*Saruyama's House*
???: "My name is Saruyama Kenichi... And I am... The supporting character of an... Ecchi Anime..."
It all started when Sairenji hit me with the tennis ball, in the few seconds I was lying on the ground I was suddenly hit by an intense headache, pain that only intensified more when I saw Rito doing his usual stupid things.
When I saw him fall in a ridiculous way in Sairenji's direction I had a kind of Deja vu.
It intensified even more when I thought about helping Sairenji, in the few seconds I was standing there like an idiot doing nothing, a huge amount of information entered my brain.
That information showed me many things in a matter of seconds…
It showed me a kind of alternate reality in which all of us were characters from a Manga and an Anime called "To Love-Ru".
To sum it all up, the story was like this:
The whole story revolved around the protagonist Yuuki Rito, a high school student who has been deeply in love with his classmate Sairenji Haruna since middle school and to whom he cannot express his feelings. One day while he was taking a bath after returning from class, suddenly a naked girl appeared in front of him in a flash of light.
She introduced herself as Lala Satalin Deviluke, an alien who comes from a planet called Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne. Her father is looking for her to return there and continue her audiences to find the person with whom she will marry and be the king of the universe, something she does not want to do, so she fled to Earth. The next day, while Rito was heading to school, he meets Haruna and decides to declare his feelings to her, but just at that moment Lala appears in front of him, thinking that he was declaring his feelings to her, he decides to accept his proposal. Haruna, seeing this, misinterprets it and believes that Rito actually confessed to Lala. From that moment on, Rito must defend himself from alien suitors and from Lala's own father, who sometimes decides to put him to the test. Later in the story, his feelings become more confusing since he is still in love with Haruna but has also begun to take a liking to Lala.
That would be the main summary of the plot... In other words, I was able to see an alternate reality in which we were all characters in a Manga and another in which we were characters in an Anime. And to top it off, my clumsy friend Rito, who was terrified of interacting with girls, was the protagonist of those realities.
Obviously, that shocked me quite a bit, and of course, as far as I know, I am a real person, not an animation created by someone... Or at least that was what I thought.
The problem is that everything felt too real to be a hallucination. Except for the girls who were aliens, all the other characters that appeared in those realities exist here: Rito, Sairenji, Mikan-chan, Kotegawa-san, Sawada, Momioka, Mikado-sensei and even the perverted Director exist here.
Also, in those realities, perverted accidents always happened to Rito with the girls that should be physically impossible to carry out in reality, and that also happens here, in fact, if a while ago I hadn't helped Sairenji that same type of perverted accident would have happened to him.
When I think about it, an image of the parallel reality of the Anime appears in my mind.
In it, Rito was lying on the floor, and Sairenji was sitting on his face, it was an incredibly compromising image.
Kenichi: "Yeah… That's exactly what would have happened to them if I hadn't pushed Sairenji out of the way… No in fact something even worse could have happened… From what I saw… Some of Rito's falls ended in situations that were almost similar to those in hentai animes"
And this is also the reason why I'm now completely sure that this world is like that…
Until I saw those alternate realities I had never thought it was weird for Rito to have those perverted accidents or he may have done it, but I quickly put those kinds of thoughts aside, I've always seen it as something normal, when in reality it's normal to get suspended or expelled from school for sexually harassing girls like that.
In fact I'm completely sure that if another random guy tried to do what Rito does, he would be suspended immediately, even if it was just an accident.
Same goes for the Director, he's a huge pervert who often takes off his clothes in public while chasing girls, normally you'd get arrested for doing something like that, but here he just gets scolded a bit and then everyone goes home as if nothing happened.
I'm not the exception either, until I saw the alternate realities I didn't think much about it, but after seeing them in my life I was left wondering: Why is this normal? or Why am I doing something like this?
If I had to give an example, it's almost like I'm an NPC programmed to do a certain amount of things, that would explain why I got flustered when I tried to help Sairenji before, I'm not supposed to do that kind of things.
In both alternate realities I'm supposed to just be Rito's perverted friend, I'm just there to make perverted comments or to try to hit Rito out of jealousy when he's really attached to girls or even to support him when he tries to confess his feelings to Sairenji, I'm like the loser friend that usually appears in the Galges, my main role in the story is to be Rito's best friend and help him when he's in trouble.
