My Cartoonist Girlfriend

As soon as she came in, she saw Honoka standing at the door in a maid outfit. The little girl was confused when she saw the two people coming in, and she didn't even pay attention to Kirara Tsubasa who was wearing sunglasses next to them.

Looking up and down at Honoka's outfit, Asakura Kaede smiled and said, "Very cute. Is everyone here? Yes! Everyone is here, but not everyone is working. Today, only our second-year students are here. The others are here as guests! Eh? This is..."

At this moment, Honoka finally noticed Kirara Tsubasa wearing sunglasses standing next to Eriri, but the silly girl still didn't recognize the UTX school uniform.

"This outfit suits you very well, Kousaka-san."

As he spoke, Kirara Tsubasa took off his sunglasses and looked at Honoka with a smile on his face.

"...Huh?" After a pause, Honoka's mouth gradually opened wide, and she pointed at Kirara Tsubasa and said with a frown, "A...A..."

Then Qiluo Yi stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Qiluo Yi, the leader of A-RISE. I've wanted to meet you for a long time."

"Ah!!! It's Qiluo Yi!"

After a terrifying scream, Honoka rushed over and hugged Kirara Tsubasa, seeing her shocked expression.

"Ugh?"

Qi Luoyi was a little dumbfounded and let Honoka hug her tightly, feeling a little at a loss.

At this time, Umi and Kotonari also came over, and Umi said, "Honoka, since the seniors are here, please bring them in quickly... eh?"

“Ah!” Minami Kotori looked at Kirara Tsubasa who was hugged by Honoka and said with her hands covering her mouth, “An incredible person has come!”

A few minutes later, the three of them finally sat down at the table next to Eri Ayase and Nozomi Tojo, and Kirara Tsubasa sat opposite Kaede Asakura and Eriri.

After introducing each other, Ayase Eri said, "I didn't expect Kirara-san to come here. We are competitors."

"Yes, they are competitors."

Qiluo Yi said without hesitation: "But besides being competitors, we are also girls who like to be school idols, right? I wanted to meet you all before, but never had the chance. I just happened to know about your store from my classmates, so I hurried over and even cancelled my afternoon training."

"I kept you waiting!"

As they were talking, Honoka came over with a tray and served the three people's drinks and snacks.

"Brother Feng, if you were coming, why didn't you tell us in advance?"

"If you tell me in advance, there won't be any surprise, right?" Asakura Feng glanced at Qi Luoyi opposite her with a smile, "But now it seems that Qi Luo classmate has brought you a bigger surprise."

"Hehehe~~~" Holding the tray in one hand, Honoka scratched her head and said, "Brother Feng, you know I like A-RISE very much."

But just as she finished speaking, Qiluo Yi did something that no one expected.

She opened her schoolbag, took out a photo of Honoka's peripherals, and handed it to Honoka.

"Kousaka-san, can you give me an autograph?"

Not only Honoka herself, but also Eri Ayase and Nozomi Tojo beside her, and even the first-year group and Nico Yazawa who had been observing nearby, were all dumbfounded.

Signature? What's going on?

Chapter 518 Dongdan? (2/2)

Honoka blinked and looked at the photo that was handed to her, but she still hadn't reacted.

It was Eri Ayase who reacted the fastest. After looking at Kirara Tsubasa with interest, she said to Honoka, "Honoka, since they want your autograph, as a school idol, you can't let them down!"

"what!"

After coming to her senses, Honoka finally understood. She took the photo from Kirara Tsubasa with excitement and signed her name on it with a signature pen.

"Hehe, luckily I practiced my handwriting when I was getting an autographed photo for Brother Feng, otherwise my handwriting would be too ugly. Here, Qiluo-san."

"Thank you!"

After taking the photo and carefully putting it in a notebook, Qi Luoyi looked at Asakura Feng curiously: "Asakura-kun, do you have an autographed photo here too?"

"Well, my classmates asked me for it before, so I asked everyone to get some autographed photos for me, but they are not official ones."

"Unofficial version?"

Qi Luoyi's eyes lit up instantly, and he leaned forward and asked, "Any more? I'd like to have one! I'm willing to pay a high price!"

Looking at Kirara Tsubasa like this, Asakura Feng always felt that this girl was not a school idol at all, but a standard μ's die-hard fan, comparable to Corey.

Asakura Feng and Eriri looked at each other helplessly and said, "Forget about the high price. We still have some at home. I'll pack a set for you after I get back and have someone send it to your school. How about that?"

"Yeah! Thank you very much!"

