Anime rating game

Anime/Manga Rating Game Author: Xianmeng Xiaoqian

Summary:

This is Tokyo, the world of anime, where countless anime characters with modern settings gather.

The golden subtitles scrolled continuously in the sky, and billions of people around the world looked up at them, sparking heated discussions.

K-On! rating: 4 stars, reward for the heroine Yui Hirasawa - (skill) Flawless: Skin is always in optimal condition and will not be affected by other factors.

Reward the heroine Akiyama Mio - (Skill) Slender: Her figure will always be at its optimal level and will not be affected by other factors.

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Reward Production Manager Aoi Miyamori - (Status) Luck: Luck remains at its highest level for one month.

Reward for voice actor Karasuma Chitose – (Item) Bedding: A set of bedding currently used by the Hirasawa family.

Looking at the rewards everyone received, Masamune looked at his own reward again: (Skill) Harmony Brings Prosperity: Those with close relationships always have above-average luck. He had many ideas for the next animation he would be making.

(K-On!, Oregairu, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Holy Grail War, Lonely Rock, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Girl Number, Grand Blue...)

Chapter One: Lord Masamune's Ambition

This is the first year of Masamune's time travel.

It was late March, and the weather was cold, but what was even colder than the weather was the confusion in my heart.

Three months have passed since I traveled through time.

From being a busy senior high school student at the beginning to being idle after graduation now.

His name is Masamune. His father is always busy away from home, and his mother is a small girl with the height of an elementary school student. The family is quite wealthy and has no worries about food and clothing.

However, the surname is not Makabe, but Hayase.

He has no younger sister; he is an only child.

There was no childhood friend named Adagaki Aki at school, and she had never been nicknamed "pig's feet".

Having transmigrated here, I have a system, but it's constantly loading and occasionally freezes. I don't know if it's even usable anymore.

Looking at the progress bar stuck at 99%, Masamune couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

[The 2D ranking game has finished loading and is starting to check system files... Check failed.]

[Reloading files... Loading failed. Activating emergency plan: discarding corrupted game, comic, and light novel modules, retaining only the intact animation modules, and forcing startup...]

[Starting... Startup failed. Initiating analysis of the cause of startup failure... Analysis indicates the startup failure was due to an insufficiently robust host; searching for a new host is now underway.]

The next instant, Masamune discovered that the system interface, which had been hovering in the upper right corner of his field of vision, had suddenly vanished without a trace.

? ?

Three months after transmigrating, the system deemed me, its host, too weak and chose to run away?

'However, a two-dimensional rating game—isn't that the browser game I was developing before I transmigrated? Is that also the reason for my sudden death?'

The game features four modules: light novels, comics, games, and anime. Each time a work is created, the game system will score it.

The system rates scores from one to five stars. You will receive a reward if you achieve a score of three stars or higher.

It could refer to an item in the work, or an ability possessed by a character in the work.

Upon closer reflection, even if the system doesn't run away, there's no point in keeping it with me.

Based on his investigation over the past three months, Masamune discovered that all works set in other worlds or involving supernatural abilities have already appeared.

Although it is now 2014, many works from ten years later already exist.

Those works that did not appear must have had real people in the present world.

In this situation, the plagiarist's path has been blocked.

As I hesitated, the panicked voice and hurried footsteps of my mother, who had a young daughter, suddenly came from the first floor:

"Master Zong, a deity has appeared! Come out and make a wish!"

? ?

Masamune was completely taken aback. What was going on?

Over the past three months, I've confirmed repeatedly that this is just a world without magic, at most a mix of characters from works with modern backgrounds.

Seeing Masamune step out of the house, Hayase Kinue immediately grabbed his arm excitedly and pointed to the sky, saying:

"Look up at the sky, Zongjun, there are many golden characters flashing. This must be good news from the gods."

Masamune subconsciously looked over.

Golden characters are flowing back and forth in the sky.

[White Storm, 1-star rating, punishment for all main creators to catch a cold, lasting five days.]

