A newbie's anime life diary

Hearing Yukiteru's joking words, Yukino Yukinoshita breathed a slight sigh of relief: "It seems that my sister and Hiratsuka-sensei have always had a good relationship, but she would never do something without a reason."

Looking at the girl who was pondering what her sister was up to, Xuehui said, "Don't worry about it. Although it may sound arrogant, your sister won't get the better of me so easily."

"She has plenty of ways to sell you out and make you count the money for her." The girl berated her sister without any restraint, showing no regard for sisterly affection.

It seems there's quite a story behind this. Yukiteru, seeing Yukino become almost unable to contain herself when Yukinoshita Haruno was mentioned, smiled and asked, "What, don't you believe me?"

"No, I just don't want her to get involved in my high school life."

'Unfortunately, she's already involved.'

Xuehui said those words aloud.

Upon reaching the third floor, Yukiteru, having arrived at his own floor, stopped chatting with Yukino Yukinoshita and headed to his classroom after saying goodbye.

The girl watched the receding figure, remained silent for a moment, and continued walking uphill.

After school, the Service Club classroom welcomed many guests today.

Aside from the four members of the Service Club, Aki Tomoya, Sawamura Spencer Eriri, Kato Megumi, and Kasumigaoka Utaha also arrived together, and there was also an additional member, Aisaka Taiga.

"What brings you here, little girl?"

Yukiteru looked on in surprise as he watched the little tiger sitting next to Yui Yuigahama, eating Pocky like a hamster.

"Urusai, you're the little girl! Didn't you yourselves say I could come over as a guest?" Taiga clearly didn't get along with Yukiteru, after all, she had been defeated by him before, and now she was strictly forbidden from bringing a wooden sword to school, so she could only suppress her resentment.

"Alright, whatever makes you happy." Xuehui glanced at her and then ignored her. It seemed that this girl's best friend had joined the softball club. She guessed that her friend didn't have time to play with her because of training, so she came over.

Beside her, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had printed out the first chapter of the story and was about to have a proper discussion with Yukiteru, felt a little anxious when she saw the number of people suddenly double.

Slightly trembling her legs clad in black pantyhose, Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Aisaka Taiga and said with a hint of jealousy, "Yukiteru-kun, you're really something. Without me even noticing, such a cute junior has appeared by your side. Your flirting skills have really improved. Should I really write my script with you as the protagonist? A campus love triangle between a classmate, childhood friend, older sister/boss, and a new girl who just appeared out of nowhere?"

"I feel like you've added a lot of characters that I don't even know myself. Is this really a fan-made game with so many characters?" Yukiteru looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was rambling on about making up a script out of thin air, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Updates may be a bit unstable in the next couple of days, so I'm letting you know in advance.

Chapter 85 Heaven knows how this script will turn out.

As we all know, excessive pressure can crush some people and cause others to explode. Kasumigaoka Utaha is the latter. Her original plan to quietly discuss the script was completely hopeless. Filled with resentment, she started her rambling mode again, with various plot points popping up one after another.

What decapitations, what great ships, what the heroine ran away with her childhood friend—the story gets darker and more brutal as it goes on. Even Taiga Aisaka, who initially disliked her, shrank behind Yui Yuigahama after the terrifying plot.

"Eri... Eriri, what's wrong with senpai?"

Aki Tomoya came to Eriri's side and asked in a low voice.

"Well, this woman is abnormal anyway, why bother with her? Get away from me, don't get so close, I need to draw the character design, I've fallen behind on my exams lately."

Pushing away Aki Tomoya who was crowding around her, Eriri, pretending not to mean anything, grabbed her sketchbook and dragged Kato Megumi to a corner.

Left with no other option, Aki Tomoya mustered his courage and approached Kasumigaoka Utaha, saying, "Senpai, let's discuss the script. I heard you've already written a section?"

“I plan to start over from scratch. I thought the previous ones were pretty good.” After a slight pause, Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a slightly dangerous smile.

"Um...we're going to make a heartwarming bishoujo game!"

"I write the script, and I call the shots!"

