What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

Miyauchi Hiyage wasn't visiting the Koshigaya sisters; he was there for their rather inconspicuous older brother, Koshigaya Suguru.

He was one of his chosen successors.

Through three seasons of anime in his past life, plus nearly ten years of friendship in this one, Miyauchi Hiyage knew the other man's talent very well.

In the anime, Koshigaya Suguru was proficient in handicrafts, housework, farming, and musical instruments. He could practically pull out any skill the main cast needed on demand.

The only issue was that across all three seasons of the anime, plus the movie and OVAs, this all-rounder character never got a single line of dialogue. Not only did he have a low presence, but his name wasn't even in the voice actor credits. He was essentially a pure tool-character.

However, in reality, such a tool-character persona was nothing short of a genius.

He had talent, drive, and most importantly, no ambition. He only provided support and never dragged down his teammates, making him the perfect employee.

In fact, Miyauchi Hiyage had been grooming him for years.

He produced the handicraft videos himself, then edited them into final products. Koshigaya Suguru also contributed to the scripts for the survival shows, and he lightened Miyauchi Hiyage's workload significantly in terms of filming.

Essentially, once Miyauchi Hiyage set the overall direction, the rest could be left to this all-around tool.

Talking to smart people like him required very few words. A few simple hints about future development plans were enough for the other man to understand his intentions.

"I understand. I'll continue to stay in Asahigaoka," Koshigaya Suguru said, adjusting his glasses. He wasn't surprised that Miyauchi Hiyage intended to shift his focus away from Asahigaoka.

The fact that Miyauchi Hiyage himself had never truly appeared in his videos indicated as much.

Asahigaoka was too small; it couldn't accommodate Miyauchi Hiyage's ambitions from the start. For him, it was merely the starting village in a game.

Feeling the respect and admiration in Koshigaya Suguru's gaze, Miyauchi Hiyage felt a sense of helplessness.

He had said it many times: he didn't have such grand ambitions.

He didn't show his face simply because he didn't want to be mortified by a potential "Aren't you that guy who films those shake dances?" from some anime girls when he tried to interact with them in high school.

But for now, if there was a misunderstanding, so be it. When he returned to Asahigaoka in the future to retire and slack off, Koshigaya Suguru would understand his true intentions.

As Miyauchi Hiyage finished explaining the situation and prepared to leave, Koshigaya Suguru suddenly called him back.

"I'll continue to implement your plan. But have you thought about how you're going to explain things to Kagayama-senpai?"

Chapter 14: You Really Are a Sister Complex Freak

Hearing Koshigaya Suguru's question, Miyauchi Hiyage scratched his head.

"You don't actually believe those silly village gossips, do you? Kaede is four years older than me. When she was in high school, I was still an elementary school student. Our good relationship is entirely because of Renge, okay?"

Kaede Kagayama was 19 years old and a graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School, four years ahead of Miyauchi Hiyage.

Miyauchi Hiyage's good relationship with her stemmed from her fondness for Renge. After meeting Renge once at school, she often brought snacks and toys to the Miyauchi residence to look after Renge.

On the Miyauchi family's side, the elders were busy with farm work, Ichisu-nee was studying at university outside the village, and Guanghua liked to tinker with things. The responsibility of caring for the young Renge naturally fell to him.

It was during that time that he became familiar with Kaede Kagayama.

When she entered high school, Ichisu-nee graduated and returned to Asahigaoka to become a teacher, giving her more time to care for Renge. Renge also grew older and didn't require as much attention. Although their interactions decreased, they still met often, and their conversations never strayed from Renge.

During Kaede Kagayama's third year of high school, her grandmother passed away. She decided to drop out of school, despite having good grades and the potential to attend university, and returned to Asahigaoka to take over her grandmother's confectionery shop.

When Miyauchi Hiyage learned of this, he began to set his sights on Kaede Kagayama.

At that time, the Asahigaoka Revitalization Project had just begun to gain traction, and they were actively recruiting people. He had already tapped into most of the village's young people and even enlisted the elderly to film several documentaries about Asahigaoka's past.

Miyauchi Hiyage recalled that in the anime, Kaede Kagayama had complained multiple times about her shop lacking customers.

So, he had a heart-to-heart talk with Kaede Kagayama. He enticed her with the promise that once Asahigaoka was revitalized, her family's confectionery shop would never have to worry about customer numbers again. This led her to become the public face and promotional ambassador for the Asahigaoka Revitalization Project.

Currently, Asahigaoka was thriving, with the entire village earning a considerable amount of money. The Miyauchi family, as the initiators, and the Koshigaya and Kagayama families, as the main executors, were the biggest beneficiaries.

