"From now on, I'll call you Homura, and Uncle Minamiya specifically refers to Uncle Minamiya," Eriri forced herself to say naturally and Utaha looked at her with a meaningful gaze.
Homura shrugged, "I'm not going to take advantage of you. Besides, we're so familiar with each other that you can call me whatever you want."
"Hmph," Eriri snorted, feeling somewhat proud.
When the two fell silent, Shizuka spoke up, "Kosuke-chan is very busy. I'm just sharing a small part of his work. Most of the time, I'm just accompanying him and drawing."
"So, for now, only me that have time to come back and see Sagiri-chan and Homura-chan."
Eriri understood that it was similar to her own father's situation, except her father had more free time and could even help her sell doujinshi.
"Homura-chan, go ahead and do it confidently! Both Kosuke-chan and I believe you will succeed!"
Of course, he would succeed... if he didn't, wouldn't his mission of spreading the Otaku Culture failed?
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Time flew by and it was already Saturday.
Shizuka had only stayed for one night before returning.
Today was the release of the latest issue of the Manke Weekly Magazine; Homura and his group of six people and a cat had come early to buy the new issue and see the readers' reactions.
This group of people attracted a lot of attention, as handsome and beautiful people always draw people's attention, especially a group of one man and five women, arousing the anger of many men.
Homura held a tablet computer with an image of Sagiri appearing as Eromanga-sensei.
Haru was being held in the arms of Nanami, and it could be said that this little one, besides Homura and Sagiri, loved Megumi and Nanami the most, even though she spent the shortest time with Nanami.
This often attracted envious looks from Eriri, who had always wanted to get along well with Haru, but her progress was not as fast as Nanami's. Homura had also secretly asked the little one about it, but the little one couldn't explain it, only feeling more comfortable when she was with Megumi and Nanami.
Hearing this, Homura had no choice but to rely on Eriri's own efforts.
"Sagiri, how do you feel? The outside world you haven't seen for a long time is here. Don't you have the urge to go outside?" Homura asked Sagiri on the other end of the network.
"No!" Sagiri answered without hesitation.
Homura was speechless. "I remember someone who said that she wanted to work hard to learn skills they're not good at. They can't be drawn and learned just by staying at home."
Sagiri didn't say anything, and after a moment of silence, she smiled and said, "Ehehe, I'm used to it... but don't worry, Nii-san! I will try to achieve my goals before your next work begins!"
She promised so readily, Homura didn't know if she would back out later, but he still believed in Sagiri.
Suddenly, Utaha spoke up, "Homura-kun, how does it feel to walk on the street with so many beautiful girls?"
"I don't have much of a feeling myself because I'm used to being with you all," Homura said something that made their faces turn black, but then he changed the topic, "But seeing the passersby gnashing their teeth and glaring at me, I feel that being with you all is my great fortune!"
Well, he saved himself quickly, and all the girls were feeling sweet and sugar, but they didn't show it on the surface.
At the entrance of the Manke Bunko Store, there weren't many readers waiting for the store to open, but Homura believed that soon there would be more!
Homura perked up his ears and listened to the passersby's conversation.
"Ah, the quality of the manga in Manke Weekly Magazine has dropped too much recently, hasn't it?"
"Exactly! Suddenly, a large number of works were cut off, although it was necessary, there's nothing worth reading anymore!"
"Really? Isn't there a masterpiece?"
"Don't you know? That work is about to end!"
"I see... By the way, I heard that Manke Weekly is holding a big competition this time, hoping that some good works will appear."
"I won't put my hope on that..."
'No, no, no, there is still hope! Didn't I bring works from another world this? Soon you will be deeply immersed in them...' Homura exclaimed in his heart.
Eriri poked Homura with her elbow: "Minamiya-sensei, these people are already disappointed. What do you think?"
Homura answered compassionately, "Eriri-san, Minamiya-sensei is the embodiment of hope! Look! He already brought good works to all living beings!"
"Ugh~" Eriri was speechless, "I can't believe it, you are so narcissistic!"
Homura modestly said, "Where, where, I'm just trying to cooperate with you, Madam."
"You are the Madam, your entire family is Madam! Hmph~!" Eriri snorted dissatisfiedly.
"Just kidding, if you take it seriously, then you lose!"
Eriri: "..."
Why does it feel like she can't win against him?
"The door is open! Let's go in and take a look!" Nanami said excitedly. "This is Homura-kun's debut work!"
Everyone rushed in.
"Ah, over there!" Megumi was the first to spot it.
Looking up, a huge poster was on display, and the contents of the poster were none other than Sakura Chiyo, in the midst of offering a prayer as a young girl!
This was also the cover of the latest issue of Manke Weekly Magazine!
"I can't believe they just used my cover page like this," Homura was a little surprised.
He thought that if they were going to use "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun" for the cover, Ayano would come to him to specially draw it! Who would have thought that they would just use what was already available which was the manga cover he drew?
But it was also because of Homura's meticulous drawing that there was no trouble with enlarging it to poster size.
"It's so pretty!" Nanami sighed, feeling that Chiyo was even more beautiful than just reading the manga directly!
"Indeed, otherwise why would they use it for the cover?" Utaha said.
"How do you feel about the atmosphere in the store?" Homura asked Sagiri, wondering if she had the urge to join in.
"Nii-san is so amazing!" This was Sagiri's truest thought, though it wasn't what Homura wanted to hear.
"Then work even harder, Sagiri!"
"Okay!" Sagiri's serious voice came through, indicating that she had made some progress after meeting her mother.
Passerby A: "What is that?"
Passerby B: "Ah? Wow! What a cute girl! Is this a new manga?"
Passerby A: "Let's go check it out!"
Finally, other people also discovered the huge poster and attracted a lot of readers.
What kind of things will happen around this beautiful girl? With this in mind, everyone enthusiastically plunged into the world of "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun"...
Passerby A: "Haha! So it's a comedy manga?! I thought it was a shoujo manga!"
Passerby B: "Well, it's still considered a shoujo manga, right? After all, it seems to be from the girl's point of view!"
Passerby A: "Is that so? I think Nozaki-kun's point of view is fine too!"
Passerby B: "Why bother with all that? Just read it!"
"A good beginning..." Utaha whispered to Homura, as she watched him.