Anime Heart

Ah! There are manga categories that Arima Hiden hasn't even looked at yet...

If possible, Arima Kento would never want to see this kind of classification.

Because this thing is completely useless. If you have a girlfriend, why would you watch this?

No wonder Eriri always evaded the question when I asked her about her manga, and never told me about it.

So it was shyness!

Eriri has developed some feelings for him now, something Arima Kento can clearly sense.

The goodwill that she originally had for Aki Tomoya has now all been transferred to herself.

In addition, he always comforted her and had good conversations with her, so it's not surprising that Eriri would develop feelings for him.

No girl would tell a boy she likes that she's a female artist!

Therefore, Eriri's hidden feelings were easily understood by Arima Kento.

While understanding is one aspect, the shock is still unavoidable.

Eriri, such an adorable blonde girl with rare, tsundere teeth, actually draws ** (a slang term for profanity/obsessive charm). This setting makes Arima Kento want to criticize it from every angle.

Furthermore, Eriri's cover-up was not done well.

Otherwise, given Arima Kento's nature of not actively seeking information, it would have been Eriri herself who told him by the time he found out.

How was Eriri exposed back then?

Previously, Arima Kento had told Eriri about what he had written. Eriri is an illustrator, so she wanted to draw some illustrations for Arima Kento.

However, since Date A Live had already been promised to Izumi Sagiri, Eriri could only draw some illustrations for Mortal's Tale.

This caused Eriri to complain for quite a while, saying why she wasn't notified at the time, making her miss such a wonderful opportunity to do light illustration.

Arima Kento could only laugh it off. At the time, he had an excellent illustrator nearby, and given Izumi Sagiri's fondness for Date A Live, he entrusted the project to her.

Eriri herself hadn't expected this at all.

After some explanation, Eriri reluctantly accepted Arima Kento's explanation.

However, his desire to draw illustrations for Arima Kento has not changed.

The only difference is that the target has changed from "Date A Live" to "Mortal".

Date A Live is a light novel, so Eriri can finish it easily.

However, Eriri seems to have spent a very long time writing "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," which is now approaching 500,000 words.

Fortunately, "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" is also an excellent and enjoyable work for Eriri, otherwise she would have had a hard time finishing it.

Even so, Eriri stayed up all night to finish reading "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," and it was after finishing that she was at her most inspired.

So she stayed up all night again that day to draw Han Li and several other outstanding characters from the early stages of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality".

Eriri sent the drawing to Arima Kento as soon as she finished it. Then, unable to resist her sleepiness, she fell asleep immediately.

This is the root cause of her exposure: after she finished drawing, she casually signed her name as the manga artist—Eri Kashiwagi.

The manga artist's name, along with Eriri's drawing, was sent to Arima Kento's side.

Upon waking up early, Ma Xiandong saw an email and opened it.

He couldn't help but admire Eriri's delicate art style; it was truly excellent.

However, her style is different from that of Izumi Sagiri.

This might be because "Date A Live" and "A Mortal's Tale" are not in the same category of books!

However, the quality of her paintings is in no way inferior to that of Izumi Sagiri, and may even be better.

Furthermore, Arima Kento also noticed the name 'Kashiwagi Eri'.

Is this Eriri's manga artist name?

Out of curiosity, Arima Kento searched for the name on his phone.

Then, a whole bunch of notebooks appeared in the homepage search options, along with countless posts discussing and flattering Professor Kashiwagi Eri.

"Wow, Eri Kashiwagi-sensei is truly a veteran! This story, this art style, I've already read it!" "Read it +1" "Read it +2"... "Read it +10086"

So, Eriri is a doujinshi artist?

When Arima Kento, still in shock, called Eriri with these questions in mind, Eriri realized what she had done.

Then, she seemed to break down...

Fortunately, with Arima's continuous comforting words, Eriri managed to pull herself together.

"Hey, will you still be friends with me?"

"Of course I would! You're so cute, of course I'd do it!"

"Hmm, so you're just after my good looks? Humph, you're such a vulgar person!" Eriri said.

