475 What the Heck Are You Blabbing About?!

"Alright! Let's go!"

Kirino stood at the front and led the way as if nothing had happened.

"Wait, where do you want to go?"

"Animate!"

"Wait a minute, shouldn't we go to Gamers first?"

The Black Cat retorted.

Why?!

Because it's closer than Animate.

The Black Cat is naturally authentic.

"Ugh... Yes, indeed."

Kirino said reluctantly.

Geographically speaking, you can see Gamers as soon as you exit the station.

Or the Radio Hall, that's also nearby.

Kirino changed her path and went to Gamers.

There's not much to say about this place. It's a must-visit for hardcore otaku in Akihabara. Shuya knows it like the back of his hand. He's been here many times before when it was advertised, and he personally often comes here to buy things.

The first and second floors mainly house novels and comics, while the upper floors feature premium items, games, animation, voice actor-related content, event spaces, and more.

It's quite big.

Akihabara is crowded, and you often find yourself in the situation of walking up and down the stairs many times between stores because you're too lazy to wait for the elevator. It's a very healthy way to spend time, so as soon as you enter, you can see that the stairwells are full of people.

Shuya walked among them, casually glancing at the merchandise.

Since he was already there, he got distracted and looked for the novel he was following.

Hmm, Haruhi still hasn't been released... Looks like even in this new world, that old fox Tanikawa is still keeping quiet.

The Haruhi series in this world hasn't caught up with the previous one yet; it's only 2010 now, and the shocking events haven't even started yet.

To Love-Ru just finished, but Darkness hasn't been released yet.

Shuya checked the books and saw some of his previous works, but he had no desire to buy any of them.

After walking around the first two floors for a while, Kirino and the others found the books they wanted to buy, and after queuing for quite a while, they finally finished buying their items.

Continuing up, when I reached the fifth floor, there was an exhibition of stage costumes for voice actors.

"It's Ms. Hoshino Kurara's stage costume!"

Kirino burst out laughing when she saw it.

"Hoshino Kurara..."

Shuya first thought of a certain maid, and then realized that Hoshino Kurara was a voice actress.

Kirino's favorite character, Meruru, was voiced by her.

"Hmph, what's there to get excited about? How childish."

The Black Cat made a sarcastic remark.

But Kirino completely ignored her, excitedly running up to take pictures, and even asking Saori to help her take a photo with the clothes.

She's having a blast right now.

Besides Hoshino Kurara's clothing exhibition, this floor also had her new song release, Kirino went to buy a copy.

After a while of struggling, they finally agreed to leave.

After leaving Gamers, the four of them went to the Radio Hall across the street and wandered around for a long time before coming out.

Next, of course, I went to animate.

Shuya didn't buy anything; he just followed them.

But next, Kirino is going to... the floor in Toranoana you buy butter.

"Kirino, you're still interested in playing adult games? Didn't you have enough of them before?"

He joked.

Kirino's face twisted unnaturally for a moment before she said, "I'll buy it and keep it for now; I won't play with it for the time being."

She can choose not to play, but she can't live without it!

She wasn't worried about the limited edition being readily available again... her main concern was the future difficulty in finding store-exclusive bonus items!

It's not a matter of money, it's that no one is willing to put them away.

"Whatever you want."

Shuya still couldn't be bothered with her, but he did remind her, "Just don't let Little Senior Sister know, or I'll get scolded because of it."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Kirino readily agreed and entered the Toranoana.

Saori and Black Cat, without any hesitation, went with Kirino to see the adult video.

Kirino and the other two girls would normally be surrounded by onlookers if they entered a place like this, but Shuya kept using Strange Arts to reduce his presence, so they weren't surrounded.

After Kirino successfully bought the eroge she wanted, she went to look at doujinshi. She picked up some Meruru doujinshi, while Black Cat also bought Maschera doujinshi.

Then Kirino wasn't satisfied, so she went to Sofmap and Melonbooks across the street and bought a lot of things.

