Crossover anime, starting with Hachiman Hikigaya replacing Subaru Natsuki!

"Including Miyuki Shirogane, he doesn't have the same kind of mental fastidiousness as Hachiman Hikigaya, who feels responsible for everything he touches. He doesn't think that something like this is the end of the world or a matter of his entire future."

"But that's on the premise that he kisses ordinary girls, the kind of girls in modern society who have relatively open sexual attitudes, who don't really care whether they're kissed or not, and who have had several boyfriends by the age of twenty."

"If he kisses someone like that, Shirogane Miyuki will at most apologize, but he won't take it too seriously. After all, he's the one who loses out."

However, Kikyo is not that kind of person.

"In order to get Inuyasha to accept the suggestion of having a harem, he asked Inuyasha a lot of questions about Kikyo. That's when he found out."

"Kikyo is a very chaste woman. She never takes off her clothes or exposes her body in front of outsiders. She has never even shown her thighs and arms. This can be seen from her conservative shrine maiden outfit."

Even when taking a bath, Kikyo never takes off her clothes completely. Instead, she wears an undergarment that covers her entire body while she washes, so even Inuyasha has never seen her body.

"If there is any physical contact with men, it is always only for saving lives and helping with the external application of herbs, nothing more."

"And I have never slept in the same room with other men."

"She and Inuyasha hadn't even kissed yet. Fifty years ago, she and Inuyasha made a promise to use the Shikon Jewel to turn Inuyasha into a human the next day. It was at that time that they tacitly agreed to kiss for the first time the next day."

"...The next day, because of Naraku's interference, the two killed each other, so of course they didn't kiss."

"On that day, Shirogane Miyuki was devastated after hearing Inuyasha's description."

"Because he wanted to use the argument that 'you've kissed Kikyo/seen each other naked/are engaged, how can you not take responsibility?' to provoke Inuyasha into building a harem, but little did he know that Inuyasha had never done any of these things."

"Without anything, there's no excuse to force Inuyasha to win Kikyo back."

"Back then, Miyuki Shirogane was devastated, but right now, as he recalls this information about Kikyo, he is even more devastated than before."

"It was precisely because he knew how virtuous Kikyo was that he felt increasingly guilty for taking the first kiss from this beautiful priestess."

"And the thought that even Inuyasha hadn't kissed Kikyo yet, but his good brother beat him to it, is just too much to bear."

"I feel so sorry for both Kikyo and Inuyasha. This kind of pressure and self-blame cannot be resolved in just a few words."

"I..." Shirogane Miyuki paused, then continued, "I'm sorry, Kikyo, but I'll try to find a way. I'll do my best to find something that can erase this accident and truly make the fact that I kissed you disappear. I'll make sure you and Inuyasha—"

Before he could finish speaking, Kikyo shook her head slightly, her eyes filled with melancholy, and interrupted with a soft sigh, "It's over between Inuyasha and me."

"No, we can still try, we really can try again."

"He has already chosen Kagome; that subconscious choice, made without much time to think, is the most genuine one."

"The bellflower blooms with a lonely smile."

"If Inuyasha had hesitated for even half a second at that time, she wouldn't have been so certain. But the fact is, perhaps Inuyasha's superficial thoughts were still struggling, but he had already made an unwavering choice."

"Whether your kiss was there or not, the fact remains the same: my relationship with Inuyasha... ended the day I was resurrected by Ritsu. You don't need to blame yourself."

"Kikyo has said such resolute and unwavering words."

"In this situation, Miyuki Shirogane, who was already on the verge of saying, 'Could we try marrying Inuyasha together with Kagome?', naturally couldn't say it anymore."

"He finally understood why Inuyasha said he would never have a harem that day."

"That's right, Kikyo is that kind of woman. No matter what happens, she would never share the same man with another woman. If sharing is necessary, no matter how much she loves him, she will definitely choose to leave."

Shirogane Miyuki opened his mouth: "So what do you plan to do?"

Kikyo seemed to take his question as a sign that he was worried about Inuyasha, and therefore replied, "I will no longer take Inuyasha to hell. That resentment, after being vented once, and with your help, has been suppressed."

