I Hope You Can Help Me Clear Up Some Questions, Lady Kaguya / Kaguya: Growing Up Means Overcoming Your Immature Future Self

Yet even now, that Yukinoshita girl had only been mentioned once by him, and he had even helped prevent a car accident for her at the start of school.

Why were they both popular heroines, yet treated so differently by You Know Who?

Well, Kasumigaoka Utaha could actually guess the reason.

That Yukinoshita girl was probably the true heroine of her own story, the one who got the last laugh.

As for Utaha, although she had an IF-route manga, she was still a losing heroine in the main story. At most, she had not lost as badly as Eriri Spencer Sawamura.

It proved that in the world of anime and manga, characters like losing heroines really were more likely to be persecuted.

Thinking of this, Kasumigaoka Utaha slipped into a certain subtly yandere state again.

Line after line of extreme yet emotion-filled words appeared in her Diary.

"Hehehe... I'm so sorry for being a losing heroine... One day, that bastard will taste the revenge of all us losing heroines... Hehehe..."

The following few days passed peacefully, without any complications.

At Toyonosaki Academy, rumors about Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri Spencer Sawamura were spreading wildly, to the point that their homeroom teacher called them in for questioning.

In the end, through their mutual understanding, they described their relationship as being friends who had known each other for a long time.

As for what the Toyosaki students thought, that was their business. In any case, after this incident, Eriri, who had only just started school, had already gained no less attention than Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Meanwhile, Miyauchi Hiyage maintained his image as a die-hard straight man and fan of bizarre films. He occasionally chatted with his deskmate, Sakakibara Kouichi, about horror movies. Their relationship could not be called particularly close, but they were normal friends.

However, with his looks, girls still took the initiative to come over and talk to him.

So Miyauchi Hiyage could only seriously discuss whether Human Meat Char Siu Buns tasted good and whether it was comfortable to sit in The Human Chair.

After that happened once or twice, the area around Miyauchi Hiyage became completely quiet. Even Sakakibara Kouichi started looking at him strangely.

Miyauchi Kouka could tell at a glance that her little brother was deliberately doing this to scare off other girls.

But she had only just entered high school and was still enjoying her vibrant, colorful high school life.

Since her little brother was willing, she could let him keep being a loner.

At worst, she could make more close friends. Once her little brother regretted it in the future, she could introduce some of them to him.

As Miyauchi Kouka thought this, she subconsciously looked over her deskmate, Kato Megumi.

She was clearly quite pretty, so why was her presence so weak?

If they had not happened to be deskmates, Miyauchi Kouka might not even have noticed her.

But after knowing her for a few days, she discovered that Kato Megumi truly had a wonderful personality. When she first learned Miyauchi Kouka came from the countryside, she had not shown the slightest disdain. Instead, she had been very interested in rural life.

After learning that her hometown was the internet-famous village of Asahigaoka, she could even casually mention a few online memes created by Miyauchi Kouka's little brother.

If her little brother had not repeatedly reminded her not to reveal the video-making matter, she might have already told Kato Megumi about it.

Thinking about it now, if she really brought Kato Megumi and her little brother together, it did not seem so bad.

Miyauchi Kouka considered it and found that it really seemed quite feasible.

Her little brother was withdrawn, young, and immature. He did not know the taste of romance, and he had even fabricated an image of being a horror-movie lover to scare away the girls in his class.

Kato Megumi had little presence, and few boys in class noticed her. She had not shown any interest in dating either.

Clearly, neither of them was likely to fall in love over the next year or two.

After some time, she would invite both her little brother and Kato Megumi out. They could meet and get acquainted first, while the rest could wait until later.

"As your big sister, I've lived up to the allowance you give me."

Miyauchi Kouka felt that if she were her little brother, she would probably kneel and kowtow several times to thank her for such great kindness.

I Hope Lady Kaguya Can Help Clear Up My Doubts

Of course, Miyauchi Hiyage knew that his older sister and Kato Megumi had become deskmates.

