Anime Crossover: There are a lot of beautiful girls who like me.

For example, in "Party Guy Kongming", Tsukimi Eiko wrote so many songs, but none of them became popular.

But when Kongming found her a top-notch arranger who charged 3000 million yen per song...

The arranger simply picked one of her previous songs, rearranged it, and the song was instantly transformed, attracting her 100,000 fans in just half an hour.

Unfortunately, the importance of arrangement is usually only known to those 'old guys' who have taken many detours, have a wealth of experience in failing, know that they don't have extraordinary composing talent, but still intend to continue in this industry.

Usually, only people like them would come to take such advanced courses.

Those hot-blooded and inexperienced high school students wouldn't come to this kind of class.

As for why they were dressed like that, and why everyone looked like they hadn't showered in months...

First and foremost, they are rock musicians. Their attire, hairstyles, beards, and dark circles under their eyes befit their rock musician identity.

Furthermore... do you know how many days a poor arranger has to lock themselves in a recording studio or a small room and rack their brains to save a terrible melody?

Therefore, it's not the fault of the arranger, just like the editor and programmer; it's all due to the pressures of life.

Although Kitagawa Yu has memories of his past life, he only needs to master basic music arrangement skills to be able to recreate most of the songs from his memories.

However, knowing the importance of arrangement, after careful consideration, he still chose this advanced course to improve his actual technical skills.

Otherwise, if someone asks him why a song was arranged that way, or how he came up with the idea, and he can't answer any of the questions, how embarrassing would that be!

What if someone 'misunderstands' him as a plagiarist? Wouldn't that be terrible?

Therefore, even when it came to relatively dry music arrangement theory and techniques, he listened much more attentively than he would in regular classes.

"Today we'll talk about what BPM is, how to use BPM variations in a song to better evoke the listener's emotions, and common, sophisticated BPM variation techniques in contemporary J-POP and J-ROCK..."

Chapter 16 Oh ka ei ri!

It has to be said, the advanced class is indeed an advanced class.

The teacher, with his greasy, wine-red hair and dark eye bags that looked like smoky makeup even without any makeup, looked like he was about to die even though he was only in his thirties, but his lectures were indeed full of valuable information.

As for him lecturing while drinking canned beer, and occasionally taking out a bag of potato chips and dried squid to stuff into his mouth...

Well, according to him, arrangers are free; don't let rules and regulations restrict your thinking. This is the ultimate goal for an arranger.

To be honest, although what he said was a bit cringey, Kitagawa Yu actually thought it made a lot of sense.

After all... didn't Kaori Miyazono also tell Kousei Arima in "4 Lies" that music is free?

Time always flies by when you're studying diligently.

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson. If there's anything you didn't understand... please don't bother me during my free time outside of class. Tomorrow, I'll set aside half a class period for your questions. Of course, if any of you have a pretty and cute female friend you can introduce to me, I can give you extra guidance for free..."

The four lessons passed quickly as the teacher tapped her ear with her fingers and mumbled incessantly.

Apart from Kitagawa Yu, who remained calm and completely ignored his words, everyone else in the class rolled their eyes in unison.

Are you kidding me? If they really knew those pretty and cute female friends, why would they push them onto someone else?

Arrangers work behind the scenes, and keyboardists are usually the least noticeable members of a band, so apart from Kitagawa Yu, everyone present was single.

"Kitagawa-kun, wanna go for a drink?"

"Sorry, I'm still a high school student, I can't drink alcohol yet~"

Kitagawa Yu, having finished packing his things, smiled and shrugged, politely declining a call from the keyboardist of an unknown underground band whom he had only recently met.

Just kidding, it's obvious without even guessing that this guy invited him for drinks because he wanted to use him to meet pretty high school girls.

"Oh, really, I was planning to tell you about our regular performance hall while we were having drinks~"

"hehe."

Kitagawa Yu chuckled softly upon hearing this, but remained silent.

Introduce him to the exhibition hall? Do you really think he doesn't know the saying "rivals in the same trade are enemies"?

