How to raise a random guy's wife

“That’s the problem. Although I can still manage some trivial matters in the short term thanks to the lingering influence of the previous representative, like now, when someone tells me about the project progress, I just reply with ‘Continue.’” Kobayashi Sora typed on the keyboard, “but if I really want to get involved in the core affairs of the club, such as project decisions and copyright management, I need to demonstrate sufficient ability.”

"For example, creating an excellent game?"

“That’s right,” Kobayashi Sora exclaimed. “You seem to have a talent for management.”

"If we fail to produce it, will we lose this position?"

"I'll probably be pushed out by someone else," Kobayashi Sora thought of her old rival, Hashima Iori. "It's not a big deal."

"Isn't this a big deal?"

“Games are just one option; other works are also part of my abilities.” Kobayashi Sora wasn’t worried. “For example, guiding authors to write successful light novels or drawing wildly popular manga, but both of those require long-term serialization. In the short term, games are still the fastest.”

"I see." Kato Megumi was silent for a moment. "If Aki-kun joins, what about the other members?"

“Perfect timing,” Kobayashi Sora received Eriri’s email, “Come and take a look.”

"Hmm?" Kato Megumi paused the game and came to Kobayashi Sora's side.

"This is the work of our original illustrator, Eri Kashiwagi," Kobayashi Sora opened the email, downloaded the attachment, and a series of exquisitely beautiful comics appeared on the screen.

"Wow, so beautiful." Even Kato Megumi, who didn't know much about the painting, could appreciate its exquisite detail.

"It's like being in a completely different world." Kobayashi Sora frowned. He had thought that with the original storyboard and plot, Eriri would be able to draw an excellent shonen manga, but now it seemed that he had underestimated the situation.

Kato Megumi noticed his expression. "Huh? What's wrong?"

"There's a big problem." Kobayashi Sora quickly responded with her fingers flying up and down.

The animation lacks expressiveness, the overly detailed visuals cause a loss of focus, and some areas that don't require meticulous detail are overly refined, failing to effectively convey the original absurdity and humor...

"Are there really that many problems?" Kato Megumi asked, puzzled. "It's clearly very beautiful."

"This is only part of it." After replying to the email, Kobayashi Sora opened Kashiwagi Eri's website. "You can appreciate the qualified works first; the one just now doesn't count."

Kato Megumi flipped through the pages, "Huh, what's this? It's so cute..."

The webpage is filled with illustrations of the latest popular anime and popular bishoujo game characters, perfectly catching up with the cute style and current trends while appealing to the masses.

"That's the reason. Illustrators who are good at cute art styles will naturally feel a bit out of place when they suddenly get into action-packed manga," Kobayashi Sora sighed. "It's my fault for overlooking this point."

Although Kobayashi Sora replied as quickly as possible, Eriri did not send any more emails.

Chapter 37 Self-Destruct Expert

"Wow, that's amazing." Kato Megumi scrolled through the webpage's history, admiring the gradual change in art style. "There are so many! Is this teacher also a student at our school?"

“Hmm…that’s true.” Kobayashi Sora hesitated for a moment. “However, this is a secret identity, and I cannot reveal it without permission.”

"Ah, like an undercover agent?"

"It's about the same thing, but it's not that serious..." Before Kobayashi Sora could finish speaking, the doorbell rang urgently.

"Who could it be at this time?" Kobayashi Sora got up to open the door, and Eriri, wearing a green tracksuit, appeared in the doorway.

The blonde beauty grinned, showing her little fangs, "What do you mean by that?!"

Kobayashi Sora: "Huh?"

"What's wrong with my drawing? I tried so hard! Do you know how difficult it is to turn your childish scribbles into a sophisticated picture? And you say it's too sophisticated? Give me back my hard work!" Eriri fired off a barrage of questions.

"Wait, you..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? You need to explain yourself clearly today!"

"I mean..." Kobayashi Sora hadn't finished speaking when Kato Megumi's curious voice rang out from inside the room.

"Eri Kashiwagi-sensei?"

"What?" Eriri turned her head irritably, only then noticing Kato Megumi's presence.

Wait, that uniform...

Huh?!

Eriri's expression was blank.

Eriri, a former ostracized otaku, easily uses her disguise skills to become the school's young lady, maintaining her image through excellent acting skills.

To date, very few people know her true identity.

“I mean,” Kobayashi Sora sighed, “there are still classmates who don’t know your identity.”

"...It's all your fault!" Eriri accused angrily.

"You suddenly appeared here..." Kobayashi Sora was puzzled. "How did you know my address?"

"My dad told me."

"I see." Kobayashi Sora stepped aside. "Come in, let's talk about the manga."

"Hmph!" Now that she already knows, Eriri sees no need to continue pretending.

Kato Megumi caught the mochi that was trying to pounce on Eriri, watched as Kobayashi Sora printed out the original and remastered versions, and then continued browsing the web.

"The artwork is impeccable," Kobayashi Sora said, pointing to Eriri's remake. "Especially the opening scene of the city destruction, the visuals are fantastic."

