manga artist Kirito

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"Impossible!" The answer was immediate. While others might find dining with a pretty girl a pleasant experience, even if she was a friend's sister, for Ryunosuke… it was toxic!

Even if I, Ryunosuke, were to die, even if I were to jump off this building, I would never eat at your house if there were women present!

Seemingly sensing Ryunosuke's resolve, Kirito released his grip on Ryunosuke's shoulder, pulled his phone from his pocket, and quickly dialed a number. "Hello, is this Boss? It's me, with someone..."

"Don't go too far, you bastard!" Ryunosuke roared, his face darkening, as he snatched the phone from Kirito's ear. He knew perfectly well he was allergic to women… I mean, he suffered from gynophobia, yet this brat still insisted on sitting at the same table with women… even going so far as to target the person he feared most!

What a deep grudge!

"Are you going or not?" Kirito looked at Ryunosuke with a smile. Let me tell you, we've got a deep grudge today. You exposed my location to my sister, and I can do the same to your sister!

"...You win!" Suppressing the urge to throw the tomato in Kirito's face, Ryunosuke, his face dark, shoved the phone back into Kirito's hand and walked back towards the still-open door...

Honestly... I shouldn't have come to get the tomatoes...

"What's going on here... You stole his tomatoes?" Hachiman Hikigaya, with dead fish eyes, stepped out of the elevator and looked at the two who almost came to blows, saying with a strange expression.

"What could possibly make you think that stealing tomatoes would lead to a fight? Besides, this guy hasn't left the house for a month and has already completed his supermarket achievement. The tomatoes he's eating now are from my family, okay?" Kirito said, pouting.

"This is my reward for stopping those guys who were trying to dox you!" Ryunosuke took a bite of tomato and calmly replied. "Besides, I think our relationship is no longer as close as tomatoes."

"...So even a tomato can't compare to a person!" Hachiman said with a strange expression.

"Phew! Come to my house for dinner, everyone." Kirito smiled helplessly. "Hachiman, you haven't met my sister yet, have you?"

"Alright, that's enough!" As if knowing exactly what Kirito wanted to say, Hachiman said without hesitation. "Komachi is the cutest person in the world!"

"Bullshit! Leaf is the cutest in the world!" Kirito retorted, disregarding their past friendship. "Komachi is second to none at best!"

"While I enjoy putting others down to elevate myself, it's not the only thing I can't do with Komachi! As things stand, I'm about to meet your sister, and as your friend, I should greet her in my best condition and make the best first impression! But..." Hachiman, also a siscon, retorted, "Komachi is the cutest! There's no one cuter than Komachi in the world!"

"..." Ryunosuke's lips twitched slightly. Without a younger sister, he couldn't join their conversation at all. Thinking of his older sister... he thought, "I might as well jump off this cliff! Forget about the praise!"

"Leaves are the cutest!"

"Komachi is the cutest!"

Arguing, they went inside.

"So, all my classmates are perverts?! I've already called the police! Crime number one and number two, be prepared to spend the rest of your lives in a labor camp!"

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【NO.29 Everyday Life】

Calling the police is out of the question. After all, Kirito and Hachiman are just joking. If they were to actually do it, they'd probably run away faster than anyone else.

But to be honest, Kirito had just been beaten up and given a good scolding by his younger sister not long ago, yet the moment he turned around, he started praising his sister to Hachiman how cute and smart she was...

This must be what a sister complex looks like...?

Thinking of her older sister, Yukino Yukinoshita felt that it was definitely impossible.

So, these people, who rarely had the chance to eat around a table together, sat down and began to savor the meal that Suguha had painstakingly prepared. Suguha's cooking was delicious; at least Yukino Yukinoshita thought Suguha's cooking was no worse than hers.

Perhaps because Suguha was there, when Kirito praised his sister's cooking, Hachiman surprisingly didn't refute him, though his hesitant expression clearly showed he wanted to say something.

After all, this is a war of sister complex!

"You two... don't seem to have much of an appetite?" Kirito's expression was a little strange as he looked at Yukino Yukinoshita and Hachiman, who hadn't touched their chopsticks much. It was understandable that Yukino was eating little; girls would do anything to maintain their figure, though Kirito didn't think Yukino would care about such things. But what the heck was Hachiman?

"I ate something bad before I came back, and now I don't have much of an appetite..."

"You too?" Kirito turned to look at Yukinoshita.

“…Yes.” Yukino Yukinoshita nodded slightly. Yuihama-san’s cookies were incredibly potent. If she could, she would like to eat more now, since she had thrown up once and was really hungry…but unfortunately, she didn’t have much of an appetite.

"Oh, I see... Then you guys eat less and leave it all for me." Kirito grinned, completely oblivious to any concept of hospitality.

"Hmph!" Ryunosuke, sitting between Hachiman and Kirito, far away from the two girls, snorted unhappily at Kirito's words.

"What? Envious, jealous, or resentful?"

