I know I put this on a seven month hiatus mostly because of me being lazy and my typesetter finding a job. He's working on ch 51 right now, but since it's not released yet, I'll go ahead and dump that chapter as well.
Hibiki Shousetsuka ni naru houhou v7
Jack Ortiz
Parker Parker
ch 51 is part of volume 6
I've never seen someone with so much power.
Now, if only...
...can I ask something?
Why did you submit this to the newcomer award?
This girl had idol potential...
My friend submitted it without my consent...
She does.
51: Strategem
Jason Martin
In the year 1324, it appeared in Central Asia. It sowed the seeds of what would be soon be called "The greatest calamity in history" for longer than a 100 years, and 50 million people lost their lives.
In 1656, it appeared in Romagne, France. It took away the people's wisdom, and in turn created the great national split known as "The 17th Century Crisis" and another 100 thousand people died.
Once every 350 years, it would come into the world for a mere three days and signal an incoming disaster. One time, it was a pest. One time, it was a witch. And one time, it was a vampire.
In 2010,
It appeared in Kanagawa. The girl gave it the name "Asteca" (Blurb of "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon")
Charles Brown
Koyasu-kun, are you okay?
Ah... The Hitotsuhashi TV guy
But what is this? You let a high school girl hit you then look after you?
Well I guess the girls really do flock to you
Well yeah...
I read the "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon"
It's kinda like a "save the world" genre, but the story and characters were so amazing!
The story was so charming I really felt like I was reading pure literature.
Kayoko-san.
Owen Sanders
Are you intrested in becoming an idol?
I'm not Kayoko.
Camden Ramirez
Eh?
Let's go.
Uh...
Meeting room.
You said you wanted to go there, right?
Oh, yeah...
My bad.
Jose Watson
So basically, the actual author "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping mooon" was the glasses girl
And you just submitted it on your own, Kayoko-chan...
I am sorry...
Here you go
It's not really much but...
Heeeey!
You know you can't do that!
We made the announcement already! This is gonna be really bad!
I'm so sorry!
Kayoko-chan
I'm so sorry...
Jonathan White
No, thank you.
It was a great submission!
Tsukishima-san, think about this.
If Kayoko-chan hadn't made the decision to send it, this novel would've been buried under trash.
She brought the real author now, so we can talk to her directly.
...but
Mmmmghhh
Worst comes worst, we can simply put Kayoko-chan's penname to the glasses girls name.
Oh right, your name.
What's your name, miss glasses?
Adam Lopez
I don't feel like getting an award
And neither does Kayoko, I'm guessing.
So it's probably better to just get rid of our names.
Ehhhhhh!
Why? Why though?
It's an anime okay!? You got an anime greenlight!?
Yeeeahh
I read books, space out, and get busy doing stuff every day
So I have no interest in awards and stuff.
Sorry.
Busy?
It's a pro debut here!! It's a masterpiece out of all the stuff submitted, okay!?
Andrew Adams
It's such a waste though
Why?
No, but if it comes to this, maybe we will have a problem.
We told Kayoko-chan about the award last month.
And we let both Narisawa-san and our department know about the anime.
But if we just cancel it now
We'll have to talk reparations...
And it's not just money here. Fraud is a crime.
Worst case scenario, the police might get involved...
Police...
That's utter nonsense.
But well,
Maybe if he slanders them like this
They won't back away from receiving the award.
Kevin Lopez
Police?
From where?
Hey, police?
We're on the sixth floor of Narisawa Firm in Jinbocho.
The people here have some business with you.
Alexander Young
Yep, they're coming.
Bye
Okay, Kayoko, let's go home.
Now let's just talk to the police.
Eh? Eh?
...whoa
What are you doing?
Andrew Perry
Your creepy smile is gone.
I'm kidding.
I didn't actually call them.
We're not here to run.
We're here to give some cakes and apologize.
Getting mad doesn't matter, just take it.
Ian Cook
You are astounding...
Okay four eyes.
Isn't "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon" still a work in progress?