After a good while of walking I finally arrived at my house, and now that I think about it I had never noticed but I have a really big house all to myself.
This house is at least three times bigger than Rito's, which is weird, isn't Rito's father supposed to be a very famous mangaka and his mother a world-famous clothing designer, they usually don't spend time at home because they are busy working all the time, but with all the work they do they must earn a lot of money, it's weird that they have never bought a bigger house.
For my part, I have this huge house from my parents' side, you could say it's part of my inheritance... It happened quite a few years ago... My parents died in a car accident when I was 8 years old, and the only living relatives I have are my grandparents from my father's side, they took care of me for a few years before I returned to live in Sainan, apparently my parents left everything ready for my future in case something happened to them, so far I haven't had any problems with my personal expenses.
That's why even though this is a world based on a fictional reality, I know I'm real, after all, in those stories I was just the pervert who appeared from time to time.
The stories were only about Rito or the other girls, they didn't mention almost any details about the secondary characters, a good example is the Principal, in those stories everyone knew him simply as the Principal, his name or anything else about him was never mentioned, instead here we all know that his name is Yamada Satou, but for some strange reason even the people who meet him for the first time call him Principal.
Kenichi: "Does it have something to do with what prevented me from moving when I tried to help Sairenji...?"
As for me, in those stories the only thing that was mentioned was this:
Saruyama Kenichi is one of Rito's classmates, and his best friend is also known for being a complete pervert (Although not as much as the Principal).
Basically, he's a pervert but of the more or less reliable kind, he's very friendly and is always willing to help Rito when he tries to confess his feelings to Haruna. And he's in love with the female version of Rito, although he doesn't know that she and Rito are actually the same person, and his friend hasn't wanted to reveal the truth to him either for fear of destroying his first love.
That's basically all that is known about me apart from my age, and although I would like to deny it, it's true that until before I was hit with that tennis ball, I did behave like a pervert.
But this is strange, if I had to explain it somehow... It's almost as if the blow had broken the control that the world had over me, when I think about how I've acted until now and what I saw of those alternate realities I feel a little disgusted and not only of myself but of almost everyone, even Rito.
Yes, I understand that I am a hormonal teenager, but I don't think I would be so excessive as to go around bringing pornography to school or blatantly looking at girls in such a perverted way, no matter how I look at it, in my house there is nothing but porn books…
Kenichi: "I… I have been… Spending all the inheritance that my parents left me… On this…"
But I have done so many things against my will, and I am completely sure that it is not just me, we have all been influenced by the things that happened in those alternate realities, I bet that if one day suddenly a spaceship appears in the sky, everyone will be surprised only at first but only a few minutes later it will seem normal to them that aliens exist
Kenichi: "But what is all this shit…! I am not a fictional character…! And I have my own will, my life does not revolve around Rito and I am not obsessed with perverted things, as if I were going to allow something I don't know to control my life, I'm going to do what I want, not what the world wants me to do...!"
After reaffirming my resolution I started walking to the bathroom, I needed to wash my face and clear my mind a bit.
When I got in, the first thing I did was look in the mirror.
Kenichi: "I never paid attention to my appearance before, but now that I look good, I really am an ordinary person…"
What was reflected in the mirror was the appearance of an average boy of normal height for his age, spiky black hair that ends in spikes, brown and black eyes, and a thin body wearing the Sainan High School summer uniform.
Kenichi: "Wow… Now that I'm aware… I really look like an anime character… I even have an unreal hairstyle like those humorous anime characters…"
I looked at my body a little more, and I have to admit that I was quite disappointed.
Kenichi: "I would have liked to have some muscles instead of this scrawny body"
I continued to inspect myself, until I found something that surprised me quite a bit.
Kenichi: "Well… At least I'm well endowed down there… How tall should it be… About 20 cm, what should this beast look like when raised?"
Putting aside my stupidities, I went out to the living room and sat on the sofa.
Kenichi: "Well now that I'm free from the influence of the world… I think I'll try to improve myself as a person, maybe I'll try to do something as a hobby or improve my studies, because honestly I don't want to do perverted things anymore… I can still be friends with Rito, after all, aside from his clumsiness he's a good guy, but I'm not going to get involved in his love problems… Plus I'm still angry about his alter ego Riko…"
After thinking about it I decided to turn on the television.
Kenichi: "Hmm… There's nothing interesting… In fact now that I think about it, there's not much interesting entertainment here… Ugh…!"