"As for her attitude towards Kagome, she didn't say. This already clearly shows her dislike and estrangement from Kagome."

"However, Miyuki Shirogane was not worried about Kagome, because it was already quite rare for Kikyo, a saintly and beautiful priestess, to show dislike."

"Given that the resentment deeply rooted in her soul could be contained, Kikyo would never hurt Kagome, even if Kagome stole her man."

After a moment of silence, Shirogane Miyuki, realizing he was no longer in a position to interfere in the love triangle between Inuyasha and the other two, changed the subject: "So, what about Naraku?"

"Once he collects all the Shikon Jewel fragments, I will purify him along with the Shikon Jewel itself."

Kikyo murmured, "Perhaps... this is the only meaning of my resurrection."

"That's impossible." Miyuki Shirogane immediately rejected the idea. "There must be many more reasons for your resurrection! Find them slowly as you live, Kikyo."

"Kikyo had little desire to live; her heart was like a dead piece, the rest drifting along, lifeless."

"Shirogane Miyuki already felt guilty towards Inuyasha and didn't want to return to Inuyasha's side too soon. Now that he has noticed Kikyo's unusual mental state, he is even more determined to travel with Kikyo for a while."

He wanted to comfort Kikyo.

"Fifty years ago, he watched helplessly as Kikyo stopped breathing. Fifty years later, he never wants to see a similar scene again."

"In any case, let's first find a way to eliminate the kissing!"

"In the world of Inuyasha, there are many strange and wonderful things. Although the combat power is not as high as in the world of Emilia, there is no shortage of all kinds of special effects."

"If we're lucky, we might be able to find something that 'cancels out the fact that the two of them kissed,' and restore him and Kikyo to the state of something or a yokai that never kissed."

"Shirogane Miyuki remembered that fifty years ago, Miss Tsubaki had told him that in a deep mountain called Peach Blossom Village lived a Peach Blossom Immortal. He was a gentle immortal with many strange and unpredictable abilities."

"Perhaps we can ask him for help."

Anna's side story: The Locked-Down Confession

"Um! I know I'm not good enough for you at all, but I really admire you, I really, really like you, I'm hopelessly in love with you!"

"So even if I'm executed by Lady Anastasia, I must tell you, Lord Hachiman, I absolutely want to become your concubine and gain your attention!!"

She bowed at a 90-degree angle, mustering all her courage. Although her appearance wasn't stunning, she was still quite good-looking, and her figure was curvaceous.

The only daughter of a minor noble family held her breath, knowing the chances were slim, but still anxiously awaiting the answer.

"I'm telling you, what kind of image does Anastasia have in your eyes when it comes to executions and all that? It's so twisted, isn't it?"

Hachiman Hikigaya broke the silence after a moment of silence, shaking his head helplessly and steer the conversation astray.

This was neither a rejection nor a confirmation, leaving the noblewoman bewildered. She looked up, paused for a couple of seconds, and tried to refute the statement: "No, what I meant was—"

"And I've been doing quite well at the Hexin Chamber of Commerce lately, haven't I?"

Before she could finish speaking, Hachiman Hikigaya interrupted her nonchalantly, earnestly admonishing her:

“Anastasia can be surprisingly petty sometimes. If you talk bad about her to me and she takes it as a challenge from me, she might fire me and kick me out. I probably won’t find another job with such a good salary, right?”

"Ah? Hmm? Yes, I didn't expect to cause you this kind of trouble, but if Lady Anastasia really wants to fire you, I'm willing—"

Taking advantage of the moment when the other person paused in their excitement, Hachiman Hikigaya interrupted again with a serious expression, "To avoid me being fired and your whole family being killed, keep your distance from me right now. We both need to prove our innocence, understand?"

The noblewoman stared in disbelief. "It's gotten to that point?!"

Hachiman Hikigaya said no more, turned around, his back to the other person, and solemnly waved his hand to see the guest out.