Asteca destroyed the town
And after the heroine Chizuru's body got destroyed, she was reborn in another body with Asteca's power
And using his power, as a catalyst, she brought the town back to the way it was but she nearly died a second time.
Then after that, Chizuru was born again into another body. The end.
This is still all in the first day.
And Asteca exists for three days, correct?
Ethan Kelly
Once you start wriring something, finish it.
You're being rude to your work.
Uhhh...
You sayd you weren't interested in the award before,
But if you don't like that, we don't have to hold any ceremony for it.
Just write the continuation!
I wanna read the last part too!
Thanks.
I'll write it. When I feel like it again one day.
But when that day is is something you can't decide on your own.
Ayden Bailey
I gave the novel to Kayoko, so she's free to do what she wants with it.
Give an award, make an anime. Don't involve me.
One cour of an anime is 12 eps of 30 minutes.
That's only about 250 sheets of material...
We're done here. Kayoko, let's go.
R-right.
I caused so many problems for people because of my stupidity...
Is there anything I can do...
Uhh...
Noah Gray
If you don't mind, maybe I can write it?!
You know, I read that novel a lot of times myself.
And I was thinking about what I wanted Asteca-kun to do.
Jayden Peterson
Maybe Asteca-kun can transfer to Chizuru-chan's high school?
And I mean, there's a senpai Chizuru-chan likes, but maybe Asteca-kun can be jealous about that!
OIh, but the night school blood sucking scene so has to be there!
Uhhhh...
Ahh I see. We can just put Kayoko-chan's name on the manuscript for the newbie award
Then say that four eyes handed the rights to Kayoko-chan. So no problem, right...?
No but...
Okay, why not? So, Kayoko-chan, what happens in the love triangle?
So Asteca-kun thinks Chizuru-chan and senpai are dating and calls senpai out
But actually, senpai is a vampire hunter from the church.
Yes! Let's go with this!
Jaxson Gonzalez
...Now I feel like writing it.
Just let me do it.
Ehhhhh
Lemme just say this. I'm not showing up in the award ceremonry.
Once it's done, just send it via Kayoko.
Do whatever you want with that anime stuff.
I'm gone.
Eh
Eh
Eh? No wait
Hold it four eyes!
Ethan Moore
What's your name?
...Kayoko stuck a pen name for it, right?
Use that for your novel.
Eh? uhhh
"Kakyouin Kayo"...
She blew it off?
What? Come on, give your name.
Why're you trying to hide it so much?
Bye
Ah, wait! Hibiki-chan!
Logan Nguyen
Hibiki...?
Ouch?
Landon Evans
Start of vol 7
52: Identity
Xavier Thompson
"So what do you think, Koyasu-san? How's "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon"?"
"I think the author would be pretty happy if she gets praised by a famous author who sold over 2 million copies"
"Sorry for making you do this before we eat"
"...this book"
"Did that glasses girl really write it?"
"It looks like it..."
Matthew Davis
I wonder why the TV producer treat the anime version like a golden goose. Didn't Yea Forums always said anime is only an advertisement for the original material?
Dylan Campbell
"...the prologue is pretty long"
"There's a lot of spectacular descriptions..."
"And despite having little lines, it feels so heavy because there's death involved"
"Can you really call this an LN?"
"Yeah, some people hold that opinion"
"But it is interesting, so it's good..."
"...I see"
"This isn't high level literature here..."
"Also, I went to the meeting room where the girls were so they could read your book, Koyasu-sensei,"
"But they passed by me. It looked like they were going home..."
"...oh okay"
Michael Miller
"Uuughhh"
"That girl was like a typhoon"
"So uhh, what happened just now?"
"So Kayoko-chan was the tall girl who submitted it to the newcomer award"
"But the girl who really wrote it was the glasses girl"
"I told them she could contact me through Kayoko-chan, but I can't let that happen huh"
"When it comes to award cermonies and money,"
"She's underage, so I have to see her parents and talk to them about the novel at some point..."
"Well, it'll work itself out!"
