My Cartoonist Girlfriend

"Woo...I was just joking!"

Oosaka Taiga covered his head with his hands and looked depressed. If he had known earlier, he would not have said anything.

It goes without saying that Takasu Ryuji's cooking skills are excellent, and after working in a restaurant he has made further progress and has even acquired a bit of the aura of a great chef.

After having a satisfying lunch and taking a short rest, it was finally time to do the main purpose of my visit today.

Make a cake.

Taking out a bunch of materials, Oosaka Taiga said proudly, "I've learned it. It's not that difficult. Let's all try it together and see who can do it better!"

Then, following the suggestion of Oosaka Taiga, everyone was divided into groups.

Asakura Kaede and Eriri are in a group of four with Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kitamura Yusaku, the Buchou, Usami, Uchimaki Subaru and Takasu Ryuji are in a group, and the rest are divided into two groups: Oosaka Taiga and Kushieda Minori.

Although Oosaka Taiga has an oven at home, it seems not enough, so when baking, he will also use the big oven in Asakura Kaede's home, which should be enough.

The grouping is complete and we can finally start.

Chapter 256 The Screwed Up Little Tiger (2/2)

There are actually some rules for grouping the three groups.

The three people from the art club are all average at cooking, and they have Ryuji Takasu as their instructor to guide the beginner Usami.

Asakura Kaede and Eriri have no problem cooking and making snacks, but Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kitamura Yusaku have no intention of learning, so they just join in the fun. As for Kushieda Minori and Oosaka Taiga, judging from the proud look on Oosaka Taiga's face, it is probably not Kushieda Minori who is the leader, but an assistant.

As expected, after the production started, it was Oosaka Taiga who was making it, and Kushieda Minori was watching from the side and helping to deliver the materials.

Kitamura Yusaku looked at the others and asked, knowing that he was here to mess around, "What are we going to do?"

Asakura Feng looked at the ingredients on hand and said, "Since we have fruit, let's make a cream fruit cake. But my pastry skills are average, so how about you do it, Eriri, and Kitamura and I will help you?"

"Okay!"

Ying Lili nodded happily, put on an apron and started making it.

The art department team leader Kawabe said that the three people's skills were actually not very good, so he simply asked Takasu Ryuji to be the instructor and guide the three people.

Usami has always been interested in cooking and has been learning it. This time, she was very happy to learn how to make a cake. She listened carefully to Takasu Ryuji's instructions and proceeded step by step.

While making the cake base with ease, Eriri ignored Kasumigaoka Utaha who was clearly unwilling to do anything and was collecting materials with a notebook in her hand, and looked at the other two groups, her main focus being on Oosaka Taiga.

Her hands kept moving as she whispered, "It looks like Da He has really practiced a lot. His movements are quite skillful."

"really."

Asakura Feng nodded, beating the egg whites with a whisk in his hand, then looked at Kitamura Yusaku beside him and said, "Kitamura, please help prepare the cake mold."

"OK, I still know how to do these."

Kitamura Yusaku knew that he couldn't do it and was just here to get a free meal, so he was very straightforward when he was assigned a job.

After getting the mold and putting it away, I found that I had nothing to do for the time being, so I came to Usami's group.

Compared to Asakura Kaede and Oosaka Taiga, Usami was the most active, because none of the three knew how to make a cake, and only Takasu Ryuji was there to guide them. And Takasu Ryuji was very straightforward, he just didn't do anything himself, just explained the steps and key points, and let Usami do everything else.

"Yes, stir slowly, not too fast, and make sure to stir everything evenly."

As he spoke, Takasu Ryuji saw Kitamura Yusaku approaching.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have anything to do?"

"Hehe, Asakura and Sawamura don't need me for the time being, and I'm not like Kasumigaoka-senpai who needs to collect materials, so I came to see you." Kitamura Yusaku said nonchalantly, "It seems that although Usami is a novice, she is progressing quite smoothly."

Usami nodded and said, "At least I learned how to make cookies in the home economics class at school, so I have a little bit of the basics."

"In that case, we will have three pieces of cake to eat later."

I don’t know if it was a crow’s mouth or something, but as soon as Kitamura Yusaku finished speaking, something went wrong over there.

"what!!!"

As Oosaka Taiga exclaimed, the cream he was stirring in his hand spilled over.

"Wow! It flipped over!"

Oosaka Taiga felt terrible when he saw the paste that had fallen out of his hands and spread all over the floor.

