"Pokémon will air on February 28th on Osaka Anime Golden Paradise."
"Amazing! Mirai-sensei's true identity is revealed!"
On February 10th, newspapers were flying all over Osaka.
An old man, leaning on a cane in front of a newspaper stand, was flipping through the day's news.
"The Osaka Carnival ends with a miracle! The most handsome and youngest mangaka in history!"
"A genius mangaka, a genius musician, an unprecedented all-rounder, Mirai-sensei, destined to become an idol for young people!"
The old man frowned slightly. 'Why are popular newspaper headlines like Osaka Daily only focusing on Mirai-sensei?' He flipped through other small newspapers and saw Mirai-sensei's headlines everywhere.
"Mirai-sensei was framed again. If he's not envied, he's a mediocre person."
"The streets of Osaka are filled with pain. Did the Mirai-sensei effect cause lovers to break up?"
"Aozora published an open letter, proving that Mirai-sensei underwent plastic surgery for various reasons."
Among the tabloids, some newspapers aimed at women have written about Mirai-sensei in great detail.
"He knows how to play the piano, draw manga, and compose music. He's gorgeous. They already left their boyfriend. 'Looking for a sugar daddy!'"
"Still admire S5? You're outdated. The new generation's idol is called Mirai-sensei."
"The topic has gone viral on Twitter, and fans have left messages saying: 'Mirai-sensei, I want to have a baby for you.' Faced with such ignorant and naive behavior, I only have four words to say: 'Please take me with you!'"
The old man put down the newspaper, turned around, and picked up the Osaka Entertainment News, scanned the headlines, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Mach didn't make headlines again...".
Behind him, on the street, a young woman passed by with a suitcase.
Shiori left the hotel and didn't take the bus. She walked aimlessly down the street. She passed three excited women.
"I almost screamed at that moment! That handsome boy turned out to be Mirai-sensei!"
"Me too, me too. I was showering at the time. When I heard Mirai-sensei appear, I ran out without even getting dressed. My father was so scared he hid directly in the room."
"Hahahaha, he and we are destined to meet; he looks so handsome in a suit!"
"If I could marry Mirai-sensei, I'd live even ten years less!"
"Liar, don't snatch him from me; he's mine; I was the first person to talk to him!" The
women were hotly discussing the topic of Mirai-sensei, but Shiori kept walking as if she didn't hear them. Her heart was empty, and the voices around her seemed very distant.
Mirai-sensei... Takumi... It turned out they were the same person.
Since they met, Shiori claimed to be a fan of Mirai-sensei, and even led Takumi to participate in the holy war... It turned out that the person she attracted was Mirai-sensei himself, and she became a laughingstock, performing a boring drama in front of him.
Last night, Shiori didn't know why she had left the venue alone. Takumi sent her a message asking for the reason, but Shiori was a mess. She didn't want to see him, or she didn't know how to face him.
Mirai-sensei, what a distant existence. If Hinotori Publishing's department manager is different from her, it's just a difference in status, but Mirai-sensei, Osaka's popular mangaka, is destined to live in the eyes of others, not as a person of the same age. World.
How powerful this mangaka is, how powerful Takumi is. Mirai-sensei debuted half a year ago, when Takumi was only fifteen years old...
"Fifteen years old...".
Others would also be scared. At fifteen, Takumi reached a place Shiori would never reach. He dazzled and surpassed all his peers. No one in Japan could compare to him.
With his own strength, he changed his family and his life. Takumi...
"You're truly incredible...",
Shiori murmured to herself. She had said it many times, but only this time, she finally knew how incredible Takumi was.
He is a pearl that will never fade. He has talent and his eyes are like tomorrow. He will not look back. In this world, no one can stop his future.
He will go further. In half a year, he will go from an unknown to Japan's number one original mangaka with thousands of followers. So, a few years later, when he's twenty or thirty, what will he become?
Where will he be, and through what eyes will he view the world? Will those eyes be different from hers? His perspective? No, perhaps... his perspective is different from hers.
They are friends only because they come from the same place and have similar backgrounds... but their personalities are different, and they see things differently.
He is like a butterfly that hasn't emerged from its cocoon. He is still very immature. When he emerges, he won't have the temperament of Saitama. He will meet noble people, come into contact with different worlds, and gradually become an adult different from Shiori, with a different worldview.
Shiori suddenly stopped. She shivered in the wind. It was very cold. For some reason, she felt very cold, from her heart to her hands and feet, so cold it was frightening.
"I want to go home...",
she thought. She wanted to go home, return to that warm and quiet city, leave this noisy Osaka, leave Takumi.
She lifted her foot and walked towards the train station.
In the plaza next to... On the street, many pedestrians stopped to watch the television interview on the giant screen.
It was an interview by the Osaka television station with Kurosawa, editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen from Hinotori Publishing. The content was his story with Mirai-sensei.
"The first time I received his submission... I called him and he said he was fifteen. I thought I misheard and asked if he was twenty-five. He said no... Then, I saw the boy for the first time. He was very simply dressed, his clothes were worn from many washes and were pale, and he looked energetic."
"Mirai-sensei is a very hardworking child. He was born into a single-parent family and used manga to change his and his mother's destiny."
"But I think you all don't know one thing. In fact, Takumi's academic performance is very good. He got second place in the high school entrance exam in his hometown, and he was also among the best in the Osaka midterm exam... I forgot to mention that he was a special admission student at Osaka's N.º 1 High School."
"Oh, oh!"
In the plaza, pedestrians cheered loudly and said it was incredible.
"Mirai-sensei is an all-rounder!"
"Oh, I envy Aika-san so much! My children never think of me!"
She hadn't expected there to be so many behind-the-scenes stories. 'It would be great if she were still young. Then she could marry Mirai-sensei.'
"You're dreaming! You'll be a rich woman if you marry him. You'll live a luxurious life. Mirai-sensei is handsome. I don't know how many girls are jealous right now!"
Everyone in the plaza was laughing, but Shiori couldn't laugh.
She was a mess. She clutched the handle of her suitcase tightly with her right hand and walked quickly.
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