But I'm the producer... This game is going in the wrong direction!

Aki Tomoya smiled wryly and looked at Yukiteru beside him.

Seeing that he couldn't pretend to be invisible, Yukiteru thought he should stop her. He picked up the printer paper that Kasumigaoka Utaha had placed aside, rolled it up, and hit the girl on the head.

"Snapped!"

Although she didn't use much force, the sound was quite loud. Being reprimanded like this in front of everyone made Kasumigaoka Utaha feel a little embarrassed, but she quickly retorted, "Does Yukiteru-kun like this kind of thing? Domination play?"

"Instead of wasting time telling dirty jokes, you should be discussing something properly. Your novel is going to be released tomorrow, aren't you worried at all?"

Yukiteru looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha with a speechless expression.

However, Sister Shiyu didn't care at all, shaking her head and saying, "I've already written what I think is the most perfect story, and Sister Yuanzi also said that the quality is not a problem, and it's only a matter of time before sales go up. Besides, you drew the illustrations, so I'm actually riding on your coattails."

That's true. With Xuehui's consent, the novel's promotional materials openly announced the change of illustrator, who is Xuehui's pen name, Kong.

The original illustrations didn't quite match the feel of the novel, and the change of illustrator has raised expectations among some book fans.

"Since you've said that, I'm looking forward to your novel. I'll buy a copy after school tomorrow."

Finally, they managed to persuade Kasumigaoka Utaha to come back to her senses, and the group officially began reading the game script they had written.

The story begins much like a typical visual novel: the male protagonist is an unremarkable high school student who one day encounters a girl he thinks he'll fall in love with at first sight, only to discover that she's just an ordinary girl in the school.

What follows is the cliché of their relationship being discovered by their childhood friend, and encountering the class monitor who has a crush on them. That concludes the first part of the script, which also describes the main scenes involved in the game.

"The scripts for visual novels are quite different from novels. Some parts require CG images to maximize the presentation of the content, especially the first scene where the male and female protagonists meet. Although Utaha-senpai has excellent writing skills, she still needs CG images to achieve a strong impact."

Putting down the script, Xuehui shared his thoughts.

“That’s right, I feel the same way. After all, it seems that a certain ace hasn’t given a final character design yet.” With her legs crossed, Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Eriri, who was holding a script beside her.

"Stop nagging! It'll be finished soon!" Eriri said, blushing. Her progress was indeed a bit slow, but there was no other way. Asking her to draw the girl who made Aki Tomoya's heart flutter as the heroine was already a difficult thing to accept. In addition, Kato Megumi's expression was too hard to capture, which raised the difficulty of the task to another level.

"Well, don't worry, I believe Eriri can definitely do a perfect job with the character design. Let's take a look at the side story arrangements first. After all, although there are only three routes in the game, the individual storylines cannot overlap." Aki Tomoya could see that Eriri was a little embarrassed, so he had no choice but to change the subject and return to the script.

From this perspective, he's not bad as a producer.

Taiga Aisaka, who was watching this scene, tugged at Yui Yuigahama's sleeve and said, "Are they playing a game?"

"Yeah, it seems to be a visual novel? I don't know much about these," Yui Yuigahama replied.

"Huh, they're making the kind of games only otaku would play?" Surprisingly, Taiga Aisaka knew exactly what a galgame was.

She walked over, picked up the script and started reading it from the back of her head, saying, "You guys aren't making an R18 game, are you?"

"No way! It's pure love! Besides, we're not even adults yet, how could we go back and touch that kind of stuff!" Aki Tomoya immediately retorted.

"You really don't have any at home?" Xuehui looked at the other person with some surprise, clearly not believing it.

"I... I'll just buy it and not play it!"

Wow, surprisingly honest.

"Don't talk about me, Yukiteru-kun, don't you have any collection at all?" Aki Tomoya, in a fit of desperation, turned his anger towards Yukiteru.

Then, two pairs of eyes subtly shifted to him.

Xuehui didn't notice this, and he calmly denied it, saying, "I'm really sorry, I really don't have that kind of thing."

