Chapter Summaries

Aoba Suzukaze, Yuin, and their colleagues queued to buy the game they had helped develop, eager to mark its release despite already having internal copies. Yuin decided she could sell any extra copy, while fans joked that devoted collectors bought three copies for different purposes.

• Yuin complained about queuing to buy a game she had helped develop, but stayed because she did not want to miss the experience.
• Aoba Suzukaze excitedly waited in line for the release of her first game.
• Yuin worried that buying a copy would leave her with an extra one, since she already had an internal copy.
• Aoba suggested that Yuin sell the extra copy, and Yuin praised the idea.
• Yagami Hikari and Tōyama looked amused and helpless as fans joked that games should be bought in three copies: one to play, one to collect, and one to share.

The chapter reflected on how gaming big shots treated beloved games as collectibles before focusing on Tōyama and Yagami Hikari reminiscing about their early days together. It left fans urging the oblivious Yagami Hikari to recognize Tōyama’s feelings and marry her.

• The narrator compared big shots collecting multiple editions of games to people enjoying other expensive hobbies.
• Tōyama and Yagami Hikari recalled lining up together when they first started working, and Tōyama said she had wanted to join Yagami Hikari for the bonus edition.
• Tōyama and Yagami Hikari shared a sweet moment that made viewers tease them about being an old married couple.
• The fans discussed the many pairings in New Game! and pointed out Yagami Hikari’s obliviousness to Tōyama’s feelings.
• The fans urged Tōyama and Yagami Hikari to register their marriage.

Aoba Suzukaze learned about Yagami Hikari’s painful past at the company and felt grateful for her kind supervisor and colleagues. At the celebration party, Aoba asked Yagami for an autograph and thanked her, leaving Yagami embarrassed.

• Aoba Suzukaze recalled how Yagami Hikari had been isolated and mocked by senior coworkers after her talent made her stand out, with only Rin supporting her.
• Aoba felt grateful that she had found kind colleagues and supervisors, and that Yagami Hikari had become her supervisor.
• Aoba shyly offered Yagami her game package and asked her to sign it.
• The fans watching teased Aoba for making Yagami blush and disrupting their imagined pairings.
• Aoba told Yagami that she appreciated her kindness and everything she had taught her at work.

Aoba Suzukaze grabbed Yagami Hikari’s hand and vowed to keep up with her, throwing fans’ expected pairings into chaos as “Newgame” ended. Fans then gathered on A Company’s forum to share how the anime’s everyday warmth had comforted them.

• Aoba Suzukaze told Yagami Hikari she respected her and would work hard to keep up, grabbing her hand as she spoke.
• Fans reacted to Aoba and Yagami’s moment by abandoning their expected pairings and joking that Rin had been left behind.
• “Newgame” concluded, while fans joked that a continuation depended on Fang Zheng’s mood.
• Fans visited A Company’s forum and posted about what people lived for, with many answering that they wanted Hifumi.
• Fans reflected on how “Newgame” brought genuine comfort and hope amid the pressures of work, family, and study.

Fans praised the ending of "New Game" and shared reflections on Aoba Suzukaze’s pursuit of her dream, while newcomers complained that veteran anime fans had tricked them into watching tearjerkers and spending money on shipgirl gacha. The chapter ended with the online community still joking and arguing about anime recommendations.

• Fans posted literary reflections on Aoba Suzukaze’s hard work and the distance she still had to go to reach her dream.
• Other forum users teased the commenters for switching between crude jokes and refined writing after watching "New Game."
• Newcomers who joined the anime community during Anime Carnival complained that veterans had tricked them into watching "Star Dream," "Plastic Memories," "Akame ga Kill!," and "Your Lie in April."
• The newcomers accused veterans of withholding lighter shows such as "Girls und Panzer" and "K-On!" while recommending sad stories with malicious intent.
• Fans who had been persuaded to watch "Kantai Collection" complained that the promised girlfriends were shipgirls who had cost them money in gacha pulls.

After viewers demanded a second season of "New Game!", Fang Zheng jokingly claimed their threats had made him ill and announced a vacation. He had not started the sequel, believing the timing was not right.

• Newbies regretted following their unscrupulous seniors and compared them unfavorably with the kind seniors in "New Game!".
• Viewers flooded Fang Zheng's Weibo with demands for a second season and increasingly vicious threats.
• Fang Zheng read the comments, reacted angrily, and posted that he was taking time off because the threats had made him feel unwell.
• Fang Zheng admitted he had not begun the second season and considered "New Game" an effective advertising method.

