Omni-Anime Has So Many Geniuses! What's Wrong with Adding Me to the List?

Shiina Mashiro lifted the herbal tea, rinsed her mouth with it, then swallowed. Her eyes curved ever so slightly in a lovely smile.

Then she turned her head to look at him and said seriously, "It's about the content of a work I plan to publish at Summer Comiket."

"..." What did she mean?

Summer Comiket... wasn't that...

"I want to try drawing a doujinshi, like Eriri does."

"..." Sakurakoji Talent's mind went blank, leaving him temporarily unable to think.

It was hard to describe how he felt right now. If he had to compare it to something, it was probably like hearing Tsurumaki Kokoro say things such as, "I'm so sad," or, "I want to fall into depravity."

Without noticing his condition, Shiina Mashiro continued speaking to herself. "My recent submission failed and was rejected again."

"..."

It was clearly something sad, yet he had no mood to comfort her for the moment—or rather, he hoped someone would come comfort him instead.

"However, after working on Game, I really do feel like something has improved."

"..."

"Ayano also said it was an excellent work and suggested that I continue carefully experiencing its plot and emotions."

"...Then shouldn't you just keep reflecting on White Album? Why do you suddenly want to draw doujinshi?" he replied with a subtle sigh in both mood and tone.

"If you want the later scripts, I can also roughly tell you about the plot ideas..."

What Did You Mean, You Needed Reference Material for Drawing Doujinshi?

He really couldn't understand how such a huge leap between the two things could possibly be connected.

No matter what, White Album was an all-ages work, wasn't it?

What did that have to do with wanting to draw doujinshi...

Incidentally, the Ayano she mentioned was Iida Ayano, an editor