"Shut up!" Rolling his eyes, Ryunosuke didn't quite understand why Kirito was showing off his sister like that.

"Well, if you don't have an appetite, then have some soup." With a smile, Suguha thoughtfully served Yukinoshita and Hachiman a bowl of soup... How should I put it, Suguha now looks like a virtuous wife.

"Thank you."

"……grateful."

"By the way, Ryunosuke, aren't you planning to go to class? There's not much time left in this semester." Hachiman turned to look at the boy next to him who looked no different from a girl. This junior hadn't been to school since the start of the semester, except for the opening ceremony.

"The weather hasn't been great lately, not really suitable for going out. Besides, as long as you have two-thirds of the attendance time in high school, you'll be fine." Turning his gaze away from the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Ryunosuke replied calmly, "Moreover, I've been researching how to give Maid-chan a physical form!"

Wake up! Maid-chan is just an AI; have you really gone this far?!

This shows that there's a reason why Kirito, Hachiman, and Ryunosuke became friends; each of them has their own quirks... I mean, their unique traits.

“…Alright.” Hachiman looked down, took a sip of soup, and smacked his lips. “Hiratsuka-sensei asked me to come back today to tell you that if you don’t come to school next week, she’ll come to find you herself. By the way, she was originally going to tell Kazuto, but it seems Kazuto stood her up…”

Hachiman silently gave Kirito a thumbs-up for his action, along with a look that wished him good luck in battle.

"...What can I do if Ms. Shizuka has her eye on me? I'm desperate too!" Kirito shrugged. "You all know Ms. Shizuka's temper. If you wait for her at school, you might end up seeing me at the hospital."

“Talking behind people’s backs is never a good thing.” Yukinoshita lowered her eyes. “The reason you’ve been targeted is probably because you’ve been too careless with your words.”

"Is she that scary?" Apart from meeting Hiratsuka Shizuka once on the first day of school, Ryunosuke had no idea what Hiratsuka Shizuka's temper was like, but judging from what he saw now, she seemed to be terrible.

"Ryunosuke shouldn't be able to withstand a punch from Hiratsuka-sensei, right?" Hachiman, who had been suffering greatly, looked at Ryunosuke's slender body and asked the question.

"It's hard to say." Kirito shook his head. Hiratsuka Shizuka's punching power was much stronger than Suguha's, and Ryunosuke might not even be able to withstand a punch from Suguha.

"As expected, Ryunosuke thinks it's better for you to go to class next week..." Kirito paused, then continued, "I've almost finished eating. Hmm... while you're all here, could you order me something?"

"can."

"no problem."

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"Brother, you're not thinking of taking out those things, are you?" Suguha's expression was a bit unpleasant, and after hearing Suguha's words, Ryunosuke and Hachiman's expressions also became subtle, only Yukinoshita was still in a state of complete ignorance.

As a fellow creator, Hachiman is also a friend of Kirito and naturally knows what Kirito has done in the past. Ryunosuke, needless to say, is someone he's known since childhood!

"Of course not those... these are my latest works."

"As for the new work, I've seen the outline... You'll get a knife in your hand, you old bastard Fujiwara!" Ryunosuke looked up at Kirito and said with certainty.

"Kazuto, you've started using stomach medicine too?"

"Yeah, feeding medicine sounds fun... my foot! It's a slightly dark manga." Kirito rolled his eyes. Stomach medicine? I'm totally not cut out for that. Healing stuff is the best!

"Uh, never mind, let Maid-chan just send it to your email..." Kirito suddenly remembered that, apart from erotic doujinshi which were drawn with a pen, all his manga were drawn with a drawing tablet.

"..."

A speechless expression.

Sometimes I really think you're like Aqua!

"Please don't mind if this is a bad example."

After observing her older brother for a while and finding that he didn't seem to be behaving abnormally, Suguha breathed a sigh of relief. She figured that this time it was a normal manga, otherwise her brother wouldn't have dared to say that he would show it to everyone.

Honestly, when Suguha found out that her brother had given up kendo to draw erotic comics, she really intended to come and kill him with a wooden sword. Why did he have to draw erotic comics of all things? Is the head of the Tiger Dojo not as good as erotic comics?

However, as it turns out, it is indeed inferior.

"Well then, it's time to get to work..."

031

【NO.30 Worse than an animal】

Upon entering the study, Kirito began working on matters related to the manga.

Before that, Kirito carefully searched for the places where he hid the doujinshi, especially the ones containing doujinshi about his sister, and he even prepared to find a more secluded spot.

However, Kirito discovers that not only are his sister's notebooks missing, but also all the 'special' notebooks he has been keeping hidden away have disappeared, in addition to the drawings she just finished in the last two days.

This situation is really bad... If it were Asuna who took it, it wouldn't be so bad, since it would have been exposed long ago. But Suguha only found out recently, and she has no idea that she actually has a doujinshi of hers...

So, the situation is really bad!!

However, it's more likely that Asuna will take it... probably?

