How to raise a random guy's wife

"Huh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at her strangely. "Why are you suddenly saying this?"

"My attitude before was wrong. As a member of the project team, I shouldn't have avoided you." Hashima Izumi straightened his chest, though he was already quite upright. "I can handle it. Please feel free to criticize me!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha stroked her chin, finally realizing the difference between Hashima Ikkai and Eriri.

Unlike Eriri, who is stubborn, Hashima Shizuka honestly expresses her thoughts when she goes out to sea.

However, precisely because of this, Hashima's departure from the sea lacked Eriri's unwavering confidence.

It was also because of Hashima Izumi's personality that Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't voice her thoughts.

“Going to sea,” Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, “Do you know why I want to be a producer?”

"It seems like it's because...you want to experience more things to stimulate your creative process?"

"What compels me to use this method to motivate myself is my previous imitation of Akane Akasaka," Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out. "If I were to participate in your script design now, given my creative experience and your personality, how much of your own essence do you think would remain?"

“This…” Hashima Izumi gradually understood why Kasumigaoka Utaha had stopped talking.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is the author, and Hashima Izumi is the illustrator.

Kasumigaoka Utaha spends most of her time studying the story, while the voyage to Hashima requires balancing both visuals and plot.

In terms of story creation, Kasumigaoka Utaha far surpasses Hashima Saiyuki.

If someone interferes with the scriptwriting for "Hajime Island Departure," then Kasumi Shiko will completely devour the story of "Hajime Island Departure."

Izumi Hashima himself may very well follow in the footsteps of Utaha Kasumigaoka, losing his own style in the process of imitating Utaha Kasumigaoka.

“Perhaps there is a way that won’t affect your own creative style and can still help you.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s eyelids lowered slightly. “But I don’t have that ability, I’m sorry.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha left silently, and Hashima Izumi opened her mouth, but didn't know how to stop her.

"What should we do..." Hashima looked to Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi for help.

“Shiyu must have discovered a problem to say that,” Kobayashi Sora analyzed. “And the problem is so obvious that she made a quick judgment.”

"But if she points out this problem, then your own thought process is lost." Kobayashi Megumi pointed out the key point: "Actually, the most important thing is your own ideas. If you just want to complete a work, then you can just ask her for advice. But if you want to make a formal debut and establish your own style, you need to find a way yourself."

"I want to have my own style, so it's best to find and solve problems myself." Boshima Izumi looked troubled. "I understand that..."

The question is, what to do?

She was completely clueless; just coming up with this story had already taken a lot of effort.

Kobayashi Sora calmly explained the current situation: "There is a problem with the story right now. Utaha has discovered it, but you haven't. You want to know, but she's worried about affecting you, so she can't tell you. And you yourself haven't yet discovered a very serious problem."

“Then we can try a different approach.” Kobayashi Megumi twirled her finger in the air. “Find someone else who understands the creative process but doesn’t know the problem to point out your flaws. This way, it won’t affect your own thinking and might even help you find the problem as quickly as possible.”

"You can do that?!" Hearing Kobayashi Megumi's words, Hashima's ideas for setting sail suddenly opened up. "What are your thoughts?"

“I just felt this story was very good,” Kobayashi Sora said after flipping through it briefly. “If I had to point out a problem, it would be that there aren’t enough big scenes. We could add more at the end.”

“I do feel that some details are missing,” Kobayashi Kei paused, “but this is the script and storyboard, so missing details is normal.”

"The grand scenes and the small details..." Bo Island made a mental note of the sea voyage, "I'll ask other people for advice."

Watching Hashima sail away, Kobayashi Megumi turned to look at Kobayashi Sora, her hair swaying with the movement, revealing her lovely, warm jade-like earlobes. "Did you notice?"

"No." Kobayashi Sora honestly admitted, her gaze involuntarily drawn to Kobayashi Megumi. "I think this story is quite good, with a complete structure and smooth transitions."

“I think so too,” Kobayashi Megumi nodded. “Shiyu probably didn’t point it out for similar reasons. There’s a problem with this story, but it’s not big enough to affect the whole story, so it’s okay if Shiyu doesn’t say it. But solving this problem would greatly improve the story, so Shiyu hinted at it.”

“If it were Eriri, there would be no need to worry.” Kobayashi Sora laughed. “Even if Utaha points out the problem, Eriri won’t willingly change according to Utaha’s ideas. She will try her best to come up with better and different solutions than Utaha, and she will never give up. No matter how many times the same thing happens, Eriri will still try it herself.”

"This must be a difference in personality, or perhaps a difference in family background?"

"Oh?"

“Because I have an older brother when I go out to sea, I’ve been used to relying on older brothers who are close to my age since I was little,” Kobayashi Megumi explained. “Eri is an only child, so she is relatively less dependent on others.”

"Now that you mention it..." Kobayashi Sora carefully compared the two, "It really is true, my wife is really smart."

Kobayashi Megumi's voice softened, "Call me president!"

What kind of club president acts so cutely?

Kobayashi Megumi bit her lower lip lightly, "How much longer are you going to watch?"

Kobayashi Sora kept staring at her ears, and Kobayashi Megumi's earlobes turned a little red.

"I'm not sure either."

"Don't look anymore." Kobayashi Megumi covered her ears.

"Eh?"

