Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

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Kitagawa Yu was certainly capable of writing songs for Hoshino Ai; in fact, he had already prepared the next song for her.

Unlike the previous group songs like "Ready" and "Best live! collection", this time he prepared a solo single for Xiao Ai.

It's the opening theme song "Idol" sung by YOASOBI in the anime.

This song could be considered to have been written specifically for Xiao Ai, and it was enough to rank in the top three of ACG music at the time, with only Hachi's Kick Back being comparable.

It's worth mentioning that many singers and groups become famous with a single song, but it's extremely rare to find someone like YOASOBI and Ba Ye who can consistently produce high-quality work.

Considering the timeline of YOASOBI's rise to fame, it becomes even rarer.

Ado, a phenomenal Japanese female singer from the same era as Yoasobi, was also very talented, but her voice and musical style were too Western. Her songs were very popular, but he couldn't appreciate them back then, so naturally he can't share them now.

So you really can't blame him for always taking advantage of Yosobos.

Ayako's gaze swept quickly across the two faces, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes.

She didn't know why Kitagawa Yu was so fond of Ai, but she wouldn't lose to anyone except Yukiko.

During a break in rehearsals in the afternoon, Ayako came over alone and found Kitagawa Yu.

"Senior, this is the coffee that Akari-nee helped me bring."

"Thank you."

Kitagawa Yu took the still-steaming coffee from Ayako's hand, took a sip, and tasted the familiar flavor of milk and sugar with extra sugar.

This made him smile to himself, even though he already knew the reason behind it.

"Does the senior think highly of Xiao Ai?"

"Well, even excluding some subjective emotional factors, Xiao Ai should be top-notch in the idol circle in terms of looks, temperament, singing and dancing. It's just that her 'acting skills' are still a little lacking, and it's easy for people to see that she's too fake. If she can get rid of this shortcoming and has one or two good works, she should be able to soar to the top very quickly."

Kitagawa Yu didn't know Ayako's true purpose, so he had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Then I'd like to sign her to our company, senior, is that alright?"

Ayako quickly explained, "Ichigo Production is too small, and the president has absolutely no background. I think that under these circumstances, it might not be a good thing for Ai to suddenly become popular by taking advantage of her senior's song."

Kitagawa Yu was taken aback. Looking at Ayako, who seemed a little cautious and afraid that he might misunderstand, he couldn't help but chuckle. In fact, he had already thought of all of this.

"I think this is a good idea, but President Saito might not let go of Ai, this cash cow."

"Leave this to me, as long as you agree, senior." Ayako breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"How about signing Yuna's music management contract with the company as well?" Kitagawa Yu said after thinking for a moment.

Ayako's eyes lit up immediately, and she happily agreed.

She didn't want to use the company's hierarchical relationship to suppress Xiao Ai by signing her; on the contrary, she would take good care of Xiao Ai and help her develop her career.

This way, she can not only gain Kitagawa Yu's favor, but also make Ai feel grateful to her.

And all she does is arrange more job opportunities for Xiao Ai.

She believed that even if this little trick was exposed later, Kitagawa Yu wouldn't be angry.

At 5 PM, Yuna's three songs were finally recorded. This time, not only Ayako and Ai, but also Anri Sada and the others from B-Komachi came.

After listening to the final result of the three songs, Kitagawa Yu unsurprisingly once again garnered admiring glances from everyone.

Even with his current thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Senior, should we upload all three songs now?"

"Okay, upload them all."

“Then I’ll use our band’s account to post a referral link.”

Normally, songs are released one at a time, and it's rare to release all three songs at once, since this isn't an album.

However, the three songs he wrote for Yuna were mainly intended to help her earn some income as soon as possible to alleviate her financial pressure. He had no intention of doing any marketing, so there wasn't much to it.

In fact, Yuna's pre-registered account homepage didn't even have a single photo of herself; her profile picture was a hand-drawn chibi version of herself and Kitagawa Yu.

Moreover, Ayako and her band already have nearly 100,000 followers on paid music platforms. With her help in recommending them, plus the quality of these three songs, the effect is sure to be good.

"I highly recommend Kitagawa-sensei's new work, it's absolutely amazing!!!"

Perhaps it's because Ayako and her band released a new song last night, and it's a masterpiece like "Running Towards the Night," plus today happens to be Saturday, the interactive section of their band's homepage is quite active.

Therefore, the traffic generation effect of this recommendation was much better than Kitagawa Yu had expected.

Kitagawa Yuzai had just returned to the coffee shop with Ayako and Yuna by car, and before they even got out of the car, Yuna's phone received a system notification from the app that three of her songs had entered the top 30 of the daily sales chart.

That's right, it's three songs, not just one of them.

Kitagawa Yu curiously leaned over to take a look, and in less than an hour, the most downloaded paid game, "Renai Circulation," had already surpassed 10,000 downloads!