"You're lying! At the last book signing, you said you had a book illustrated by Eri Kashiwagi at home!" Aki Tomoya's memory kicked in instantly, and he pointed at Yukiteru, saying, "I've seen through it. There's only one truth!"

"Pfft!" Eriri, holding the pencil, squeezed hard and broke off a pencil tip.

"There's only one truth, and that was something I made up." Xuehui calmly shook his head. "I'm not interested in yuri at all."

"Pfft!" With another sound, Eriri, now with a different pen, used too much force again. Although she was furious, Eriri was also relieved that her identity had not been exposed.

“Hmm~~” Kasumigaoka Utaha, who saw through everything, was the only one who noticed Eriri’s reaction. She smiled and said, “Although it’s not an R18 work, I think we can still add some popular plots, such as accidentally entering the dressing room or the bathroom.”

"Oh! That should be considered not crossing the line. Senior is really amazing!" Aki Tomoya said with admiration.

"However, all of this requires our artist to work hard." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Eriri with a mischievous grin. She was really looking forward to the moment when Eriri would reveal her identity as a doujinshi artist, since only a few people involved in the game's production knew about it.

It will definitely be very interesting.

Only Xuehui felt that this game was doomed.

Update delayed

I practiced driving all day today and I'm really exhausted. I'll postpone it until after my exam tomorrow. If I have the energy, I'll update tomorrow night. We'll see about the details tomorrow. That's all for now.

That's enough: one hundred words!

Chapter 86 The Corpse Came Back to Life!

Real title: Tuanzi's birthday is coming soon.

To be honest, Yukiteru wasn't very interested in making visual novels, so he didn't participate much, only offering some minor suggestions on the plot.

Yes, advice that heals the soul.

This is unambiguous advice that truly heals the soul. After all, if your first game is so heart-wrenching, do you even want to make games in the future?

The strategy of first praising and then criticizing is how players can truly appreciate the creators' love!

These are the exact words of the scholar.

"So you want to make games in the future?"

Xuehui's suggestion also revealed this implication. After An Yilun also brought it up, he did not deny it and nodded, saying, "I do have this idea, but it should not be a galgame. The technical and human resources costs required are not low. Not to mention what I can do at this stage, it is just an idea."

"What about the novel? You didn't just come up with this idea out of nowhere, did you, Xuehui-kun? Don't lose sight of the bigger picture. Your novel's popularity is steadily rising. Don't tell me it's going to end so soon."

Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned. She had high hopes for Yukiteru's development in light novels, but his sudden announcement of having ideas to make games made her both uneasy and angry.

In her mind, Yukiteru's idea to make games must have come about after his contact with Anichi Tomoya. If that hadn't happened, she could have continued peacefully working alongside him in the light novel field—how wonderful!

So it's impossible not to be angry; I'm mostly angry at myself for coming up with such a stupid idea that dragged Xuehui over.

Unfortunately, it's too late now.

However, Yukiteru didn't think as much as Kasumigaoka Utaha. He replied, "Who said I'm not writing novels anymore? I plan to write at least 15 volumes of Sword Art Online, so making games is still a long way off. I need to have some time to build up my knowledge, right?"

Hearing these explanations, Kasumigaoka Utaha secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then began to concentrate on thinking about the script.

After a brief exchange, the classroom fell silent again, except for the rustling of pens and paper, the turning of pages, and the sounds of Taiga Aisaka and Yui Yuigahama eating.

Of these, only one person did not utter a single word from beginning to end.

Yukino Yukinoshita, after greeting everyone when they first arrived at the Service Club, had been quietly reading a book.

However, Yukino Yukinoshita has always been seen this way by others, so no one has paid much attention to it, not even Yukiteru.

Only Kasumigaoka Utaha showed a thoughtful look in her eyes after seeing these things, but then stopped worrying about them.

After the club activities ended, everyone went home. Yukiteru and Yukino Yukinoshita got off the train together and walked back.

"Hiratsuka-kun".

"What's wrong?" Yukihiro, who was walking beside him, heard the voice and turned to look at Yukinoshita.