And just when I was thinking about how little entertainment there was, a huge amount of information many times bigger than the previous one entered my head… What I saw varied quite a bit, I saw Comics of Super Heroes, a great variety of Movies of all Genres, Books, Light Novels, Mangas, Animes, Eroges, Games, etc.
I think I was stunned and lying on the couch for several minutes.
Kenichi: "Wow… T-That was amazing… S-So there's an alternate reality where all these things exist to entertain yourself… Honestly I was never that interested in anime or movies, but with so many interesting stories even I got hooked… I wonder if this thing of seeing other realities is some kind of ability, I just watched all those entertainments in detail, I can even remember them just by thinking about it…"
In comparison the entertainment here is boring as hell, for some strange reason the most popular thing to watch is the Magical Girl Show, and the only reason it's popular is because of the Fanservice there, if I'm not mistaken it's the same show that was popular in To Love-Ru, the one called 'Explosive Heat Magical Girl Kyouko Flame', in which there was an Idol called Kirisaki Kyouko
And not to mention the Light Novels, Mangas and Animes, all of them here are boring, one of the most interesting is Dragon So Ball and it seems like a rough imitation of One of the ones I saw in the parallel reality called Dragon Ball… and I say imitation out of pity, if I compare them it is very inferior, now that I have the knowledge about other stories the ones here seem to have been made by children or perverts, the only thing that is worth saving are the drawings, even the games are boring here.
(Although the consoles are the same, the games are so boring)
Kenichi: "This world was always so boring, no wonder I used to spend my time watching pornography, it is the only interesting thing to see here for entertainment, that is the only redeemable thing, well the stories are also crap, but at least they have good quality"
The foreign films are at least somewhat passable, some of the ones I saw also exist here, but they are few, also several famous actors exist here, but their films are average. The Super Hero Comics companies also exist but they do not even come close to Marvel and DC, and all the Heroes that appear are crude imitations.
Kenichi: "Well… At least I found something I can dedicate myself to, with all the knowledge I have, I can dedicate myself to being a Novelist or even a Mangaka, after all, they are the best professions around here, the only problem is that I don't have the skills to replicate the most famous novels and mangas that I saw"
And once again, after saying that my mind was filled with knowledge about all the different manga drawing techniques and all the ways to write novels.
Kenichi: "I think I'm starting to understand how this ability that shows me different alternate realities works… But for now, let's try it out… I'd like to have the ability to program different types of games…!"
And once again my brain was filled with information about all the programming techniques.
Kenichi: "Wow, this is definitely a broken skill, just by saying it or thinking about it I receive knowledge on how to do different kinds of things… Well although not everything is so pretty… I may receive the knowledge but not the skills, that means that if I want to master something I have to practice like everyone else, but I'm not complaining either, this in itself is already a great skill, while others have to study to learn something I just need to practice the techniques"
Well that leaves out for now the thing about being a Mangaka, apart from the fact that I need to have great drawing skills, it is also a very stressful job, you only have to see Rito's Father to know that it is not a very recommendable job, apart from that I am lazy about delivering work on certain dates. For now the best thing is to be a Novelist, apart from being a much calmer job, I already know the complete stories of several famous novels.
Kenichi: "Well, I'm not going to take advantage of it that much, I'm going to practice and improve my writing skills to modify some parts so that they are more original and not just copies… And as for the Manga, once I improve my drawing skills I'll try it, and if it doesn't work I'll just hire some famous Mangaka to draw the story for me"
For the moment I'm going to do that.
Kenichi: "Wait a minute… If this world is based on an anime, that doesn't mean that it's also possible to do combat techniques from other anime… I think I'll try it, I have nothing to lose by trying… In the entertainment information I received there is a fighting anime that caught my attention, I'm going to try it with that one… I would like to box like the characters in Hajime no Ippo"
The story of Hajime no Ippo, is about Ippo Makunaochi, a clumsy young man who is constantly bullied by his classmates. Until one day he meets a professional boxer named Takamura who saves him from those who bullied him. That day, seeing Takamura's way of fighting, Ippo became very interested in boxing and decided to enter the vast boxing arena to test his skills.
Overall, it's a very touching story, it has everything: action, humor, self-improvement, and it also shows the sad pasts of the boxers who fight with Ippo. This is a story that I really liked, and if one day I get to be able to draw manga, I'm definitely going to draw this story.
