Chapter 5

Isn't "suppressing before elevating" a common trope? If someone were to be hung up and whipped after breaking off an engagement, and people still cheered, that would either be a masterpiece or the work of a masochist. But I never intended to write a trope-heavy story; if I wanted to do that, I wouldn't have chosen the unpopular first-person perspective. In the first person, how do you write the internal monologue of a clown, or describe the shocked expressions of the audience? Without that exclamation of "This child is terrifyingly strong!" and that decisive judgment of "This child must not be left alive," how are you supposed to show off? I consider myself an author with integrity. Why do I have integrity? Because I don't rely on writing to make a living. I just want to write a character from my own vision, nothing more. When I was writing, I didn't actually consider whether you were enjoying it or not. Besides, it's really not easy to write a Minya that matches my vision while also making as many people as possible happy. If I could write it easily, would I still be here writing fanfiction? I would have already let myself go and started writing original trilogies and heptalogies, haha! So, I chose the former. The same was true for my previous work on The Irregular at Magic High School; at the time, I didn't want to write a trope-filled story, but rather a satire of that book—just a joke. I didn't expect people to say I had a "rotten tail" or that they wanted to take my work, "add a dog's tail to a sable's," and turn it into a trope-filled story to post on some site; I really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I feel that since "power fantasies" are the trend now, if you want to read those, there's no need to hang yourself on my tree, right? I'm not a professional at writing power fantasies either! I'm sure there are invincible power fantasies for Classroom of the Elite on those sites, where the protagonist is born superior, has a system, is invulnerable, punches Ayanokoji, kicks Koenji, and collects every girl—that would definitely be better written than mine. But that wouldn't be Minya. Who is Minya? A young master from a typical petit-bourgeois family, greedy for money and lustful, a habitual liar, yet possessing a certain charm. He is daring, proactive, and has a knack for "painting cakes" for his subordinates—that's all. As for knowing a few foreign languages or being good at investing and reading people, those are just mandatory courses for the wealthy. In reality, the world of the bourgeoisie is also highly competitive; it would be strange if an only child like Minya wasn't trained to death, especially given his father's ambition. What should the result be when such a green Minya enters the school gates and provokes the ceiling of this work, Ayanokoji? It probably won't be a "satisfying" experience. In fact, I really want to write a story about Minya constantly growing and tracking the strongman Ayanokoji. I think such a story might not be as "satisfying," but it is more realistic and interesting. Perhaps my limited writing skills failed to grasp the plot of this first confrontation well? Actually, I think it's understandable that Minya would be intimidated by Ayanokoji. This is related to his personality. If you all didn't notice my foreshadowing, maybe my detailed descriptions weren't good enough! 1. Minya is not good at dealing with violence. 2. Minya once lost to that woman, Sakayanagi, and he is prone to overthinking and fighting battles in his own head (it's hereditary), which led to a biased, incorrect impression of Horikita. 3. Minya cannot afford to gamble; the pressure on his chips is different from Ayanokoji's. At this moment, he doesn't know that Ayanokoji is even less able to afford to gamble, and even if he did, he wouldn't dare to. Ensuring Koenji's safety is very important to Minya; even if there were a one-percent chance of being expelled, he wouldn't risk it. If he loses this time, he can just win it back next time. If he were to flip the car and leave the school, the timeline would change too much; at the very least, he would leave his father and Koenji with the impression that he is incompetent. These three reasons were mentioned in the previous text. I thought I had laid the groundwork, but perhaps because the character of Minya only just took shape in the first 20 chapters, he hasn't deeply entered everyone's minds yet! Is the character's intelligence unstable? This is undoubtedly my problem. I have Minya's personality and image in my mind, but you all, who have just come into contact with this book, do not. It is my fault for not properly conveying the information I wanted to express, causing trouble for your reading experience. I am sorry! Other characters in the fanfiction don't need much image shaping because the original author has already done it for you. Failing to grasp this information gap caused a rather abrupt perception. In future writing, I will put more effort into character shaping and strive to establish a deeply rooted image more quickly. Actually, this is a common problem in most fanfiction. Except for original characters, all characters in fanfiction already have established images. "Borrowing" is certainly easy, but if you just borrow blindly and the protagonist is someone else's creation, haven't you written nothing at all? It's embarrassing to tell others you're writing a book. One shouldn't be too greedy; just writing one original character is fine, right? You have to leave something behind in this two-dimensional world to prove that I was once here, don't you? Many authors think this way, so many fanfictions have issues with the protagonist being a "poison point." After all, compared to novels and anime that have been published, it's normal for a casually created protagonist to be lackluster. Many people write without using their brains or doing any homework; they even pick names at random and like to be unconventional. If they only know the Genji name from Japan, they make the surname Genji and pick two kanji they think sound cool for the first name. The result is as ridiculous as a Japanese person writing a Chinese novel and insisting on naming the protagonist Aisin Gioro Wansui—can it be anything but lackluster? Not to mention, Aisin Gioro Wansui—this name is so visual, a classic "Dragon Overlord" start. If you can't write an original, what should you do? Write an existing character? Can you perfectly restore him in your writing? Even if you did, he would still be someone else's "son," and I find that very boring to write. I have presumptuously written an original character; at least I put effort into the naming. I will continue to write this way in the future—failing and fighting again! Maybe one day, I will be able to write a character I am satisfied with. Isn't that how steel is tempered? This is exactly the fun of writing. From the simple youth Ren-di, to the great villain Seimei, and then to Minya, who is a little bad but also capable. I feel that the characters I write are becoming more detailed, and I'm almost touching the line of being an initiate. Haha! I have never seen such a shameless person. I have also come back to flip through my book; in some places, I smile knowingly, and in others, I am not very satisfied. But there is no point in changing it now; it's better to leave it as a witness to my growth. Coming back to look at it from time to time and seeing that the guy with the immature writing style has grown is also a very fulfilling thing. Volume 1: First Glimpse of Talent : Prologue The Weakness of Human Nature One of the most special weaknesses of human nature is: caring about how others view oneself. -- Arthur Schopenhauer "Minya, I'll leave the matter of young master Koenji to you." The one saying this is the cheap father of this life, Kitazawa Go. As one of the executives of a company under the Koenji Conglomerate, which is one of the best in the country, he can be said to be a guy who is good at seizing every opportunity to climb up. "Don't worry, Father, I will get along well with young master Koenji." Actually, there's nothing to complain about; without his hard work, there wouldn't be my wonderful childhood life. Based on the idea of repaying the favor and the fact that it didn't matter which high school I went to anyway, I readily agreed to his request to change my application. Perhaps, among the children of so many sycophants in the group, I am the only one who has been... by this...