Anime rating game

Does this world not have the manga Kuroko's Basketball? Could it be that there's a real-life version?

But putting aside ZONG's extraordinary setting, the characters' performances alone are already outrageous.

Masamune subconsciously took out his phone and started searching for characters related to Kuroko's Basketball, Prince of Tennis, and other similar works.

There was no Teiko Junior High School, nor schools like Toohō or Yōsen, but there were athletes with some fame, such as Kagami Taiga and Tezuka Kunimitsu.

Some are currently in college, while others have already graduated and become professional athletes.

I tried clicking on a tennis match starring Keigo Atobe and sped up the playback. Then I clicked on the next match...

Soon, Masamune sighed in disappointment.

It seems that although those people exist in this world, their strength is only at the level of normal people, and the competition is also very conventional.

There was no destruction of the venue, and no special effects flying around.

"What's wrong, President? Aren't you going to eat?"

As they were talking, Miyamori Aoi took another bite of side dish from Masamune's lunchbox.

"I'm speechless about this world."

Even if Hashirama Senju came over, he would probably only be a skilled bricklayer on a construction site.

“Huh…?”

I don't know which screen I clicked, but the phrase "harmonious and stable Fuyuki City" appeared on my phone.

This prompted Masamune to hastily search for information about Emiya Kiritsugu and others.

'No Type-Moon Heavy Industries? Kiritsugu Emiya and Tokiomi Tohsaka, a local businessman from Fuyuki City? That seems reasonable.'

Masamune quietly added a few more works to the production list, planning to spend some time that evening searching for excellent anime he had watched, since none of them existed in this world.

When I was researching before, there were no works in this world that were set in a modern world and did not involve supernatural abilities. In addition, I had met a few people in the real world whose names and appearances were very familiar, so I only searched for works of this type.

In retrospect, some works that involve extraordinary abilities may not exist in this world, but rather have real-life counterparts.

Chapter Forty: I Think I've Seen a New World

How much room for improvement do you think my drawing skills have?

After Masamune put down his phone, Mashiro slowly spoke.

“Infinite! I believe that no skill has limits, only the barriers we set for ourselves. If it were up to people to evaluate it, they could only say things like ‘The master is indeed a master, the painting is excellent! It’s worth a fortune’.”

While eating, Masamune said:

"However, if judged by Heaven, even among masters, there are differences in their levels."

"No one can say for sure who the world's greatest painter is throughout history, but I believe that if you put all the painters together, there must be a certain order."

“You started learning to draw when you were young, probably because your parents wanted you to, but after all these years, I think... you must really enjoy drawing.”

"Whether it's comics or oil painting, I believe you have unlimited potential for improvement in terms of painting itself."

Mashiro ate her meal in silence, and after a few seconds, she said softly:

"You're right, I will find it, the divine hand in the painting."

Masamune couldn't help but turn and stare at her. When most people say these kinds of things, their tone will fluctuate to some extent.

However, not only her tone but also her eyes remained unchanged, as if she had just said it casually.

"How does the bento box taste?"

"Our bento boxes contain the same contents."

"I know, I'm asking for your thoughts."

"A magnificent and colorful landscape painting."

Is that considered a high rating?

"My mom always makes a lot of food and lunchboxes, so you don't have to force yourself to finish them. I usually only eat a third to half of it, and then I feed the rest to stray cats and dogs."

At this point, Masamune smiled helplessly:

"Thanks to this, I've become familiar with the cats and dogs at home, my old school, my current company, and the neighborhood."

“Every day around 12:30 pm, a bunch of cats and dogs surround me.”

"I can eat one-fifth of it." Mashiro put down her chopsticks and said again, "I'm already full."

"...Okay, then I'll have some drinks to rinse my mouth."

After pouring her a glass of orange juice, Masamune noticed that Aoi Miyamori and Ema Yasuhara were staring intently at him. He asked in surprise:

"What's wrong? You two?"

"President, are you serious?" Miyamori Aoi asked excitedly.

"what?"

"Around noon, stray cats and dogs gather here."