Daniel Hill
"Sekiguchi Kayoko just called"
"Four eyes "Hibiki" didn't she..."
Now that she mentioned it, she did have the same statue as the "Hibiki" who attended the Akutagawa and Naoki prize conference.
Even if she's the "Hibiki" who wrote "The Fairytale Garden" why would she submit a work to the NF Bunko newcomer..."
"Wait"
"Sekiguchi Kayoko submitted it"
...that's right.
The work feels kinda the same.
"Even so, is this even possible?"
"There's no way that four eyes could've won the Akutagawa and Nao..."
Kayden Wright
But
What if it's really Hibiki
If I turn Hibiki into a poster child and make my anime
"I can create a social phenom"
Problem now
Is that there's no way four eyes would accept it.
"Nah, I still have no proof that this girl really is "Hibiki""
"Hypothetical or not, she'll never admit it."
"So, what to do..."
Brayden Gray
"Sorry about today, Hibiki-chan..."
"No kidding"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think it would get this big"
"Ahh whatever."
"Anything you say now is too late"
"You're my friend"
"Yeah! That's right"
"Ohhh thank goodness. I feel relieved"
Robert Flores
"But I'm really happy about being able to read what happens to Asteca-kun next"
"Hey, what'll happen to "Chizuru-chan?"
"...haven't thought of it yet"
"Kayo, don't tell anyone about what happened"
"Ehhhh! Why!?"
"Because ruckuses are annoying"
"Ehhh, but you got a pro debut and an anime..."
"Oh but..."
"If you say so, Hibiki-chan..."
"Alright!"
"I'll keep it a secret forever!"
Colton Cox
"Kayo"
"Let's pinky promise"
"Okay"
"Pinky, pinky bow-bell," [I borrowed the 1860 american version]
"Whoever tells a lie"
"Will swallow needles"
Isaiah Perry
"There we go"
"...even from Rika-san?"
"Rika's fine"
"By the way"
"Do you know about "The Fairytale Garden" Kayo?"
"Ahhh, I've heard of it!"
"I believe it's that Akutagawa award winning thingy, I dunno the author"
"Oh"
"Have you read it, Hibiki-chan? Is it good?"
"Dunno. Doesn't that depend on the person you're asking?"
Xavier Brooks
Kayo's face is golden.
Isaiah Gomez
"More importantly, where did the Midnight part come from?"
"I only recall writing "Sleeping Moon" for the title"
"I mean, it wasn't light novel-y..."
"And Midnight sounds super cool, right?"
"Shirou, you skipped club yesterday!"
"And like, our senpai totally told us to bring you with us, okay?"
Kayden Kelly
"...no, no way in hell I'm going"
"Rika-chan said, like, wants a first year guy or something!"
"And all the newbies got scared off 'cause you went on, like, a total rampage"
"Not me dammit, the four eyed freak!"
"...what're you looking at"
"See, if you run from this, you'll be a total loser"
"So you have to, like, do something to clean your name!"
"Zip it!"
"Actually, stop acting so friendly with me bitches!"
"I'll kill you!"
Charles Reed
"Come on, just come!"
"Takaya... san"
"God damn it"
"Why am I even..."
"Hey look"
"The third year delinquent"
"He's draging Nishizaki-kun"
"Oooh..."
"He's getting called out? Eh? Is he gonna get slaughtered?"
William Garcia
can we get a chapter where she has her shit pushed in hard? she has to learn being a aggressive autist has consequences
Luke Turner
"Sorry about that Takaya-san, making you come like, all the way to the classroom"
"Rika-chan told you to do it, right?"
"Yep"
"Lemme go...!"
"Not even budging"
"....please"
"Give me a damn break..."
"I got strangled by a girl..."
"How can I show my face to the class..."
Dominic Cruz
"Men shouldn't sweat the small stuff"
"Why not just take it like man?"
"I can't. I seriously can't..."
"So is sneaking around and ambushing girls cool then?"
