sitting face to face at the table.

Their way of eating is the very ordinary way that couples feed each other.

It's normal and ordinary between couples, but single people would be cursing if they saw it...

Yamada Elf is a single, aristocratic dog.