The confectionery shop, originally just a small storefront, had expanded to three units, becoming a convenience store. Kaede Kagayama's image was even registered as a trademark and used on Asahigaoka's agricultural products.

Furthermore, because she occasionally made cameo appearances in videos as the convenience store owner, selling products, she had gained a certain level of popularity online.

To put it bluntly, Hoshino Ai's current online fame wasn't as high as Kaede Kagayama's.

As for the gossip about him and Kaede Kagayama, it mostly started when her confectionery shop was renovated. The rumor was that a girl who hadn't even finished high school must have gotten involved with the Miyauchi boy, otherwise, why would he give her so many benefits for no reason?

These rumors were rampant in the village. Miyauchi Hiyage had heard them, but no one dared to mention them to his face.

He naturally couldn't step forward to clarify, nor was he embarrassed to say, "I originally wanted my older sister to work for me as a shield, but she was too lazy to do it, so I had to settle for the next best option and find Kaede, who was close to my sister Renge and had nothing else to do at home, to help out."

He hadn't expected that even Koshigaya Suguru thought that way.

But upon reflection, it was understandable.

The way he and Kaede sometimes communicated could indeed appear to outsiders as more than just friendship.

In many people's minds, the relationship between a man and a woman, if it went beyond friendship, was naturally considered romantic.

However, having changed Renge's diapers and fed her together as children, and constantly thinking about how to amuse Renge, they genuinely couldn't spark any romantic feelings.

If they could have, given the rural setting, Kaede Kagayama's children would probably be walking by now.

Their relationship was more like siblings, well... siblings where the brother was four years younger than the sister.

After all, Miyauchi Hiyage had put a lot of effort into transforming a woman from the anime who had no fashion sense and only appeared bare-faced into the veritable Asahigaoka ambassador she was today.

After briefly explaining things to Koshigaya Suguru, Miyauchi Hiyage headed straight for Kaede Kagayama's convenience store without any guilt.

In reality, Koshigaya Suguru's concern was pure baseless speculation.

His conversation with Kaede Kagayama went smoothly. Not only did he openly share his plans, but he even subtly probed whether Kaede Kagayama was the owner of the diary.

Kaede Kagayama's response was also normal.

She supported Miyauchi Hiyage's decision to gradually let go and shared her thoughts on the future development direction of Asahigaoka.

As for the diary, it seemed Kaede Kagayama was not its owner.

After all, her role in Non Non Biyori wasn't that significant. Even the two Koshigaya sisters had a higher chance of obtaining the diary than her.

They spent several hours discussing work. After finishing their work talk, since it was mealtime, Miyauchi Hiyage shamelessly stayed for dinner.

At the dinner table, they habitually chatted about Renge.

"Renge is starting elementary school in a few days. Hikari and I will be going to school in Tokyo. Even though Sister Ichisu will be looking after her, you know Sister Ichisu's personality; she's basically a giant mascot."

"So, do you want to attend the opening ceremony of Asahigaoka Elementary School? Renge would be very happy if you accompanied her," Miyauchi Hiyage proposed.

Stepping out of his work mode, Kaede Kagayama's somewhat tsundere nature unconsciously surfaced. "What's so great about the opening ceremony of a rural school with only a few students? I'm managing so many things right now, how could I possibly have the time?"

But Miyauchi Hiyage could tell at a glance that she actually really wanted to go.

Dealing with this kind of tsundere behavior was incredibly simple.

"The Asahigaoka branch school hasn't been renovated since last year, have you seen it yet? We all chipped in to pay for it, so you should at least go inspect the results."

"Weren't you guys still attending classes there a month ago? What's there to see..." Kaede Kagayama mumbled, then shook her head. "But I really should go take a look. If you guys spent the money on something useless, I'll have to get my share back."

After muttering a few more things, Kaede Kagayama confirmed that she would accompany Renge on the opening day.

After dinner, they watched TV for a while. Miyauchi Hiyage thought about what to write in his diary today and decided to go home and update it.

But it seemed like everyone liked to say things they wouldn't normally say before leaving these days.

Koshigaya Suguru, who never gossiped, asked him if he had figured out how to handle Kaede Kagayama.

And Kaede Kagayama, just as he was about to leave, suddenly asked a soul-piercing question.

"You'll come back, right?"

Hearing the rare hesitation in Kaede Kagayama's tone, Miyauchi Hiyage just rolled his eyes at her.

"Just go ahead and try to increase Renge's affection while I'm gone. If you can get higher than me, then you're amazing."

"...You really are a siscon!"

