The Repetition Is About to Start Again / I Predicted His Prediction

P. S. 1: 1400 words today. It's not that I couldn't write this chapter, it's just that I played mobile games all day and didn't have time to write. It's almost 6 o'clock and this is what I'm posting now...

PS2: Successfully purchased tickets for Demon Slayer and Violet Evergarden... but it seems like Medialink is trying to get new bonus items, please don't come, I'm crying.

Honestly, I have a psychological aversion to this kind of bonus product business model. When I watched the movie "Blue Pig" in Japan, I didn't get the weekly bonus product in any of the three screenings, and the merchandise sold in the theater was sold out on the first day. I was really disgusted.

Section 623, page 581: The repeat year is about to begin again.

Just as Shuya had expected, today's rehearsal took longer than the previous few days.

But everyone was prepared; it's perfectly normal for newcomers to need time to adapt when filming.

Even if they have classes and practice regularly, that's completely different from actual filming.

The production team aims to film three episodes in June in preparation for the official broadcast in July.

In other words, the first two weeks of June are for the adjustment period.

Therefore, Shuya and the others were not surprised by their current performance.

Everyone starts as a newcomer; he couldn't help but reminisce when he filmed his first commercial.

Yes, that was a diaper commercial from when I was a baby...

Speaking of which, that ad is still playing now. Shuya really wants them to stop; seeing his own big head from when he was a kid is just too embarrassing.

He was really cute when he was a child.

"What are you thinking about? You look so conflicted."

The Strange Path of Mai.

"Thinking about the o-shaped object."

"???"

Mai couldn't keep up with Shuya's wild ideas, and she didn't want to ask questions in front of everyone, so she remained silent.

The morning was spent entirely on rehearsals.

Besides here, they also went to the school for rehearsals.

Shuya joined in this time, sitting motionless in the corner, engrossed in reading a novel.

The people around him maintained a subtle distance and showed no intention of speaking to this gloomy classmate.

This scene was too easy, but the lead actor's acting was lacking, requiring the director to explain repeatedly, and he spent a lot of time spacing out.

After finishing the morning rehearsal, it was finally lunchtime.

They didn't need to eat lunch today; Aoki Shin treated them to a restaurant, which wasn't fancy but was still pretty good.

During lunch, Shuya took out his phone to play and saw some people in the LINE group discussing watching the premiere of IS together that evening.

After a few rambling words, they came to a conclusion.

Haruno Hyakka decided to go to Shuya's house to watch together. Mai said she would go too. Yukino said she would come too. Then Yuigahama wanted to join in the fun. Kyousuke joined in the commotion and dragged Uesugi Futaro along.

Ayase, Kirino, and Motoko didn't have time to come, and Shizuka Hiratsuka wasn't interested in participating in this kind of activity.

The Little Senior Sister never logged on.

They were chatting excitedly in the group, but they didn't ask Shuya for his opinion.

But seeing that they were having a good time, he didn't discourage them and tacitly agreed to their decision to come over that evening.

"In that case, it's not good to stay on set too late..."

Shuya knew that Aoki Shin and the others would definitely be working until eight or nine o'clock today.

If nothing special comes up, I can still join them for rehearsals, but for now, it's more fun to go back and have fun.

Anyway, he doesn't have any scenes.

He mentioned it to Aoki Shin during his lunch break, and Aoki readily agreed to let him and Mai leave early at 6 p. m.

After they reached an agreement, he continued practicing (fishing).

... Akiha Rin didn't get a chance to appear in the school scenes. Although she and Asakawa Jun to the same school, she often had to take leave because of work.

The first episode describes Asakawa Jun's personality; he is a very enthusiastic person who gets along well with his classmates and can even chat with the aloof Sakurajima Shuya.

After a difficult rehearsal of the school scenes, the crew immediately set off for the next location.

This is a street somewhere.

Asakawa Jun, whose heart is wavering, wants to try becoming an idol but can't take the first step, will encounter a female idol group performing on their way home from school.

Aoki Shin invited quite a few girl groups, a total of eight, and they are said to be quite famous idol groups.