This attitude terrified the noble lady. She looked at Lord Hikigaya with a mixture of fear and gratitude, and with an even stronger sense of admiration than before, before she decisively ran away.

As the footsteps faded into the distance until they were completely gone, Hachiman Hikigaya stopped pretending, plopped back down in his chair, and sighed wearily, his face full of annoyance.

"Seriously, this is the fourth one already."

"Haha, doesn't that prove you're very charming? Cheer up! If I had so many handsome noblemen courting me back then, I would have been showing off everywhere."

Stepping into the reception room, Rikkato teased Hachiman Hikigaya in a hearty voice. Rikkato had been eavesdropping outside, suppressing his laughter, clearly enjoying the conversation.

Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head with a wry smile. "Next time a girl uses the excuse, 'I have a big order to entrust to the Hoshin Trading Company, but the person I meet with must be Hachiman Hikigaya,' you can handle it yourselves. Otherwise, I might as well quit my job."

Rigado raised an eyebrow; he could tell that Hachiman Hikigaya was serious.

Although he undoubtedly supported it, he was quite curious as to why the person being idolized was so averse to it, and couldn't help but ask, "What is it about those girls that you dislike?"

If the question is from someone of the opposite sex, Hachiman Hikigaya definitely wouldn't be interested in answering it.

But Ricardo is not only gay, but the past two years have also proven him to be a trustworthy person who doesn't really laugh at others, keeps his mouth shut, and values ​​sincerity.

So Hachiman Hikigaya paused only for a moment before revealing the answer, which wasn't exactly a secret.

“There’s nothing wrong with the girls who confessed to me, and I don’t dislike them.” He sighed. “But actually, when they confessed to me, it was the first time I met them, the first time I knew them.”

If you confess your feelings to someone you don't even know, or have never even met before, what are you confessing to?

Perhaps he is the second-in-command of the Hexin Chamber of Commerce, perhaps he is the future prime minister of the Wang Xuan candidate camp, perhaps it is power, perhaps it is status.

It's even possible that they came for his "more handsome face after losing his dead fish eyes".

In short, it could never be Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Ultimately, if someone like me loses money and power, probably no one but Komachi would like me, right?"

At this point, Hachiman Hikigaya chuckled, "However, if that's the case, I'd rather stay single for life—even if Anastasia laughs at me, it's better than getting married so hastily."

Li Jiaduo understood his meaning perfectly.

Rigado was far less sentimental, but he acknowledged Hachiman Hikigaya's values ​​and principles, and grinned: "So, if a girl who is more attractive than you, has a higher status than you, and is wealthier than you confessed to you, would you say yes?"

Finally, he added, "Your talent and wisdom are no less than mine, and you don't covet anything. Is this the kind of true love you want?"

Hachiman Hikigaya rejected the idea without hesitation.

What he longed for was the real thing, but... what exactly is the real thing? Even he himself couldn't say. It was something that couldn't be described or discussed.

If he were to one day encounter, or even obtain, the genuine object of his own, perhaps then he would be able to describe it.

Besides the two people directly involved, Dona the Fox, who was spying from the eaves, was also in the know about this conversation that day.

According to her account, Anastasia later became the fourth person.

"It failed, Anna."

Curled up on Anastasia's shoulder, Dona Fox was both amused and exasperated. "You were worried that if you blocked him and prevented other women from confessing to him, he would hate you again, just like he did at the beginning, so you refrained from stopping those women."

Unexpectedly, it had the opposite effect.

"Look at how annoyed he is. If you lift the blockade after today, he might actually be very grateful to you. He might even be willing to accept your request for a hug and a kiss."

Anastasia, the listener, remained noncommittal. She put down her work, walked to the window, and gazed at the bright crescent moon outside.

Bathed in moonlight, Anastasia cupped her lovely face in her hands, her eyes crinkling with a delighted smile.

"Not status, not wealth, not beauty, not talent, not wisdom... I already understand what you want, Your Excellency!"

But I'll give them all to you.

Everything you want, everything you don't want, as long as it's useful to you, I'll give it all to you.

Anastasia's feelings will definitely, absolutely, make you feel them most clearly when that day comes!