manga artist Kirito

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Eriri trembled with anger, her face turning ashen. "Kiritani Kazuto, you... um!"

"Stop yelling, you little dumpling!"

Although that's what he said, he didn't have a bag in his hand, so Kiritani-kun used takoyaki instead and stuffed it directly into Eriri's mouth... well, forceful and rough.

"Cough cough...!"

With a pained expression on her face, Eriri chewed the takoyaki in her mouth with all her might, as if she were biting into Kiritani-kun's flesh.

Kiritani tilted his head. "So, do you like this way of greeting?"

Eriri was still as irritable as ever, "Sinai!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha silently put away her phone; it was truly a video worth treasuring.

P.S.: The author will die of loneliness, so please be more sarcastic... okay?

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【NO.311 Fireworks Show (Part 5)】

"Got the PS4, and the person."

"Huh? Yes, I saw it."

"Teacher, did you notice that the boss looked a bit unpleasant?"

"...You mean this? Well, that's a long story."

Kiritani rubbed Shiina Mashiro's head, who was hugging her PS4, then turned to look at the stall owner, who had a resentful look on his face, as if he was looking at the past with a heavy heart.

"But it's not a very important thing, let's just ignore it for now... Oh right, this boss is a very nice person, remember to call me next time you see him."

"I think he wants to hit you."

"illusion."

As night deepens, the azure sky is adorned with a few stars, seemingly anticipating the fireworks that are about to burst into bloom.

Kirito and Asuna walked side by side, with Shiina Mashiro and Kasumigaoka Utaha and others beside them. To discerning people, Kirito was very enviable, after all, there was only one boy among the six people, and the rest were all beautiful girls. However, to those blind fools... wow, six girls!

"Hey, do you think we should go over and strike up a conversation?"

"I think it's okay, that blonde girl with the blank expression is so cute."

"Bullshit! I think the one with the single ponytail and kimono who looks all smug is cuter."

"No! The tsundere type is definitely the blonde with twin tails!"

"So, after all you've said, are you going to go too?"

"...Why don't you go first?"

"Unbelievable! I've never seen anyone as cowardly as you!"

Damn it! Those brats yelling over there, come over here if you dare, or I'll beat you to death!

Kiritani glared at them, his eyes fierce, and he also raised his fist.

"...A single ponytail and a haughty demeanor..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised an eyebrow slightly, her gaze sweeping around her before finally settling on Kirigaya-kun. "Hmm, kimono, single ponytail, tsundere, nothing wrong with that."

Kiritani-kun narrowed his eyes slightly. "Shut up! Do you want me to shove a banana up your ear as a reward for having such good hearing?"

Asuna hugged Kiritani's arm, smiled and tapped his head, "Well, these people have bad eyesight, so don't blame them."

"I'm telling you, Yuuki-kun is clearly so gentle, so why don't you, teacher, have anything to do with gentleness?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha pouted. They had known each other for quite some time, and she already knew what she needed to know. In many things, she couldn't see how gentle Kirigaya-kun was—for example, the initial teaching, where he was as arrogant as something, the subsequent urging for the manuscript... and being roughly forced to clean the room.

Normally, if you find that a female friend's place isn't very clean, you should help clean it. But this guy... not only did he not help, he even lay in bed playing on her... computer.

Yes, Kiritani Kazuto is not gentle.

"Ha! How can this guy be associated with gentleness?"

Eriri looked at Kiritani with disdain, feeling extremely displeased, especially since she had recently been treated roughly, which made her even angrier.

"Such a rude guy, I really don't understand why I became friends with him. Yuki, tell me, what's so good about this guy?"

"People... are good in every way."

Resting her cheek on Kiritani's shoulder, Asuna gave a perfectly tender answer.

"If you like someone, you'll like everything about them. Isn't that just natural?"

"..."

Qiqi, Eriri Kasumigaoka, and Rita all had their lips twitching involuntarily.

Stop, friend, stop!

Please stop showing off your relationship. Let's just pretend we never asked this question!

"Humph!"

Kiritani touched Asuna's cheek, his face full of pride, "Asuna is enough for a gentle person."

The word "gentle" is really common, especially in romance light novels. When the female lead is moved by something, she will often say to the male lead, "Ah, how gentle!" I wonder if the male lead has no other praiseworthy qualities besides gentleness, or if gentleness is the only thing worth mentioning?

Looking at harem light novels, the male protagonists all build their huge harems by virtue of their gentleness...

But here, since this isn't a harem story, gentleness? Absolutely not!

...In order to avoid being unexpectedly fed a mouthful of dog food again, the following casual conversation did not involve much about personal relationships.

What we're really focused on is the collaborative work from the manga department—Dark Souls!

Around the same time that Shiina Mashiro submitted her work to the Rouge en rouge Newcomer Award, "Dark Souls" was submitted to Shonen Jump for the Grand Prize. Not long ago, Shiina Mashiro's work "This Manga Club Has a Problem" was announced in the rankings, but "Dark Souls" has not yet been announced... which naturally made the members of the manga club a little concerned.

Of course, it's understandable. After all, Weekly Shonen Jump is a giant, and its awards attract far more manga submissions from creators, so spending more time on them is entirely expected.

The problem is, school is about to start, and if the rankings come out around the start of the semester, that would be a bit of a headache.