Fang Zheng reflected on how “newgame” had once inspired him to seek an internship, only for workplace reality to drive him back to school. He used the anime’s appeal to tease his fans about taking a vacation instead of making a second season, and they begged him to promise one.

• Fang Zheng recalled sending out internship résumés after watching “newgame,” then abandoning the idea after reality shattered his expectations.
• Fang Zheng posted about taking a vacation, expecting fans to be tempted by “newgame” and its portrayal of workplace life.
• Fang Zheng’s fans received the post and angrily cursed him for threatening to delay the second season.
• Fang Zheng’s fans changed their tune and pleaded for a second season, offering to wash his car or report the black fans who had cursed him.

Fang Zheng gloated over fans praising him after he teased them about a second season of New Game, which he refused to make for now. He planned to use New Game’s workplace and gaming elements to build anticipation for the Touhou Project.

• Fang Zheng enjoyed the fans’ comments after their tone shifted to praise and then published another post to provoke them.
• Fang Zheng shut down his computer, confident that his post about New Game Season Two had thrown the fans into chaos.
• Fang Zheng planned to withhold New Game Season Two and use the anime’s game elements to promote the Touhou Project.
• The fans strained to come up with flattering words for Fang Zheng, regretting that they had forgotten what they learned in school.

After fans praised Fang Zheng in hopes of getting a second season of "New Game," he trolled them by saying A Company had too few employees to release it in time. The anime community eventually cooled down, and veteran fans turned to tricking summer-break newcomers for entertainment.

• Fang Zheng posted that A Company had too few employees to get season two of "New Game" out in time, enraging the fans who had praised him.
• Some fans took comfort in Fang Zheng's wording, reasoning that he had delayed the season rather than ruled it out entirely.
• By July 1, the anime community had recovered from Fang Zheng's latest troll and returned to watching older shows.
• Veteran fans entertained themselves by misleading newcomers, especially students who had joined anime groups over summer break.

A Company announced that its newly completed Shuchiin Academy would train people for jobs in the otaku industry, with heavily subsidized tuition and free food and lodging. The academy’s partnership with A Company made it an appealing route for aspiring workers to join the company.

• A Company's official account announced that Shuchiin Academy had been completed and was accepting applications.
• The announcement described training in drawing, voice acting, doujin creation, and other otaku-industry skills, with applicants required to be at least eighteen or have guardian consent.
• A Company offered each applicant a subsidy, setting tuition at one thousand yuan and providing free food and lodging with no additional fees.
• A Company stated that outstanding graduates could have the opportunity to work there through its long-term partnership with the academy.
• Fans, especially graduating college students, became excited by the academy as a possible path into A Company.

Fang Zheng’s recruitment campaign tied A Company to New Game! and persuaded anime fans that the jobs could let them turn their passion into work. The chapter ended with fans eager to apply, while Fang Zheng’s training institution stood out for sharing some of the risks of pursuing their dreams.

• Fans realized that A Company’s recruitment campaign was linked to New Game! and praised Fang Zheng’s audacious advertising strategy.
• Fans noted that A Company offered good pay and working conditions, and that its jobs could align with their love of anime and manga.
• Fans said they planned to apply, even if doing so meant risking time or a modest salary.
• The narration contrasted Fang Zheng’s institution, which would pay a price for fans pursuing their dreams, with people who only offered empty encouragement.

After Fang Zheng set Shuchiin Academy’s fee at a symbolic one thousand yuan to help aspiring anime-industry workers, fans praised him and joked about paying to become classmates with Kaguya Shinomiya. On July 1, A Company opened five-day enrollment, while Jiying Group’s Lin Jiabu faced a growing wave of employee resignations.

• Fang Zheng kept Shuchiin Academy’s fee at one thousand yuan to reduce the financial risk for people entering the anime industry.
• Fans praised Fang Zheng and A Company online, then joked about paying to become classmates with Kaguya Shinomiya and Shirogane.
• On July 1, A Company announced a five-day recruitment campaign for Shuchiin Academy.
• A subordinate told Jiying Group recruitment manager Lin Jiabu that three more employees had resigned.
• Lin Jiabu recalled that the company needed elite talent for a new business but struggled to recruit capable workers at the offered salaries.

Lin Jiaxiang’s successful recruitment drive earned him a promotion, but strange applicants and even stranger new hires soon turned his job into a nightmare. The chapter left him facing daily resignations and complaints as employees quit over ordinary workplace expectations.

