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Chapter 245 Comrade Guan Ren's Some Opinions on the Title of the Chapter on the Harem

Chapter 245 Comrade Guan Ren's Opinions on the Topic of the Harem

"Did you know? The author of Sword Art Online also wrote an anime, which is also based on a game."

"Oh? What's your name?"

"I don't remember, but the main character was a chubby little guy, and he turned into a pig in the game."

"Ugh... what's the point of reading this? Is the author out of their mind?"

The phenomenon of "getting into anime and manga fandom" sparked by the July anime series "Sword Art Online" continues to heat up.

With celebrities discussing anime on Weibo at the beginning of the year, the term "otaku," which initially had a self-deprecating connotation, gradually began to become one of the first trendy items related to Japanese culture.

At the beginning, it wasn't that widespread or that numerous.

……

"By the way, do you guys know what 'trendy' means?"

"Brother Hui, your hairstyle is so trendy, it's like a punk rocker."

High school students have a different topic every day, and even a different topic every minute.

This represents a vibrant mindset and a thriving vitality.

"Trendy means cool! It's awesome!"

"I seem to remember this saying being used in junior high school, right? Around 09?"

I hadn't heard of it in 09, but I've heard of it in the last two years.

"Actually, if we really want to trace it back, we can go even further back to the last century. This word comes from 'tide-rider,' have you ever heard of the trend-rider of the times? That's what 'tide' means."

……

In short, this summer, "anime and manga" has become "trendy".

A noticeable phenomenon is that, in addition to watching the latest popular anime series, some people have started actively seeking out older anime to watch.

Of course, it's not too old.

I'm not interested in things like Evangelion right now.

However, anime with a more novel art style, like those from a couple of years ago, have become the first choice for getting into anime and watching new series.

Even Du Zihan is keeping up with the trend, having a lively discussion with two or three boys about "Baka and Test," a show that Guan Ren was also reviewing last year.

The original author is the same person who later wrote "Grand Blue".

Perhaps the fame of "Stupid Test" will gradually diminish over time.

However, the memorable scenes and memes that followed were "prominent for a time".

For example, "[Hideyoshi's gender is Hideyoshi]".

For example, the [FFF group]

This is a kind of "single dog's resentment" expressed in the animation. Specifically, in the animation, it is shown that the single believers start a heretical trial and burn "the enviable people who have ambiguous contact with women".

So for a long time afterward, whenever ambiguous interactions between men and women appeared in Bilibili videos, such as scenes from harem anime, the comments would often include things like "FFF" or "burn burn burn".

Clearly, the burning back then and the burning later were not the same thing.

Meanwhile, Du Zihan and the others were discussing this meme.

Specifically, the discussion revolves around whether the male protagonist of the harem anime "Baka and Test" should be burned.

……

"Du Zihan, do you have no humanity? The FFF group doesn't burn true love!"

"Come on, although I don't know where this idea came from recently, as a fundamentalist, I insist on burning them all!"

……

Guan Ren was also nearby at the scene.

It was during the long break between classes, and he was playing checkers with Luo Xiaobei.

Luo Xiaobei bought the checkers from a small plastic checkers shop when he passed by the elementary school. It was very miniature and crudely made, but portable.

As for why he didn't listen to music with Gu Youli...

Because Luo Xiaobei goes downstairs less and less during the long breaks between classes these days, it makes it less convenient for Guan Ren and Gu Youli to connect emotionally.

For example, yesterday, Guan Ren had just gone to Gu Youli's side when he felt a stinging gaze coming from behind him.

Although when I looked back, Luo Xiaobei was sitting upright in her seat.

But Guan Ren could still sense some clues.

So Guan Ren decided that if Luo Xiaobei was in the classroom from now on, he would either stay alone or, if he was bored and wanted to get close to a girl, he could go find Luo Xiaobei.

As for Xiaolihua, we'll just have to make do with her for now; it's not a big problem.

After all, I've had enough interaction with my deskmate over the years, so shifting my focus to my childhood sweetheart is a way of putting things right.

Good water is never too late.

The matter of "balancing water" is a spiral process. Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you don't balance it well in the short term, but in the long run, you will eventually be able to balance it.

Guan Ren wasn't really interested in hearing Du Zihan and the others discussing [FFF].

Because the joke was too old for him, and it even brought up fundamentalism, it made him feel a little awkward, so he didn't really care.

Du Zihan continued the discussion for a while, and then said:
"Hey, did you even watch the original episodes? The male lead has a harem!"

"so what?"

"Where can true love come from in the imperial harem?"

Du Zihan was unconvinced and turned to Lalu Xiaobei to take sides:

"Xiao Bei, don't you think so?"

"What..."

