Chapter 215 Bunko, Anime Episode 1
He watched the video and realized it was a recorded livestream, and the content was about complaining about his own family members.
The reason Shirogane Kei appeared later was mainly because her father had gone to the restroom, so he asked his daughter to host for a short while. Unexpectedly, the moment Shirogane Kei appeared, the stream exploded, and Kaede saw the 10,000 yen donations pouring in one after another.
Never mind, it was understandable. After all, the kid was indeed very cute.
After finishing the recording, Kaede asked Eriri to check the channel of the account. They found that the number of followers was already approaching fifty thousand. Although most of the videos were complaints about family members, the popularity was surprisingly high.
"Hmm~~~"
After pondering for a moment, Kaede said with a smile, "Although it's a bit surprising, this is a good thing. Being a streamer on YouTube these days, if managed well, the income is quite decent. At least the Shirogane family's financial situation can be relieved quite a bit."
Eriri agreed wholeheartedly, nodding, "Exactly, exactly. But I really didn't expect Uncle Shirogane to become a streamer at his age and still be quite popular."
Kitamura Yusaku, who had been observing for a while, said, "I think it might be that the target demographic matches up perfectly. After all, there are quite a few women who like the type of man Shirogane's father is. Although he's middle-aged now, you can tell that he was definitely very handsome when he was younger."
That was true. Middle-aged men, especially those like Shirogane's father whose figures hadn't deteriorated, certainly had a market.
Kaede nodded thoughtfully, thinking that he could ask Shirogane Miyuki later to find out how Uncle Shirogane had decided to become a YouTube streamer, just to satisfy his curiosity.
At this moment, Kitamura Yusaku raised his hand: "Um, the sudden incident is over. Can we continue my topic now?"
"...Sorry, please continue."
Afterwards, Kitamura Yusaku talked about some things concerning him and Kano Sumire.
After listening, Kaede crossed his arms, leaned back against the chair, and said, "Hmm~~~ I understand the situation pretty well. Looking at this, whether the President has feelings for you or not, I won't say, but at least she trusts you, handing over some important tasks for you to handle. For a first-year student who just joined the Student Council, your start is already very good. Moving forward, you just need to properly build up goodwill. What do you think, Eriri?"
"What I think is..." Eriri pondered, then said, "I don't know Kano Senpai very well, but since she is still single now, it proves that she is very cautious about romance, especially when choosing a boyfriend. In terms of your relationship, Kitamura, you already have the advantage of proximity. Just proceed step by step. Hmm, probably."
Eriri didn't dare to be too certain, as she was only making a pure deduction.
Kitamura Yusaku thought about it, and in the end, he didn't voice the methods of action he had considered, immediately dismissing them. He decided it was best to follow the advice of the two people in front of him and proceed systematically.
After the conversation finished, lunch break was nearly over. The three then left the cafeteria and headed back to the classroom... Kaede and Eriri did not attend the afternoon club activities. After showing their faces, they left school and came to Fushikawa Bunko.
After greeting Takasu Yasuko at the front desk, Eriri pulled on Kaede's sleeve as they walked inside and whispered, "Kaede-kun, there are no beautiful female artists coming today!"
"Huh? There aren't?" Kaede countered, looking at the pouting Eriri, and said, "Aren't you one?"
A smile immediately returned to Eriri's face, and she happily tilted her small head: "Don't think you can fool me that easily!"
No, that's clearly the expression of someone who is very pleased.
Kaede chuckled, held Eriri's small hand, and arrived at the editorial department.
Coming here today wasn't about Kaede's new volume. The new volume of konosuba wouldn't be released until October, so it was still early. However, the visit was still related to his novel, and also involved Eriri's business.
Upon entering, Utaha had already arrived, sitting and drinking tea with Machida Sonoko.
Walking over, Eriri looked at Utaha and said, "Why didn't you wait for us? We were planning to come together."
Taking a sip of tea, Utaha chuckled and said, "I didn't want to be a third wheel. Besides, you two were too slow. I just left class normally and came over, and I was still faster than you. But that's irrelevant. The sample copy is out, take a look."
love metronome was now also being published at an extremely efficient pace. The sample copy for Volume 3 was already out and would hit the market in another week.
Taking the sample copy from Utaha's hand, Eriri looked at the cover and nodded in satisfaction: "This cover printing is very good."
Eriri had already read the content of Volume 3, so after opening it, she mainly focused on how the illustrations she drew appeared in the actual sample copy.
Although there weren't many illustrations, they still upheld Kashiwagi Eri's excellent drawing skills. Moreover, after starting her career transition into a manga artist, Eriri's drawing skills had taken a leap forward.
While Eriri was flipping through the novel, Utaha said, "Your drawing skill improvement is very obvious. If you put the illustrations from Volume 3 next to Volume 1, although both are excellent, you can tell the Volume 3 illustrations are better. I regret a little that we couldn't wait until after your manga artist debut to publish the novel."
"Hehe, how can there be so many good things in the world?" Eriri glanced at Utaha and said smugly, "If that were the case, I might not have collaborated with you. Collaborating with a manga artist is very different from a doujin artist. You have to pay more, you know?"
"Tch, when did you become so greedy for money?"
"That's not called being greedy for money!" Eriri tilted her head up and said, "This is called maintaining my value, you know? Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can collaborate with me! Honestly, I'm already a serialized manga artist now. You should be happy that I haven't raised my price for drawing your illustrations!"
"..."
Utaha thought about it. It seemed that Eriri actually had a point, but hearing Eriri say it still irritated her, yet she was helpless.
"Fine, you're the big shot, so you call the shots."
"Hmph hmph!"
Seeing Utaha concede for once, Eriri puffed out her chest proudly, looking very satisfied.
Kaede watched Eriri's expression helplessly, patted her head, took Volume 3 of love metronome, and flipped through it.
"Hmm... Raising the price would actually be quite reasonable, but let's stick to the contract for now."
Machida Sonoko, who hadn't spoken the entire time, looked at the pair in front of her with a wistful expression, unsure what to say.
After reviewing the sample copy, it was time for Kaede's business.
Editor Nakajima, who had been waiting, walked over with a smile and clapped Kaede on the shoulder: "Let's go to the conference room together. We don't want too many people seeing it, after all, it's the first footage."
What they were going to watch today was naturally the content of the first episode of the konosuba anime adaptation. The finished product was ready.