[Magic War, rated 1 stars, as punishment for all the main creators, they will suffer from insomnia for three days.]

[Noragami, rating 3 stars, reward for the producer...]

The rating is 3 stars. Most of the main creators and the original comic author received items such as tableware, sheets, and blankets from the work as rewards, while a small number received skill rewards such as Fighting Level 1, Kendo Level 1, and Housework Level 1.

Masamune was completely taken aback. It seemed that after abandoning him, the system immediately bound itself to this planet.

Compared to the Earth beneath their feet, their own physical form is indeed insignificant, and their defeat is not unjustified.

Reluctantly, Masamune kept thinking to himself:

Although the system is not on me, its effectiveness is not diminished at all, and may even be enhanced.

Even with just the animation module, there is much that can be accomplished.

The problem is that I am not a creative genius and I am not confident that I can create a story with a rating of three stars or higher.

As for plagiarism, although works with modern settings are not mentioned, the real people involved are still there.

Forcing oneself to create something under such circumstances is rather unethical and difficult to explain.

In the next instant, Masamune suddenly thought:

'Hmm...it's not entirely impossible. Perhaps we could use the excuse of adapting real-life people into stories.'

Seeing that Masamune's expression gradually relaxed and his eyes became firmer, the young girl's mother smiled and said:

"Zong-jun, what did you wish for?"

"I hope I can achieve great things in the future."

"Zong Jun is sure to achieve great things! Hehe... I've noticed that Zong Jun has been looking worried these past few days. I suppose he's been troubled by something. Has he finally seen the light now?"

"Hmm. I don't want to continue studying at university. I want to work in the animation industry. I want to create animation that can be rated five stars."

"Huh...? Zong-kun isn't going to school anymore? He got into such a good school."

"Feel sorry."

"No need to apologize. Having goals is a good thing. Whatever Zong-kun wants to do, I will fully support him."

Masamune turned his head away somewhat embarrassedly and whispered:

"Thank you."

Back inside, Masamune immediately used the home landline to call his father, who was away on a business trip.

"Dad, did you see the golden writing in the sky?"

"Of course I saw it! It's amazing! So the gods really do exist. Hehe... What did you wish for?"

"Uh...you're saying exactly the same thing as Mom."

Masamune was speechless and quickly got to the point:

"I don't know if there are gods in the world, but I understand those words very well. They are not something difficult to understand, but the names of the new animations released this year."

"I probably don't need to explain in detail what animation is."

"Dad, the text just now was very clear. Since the deity likes to watch animation and rewards the creators of excellent animation, then this should not be a coincidence."

"In the future, every time an animation ends, it will receive a rating. Although the rewards they receive are nothing special, if an animation can achieve a higher rating, there might be a reward of extraordinary power."

"Even if it's not a reward of superpowers in the work, just some ordinary abilities are enough to make people benefit immensely."

"In other words, the future will be the era of anime and manga!"

"As time goes by, live-action movies may be replaced by animated movies."

"Oh... As expected of Munechika, you're right, the future truly is the era of animation." A burst of laughter came from the other end of the phone.

Ignoring his father's flattery, Masamune said seriously:

"Dad, I'm not going to school anymore. I'm going to make animations and do everything I can to create excellent ones."

"Huh...? Don't just look at the rewards. Didn't those people who created really bad works get punished too?"

"It's alright, a cold or insomnia is nothing. If you want to obtain a rare treasure, why should you be afraid of difficulties and obstacles?"

silence.

This time, there was no response from the other end of the phone.

About half a minute later, a stern voice came:

"I will buy a complete animation production company as soon as possible. Then you can learn how to make animation from the people there."

"Don't participate in the production at the beginning, and don't put your name on it. Focus on observing and learning. Wait until you are confident..."

After a long silence, Masamune finally spoke softly:

"Thank you."

"Go for it, Zong-kun."

Chapter Two: Joining Musashino Animation Studios