"Just take it like nothing happened"
"Fight's done already"
"...yeah but"
"...you know, you had it way better"
"When I did that, she broke my finger"
>underestimating an aggressive autist
Caleb Hernandez
"Finger!? Really!?"
"Ehhh! So you fought Hibiki-san too, Takaya-san!?"
"...what"
"So you refused the LN award!?"
"Uh, yeah..."
"What a waste!"
Dylan Lewis
"Tell me the details later"
"Okay..."
"Saki"
"I read your novel"
"A mystery, huh?"
"A serial mystery death case that occurs during class"
"I like the developments. I didn't think that you'd actually kill off all thirty classmates"
Tyler Cooper
"It kinda turned into a survival game halfway through"
"But you came up with mountains of tricks, and you completely flipped the script by making the culprit the first victim"
"I really liked it. Thanks."
"Hibiki-senpai, which is more interesting"
"Your novel or mine...?"
"Who knows?"
"Please be honest!!"
"You don't have to be nice about it!"
"I'm not being nice"
"I can't remove my opinions from my own work and compare myself to others."
"What do you think I am?"
"What do I..."
"A god..."
Hunter Phillips
"I am no editor, and I'm no servant of god"
"I'm just Hibiki"
"That's not convincing"
May
"Hey Hibiki. You got a minute?"
Christian Morgan
"Do you know anything about a certain NF Bunko Newcomer Award?"
[full text later when TS finishes this chapter]
[top part] NF Bunko Newcomer Award Result Presentation
[below that] Submitted works: 4895
[circ;e] Special judge's award: "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon"
Author: Hibiki
[black box] Read it
[summary] Once every 350 years, it would come into the world for a mere three days and signal an incoming disaster. One time, it was a pest. One time, it was a witch. And one time, it was a vampire.
In 2010,
It appeared in Kanagawa. The girl gave it the name "Asteca"
Julian Sanchez
"You know we have an LN department as well, right?"
"My coworker from there came to my department and told me a few things"
53: Premonition
" "Something's up with the NF Bunko Newcomer award" "
" "The Judge's special award is higher than the grand prize" "
" "The pen name is "Hibiki" " "
"And I read through it"
"Hibiki"
"If you told me you wanted to write a light novel, I wouldn't have stopped you"
"So Hibiki,"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Am I that untrustworthy or something?"
"Let me just say one thing"
Charles Howard
"This is not my fault"
53: Premonition
Easton James
"I wanna talk about it"
"Today? Right now?"
"Okay. Two hours, at the usual cafe"
"By the way"
"The pen name is Hibiki now?"
"Hibiki in hiragana, huh? Okay."
"Alright, later then"
"Kayo"
"What do you think of this hair?"
"Kanae-chan did it for me"
"Did NF Bunko say anything"
"About pen names or something?"
David Clark
"Ah"
"Uhh..."
"Rika"
"You have any needles?"
"Needles?"
"No wait!"
"So Tsukui-san..."
"Yeah, contacted me and asked if he could change the pen name just for the presentation."
"And he told me not to think about it too hard because he'll change it back when the book comes out, so I didn't think hard about it..."
"Tsukui, as in the TV guy?"
"Not the editor girl?"
"Yeah the guy..."
Landon Green
And here I though the scanlation stopped because the group has taste and lost interest in this aimless mediocrity when it's true colors became apparent.
Elijah Robinson
"Kayoko-chan..."
"Alright I understand"
"So Kayoko-chan submitted the novel you wrote without your permission and it won. And you can't get it back"
"But look"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier!?"
"Because if I screwed up the explanation, you'd probably get insanely mad at me"
"So I figured, no need to let you know"
"I won't get mad!"
"I mean, it was gonna come out sooner or later!"
"See, you're mad"
"You get this, Hibiki?"
"In the literature business, authors don't usually stick to one publishing company"
Jonathan Gray
You missed image029
Brandon Ward
reversed images
"Normally, even if the author received our newcomer award, we would recommend them to editors from another company"
"And it's especially a custom for authors who won the Akutagawa to write a short piece for all the literary magazines in that year"
"It's not a big industry, but we make it a deal to share our talent"
"And I figured you didn't want to stand out, so now it looks like we're keeping the Akutagawa-Naoki winning high school girl all to ourselves"
"You know how hard it is to protect your info when every single other person from Shouronsha's other departments, other companies, and the media is asking for it!?"
