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Eriri paused, then saw a familiar ID: TAKI.

This is Aki Tomoya's ID.

Isn't this a bit much?!

He left this comment.

idiot......

Eriri bit her lower lip with her canine teeth.

In an instant, the past rushed by.

She and Aki Tomoya were childhood friends.

From elementary school to high school, we were in the same school.

She lived in a villa on the mountain, while Aki Tomoya lived on the hillside below.

What made them good friends was their love for anime and manga.

However... because they talked about otaku topics at school, the two were bullied by other classmates.

Eriri hides her otaku nature and gets rid of bullying by adopting the perfect rich girl persona.

Aki Tomoya, through his passion and fervent evangelism, helped more people around him accept the otaku culture.

Both of them resolved the problem in their own ways, and thus parted ways.

They tacitly kept their distance and pretended not to know each other at school.

It took three years to start exchanging a few words, five years to start borrowing anime and games from each other, and seven years to be able to have normal conversations.

It's much simpler online, since you don't have to meet in person and no one else will know.

There was nothing wrong with it before, but seeing his comments now gives me a strange feeling.

To use a theme that Eriri is familiar with, it's like a beautiful girl wearing strange clothes in front of bad guys, and then trying to make up for it by wearing the same clothes in front of her childhood friend, only to be disliked.

No! No!

Eriri shook her head vigorously, wondering how she had suddenly come to put herself in that situation.

It's all because of that guy Kobayashi Sora who made himself weird... No, saying it like that makes it even weirder!

Eriri was angry with herself, her little face puffed up.

Fortunately, Kobayashi Sora didn't act arrogantly and domineeringly like the blond-haired character she wrote about.

The thought had barely crossed my mind when my phone beeped.

Kobayashi Sora: [As expected of Kashiwagi Eri-sensei!]

The notification tone sounded again.

Kobayashi Sora sent me a picture.

Eriri's expression in the picture is exactly the same as the maid she drew.

So they've come here to show off their power!

To use a metaphor that Eriri is familiar with, it's like a blond guy holding up his wet fingers in front of a beautiful girl... No!

Eriri threw her phone onto the bed and irritably ruffled her long, artistic blonde hair.

That despicable guy...

I will absolutely... I will never let him control me again!

Eriri made up her mind in secret, when suddenly she heard her phone beep again.

Eriri stuck her tongue out at her phone, showing no intention of looking at it.

Even if he had any new suggestions, she would absolutely not accept them.

Ding dong.

Ding dong.

Ding dong.

The notification sounds rang out one after another, like a kitten's claws scratching at Eriri's heart.

It's itchy.

Just one glance.

Eriri picked up her phone and opened the message.

What I received were a series of pictures.

It was a drawing like a child's scribbles, with distorted lines, a simple picture, and almost no background. Only the panel layout was somewhat readable, and the dialogue was all handwritten.

Wait a minute... Eriri suddenly realized, this is... a manga?!

Kobayashi Sora: [This is a comic I drew. Please feel free to correct any errors.]

"Hmph~" Eriri snorted twice, about to make a sarcastic remark, but her hand stopped moving.

In order to make her mockery more precisely target Kobayashi Sora, Eriri decided to read the whole thing before replying.

"One-Hit Man? That's an unpleasant name."

Chapter 13 The Plan

how so?

Eriri was starting to question the meaning of life.

Despite Kobayashi Sora's simple drawing style, with even a simple curve appearing crooked, she was able to tell a captivating story clearly and completely.

In comparison... her drawing skills are so good, yet she can only attract readers by relying on adult content.

She wanted to mock Kobayashi Sora's painting skills, but after reading the story, she clearly realized that painting skills... are not essential.

Eriri had known this for a long time.

In fact, most doujinshi artists are aware of this.

Even in Japan, the status of doujinshi illustrators is relatively low.

In contrast, cartoonists are revered by millions.

Countless doujinshi artists (not all) wander in the sea, yet they always yearn to come ashore.

To be fair, many doujinshi artists have a very solid foundation in drawing skills, and many are even better than the average cartoonist, especially in terms of human anatomy and facial expressions.

Traditional comic artists study storytelling techniques, plot, paneling, and so on. While things like human expressions are important, they ultimately cannot compare to the story itself.

Kobayashi Sora's storytelling ability reminded Eriri of Kasumigaoka Utaha, whose black-stockinged, chubby character's plot design in "Love Metronome" is truly breathtaking.

Why are all the people around me able to produce such great storylines?!

Eriri experienced the unevenness of the world.

And the malice of the world.

At the same time, a sense of regret also arose.

If I were to draw it myself, I would definitely make this story even more amazing!

but......

Eriri bit her cherry lips with her little tiger teeth, and hesitated to press her finger down.

Does this mean... we should give in to Kobayashi Sora?

Just like a beautiful girl succumbing to... no!

Why am I overthinking again...?

Ding dong.

A notification sound plays.

Kobayashi Sora: [If you were to draw it, you could definitely make this story even more impactful.]

Eriri stared blankly at the screen, then suddenly stood up and looked around.

That guy Kobayashi Sora... could he have installed surveillance cameras in his own house?!

I've read your message but I'm not replying.

Kobayashi Sora waited for a while, but still didn't receive a reply from Eriri.

However, he believed that Eriri would agree sooner or later.

It's not so much that I'm confident in myself, but mainly in the work I sent to Eriri.

One-Punch Man was created by ONE as a practice piece to better utilize online comic editing software. With its unique art style, One-Punch Man was serialized online for three years, reaching 2 views per day and accumulating 1000 million readers.

It also attracted Yusuke Murata, who possessed top-notch hand-drawn comic skills, exquisite and smooth paneling and visuals, but lacked confidence in his own writing abilities, to rewrite the comic.

One of them is good at plot structure but not good at drawing, while the other is good at drawing but knows that plot creation is his weakness. The combination of their strengths has resulted in a remake of "One-Punch Man" with excellent visuals and plot.

Such combinations are not common, but they do exist.

For example, Death Note is a work with original work by Tsugumi Ohba and artwork by Takeshi Obata.

Kobayashi Sora also tried to find manga artists with superb drawing skills but weak storylines.

But there are already few people with superb drawing skills, and even fewer comic artists who are willing to admit that their storylines are weak.

Takeshi Obata only achieved a career redemption after being disqualified three times, when he collaborated with Yumi Hotta to create "Hikaru no Go".

There was no other way but to start training Kobayashi Sora from a young age.

Start with the people nearby... or targets close at hand.

That is, Eriri.

Just like how forming a club isn't about making games to make money, but about better controlling RER.