What Era Is It to Still Be Writing Traditional Diaries

He saw a line of text describing his personality and appearance.

"His expression remained calm throughout the journey, yet he was incredibly sharp-tongued, to an excessive degree.

He had lustrous, long black hair. Although his facial expression barely changed, objectively speaking, he was an undeniable beauty.

He's a year older than Eriri and me, Kasumigaoka Utaha."

For a moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha's scalp tingled. She shivered involuntarily, almost dropping the diary.

She quickly started reading from the beginning, stomping her foot repeatedly, her expression looking rather displeased.

The light novel the mysterious person had written in the diary today seemed to be the prologue.

Four characters appeared within it.

Besides herself, the other three characters were the half-British, half-Japanese girl Eriri Spencer Sawamura, who was skilled at drawing and had won awards;

the protagonist Aki Tomoya, an otaku and the founder of a doujin circle that produced bishojo games;

and Kato Megumi, who appeared at the end of the prologue. She had an indistinct personality and little presence, but for some reason, the protagonist had chosen her as the heroine for his game.

After finishing today's diary entry, Kasumigaoka Utaha's first thought was that she should have tweeted yesterday.

In yesterday's diary, the mysterious person had specifically mentioned that if a "light novelist" wanted to adapt the story he told, they could tweet "I want to be Makima's dog," and the mysterious person would randomly send them a detailed outline via private message.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was indeed very interested in those stories, especially the one about Suzumiya Haruhi and the campus mystery story, which made her fingers itch.

If the mysterious person had contacted her, she could have subtly inquired about her own future story.

But in the end, she suppressed her feelings.

After all, it was somewhat embarrassing for a girl to post such a tweet. Moreover, since she couldn't see anyone else who had posted this tweet online, she didn't want to be the first one.

Who could have imagined that today, the mysterious person would directly copy her story, citing boredom and a lack of motivation as reasons?

And what was this story called? Saekano.

This meant that she, Kasumigaoka Utaha, wasn't even the heroine of the story. In the story, she was merely a stepping stone to complement Kato Megumi, who had no presence?

She, the number one student at Toyonosaki Academy, the unattainable flower in the eyes of all her classmates, the genius girl Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was about to officially debut as a light novelist, would be competing with two other girls for one man next year, and she wouldn't even win?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"I don't know that I'm a sharp-tongued woman. This must be a mistake in the diary's refresh."

Kasumigaoka Utaha closed the diary and reopened it. The text inside hadn't changed at all.

Fine, it seemed this was indeed her original story.

A story about three women coming together because of an otaku's sudden whim to make a game.

After carefully rereading the prologue once more, Kasumigaoka Utaha began to dislike this diary that couldn't be torn no matter how hard she tried.

Thinking about how many people across Japan were probably reading her future story at that very moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but start manhandling the diary in her hands.

From a certain perspective, a diary that couldn't be destroyed was also a form of stress relief toy.

After finally calming down, Kasumigaoka Utaha was about to search online for the names she hadn't heard of when she was surprised to find that a few more lines had been updated on the diary.

[What do you mean, diary? I've been working hard copying books here, and you send me a manga of the Senpai IF route?

Although the Senpai IF route manga only allowed Senpai to successfully ascend by completely cutting out Kato Megumi and Eriri's parts, at least it was already serialized in the previous life.

If you're so capable, why don't you bring me the sequel to the Eriri IF route manga from the main story of the previous life, where she was a loser, and the side story IF route was canceled due to poor performance?

Oh, there's nothing like that in the diary's prize pool. Never mind then, everyone disperse. Eriri, if you're watching, go to sleep quickly. If you can't change your tsundere ways, you'll drown in your hentai manga forever.

Also, a quick word, not trying to start a fight, I'm going anonymous. Honestly, Eriri's lewd drawings are indeed more lewd than Ero Mange Sensei's.]

Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly finished reading these few lines.

After reading them, her expression was one that wanted to laugh but couldn't.

What do you mean, "she could only successfully ascend by completely cutting out Kato Megumi and Eriri's parts"?

