A super great writer in the second dimension

　Looking at this report, Sanzenin Arashi wanted to cover her face in embarrassment.

　It’s so miserable!

　In the eyes of Arashi Sanzenin, Japan's current GAL game industry is a joke. The only things worth mentioning are probably a few CGs and voice actors. Yukino Yukinoshita wrote this on the report: "This depressed industry is basically ignored. The reason is that the market can't keep up with the demand."

　Sanzenin Arashi felt there was another reason, probably that the flagship titles of the GAL game industry from the previous life had not appeared, and the players had become stagnant.

　Therefore, GAL's sales are currently very poor.

　Sanzenin Arashi had only two words for this situation: Serves them right.

　Many players are abandoning visual novels and switching to console games. The most popular game right now is a World War II-themed first-person action RPG, which is not much different from Counter-Strike.

　Isn't this situation caused by the production company itself? Looking at the report, Sanzenin Arashi was utterly speechless at the sales figures.

　Three words: Terrible, terrible, terrible...

　In this situation, many companies still try to play the victim card, attempting to impress players with a combination of famous illustrators and voice actors, but it's all in vain; the game is boring... GAL is just a romance novel, an interactive romance novel, so it's simple: who would read a badly written novel?

　Even if the voice actor is good?

　Sorry, we're looking at the character's personality.

　Even if the illustration is beautiful?

　Sorry, this woman's personality isn't to my liking.

　The script is the soul of a visual novel, CG is its flesh and blood, and voice actors are the makeup artists who adorn that character!

　Let's get down to business: In the simplest terms, according to the report we have, the best-selling GAL game of the year is a game called "Sister's Room," which Plaer calls "Sister's Room." This game was released in April this year and immediately occupied the top three positions on the sales charts. Then, it gradually climbed to number one as time went on.

　Moreover, this game is touted as the hope of the visual novel industry.

　This is the game, "My Sister's Room," which has sold a total of 18000 copies. It is an R18 adult-rated game for PC and can be said to be the most popular at present.

　However, FATE/Stay/night and GAL sold 24000 copies in their first calendar month.

　As the number accumulated, it gradually increased to 56000.

　It's fair to say that Fate/stay night's sales volume is equivalent to three of My Sister's Room's, not even counting merchandise, sales through various channels, and digital sales.

　This gives a clear picture of the current state of the Japanese visual novel industry; in stock market terms, it's simply awful.

　After reviewing the report, Arashi Sanzenin had already summarized the current state of the Japanese visual novel industry.

　Major visual novel companies rely on high production volumes to compensate for insufficient sales, but this creates a vicious cycle, like a tumor. They cut production costs, resulting in increasingly rough game content, and consequently, fewer and fewer players.

　The budget originally intended for making one game is often used by many companies to make two or even three games!

　When the cost of a work is compressed to an extreme level, if any masterpieces still emerge under such circumstances, Sanzenin Arashi can only say: Who wrote the script? Come work for me and I'll pay you a year's salary, or not?

　In this sluggish industry, all Sanzenin Arashi needs to do is produce good games.

　His reason for choosing this industry was simple: there was little competition, and although there was, it was small and insignificant.

　It took me three hours to read this report.

　Of the three, Arashi Sanzenin spent about a third of the time reviewing the report. He spent two hours compiling various data into a comprehensive table and then compared it with Japan's current economic trends to begin a macroeconomic analysis.

　The final conclusion was: rotten mud can't be plastered on a wall.

　"I really don't know why you would make something like this!" Eriri was hungry and was about to look for food when she saw Sanzenin Arashi calculating something very seriously. She couldn't help but complain, "Gala games don't make money as much as doujinshi right now."

　Arashi Sanzenin smiled and said, "The market is strange. The idol industry is very developed, and even school-themed idols have appeared. They have diverted a lot of young people and taken away a lot of the audience from the anime-related industries. In the end, it's because the producers can't support it. The essence of GAL is novels. I guess you don't know one thing at all."

　"What?" Eriri asked.

　"Of course it's me," Sanzenin Arashi said mysteriously. "If I announce that my next novel will be published on a visual novel platform, do you think my true fans will buy it?"

　Eriri's eyes widened immediately: "You...you old scoundrel, you're too cunning! You even deceived the players. I wouldn't be surprised if you started an idol group someday! Where's your integrity? Where's your professional ethics? Did you throw them all to the moon?"

　..

