Tokyo Soft Rice King.

In the future, she comfortably puckered her lips like a cat, but her words were still laced with questioning.

"However, comics and illustrations are completely different. Illustrations can rely on the content of the novel to supplement details, but if a comic can't, then it just won't work, okay?"

Takanashi Mirai, despite being an otaku, is also a manga enthusiast and knows that creating excellent manga is extremely difficult.

"I know, I've already finished the storyboard, but I didn't bring it with me today. If you want to see it, I'll bring it over tomorrow."

"Great! Let me see! Let this master of comic appreciation give you some advice comparable to that of a professional comic editor!"

After saying this with her hands on her hips in a smug manner, Takanashi Mirai noticed something strange and asked a question.

"However, since it's an original comic, why not submit it to the editorial department instead of participating in the Winter Commercial? Is it because you lack confidence?"

"No, actually we're participating in both. This time we're going to create two short comics. One of them will be a mainstream comic and we'll submit it to a magazine, while the other, a more explicit one, will be submitted to the Winter Commercial."

Takanashi Mirai opened her eyes wide, covered her face in surprise, and exclaimed.

"Oh my god! Two parts! Two parts for my first comic book? This isn't even a question of whether I can do it, it's practically going to kill me!"

"Actually, this isn't the first time she's drawn comics. Moe had drawn doujinshi comics before, but some things happened that caused her to give up drawing comics. This time, the literature club activity was mainly launched to rekindle her passion for comics."

Upon hearing this, Takanashi Mirai immediately understood; she was all too familiar with this development.

"Oh! I get it! It's a story about overcoming the shadows of the past!"

"more or less."

"it is good……"

"good?"

"This looks so interesting!"

When Mirai Takanashi learned that Akira Kuroba was publishing a light novel, she regretted not getting involved. Now he's starting to work on two manga series...

Light novels and comics, they're all things I like!

Takanashi Mirai, who lives a secluded life, felt an urge to join them.

Chapter 320 Overtaken on a Curve

Looking into Mirai's eyes, which were sparkling with excitement, Kuroba Akira realized that as a complete chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) otaku, Mirai also loved stories full of yuri (lesbian romance) and dreams.

Feeling anxious about the characters' fates and cheering for the thrilling plot, I not only look forward to what will happen next, but also yearn to participate in it myself.

So there's no need to think about how to entice future members to join. Just talk about what you and others are doing, and they'll feel a sense of resonance and naturally want to join.

It's like when you happen to see an anime you like while staying up late, and then you start watching it late at night, completely immersed in it.

So, Kuroba Akira seized the opportunity to extend an olive branch.

"It sounds really interesting... It would be even more fun if you joined in the future. How about joining the Literature and Art Club? It'll be more fun playing games together with more people!"

"Well……"

Takanashi Future is really excited. If there are more people playing games together, we can play MMO online games together and do raids together. Just thinking about it is full of joy.

But I already boasted that I wouldn't go to school because I'd found something I wanted to do. If I go back now, won't it be awkward if I see the band members again...?

Furthermore, her experience of falling out in the band has given Takanashi Mirai an experiential aversion to interpersonal relationships. If, after joining the Literature Club, she causes conflicts with others because of her own actions, then this time she will probably completely lose the idea of ​​joining a group, making new friends, and building new interpersonal relationships.

Anyway, as long as I have my mom and Ming, that's enough... I'll probably think that way, and then I'll hate contacting people outside even more, turning into a complete NEET.

Although Ming and her mother could accept staying at home for the rest of their lives, they would likely feel that such a reclusive lifestyle is detrimental to their physical and mental health.

Thinking of this, Wei Lai hugged her knees, pouted, and muttered something.

"You were the one who suggested I stay at home, but now you're tempting me to go back to school..."

Kuroba Akira scratched his cheek awkwardly and said.

"I'm worried that you'll get too bored at home by yourself in the future. Although Aunt Akiko only goes to the office and goes out for work occasionally, she won't play with you all the time, right? And you'll get tired of playing with the same person all the time, won't you?"

"Isn't there Ming you again?"

"I can only come one day a week, and I also feel a little ashamed to always make you wait."

"Waiting is fine, but it would be great if you could come to my house more often..."

Every week, the day I look forward to most is the weekend when I meet with Akira Kuroba. I start counting down the days from Monday onwards.

The positive effect is that because people have expectations, they are more positive about life.

Looking back, I think if it were my past self, staying at home would probably only make me more and more lazy, and I wouldn't be motivated at all.

However, because she wanted to receive praise from Akira Kuroba, she became much more self-disciplined than before, even when staying at home, and even made a schedule for herself.

Every day I make videos and summarize them, then surf the internet to draw inspiration, and I also start playing various game types that I wasn't really interested in before to broaden my experience.

Then, she would gather all the things she wanted to say to Ming, the interesting stories she wanted to share with him, and the feelings of wanting to snuggle in his arms and have more intimate contact with him... and release them all on the day they met on the weekend.

That day will become the happiest day of the coming week for Takanashi.

However, happy times are always short-lived. Before you know it, the day you look forward to meeting the most has passed.

So in the future, I always want Kuroba Akira to live in my house, even if we don't play games together, I'd rather just hug him like a giant doll, just to prolong this day as much as possible, because I don't want him to leave.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm in a long-distance relationship, only able to see my lover one day a week. But I cherish that day and want to spend as much wonderful time with him as possible, just like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

So far it's been pretty good...

