Chapter 80 The History of Eri's Otaku

  Art department after school, the second preparation room.

   "Sawamura-san, why are you hiding your fanart?"

   "Huh? Does this have anything to do with you?"

   "No, I'm just curious and don't want to answer."

Her azure blue eyes moved away from the drawing book for a moment, and Eiri glanced at the young man sitting next to her, then lowered her head and muttered, "Just think about it with common sense... My Sawamura Eri is painting **** fans. , how can I explain it to everyone."

   "But there are also works of all ages in your paintings. As long as you make it clear at the beginning, you can participate in animation fan clubs and the like, right?"

   "The public's discrimination against otaku is deeply rooted."

   "That old saying is out of fashion now, after all, everyone has seen animation more or less."

Kato Yusuke considered his words and continued: "And even if you will be discriminated against at first, everyone will gradually get used to it. An otaku like you, who is so crazy and impossible to close the mountain, is happier going that way? "

  Eri Riri's expression swayed in an instant like a mirage in a heat wave, and even her body swayed slightly along with it.

   "I...I've been the least worthy of being an otaku since I was a child."

   Her eyes were a little ecstatic, as if she was recalling the past, and her voice was a little ethereal.

   "Everyone seems to think that people who don't look like otaku are more humiliated than people who don't look like otaku who happily chat about animation and video games."

   "When you were young, you meant the second grade of elementary school." Kato Yusuke thought about it and said, "Could it be that you are too sensitive?"

   "Even if I was bullied all the time because of that? After that, I just pretended to be out of the house, and no one dared to bully me again?"

  "…"

  Eriri's questioning words made Kato Yusuke silent.

   Looking at the girl in front of him, a kind of enlightenment emerged in his heart.

   Perhaps because of her beautiful appearance and her family background, people are completely unable to associate this "delicate mixed-race girl like a doll" with those sloppy otaku in the society.

   The people around Ying Lili who have fantasies about her cannot accept that she is addicted to drawing two-dimensional illustrations, and is also intoxicated by pictures like Brother Pig.

After figuring this out, Kato Yusuke stopped talking too much, and just said to Eiri: "I discriminate against others just because of their inherent beliefs, but ignore the shining points in others, such people don't need to care, at least I I think you draw really well."

   Hearing his words, Yingri came back to her senses.

  I saw that the girl first glanced at Kato Yusuke with a scrutiny look, then turned her head with a "hum", and responded with some pride: "Just a newcomer... What a big deal!"

   "Yes..." Kato Yusuke did not argue with her, but pointed to the drawing book in the other's hand and asked, "So is there any problem, Mr. Kashiwagi Eri?"

   "Well... It's completely different from the previous style of painting, and the characters' movements feel a little stiff. The most important thing is that this isn't completely out of the question!"

   Eri Li, who was flipping the pages of the painting, said with some dissatisfaction, then threw the painting book back and said, "Show me the painting at the back first."

   Kato Yusuke did not refuse, after all, it was the plan. So according to the content in my memory, I drew the most critical pictures.

  It is worth mentioning that he used a pill pen in this painting process. Because this pen can draw very thin lines, it can be very delicate when drawing certain parts.

   Seeing this scene, Eiri nodded indiscernibly. If you want to be a respected painter...well, a book painter, attention to detail is essential.

  So she also got up from her seat, stood diagonally behind Kato Yusuke, and looked at it with her arms folded over her chest, and this look made her fascinated.

   In the quiet second art preparation room, only the rustling of the tip of the pen across the paper and the even breathing of the boys and girls could be heard.

  Time passes silently, and the content in the picture is gradually completed in a single stroke. Although there are still no lines, the simple and crude picture presented on the paper can basically be understood by everyone.

   At an angle that Yusuke Kato couldn't see, Eri Ri's eyes were shining with an inexplicable light.

"All right."

"abnormal…"

At the moment when    stopped writing, the voices of the boy and girl sounded in the room at the same time, and the latter's words made Kato Yusuke feel bad in an instant.

   Are you, the master of the abuse department, qualified to speak of me? ! - Before he could say this, the painting book in front of him was snatched away by the other party.

   "I'll take a look..."

   Having said that, Eri Ri ran to the side with the drawing book in her hand, and turned her back to Yusuke Kato to look at it. From time to time, strange words came out of her mouth.

   "sleeping", "ero", "scumbag"...and so on.

   For a beautiful blonde girl who looks like she has stepped out of a picture scroll to say these words... It's a bit bad.

   And from Kato Yusuke's point of view, Eiri's body still seems to be shaking slightly...or twisting?

   Is it necessary to read this old manga so seriously?

   He complained silently in his heart, and asked the girl, "...May I ask where the painting is wrong, Mr. Kashiwagi Eri?"

   As if he just realized that there is another person here, Eiri's movements froze. After clearing his throat, he turned around and said with a wandering gaze, "Well...Although there are some things that need to be revised, it's still interesting. What's the name of this story?"

   "Name?" Kato Yusuke was stunned for a moment, then he blurted out: "What are you talking about, isn't this "Early Summer Time"?"

   "Early summer time...?" Ying Lili rested her chin in one hand and frowned slightly: "It's a casual name, but it fits the occasion."

   As she said that, she glanced at Kato Yusuke, and organized the language: "It's not bad for a newcomer, so let's try adding lines later."

   "Isn't this necessary?" Kato Yusuke wondered, "Isn't it more convenient to buy it online?"

   "What are you talking about? No one will buy this kind of semi-finished product, and the problem of stiffness in motion has not been resolved, so let me go back and perfect it before that! Perfect!"

   Looking at the girl who spoke to him in a reprimanding tone, Kato Yusuke stared straight at him without saying a word.

   It wasn't until Eri Riri's expression was puzzled at first that it gradually became a little scared, and she folded her arms into the corner, before he finally spoke.

   "Hey, Sawamura-san."

   "Yeah...ah! What, what are you doing...?"

   Kato Yusuke asked word by word, not bothering to find out where the vigilance on the other's face came from.

   "Have you not read this story?"

   "...Huh?...Story?"

   Hearing his words, the girl was stunned for a moment, then slightly relieved, and asked in confusion, "Do you mean your book?"

   "Yes, haven't you seen anything similar?"

   "Well...it doesn't seem like it." Ying Lili shook her head.

   Kato Yusuke's eyes suddenly lit up.