Seeing this, Takasu Ryuji quickly went to get the rag and mop, and helped clean up with Kushieda Minori. While cleaning, he also said, "You are too hasty, take your time, didn't you do it well at the beginning?"

"Woo..."

Oosaka Taiga quickly took out the low-gluten flour and poured it into the basin, saying, "I see you guys are all pretty quick, so I want to speed it up."

It turns out that it is a bit difficult for Osaka Taiga, who is small in stature and has small hands, to speed up. He was quite stable if he took it slow, but he chose to speed up, and something went wrong.

After cleaning the floor, Takasu Ryuji stood up and said, "You can't rush to make a cake. There's so much time in the afternoon, enough for you to mess around. Okay, let's start over. Don't rush this time, okay?"

"No Road Race! I know it!"

Oosaka Taiga knew that it was his mistake this time, but he still scolded Takasu Ryuji, as if he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't scold him. After that, he continued to work angrily.

And Takasu Ryuji shrugged as if he was already used to it, and continued to teach Usami.

After a rollover, Oosaka Taiga finally stabilized himself. This time there were no more accidents. He finished making the cake base, poured it into the mold, and put it into the oven smoothly.

The cake bases for Usami and Asakura Kaede's groups were completed in about ten minutes and were taken directly to the big oven in Asakura Kaede's house upstairs. Kitamura was also asked to preheat the oven in advance.

The cake is baked, and the next step is to make the cream and cut the fruits.

At this point, Eriri looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, put her hands on her hips and said, "Now you should finally start working, right? Be careful, I won't let you eat the cake after I finish it!"

"Are you so stingy?" There was no choice but for Kasumigaoka Utaha to put down the notebook, wash her hands and help cut the fruit.

Holding a large mango, she frowned slightly and said, "How should I cut a mango?"

Seeing her holding a mango in one hand and a fruit knife in the other, Ying Lili quickly handed the fruit knife over to her: "Forget it, I won't let you do this. Take this egg beater, I'll put the sugar in and then I'll give it to you to beat."

Eriri could see that Kasumigaoka Utaha was even more fingerless than herself, so she couldn't be relied on to cut fruits. She was lucky that she didn't cut her fingers.

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't refute that she really wasn't very good at cutting fruit, and usually ate apples directly after washing them. Although mangoes were relatively soft, they could be peeled before cutting, but the mango pieces cut that way wouldn't look very good.

Then, she saw Ying Lili skillfully cut the mango in half, and then made several horizontal and vertical cuts in the flesh, and then broke it and cut it into small pieces.

"Okay, that's it."

"Oh!!!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Is this the level of a housewife? Awesome, awesome!"

"...I always feel like you're making me sound old. Isn't it just a simple matter of cutting fruit?"

Eriri rolled her eyes at Kasumigaoka Utaha and quickly asked her to go and beat the cream, while she went to Oosaka Taiga.

The way the fruit is being cut over there looks a bit suspenseful.

Chapter 257 There Are Not Many People Who Can Fight (1/2)

Seeing the way Oosaka Taiga was holding the fruit knife, Eriri knew that she didn't know how to use it, and even Kushieda Minori next to her was almost the same.

After Eriri came over, she looked at the yellow peaches in Oosaka Taiga's hand and said, "Okay, let me cut these. Be careful not to cut your hands."

"Hey hey hey."

Oosaka Taiga smiled sheepishly and handed over the things in his hand: "Thank you for your help, Eriri."

Shaking her head, Eriri quickly cut the yellow peaches and strawberries that Oosaka Taiga was going to use.

"Okay, next you should make the cream, this should be okay, right?"

Oosaka Taiga patted his chest and said confidently, "Don't worry, I practiced yesterday, no problem!"

After standing here and watching for a while, and making sure that there was no problem with the order in which Oosaka Taiga was making it, Eriri returned to her side.

She doesn't need to worry about Usami, as Takasu Ryuji's level is much higher than hers.

As for Utaha Kasumigaoka, all she needs to do is use an egg beater. It’s an electric one, so there’s no problem as long as the contents don’t spill out.

After confirming that it was done, Eriri asked Kasumigaoka Utaha to turn off the egg beater.

Looking at the smear of cream hanging on the mixer, Kasumigaoka Utaha showed a surprised expression: "Oh! Although I have seen people making cakes before, this is the first time I have beaten the cream by myself. What a magical feeling!"

"Okay, stop sighing here and help me check if the cake base is ready."

"You are really good at summoning people."

After making a small complaint about Eriri, Kasumigaoka Utaha left the apartment and went upstairs.

