Akira’s Confidence Shattered

After Takebayashi left for class, Akira took care of the household chores. Washing clothes, hanging them on the balcony, sweeping the floor, doing the dishes, wiping the window, and so on.

Except for cooking, he played the role of a housekeeper. Akira was undoubtedly not a weak housekeeper. When night fell, he would demonstrate his prowess, leaving Takebayashi so exhausted that she couldn't get out of bed.

"Cleaning takes up a lot of time."

Glancing at the wall clock, it was already 9:22 in the morning. Akira then tidied up the equipment and put it back in the cupboard.

After all the work was done, he picked up a light novel from the bookshelf and lay on the sofa, accompanied by a soda drink and potato chips.

Akira started to focus on reading.

Since high school graduation, he rarely met his five sisters due to their busy schedules. Especially Ichika, who had to visit many places for filming.

In the past six months alone, Akira had only gathered with the quintuplets three times for a meal at a restaurant.

"Even Isekai is the most popular genre in this world, huh."

"When crime runs rampant in another world, why doesn't the god who governs the balance of the universe send a war veteran, an expert in business economics, or someone capable of making changes for a nation? Instead, the god sends a teenager still searching for their identity and facing an identity crisis."

"It's ridiculous."

Akira got bored reading Isekai light novels with an overpowered protagonist, no world-building, the protagonist forming a harem as if collecting Pokémon, and other clichés.

"Indeed, the Isekai genre sells well in the market, but at least create good world-building like the light novel Mushoku Tensei. Its world isn't just set in swords and magic like typical games."

"And what's with Isekai protagonists now! Pigs? Vending machines? Goblins? Hot springs? Pussy? Damn it! If you run out of ideas for writing Isekai stories, then don't write!"

Venting his frustration, Akira couldn't bear to read Isekai light novels anymore. If he forced himself, he was afraid billions of his brain cells would die, and he would become an idiot.

Rising from the sofa, he put the light novel back on the shelf.

Looking at the neatly arranged Isekai light novels on the shelf, Akira's mouth frowned.

"I won't buy Isekai light novels anymore."

After that, he picked up a romantic comedy light novel titled "Otonari no Tenshi-sama" and read while reclining on the sofa.

...

Noon.

"This story is good. Shiina Mahiru is the ideal woman description for men, almost impossible to find in the real world."

Akira praised the author for creating the best woman in the form of a light novel.

To him, Mahiru was the perfect woman in any man's eyes.

"Unconsciously, I've read up to volume 8. Has the latest volume been released?"

Grabbing his phone from the table, Akira checked the online shopping site. Unfortunately, the latest volume of the light novel "Otonari no Tenshi-sama" was volume 8.

"Why hasn't this masterpiece received an anime adaptation? Should I sponsor it?"

Unlike other otaku who could only complain on social media for their favorite works to get an anime adaptation, Akira wanted to fund his favorite work until it became an anime.

Although he didn't have artificial intelligence like Chamber to analyze the stock market, Akira had [Photographic Memory] and had studied about stocks.

For him, there was no harm in acquiring knowledge. Maybe the knowledge was not useful right now, but what about in the future?

Moreover, with [Photographic Memory], it wasn't difficult to learn a certain knowledge.

"Let's see how much the production cost is for one season of anime."

Checking his bank balance, Akira felt it was quite a lot compared to the white-collar workers who had been working for over 100 years.

There was a lot of information about the details of anime production costs on the internet, so Akira found it very easy.

"I'm too arrogant. Even with my money, it's still not enough."

Seeing the fantastic figure in front of him, his confidence shattered.

The production cost of one anime season varies depending on various factors, including episode duration, episode count, animation quality, and production studio. In general, the production cost of one anime season ranges from 200 million yen to 1 billion yen.

For anime with 24-minute episodes, the average production cost is around 50 million yen per episode. Thus, the production cost of one anime season with 12 episodes is approximately 600 million yen. However, this cost can increase if the anime has high animation quality or is made by a well-known production studio.

For example, the production cost of "Attack on Titan" Season 4 Part 2 is around 1 billion yen. This anime has 25-minute episodes and is produced by Wit Studio and MAPPA. Meanwhile, the production cost of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" Season 2 is around 500 million yen. This anime has 25-minute episodes and is produced by Ufotable.

"Let it go. Even if I want to fund the light novel 'Otonari no Tenshi-sama' into an anime, even if I sell my kidney, the money is still far from enough. Rather than spending all my money on something unproductive like that, it's better to use the money as a dowry to marry Miyako. Moreover, getting married costs a lot of money, considering it's a once-in-a-lifetime event."

Akira smiled bitterly, feeling he was too naive.

It's true that he had a lot of money compared to ordinary people. However, in the eyes of big entrepreneurs and conglomerates, his money was not worth mentioning.

Now, he understood why an anime had many sponsor names that would appear in the opening and ending songs.

Because without sponsors, it would be impossible for a studio to produce an anime solely relying on operating funds. Even if they did, it was like gambling. If successful, the studio would make a profit, but if it failed, they would incur losses and might even go bankrupt.

Akira remembered that Studio Mappa spent a lot of money adapting the manga Chainsaw Man into an anime. Because Mappa was too confident, they didn't involve sponsors in the production process.

As a result, the highly anticipated Chainsaw Man anime was unpopular in the market, with poor BD sales.

This almost led Mappa to bankruptcy because their investment didn't pay off, resulting in significant losses.

"Well, I hope the light novel 'Otonari no Tensei-sama' gets an anime adaptation. The reviews on the internet are very good." Akira said.

*Ding Dong*

The doorbell rang.

"Who is it?"

Takebayashi had the other door key, so Akira didn't think the person pressing the bell was her.

"Wait a minute."

The doorbell sound intensified as the button was pressed repeatedly.

With no other choice, Akira stood up and walked toward the entrance.

Even if the other party has malicious intentions like theft, he is not afraid. On the contrary, it is the thief who should be afraid of him.