What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

She simply developed feelings of aversion and a desire to distance herself from the people mentioned in her diary, while also wondering in her heart why she would come to like such people in the future.

Upon reflection, her young self concluded that it was all due to her insufficient state of mind.

Then she recalled her Kendo teacher's instruction to be devoted to the sword, and believed she had great talent in Kendo.

However, she was physically weak at the time and felt that her body wouldn't allow her to achieve much in Kendo, so she ultimately chose Iaijutsu, a sword technique born of revenge that emphasized a single decisive blow.

Although she had achieved some success in her Iaijutsu training, she had neglected the more important cultivation of her state of mind.

"In a while, when my body gets a little better, I'll go back to train with my teacher."

Katsura Kotonoha thought to herself, deciding to cut off romantic love and become a swordswoman devoted to the sword.

With that thought, Katsura Kotonoha took out her beloved sword, maintained the rhythm of her Ripple breathing, and began to steadily sharpen her sword and her own state of mind with a whetstone.

For this reason, she didn't even notice the newly refreshed comments or the LINE group mentioned in them at first.

Meanwhile, Miyauchi Hiyage was recalling the names he had seen in the group chat.

Menma.

Her real name is Honma Meiko, the female protagonist in the classic tearjerker anime "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day."

In the story, she died five years before the plot began due to drowning, but five years later, she reappeared as a ghost before the protagonist Yadomi Jinta, who had become a recluse, for an unknown reason, thus unfolding a series of events.

However, the Menma who appeared in the group chat now was clearly no ghost.

Although the drowning incident five years ago left her with lingering health issues, preventing her from attending school like a normal person, she was at least alive and well in this world.

As for who caused the fluctuation in the worldline?

Naturally, it could only be Miyauchi Hiyage, who was a transmigrator.

"Who would have thought that the story of Anohana would be so close to my home," Miyauchi Hiyage shook his head, recalling the events of that year.

His home was in Asahigaoka, a small village on the edge of the mountainous region in central Saitama Prefecture.

And on the other side of the mountain ranges behind his house was Chichibu City in western Saitama Prefecture, the setting of the Anohana story.

To be more precise, the mountain next to the secret base where the protagonists of Anohana caused trouble as children was Miyauchi Family land.

Back then, Miyauchi Hiyage was only in the sixth grade of elementary school, and although his cheat system hadn't activated yet, he was already the undisputed king of Asahigaoka village.

Even those five or six years older than him were willing to listen to him because he could always come up with new and novel ideas that no one had ever seen before.

This was also the reason why Miyauchi Hiyage could easily find people in the village willing to film videos with him just by holding a camera.

In short, that year, after promising the village children "fruit that can be eaten without end" in the spring, Miyauchi Hiyage, who initiated the fruit tree planting campaign, began to lead people to "inspect" his family's land in the summer.

The promise he made this time was, "Those mountains will definitely be my territory in the future. Roughly speaking, they are also everyone's common territory, so we need to find their value and then develop them together. Everyone will be able to profit from it."

Thus, Miyauchi Hiyage also kicked off the grand mountain climbing era of that summer.

As their group happily played from morning till evening, and when they were "inspecting" the last mountain and preparing to descend from Chichibu City to go home by train, they encountered Honma Meiko, who had fallen into the river and was in critical condition.

Fortunately, Miyauchi Hiyage had brought plenty of outdoor emergency equipment when he went out.

Under his command, the Asahigaoka climbing team successfully rescued Honma Meiko, who had lost consciousness, and called an emergency number to send her to the hospital, where she was successfully revived.

Because of this incident, the group, who returned to Asahigaoka by train very late that day, were all beaten by their parents.

Miyauchi Hiyage, as the initiator of the climbing activity, was grounded for the entire summer vacation and could only stay at home and take care of the then less-than-one-year-old Renge.

Afterward, Honma Meiko's parents came with generous gifts to thank them for saving their daughter's life and informed them of Honma Meiko's current condition.

When he learned that she had developed lingering health issues from the drowning, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but wonder if this was the consequence of defying fate.

