A newbie's anime life diary

This is kind of a small side story about daily life, featuring a few interesting supporting characters. The episodes won't be too long, and you probably already know who they are, right?

Chapter 323 Art Department: Various Problems

Eriri will now begin to explain everyone's confusion.

After organizing her thoughts, Eriri began, "Let me tell you about this junior first. She's a student in Class C of the first year, her name is Usami Mizuki, and she's quite cute. Let me think, she joined the art club around November. I used to go there every few days. She joined the art club because she liked drawing, but she was still a beginner. Since she's a girl, and she's very serious when she draws, I would help her when I wasn't busy. I didn't expect her to be so talented; she learned very quickly!"

As she spoke, Eriri smiled.

Shiyu looked at her and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Why does Eriri sound like she's talking about a junior, even though the other person is only a year younger than her? Hmm... is she thinking about having a child?"

"Shut up! Don't compare me to you! Believe me or not, I'll give you a Starburst Ponytail Slash!" Eriri glared at Utaha and symbolically flicked her twin tails.

It has to be said that Eriri's twin tails are quite lethal, and now they even have a name, although it's plagiarized from the Starburst Slash.

Seeing that Shiyu remained silent, Eriri gave a smug "humph" and continued, "The boy that Usami likes, as mentioned in the letter, is probably Subaru Uchimaki, who joined Class 1-D about a month ago. I'm not sure about his 'anime-obsessed' personality mentioned in the letter, and these 'waifu' stuff... more and more boys are becoming like that. I've overheard several first-year boys discussing it. But lately, their waifu has all been Asuna."

Emmmmm~~ Hearing this, Yukiteru felt helpless. It just means the character is popular, right? He figured by the summer convention, a ton of doujinshi would be released. He was actually feeling a little melancholic...

But now is not the time to discuss waifus. He looked at Eriri and said, "So, this love problem involves Eriri's two juniors in the art club? Do you have any other concerns about the art club?"

"Yes, that's a problem," Eriri nodded, looking somewhat troubled. "Um, do you know how many people were in the art club at its peak?"

"How many?"

Thirty-five.

"This...so many? The soccer club only has less than 20 people!" Yui Yuigahama said in surprise, because she was friends with Yumiko Miura and thus knew some things about the soccer club indirectly.

In schools, only sports clubs usually have this many members. Clubs like the literature club or the craft club usually only have seven or eight people.

Yukino thought for a moment and said, "There are so many people in the art club, it must be because of Eriri."

Eriri blushed and nodded, saying, "Before, many boys joined the art club because of me, which is why there were so many people. Although I knew they had ulterior motives, the club president didn't force them to leave because they always attended club activities on time. However, after I spent a long time in the service club and later joined the student council and left the art club, the number of club members began to decrease sharply. And because we're about to graduate in our third year, there are very few people who still attend club activities on time now."

"Doesn't your art club president care? Also, a club can't be established if it has fewer than five members, right?" Xuehui said, frowning.

"As for the club president... originally, after the third-year president stepped down, they wanted me to succeed him, but I had to participate in student council work, so I declined. The current president position is held by a second-year boy. His drawing skills are indeed excellent; his oil painting and sketching are no worse than mine. It's just that his personality... is a bit lazy, and he's not good at being a manager." Speaking of the club president, Eriri also showed a headache expression. "The art club is where I've been for almost two years, and I don't want it to gradually decline, so I was thinking of going to the art club with everyone to discuss how to increase the number of members."

"Adding more members? That's something every club that wants to grow should consider." Yukino nodded, then stood up and looked at everyone, saying, "Since both things are about the Art Club, let's all go together to the Art Club."

Without further ado, everyone left the student council room and went to the art department's classroom.

Eriri stood at the front and knocked on the classroom door.

"Hi~~ I'll open the door right away~" The speaker was a girl who sounded quite cute, and then, accompanied by a series of light footsteps, the door to the club room opened.

"Eri-senpai! Huh? Ah! The president, vice president, and other student council seniors are here? Is...is this because of something?"

The girl who appeared before everyone was quite cute, with a bob haircut and a rabbit hair clip in her bangs. She must be Usami Mizuki.

However, the girl seems quite nervous right now.

Xuehui guessed what the other party was worried about and said with a smile, "Don't worry, we're not here to question the number of people in the art department. If we really want to talk about that, we'll have to wait until the next semester starts."

