"Even if someone truly started learning to draw because they were interested in painting, how many of them could overlook those dull, complicated, repetitive art exercises just because of that interest?"
"Take Utaha, for example. You like writing, but what if someone kept pushing you while you were writing? Say, a certain Machida-san..."
"Eek~!" It had to be said that Sogo Doma's example was incredibly relatable. Before he had even finished speaking, Utaha Kasumigaoka had reflexively shuddered—
One look was enough to tell that Sonoko Machida had hounded her for manuscripts more than a few times.
"Heh..." Sogo Doma saw through it but chose not to expose her. After chuckling softly, he said, "Utaha, even someone like you, who likes writing, must have felt like slacking off—or even gotten sick of writing—when Machida-san was chasing you down, right? Even if you forced yourself to finish the manuscript under her pressure—
I doubt you could have been satisfied with what you wrote, either, right?"
Utaha Kasumigaoka: (._.;;)
Y-Yeah, that was true...
In fact, the reason why the second volume of Love Metronome had performed so poorly was, firstly, because it had been her first time writing light novels—or even a long-form work—so there had been many aspects she had failed to consider thoroughly. Secondly, as the deadline approached, that old woman Sonoko Machida had suddenly become like an evil spirit—
The slightest lapse on Utaha's part seemed to trigger some sort of instinct in the woman, and she would hound her relentlessly, leaving Utaha no choice but to grit her teeth and hammer out the manuscript. But with a work like that, forget the readers being dissatisfied—even she herself hadn't been particularly satisfied with it...
It could be said that although the second volume of Love Metronome had been far worse