At that time, Miyauchi Hiyage also had someone who had rescued Honma Meiko from the river write her a letter, telling her to rest well and inviting her to visit Asahigaoka after she had recovered.

It was a pity that even when Miyauchi Hiyage's cheat system was activated, Honma Meiko's health still didn't allow her to leave home for too long.

And after a summer vacation of being grounded, Miyauchi Hiyage busied himself with filming videos the following year under the guise of revitalizing the Asahigaoka economy.

Even when he wasn't filming, the little cuties around him were clinging to him all day. The two little girls from the Koshigaya Family and his own sister Renge would follow him around calling him "Brother Hiyage" all day, making him feel embarrassed to leave them to see other girls. Over time, he gradually forgot about Honma Meiko.

After all, saving Honma Meiko was just a coincidence, and he wasn't someone who would demand repayment for a favor. Knowing that she was still alive and well was enough, and there was no need to force his way into her life.

It was only when he saw Menma's name in the group chat that he remembered this incident.

"Although the plot of Anohana has been completely changed by me, Menma still got the diary... I wonder if she can use Ripple Chi Kung to improve her health."

Miyauchi Hiyage muttered, then replayed his encounter with Honma Meiko, confirming that he hadn't left any loopholes at the time.

"As long as her comments don't appear in the diary, I don't need to bother with her. Even if her comments are indeed selected by the diary, I can probably fool her by making up some events from a few years later."

Having thought it through, Miyauchi Hiyage, after preparing for school the next day, decided to get a good night's sleep to welcome his high school life with full energy.

Chapter 37: Meeting the Legendary "Manga Adaptation Prince" on the First Day of School?

The next day, in this season of blooming cherry blossoms, Miyauchi Hiyage officially became a high school student, wearing the uniform of Toyonosaki Academy.

The class assignments had naturally been released earlier.

Miyauchi Hiyage had already confirmed the information about his classmates, and he was very lucky.

Whether it was Aki Tomoya, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, or Kato Megumi, none of them were in his class.

In summary, he had been assigned to a very ordinary class, a truly background class with no plot relevance in anime.

Miyauchi Kouka and Kato Megumi, along with Aki Tomoya, were in the same class.

Thinking about how Aki Tomoya had directly confronted the dean of students to play an anime at the school festival in the story, Miyauchi Hiyage felt that class would definitely be very lively, even in their first year.

His second sister would probably really like the atmosphere in that class.

With that thought, Miyauchi Hiyage walked to his second sister's apartment, called her to hurry her along, and then waited at the entrance.

His second sister was still dawdling inside, but the door next to them opened first.

A beautiful girl with blonde hair and yellow eyes appeared elegantly before him.

Seeing Miyauchi Hiyage, the blonde beauty was slightly taken aback.

Why is the girl next door wearing men's clothes?

Upon closer inspection, she realized that although they looked alike, they were indeed different people.

Miyauchi Hiyage's features were sharper, and his gaze was much more piercing than Miyauchi Kouka's, making him look considerably more dashing.

Miyauchi Hiyage politely greeted her and introduced himself.

Upon learning that he was Miyauchi Kouka's younger brother, Shiina Mahiru politely said "Please take care of me" and then bid him farewell with elegant composure.

Watching her retreating back, Miyauchi Hiyage recalled his Stand.

When he sensed the door next to him about to open, he had separated a grain-of-rice-sized fragment of his Stand, Yellow Temperance, and placed it by the corner of his mouth. If he were discovered, he could just say it was leftover jelly from breakfast.

"Breathing is normal, and no Stand can be detected. Classified as a normal person."

If she's a normal person, then he doesn't need to worry about her for now.

He'll just let her continue following the original plot. He didn't need to worry about the heroine of this pure love anime.

After a good while longer, Miyauchi Kouka finally finished getting ready.

"If you're often late from now on, then your allowance will probably be late too."

Amidst Miyauchi Kouka's pleas for mercy, the two of them headed to the nearby Toyonosaki Academy.

"Don't talk about our family matters at school. If anyone asks about Asahigaoka, just push it all onto your sister Fū, and don't drag me into it, or you know the consequences," Miyauchi Hiyage chattered, instructing his second sister on the way.