After all, the sequel to the manga hasn't been drawn yet, and the script for the main story hasn't even been written... There definitely won't be much free time at the beginning of the school year, and once the grand prize winners are announced, it will naturally be time for the manga to officially begin serialization...

...A terrible situation!

"This is all because of poor time management!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha silently looked up at the azure night sky, her eyes appearing unusually deep.

"Speaking of scheduling... Sawamura is the head of the manga club, and she didn't mention club activities at all during this holiday. I think Sawamura is to blame."

Gently folding his fan, Kiritani calmly passed the buck.

Shiina Mashiro handed the PS4 to Eriri and nodded, "I think it's okay."

"What?! Kasumigaoka! Kirigaya! I've never heard you say that I was responsible for arranging this kind of thing!?"

With an angry voice, Eriri suddenly raised her hand, wanting to throw away what she had just grabbed, but she stopped immediately after noticing Shiina Mashiro's indifferent gaze.

Eriri then spoke up angrily, "Hmph! Besides, wasn't it you, Kirigaya, who arranged everything regarding the club before?! Including the fact that this work was created, it was all your doing!"

"Huh? What are you saying, Sawamura-sama?"

Kiritani tilted his head, puzzled. "You're the president of the manga club."

Asuna smiled faintly, "Yes, so these arrangements should be made by you."

"..."

P.S.: My cousin is getting married today, it's giving me a headache. I left this morning and just got home...

...By the way, after being fed dog food all day, I'm a little reluctant to post any more of this to you guys.

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【NO.312 Fireworks Show (Part 6)】

Eriri felt wronged, as if the whole world was against her.

I rolled out of bed this morning, and then I tripped and fell downstairs because I was still half asleep. I couldn't find anyone to go see the fireworks with at night, and in the end I found someone in the discussion group who I always argue with when we meet...

That's fine.

Why are we suddenly being unfairly blamed when everything is fine now?

This has absolutely nothing to do with me, okay?

Previously, all the affairs of the manga club were handled by Kirito, including the manga club's short-term goals and submissions. In fact, Eriri felt that the manga club president was Kirito, not her.

Now, with this little incident, everyone's shifting the blame onto her.

Hey, I’m so angry!

I really want to bite this guy to death!

...I thought, could it be that this guy knew that being a minister meant taking the blame, which is why he didn't bring up this matter?

Eriri felt as if she had discovered something incredible.

However, it's pointless to talk about this now, since the blame has already been shifted onto us.

"Then... from now on, don't give me any more opinions on my decisions, and I will also be in charge of the arrangements for the comics department."

"Of course not."

As if they had anticipated Eriri's words, Kiritani and Kasumigaoka retorted in unison.

"Eek! What?! What do you want?"

Looking furious, Eriri quickly walked in front of the group and blocked the two guys who were about to argue back.

Kasumigaoka smiled warmly, "We will not allow a wrong decision!"

Kiritani gracefully waved his folding fan. "Yes, yes, even if it were the minister, we wouldn't agree if it weren't for us."

Asuna quietly offered a suggestion, "...Hmm, a voting system might be better."

"hateful!"

Eriri glared angrily. What's the difference between a minister who can't make decisions and has to take the blame, and the technical department?

Isn't this clearly a case of the minister being used as a scapegoat? Aside from being a scapegoat, his words probably won't have much effect!

"I feel this is unfair..."

"Like the concept of fairness, fairness is not necessarily upright. At least I have seen it in many textbooks, and many of them are skewed to the left."

Closing his folding fan, Kiritani-kun proceeded to educate Eriri without the slightest embarrassment.

Blinking blankly, Eriri clearly didn't understand what Kirito meant. "What?!"

"Sigh! You didn't know? Really... I never expected you to be this kind of erotic artist."

Kiritani-kun gave him an expression that said, "You've completely disgraced us erotic illustrators," and then, as if giving up on something, said, "This is basic knowledge for erotic illustrators. Although there are a lot of people here, for the sake of your foundation, I think it's better to explain it to you clearly sooner rather than later. That is... Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I'll shut up! I'll shut up, okay!"

With his ear being pulled by Asuna, Kirito couldn't help but cry out in pain and begged for mercy without hesitation.

"Where is this place? When did this happen? If you're going to explain that kind of thing in a place like this, people will think you're crazy!"

Asuna rolled her eyes, but quickly stopped after Kirito told her to shut up, because... she felt bad for him.

"I...I...I...Are you an idiot? How could you want to tell me something like this?! You pervert!"

Eriri may not have understood what Kirito meant at first, but after Asuna got involved and considering Kirito's habit of spouting dirty jokes, she quickly understood what he meant.

"—Pervert!"

Unable to resist, Eriri walked over and kicked Kiritani-kun in the shin.

"Hey! I haven't even said anything yet, and you've already gone too far!"

Kiritani gave him a fierce look to show his displeasure, and Eriri stuck out her tongue and kicked him in the shin before hiding behind Asuna.

"He's as perverted as ever."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms. "But teacher, this goes beyond just dirty jokes; it falls into the category of sexual harassment!"

"Pah! What are you talking about sexual harassment with two erotic artists? This is an academic discussion."

"But, other people don't know you're erotic artists."

"Who said that? Believe it or not, if I call out 'Eri Kashiwagi-sensei,' a lot of people will gather around!"

"If you call out 'Teacher Bai Ze,' a lot of people will definitely come over."