How to raise a random guy's wife

"Entering the House"

"It's that one. It's a rare opportunity for us all to be in the same club, and I wanted to collect the autographs of the two creators who have had the greatest influence on me." Kato Megumi handed the autograph board to the two of them. "So... is that alright?"

"I... I'm easygoing." Eriri took the pen.

"I hope you like your new work too." Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled as she accepted the pen.

After the two expertly signed their names, Eriri immediately exploded, "Why are you above me?!"

"Because you're below me." Kasumigaoka Utaha had an expression that said, as if it were none of her business.

"Change it," Kobayashi Sora suggested as a solution.

The two signed again.

“Sawamura-kun,” Kasumigaoka Utaha raised an eyebrow, “why is your signature so big?”

Eriri scoffed, "Because you're too small."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms over her chest, her deep cleavage and ravines faintly visible. "I never expected to hear you say that."

Eriri: "..." What a nuisance!

"Change it," Kobayashi Sora suggested as a solution. "One on the left and one on the right, normal size."

This time, thankfully, there were no surprises.

"I received autographs from both Eri Kashiwagi and Shizuko Kasumi," Megumi Kato said as she put away the last one. "I will cherish it for the rest of my life."

Eriri blushed slightly. "Well... whatever you want."

Kasumigaoka Utaha narrowed her eyes slightly, "I might do some spot checks later."

“Anytime is fine,” Kato Megumi chuckled.

"Then these two are mine." Kobayashi Sora put them away with satisfaction. "Someone will definitely offer a high price for them."

"Don't even think about it!" Eriri reached out and snatched the autograph board from Kobayashi Sora's hand, but only managed to take one.

Kasumigaoka Utaha held up another one, saying, "You actually want to sell my autograph on an online auction site. You're something else."

"Give it back to me!" Eriri reached out to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“This isn’t yours.” Kasumigaoka Utaha held up the autograph board.

"If others see you above me, that's an insult to me!" Eriri received the one with her signature in a larger size.

“I have the same concerns.” Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the card in Eriri’s hand. “After all, a narrow-minded person is narrow-minded.”

"What did you say?!"

Kato Megumi spoke up, "Well... you can switch."

“That’s right.” Kobayashi Sora nodded. “That way, you won’t have to worry anymore.”

Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha exchanged a glance, then exchanged autograph boards.

"Alright, now it's time for a discussion about the work." Kobayashi Sora clapped her hands and moved on to the next topic. "The One-Punch Man manga is fine, but there are still some overly detailed scenes. While that's good, if it continues like that in the later stages, the pressure will be too great for a long-running series."

Eriri pursed her lips. "I know!"

"In short, it's not time to release it yet. It's safer to save about one volume of content first and then publish it."

"Are you so sure the manga will be a hit?" Eriri said bluntly. "If it doesn't become a hit, all this effort will have been in vain."

"Don't worry," Kobayashi Sora replied. "Even if you don't believe in your uncle's abilities, you should trust my brother and sister-in-law's taste."

"Who are you, Uncle!"

"Uncle, it's me..."

"Shut up!"

Chapter 71 A New Beginning

“What I mean is,” Kobayashi Sora explained, “that given your procrastination and the subsequent arrangements, you need to have a certain amount of drafts before you start the official serialization.”

"You're questioning my drawing speed?!" Eriri glared at her. "As long as your original work is fine, I'm fine too."

"I'm not questioning your drawing speed, I'm questioning your procrastination," Kobayashi Sora said bluntly. "According to your habits, once you start serializing, you quickly slack off and then keep putting it off until the last day before submitting the manuscript. A week or two is fine, but what about a year or two?"

"I..." Eriri wanted to argue, but in the end she could only turn her head away and snort coldly.

“You can incorporate more of your own thoughts into the later drawings,” Kobayashi Sora said, pointing to the manuscript paper. “This storyboard is quite good. I’m not very skilled, so my drawings are rough, and I rarely use these kinds of small storyboards. But your drawing skills are exceptional; when you use these small storyboards well, the effect is excellent. In comparison, this storyboard is used a little less effectively, and here…”

Kobayashi Sora explained in detail one by one where the dramatic tension was most evident and why there was a close-up shot in that section.

Although Eriri has a somewhat eccentric temper, her attitude towards her work is impeccable. Once she has determined the direction, she immediately begins to draw.

"A fantastic story," Kobayashi Sora said after reading the manuscript. "You've done a great job filling out the outline into a story in such a short time, senior."

"It's just a burst of inspiration." Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at the wound on Kobayashi Sora's forehead.

It doesn't look as scary as it did yesterday.

"Well, there's a price to pay for speed. We can fix the typos and punctuation issues later. The key is the continuity of the plot." Kobayashi Sora made a pushing motion. "It feels like the plot is being pushed forward for the sake of pushing forward. Some parts are a bit too forced, like the beginning where the protagonist sees the senior in the library and is immediately drawn to her."

Is there a problem?

“Generally speaking, you won’t stare at a female student from the same school.” Kobayashi Sora’s fingers slid across the manuscript paper. “If you don’t stare, you won’t notice the unusual situation where other people behind you can’t see the female student.”