Because it was the weekend, Suguha was obviously planning to stay here for two days, and she even brought her change of clothes... To be honest, looking at that suitcase, if Kirito didn't know that Suguha's school was far away from here and that staying here might mean missing her early morning classes, he would have thought that Suguha was going to stay here indefinitely.

As Kirito nervously picked up his drawing tablet, Suguha had already cleared the dining table and washed and put away all the plates. Then she pushed open the door to the study and walked in.

The moment she entered, a hint of surprise was clearly visible in Suguha's eyes, seemingly at the tidiness of the study.

Well, they don't even look at who cleaned it.

"Yoko, congratulations on winning the national championship." Kirito looked up at Yoko, who had just closed the door, and smiled slightly before turning his attention back to his drawing tablet, quickly sketching with his brush.

Hmph! It's just a slight distraction. True masters can do several things at the same time, like writing, watching anime, and chatting in groups at the same time! Occasional conversations won't affect Kirito, who used to operate two accounts simultaneously.

"Hmm," Suguha said with a smile, walking up behind Kirito and chuckling softly. "Is this for real this time?"

"Of course, too much time was wasted. Haven't you seen me even putting away my game console now?"

"Oh wow, it seems to be alright!" Suguha nodded, her gaze wandering over the bookshelf next to her. She then pulled out a light novel, sat down against the bookshelf, and seemed to intend to stay and read.

"Oh right, brother, you have time tomorrow, right?"

"Yes, I'm free tomorrow afternoon. I took on a job the day before yesterday, and I'll discuss it with them tomorrow morning. I'll also check where my manga would be suitable for submission... Although Shonen Jump is great, it mainly publishes action-adventure works, which are more suitable for manga with fantasy elements and flamboyant, hot-blooded themes. However, my work, Sword Art Online, isn't exactly mainstream. While it has some action, it needs a bit more heartwarming slice-of-life elements..."

"As for Shonen Sunday, the themes of the works it publishes are more diverse, and it tends to allow creators to express themselves freely, which is more suitable for my creations. However, personally, I don't really like Shonen Sunday."

"So, I'm planning to see if there are any other channels. It would be even better if I could find a promising but just-started comic book magazine."

"I don't really understand." Suguha doesn't really like manga or light novels. Of course, she doesn't have any prejudice against otaku, but she's a little unhappy that her brother is doing these things. But since her brother is determined to do it, all she can do is support him.

Therefore, she is now trying to explore this area, also in order to have more common topics with her brother.

“It’s alright. The discussion shouldn’t take much time. If you’re back in the afternoon, I’ll go for a walk with you…” Kirito paused, “Given the time constraints, if you had told me before you came, we might have been able to come up with a better travel plan.”

"Come on, bro!" Suguha rolled her eyes. "If you knew I was coming, let alone whether you would tell me your address, you'd more likely be out of town for a while, right?"

"Uh..." Kirito's face stiffened. If Suguha had really given him a heads-up before coming, then this might actually be true. His little sister is indeed the cutest in the world, but he also has to be able to handle her enthusiasm! If he can't handle it, then saying more is just a lie.

"The semester is already more than halfway over, and summer vacation will be here soon. There might be some holidays in between, so let's go out then."

"Okay, but only if it's just you and me!" Suguha put down the book in her hand, her tone urgent and slightly unquestionable.

“…Alright.” Kirito sighed. Suguha and Asuna seemed to be at odds, as he immediately excluded Asuna from the conversation.

"Okay, then! Brother, you continue working, I'll read a book here for a while."

Nodding slightly, Kirito refocused his attention on drawing. Perhaps because his sister was beside him, his drawing speed slowed down considerably, but his style became more solid.

Indeed, the change in art style is closely related to the creator's spirit and mindset.

The plot of the Sword Art Online manga unfolds at a fairly fast pace, and Kirito had already prepared the entire story outline and preliminary details, so there were no issues with his ideas running out. The whole process was smooth and effortless... Even though my arms were trembling a bit from drawing for so long, and my eyes were slightly sore.

Looks like I'll need to get a new pair of glasses later...

Kirito squinted at the time; it was already late at night. He stretched lazily, his stiff bones cracking from sitting for so long.

"Ye Zi, it's late, you should go to sleep..."

Kirito turned around and found that Suguha had fallen asleep against the bookshelf, the light novel she was holding had fallen to the ground...

"Black Album...author Fujiwara Chikuyuki...?" Kirito raised an eyebrow slightly. The author's name sounded familiar. Where had he heard it before?

Well, never mind, it's not a very important thing anyway.

Kirito's attention returned to Suguha, and he looked somewhat helpless. This kid is really unguarded, sleeping right here in a white shirt and shorts... If I were a pervert, then little sister, you really wouldn't have anywhere to run away.

"I'll sleep in the study tonight..."

Kirito reached out and picked up the sleeping Suguha, then walked towards the bedroom.

"...Hmm, Yezi seems to have gained a little weight recently, she's really grown up..."

Sigh, I really am worse than an animal...

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