A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

Rina and Hayakawa-neechan have a very good relationship because Hayakawa-neechan is willing to teach her to write and is very gentle. Natsuki also seems to like her a lot. Although sometimes this liking makes Rina a little jealous, considering how good Hayakawa-neechan is to her, she reluctantly agrees to share Natsuki with her.

The two watched cartoons together in the living room.

It can be said that two people who both love animation came together. These animations for young children are part of Hayakawa's childhood memories, and he still enjoys watching them now.

He pulled Lina into his arms, glancing at the kitchen every now and then.

After spending about twenty minutes in the warm environment, she no longer felt cold all over her body, and her feet began to warm up again.

"Time to eat." Natsuki Aoi, wearing gloves, came out carrying a pot of rice.

"Let's go." Hayakawa gestured, then pulled Rina along to the dining room.

At the same time, the rich aroma of plums wafted into my nose, which smelled wonderful.

After Lina tasted the sweet aftertaste of the plums, she actually wanted to eat a couple more bites of the plum rice.

Aoi Natsuki took a rice spoon and ladled out three bowls, one large and one small.

One plum is placed on each person's meal.

This amount is sufficient.

The rice water soaked in plums is flavorful enough on its own.

"Then I'm going to start eating (woof woof)!" the three said in unison.

He then picked up his chopsticks and started eating the plum rice.

The originally concentrated sourness had been neutralized a lot. Although it was still very sour, this sourness, combined with the unique sweetness of the plum, made it very appetizing. Lina no longer reacted as before, but after taking a bite, she kept stuffing rice into her mouth.

Hayakawa was also surprised by the taste, holding the rice bowl with both hands, the steam covering her glasses.

"Favorability +2"

"Favorability +1"

Hayakawa's favorability rating has now officially reached 80. I wonder if -100 is the lower limit and +100 is the upper limit?

Natsuki Aoi chewed on her chopsticks, her mind drifting back to the training function. Since she had chosen Hayakawa, she would have to rely on this function to quickly improve Hayakawa's various scores.

"Hmm..." He let out a long breath through his nose.

"Natsuki, what are you thinking about?" Hayakawa leaned down and asked softly.

Aoi Natsuki snapped out of her reverie and suddenly had an idea: "Do you have time this weekend...?"

Chapter 100 One-Day Manga Artist's Assistant

……

Name: Keiko Hayakawa

Current level: A

Knowledge: 73 points

Appearance: 54 points

Personality: 94 points

Special skills: Cooking skills 15 points, sports and activities 14 points.

(A total of 360 points is required to advance to S-rank; the current total is 250 points.)

With final exams approaching, Hayakawa's knowledge has increased by 2 points. As things stand, Aoi Natsuki feels that it will be difficult for her knowledge to make a significant breakthrough in the short term, and her personality stats have probably reached their limit as well. Her appearance stats will also remain largely unchanged.

Furthermore, the system is significantly stricter in this regard. Even though Hayakawa's appearance is much more refreshing than before, she doesn't even pass the minimum score. It wasn't until Aoi Natsuki observed other girls in the school with this question in mind that he discovered that most of the girls' scores were only between 40 and 45 points, which is the average person's appearance range.

The only reason for her low score is mostly due to her special skills. Generally speaking, Hayakawa fits the characteristics of an ordinary girl, which is that she basically has no special skills.

Looking at the other girls in the school, their scores in the special skills section were mostly between 20 and 40 points. They had all sorts of special skills, but none of them were particularly good at them.

Come to think of it, she's just an ordinary girl. If she weren't ordinary, she would at least be an A.

If you want to successfully promote Hayakawa to S rank, you need to put in a lot of effort in developing her special skills.

……

weekend.

Keiko Hayakawa got up very early in the morning. Because she had promised Natsuki, she couldn't sleep for a long time and was now standing in front of the wardrobe trying on different clothes.

She used to be a homebody and didn't pay much attention to her clothes. It was after meeting Natsuki that she gradually wanted to dress herself up, started learning makeup, bought some clothes with her allowance, and watched videos online after school every day to learn how to dress.

Change doesn't happen naturally; it comes from persistent, day-to-day effort.

However, winter clothes are relatively expensive, so Hayakawa didn't buy any new ones, but just wore some old clothes from previous years.

"Go for it!" After everything was ready, she clenched her fist and cheered herself on in the mirror before heading to her agreed destination.

……

"Welcome, both of you."

Ayano Takahashi opened the door to greet the two of them.

"Sorry to bother you." Hayakawa stood at the door and bowed nervously to her.

The tension didn't stem from arriving at Ayano's house, but rather from the fact that she had heard from Natsuki that Ayano was drawing manga and aiming to become a professional manga artist, which surprised her greatly.

Today, Natsuki and I came here specifically to visit, to see how a manga artist spends their weekend.

"Oh, I'm a little embarrassed by how reserved you are." Ayano scratched the back of her head and grinned, quickly welcoming the two in. "My sister isn't home today, so if you're going to cook lunch later, Natsuki, there will be enough for three people."

After hearing this, Aoi Natsuki smiled helplessly: "You've thought of everything quite thoroughly; you've already said it beforehand."

Ayano Takahashi raised an eyebrow mischievously. Anyway, she was only in charge of eating, and Natsuki would definitely cook better than her sister.

She led the two upstairs, with Hayakawa following behind, looking on with anticipation. Perhaps this is the charm of anime series; it can directly influence a reader's desire to see what the original author's room looks like.