After quickly leaving the eleven-story building, which was over thirty years old and housed the talent class, Kitagawa Yu immediately headed to the nearby OK Store.

After a week of investigation and comparison, he has confirmed that among all the supermarkets and convenience stores, whether in Saganomiya or Takadanobaba, OK Store has the most diverse selection of discounted bento boxes, the best taste, and the best value for money.

A fried pork cutlet weighing about 220 grams is topped with sauce, accompanied by about 80 grams of stir-fried vegetables, three thick pieces of tamagoyaki, and rice sprinkled with white sesame seeds and seaweed flakes. The total weight is about 600 grams.

Such a generous bento box costs only 291 yen, which is incredibly cheap.

You should know that the tonkatsu rice bowl he ate for lunch today was only about two-thirds the size of this bento box, but it cost a whopping 620 yen!

So Kitagawa Yu bought two bento boxes: one with teriyaki chicken and fried shrimp for dinner tonight, and the other with tonkatsu and tamagoyaki for lunch tomorrow.

As for the 'best before 12 hours' label on the bento box... who in their right mind would care about that!

In addition, because it was too troublesome to carry change, besides the two bento boxes, he bought two more sets of simple seaweed and tofu miso soup packets, just like the instant seaweed and egg drop soup packets from his previous life. Then he left the supermarket satisfied, went to the subway station, and took the tram home.

I boarded the bus at 8:40 and arrived home at 9:00.

Just as Narumi Sena, struggling to suppress her hunger and covered in sweat, finished her last dance class and hadn't even had a chance to leave the classroom, Kitagawa Yu was already taking out his key and opening the door.

Then......

"Tadaima~"

As Kitagawa Yu closed the door, he habitually spoke to the 'empty' apartment.

The next second, a sudden shout of "Oka eiri!" almost scared the soul out of him.

"You've already moved in?"

He watched as Tsukimi Eiko, dressed in a faded hoodie and sweatpants, walked briskly towards him like a young wife, wanting to take his schoolbag and shopping bag from his hands.

Kitagawa Yu, still shaken, remained stunned for about two seconds before finally relaxing.

"Um... I've already told the teacher that I want to stay in Tokyo and not go back to school."

"Didn't your teacher ask you why you didn't go back to school, or what your plans were for staying in Tokyo?" Kitagawa Yu asked casually as she changed into her slippers, without asking her to help carry her schoolbag and shopping bags.

"I didn't ask... but when I asked for leave last time, I told the teacher I was going to see my brother-in-law..." Tsukimi Eiko said, her pretty face blushing, and she lowered her head.

This left Kitagawa Yu speechless.

"Although dropping out of high school is a common phenomenon in Japan, especially among female high school students, it's incredibly irresponsible of a homeroom teacher not even to ask a single question about it."

Kitagawa Yu shook his head inwardly, then said to her, "I'm not your older brother, much less your great-uncle, so don't look down when you speak. Speak louder and raise your head. Besides, I'm a guy, okay? I can carry these things myself~"

"Oh...I...I understand."

Tsukimi Eiko obediently agreed, then after a moment of mental preparation, she finally mustered the courage to look up at Kitagawa Yu.

Seeing that Kitagawa Yu wasn't looking at her, she felt a little disappointed but also relaxed slightly. She quickly followed him and went to the living room with Kitagawa Yu.

As a seasoned otaku living alone, Kitagawa Yu obviously has no need for things like sofas, coffee tables, or televisions.

So, apart from a small dining table next to the kitchen island that's just big enough for two people to sit opposite each other, and two chairs, the entire living room only has a Yamaha GENOS2 arranger keyboard that costs a whopping 68 yen, a Roland Fantom EX synthesizer workstation that costs 55 yen, a laptop connected to the synthesizer workstation, an electric guitar placed against the wall, and a total of eight speakers of different sizes to match these expensive pieces of equipment.

It looks almost exactly like a professional music studio.

