Scumbags resonated with other scumbags!
Tomoya Aki felt that the choices he had made in that dream were the very choices he himself would have made...
In the dream, whenever Nayuta Kani had worries, he was always the first person she turned to. Whenever Yamada Elf couldn't find material, he was always there to gather inspiration with her. Whenever Eromanga Sensei threw a little tantrum, he was always the first to soothe her. Whenever Izumi Hashima's work went on sale, he was always the first to promote it...
For instance, right after he woke up, Izumi Hashima's work in the dream had been about to go on sale, and he had already been prepared to stand at the forefront of its promotion. But a dream was ultimately just a dream. There would always come a day when one woke up.
After waking up, Tomoya Aki remembered everything about reality. He gritted his teeth again and again, wishing he could slap himself a few times. Why had he gone to Utako Kasumi's signing event that day?
If, like in the dream, he had changed course and gone to Nayuta Kani's signing event instead, then his life now...
Last night definitely hadn't been a dream! No, that should have been the life path he was meant to have! If he had gone to Nayuta Kani's signing event back then, everything—everything would have been different from how it was now!
Who the hell was Utako Kasumi?
And Kashiwagi Eri?
Could their meager sales and drawing skills even compare to Nayuta Kani and Eromanga Sensei? With those two in his hands, wouldn't success have come easily to Tomoya Aki?
Damn it! Why had he gone to Utako Kasumi's signing event in the first place? If he hadn't gone, he wouldn't have met that bastard