129. So white...

　Eriri pointed at Sanzenin Arashi, her tone full of disdain. She thought it was shameless for the author to say such suggestive things, and that it was utterly heretical.

　Sanzenin Arashi's expression was a little strange. She smiled and sat at her desk, waving her hand, "Alright, you can go out now if there's nothing else. I need to organize the reports."

　"Hmm?" Eriri snorted. "Are you trying to kick me out?"

　Sanzenin Arashi placed both hands under the table, her gaze somewhat strange, and called out in a low voice, "Mashiro?"

　"Huh? What did you say?" Eriri crossed her arms and frowned. "Never mind, I'll go out and buy some food."

　Sanzenin Arashi smiled but didn't say anything, her hands gently holding a small head.

　A tiny, white head.

　He felt that either he had gone mad or something was wrong with the world!

　Shiina Mashiro was lying under the table, giving him a deep throat service, but Eriri just came in, startling Sanzenin Arashi.

　He did say that before: If you want to do it, come find me.

　Then Mashiro arrived. She had only drawn half of the background, twice as fast as Eriri. For some reason... she started getting aroused.

　Just like a cat going into heat!

　Sitting in his office, with a pretty girl doing this kind of thing, Sanzenin Arashi felt like he had become the protagonist of an hentai anime, and was on the verge of developing some kind of "three flavors" (a euphemism for sexual activity). If the age gap widened a bit, he would be on the verge of becoming a pro-level "demon father" (a male-male relationship)!

　After Eriri left, Sanzenin Arashi shuddered, and the Water of Life gushed out, which was then completely consumed by the girl.

　After wiping Shiro's lips clean and leaving, Sanzenin Arashi lay face down on the table, practically wanting to cover her face in embarrassment.

　'I'm becoming more and more shameless.'

　Sanzenin Arashi's lips twitched. The current situation was exactly as Eriri had said: Where did you lose your integrity? Did you throw it on the moon?

　Not just the moon, I'd throw it all up to the sun and burn it to ashes!

　If I continue like this, I'll eventually have to reject Mashiro, which is very dangerous.

　Sanzenin Arashi sensed Mashiro's scent; it felt warm, soft, and supple...

　His heart was pounding!

　Moreover, just now, when Mashiro was below and Eriri was standing in front of her speaking, Sanzenin Arashi felt an irresistible sensation again.

　It's like a child who does something wrong and is afraid of being caught, but still really wants to do it. While doing it, they feel conflicted and end up feeling excited throughout the whole process.

　The scenery just now, and the present moment, is so breathtaking. In an office setting, a very lovely, innocent girl is using such methods to serve him. I doubt any man in the world would refuse.

　'Yes, I'm not wrong, the world is wrong.'

　Sanzenin Arashi mentally shouted out these cringeworthy lines to comfort himself, muttering them over and over, when his phone rang.

　Upon answering, I discovered it was Yukinoshita Haruno.

　"Huh? What just happened, Boss? You're breathing so fast." Yang Nai's voice was tinged with amusement.

　Sensing that the woman must have guessed something, Sanzenin Arashi said impatiently, "Speak quickly if you have something to say!"

　"Yes, that's right. The printing in Chiba can't meet our needs. We're in a rush to release the game, since there are only a few days between completion and production. So I found a specialty shop in Tokyo. Don't worry, their prices are pretty cheap. Now the printing contract needs the boss's signature, so could you come to Tokyo?"

　"Send me the address, I'll be there within an hour." Sanzenin Arashi hung up the phone.

　………………

　Sanzenin Arashi finished signing the contract around 3 PM.

　"That damn printer!" He kicked a pebble aside. "I'm never working for him again!"

　Normally, printing orders don't require a contract. However, Sanzenin Arashi's studio was newly established and had virtually no credibility. Coupled with the industry downturn, many visual novels were struggling to recoup their costs, and printing payments were frequently delayed. Therefore, the printer demanded that Sanzenin Arashi sign a contract.

　This is a complete disrespect to their own studio!

　Sanzenin Arashi sighed inwardly. Circumstances were truly beyond her control. But as long as AngelBeats!! was made, what was there to fear about losing money?

　Even if you beg me, I still won't place an order with you!

　In fact, if it weren't for Yukino Yukinoshita's sake, this printer would never have accepted the AngelBeats!! order.

　Sanzenin Arashi complained a couple of times and then walked over to a confectionery shop next door.