This so-called IF route manga is worse than not being released at all. Isn't this completely implying that Kasumigaoka Utaha was intimidated by Kato Megumi?

On the other hand, the explanation about the girl Eriri later on carried a strange sense of sadness.

A loser in the main story, canceled in the side story, and a non-existent person in the diary. This is truly the ultimate loser.

It is recommended that Miss Eriri be conferred the title of "Immortal Loser."

Through the prologue and this supplementary explanation, Kasumigaoka Utaha could see that in the original story, because of this "Aki Tomoya," she and that Eriri had a relationship where they couldn't stand each other.

However, she didn't know the other person now, so she wouldn't directly form a prejudice against someone based on a few words.

She even felt like meeting the other person to see if they truly exuded such a strong aura of a loser.

As for that Aki Tomoya...

She was actually very busy right now.

Her light novel was about to be published, she needed to keep up with the subsequent outlines, and she couldn't miss the daily diary entries.

Then, she also had to practice Ripple Chi Kung. Her talent in this area seemed not very good. She had spent four Reading Points and was still a distance away from guiding Ripple Energy.

In addition, I need to pay a little attention to my studies. She still has no intention of giving up her top spot in the class to anyone else.

With her schedule packed, she genuinely had no desire to fight over a man.

Fighting over a man?

It would be better to practice Ripple Chi Kung for a while longer. This stuff could keep her young and beautiful even at 50. Could those men do that?

In any case, Aki Tomoya ended up getting together with Kato Megumi. So, she, a supporting character who could only sneak in a win in an IF route, might as well avoid contact with him from the start.

Chapter 22: Akihabara Maid Cafe

Although Miyauchi Hiyage's diary entry was just a copy of a novel, he gained a great deal from it.

Because when he woke up the next day and habitually browsed the internet, he discovered that someone had already posted a comment using a burner account: "I want to be Makima's dog."

This burner account had the system's default ID, and all its account information was unknown. However, below this comment, the user had added, "Can you please stop posting."

Seeing this tweet, Miyauchi Hiyage smiled brightly.

He had been writing in the diary for five days since receiving it, and on the sixth day, he finally received feedback.

He had been keeping an eye on Hoshino Ai's Twitter and occasionally peeking at her fan club.

But unfortunately, for the first few days, he had been refreshing Hoshino Ai's Twitter obsessively, and no suspicious comments had appeared below.

In the following days, he also made a habit of checking the comments on her social media accounts before bed and after waking up, but still found nothing.

He didn't know that on the day he taught his family Ripple Chi Kung, a chuunibyou girl who wasn't very good at internet searches spent several days trying to find out Hoshino Ai's identity.

By the time he taught Ripple Chi to Renge in the afternoon, organized his diary in the evening, and then taught his parents, he returned to his room late at night to check his phone before bed. By then, the chuunibyou girl's comment had already been deleted by Hoshino Ai.

It could be said that it was only today that Miyauchi Hiyage finally confirmed that the diary he wrote could be seen by others.

As he thought, he knew that web novels with diary-style narratives couldn't exist without readers, just like the 3D zone couldn't exist without Jerusalem.

Although there was only one person who had responded so far, as everyone knows, when you find one cockroach in your house, there are likely dozens hidden in the shadows.

Uh, this analogy sounds a bit strange, but that's the meaning.

Looking at it now, this tweet was clearly from one of the three main heroines of Saekano.

"So, did Eriri or Kasumigaoka Utaha get the diary?"

Kato Megumi's personality wasn't very distinct in the early stages of the anime. She shouldn't be saying something like this now.

Although theoretically, it was possible that Aki Tomoya got the diary, if it were him, he probably would have posted the "want to be a dog" tweet a couple of days ago.

Miyauchi Hiyage didn't reply to the tweet. He decided to let the situation unfold a little longer to see if anyone else would respond.

"I was planning to take my family to visit Toyonosaki Academy this morning and check out the surrounding environment."

"I'll figure out the surveillance situation inside and around the school first. Then, I'll see if I should put the Kasumigaoka IF route manga into her locker... Hmm, maybe I should put it in Eriri's locker instead. That might be more entertaining."