"So what's the problem?"

"The scene destruction is very clear, it feels like a moment of stillness during the destruction of a city." Kobayashi Sora pointed out the problem, "It's fine as an illustration, but in a manga, speed lines are needed to express dynamism. This is the best reference in this regard."

"Dragon Ball?"

"Look at the impact of the Spirit Bomb, and then look at yours."

Eriri bit her lower lip with her canine teeth, and had to admit defeat, "That's Dragon Ball!"

"Of course, few things can compare to Dragon Ball, so even if we only learn a little bit, it will be enough."

"Okay, so what's next?"

“This is a matter of priorities,” Kobayashi Sora said, pointing to the remastered version. “You drew the first close-up of the first monster to appear—the Vaccine Man—very well. The muscle texture, the direction of the blood vessels, and the perspective of the human body are all impeccable.”

"Hmph~" Eriri snorted, "It was just a little bit of effort."

“It wasn’t just a little effort; you also put a lot of thought into the ruins in the background.” Kobayashi Sora paused. “But that’s where the problem lies. A close-up of a character should highlight the character; the background is just an embellishment and shouldn’t be drawn in such detail. It will distract the reader.”

Eriri glared indignantly, but she had to admit that Kobayashi Sora was right. She was not unaware of these issues; she had simply overlooked them.

She completes the comics according to the standards of illustration, and these are problems she has to face.

"And here, Saitama's self-introduction: 'I'm a hero I do for fun.'" Kobayashi Sora pointed to Saitama, who was looking dashing with his arms crossed. "Just like the next panel for Vaccine Man says, this is a random setting. Here, the focus should be on Saitama's humorous style to increase the sense of absurdity, rather than his cool appearance, to create a contrast with Vaccine Man's cool setting later on. Finally, ending with a punch would reinforce this contrast. The following pages have similar issues, one is the speed line, and the other is the art style."

"You should have said something sooner!" Eriri exclaimed in exasperation.

I wanted to show off my drawing skills, but it all came to nothing.

"I'm sorry, this was indeed something I didn't consider carefully." Kobayashi Sora admitted that he had oversimplified the difference between illustration and comics.

Kobayashi Sora's quick admission of the problem made it seem as if she was shirking responsibility.

Eriri gritted her teeth in annoyance, "Fine, I'll redraw it."

"Thank you for your hard work." Kobayashi Sora smiled.

"Ideally, like you said, this comic will become a hit..."

Before Eriri could finish speaking, the doorbell rang again.

Kobayashi Sora got up to open the door, and standing there was Eriri... her father.

"Sayuri asked me to bring this over." Leonard handed Kobayashi Sora a box, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Good luck!"

"Huh?" Before Kobayashi Sora could react, Leonard had already left.

Carrying the suitcase back to Eriri, who was looking dazed, Kobayashi Sora asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"

"How should I know!" Eriri snapped, opening the box to reveal neatly arranged tools for drawing manga.

"So..." Kobayashi Sora realized, "You're going to draw here?"

"..." Eriri was stunned for a moment, then became even more annoyed. "What else can we do? Revise it over and over again?!"

"Alright." Kobayashi Sora sighed, "Anyway, let's draw one chapter first, post it and see the reaction. We'll also need your website to drive traffic."

“My dad is in charge of the website, just contact him.” Eriri started organizing the tools.

"Ah!" Kato Megumi suddenly exclaimed.

Eriri then noticed her presence. "Hmm?"

"What's wrong?" Kobayashi Sora asked as she approached Kato Megumi.

"You...look at this, Xiaolin, this girl...it seems like there's something transparent on her body..."

"Huh?!" The moment Kobayashi Sora looked at the screen, she immediately realized, "You clicked the button for 'Are you over eighteen years old?'"

On the screen, the female protagonist who was just smiling and striking cute poses is now drooling because of the invisible man's behavior.

"I wasn't paying attention... and it turned out like this." Kato Megumi looked at Eriri, "Sawamura-san... what happened?"

Chapter 38 has only one

"Isn't it more polite not to ask about these things?" Eriri searched her memory. "Hmm..."

"Kato Megumi is in my class and is also a member of the game development club." Kobayashi Sora took on the task of introducing her. "Kato, this is Sawamura Spencer Eriri. You probably know her too. As you just learned, she is Kashiwagi Eri-sensei."

“But this painting…” Kato Megumi looked at Eriri, “It’s not allowed for someone under eighteen…”

Eriri crossed her arms in front of the tablet. "What are you talking about? Minors are indeed prohibited from viewing adult content, but minors are not prohibited from drawing adult content either."

"But...but...isn't operating an 18+ website against the law...?"

"Didn't I just say that?" Eriri pouted, "My dad runs the website."

"Huh?" Kato Megumi was further shocked.

"And the person in charge of selling notebooks during the event was also her father..." Kobayashi Sora added.

"Huh... Huh?"

“So,” Eriri stared at Kato Megumi, “you’re the only one breaking the law right now.”

"Huh?!" Kato Megumi was unusually flustered. "But... why do we have to draw it?"