“They’ll be staring at me.” Kasumigaoka Utaha tucked her black hair behind her ear. “Those guys at school who have eyes everywhere will stare at me, sneakily, thinking I haven’t noticed.”

"But you didn't want to write a male protagonist who stares at his senior, did you?"

"Hmm...so you mean to add elements that any guy would stare at?"

“That’s exactly right.” Kobayashi Sora nodded. “We need elements that can’t be ignored.”

“Then,” Kasumigaoka Utaha thought for a moment, “dress up as an anime character?”

"Does the senior in the story have otaku traits?"

“Child stars probably don’t have that kind of time…” Kasumigaoka Utaha started shaking her leg. “Then what should we do?”

"Why not just not wear clothes?" Eriri suddenly spoke up. "They'll stare whenever they see you."

"As expected of you." Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze fell on Eriri. "All you think about is these things."

"It's not my place to talk about me!"

“We still need to wear clothes, after all, we don’t know if the senior in the story will be seen by anyone, which means there’s a possibility that she might be seen.” Kobayashi Sora spoke up in time, interrupting Kasumigaoka Utaha’s rebuttal that was about to come out, “But the clothes have to be so special that people will keep staring at them.”

Eriri: "Love..."

"Don't mistake my novel for your own notebook," Kasumigaoka Utaha sneered. "Maid outfit?"

“It will cover your legs,” Kobayashi Sora reminded her. “Black pantyhose is one of the character’s trademarks, so it’s best not to downplay it.”

"Black pantyhose, relatively conservative, but also distinctive, something you'd want to keep looking at..." Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered, and an answer blurted out, "Bunny girl?"

Kato Megumi noticed that Kobayashi Sora's eyes lit up.

"This is good." Kobayashi Sora praised, "The bunny girl senpai is enough to generate buzz just by putting it in the title."

"Make a note of this first, then what about the rest?"

"We can use the bunny girl outfit to set up some plot later, but these shouldn't be a problem for the senior." Kobayashi Sora flipped through the manuscript and pointed out some awkward transitions, "And there's the plot later on where the confession brings the senior back to the world."

"What's wrong?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was quite satisfied with that part; the tender feeling was especially wonderful.

"The emotional portrayal here is excellent, but there is an important problem."

“You say it.” Kasumigaoka Utaha started shaking her leg again.

Obviously, if Kobayashi Sora was wrong, she would not be polite at all.

"This conflicted feeling is well depicted and relatable, but... the protagonist is male." Kobayashi Sora pointed out the key point.

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her voice, "Are you saying that boys should be like this and girls should be like this?"

"It's about how the protagonist of the story should be," Kobayashi Sora corrected. "Your writing is delicate, and this delicate touch is very suitable when depicting a useless protagonist. But in this story, you want to create a decisive and brave protagonist, right?"

"......continue."

“You could say that the protagonist’s thoughtfulness was gentleness and consideration before, but at this crucial moment, it comes across as indecisiveness.” Kobayashi Sora raised her eyes. “It’s the kind of thoughtfulness you don’t want.”

"Is there a contradiction in the character design?" Kasumigaoka Utaha realized the problem.

“You wrote it as if the protagonist was crawling out of a swamp, and you depicted the struggle and difficulty vividly. But the protagonist shouldn’t be in this state at this time.” Kobayashi Sora’s eyes flickered slightly. “He shouldn’t be crawling; he should be running.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned. "The kind you often see in TV dramas?"

“Similar.” Kobayashi Sora carefully considered her words, feeling a strange sense of resonance. “Those struggles and difficulties shouldn’t be like mud underfoot, but rather like barriers in front of you and shackles on your body. The protagonist runs forward, smashes through barriers, breaks free from shackles, and leaves them behind, running with all his might. He’s not making a difficult decision, but has already made the decision to overcome all difficulties.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered the differences between the two, gradually understanding the distinctions between the different descriptions and the emotional nuances.

“Once he started, there was no more hesitation.” Kobayashi Sora’s voice was firm. “He was going to do something, something he absolutely had to do. It wasn’t a momentary impulse, but a decision made after clearly recognizing the difficulties. This thing he was going to do was not the end, but a new beginning in a world where she was.”

Chapter 72 A Childhood Sweetheart Appears

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared blankly at Kobayashi Sora, a light shining in his eyes.

That was the light she had always dreamed of seeing in Aki Tomoya's eyes.

But Kobayashi Sora saw it in her eyes.

And the target of this light...

It wasn't her.

Even now, as Kobayashi Sora looks at her, Kasumigaoka Utaha can clearly understand that his determination, his courage, and his burning emotions have nothing to do with her.

"I understand." Kasumigaoka Utaha closed her eyes and sneered. "No problem, but if it's not popular, you'll be in trouble."

"I think I just heard that once before," Kobayashi Sora chuckled.

With both tasks completed, Kobayashi Sora and Kato Megumi, accompanied by mochi, began their club activities—playing video games.

Nice to meet you!

Kato Megumi operates the controller and selects "Hello, Cute".

[Ugh, who says that on the first meeting...]