"Ugh...isn't this almost the same..." The girl still looked miserable upon hearing this, showing no sign of joy whatsoever.

"Yukiteru, really. Don't scare Usami. She's easily startled." After shaking Yukiteru's arm to signal him to stop joking, he said to the trembling girl, "Don't worry, I'm here. I won't let the art club end. But for now, let us go in first."

"Huh? Ah! Excuse me, everyone please come in!" Usami Mizuki realized what was happening and immediately stepped aside to let everyone in.

The art department is still using the large classroom, but the number of people inside is no longer just pitiful, it's only three!

And one of the boys was actually sleeping on a sofa here, wearing an eye mask?

Usami Mizuki noticed this too, and immediately rushed over awkwardly, punching the boy in the face.

"Minister! Wake up right now!!!"

"Hmm...it looks painful." Seeing the boy's face completely contorted, Yukiteru couldn't help but twitch his lips. Ignoring the club president who had slowly woken up, he looked at a chair on the other side of the clubroom at Hachiman's prompting. A boy was diligently painting on the canvas in front of him, completely unaware that someone had entered.

It would be better if he drew a statue or an object instead of a magical girl holding a magic wand.

As Xuehui walked over, she had some ideas in mind. The boy in front of her was clearly the one with the curly hair, and his drawing skills were really high!

At that moment, Hachiman walked over, looked at the boy, and whispered, "This guy's talent seems really out of place in the art club."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Yukiteru nodded, completely agreeing with Hikigaya's opinion.

At that moment, Subaru Uchimaki stopped what he was doing and stood up excitedly: "Usami-kun, look! My dream wife is finally finished again!"

Hmm... why is it "again"?

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I'm watching The Wizard while casually typing this...

P.S.: Thanks to 【爷就是大神】【Acedown】 for the generous donations!

Chapter 324 The only normal person, thank you for your hard work.

When Usami, a fellow club member, didn't reply to him as usual, Subaru Uchimaki, puzzled, turned around and noticed that the clubroom, which was usually nearly empty, was suddenly filled with many people.

Standing behind her were the student council vice president, Hiratsuka Yukiteru, and fellow student council member, Hikigaya Hachiman, both second-year students. Beside Usami were the student council president, Yukino Yukinoshita, Yuigahama Yui, and Sawamura Eriri, formerly of the art club. Even the third-year student, Kasumigaoka Utaha, whom even Subaru Uchimaki, a hardcore anime fan, had heard of, was there.

"Is there something wrong with the entire student council here?" Tilting his head, Subaru clapped his hands and said with a smile, "It must be you, Captain, who caused this trouble!"

"No way! I've been sleeping in the clubroom the whole time." The lazy boy, who had just woken up, scratched his head and said to everyone, "Ah, hello everyone in the student council, I'm the new head of the art club, from Class 2-A... um... what's my name again?"

"...Minister, are you still half asleep? You've forgotten your own name? Your name is... Huh? What's your name again, Minister?" Usami Mizuki looked at the minister speechlessly, and then... then she couldn't remember either.

"Well, it's not a big deal, so let's not worry about it for now."

Although Xuehui felt that the current art club was in a mess, it was still the top club of Soubu High School. It couldn't be left in this state. The most urgent thing was to think about how to recruit more members.

Yukino nodded and said, "We came here today at Eriri's request to discuss how to increase the number of members in the art club. We don't need to increase the number by many, but we can't have just two or three people like we have now."

"Sigh... adding more members." The department head, still unable to recall his own name, said with a bitter face, "I've thought about how to increase the number of people, but the activities of the art department are really quite boring. There aren't many young people these days who can calm down and focus. I've posted recruitment notices, but no one has come."

"Young man... are you a middle-aged man?" After making a sarcastic remark about the club president, Yukiteru said, "There were so many people here originally, firstly because of Eriri's 'beauty girl effect,' and secondly because the art club achieved results. Not only Eriri, but several third-year seniors also won awards, so that's why some people gathered here. Now there are no members, but you can still follow this path and achieve something, can't you?"

Eriri nodded and said, "Usami-chan, your drawing talent is pretty good. You haven't left the club and have been drawing all this time. There's a high school drawing competition in Chiba Prefecture next semester. You can try to participate! Of course, our useless club president needs to participate too."