He originally wanted to tell his second sister to keep a low profile in class and not be too ostentatious.

But then he thought, she was in the same class as Aki Tomoya. Could she be any more conspicuous than Aki Tomoya, that super otaku who completely disregarded others' opinions?

There was a reason why he was known as one of the three most famous people on campus, alongside Eriri Spencer Sawamura and Kasumigaoka.

Upon arriving at the school, Miyauchi Hiyage, who parted ways with his sister at the classroom door, casually found a window seat and began observing his classmates.

It truly was a multi-anime world. Even if all the background characters in the class had no significant roles, their average appearance was much higher than that of his high school in his previous life.

Like the guy sitting next to him, whose profile bore a slight resemblance to the famous "live-action prince" Yamazaki Kento from his past life.

Recalling the characters that the "live-action prince" with somewhat awkward acting had "ruined."

Higashikata Josuke, L, Oreki Houtarou, Saiki Kusuo...

Never mind, he shouldn't think about it, lest he be tempted to punch this new classmate he hadn't even met yet.

Miyauchi Hiyage coughed lightly and then took the initiative to greet the mini Yamazaki Kento.

"Hello, I'm Miyauchi Hiyage from Saitama Prefecture. Please take care of me."

Hearing someone initiate a conversation, the mini Yamazaki Kento turned his head in surprise.

His front profile was indeed much more pleasing to the eye, but his complexion was slightly sallow. It seemed this new classmate wasn't in very good health.

"I'm Sakakibara Kouichi. I'm from Toyama Prefecture, but I've lived in Tokyo since I was young. Please take care of me."

"Sakakibara... Kouichi. Could you tell me how to write your name in kanji?" Miyauchi Hiyage said as he took out paper and a pen, first writing his own name.

It was difficult to write Japanese names in kanji if you only knew the pronunciation.

For example, Hiyage and Kouka originally had the same pronunciation but different spellings.

It was only later, when the two grew older, that their pronunciations were adjusted to differentiate the siblings.

After Sakakibara Kouichi neatly wrote his name, Miyauchi Hiyage examined it carefully before smiling and nodding at him, saying "Please take care of me" once more.

Returning to his seat, Miyauchi Hiyage tilted his head slightly towards the window, making others think he was admiring the blooming cherry blossom trees outside.

At the same time, his mind began to race.

Sakakibara Kouichi. It wasn't a common name.

He had actually glanced at this name when looking at the class assignments earlier, but he hadn't paid much attention then.

But now, seeing his profile that bore a seventy percent resemblance to that "live-action prince," he fell into thought.

Around the time he was in Kyoto, immersed in the chuunibyou phase, when Takanashi Rikka's chuunibyou image with an eyepatch was all the rage, another girl with a similar image, also wearing an eyepatch, had become popular.

However, compared to the cheerful atmosphere of the chuunibyou setting, the vibe surrounding the other eyepatch girl was somewhat eerie.

Takanashi Rikka's eyepatch concealed fake colored contact lenses, while that girl's eyepatch covered a real "doll's eye" that could see death.

Misaki Mei, the heroine of the horror mystery novel "Another."

And Sakakibara Kouichi was the male protagonist of the story.

In his memory, Another, besides being adapted into an anime, also had a live-action movie, and it was a work from not long after the "live-action adaptation prince" debuted.

Was that why it was so similar?

Miyauchi Hiyage recalled the plot of Another.

He remembered that in the anime, the story took place when the male protagonist was in his third year of junior high, transferring back to his hometown from Tokyo due to his family's work.

But it was clear that the plot had already deviated somewhat. According to Sakakibara Kouichi himself, he had been attending school in Tokyo all these years.

"Is the problem with the story itself, or has the timeline been pushed back to after high school?"

He couldn't confirm for now.

However, he would have plenty of time later to find out what he wanted to know from his deskmate.

Moreover, he had seen the name Takanashi Rikka in the chat group last night, so mentioning Misaki Mei through her wouldn't seem out of place.

Chapter 38: Sakakibara-kun, starting today, you are my best partner.