In addition, he has an acoustic guitar hanging in his bedroom, but since he usually uses an electric guitar, it has become just a decoration since he moved in.

Chapter 17 A Contract Between Two People

"By the way, have you packed all your things?"

"Yeah, it's all packed."

I casually placed the shopping bag containing the bento box on the kitchen island.

Kitagawa Yu first went back to her room to put down her schoolbag, and then spent a few minutes changing into comfortable loungewear. She then returned to the living room and took out seaweed and tofu miso soup packets from her shopping bag.

"I...I'll make dinner for you?" Tsukimi Eiko said in a slightly reserved voice.

"No need, I bought a discounted bento box from the supermarket~" Kitagawa Yu smiled at her, then took out a bowl and hot water to make a bento.

To be fair, although these instant miso soup packets are very cheap, costing only 14 yen per packet, they taste really good.

As the hot water was poured over the kelp, its rich aroma quickly filled the small living room.

Even Tsukimi Eiko, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but swallow hard.

Then... the familiar alarm sounded again, causing Kitagawa Yu to pause involuntarily and subconsciously turn his head to look at Tsukimi Eiko, a strange expression on his face.

"You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Kitagawa Yu asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Tsukimi Eiko's cheeks flushed red again. She habitually lowered her head, fidgeting with her fingers, and stammered a soft explanation, "I was so busy packing that I forgot the hotel's mealtime..."

Kitagawa Yu was speechless for a moment, then glanced at the two bento boxes in the shopping bag and said helplessly, "I just happened to buy two bento boxes, I'll share one with you~"

"Huh? Really?" Tsukimi Eiko suddenly looked up, her eyes wide with surprise and anticipation.

When Kitagawa Yu went back to her room to change clothes, she accidentally glimpsed the bento box inside the shopping bag through the opening.

The golden-brown, crispy fried pork chop, which was twice the size of her palm, was incredibly tempting to her, as she hadn't eaten since noon!

"Of course it's true~" Kitagawa Yu looked at her reaction, which was like a little rabbit that hadn't eaten for three days suddenly wandering into a carrot patch, and couldn't help but smile.

However, he then changed the subject, pretending to be serious, and continued, "But there's no such thing as a free lunch... well... not even dinner, you know?"

"Huh?" Tsukimi Eiko was taken aback and nodded subconsciously, but she didn't actually understand what Kitagawa Yu meant by those words.

Actually, Kitagawa Yu said that in order to "blackmail" her into joining his group by threatening her with rent and food expenses.

However, Tsukimi Eiko suddenly remembered that she had overheard some girls in her class talking about how to survive in Tokyo after graduating from high school if they had no money and could not find a job. It was called "A Tokyo Survival Guide for High School Girls".

Just like Kitagawa Yu in the afternoon, the words 'divine servant girl' immediately popped into her head, and her cheeks, which had not yet cooled down, instantly turned red and hot again, and her gray-blue eyes couldn't help but glisten with shy tears.

"I...I know..."

After only a brief moment of hesitation and indecision, and before Kitagawa Yu could even place the slightly hot miso soup on the table, Tsukimi Eiko had already made her decision.

Her heart pounded as she reached out and pulled down the dark red track pants that resembled a school gymnastics uniform, revealing her pure white panties underneath, which completely stunned Kitagawa Yu.

"Holy crap! What's going on!?"

It wasn't until Tsukimi Eiko continued to reach out and take off her gray hoodie, vaguely revealing her snow-white Devil Fruit, that he finally came to his senses. Ignoring the fact that his fingers were burned by the miso soup, he quickly put down the bowl and said, "Stop, stop, stop! That's not what I meant!"

"Eh?"

Eiko Tsukimi, who had already taken off her hoodie, froze again, looking completely bewildered with a blushing, adorable expression that made everyone want to tease her.

Fortunately, with the help of Okita Sawa, Kitagawa Yu's resistance to charm in this life has increased considerably. He only needed to take a deep breath to suppress the impulse in his heart.