Let me state in advance that I've always wanted to visit the room where Hirohiko Araki draws his manga!

Aoi Natsuki glanced sideways at Hayakawa, who was looking expectant. This was something he had expected, since Hayakawa's hobby was watching anime and buying figurines of characters from the anime. To date, her favorite figurine was actually a Gintama figurine called Just We, with a slightly lewd design and an ambiguous meaning.

Based on previous feedback, he had taken Hayakawa to make small cakes and taught her how to make bento boxes. In addition, the two of them had participated in some sports activities during their breaks. All of these behaviors were turned into special skills and were reflected in Hayakawa's special skills section.

This means that some proactive actions can also create special talents, although not many, but it is at least a good way to improve scores.

However, frequently engaging in physical activities with her sometimes leads to Hayakawa experiencing a low mood, and occasionally even a 2-3 point decrease in affection level. Does this mean that I am actually forcing her to do these things, resulting in a negative impact?

Aoi Natsuki thought about this for a long time and finally came up with a new idea: since doing things she wasn't interested in would lower her favorability rating, why not just start from Hayakawa's preferences and choose her strengths in reverse?

Hobbies and special skills are two completely different concepts. Her special skills section wouldn't include something like "likes watching anime." That's just a hobby, not a special skill.

However, many special skills can originate from hobbies, so after thinking about it for a long time, Natsuki Aoi finally decided to bring her to Ayano's house.

Yes, a fledgling comic artist and a die-hard anime fan will definitely get along very well.

He had also brought up the topic with Ayano, who was very welcoming.

The request was granted:

Let Hayakawa come to my house to be a manga artist's assistant for a day.

"This is my room where I draw comics, please come in."

Ayano touched the wall and turned on the room light.

When the lights came on, the first thing that caught the eye was a calligraphy copybook hanging on the wall next to the window. It was about 80 by 80 cm in size and contained only one character. But it was this one character that made the three people who were laughing and joking suddenly become solemn and respectful.

"Diligence".

Cartoonists deserve respect.

That is a profession that embodies the hard work and sweat of countless people, and even Aoi, who doesn't know much about this industry, felt a heavy weight in her heart.

Hayakawa Keiko took a step into the room. To her right was a large bookcase filled with past issues of JP's manga magazines. The top shelf was also filled with figurines of manga characters, many of which were extremely rare. This made the fervent fan's pupils shrink slightly, and she covered her mouth in surprise, speechless.

Aoi Natsuki and Takahashi Ayano exchanged a glance, it seemed that their initial goal had been achieved.

Ayano Takahashi, still smiling, trotted into the room, took a deep breath of the scent of rice paper, drawing boards, ink, and charcoal, then turned around, looked directly at Hayakawa, and slowly said:

"Welcome to my world..."

Chapter 101 Mitsu Takahashi was caught by Hayakawa again!

……

"Because I haven't officially become a professional cartoonist yet, I'm still submitting my work, so my income so far is only from prize money. But I believe that as long as I persevere, I will be able to make a living from this one day. So, the job of a cartoonist's assistant is to help the cartoonist complete some auxiliary tasks."

Ayano introduced some simple drawing tools to Hayakawa, and at the same time pulled out some halftone paper from her bag.

"Applying halftone dots is the most basic job of an assistant. Halftone dots are needed for shadows in comics, and there are different types of halftone paper, such as gray halftone, patterned halftone, and reverse white halftone. In addition, you also need to create auxiliary lines for characters or objects to move."

"Auxiliary lines?"

"Well, for example..." Ayano started looking around, and finally her gaze fell on the electric fan hidden in the corner. She then picked up the plug, plugged it in, switched it to the lowest setting, picked up her phone, and took a picture of the fan blades that were blowing air.

Then show it to Hayakawa who is standing next to him.

"You see, in reality, when I press the shutter button, the rotating fan blades don't stop; instead, they have this blurry effect. This effect is called motion blur, and it becomes even more noticeable in film."

Many times when you pause a movie, you'll notice that the characters' movements, along with the environment, become blurry. But animation is different. Animation isn't reality; it's almost always 24 frames per second, with four frames per second, and high-quality animations sometimes using eight frames per second. So when you pause animation, you see a complete frame, and theoretically, there's no motion blur.

At this point, clever manga artists will proactively add motion blur to the characters, which makes the entire animation more dynamic. This is perfectly demonstrated in the Naruto fight against Itachi; the movements are fluid, and the overall effect is excellent.

Comics, on the other hand, are created before animation. To depict the movement of a person or object in a completely static state, auxiliary lines are needed. This not only allows the reader to see the action but also to visualize it in their mind. Do you understand what I'm saying?

"Hmm... Ayano, you explained it in great detail, I understand completely now."

"Oh! You have quite a talent. Then let's get started right away. I'm free today, so I can teach you slowly."

Ayano became more energetic when talking about drawing manga.

Meanwhile, Natsuki Aoi, who was sitting cross-legged to the side, casually took a sip of tea and didn't say a word about the conversation between the two people in front of her.

Seeing Hayakawa's serious expression, as if she were very interested, confirmed that his judgment was correct and bringing her to Ayano's house was the right decision.

Today's experience as a one-day manga artist's assistant was actually just bait. In reality, Natsuki Aoi hoped that she could take this opportunity to learn about manga and expand her skills based on her hobby.

Given Hayakawa's network of connections, he's usually home alone on weekends.

Youth is short and fleeting, and with my homebody personality, it's easy to waste time.