"Of course it's true. If you'd like to see, you can come with me later."

"I want to see it! I've always wanted to encounter something like this, like something out of an anime. But stray cats prefer to be alone, so it's hard to find a bunch of them."

"Then you'll see him in a little while."

Shortly after, after lunch, at 12:29 PM.

At the exit of a small alley on the street, Masamune opened the remaining half of the bento box, and a delicious aroma gradually wafted out.

The next moment, five or six cats and dogs of different sizes and colors rushed out of the alley in a group, surrounded Masamune, and rubbed their heads against his shoes and trouser legs.

"Here is today's meal, please eat."

Masamune bent down and gently poured the remaining half of the bento box onto the ground. The numerous cats and dogs immediately surrounded it and began to eat.

"It's just like what you see."

While taking photos, Aoi Miyamori asked curiously:

"President, how did you get along with the cats and dogs on the first day? By the way, are there really this many stray cats and dogs around here? I thought there would only be one or two at most."

"On the first day, I planned to put it in the car and take it home, but when I passed by here, I saw a kitten wandering around in front of the garbage pile at the alley entrance, so I opened the lunchbox and asked it if it wanted it."

"Huh...? Didn't the cat get scared away?"

"No, I just put it directly into the lunchbox and started eating."

Seeing that Mashiro had also poured the remaining food on the ground to feed the cat, Masamune added:

"At first, there were only one or two cats. Later, the number gradually increased."

"By the way, these are not from the same batch as yesterday's."

Before he could finish speaking, seven or eight more cats and dogs ran out from the shadows and crowded into the food that Mashiro had spilled, vying for it.

"How do cats and dogs live together peacefully? I feel like I'm seeing a whole new animal world that belongs to cats and dogs."

Miyamori Aoi stepped back a few paces and started taking panoramic photos, while smiling and asking:

"President, may I post the photos on Twitter?"

"Do as you please, I don't care."

"Thank you. I'll be at your service then."

......

Inside a private room on the third floor of Musashino Restaurant.

While taking photos, Yoshino Koiwai said:

"Miss Aiji, there are many cats and dogs circling around him again today, won't you come and take a look?"

"I'm still angry. Humph...! That bastard actually kicked me out. He's a heartless scumbag, a real jerk..."

"I think Miss Aigi was in the wrong first."

"What did I do wrong?"

“Even if you don’t understand, Miss Aki shouldn’t interfere with other people’s preferences. In short, you shouldn’t speak to other men in that insincere tone.”

"Yoshino." Adagaki Aki glared at her. "Ever since you watched the anime, you've completely lost that timid and hesitant attitude you used to have. You were much cuter before."

"Sorry, but since Miss Aki has already seen through my disguise, I think it's fine this way. It's not as hard as before."

"Then why don't you speak to me in this tone at home, when there are other people around?"

"Because it's more advantageous for me to appear clumsy in front of people who don't know me. If I accidentally do something wrong, the other person will apologize first."

"She really is a cunning Cinderella."

"What will happen to Miss Aiki after this? If you do nothing, the distance between you will only grow, and she'll gradually be snatched away by that blonde girl. After all, she's very cute, which is exactly the type most men like."

"Hmph...! Let her take it if she wants it, I don't care."

“Speaking in such a clenched-teeth tone is completely unconvincing.”

"Yoshino, your vacation next week and the week after has been canceled!"

......

Side story (What Masamune didn't know).

Sanzenin family.

"Maria, did you send out my submission?"

Sanzenin Nagi threw down the manga magazine in her hand and asked anxiously.

"It's already been sent out, to Musashino Animation, right?"

"Why haven't we received a reply yet? Damn it! Could it be that we failed again?"

"What did the young lady send?" Maria asked curiously.

"My fan comic! 'Masamune-kun's Revenge'. The anime has great character designs and a very engaging plot."

"However, I feel there's still a lot of room for expansion in the supporting characters. So I drew a fan comic, hoping they can make it into an OVA or something. If they don't have enough money, I can fund it."