But I still hope to spend more time with Ming.

Takanashi Mirai even thought that it would be great if she could become Akira Kuroba's spirit, or something like his personal clothing, so that she could be with him every moment.

Then I felt that this kind of thinking was too much like a yandere stalker, but I couldn't help it that I became like this.

Because I'm really bored!

When people have free time, they tend to check their phones frequently, wanting to send a bunch of messages and then waiting for the other person to reply. During this time, they keep thinking about what the other person is doing, why they aren't replying, whether they find them annoying, and so on... They start to overthink.

Even in the future, she feels like she's a "landmine woman," destined to become a woman who makes men feel so heavy and suffocated.

Moreover, Kuroba Akira doesn't always come every week. Like last week, he didn't come because of something, which made me very disappointed.

There's a feeling of disappointment when you expect gifts from your family on your birthday, but when you get home you find there are no surprises, your family has completely forgotten your birthday, and they haven't even prepared a birthday cake. It's a real letdown.

Even though Akira Kuroba said he would make it up to him the following weekend, the disappointment that had already arisen would not completely disappear, and resentment would accumulate in his heart.

In the future, she thinks that if things continue like this, until one day she really becomes a yandere with heavy emotions and all the resentment that has been building up will explode all at once, she might want to turn Kuroba Akira into a life-size figure and keep it forever.

Even if it's just to avoid such a bizarre ending, I have to find a way to increase the time I spend with Ming.

In short, going back to school and joining the arts club is indeed a pretty good way to relieve loneliness.

Although he can't have Kuroba Akira all to himself like he does on weekends, his landmine level drops whenever he's around Kuroba Akira, and his dangerous thoughts decrease as a result.

So at this point, Mirai had already decided to go back to school and join the Literature Club.

Moreover, there's a suitable reason for joining now: to help solve the personnel problem in the arts and literature department.

That way, even if I'm helping Kuroba Akira, I can still save face.

"Alright then, I'll reluctantly join the Arts and Literature Department. After all, if the department can't find a fifth member, it'll probably be disbanded by the student council."

Takanashi Mirai wore a haughty expression that said, "I really can't help it. It's not that I want to join, but if I don't, the Literature Club will be gone." In her heart, she was hoping to become the "savior" of the Literature Club, but she was disappointed the next second.

Kuroba Akira ruthlessly shattered her illusions.

"No, actually, the fifth member has already been decided. He should be joining the Literature and Art Club next week."

"what?!"

The future figure leaned forward sharply, turned around abruptly, and shouted at Kuroba Akira.

"Who on earth dared to steal my fifth member spot! This practically kicks me out of the 'initial members' category! I don't want to be an additional member!"

"You know her too, she's Makoto Hikawa, who's in your class."

"Ah... Makoto... Makoto's sister, right? I don't get along with her very well, mainly because she sometimes stares at me intently, which makes me feel really uneasy."

"But Makoto told Makoto about your future, which means she cares about you in her own way."

"I know, and I'm very grateful to her..."

If we trace it back to the beginning, we'll find that it all started when Makoto told Makoto about her fight with a classmate, and then Makoto was turned away by her. That's why she sought Hitomi's help, and Hitomi then asked Akira to help her resolve the conflict between herself and her mother...

It can be said that Makoto deserves half the credit for Takanashi Mirai's close relationship with Kuroba Akira, which is like that of a father and daughter, or even a brother and sister.

Takanashi Mirai always felt that Makoto was avoiding her, and that when she occasionally said something, there was a strange sense of incongruity.

"But strangely, even though I'm not that close to her, I always have this inexplicable feeling that we're quite familiar... On the contrary, I've become more and more distant from Makoto since she went to another school..."

"Wow, so this is the bond between childhood sweethearts? So you childhood playmates all knew about it."

The class monitor and the future both noticed something was wrong and sensed that something was amiss. They wondered if it was because girls are more sensitive to changes in other girls. Perhaps the two boys, Sumitomo Ryota and Mitsui Sojiro, hadn't noticed anything was wrong.

"What do you mean... Anyway, why did Makoto suddenly agree to join the Literature Club? The president of the Literature Club is Hitomi, and Makoto's attitude towards Hitomi... well, it's not that she's unfriendly, but rather that she absolutely hates her."

As for the reason, Takanashi Mirai could guess it too. It was because Hitomi had broken off her friendship with her older sister, so the sister-complex younger sister was united in their hatred...

But this is actually a version of understanding that is already outdated.

Knowing the secret of the twin sisters and having developed a close relationship with them, Akira Kuroba chuckled and said meaningfully.

"Hehe, Makoto's willingness to join is of course thanks to me. And her attitude towards the class president is no longer a big problem, because the main problem is actually between these two sisters, just like you and your mother in the future. It's quite like a TV drama."

Me and my mom?

Are you referring to the fact that they are not biological mother and daughter?

So Makoto and Makoto aren't biological sisters?

That can't be! They look almost exactly alike!

Does that mean they also have similar 'hidden secrets' between them?

Having completely piqued Kuroba Akira's interest, Mirai was eager to know the details and urged him impatiently.

"What does that mean? Tell me quickly! I'm very curious!"

Kuroba Akira teased her, poking her soft little face.

"If you want to know, just ask me!"

In the future, she immediately gave in, took his hand, and sweetly pleaded.

Please, my sugar daddy!