• Lin Jiaxiang was promoted to deputy manager after recruiting enough employees for Jiying Group.
• Applicants baffled Lin Jiaxiang with questions about women at the company, breaks, supervisors, coworkers, and workplace perks.
• After the new employees joined, Lin Jiaxiang learned that they distracted veteran workers by chatting and brought pets and tea sets to work.
• A department supervisor reprimanded the new hires, and one employee angrily quit because the company would not let him drink tea and his coworkers were not gentle.

Lin Jiabu and Lin Jiaxiang dealt with another resignation at Shanghai Jiying Group as companies across the country faced a wave of employees quitting. The otaku community realized that fans of Aoba Suzukaze’s “Newgame” were resigning after finding real workplaces far harsher than the ones they had hoped for.

• Lin Jiabu heard that another new employee had applied to resign and regretted hiring the latest batch.
• Lin Jiaxiang told the department to approve all the resignations and get the troublesome employees out.
• News outlets reported on mass resignations at companies and investigated the reasons behind the unusual trend.
• Otaku fans recognized Aoba Suzukaze as the cause, since “Newgame” had encouraged them to expect friendly workplaces unlike the harsh reality they encountered.

Fang Zheng’s anime, “Newgame,” sparked a wave of fans quitting jobs after finding real workplaces unlike the show, drawing media attention and delighting anime fans. Meanwhile, Fang Zheng’s recruitment went smoothly, and he turned to training the new students while making sure his anime work continued.

• Anime fans joked that the wave of resignations showed how financially secure otaku were and might warn exploitative companies to ease up.
• The media investigated the unusual resignations, while fans celebrated the incident as an unintended show of resistance against workplace exploitation.
• Fang Zheng recruited enough students and began preparing to train them personally.
• Fang Zheng returned to his anime work so he would not keep his waiting fans waiting any longer.

A reporter investigated a wave of resignations at Magic City's industrial park, but her first interviewee mocked her for not knowing about New Game! and walked away. The reporter recovered and continued searching for the reason behind the resignations.

• A young man leaving a company told the reporter that he had resigned because staying at the company was pointless.
• When the reporter asked whether he knew New Game!, the young man mocked her ignorance and left.
• Otaku fans watching the livestream laughed at the exchange and praised the young man's swagger.
• The reporter explained that the young man might have been irritable after resigning, then resumed interviewing people at the industrial park.

Reporter interviewed a young man who had quit his job and learned that he was wealthy enough to drive a Ferrari. He explained that he had gone to work after watching New Game! and being tricked, but was now returning to inherit his family’s business.

• Reporter asked the young man why he had quit, and he said he was disappointed with the work environment.
• The young man dismissed concerns about his finances and unlocked a modified Ferrari parked nearby.
• The livestream viewers reacted in surprise when the young man revealed his supercar.
• Reporter asked why he had worked, and the young man said he had watched New Game! and been tricked by a certain brat.
• The young man said he would return home and inherit his family’s business.

A young female reporter investigated a wave of resignations after two interviewees mentioned “newgame” and discovered that both were wealthy young men. Her search led her to A Company’s platform, where an account application question left her dumbfounded.

• The young female reporter watched a sports-car-driving interviewee speed away and wondered why both people she had interviewed had mentioned “newgame.”
• She realized that both interviewees appeared to come from wealthy backgrounds, suggesting the resignation incident was not what it seemed.
• The fans discussed whether the interviewers’ discovery had anything to do with them and concluded they were merely spectators.
• The young female reporter searched for “newgame” and found that the results led back to A Company’s platform.
• She opened the platform and was stunned when the account application asked which anime Chieru-ou came from.

Reporter struggled through A Company’s bizarre membership quiz to register, then discovered that watching “newgame” required a separate membership. The livestream viewers laughed at her misfortune as she was left frustrated by the site.

• Reporter struggled to answer A Company’s anime-themed registration questions while livestream viewers recognized the quiz and teased her.
• Reporter worked through the questions and became an ordinary A Company user.
• Reporter found “newgame” and clicked play, expecting to watch it.
• Reporter learned that “newgame” was exclusive to members, and the livestream viewers laughed at her reaction.

A reporter watched the anime newgame while investigating a bizarre resignation incident, then published an article explaining that the anime had prompted the hiring and resignations. The story left readers marveling at the anime’s influence and wondering how the affected business owners would react.

• The reporter bought a membership so she could watch newgame for her interview.
• The reporter became absorbed in the anime, and her cameraman reminded her to return to the interview.
• After watching newgame, the reporter understood the strange resignation incident and ended her interview.
• The reporter’s article revealed that an anime had caused the hiring and rapid resignations, leaving readers astonished.