Chapter Fifteen: A Mysterious Person Likes Men?

[I spent the whole day outside discussing work with people. Being a salaryman is so troublesome.

When I first transmigrated, I kept thinking about slacking off and goofing around, but in the end, I still had to work to support myself just to earn money.

Fortunately, the work handover is almost complete. Once I officially resign, I can go explore other places.

I glanced at the time; it seems like the school season is almost here.

According to my previous investigation, a considerable number of campus anime protagonists will be entering high school from junior high this year and embarking on their stories.

Who knows why, even though they are from different periods, they are forcefully brought together at similar ages in this world, and I just happened to miss this time point. The god who created this world is truly capricious.

Since I don't know what to write about today, I'll just casually mention some stories I remember that started from the first day of school.

So, what kind of situations might occur on the first day of school?

A boy living an energy-saving life encounters a wealthy girl in a classical literature club that is about to be disbanded, thus beginning an interesting and not-so-simple campus mystery-solving life;

A boy who wants to forget his embarrassing chuunibyou behavior chooses to go to a high school far from home, but on the night before the opening ceremony, he encounters a chuunibyou girl who falls from the sky onto his balcony, disrupting all his plans;

A boy who wants to leave his small town discovers a girl who has stopped moving on the slope leading to school. His encounter with her brings a turning point to his life and the lives of those around him;

However, when it comes to stories related to the start of school, the one that left the deepest impression is undoubtedly the Haruhi Suzumiya series. Even recalling that synopsis now still feels very interesting.

"I've got no interest in ordinary humans. If any of you are aliens, time travelers, or from another dimension, or if you're espers or psychics, come find me."

It's a shame I don't remember which prefecture Haruhi Suzumiya High School, the Kita High, was in, otherwise, I could investigate it.

However, with universal rationality, there shouldn't be any Haruhi Suzumiya in this world, otherwise, it would be too overpowered.

After all, she possesses divine power that can rewrite the entire world according to her will, she just doesn't know it.

If she were in this world and knew its secrets, given her troublesome nature, the entire world would probably become her toy.

I wonder if anyone I mentioned above is among those reading this diary.

By the way, these works were produced by an animation company called Kyoto Animation in my previous life. It's a shame that it declined due to an arsonist before I transmigrated. I don't know if it can regain its former glory after I transmigrated.

If there are light novel authors, manga artists, game companies, or animation company staff among those reading the diary now, I warmly welcome you to adapt these works.

The only problem is, before you adapt them, you'd better contact the original characters of these stories first and obtain the adaptation rights from them to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future.

Of course, if you're interested in other stories, as long as you can get authorization from the original owners, I'm more than willing to give you the sequels to those works, provided you let me know.

Oh, I almost forgot, there's one more thing that happened at the start of school.

Yukino, the Second Daughter of the Yukinoshita family in Chiba, yes, the one I mentioned on the first day I wrote in my diary. Although your role won't officially begin until next year.

But after careful recollection, on your first day of high school, your family's driver will hit a boy who was saving a dog, causing the latter to spend his first month of high school in the hospital.

At the same time, because of this incident, by the time the boy returned to school, the social circles in his class had basically formed. He, who was already not very gregarious, completely became the most unnoticeable yet most conspicuous person in the class.

To be honest, from an audience's perspective, I quite liked this character setting.

However, I was also curious if the other person's terrible, awkward, and reclusive personality would have improved even a tiny bit if they hadn't been in a car accident and had enrolled smoothly. (Although I personally feel it's unlikely.)

Anyway, if you're reading this diary, you should decide your own future.

That's about all I have to write in the diary today. Everyone, get to bed early. See you tomorrow.

At a quarter past eight in the evening, Yukino Yukinoshita's diary was updated.

Yukino Yukinoshita recorded the time of the diary's update today.

Since she obtained this diary, the owner of this diary book has updated it at unpredictable times each day, which made her feel a bit uneasy.

Fortunately, the other person had to update the diary on the same day, otherwise, they wouldn't receive any rewards.

With this mechanism in place, it was actually best to check the diary before going to bed every day.

It's just that Yukino had only had this diary for a few days, and her mind hadn't fully adjusted yet—

Anyone would have a mental breakdown if they found out that the "truth" they had been pursuing was merely a "story" that had been read by countless people in another world.

It was only after this diary automatically consumed some Reading Points, putting her into a deep sleep and giving her some breathing room, that she was able to adjust her mindset.

And after she accepted all of this, many things that were previously unclear suddenly became clear.

In the past, she had been following her sister's path, wanting to surpass her sister on this path and find her own truth.

But now, because of the appearance of this diary, she was already on a different path.