"Then you submit a light novel without even saying a single word to me"
"Look, it's not my fault"
"Also, now that we're talking about some anime producer guy"
"You mean this one?"
"Yeah"
"He came to my place last week"
Noah Miller
"Why?"
"He forced an appointment because he wanted to ask about "The Fairytale Garden" Hibiki"
"And he asked about your recent movements among other things"
"Now I get it"
"He wanted to confirm if the girl who went to NF Bunko really was you"
"I dunno what some anime producer wants to do once he gets you"
"But my impression when I met him was that he's a very powerful and skilled scumbag"
"He may not know anything now, but if something does happen, contact me"
"By the way, that NF bunko award"
"Why is it a special judges award? It's not the grand prize?"
"I said I'd write the continuation, but I also didn't want an award, and that's how it happened"
Jaxon Sullivan
Michael Wood
"I figured out Sekiguchi Kayoko's school from the newcomer application form"
"And I went there to check it out figuring four eyes was from the same school"
"But she was with Shouronsha's Hanai Fumi in that cafe"
"And the ganguro was that Sobue Rika who was quite a big deal last year..."
"Well okay. I've seen it now"
"I'll go with"
"Four eyes is "Hibiki" "
Xavier Taylor
"Beeeep"
"Whoops"
Cooper Lee
"Yoshitaka-san! "Rinko!" got 18 percent!"
"Well yeah"
"That's amazing! Isn't that already the best ratings for our time slot?"
"Oh, "Love-Koi" is also at the top of its time slot! That's two programs"
"Well yeah"
"Oh right, Yoshitaka-san, can I take you out for food sometime?"
"Please teach me your producer tricks"
"Ahh, wait. I'm messaging with the bosses"
Christian Brooks
"I'm open next week Thursday night"
"Let's go get some meat"
"Really!?"
"Yaaaay!"
"Oh sorr..."
"Huh, anime guy"
"Ehh, okay. I'd like to go to Aoyama"
"There's a small hidden place that opened up with some really good wild meat!"
Jack Morales
"Hey, your hand hit me"
"Eh? Ah right"
"So?"
"Actually, what's an anime guy even doing in front of a ratings board?"
"I mean, you got the stopgap slots, so the numbers don't matter to you, right?"
"Oh are you happy you got 20 percent or something? Damn that cracks me up"
Gabriel Taylor
"Tsukui-san...!"
"Sup Yoshitaka. This your newbie?"
"Man you didn't raise her right. She's not only punching people, she's badmouthing them to hell and back"
"I am so sorry! I'll tell her off later!"
"Yoshitaka-san?"
"Wait, you don't have to go that far"
"He's just an anime guy"
"You dumbass!"
Levi Rogers
>20 percent
Typo I assume.
Thomas Butler
"Tsukui-san was in the drama department up to three years ago"
"He's produced one drama after another, all with over 20 percent ratings like "Graduation Song" And "Monsieur and Madamoiselle"!"
Eh
"I'm sorry. My name is Nanase and I only joined Hitotsuhashi TV last year"
"Uhh... I didn't know about you, Tsukui-san"
"Heyy, don't worry about it"
"Newbies are newbies"
"Don't worry about it"
"Great. He seems like a nice guy"
"Yoshitaka"
"Eh?"
"Raising newbies is an important job, you know"
"How can you show your face around the office after neglecting all your work?"
That is 2. I hate typos.
David Sanders
"You raised a fucking god damn pig who can't even have a proper conversation!"
"When did the drama department turn into a total pig sty!?"
"I am so sorry!"
"Or wait. Are you shipping this pig to the meat factory or something?"
"This wild boar won't sell for shit!"
"Your phrasing..."
"Oh relax will you!"