Qi Luoyi suddenly felt that today was the luckiest day of her life in the past month!

After getting the autograph, Kirara Tsubasa stopped pestering Honoka, and Honoka could finally focus on other things.

Looking at Honoka, Umi, and Kotonari wearing maid outfits in the store, Asakura Kaede exclaimed, "They really put them on. Ayase-san, are you guys coming tomorrow too?"

"Yeah, I want to come too."

Speaking of this, Ayase Eri nodded somewhat helplessly, "After all, we are a team, we can't really not participate, right? And we have agreed that the costumes for this performance will be maid costumes. Coincidentally, the performance venue is not far from this store."

"The show is on Saturday, right?"

Kirara Tsubasa mentioned it, and after receiving Ayase Eri's affirmation, she also said with anticipation: "I will also come that day, and I am looking forward to your live performance."

“Being expected so much by last year’s champions, we are under a lot of pressure.”

That being said, there was no sign of nervousness on Eri Ayase's face. After all, she had been competing and performing on stage since she was a child, so her mental strength was stronger than the other eight people in the team combined.

Kirara Tsubasa naturally knew about Eri Ayase's past, and she also knew that she was more than just a student council president. Just talking about dancing, among the nine members of μ's, only Hai could not compare with her, and the others really needed improvement.

The main reason why Qiluo Yi likes μ's so much is the infectiousness and impact that this team brings to her, the kind of infectiousness and impact that she has never felt before.

As for appearance, there are really few people who come to participate in this national school idol competition with bad looks.

But compared to the appearance that can be seen at the beginning, the infectiousness exuded by these nine people is the most attractive.

Otherwise, a person with overflowing self-confidence like Kirara Tsubasa would never have become a fan of Honoka.

After spending more than an hour in the maid cafe in the afternoon, Kirara Tsubasa and Honoka quickly became closer and they added each other as Line friends.

Looking at Kirara Tsubasa who said goodbye to everyone and got into the car happily holding her phone, Nishikino Maki said in disbelief: "Is this really the leader of A-RISE, Kirara Tsubasa? Is this someone pretending to be him?"

The others nodded in unison.

There was no way around it, this was simply too different from what they had imagined a champion school idol to look like.

Holding Eriri's hand, Asakura Feng smiled and said, "Well, everyone has their own preferences, right? And you should be proud. Even last year's champion has become your fan. What do you have to be afraid of next? Keep up the good work and push your ranking up!"

"Oh!!!!" x9

...........

After returning home and having dinner in the evening, Asakura Kaede took out the autographed photos that he had put away earlier, picked out a set, sorted them out, put them in a small box, and then packed them up, waiting to arrange for a courier to deliver them to UTX tomorrow.

After finishing all this, Asakura Feng shook his head and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, there are only two sets left. I can't continue to give them away. I have to keep them for collection and wait for them to appreciate in value."

Ying Lili couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Feng Jun, do you still need this?"

"Of course, if μ's popularity explodes one day and they perform at Tokyo Dome, then the value of this set of unofficial initial autographed photos in my hand will increase several times. Be bold and increase it by a hundred times, right?"

"You are really bold. You even want to perform at the Dongdan Stadium."

Eriri rolled her eyes and gently kicked Asakura Feng's foot twice on his leg: "Feng-jun, go make some tea, Shiyu will be here soon."

"Is it coming?"

Looking at the time on the phone, he found that it was almost seven o'clock, so Asakura Feng put Eriri's feet aside, got up and went to the kitchen to make tea.

When she came last weekend, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri discussed the character design and illustrations for the novel. This work has not been completed yet, so the two of them agreed that after dinner tonight, Kasumigaoka Utaha would come over and finish the remaining work. In this way, the next volume of Kasumigaoka Utaha's novel can enter a series of work before its release.

While Asakura Kaede was making tea, Eriri asked, "Kaede-kun, is Suqing planning to have a third season? Why haven't I heard you mention it?"

"Don't worry. DEEN has a lot of work right now. They will come to me for negotiation after they finish their animation work this season. But even if we can reach an agreement, the animation won't be broadcast until January next year."

Asakura Kaede has never been the type of person who is in a hurry when it comes to animation. When negotiating contracts, he will try his best to ensure the quality of the animation as long as conditions permit.

"But Eriri, didn't the editor talk about the animation before? Has it been decided?"

"Not yet~~" Eriri's voice stretched out, and she said helplessly, "The editorial department has held several meetings alone, and it is said that several comics are waiting. But Sister Kaori told me that I should be in the first tier next year, and it is estimated that it will be January next year!"