　Mashiro said she wanted to eat Japanese sweets, and there happened to be a sweets shop nearby, so she just bought some.

　He's currently in the Chiyoda residential area, intending to visit his sister, but when he got there he found she wasn't there...

　Sanzenin Nagi has gone to Hawaii to escape the cold! She won't be back until C89 starts, when she'll participate in this grand anime and manga convention.

　He's already tired of complaining about this capitalist girl.

　Sanzenin Arashi frowned as she looked at the confectionery shop next door.

　I feel like I've seen this pastry shop somewhere before.

　Chiyoda Ward has always had some of the highest housing prices in Japan, practically the center of the universe, at 190 million yen per square meter. However, judging from the decoration, this confectionery shop in front of us was converted from a regular residential house. A small area in front is used for business, while the back is a residential house.

　As for the decoration and such, Sanzenin Arashi probably thought this house existed before World War II.

　Stepping inside, the interior is antique and full of classic Japanese flavor, and the pastries in the wooden counter are also very exquisite.

　"Welcome! What would you like to buy, sir?" The proprietress was a middle-aged woman, but she had a certain charm; she wasn't exceptionally beautiful, but she wasn't bad-looking either. "Please feel free to choose whatever you like."

　Sanzenin Arashi rubbed his eyes and stared at the proprietress for a long time.

　"Uh..." The proprietress frowned: "Excuse me?"

　"Excuse my intrusion," Sanzenin Arashi asked, "Have we met somewhere before?"

　The proprietress had short, coffee-colored hair with a small braid tied on one side of her head. She was very slender, wearing a green apron, and was staring at Sanzenin Arashi.

　For some reason, this woman seems familiar.

　Sanzenin Arashi selected a bunch of sweets, carried a large bag out of the sweets shop, and glanced back at them.

　He thought to himself, "Where have I seen her before?" He wondered if he'd recently developed a thing for married women. Seeing a married woman gave him a strange feeling of déjà vu, making him want to flirt with her.

　Sanzenin Arashi remembered the name Homura Mochi Shop.

　..

130. Falun Dafa is good; joining the religion ensures safety.

　Japan's idol industry is highly developed, and Arashi Sanzenin's goal is to spread anime culture to every corner of the world. It's not like there isn't anime culture surrounding idol groups.

　On the contrary, idol groups from the world of anime and manga are extremely famous!

　Whether it's Hatsune Miku, LoveLive, or The Idolmaster, they have over 100,000 die-hard fans, and the number of people who really like them can be counted in the millions.

　Hatsune Miku and LoveLive are great projects, but I'm still worried about the release of my next game.

　Arashi Sanzenin currently has no plans to enter the idol industry. If she wants to bring anime idols into that field, her foundation is not solid enough yet. She should at least wait until the end of the year to confront her father before doing so.

　After leaving the confectionery shop, Sanzenin Arashi was completely baffled: she really felt like she had seen this proprietress somewhere before. It was no illusion, because her memory was superb and her intelligence, honed over many years, was impossible to be wrong.

　He's getting a bit stuck on the details.

　Walking down the street, Sanzenin Arashi frowned, her gaze sweeping around her.

　This feeling of wanting to know but not being able to know amplified his curiosity many times over, making him feel itchy all over.

　A woman dressed as an office lady, in a suit and short skirt, walked towards us. Her hair color was strange; to be precise, it was a warm light chestnut brown with a hint of flax, and a dark brown. The ends of her hair fell from her ears to her waist. She had a very graceful figure, an Asian-style oval face, and two orange-gold almond-shaped eyes that gave her a strangely alluring look.

　When Sanzenin Arashi saw this woman, his expression became very strange, and he looked at her with the same gaze he would give a rare beast.

　'A nest, a giant southern bird!?'

　Arashi Sanzenin was dumbfounded. This was clearly reality, so how could someone from the world of anime appear in this bizarre place?!

　No, no, no, this person looks so much like Minami Kotori's mother!

　Sanzenin Arashi approached a few steps without changing her expression, and after a careful observation, she realized it really was Minami Kotori's mother!

　No wonder he looked familiar!

　As the chairperson, Mrs. Minami, floated past her, many fragmented memories in Sanzenin Arashi's mind instantly came together.

　Sui Village Bakery...

　Sanzenin Arashi's expression grew increasingly strange.

　'Isn't this the pastry shop owned by the royal family?!'