"Tsk tsk, I must say it's no wonder it was one of the most famous crossover masterpieces in my past life?"

Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement when he saw the number. As for the other two songs, the number of paid downloads reached 9100+ and 9800+ respectively.

In other words, even after deducting the platform's commission and Kitagawa Yu's share as the lyricist and composer, Yuna earned 75 yen before tax in just one hour.

This shocked her so much that her mouth formed an "O". She stared blankly at the numbers still flashing on her phone screen for a while before she came to her senses. She suddenly looked up at Kitagawa Yu, her clear eyes filled with a surging tide of love. If Ayako hadn't been there, she probably would have already thrown herself into Kitagawa Yu's arms.

"Yu, thank you!"

"This isn't entirely my doing; otherwise, I couldn't possibly sing those three songs myself, could I? The audience would probably throw up!"

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Ayako and Yuna couldn't help but imagine Kitagawa Yu singing "Renai Circulation" in their own voices, and then they couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ai, whose company had already been acquired, was eating her dinner lunch with her teammates while checking the sales data of the three songs on her phone.

Then this guy suddenly turned his head and sent the rice grains in his mouth flying two or three meters away.

"what--"

"Xiao Ai, what's wrong?"

"Ahem... Sorry, sorry, I just glanced at the download numbers for Yuna-senpai's three new songs." Xiao Ai explained quickly while coughing.

"Huh? Yuna-senpai's three new songs are getting a lot of downloads?"

"Let me see--"

"Wait a minute, swallow what's in your mouths and get ready!" Xiao Ai quickly said.

"So exaggerated?"

Nino and the other two exchanged glances, their curiosity growing stronger.

However, thinking about Xiao Ai's appearance just now, they did as she said first, and then curiously approached the phone screen.

Next, we'll witness the beautiful girl choking on her own saliva.

"Cough cough cough-"

"Over 10,000 downloads? And that wasn't even an hour ago! That's incredible!"

"Wait a minute, look! The number one paid download on the daily charts looks like it's 'Running Towards Night'!"

"Really? Let me see—"

That's right, Ayako's video "Running Towards Night," uploaded last night, had already topped the daily sales charts by noon today with over 41000 sales in 12 hours. Now, after just one afternoon, sales have increased to over 97000, nearly 40,000 more than the second place.

Thanks to the song "Running Towards the Night," Ayako and her team had over 91000 fans before releasing the song last night, and that number has now increased to over 99000. They're sure to break 100,000 today.

"Si Guoyi!"

"The songs written by Kitagawa-sensei are absolutely amazing!"

Although Ayako's voice and singing skills are good, in the eyes of those who have been in the industry for nearly three years and can be considered professionals, she is just average.

Needless to say, Yuna's is even more so.

Therefore, they are well aware that the popularity of Ayako and Yuna's songs is entirely due to the quality of the songs themselves.

"Check out the comments—"

The four of them huddled together and curiously went to the interactive area to read the comments and messages.

A moment later, he admired Kitagawa Yu even more.

"My goodness, two-thirds of the more than a thousand comments are praises like 'kawaii,' 'sweet voice,' and 'the song is so good.' The rest are just people curious about Yuna's identity and praising Kitagawa-sensei. This is just too much!"

Considering that nearly half of the comments under their previous songs were "average," "unpleasant," or "lacking in style," the difference becomes even more apparent.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Nino abruptly raised his head and looked intently at Xiao Ai.

"Hey! Xiao Ai!"

"What are you doing?"

"It seems like Kitagawa-sensei really likes you, right?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else's eyes lit up, and they all turned to look at Xiao Ai.

"Um... I don't know either," Xiao Ai said softly, avoiding their gazes somewhat guiltily. This time, her expression was genuine.

"We don't care about that. Whether we can become super popular idols and perform at the Budokan depends entirely on you!"

"That's right, that's right, Xiao Ai, keep it up!"

"We must win over Kitagawa-sensei! Let him write more songs like this for us!"

Xiao Ai gave a helpless dry laugh.

If it were in the past, she probably would have agreed with a laugh, after all, coming from a small company, they had often tried to please composers and producers.

But this time, when she thought of Ayako and Yuna, she, who was usually full of confidence, became a little insecure, which was rare for her.

"Yu-senpai is so handsome and talented, there must be a lot of girls who like him. Didn't you see that Ayako-senpai and Yuna-senpai both like Yu-senpai?"

"So what? Xiao Ai is no worse than them!"

"That's right, I can tell that Kitagawa-sensei really likes you!"

"And it doesn't matter if Kitagawa-sensei has other girlfriends. If it were me, I would be happy to just be his mistress. After all, Kitagawa-sensei is so outstanding. Among all the musicians and producers we've met, none can compare to him."

"Okay, okay, stop talking and let's eat!"

Xiao Ai blushed and quickly lowered her head like an ostrich, continuing to eat the bento box on the table.