However, Shuya nor Mai had ever heard of them.

They didn't appear at the previous fan meetings; they were just making guest appearances and weren't considered part of the cast.

Shuya and Mai stood a little distance away, watching these idol girls in their early twenties jumping and singing in the small open space.

"Wow, that singing... it's just too..."

Shuya was scratching his head in disbelief.

"Please be understanding, it's very difficult to dance and sing at the same time."

Mai said, "Not playing discs is already a great effort."

"I suppose so."

Shuya did not refute it.

What she said makes sense, and lip-syncing isn't illegal in Japan, so he can't control that much.

Anyway, just watch these beautiful young girls dance and sway back and forth, and that's it.

After the girls finished their performance and expressed their gratitude, Amami Seiji, who was mixed in with the crowd, showed a touched expression and clapped his hands vigorously.

With that, the idols' scenes were over, Amami Seiji continued rehearsing for the next scene.

Meanwhile, Shuya encountered a crisis.

After the idols finished, they all rushed towards him.

Shuya: "?"

Mai skillfully moved aside to make room and slipped away!

She had seen the same scene many times before, so her reaction was incredibly quick.

After she ran away, Shuya was immediately surrounded.

"Shu-chan!"

"Wow, he's so handsome!"

"He looks incredibly handsome up close!"

"So cute!"

"So cute!"

"So cute!"

Shuya was about to go crazy when he heard this; the Japanese girls' repeat year was about to begin again!

And to be honest, after these girls surrounded him, he couldn't tell them apart at all; they all looked the same.

---Damn, I have face blindness.

"Hello, your performance was very good."

Shuya could only put on a professional smile.

"Ah!"

"Shu-chan!"

"So cute!"

"..."

Shuya tried to cast a pleading look at Mai.

If she were here, they definitely wouldn't dare surround him like this.

However, he saw Mai holding up her phone in their direction and saying, "Flirting with girls even during rehearsals, that's just too... hehe, what do you guys think?"

They've started live-streaming this!

Shuya need to think to know that the group chat was definitely full of jokes.

"Um, may I... shake your hand?"

"Can."

Since she's considered a beautiful girl, Shuya wouldn't refuse these requests.

After he extended his hand, the girl opposite him grasped it with trembling hands.

Seeing this, the other girls all became bolder.

"How cunning!"

"I want to shake hands too!"

"Shu-chan is so nice!"

They all pressed themselves against him at once, and when the first one touched Shuya's chest, they all lost their minds.

This is perhaps what they mean when they say that ugly guys will never know how proactive girls can be when they're around handsome guys.

Shuya taken advantage of, but he encountered many strange things along the way, so he didn't really suffer a loss.

Mai's gaze was a bit too bright...

"Don't do that, everyone's watching. You're idols, right? Don't get so close to boys."

Shuya advised.

"No way, Shu-chan is different."

"That's right, that's right."

"If Shu-chan were to date me, I'd quit being an idol immediately."

"Yes."

Shuya: "Hehehehe..."

He simply smiled at the blunt remark and ignored it.

He had seen this kind of scene before, so he wasn't particularly moved.

He hasn't encountered this situation much in the past two years because he hasn't been filming, but it was quite common in the past.

The Muse is such a jerk. They kept quiet until everyone had bought their tickets before announcing the IMAX + special edition screening. It's obvious they were trying to boost ticket sales, but they said it wasn't certain before. Tsk tsk tsk.

Just like Medialink, different companies, equally despicable. That's fine.

Section 624, page 582: He predicted his prediction.

For those girls, he was young, rich, and handsome; dating him meant they didn't have to work hard and could directly reach the pinnacle of life.

Moreover, everyone knows that Shuya is surrounded by beautiful women and is not someone who is indifferent to women, which makes them even more eager to pursue him.

Even if we can't date, just having sex with him would be a huge win, considering how handsome he is.

However, while Shuya's standards are quite low, if you want to woo him, you at least need to be as good-looking as Mai and the others, or at the very least, your personality should match his... He doesn't really like girls who are too calculating.