Was there anything wrong with a title being too long? Sogo Doma could say without the slightest guilt, "There's absolutely nothing wrong with it!"
However, considering it was only 2012, light novel authors were still relatively restrained back then. Just like how Utaha Kasumigaoka would only use a title whose symbolism outweighed its substance to subtly convey the genre. Unlike authors in the future, who wanted their titles to catch the eye while also summarizing the plot and selling points...
Of course, that couldn't be helped. As light novels developed, more and more outstanding works flooded the market. Without a long, eye-catching title, many novels simply couldn't make the slightest splash. For example, if Utaha Kasumigaoka's title back then had been eye-catching enough, her book might have become popular on its own without Erina Nakiri's help promoting it—
This was by no means an exaggeration. Utaha Kasumigaoka's writing quality wasn't bad. What she had lacked at the time was less publicity than some small tricks capable of drawing people's attention. Promotion could accomplish that, and distinctive selling points could too. Time would inevitably prove as much...
Still, that was all in the future. For now, as a dried-up good-for-nothing little sister, Umaru Doma had read no fewer than eight hundred, if not a thousand, light novels. But a title that long...
"Big Brother, where on earth did you get that conclusion? Are you sure that's a title and not a synopsis?"
Sogo Doma shrugged. "Of course it's a title. As for how I came to that conclusion..."
He had borrowed the title from two stories. Originally, he had only intended to borrow the story of those two, Kaguya and Shirogane. But considering that writing it out would be the equivalent of publicly executing Kaguya Shinomiya...
With tremendous willpower, Sogo Doma