He did not feel much about it. Kato Megumi really did have a good personality, and it was probably good for her to balance out his older sister's troublemaking nature.

As for the possibility that Miyauchi Kouka might try to set the two of them up, Miyauchi Hiyage had actually considered that development.

After all, they had grown up together and spent more time with each other than with their parents. Did he not know what was going through Miyauchi Kouka's head?

Since he could think of that possibility beforehand, there was no need to care too much as long as he made preparations in advance.

Kato Megumi at the background-character stage was not the evolved Zhuge Megumi she became later.

What he cared about now was still the pattern behind the diary's rewards.

On the first day he decided to experiment, he copied Kasumigaoka Utaha's appearance from Volume One of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend word for word into that day's diary.

Then, aside from happily receiving a furious comment from some anonymous reader that day, he also received the novel's second volume as that day's reward, which matched his guess.

On the second day, he slightly adjusted some of the original wording, added a few of his own thoughts after copying it out, and included Jerry's progress in researching Ripple Chi Kung at the end.

As expected of the little brother I acknowledged. Jerry's research on the Ripple is progressing quickly. Given a little more time, it should be able to develop its own Rat Breathing. When that happens, I hope you won't be crushed by a mouse.

After that, he received the Blu-ray BD resources for the first season of the Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend anime. At the very least, it was a little better than the first day's reward.

"Looks like directly copying books gives the worst rewards. This lazy method really isn't recognized by the Diary. I still have to write it normally."

Although he had only experimented for a few days, not a single good reward had appeared. That should be enough to confirm it.

Miyauchi Hiyage planned to write a normal diary entry the next day and compare the results.

"And today's selected comment was from Shinomiya Kaguya? Since she wants to know so badly about the Shinomiya Family's future, I'll have a proper chat with her."

"But are the diary holders already going to hold their first gathering...? Still, it's been nearly half a month since everyone received their diaries, and the group chat has been up for several days. An offline gathering is pretty normal."

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at today's comments. Shinomiya Kaguya had openly revealed her identity and invited everyone with a Diary to attend an offline gathering this Saturday.

The time, location, agenda, and precautions had all been written out. It seemed Shinomiya Kaguya was serious.

And Shinomiya Kaguya had directly invited him in the comments, seemingly intending to lure him there.

Miyauchi Hiyage checked the meeting place Shinomiya Kaguya had provided.

Nanshinjuku Station.

Its name included Shinjuku, but compared to Shinjuku Station, that massive station with over a million daily passengers and more than a hundred subway exits, Nanshinjuku Station was far quieter.

It was clearly right next to Shinjuku, yet its average daily foot traffic was under two thousand. It could be called a "mysterious hidden realm" in central Tokyo.

If someone had not specifically looked into it, they probably would not even know Tokyo had such an obscure station.

What Shinomiya Kaguya intended by setting the meeting place there was obvious.

"There'll probably be plenty of Shinomiya Family bodyguards around the gathering site that day. They've likely already recorded everyone who regularly uses that station. The moment an unfamiliar face appears, they'll probably notice immediately."

Thinking of that possibility, Miyauchi Hiyage shook his head.

If he wanted to go, he naturally had ways to do so.

But Shinomiya Kaguya had already written their purpose in the comments—going together to confirm Yotsuya Miko's situation.

He did not know whether this Yotsuya Miko was real or not, but with his Pure Yang Body, he definitely would not take the initiative to approach her.

He had tried using the Camera Obscura many times by now, and the results proved that there was not the slightest trace of anything unclean around him.

He did not know how far the passive range of his Pure Yang Body extended, but it was surely at least several dozen meters.

If he were Yotsuya Miko, with his vision filled with Vengeful Spirits and wandering souls, terrified to death yet forced to pretend to be calm every day—

Then one day, someone surrounded by a huge area that was forbidden territory to Vengeful Spirits appeared before him. He would definitely cling tightly to that person's leg and never let go.

That would draw too much attention. There was no need for him to take that risk.

As for Jerry, it could go, and Miyauchi Hiyage did not think anyone could catch it if it wanted to escape.

