Having learned that Hell Girl had enough completed chapters for a full year of serialization, Iida Ayano stopped bringing up the concerns she had been worried about.
Although the pace did seem astonishingly fast, Iida Ayano believed Rita and Mashiro would not cut corners just for speed. She had complete confidence in the two of them.
Once she had confirmed there would be no problem with Hell Girl's serialization, Iida Ayano picked up the manuscript Rita had handed her and began reading. The first thing she saw was the manga's title.
"My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute..."
Iida Ayano could not help looking up at Rita and Mashiro, as though she found it hard to believe they had drawn something with this kind of subject matter.
Still... the title was certainly eye-catching. The moment someone saw it, they would not be able to help wondering how things had developed. The title made it sound as though the little sister had suddenly become cute, which was rather hard to believe. In other words, had she not been cute before?
Curious, Iida Ayano did not ask anything and simply continued reading.
There was no doubt that this was a work aimed at boys. After quickly finishing the opening, Iida Ayano sank into thought. It was an exceptionally good work, and she could already see that its potential was far from insignificant.
The male lead, Kyosuke Kousaka, could not be considered particularly outstanding. He was much like the male leads in other slice-of-life manga, but he had plenty of appeal. He liked to make snarky remarks and always did so at exactly the right moment. He was a good-natured guy who liked meddling in other people's business. But he was especially dense when it came to girls; unless someone told him outright,