Hearing this, Arima Kento was relieved; Eriri was almost fully recovered.

However, what happened next made Arima Kento realize that Eriri liked him.

"Well, it's human nature to be attracted to beautiful women. As for you, I... I think it's alright! So I'll give you special permission..."

Arima Kento was panicking. He had been confessed to by Eriri for no reason.

Fortunately, Ma Xiandong changed the subject in time, which dispelled the ambiguous atmosphere.

After chatting with Eriri for a while, Arima Kento finally understood why Eriri drew doujinshi.

Eriri's art style is great, but her storytelling ability is rather disappointing.

That's why she draws doujinshi, comics where the story isn't as important as it's fun to watch.

Eriri really wants to and loves drawing traditional manga. But unfortunately, she lacks the skill!

Therefore, Arima Kento had a rather bold idea.

"Eri, tell me, do you want to draw a proper manga? I mean, a real manga, excluding doujinshi and other fan-made manga," Arima Kento said.

"Of course I want to!" Eriri answered without hesitation.

"Then, let's collaborate on a comic!"

Chapter 229 Am I a God? (Daily request for votes and rewards)

Human energy is limited, and not everyone can be omniscient and omnipotent.

In fact, only God can be truly omniscient and omnipotent.

Most people can only specialize in one area and then develop and expand upon that.

Of course, there are many more people who can't even become experts in a particular area.

Sometimes, Arima Kento really envies certain characters.

They can plagiarize, draw comics, design and participate in the game development process, and even write songs and make movies.

Compared to those main characters, Ma Xiandong has far fewer things to do.

He was unwilling to plagiarize everything, which is why he was so focused on improving his writing skills, hoping that one day he could write a work that was entirely his own.

This one thing alone took up too much of his energy and time.

As for comics, there's nothing I can do about it.

Entering a completely unfamiliar field without any prior art training is a very reckless act.

As for music, Arima Sento knows a lot of songs, both in Chinese and Japanese.

This is because in my past life, when I was writing, I always liked to wear headphones and listen to music so that I could get into the zone.

Furthermore, with his extraordinary memory for words in this life, Arima Kento can easily write the lyrics and even the melodies of those songs.

Of course, he couldn't compose music.

It's simply because after listening to every good song, he would look up the lyrics, and thus he would memorize the corresponding melody.

As for game development, Arima Kento is even less capable.

Arima Kento is very good at games, but being good at them doesn't mean he's willing to participate in game development.

It's important to know that all games are made up of strings of code.

If you force yourself to participate without having taken any professional courses, the experience will definitely be very unpleasant.

However, Arima Kento is willing to give the game a try once it's finished, as he is a game enthusiast.

Therefore, from the very beginning of this life, Arima Sento set a goal for himself.

That is to become the leader, or the big brother, in the light novel and even the internet world.

Since you remember written things very well, why not specialize in this area instead of challenging other unknown fields?

With the entire world as his backup, Arima Kenjiro is extremely confident in achieving these two goals.

Of course, it was necessary to obtain the family's approval so that the mother's memorial tablet could be placed in the family's ancestral hall.

Lightweight technology and the internet alone are not enough.

When necessary, Arima Xiandong would directly plagiarize those serious, or orthodox, and widely purchased articles.

If being a minor celebrity isn't enough, how about winning the Nobel Prize in Literature? Or the Hugo Award or something similar? Would the family still ignore their existence then?

Thanks to the exam-oriented education he received in his previous life, Arima Xiandong had read quite a few of those classic works.

Because this was required by the teacher, who said that certain parts might be on the exam.

Now, although I don't like these serious things.

But they're just sitting in my head. Since they're just sitting there anyway, I might as well put them to good use.

I didn't initially think of directly copying Gong Yan's words because I didn't like it.

But in retrospect, it was a wise choice at the time.

Seriousness is no less important than things that require imagination. Some things may also require imagination, but more often they require experience and life insights.

He himself, a fourteen-year-old boy, wrote a masterpiece that shocked the world.