The moment I said that, a lot of information about Hajime no Ippo's techniques suddenly entered my head.
Kenichi: "I-It really worked… Instead of receiving information about Boxing in general, I received information about the different types of Boxing styles from Hajime no Ippo… And although it's just a feeling, I feel like I can throw punches with those wind effects they did… I definitely have to try this…"
I think I was too hasty, I was so excited to try something new, that I forgot something very important…
My physical condition is average…
Ignoring all logic I got into a Boxing stance and planted my feet firmly on the ground. I'm going to try throwing a Right Hook.
The Hook is a specific punch used in Boxing that is performed using the core muscles and the back. Normally, the Hook is a punch that aims to hit the opponent's head (especially the temple or the jaw), however, in Hajime no Ippo it has been pointed out that the Hook can also be thrown to the body, causing internal bleeding. And, most likely, damaged or broken ribs.
After concentrating for a few minutes, I gathered all the strength my body could currently produce in my core muscles and back and threw the punch with all my might.
The result was unexpectedly devastating, I didn't think that with my thin arms I could throw a punch with such power and also that wind effect looked incredible, I'm sure that if I hit someone with this kind of punch I would instantly leave them unconscious.
And just when I was elated by my incredible punch…
Kenichi: "Ugh… I-I think my body… W-Wasn't really… R-Ready to throw… That punch"
An incredibly intense pain ran through my entire body leaving me staggering on the ground.
Kenichi: "Aah… Ahh… Ahh… A-At least… It's just a muscle pain… Thanks to the knowledge I have about Boxing… I can say that I didn't break any bones…"
After several minutes he was able to get me up although I was still a little sore.
Kenichi: "I guess this means that nothing is free… I know how to throw the punch perfectly but I still have to train my body enough so that I don't hurt myself when doing it… Although I think it will only be a matter of time until I can do it without any problem, among the knowledge I received from Hajime no Ippo there were also all the forms of training that exist, even the ones that were unreal, like Mashiba's Flicker Jab or Hayami's Shotgun"
Kenichi: "This is going to be very useful to me if one day I am attacked by some alien, after all, even Rito who has never fought in his life was able to defend himself slightly from them, he could even hit those who were weak… Also I am not so naive as to think that this world is not dangerous, the To Love-Ru anime painted everything as humor, but the fact that there are assassins like Yami means that space is much more dangerous than the Manga and Anime showed, and not to mention Lala's father who is Like a character from Dragon Ball, who could easily destroy entire planets with one hand even in his weakened state"
Well all this learning to fight stuff I'm doing is just so I can defend myself in case something happens to me (And because knowing how to fight is great). When annoying things happen I'm going to step aside and leave all the annoying things to Rito, he may be considered a bad friend for not helping him, but honestly, I think he deserves many of the things that are going to happen to him, for being so indecisive.
Kenichi: "If only he were more assertive and confessed his feelings to Sairenji all his problems would be over, but the indecisive man wasn't sure of his feelings for Lala and that's why he couldn't reject or accept her, although I appreciate him as a friend, honestly that cowardly personality of his doesn't please me"
And I'm still pretty angry about what Yuusaki Riko did to me with her female transformation.
In one part of the story, Rito turned into a woman by accident and when my alternate version saw him she fell in love with him at first sight in that form.
The problem is that Kenichi didn't know that she was actually Rito, and also the bastard, in order not to break her heart, played along and even went on a date with him. I understand that he wanted to be a good friend with me, but it's much worse to go on a date with a man than for him to be honest and tell me the truth. If you ask me, that's what a true best friend would do.
Kenichi: "Well, that doesn't matter now, after all, that's not going to happen to me here… For now I'm hungry, I think I'm going to make dinner… And then I'm going to practice a little writing some Light Novels."
But just when I was heading with my aching body to the kitchen something strange happened.
*Ding* *Ding*
Suddenly a strange sound began to play directly in my head, and seconds later a transparent screen appeared in front of me.
Achievement System
*Congratulations, the 'Achievement System' has been successfully installed…*
*A certain Deity outside was surprised that you broke free from the influence of the World and was also amused by the idea that you would try to change your destiny, so he granted you this system.*
Do you want to receive it?
Yes✓ No✗
Kenichi: "…"