Luo Xiaobei was focused on playing with her childhood friend and didn't pay much attention. After counting the moves and placing a chess piece, she briefly recalled her best friend's discussion and nodded.

"Oh yes."

"You're just giving me the runaround! You don't even know what I asked!"

Du Zihan glared at her best friend, then turned to Guan Ren:

"What do you think, Ren-ge?"

"As for me, I think..."

Guan Ren was also focused on playing with Qingmei, but he also had to secretly observe Gu Youli, who was listening to music by the window, so he just gave her a perfunctory answer.

“…I think having a harem and true love aren’t contradictory…” Du Zihan was taken aback:
"Isn't that contradictory...?"

"Yeah... liking one girl is true love, but liking two is fake? That doesn't make sense... Women, sometimes being more generous might bring more happiness..."

He muttered to himself as he placed a chess piece.

Little did he know that at this moment, Luo Xiaobei, who had been equally perfunctory, raised her head and stared at him expressionlessly, along with Du Zihan beside her.

"..."

"?"

Noticing the brief silence around him, Guan Ren thought Li Min had arrived. But when he looked up, he was surprised to find Luo Xiaobei and Du Zihan giving him strange looks.

"cough…"

Guan Ren, feeling somewhat embarrassed, hastily added:
"That's how it's set up in the anime, right? Look, aren't the female leads in the anime quite happy with the male leads? Sometimes, when a girl is alone with the male lead, it feels cold and lonely, not... not lively."

"..."

"What I mean is... well, I was just saying whatever came to mind, Du Zihan, have some self-respect, don't make it sound so real."

"Humph!"

Du Zihan didn't speak, but Luo Xiaobei snorted, lowered his head, and forcibly pulled out... ptooey... forcibly removed the chess piece that Guan Ren had just jumped into the deepest part of his body.

Guan Ren was shocked:

"You want to take back your move?"

Luo Xiaobei was also shocked:

"do you have any opinion?"

"..."

Guan Rengang accidentally blurted out some strange things, and since he didn't have much confidence, he had no choice but to admit defeat.

"One more plate, please."

"not coming."

"What?"

"Because you always beat me, and I happen to be very stingy, hehe!"

"..."

Guan Ren was speechless.

While packing up the chessboard, Luo Xiaobei mumbled in a voice only she could hear:

"What's with all this talk about being generous or not... I'm not some kind of generous woman. Let whoever wants to be generous be generous... Tch..."

……

Of course, Luo Xiaobei's words were self-righteous and only he could hear them.

In fact, Guan Ren was exceptionally perceptive because he was trained every day by the crisp sound of a certain teacher's high heels. So when he caught Qingmei's soft chirping, he immediately kept quiet and quietly slipped away to avoid getting entangled in the topic and causing unnecessary trouble.

Snapped…!
They had barely left when the lights flickered and, after a brief restoration of power, the school lost power again.

This time, the entire block was stopped in turn.

First the school, then the neighborhoods near the school.

The power was out in all the old residential areas of Guanren and the teachers' residential area behind the gate, and it was not restored until the following weekend.

……

"Sigh, when will the electricity come back on?"

"I don't know, luckily our phones all have two batteries~"

Guan Ren, who couldn't use the computer on the weekend, chatted with Luo Xiaobei on the phone.

I also used my data to update a leave request in the novel's backend.

[Power outage today. I was planning to update a lot, but there won't be any updates. I'm taking a day off.]

"Ah! I'm going to die without air conditioning, Guan Ren, come here and let me enjoy it."

"What kind of human electric fan could have that much power?"

Guan Ren was speechless:

"If you want to enjoy the air conditioning, go to an internet cafe."

"Are you stupid? The school and the police station have been checking internet cafes together these past few days, didn't you know?"

"Depend on…"

Guan Ren clicked his tongue in amazement. He had discussed this matter with Zhang Chi and the others before, especially on weekends when the checks were the most stringent.

"But the air conditioning is secondary. The main thing is that there's five times the experience and event dungeon drops in 'Asking the Sword' for a few days. It hurts!"

"Let's not be heartbroken. We have electricity but no equipment, so we can't fight anyway."

"Yeah, I envy my master. She gained the most from that level in this event."

"Think of something positive, what if your master also experiences a power outage today?"

……

Meanwhile, at Gu Youli's home.

The two sisters are eating a bowl of specially made spicy lemon cold noodles.

It's alright; it's one of the few dishes that tastes good lately.

"elder sister?"

Gu Youli looked at her absent-minded sister across from her, somewhat puzzled:

"Sister, you seem a little... anxious today."

"Oh, it's nothing..."

Gu Wancheng's slightly furrowed eyebrows relaxed a little.