And it wasn't just the anime itself.
You had to remember—MyGO was a music anime.
Even though there were only three songs released so far, thanks to their solid quality and the show's rising popularity, they had already surged to the top ranks of the new song download charts.
After all, this was the Bandori universe.
Bands were practically one of the mainstream cultures of the world, and music was valued far more highly here than in Kamijou Mutsuki's previous life.
Even if it wasn't expensive, listening to band songs through mobile apps in this world required payment.
In fact, many bands that couldn't even afford to release CDs relied on digital downloads just to scrape by.
And now, the download numbers for "Haruhikage" and the other two songs…
Maybe it wasn't much to Kamijou Mutsuki.
But for the band girls, it was practically an astronomical figure!
They probably had no idea that casually singing a few songs had already brought them close to financial freedom.
Well.
Except for Sakiko.
Q: What are you going to do with the money you earned from singing?
Sakiko: Pay off my debts.
Q: And the rest?
Sakiko: The rest… I'll pay back slowly later.
It could be said that even though only three episodes had aired, MyGO had already completely blown up.
Scroll through 5ch or SNS at random, and you'd see people talking about the anime everywhere.
[MyGO is way too good! Why isn't episode four out yet? I'm going to die without more MyGO!]
[Is it really that good? The plot is so messy, and the characters aren't even likable.]
[Nonsense! Tomori and Anon are obviously adorable!]
[Who are Tomori and Anon?]
[Nice bait, bro.]
[Did anyone notice? The voice actors have the same names as the characters!]
[What? There's actually a character named Shizuka Sakaki in the anime?]
[Bro…]
[The story in the anime is real. There really was a band called Crychic. I even went to one of their lives and heard them sing "Haruhikage"!]
[The guy above is telling the truth. I'm the keyboard Sakiko played.]
[I'm the microphone.]
[I'm the guitar.]
[I'm the bass.]
[I'm Haruhikage.]
[?]
[I'm not joking!]
[It's true, that band really exists. The lead singer is my classmate. Anon almost joined my band!]
[I can confirm. I'm Chihaya Anon!]
[I'm Takamatsu Tomori!]
[I'm Shiina Rikki!]
[I'm Kaname Rana!]
[Is there no Nagasaki Soyo?]
[LOL.]
At the very least, Kamijou Mutsuki was thoroughly entertained reading it. Sure enough—Every country has its geniuses.
After that, there wasn't much left for Kamijou Mutsuki to do.
After encouraging Myaamori to work more overtime and earn enough money to buy him a luxury car, he prepared to leave.
Just as he was about to lock his phone, however, a message popped up on LINE.
[Soyo: What exactly happened between you guys yesterday? Was what Mutsumi said true?]
What Mutsumi had told her that morning was simply too shocking.
If she didn't get to the bottom of it, she couldn't calm down at all.
[Capitalist: Mutsumi told you?]
Mutsuki was slightly surprised.
Why did Mutsumi spill everything so casually? Was her relationship with Soyo really that close?
[Soyo: The thing between Mutsumi and Sakiko… was that all true?]
Reading his reply, Soyo's heart sank.
Was yuri really happening right beside her?
[Capitalist: The thing between Mutsumi and Sakiko? What thing?]
A question mark practically appeared above Mutsuki's head.
Did those two have something they were hiding from him?
[Soyo: But Mutsumi clearly told me…]
Seeing that there might still be a turning point, Soyo's eyes lit up.
She immediately recounted their entire conversation from that morning—along with all of her own interpretations—to Mutsuki.
Good grief.
What kind of cross-server conversation was this?
After listening to Miss Soyo's explanation, Mutsuki leaned back in his chair.
At first he thought it was ridiculous.
Then he remembered it was Soyo.
And suddenly, it made perfect sense.
As expected of you.
Always finding new ways to entertain me.
[Capitalist: Is it possible… that you misunderstood?]
He briefly considered letting Soyo continue misunderstanding. The mere thought of it was amusing.
But after thinking it over, he decided against it.
He did, however, screenshot the conversation—planning to show it later to Mutsumi and Sakiko so they could enjoy a laugh too.
[Soyo: So the kissing and all that… was fake?]
Soyo instantly felt a surge of excitement.
Of course.
How could Mutsumi and Sakiko possibly do something like that?
It was all a misunderstanding!
[Capitalist: No, that part was real.]
[Soyo: ?]
[Capitalist: Sakiko's reaction was very cute. That's all I'll say.]
[Soyo: What did you do to Sakiko?!]
Soyo practically exploded on the other end.
Good news: her best friends weren't yuri.
Bad news: her white moonlight had been stolen by a flashy blond delinquent.
This time, she and Rikki were sitting at the same table.
No—
In a certain sense, Soyo might even have it worse than Rikki.
When Tomori kissed Kamijou Mutsuki, Rikki had at least been able to watch from the sidelines.
Soyo hadn't even known about it until now.
[Soyo: Aren't you Mutsumi's fiancé? How can you do something like that to Sakiko?]
Only now did Soyo remember the relationship between Mutsuki and Mutsumi.
[Capitalist: Mutsumi is my fiancée. That doesn't mean I can't kiss Sakiko.]
The inequality wins instantly.
[Capitalist: Besides, what happened between me and Sakiko was just an accident.]
Honestly, no one had expected things to unfold that way.
Could it be that Sakiko had secretly leveled up some kind of "Divine Trip-and-Fall" skill?
Terrifying.
[Soyo: Heh. An accident…]
In Soyo's eyes, that was clearly Mutsuki shirking responsibility.
How could something like that possibly be an accident?
What, was Sakiko supposed to have tripped and fallen onto him, and they just happened to kiss?
What is this, an anime or a game? How could that kind of plot actually happen in real life?
[Soyo: And what about Mutsumi and Tomori? Was that an accident too?]
Now that the misunderstanding had been cleared up, what Mutsumi had described earlier made much more sense.
[Capitalist: Kids fooling around. Just kissing for fun.]
[Soyo: ?]
I think you're the one treating me like a kid!
Even though the misunderstanding had been resolved, Soyo still felt inexplicably irritated.
She had always known that this scumbag was… eccentric.
But she hadn't expected him to be such a playboy.
And as for how she reached that conclusion—
Three girls had already fallen into his clutches.
If that wasn't a scumbag, what was?
And that was just one night's results.
She didn't even dare imagine what he planned to do next.
All of a sudden, she felt certain that Mutsumi drifting away from her had to have been Mutsuki's influence.
After all, the two of them had been perfectly fine for so long.
So why had they fallen into a cold war the moment Kamijou Mutsuki appeared?
Whose fault was that?
It definitely wasn't hers.
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