I have to say, Melonbooks is incredibly crowded; the line to pay was so long it was unbelievable.

"Ha! I'm so satisfied!"

Kirino stretched her body freely as she returned to the Central Avenue.

It's Sunday afternoon, Akihabara is pedestrian paradise. Cars are prohibited on Central Avenue, and the streets are packed with people, including many from out of town taking photos.

Shuya has seen this situation many times before, but he still finds the contrast quite interesting.

Kirino said, "Shuya- senpai, shall we go to Pretty Garden to rest for a while?"

That was the maid café I'd visited before.

Do you want to go?

Shuya asked Saori and Black Cat, and they nodded.

"Then let's go."

So the four of them set off for pretty garden and soon arrived at their destination.

"Welcome back, Master!"

As soon as I entered, the sweet voices of the maids rang out.

A twin-tailed maid greeted Shuya and the others with a sweet smile, "Nii-chan! You haven't been here in a long time!"

"Here I am now, did you miss me?"

Shuya responded to Hoshino Kirara's smile with a professional one.

"I think about it every single day!"

Hoshino Kirara smiled broadly.

Hmm? A holiday? (Identifying key details)

Section 512, page 475: What kind of nonsense are you spouting?!

After Hoshino Kirara led Shuya and the others to their seats, the menu was served.

Shuya ordered a coffee, Kirino and the others did the same, only ordering drinks.

They just planned to rest for a while and then go home for dinner, so they didn't need to eat anything.

After sitting down, Kirino and the others inspected their spoils for the day and started talking about the current anime episode.

After chatting for a while, the topic inevitably turned to the anime that Shuya voiced yesterday.

"Shuya. Shuya, would you mind giving us a sneak peek at Director Inoue's new work?"

Saori was very curious.

"It can't be one of those again..."

The Black Cat's expression, however, was not good.

"No, this work is quite normal, a standard commercial piece."

Shuya said, "Anyway, it'll be airing soon, so I won't say any more."

To avoid spoilers.

"So... what type of animation is it?"

Saori asked curiously.

"Harem, school, mecha battles"

This was actually mentioned in a previous live broadcast; she probably forgot about it after watching it.

"Yeah."

Saori nodded.

Upon hearing this, she immediately felt that 80% of the students in the school in the animation would probably die.

Shuya could guess what she was thinking, but he was too lazy to correct her.

Kirino then asked, "Mai- senpai and Yukino- senpai both visited the voice acting studio yesterday. Was it interesting?"

"I don't find it particularly interesting; it's just a regular workplace."

Shuya was already used to the recording studio, so he found it quite ordinary.

But Kirino and the others had never been there, so they started discussing it with great interest.

Shuya listened, he asked, "Since you're so interested, would you like to come and visit next week?"

"OK!"

Kirino nodded repeatedly. As a member of Hanazawa Agency, she had no reservations about visiting Inoue Hikoo's company.

Anyway, they're both part of the same company.

Saori and the Black Cat hesitated for a moment, but seeing that Shuya joking and that curiosity had overcome everything, they also expressed their desire to go.

Shuya told them to go to the company themselves, and he wouldn't pick them up.

Anyway, the company's location isn't a secret; you can find out everything by searching online.

Shuya then chatted with them about 2D Otaku for a while before they parted ways at the station.

Shuya didn't take Kirino home either; she said she could go home on her own, so he wouldn't take her.

He went straight home.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw a bag in the living room containing the clothes I had changed out of yesterday; Motoko had brought them back.

Shuya took the clothes to wash, then went out and leisurely ate dinner. When he came back, the clothes were already washed.

He was too lazy to even wipe the clothes off; a flash of red light from his hand and the heat emanating from it dried the clothes.

After putting away the clothes, his phone rang; he had received a LINE message.

He glanced at it; it was from Maeda Saori, reminding him not to forget tomorrow's promotional event.

I have a program to perform tomorrow afternoon.

Shuya was no stranger to this program; he had only been on it recently.