A Girl (Crossed Out), a Dried-Fish Little Sister's Moods Always Changed at the Drop of a Hat...

Everyone had heard of impotent rage, but had anyone ever heard of nameless rage? So-called nameless rage usually came from people getting carried away with their own fantasies, only to discover that the other party had no idea what they had done. At that point, the more impatient types would get angry—what people commonly called sulking...

Of course, Sogo Doma thought sulking was stupid. If it had been him:

"Umaru, you didn't hear me say, 'I'm home'? You actually had the mood to play games in the living room..."

But before he could finish, Umaru Doma said with a serious expression, "Big brother, keep it down. Umaru won't be able to hear the enemy's footsteps!"

"Umaru, I brought..."

"Just put it on the table. Don't talk yet..."

"Who was it that said she had some disease where she couldn't breathe without it?" Sogo Doma, who absolutely never sulked, couldn't help saying.

"How could there possibly be a disease like that? Big brother, keep it down. Umaru just heard an enemy poking their head out..." Umaru Doma said tensely, her eyes fixed on the screen.

"So who exactly did I go through all that trouble to buy those books for..." Sogo Doma felt that he was being very calm about this.

"Big brother, it was just buying some manga. What do you mean, going through all that trouble..." Umaru Doma asked in confusion.

Sogo Doma, who had experienced countless incidents: "..."

J-Just buying some manga? Damn it, he had stormed into the enemy's hideout, dealt with criminals, and even been targeted by a perverted ninja—and it was just buying some manga?

Still...

He really couldn't tell this little dumpling about any of that!

"Umaru, even if I was only buying manga, your big brother still..."

"Big brother, Umaru's dried-fish tendencies are