"Huh? I-I-I-I can't do it, Sawamura-senpai! I'm still far from being good enough to participate in the competition!" Usami panicked, her face flushed as she shook her head frantically. Then she grabbed Uchimaki Subaru, who was walking over looking completely bewildered, and said, "Hey, let Uchimaki participate! His drawing skills are really strong!"

"Huh? Haha, Usami-san, if you praise me like that, I'll get arrogant!" Subaru Uchimaki scratched his head a little embarrassedly, then realized what he meant and called everyone to his drawing board. Pointing to the magical girl on it, he said, "Look, my new waifu is finished! I had Usami-san model for this cosplay, and it took me several days to finish!"

"Sigh~ Cosplay, huh? Is the art club this fun these days?" Yukiteru glanced at the shy Usami, who had transformed into a steampunk princess, looked at the drawing, and asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you were the model? How come you don't look like her at all?"

Hikigaya, Yuihama, Yukino, and the others nodded in agreement. Looking at this magical girl with her long pink hair and playful expression, she was indeed very cute, but she really didn't look like one at all!

"No, no, no, it was indeed borrowed, here." Shaking his head, Subaru Uchimaki pointed to the image on the screen, at the magical girl's... pink and white striped panties.

"Ugh... Uchimaki-kun, you... idiot!!!" Usami was instantly filled with shame and indignation, and under everyone's gaze, she covered her skirt and ran away.

Watching Usami run off, the bewildered student council members staring at him, and the club president smirking nearby, Subaru Uchimaki was equally bewildered: "Um... my drawing was actually quite accurate..."

This child is beyond saving; let him continue like this...

Finally, Yukihira raised his hand, patted Subaru Uchimaki on the shoulder, and encouraged him, saying, "Putting aside the panties for now, at least your drawing is really great, Uchimaki-kun. Think about that drawing contest in April, it would be helpful for the art club."

"Uh...oh, I see." Subaru Uchimaki nodded blankly. Although he had low emotional intelligence, he was still smart enough to know that this was for the future of the art club.

"Well then, I should start thinking about what my next wife will look like, and I'll use that as the entry for the competition!"

"..."

Will this art club even survive...?

After explaining things to Subaru Uchimaki and the department head who was about to fall asleep again, everyone went to the end of the corridor outside, where they saw Usanai looking shy and disappointed. The girl was currently huddled in the arms of a short, blonde girl.

The girl then pressed down on Yukiteru and the others, patted Usami's back in her arms, and said, "Hey, Mizuki, it seems like someone's come looking for you. Claire remembers they're student council seniors."

"Huh? Seniors?" Upon hearing this, Usami forgot her disappointment and immediately turned to look at everyone, saying, "Um, is there anything else, seniors?"

Yukino nodded and said, "There is indeed something else that concerns you, Usami-san. But before that, I remember this person was also a first-year student, wasn't she?"

Well, he's a bit short, looks like a middle school student, no, he looks even younger than the average middle school student.

"Hi! Colette's name is Colette~ and she's a member of the Art Club!"

"Huh? There's another one here? I really don't recognize her." Eriri didn't recognize this little girl named Claire at all. "But she's so cute, blonde, is she a foreigner?"

"Hi! Clare is American~ but she's lived in Japan since she was little and doesn't speak any English!" Clare said proudly, raising her little hand.

"Young lady, it's not something to be proud of to be an American if you can't speak English."

As soon as he said this, Xuehui was met with a strong glare and verbal protest from Eriri: "So what if I don't know English! I'm half-English, and I don't know it either! It doesn't matter!"

“Yeah, yeah! English is so boring!” Claire suddenly came up to Eriri as if she had found her tribe. The two blondes huddled together and found each other particularly pleasing to the eye.

"The club president whose name I don't even remember, an otaku obsessed with anime characters, and this unreliable foreign girl over here, Usami-san, your club life must be really tough."

Seeing Usami looking so exhausted, everyone present felt a deep sense of sympathy. It was so pitiful that the only normal person was stuck in an abnormal club.

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Chapter 325 Girl, you really aren't normal either!

Originally, Yukiteru and the others thought that since Usami had just run out, they could have a brief consultation about her relationship troubles to see if she needed the student council to offer some advice.

Hmmmm~ Is it really a good thing for the student council to provide relationship counseling to students?

Well, it doesn't matter anyway. The school doesn't have any rules about this, so let's just treat it as a regular consultation.

But now a short, goofy blonde girl has wandered in. What should we do? Should we confront her in front of her?