"It's not your fault you're a shitty pig"
"Judging people by merely looking at the namecard"
"That's because you were raised that way by your loving parental senpai and sensei."
"It's not your fault at all. Everything around you's just total shit and you're a victim of that."
Kevin Morris
"Come on, Yoshitaka. Get apologizing"
"I am so sorry Tsukui-san!"
"Wrong person, bud..."
"I am so sorry Nanase-san!"
"Miss piggie, looks like he's learned his lesson. He's probably gonna raise properly now"
"So will you forgive him?"
Brandon Phillips
"Yes..."
"You're a fucking pig. How the hell do you know Japanese?"
"Now what do pigs say again?"
"...oink"
"Later"
"Good luck trying to become a human"
Isaiah Myers
"So Takaya's going to college"
"I guess. Says he wants to study architecture"
"You can study that?"
"He's pretty serious for a delinquent"
"And he's actually working pretty hard recently"
"I'm going for Waseda or Keiou."
"Or overseas"
"I'm planning to make a decision by summer"
"Must be hard being a third year"
"Same for you, Hibiki-chan"
"Hey, Kayo-chan and Fumi-chan said something about an anime producer. What's he like?"
Cooper Reed
"Hm..."
"That's odd. You're actually lost for words, Hibiki-chan"
"Is he that dangerous?"
"Hmmm"
"I still dunno what kinda person he is"
"But"
"The moment I met him, I kinda had a thought"
"What was that?"
"I might have to kick the shit out of this guy eventually."
Dominic Martinez
54: NG
Cameron Wright
Physical Measurements
2nd year girls
Measurement results
Class 2-4 Akui Hibiki
Height: 154.1 cm
Eright: 42.8 kg
"42 kilos..."
"61 kilos"
Measurement results
Class 2-4: Sekiguchi
Height: 171
Weight: 61.5
Sitting height: 92.2
"Am I fat..."
"Our heights are different. Isn't this to be expected?"
David Wood
[sign] Teacher conference: Seat numbers 20-25
"Akui, you wanna go to college?"
"Let's see, with your grades, you can easily get into a national university"
Kojima-sensei, about your student Akui-san
I watched over her during her fist year as her homeroom teacher, and I can say she is quite weird.
She is not a normal student.
Ryder Watson
But she is a good girl!
I'm not telling her to treat her specially.
But just watch her quietly.
"I've been a teacher for twenty years"
"I've never actually seen a normal student"
"They're all weird in some way"
"There's no real special people"
"There were some people who wanted to be musicians, others idols and mangaka"
"But you call all pin them in some place"
"Uhhh, so you wanna go to Kannagawa Housekeeping University"
"Really?"
"Eh?"
Jack Richardson
"Really? You're the one who wrote it"
"I didn't write anything"
"I turned in a blank paper and Ryoutarou said "I'll do it" then wrote stuff"
"Ryoutarou is your classmate Tsubaki."
"Right, you're childhood friends..."
"Okay, I'll ask again. What do you want to do in the future, Akui?"
"Yeah I haven't really decided now"
"No, I mean even if it's hypothetical, you should set yourself some goals"
"You gotta think about the future or your studies will go awry"
"It can be some random stuff. Is there anything you wanna do?"
Landon Howard
"I don't wanna decide on my future based on a hypothetical whim"
"Right now, I'm not really deciding anything because I'm only conscious of what's absolute"
"I'll decide one day"
"You can just shut up and believe in me"
Logan Bennett
"...alright then|
"The future, huh?"
"I wonder if that's really gonna come"
Owen Howard
"Kiyota! I told you to make 10 proposals that can give me a 30+ rating!"
"Who told you to give me 10 pages of junk!?"
"I am sorry"
"Do you really think nobody's gonna complain about melon throwing!?"
"But like"
"There's the bungee..."
" "No string bungee from 50 meters high"..."
Gavin Watson
"Do you want to crush this program!?"
"How the hell're you gonna make this work!"
"Uhh, let me answer you back"
"What exactly is a program that will give you 30 percent?"
"Huh?"