"Then maybe we'll bump into each other, that would be interesting."

This is the first time that the couple's works have been adapted into animations.

Chapter 519 Pie in the Sky (1/2)

Kasumigaoka Utaha arrived on time, but she didn't start working right away. Instead, she held the teacups and the three of them drank some tea first.

Holding the cup, Kasumigaoka Utaha said curiously, "Is it likely to happen next year? That would be very interesting. Well... it's a pity that my new book is not yet ready for animation. I need to publish at least three more volumes to accumulate popularity."

"Why don't you just stop joining in the fun?"

Eriri rolled her eyes at her and said, "I'm already suffering enough, why do I have to put it on the same schedule as Feng-kun's work?"

"Isn't this nice?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a smile: "The types of your two works do not conflict. Whether it is the library or Jump, it is impossible for them to find a bad animation production company for you. The quality is absolutely guaranteed. In addition, the relationship between the two of you will make all kinds of topics popular by then. Isn't that great?"

"That being said..." Eriri said depressedly, tilting her head, "Ah... I still don't want this to happen. Forget it, let's do whatever we want. Shiyu, let's get started and try to finish the last bit of illustrations for the new volume today. Fengjun, what about you?"

"I?"

Asakura Feng, who had been looking at his phone, looked up and said with a smile, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'm going to bake some cookies. I'll bring them in when Deng Xin'ai is done."

"Okay, let's go there first."

Next, Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha went to the study and started working.

After closing the web page on his mobile phone, Asakura Feng stretched and walked towards the kitchen.

Although most of the snacks at home are bought in the supermarket, occasionally, Asakura Kaede and Eriri will choose to make some themselves. For example, today, Asakura Kaede directly baked some cookies.

Soon, after more than twenty minutes, the cookies were baked and taken out. After they cooled down for a while, Asakura Feng brought the milk tea that had just been prepared into the study.

In the room, Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha were huddled together in front of the computer. While they were talking, Eriri was busy working on the work, making revisions.

When she heard the door open, Ying Lili smelled a faint fragrance without even turning around.

"Hey, let's take a break and eat something first!"

After saving the document, Ying Lili put down her pen and stood up from her chair.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had no choice but to follow Eriri's pace.

"Take a break first. The milk tea won't taste good if it gets cold."

As she spoke, Asakura Kaede handed two cups to Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Thank you."

After taking the cup and taking a sip, Kasumigaoka Utaha squinted her eyes comfortably, then looked at the plate of cookies on the table.

"Asakura-kun, why did you think of making snacks?"

"I just happened to find some leftover ingredients at home, so I made it." Picking up a piece and throwing it into his mouth, Asakura Feng said, "You guys eat first, I should start working, otherwise Eriri will have no storyboards to use next time."

Listening to Asakura Kaede's words, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Eriri who was stuffing cookies into her mouth and said, "No way, you haven't even mastered storyboarding yet?"

"It's not that I haven't practiced well." After swallowing the biscuits in her mouth and drinking a sip of milk tea, Ying Lili said, "Of course I can draw, but I'm just not as good as Feng Jun. I can only trouble him first. And to be honest, Feng Jun is much freer than me. If I don't ask him to help and do everything by myself, then I won't have time to learn..."

This is not a lie. In terms of work efficiency, Eriri really can't compare with Asakura Kaede. Although her speed of drawing comics is pretty good now, and she still has some drafts saved, this doesn't include the time spent drawing storyboards.

If Eriri were to draw the storyboards herself, it would take much longer to draw each episode.

Speaking of efficiency, even Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but sigh: "That's true. When it comes to writing novels, Asakura-kun is really fast, and the content is very stable. Unlike me, sometimes I write too fast and there will be problems, and I have to ask Yuanzi to help me proofread it."

"Hey, Sister Yuanzi is your editor. Isn't it normal for her to help you read the manuscript?"

Hearing Eriri say this, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but laugh: "That's right, I can't let her work be so easy and take so much bonus for nothing."

Somewhere, Machida Sonoko, who was drinking beer and watching TV at home, suddenly shuddered.

While eating cookies, Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha came to Asakura Kaede's seat, and watched him drawing storyboards quickly from the left and right.

Eriri put a cookie in her hand into Asakura Kaede's mouth and said, "Kaede-kun, how can you move so quickly?"

"After all, I wrote the script for Nura: Oni. Even if you, Eriri, added some content, it's still no problem for me to draw the storyboards. It doesn't matter if you're a little slow now. Learn how to draw well first. When you start creating your own works in the future, you can be the same as me."

"Is that right?"