Toyonosaki Academy's location was indeed excellent. It took about half an hour to walk there from Beika Town, and less than ten minutes by car.

The moment Miyauchi Kouka saw the school's main gate, she knew that listening to her younger brother was the right decision.

This school was her dream high school from every perspective.

It was new, large, and had a great environment. She just wondered what kind of clubs it had.

Then, upon seeing the magnificent facilities for the Kendo and Archery clubs, and disregarding the fact that she hadn't touched these things in her past 16 years, she immediately grabbed Miyauchi Hiyage and declared that they would both join the Kendo club and dominate once school started.

"I was planning to be a member of the 'stay-at-home' club for all three years. But if you really want to learn, I can find a proper dojo for you to try it out first."

It was good to find something for his second sister, who had an excess of energy after moving to Tokyo, to do. This way, she wouldn't be dwelling on her dreams of mansions and aristocracy.

Miyauchi Kouka was not surprised to hear that her younger brother intended to join the "stay-at-home" club.

Her younger brother was good at everything, except he was too career-driven.

Sister Kaede was getting more beautiful every year, but he didn't seem interested.

Now that he was attending high school in Tokyo, he was still thinking about developing new ventures. How could their Miyauchi family have the next generation at this rate?

It seemed like she, as the older sister, would have to find some girls to introduce to her younger brother.

Miyauchi Hiyage instinctively felt that his foolish sister was plotting something.

She couldn't even manage her facial expressions; everything she thought was written all over her face. With such a personality, how could she trick anyone? It would be a miracle if she wasn't tricked into having her organs harvested in Myanmar.

However, thanks to Kouka's restless nature, Miyauchi Hiyage managed to explore all the accessible areas of the school in just one morning.

Although it was a school established less than ten years ago, the surveillance system within the school was basically just for show. After all, a school with a free-spirited atmosphere needed to protect the privacy of its youth.

The surveillance outside the school was even worse than the inside.

By utilizing Ripple Chi Kung's ability to cling to walls and water surfaces like a ninja, Miyauchi Hiyage could easily evade all surveillance, infiltrate the school without leaving a trace, and complete his prank.

The reconnaissance plan went smoothly. After a casual meal at a restaurant, the family went shopping in nearby Akihabara in the afternoon.

Don't get me wrong, except for him, no one in the Miyauchi family was particularly interested in anything related to anime or manga.

Although Akihabara was famous worldwide as a paradise for otaku, in reality, Akihabara was originally renowned for being an electronics district.

And even now, Akihabara remains one of Japan's largest electronics districts. The title of "Otaku Town" only gradually spread throughout this world in the last decade.

Miyauchi Hiyage had something to say about this, as he had investigated Akihabara long ago.

Compared to his previous life, the biggest change in Akihabara in this world was that this electric appliance street had an owner.

The Akiba Family had been the administrators of this land since the Shogunate era, and the reason Akihabara in this world became the otaku district was entirely due to the decision made by the current head of the Akiba Family ten years ago.

Upon learning this, Miyauchi Hiyage's mind immediately recalled a work from his previous life.

While his parents and eldest sister were choosing a new air conditioner, Miyauchi Hiyage excused himself and took Kouka and Renge to a nearby, popular maid cafe to rest.

As soon as he walked into the cafe, he saw a cute, pink-haired girl in a maid outfit with cat ears warmly greeting them.

"Welcome home, Master nya~! Feiris NyanNyan is here to serve you~!"

Miyauchi Kouka, who had never encountered such a situation, instinctively hid behind her younger brother, and then, not forgetting to cover Renge's eyes.

"Ah, there's a cute little master too! But please rest assured, Masters, our maid service here is quite professional, nya~"

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at the enthusiastic maid girl in front of him and couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Am I this lucky? To be welcomed by this Akihabara landlord right off the bat."

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Entire Internet Calls Out to Miss Yotsuya, Did You See a Ghost Today?

Feiris NyanNyan, the top maid at Akihabara's most popular maid cafe, "Mayqueen+NyanNyan."