2. and a nerd's warzone.
3. These are an otaku's paradise,
4. Doujinshi events.
5. "Doujinshi are, after all, capricious agents of fate...!"
6. "Well, today's a big cross-series, all-genres event. Lots of things for everyone."
7. "Shimizu-san!"
8. "There's always that one book, that one work of art you'd traverse any burning inferno or glacial tundra for, just for even a chance of getting it! That is what we live for!"
9. "Wow!! There's a lot of people out!"
10. "Yeah, yeah..."
11. "Don't get too excited, you don't want your fever to come back!"
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1. All that divides this room and the deep blue sky
2. is an invisible barrier, just like glass.
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1. One week earlier.
3. "Oh, no, it was nothing!"
4. "No, seriously, thanks."
5. "But."
6. "Thanks for taking care of me with the whole fever thing."
7. "When's your next event?"
8. "Eh...?"
9. "I am not telling you."
10. "Well, I mean, I guess it's fine, I'll meet my deadline, but..."
11. "Wao! That sounds like a nightmare!"
12. "I definitely spilled ink over my manuscripts, right?"
1. That's right! Doujinshi events are the one time that you don't have to hide your power level, and instead get to mingle with your fellow nerds, entirely unbound! Truly a liminal heaven!
2. "I can't wait~"
3. speaking of nightmares
4. "Why not!"
5. "It's not a place for normal, healthy human beings!!"
6. "I don't care!!"
7. "I wanna go!!"
8. "Me? Oh, I'm great! Perfectly--"
10. "How're you feeling, if you don't mind me asking?"
11. "healthy."
1. "Shimizu-san?"
2. "Oh... uh, nothing..."
3. "It's just my heart throbbed for a second, y'know?"
4. "I know doujinshi are important, but..."
5. "You have to make sure you're fit for work, yes~?"
6. "Is it possible that you've got an event next weekend...?"
7. "Eh?!"
8. "A lil' one!"
9. She's smiling, but I know what she means!
10. "But it's just a lil' one, so!!"
11. "Hmm, I wonder if you still do have a fever, then..."
1. "but I know there are people out there who really want to read my new book!"
2. "I'm a hack and a crazy fangirl,"
3. "I'm sorry, but I have to go to this one!"
4. "Please, just take a proper break!"
5. "And I don't wanna let them down!"
6. "But, that means..."
7. "I understand."
8. "and I mean, there's event-limited books I want too..."
9. "..."
1. "You just want to come too."
2. "You have to let me come along and help you!"
3. Maekawa joined your party!
4. "What on earth are you talking about..."
5. "You know, you didn't have to come. You could have gone on a nice date with your boyfriend to go to some sports thing, or whatever."
7. "So,"
8. "if I do see you overexerting yourself, I'm going to take you home!"
9. "Oho!"
10. "I'm better now!"
11. "Really? Huh!"
12. "I'm single right now!"
13. "Didn't think she'd be so stubborn..."
1. "I never end up going out with anyone for too long, is the thing~"
2. not listening
3. "Never mind! What I meant was, like, it's nice to have another single friend around!"
4. ""Oho!"?"
5. Why did I...
6. "Plus you get all sorts of nice presents, and get taken out for nice meals, and etc etc."
7. "But, well, the most fun part of a relationship is the start, after all!"
8. "Is that what you think, Shimizu-san."
9. "You seem pretty cool with, uh, not being... wife material, I guess?"
10. "I'm the type to get cold feet once I've had me a good time, I suppose~"
11. "Someone asking me to move in is a little bit too much for me~"
14. "Wao..."
15. "You okay with that?"
16. "Okay, okay, that's enough real life stuff for now. You're ruining our nerdvana."
1. "Yep."
2. "Phew, they delivered my book."
3. "Is this our spot?"
4. "Literally nothing beats this moment! It's so satisfying~"
5. "Wao, it's a real book!"
6. "I pushed the boat out this time, and went for a special textured finish for the cover~"
7. "Hohoho~"
8. "You worked so hard on this book."
9. "This is a lot of fun for me, too, you know! It's all very new!"
1. "What are we pricing the book at?"
2. "Mhm!!"
3. "I'm sure plenty of people are going to want to buy it! And I'm going to do my best to help!"
4. "Mae-kawa?"
5. "Yes?"
