Eriri looked at the drawings she had just finished flipping through, momentarily unable to react.
Wasn't she looking at a doujinshi? What was this she was seeing now?
Eriri suddenly felt her thoughts were so dirty, so vile; she had actually judged someone with prejudiced eyes.
At this moment, she felt her soul had been purified.
No, it's not my fault, it's Tanaka Masao's.
"What kind of doujinshi is this that you've drawn?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the door to Eriri's room opened, and Sawamura Sayuri burst in, her face full of excitement.
"Doujinshi? Where's the doujinshi?!"
Tanaka Masao looked at the suddenly intruding Sawamura Sayuri, feeling that her state was a bit off.
There was a hint of weakness in her charm.
Sawamura Sayuri immediately zeroed in on the manuscript paper in Eriri's hand, took it, and smiled broadly.
"Oh, Tanaka-kun is really efficient."
As she spoke, she began to flip through it.
...
A few minutes later, Sawamura Sayuri, who had been in an odd state with a crazed smile, seemed to have been purified.
Her smile became pure and beautiful.
"Ah, I'm so sinful, to have been thinking such things.
The passage of time has transformed me from a pure maiden into a lich with depraved thoughts. Now, it seems I've rediscovered the innocence of my youth."
She looked at Tanaka Masao and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Tanaka-kun, my little sun in a dark world...
You're really such a scoundrel, I..."
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I look at doujinshi to be tired, but you, on the other hand, made me cry. Even the usually composed Sawamura Sayuri couldn't handle this.
Tanaka Masao smiled, looking at the agitated Sawamura Sayuri.
For no other reason than the system's notification that more Fallen Points had been credited to his account.
[Heh, she says she doesn't like it, but in reality, she quite enjoys reading these pure love, tear-jerking manga.]
"So, Sister Xiao Baihe, what do you think of my drawing?"
Sawamura Sayuri composed herself.
"Both the plot and the art style are impeccable. The only drawback might be that there's too little of it."
"That's not a problem. I have a few other similar short stories that can be put together."
Hearing that Tanaka Masao had similar stories, Sawamura Sayuri was a little speechless.
Honestly, such a good brain not being used for proper things, only thinking of these crooked schemes for me.
Draw some proper doujinshi, dammit!
Eriri also complained.
"Boring. I'm not watching anymore. I'm going to draw doujinshi."
Sawamura Sayuri thought of another question and asked.
"By the way, Tanaka-kun, are you still planning to publish these drawings as before?"
Tanaka Masao shook his head.
"No, this time I plan to submit them to Shueisha to see if they can be serialized in Weekly Shonen JUMP. As for the pen name, I'll still use 'Takeda.'"
As he spoke, Tanaka Masao's mouth curved into an evil smile.
Hearing this, Sawamura Sayuri raised an eyebrow and also showed a knowing smile.
The pen name 'Takeda' is now quite well-known in the doujinshi world. Publishing such a manga under this pen name in Shonen JUMP sounds interesting.
Just as the two were conspiring, a righteous voice rang out.
"I disagree!"
Eriri slammed her hand on the table and rose, stopping their despicable and shameless scheme. This act of luring the Ox Warrior in to kill him was simply too much.
"Once a doujinshi artist, always a doujinshi artist. I won't allow you to secretly go legit."
Eriri couldn't accept Tanaka Masao's attempt to escape. As for luring the Ox Warrior in to kill him, it was indeed too much.
Anyway, she had already been 'killed.'
Looking at the so emotionally agitated Eriri, Tanaka Masao pulled out his trump card.
"I'll give you a short story to draw, and we'll publish them together."
Eriri, who had been baring her fangs, full of anger, and wishing she could fight Tanaka Masao to the death, instantly broke into a smile upon hearing this.
"Tanaka, you're actually quite good. I recognize you as a good friend now. Quick, quick, tell me what the plot is like."
Eriri took out a pen and paper, eager to start drawing.
Seeing that Tanaka Masao had invited Eriri to draw together, Sawamura Sayuri also became interested and said in a somewhat coaxing manner.
"Tanaka-kun, I want to draw too."
"Okay, okay, everyone gets to. Everyone gets to."
Tanaka Masao reached out to comfort the two who were clamoring for manga.
The three of them worked diligently in one room until late into the night. Tanaka Masao stayed overnight at Sawamura's house and only took the first train back to Chiba the next morning.
However, the results of one night were also gratifying.
Sawamura Eriri drew a family-themed series.
The general story was about a male lead who developed a pair of X-ray glasses.
[Now I can see everything clearly...
My mother's cancer might also have hope of being cured.]
Sawamura Sayuri drew a hypnosis series.
The male lead developed a hypnosis app and used it on the female lead.
[Be a good girl, okay? Forget about me, who doesn't have much time left...]
In addition, there was a blonde boy who looked like a delinquent, lending money to a female lead whose mother was ill so she could pay for surgery. The price, however, was to be obedient...
To go stargazing together.
[Mr. Blonde, what do you mean by this?]
[When I didn't have money, my mother fell seriously ill. On her deathbed, she said she would turn into a star in the sky.]
In the final scene, the originally lewd and evil blonde suddenly transformed into a handsome young man, his eyes emitting a dazzling light that made people dare not look directly.
Pure love plus yellow knife, every cut is true damage.
These works shared a common characteristic: the male lead was extremely lewd, the female lead was extremely beautiful, the plot was very enticing, and the ending was particularly touching.
With the works completed, all three were quite excited. Sawamura Sayuri immediately contacted her friends to discuss publishing with Shonen JUMP.
...
Meanwhile, in Chiba.
Yukinoshita Yukino watched the sky gradually darken, unable to help but think.
[Will Tanaka-kin still find a clumsy excuse today to invite me to his house for dinner again?
Like, today is the weekend, we've been eating for a week, so let's have a final meal or something.]
Thinking this, she smiled faintly, couldn't help but take out her phone, and seeing no messages, she then looked towards the door.
Suddenly realizing what she was doing, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but shake her head.
[What's wrong with me? It's just a meal. I... I'm not really looking forward to it.
I... I'm just afraid that Aunt Tanaka specially prepared dinner for me, and I didn't go, which would make her sad.
That's right, that's it.]
After waiting a while longer, Yukinoshita Yukino found that her phone still had no messages.
[No invitation? If there's no invitation, then I'll have to make my own dinner.
If I make dinner, even if I'm invited, I won't go, okay?]
Just then, Yukinoshita Yukino's phone notification sounded.
[It's here.]
It was a message from Tanaka Masao.
[Xuezhixia Classmate, I have some things to do, so I might be late to school tomorrow and won't be able to do morning exercises.]
Seeing the message, Yukinoshita Yukino was silent for a moment before replying.
[Okay.]