"The "Boke-yatsu" I did before"
"That's old"
"That's an age when BPO* never existed"
"And I mean, viewers are on the downturn now too"
"Asking for a number like 30 is honestly unrealistic"
*BPO: Business Process Outsourcing. It was established 2003.
"The age..."
"...I guess you're right"
Evan Adams
"Kiyota-kun"
"Who told you to explain your reasoning?"
"Your boss told you to get a god damn 30."
"Wringing things out is a job only gofers do"
John Evans
"...Tsukui-san"
"Okay, Fujino-san"
"Here's something that'll get you 100"
"...who's this high school girl?"
Isaiah Jones
" "Hibiki", author of "The Fairytale Garden" "
"Huh?"
"Was this taken behind her back?"
"Yes. Without a doubt"
Nathan Perez
"I want to make a special program with Hibiki"
"I'll figure out whether it'll be a documentary or a variety show"
"But I know one thing for sure"
"Make the broadcast date on the last half the year. Start of December please"
"...that's far"
"I'll explain the details later. Right now, I got Hibiki to write a manuscript for an anime I'm leading"
"It won a newcomer award"
"But that novel's set to come out in December"
"We'll present the anime at the same time of the volume release"
"So I wanna make a huge anime advertisement with a special program"
"The anime's set to air mid summer next year, but like to cause some fireworks at the beginning of this program"
Isaac Martin
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"I wanna make "Hibiki" into an idol"
"The face is just a passing grade, but she's still in high school. I'll make her into the best personality out there"
"No need for singing and dancing. I just wanna turn her into an anime phenomenon"
"...I want to ask a number of things"
"But here's one."
"You know, nobody's been able to catch her because the media's being completely blocked off from her"
"If you're putting Hibiki center stage"
"You gonna get her permission for this?"
Angel Long
"Of course"
Joshua Phillips
"Thank you very much"
"See you later, Ryouta-kun"
Noah Myers
Mason Kelly
Today is a good day.
Jonathan Thomas
"I explained too much"
"These aren't my words anymore"
"What novel are you writing now?"
"Secret"
"How did the career counselling go?"
"I don't really know about my future still, despite mulling over it"
Anthony Bennett
"No matter where I go or what I do"
"I just like novels"
"Oh right, don't just decide my career for me"
"It's better than a blank paper"
"Ah"
Cameron Lee
"Evening"
"...don't you know what closed means?"
"Sobue-san"
Zachary Collins
Last one for now
"Evening, Ryoutarou-kun. Blend please"
"You know we're closed now"
"Yeah seemed like it. My bad. Seriously."
55: Handkerchief
Henry Lewis
"Good evening, Hibiki-chan"
"Haven't seen you since the Cultural Festival"
Angel King
"Evening, Sobue-san"
55: Handkerchief
"Why're you here?"
Juan Thomas
"So my Rika..."
"Seemed to be worrying count her future because she's a third year now"
"But at the end of the day, she wants to leave my house and live on her own"
"And since she's living away, I was thinking about leaving Japan for a while with my wife starting next spring."
"So yeah, gonna head to the Mediterranean for half a year, then head to Scandinavia til I get bored"
"So Hibiki-chan"
"Wanna come with me?"
Fucking Yea Forums. Never change.
Anthony Perez
"Sorry for the wait"
"Thanks"
"Damn. This is good."
"Ryoutarou-kun, you changed the beans? French?"
"Nagatanien" [Instant food brand]
"Hibiki, don't talk to the geezer"
"He's insane"
"What do you think, Hibiki-chan?"
Mason Stewart
"Okay"
"Please and thank you"
"...are you serious?"
"No"
"Sobue-san's not serious either'
"Pffft"
Logan Smith
"Of course not. There's no way I'm taking someone else's high school daughter overseas"
"Hibiki-chan, you know why I came here?"
"This."
"I hate this asshole"
"So sometimes I come to mess with him"
"...when you're done eating, can you leave?"
"by the way, what're you writing now?"
"No point. She won't tell you."
Aaron Fisher
"Eh..."
