"Akihabara, here I come!"
Ling'er looked extremely excited as she gazed at the bustling streets before her. The crowds flowing back and forth included not only locals, but also a great number of foreigners.
Advertisements for anime, games, and manga covered the buildings and shops. Deliberately cutesy voices of two-dimensional girls rang out from the ads, yet no one around paid them any attention.
Although it was known as a holy land for the two-dimensional world, the atmosphere did not seem especially intense. Most people hurried along at a rapid pace.
Maybe because they were still on the outskirts?
"How boring!"
Higurashi Hotaru had no interest in this place whatsoever. Perhaps because she had been here many times before, it all felt ordinary to her, with nothing worth paying attention to.
"There's a huge bookstore up ahead. Let's go take a look!" Ling'er became interested when she spotted a shop in front of them. One of her goals was to buy some manga to take home and read at her leisure.
"Alright!"
Yae Sakura had no objections. As for Higurashi Hotaru, her opinion did not matter.
There were many people inside the bookstore... The first thing they saw upon entering was a light novel they had never even heard of. It seemed quite famous—or rather, it was selling very well, since it had been placed in the most prominent spot.
Higurashi Hotaru, who had not cared at first, visibly froze when she saw that light novel... Then she returned to normal, though she suddenly seemed a little distracted.
"Manga, manga... The manga section is here. Mother, let's go over there." Ling'er was not particularly interested in light novels. She still preferred manga. After looking around the store, she found the manga section...
The shelves there were packed with all kinds