6. "Oh, uh, yeah."
7. "I know I told you not to come, but..."
8. "I've never had anyone actually help me out, or go with me, to one of these before,"
9. "and it's actually really nice..."
10. "Thank you!!"
1. "Or, I mean, is there anything you'd want to talk about?"
2. "I want to give you a gift or some- thing, too... something really nice!"
3. "No, it is! And you've done so much for me! I really want to thank you!"
4. "Aw, c'mon, it's nothing that big."
5. "...I mean,"
6. "..."
7. "Shimizu- san, you really..."
8. "Oh, a meal! I can take you somewhere nice for dinner!"
9. "Uhhhh..."
10. "no, uh, I'm sure you've got someone to chat to who isn't me?"
1. "Ah, well... it looks like you don't remember, then."
2. "Have I said this before?"
3. "it's just the second time you've offered me that."
4. "Eh?"
5. "Oh, no,"
6. "Oh, uh, really?"
7. "It was back when I joined the company."
8. "Ah!"
9. "Thank you so much!"
10. "I really loved your last book!"
11. "That'll be 300 yen."
12. "Alright, Maekawa, you handle the cash."
13. "What's that about?"
14. "The event's started."
15. "Aye aye!"
1. "It gives me a kind of weird feeling of strength, when they wanna talk to me."
2. "I'm so thankful..."
3. "People who've come to previous events are here too!"
4. "That's good!"
5. That's so nice.
6. "Telling an author your thoughts is like saying you love them..."
7. "Fool."
8. "You're all fellow nerds, right? Shouldn't it be easy to talk to each other?"
9. "This is where our love of the series (and our desires) is at its apex, Maekawa!"
10. "I really think you're exaggerating..."
11. "Not at all!"
1. "I..."
2. "think I've forgotten"
3. "how to feel like that."
4. "When did you find them!? How!?"
5. "But, actually, I just realised! You have a lot of horny doujinshi hidden back at your place, right!"
6. "Oh, uh, thanks..."
7. "Oh! Now I know what I have to do, why don't you go and tell other artists you love them?"
1. "Okey!"
2. "I'll be right back, so!"
3. Let me think...
4. "I'm a newbie, after all!"
5. "Don't you get bored of people pushing menial tasks onto you?"
6. "Oh..."
7. "If there's anything I can do for you, just say!"
8. "I can't be choosy about the work I'm given."
9. "Not at all!"
1. "I'd prefer to focus on the stuff I actually like, y'know?"
2. I guess everyone's different, but...
3. "I mean, if you don't feel comfortable talking about it with the people in your department, or whatever!"
4. "If there's anything, work or otherwise, that you'd like to chat about, come to me."
5. "Yes?"
6. Good person. Always on the ball.
7. "Uh, it's not like it's gotta be me!"
8. You barely notice she's a woman.
9. "Oh, Shimizu?"
1. "That's 200 yen's change."
2. "Total opposite to you in that respect, Maekawa-chan."
3. "You handle the rest yourself!"
4. "Ha-ha..."
5. "okay..."
6. "Thank you very much!"
7. "Shimizu-san, you really..."
1. "piss me off."
2. "Ah, hello!"
3. "Excuse me."
1. "It's been a while."
1. "Ooh, smart girl. She's chatting to the customers."
2. "Mm?"
3. "Wait, is she okay?"
4. Is this asshole trying to get his flirt on RIGHT in my sacred zone!?
5. "Don't you even dare!"
6. "I will end you!!"
1. "What? It's just me paying you back for all your help..."
2. "Um..."
3. "Shimizu-san!"
4. "...not what I expected!"
5. Bothered rn
6. "Um, could you go away for a second?"
7. "It's okay, Maekawa!"
9. "Not exactly..."
10. "What!? Did I get in the way of something!?"
11. "wehhhh"
1. "so I didn't expect to find you here,"
2. "We hadn't heard from you since you went AWOL..."
3. "Maekawa?"
4. "someone you know?"
5. "Maekawa-sensei."
6. uhhhhhhhh the spice has been released... :9
7. (also in case this has already been like, lost from the public conciousness, '-sensei' as an honourific can also mean 'artist/author' etc i know i normally DON'T use honourifics but.... iunno its so hard to NOT to hear them in maekawa's voice and that extends out to everyone else)