"...huh"
"She said "secret" "
Caleb Hill
"A ha ha"
"Heheh"
"Ryoutarou, you really don't like Sobue-san, huh"
"...not interested"
"Anyway, why is it "Sobue-san"?"
"You usually never address elders with honorifics"
"I mean, he's Rika's dad."
"Right..."
Colton Cook
"Right, I do have something to ask you though"
"Ignore, ignore"
"How's it feel to win the Akutagawa and Naoki with pure talent?"
Asher Bell
NF Bunko Awards
Newcomer Award Ceremony
"Koyasu-san"
Michael Hill
"About the glasses girl"
"I checked for a while, but she's really not coming"
"...oh okay"
"Well whatever. No problem"
"I just wanted to return the handkerchief"
"I mean, it's a weekday today. High school kids can't come. It's sad"
"Students are here too, so they better make it a holiday"
"...actually"
"I don't think she even knows it's the NF Bunko newcomer awards today..."
"She insisted that she wouldn't show up in the ceremony in the first place, and I don't know here contact address..."
"And it looks like she said she never wanted the award..."
Ryder Price
"...oh I see"
"You never spent long hours honing your skills"
"Or even put any effort"
"You just unconsciously kicked the asses of all the authors out there with pure talent. So how does it feel?"
Ryder Robinson
Any estimate for the rest of the chapters?
David Davis
"Nothing really"
"If someone really believes they got trampled on,"
"Then that person will start to wonder what they'll do next, right?"
Austin Roberts
"There's no need to know what I think about it"
"...I guess"
"But if someone wants to pick a fight with me, I'll take their offer"
"So Sobue-san"
"Are you picking a fight with me?"
"No no no!"
"I just wanted to mess with you a bit!"
"Get him Hibiki"
Jason Rivera
"There are three kinds of authors in this room"
The newbies who got awarded today.
The experienced people who finished debuts.
Then
The top.
"The guys whose works broke out and got anime and game adaptions"
"Those who definitely have a stable future with savings in the billions and buy big."
The authors
Who made it in life.
Angel Allen
When I was a newbie
I was disgusted by hose smug motherfuckers looking down on other authors from the top.
And I resolved that I would crush them all with my novel one day.
I guess that's why
I really crush everyone, huh...
Adam Williams
"At some point in time"
"I ended up just as smug as all the others"
"Koyasu-san"
"Let me introduce you. This is Shimano-kun who won the grand prize just now"
"Uhh, very nice to met you. My name is Shimano Tetsuya."
"Uhh... I really loved "Life on an Isekai Founder" "
"Wow... it's the real Koyasu Tsumugi-san"
"I'm finally an author now"
Evan Martin
"Shimano-kun, have you read "Midnight Vampire and Sleeping Moon" yet?"
"Midnight...?"
"Oh you mean the judge's special award"
"No... I haven't seen it"
"I won the grand prize after all"
"Yeah..."
"You should read it"
"It's so interesting, it makes your novel look like literal doodles."
"The only reason you won was because the "Midnight" girl pulled out. And you moved up."
"Honestly, you're not ready for a debut."
"Get ready to be a bottom feeder for a long long time."
That's right.
Don't get nervous in front of me.
Tyler Brooks
That's the right face, newbie.
I am okay with this.
Nathaniel Moore
And done, will continue after I go out for a bit.
Nicholas Cox
Uhh, whenever TS is done. Give him time.
Austin Diaz
Thanks for the translations. I'm still not sure if the author is capable of dragging this series out.
Kayden Moore
Thanks for the TLs, one of my favorite ongoing series at the moment.
Michael Mitchell
I want to fuck Rika.
Sebastian King
I love this manga
John Roberts
>I'm still not sure if the author is capable of dragging this series out.
He's currently at chapter 102.
David Nguyen
Well, hope the quality hasn't taken a nosedive.
Alexander Butler
thanks for the translations
> Police?
> From where?
you mistook 電話 for 警察 here
Carter White
Thank you!
Jonathan Campbell
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