I rang the doorbell, and after a few seconds Asakura Feng came over to open the door.

Seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha standing at the door, Asakura Feng asked, "Senior, did something happen down there?"

"No."

Shaking her head, Kasumigaoka Utaha walked in and said, "Eri, let me see how long it will take for your cake to be ready."

Asakura Feng shrugged and said with a smile: "It will take about ten minutes."

After hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha came to the kitchen and looked at the two cakes inside through the oven door.

"Hey~~ It looks good. There should be something delicious in the afternoon."

"Is the cream being made over there?"

"I'm working on it." Kasumigaoka Utaha stood up and said with a chuckle, "I made the cream for our group."

"Hmm... I thought cream is pretty simple, right? Just add whipped cream and granulated sugar, and use a mixer for the rest?"

"Asakura-kun." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Asakura Kaede and said helplessly, "Usually at times like this, you should praise the girl, you know?"

Asakura Feng spread his hands and smiled: "If it was Eriri, of course I would praise her, but for you, senior sister, I don't think you need it."

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was silent, took a deep breath and said, "Asakura-kun, I don't know if Eriri saved the Milky Way in her previous life to find a boyfriend like you."

At this time, Kitamura Yusaku, who was sitting on the sofa playing games and pretending to be invisible, finally spoke up: "Yes, sometimes I feel this way too."

Asakura Feng looked at the two of them speechlessly and said, "Is it that serious?"

Holding her forehead with one hand, Kasumigaoka Utaha said, "I always feel like I'm being fed dog food for no reason. Never mind. I'm used to it."

Kasumigaoka Utaha did not go back to the other side either. She chatted with Asakura Kaede about the recent events in the light novel circle while waiting.

"Speaking of which, the animation of your novel, Asakura-kun, has received very good reviews."

When talking about light novel adaptations, the topic naturally came up with the animation of Sore no Hara. Kasumigaoka Utaha recalled: "Among the new October anime, Sore no Hara's rating seems to have surpassed many light novel adaptations."

"I can't help it. Who says other animations are so lame?"

Speaking of light novel adaptations, Asakura Kaede is also quite helpless: "It seems that the only one who can fight now is Shen Yong. But there are many great works in other types of animation. Kitamura, have you watched any of them?"

Kitamura Yusaku thought for a moment and said, "I haven't read many. Apart from Soreno, I've only read FGO and Beastars. To be honest, I started reading Beastars to test the waters, after all, the reviews of the comics online were very high. But after reading it, I found that it was really good, and the production level in all aspects was better than I imagined!"

"Beastars." Kasumigaoka Utaha also knew about this anime and said, "I followed the manga when it was released, and the whole world view gave people a very different feeling. By the way, it is said that the father of Beastars' author Sakagaki Baru is Itagaki Keisuke, the author of Baki."

"You know that too, huh? That's right, the two are father and daughter."

"Wait a minute." Kitamura Yusaku interrupted after realizing it belatedly, "The Baki you're talking about, isn't it the Baki in the fighting comics series with a very distinctive style and exaggerated muscles?"

Asakura Kaede and Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded at the same time.

Kasumigaoka Utaha said, "Yes, it's that Baki. I didn't believe it at first, after all, the difference in the painting styles of the two is too great. But until the animation was broadcast and Sakagami Paru went to do a show, people dug out the relationship between the father and daughter. Beastars is really a great work. It is the magazine "Weekly Shonen Champion" in which it is serialized. It is a little worse than the other three major magazines. If it was in other magazines, maybe it would be more popular, right?"

"It's all possible, but it's possible after all."

Asakura Feng said with a smile, "Although the popularity and scale of that magazine cannot compare to Jump and the other three, it is still okay. And the matter of comics really cannot be solved by changing the publisher. Sometimes the role of the editor is also huge. And now beastars is adapted into an animation. As long as the plot of the comics is not problematic, its popularity will only increase."

Kasumigaoka Utaha thought about me and asked, "It seems that Sakagaki Baru-sensei has never appeared in person before? I'm a little curious."

“It’s true that no real person has ever appeared on camera.”

Glancing at Kasumigaoka Utaha, Asakura Kaede said, "But senior, let's not laugh at each other. You just showed up briefly at the book signing event. I will also wear a mask when I go on the show."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Girls need to protect themselves well when they are outside~~"

As he was speaking, he heard a "ding~~" sound from the oven, and the cake base was baked.

Chapter 258 To put it bluntly, lazy (2/2)