But Jerry was currently in seclusion, researching its Rat Breathing. Before it achieved some results, it probably would not go anywhere.

So the next day, Miyauchi Hiyage wrote his response in the diary.

I heard you're planning to hold an offline gathering this Saturday. Then let me first wish you all a good time.

As for confirming Yotsuya Miko's situation, I think that's fine too. There shouldn't be much danger.

If you suddenly feel unwell, you've probably just been latched onto by some Vengeful Spirit that wants to drain your life force.

Since you can't see the Vengeful Spirits, they generally won't have much effect on your bodies. You should be fine after resting for a few days.

But I won't be joining the fun. After all, the past few days' diary entries may have caused a certain Ms. Kashiko Kasumi some inconvenience. If she sees me, her emotions will probably be rather intense.

To avoid leaving any unpleasant memories at your first gathering, I think it would be better to wait until later.

Also, I would like to offer Teacher Kashiko Kasumi my sincere apology and compensation here.

By the time Teacher Kashiko Kasumi reads this diary entry, I should already have uploaded the compensation to your group. I hope you'll like it.

If you think it isn't enough, I can make up for it next time.

As for Lady Kaguya's situation...

Honestly, I really don't know how to explain it to you all at once.

There are simply too many questionable points in the later parts of the work. Even if I repeated everything from my memories word for word, I feel you probably still wouldn't understand.

I'll just pick out the important parts and explain them simply.

In two years, your father's body won't be able to hold on any longer, and the branch families of the Shinomiya Family will unite in rebellion.

Your eldest brother will prepare to send you into a political marriage, and then you'll be locked up.

What follows is a damsel-in-distress sequence worthy of being called art for a new era.

It includes:

After you're locked up, your maid, who had already resigned at the time, begins a happy cohabitation life with your hero.

Your hero asks your brother for one billion yen in breakup money, claiming it will be used to take revenge against the Shinomiya Family. In the end, he barely spends any of it, and the remainder becomes startup capital for his own business.

He takes a marriage registration form to your father's hospital room and asks your critically ill father to marry you to him. Never mind the process in between; in any case, he successfully learns the location of the will from your critically ill father.

While your best friend and maid do everything they can to infiltrate the Shinomiya Family and rescue you, your hero directs things from behind the scenes. Incidentally, he spends an entire chapter discussing how fried noodles should be eaten to taste best, then spends another four or five chapters finishing that bowl of fried noodles.

In the end, you escape from the Shinomiya Family yourself. While searching for your father's will, your brother catches up to you. When you say you can find a way to revitalize the Shinomiya Family and your brother says he doesn't believe you, for some reason you say that world-famous image I posted a few days ago.

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Honestly, what state of mind you were in when you said that has puzzled both me and many people in my previous life for a long time.

Unfortunately, I never had the chance in my previous life to speak with the artist who created that plotline.

Now that I have the chance to speak with you, I hope you can help clear up this doubt.

Kaguya: A Person's Growth Is Overcoming Her Immature Future Self

At the Shinomiya Estate, Shinomiya Kaguya fell into confusion after reading today's diary.

She could still understand what You Know Who had said earlier.

The Shinomiya Family had almost entirely been developed into what it was today through her father, Shinomiya Gan'an's, efforts alone.

It could be said that the Shinomiya conglomerate's current stability was built entirely upon her father's prestige.

As for her brothers, to be honest, their abilities were not bad, but they were far inferior to her father.

If her father suddenly became critically ill someday in the future, it would not be surprising for the branch families that had once been exploited by the Shinomiya Family and even driven out of Japan to seize the opportunity to rebel.

If that day truly came, it would be perfectly normal for her, the Shinomiya Family's only woman, to be sent into a political marriage for the family's future.

Honestly, if You Know Who's diary had only written that much, Shinomiya Kaguya would have been extremely grateful to him and immediately begun preparing for two years later.

But she could not understand any of what came afterward!

She had originally thought her doubts from a few days ago would be answered and that she would learn why she wanted to become a photographer in the future.