“I said…” Kobayashi Megumi moved her hand away again, “Don’t look.”

Chapter 629 Captivating

They were just discussing important and serious matters a moment ago, and the next moment they can be acting cute and affectionate in a soft voice.

This rapid transformation always captivated Kobayashi Sora.

Kobayashi Megumi has clearly noticed this.

She would occasionally display her gentle side at the office, while secretly displaying the president's authority at home.

The boss, dressed in a suit and sitting behind his desk, suddenly started acting cute, while his wife, dressed in casual clothes, looked completely serious as she was being held in his arms...

The stark contrast is captivating and irresistible.

However, this also led to a problem: even when discussing serious matters, Kobayashi Sora could not resist Kobayashi Megumi's charm.

Megumi Kobayashi pinched Kobayashi Sora's chin, preventing his mouth from getting close, "So you're saying that this situation is my fault?"

"Of course, my lack of willpower also played a part." Kobayashi Sora hugged Kobayashi Megumi's waist to prevent her from slipping off his lap.

"You naughty secretary..." Kobayashi Megumi's gaze fell on Kobayashi Sora's lips, "She needs to be punished properly~"

-

“Jorogumo…” Eriri flipped through the proposal, “There’s something wrong with your character design.”

Eriri was originally drawing the manga "Hara Takagi-san". She had eaten a lot of dog food at Kobayashi's house before, and thinking that she could not get away with it, she directly turned what happened into the plot of the manga.

Then I ate my rations twice.

It's still a buffet.

Exhausted, Eriri was drinking lemon tea in her studio to soothe her stomach discomfort when she arrived at the island of Hashima.

It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

Although you can work from home, there are too many temptations: light novels, anime, games... It's too difficult to concentrate on work, especially for someone like Eriri who suffers from severe procrastination.

So, in order to meet the deadline, Eriri would occasionally come to the studio.

If I had come to Hashima Island at any other time, I might not have been able to find Eriri.

Bo Island setting sail: "Huh?"

With guidance from Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi, Hashima decided to seek advice from other people before setting sail.

However, in RER, there are very few people whose writing skills can compare with Kasumigaoka Utaha, and even fewer people I know who are from Hashima Island.

So she had long been prepared to gain nothing.

Unexpectedly, Eriri, the first person to find the problem, discovered it.

"What's the problem?" Hashima Izumi asked instinctively, then remembered Kasumigaoka Utaha's worries, "Wait... don't tell me!" That didn't make sense either; she came to ask Eriri for help correcting her mistakes. "Just tell me anyway... don't tell me directly, just let me understand a little bit, but not completely, vaguely understand, not fully understand but able to think about it, the answer should be implied in the question..."

Eriri stared at her blankly for a while. "Um... Sora should know quite a few psychologists. Why don't you go and talk to him about your situation? This kind of thing can't be delayed. Running away won't help."

"Ugh..." Hashima Izumi realized Eriri had misunderstood. She'd been talking nonsense; anyone would misunderstand. "It's like this..."

After hearing the whole story from Hashima Isekai, Eriri finally understood what had happened with Hashima Isekai's ramblings.

Having understood this matter, Eriri now has a new problem.

Could Kasumigaoka Utaha really have made it so easy for Hashima's sea voyage to affect him?

This seemed somewhat unbelievable to Eriri.

Ah...that makes sense.

Eriri thought about Kasumigaoka Utaha's current situation.

Even Kasumigaoka Utaha, who has been in the industry for a long time, is influenced by Akane Kousaka, so it's normal that Hashima Izumi, who hasn't officially debuted yet, is also influenced by Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Shaking her head to dismiss the question, Eriri focused her attention on the project.

So how do we highlight the key issues regarding going out to sea from Po Island?

After flipping through the storyboards, Eriri quickly came up with an idea: "How do you plan to design the villagers' appearance? Draw a few."

"Villagers?" Bo Island was puzzled but still obediently drew a few simply dressed villagers.

Is it because there aren't enough characters? Is there a lack of clues to solve the mystery, so they need to create a few villagers to provide information?

While Eriri was deep in thought at sea off the coast of Hashima, she saw Eriri casually place the character design sketch of Jorogumo alongside the sketches of the villagers. "Do you understand now?"

"Understand what..." Bo Island paused, "Ah! It's clothes!"

We hadn't noticed it before, but now that we put the villagers and the women together, the contrast is too obvious.

The problem is that Jorogumo's clothes are too gorgeous!

When designing the characters for "Bo Island Goes to Sea," the designers only focused on making the characters look better, forgetting to consider the story's background.

Jorogumo was originally a child from the village, and her clothes should have been as simple as those of the other villagers, at least not as extravagant as they were.

Even if one becomes more glamorous after becoming a yokai, the glamorousness of the yokai's original form should still be the primary factor.

"Thank you, Eriri!"

Having figured this out, Hashima Ikebab suddenly understood. After sincerely thanking Eriri, he immediately began making revisions.

The once gorgeous kimono was transformed into a simple rag, and the lost vibrancy was addressed by changing the kimono's form, essentially turning the original patterns on the clothes into the markings on the kimono's skin.

Having completed the revisions, Bo Island let out a long sigh of relief.

Although it wasn't a major change, it did improve the story to some extent.

It wasn't as easy as I initially thought...