บท 26: Manga Review

Utaha and Eriri were stunned. Who is this natural airhead? Is she really Megumi?

"Megumi, what's wrong with you? Why are you saying such surprising things today?" Utaha asked suspiciously.

Eriri was about to go crazy.

"Megumi! Quickly wipe your face!"

Without waiting for Megumi to react, Eriri rushed forward and wiped the white liquid... ahem, milk off Megumi's face, leaving it clean and dry.

"Ah, it's just that it's my first time staying over at a classmate's home, and it's a male classmate's at that, so I didn't feel anything nor care about it," Megumi calmly explained.

"And, we had breakfast together, went to school and back together, participated in club activities together, and then stayed over together..."

Megumi summarized calmly, "I don't think there's anything wrong with calling it cohabitation."

The truth was too real, and Homura and the other two were speechless.

Yes, there was no logical problem with her words... sigh, it could only be said that human thoughts are too complex.

"Cough cough! Cohabitation might be a bit too much. At most, it's... pseudo-cohabitation! Yes, that must be it!" Homura forcefully "corrected".

Utaha: "..."

Eriri: "..."

"You're just talking nonsense!" The two of them thought in unison.

Megumi nodded in understanding, "Hmm, it seems like it."

They looked at Megumi's expression and Homura breathed a sigh of relief, quickly saying, "Have you all finished eating? We should be leaving now."

Utaha and Eriri understood his meaning and quickly tidied up before leaving together.

"Sagiri! Haru! We're going to school!"

*Thud!*

Huh? This girl actually replied?

Although she used floor language... it was still a big improvement!

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On the way to school,

"Speaking of which, Minamiya, you've already submitted your manga right? What pen name did you use?" Eriri asked curiously.

Homura casually replied, "Pen name? I didn't really pay attention to it, I just wrote Minamiya and uploaded it."

"Oh really? I thought Homura-kun would come up with something unique!" Utaha said and couldn't help but give him a few more glances.

Homura also knew that he was a bit careless in doing this, but what else could he do? Should he just use Minamiya Homura? Or maybe Nirvana?

Thinking about it, Homura also became annoyed. He might as well just use Minamiya, which is quite appropriate.

"What's so surprising? After all, my imagination is limited; I am not a chuunibyou that has a vast imagination you know," Homura said, "Utaha-senpai, you're overthinking things."

"Then I wish 'Minamiya-sensei' great fame!" Eriri patted Homura's shoulder and said.

"Please, don't make fun of me," Homura said with a wry smile.

"No, I won't, how could I?" Eriri denied it three times, and Homura was overthinking things.

Homura didn't say anything, he just gave a thumbs-up and grinned like a certain thick-eyebrows ninja with a green jumpsuit.

"Hahaha! They say not to do that gesture, it doesn't suit you at all!" Eriri laughed out loud.

The group of handsome and beautiful students walked to school, constantly drawing the attention of passersby.

They began their day of school life...

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Manke Bunko.

Inside the review and editing team of the Newcomer Mangaka Contest of the Manke Weekly Magazine...

Several manga editors are conducting preliminary reviews of a large number of submissions, constantly screening for qualified works based on their years of experience.

The unqualified ones are rejected, while the qualified ones move on to the next stage, where the "Judges" will give them detailed scores.

"What the hell is this thing!?" Manga Editor Iida Ayano looked at the thing in front of her that was called a "Manga", veins bulging on her forehead.

"Why are all the submissions like this after review? Aren't there any works that are good enough to look at?" Ayano expressed her doubts about life.

It's no wonder she feels that way. If even the artwork isn't up to par, how can people pay attention to the plot?

Not all works are like "One-Punch Man".

"Wow! Here we go again, this story is really poisonous and what's wrong with this drawing?!" She quickly skipped it, so as not to "die from poisoning".

In order to solve the problem of the gap in Manke Weekly's works, everyone can only search for a needle in a haystack like this.

After all, it's still a newcomer mangaka contest, but the editors didn't expect that even those with no foundation in the art would participate. Practice your drawing skills first before coming here!

Ayano murmured with resentment, "I must report this to the chief editor and have an intelligent review system installed. Let the computer screen out a batch of works first before we manually review them."

"Oh? The artwork in this manga is quite good!" Suddenly, she came across a work that caught her eye, leaving her somewhat amazed and uncertain. "Could it be the pen name of some sensei?

Looking at the pen name "Minamiya", Ayano pondered for a while, but she had no impression.

"The art is really good! But how about the plot?" With that, Ayano entered the world of "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun".

"Hahaha! Oops!" She burst out laughing, then immediately stifled it, startling everyone in the room. Ayano instinctively covered her mouth, her face turning red.

Other editors looked over curiously, and a female editor asked directly, "What's wrong? Iida-san, did you find a good manga work?"

Ayano didn't say anything, she just smiled and gestured for the other person to come over.

Seeing her like this, not only the female editor was curious, but other editors also gathered around, wanting to see what kind of work could make experienced editors unable to hold back their laughter.

After a while, laughter suddenly broke out, one after another, and laughter is contagious, even if some people tried to hold back, but looking at the others' expressions, they all laughed.

The chief editor who had just come in to inspect was stunned by this situation.

What's going on?

Coming behind the crowd, he found that they were too tightly packed to see inside, and coughed twice as a pretense.

"Cough, Cough"

"Hey! The chief editor is here, come in and have a look!" The female editor who had started the conversation noticed him and pulled him into the crowd. The chief editor held back all the words he wanted to say.

"Hurry up and make way, the chief editor is here, give him some space!" Leading the chief editor to Ayano's side, she said to her, "Iida-san, show the chief editor the work! Maybe we can achieve our contest goals!"

Upon hearing this, Ayano quickly went back to the first page and said to the chief editor, "Chief, this is a completely exquisite work that we have just discovered! Both the art and the story plot are excellent! Please have a look!"

The chief editor could feel the reactions of the people and could confirm that they had found a good manga. His heart was slightly stirred, but he didn't say anything and just looked at the manga work.

"Minamiya?" The chief editor was surprised and uncertain, looking at Ayano, he asked, "What about the detailed information about this author? Let me see."

Ayano felt a bit strange but still clicked on the detailed information.

"…Minamiya, let me see, this address... indeed!" The chief editor muttered to himself and became even more puzzled, "Could it be that the author is Minamiya-sama?"