7 - Little Sister and the Most Interesting Novel in the World
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It's not good to lack honorifics, kouhai.
[00:04] ---
You will call me...
[00:06] ---
"Muramasa-senpai"!
[00:08] ---
What's with you, suddenly interrupting us,
and all this about crushing dreams?
[00:13] ---
You were a super-popular author
who has sold over 2 million copies, right?
[00:17] ---
Yes! Worship me!
[00:20] ---
Kagurazaka-san, please tell them
how many copies I've sold.
[00:23] ---
Muramasa-sensei's total copies sold is...
[00:27] ---
14.5 million copies.
[00:29] ---
Fourteen point five...
[00:32] ---
If you have more than 1 million copies' worth
of difference in sales, you can say anything.
[00:36] ---
You said something of the sort, right?
[00:43] ---
Now let's get to the main topic.
[00:46] ---
It seems you are angry, kouhai.
[00:48] ---
Because my senpai made fun of our dream,
and because she said she'd crush it.
[00:53] ---
Yes, I said that. And, I carried it out.
[00:56] ---
Carried out?
[00:57] ---
The reason why the release date for your recent
project proposal has been delayed by a year
[01:02] ---
is because I intentionally took
the publishing slot away from you.
[01:07] ---
I have been keeping up with your actions
by going through Kagurazaka-san.
[01:13] ---
Why do you antagonize me that much?
[01:16] ---
You, embracing such pointless dreams...
[01:19] ---
I hate you for getting in the way of my dream!
[01:23] ---
That's why I'll crush you.
[01:26] ---
Let me say this.
[01:27] ---
Losing just once
won't make me give up my dream.
[01:30] ---
Then, I'll just keep crushing them.
[01:35] ---
Then, let's settle the score.
[01:38] ---
The winner of the Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai
can give any order to the loser.
[01:43] ---
How's that?
[01:45] ---
Wait, Masamune!
[01:47] ---
If I win, I won't let you get in the way
of our dream ever again.
[01:50] ---
If I lose, do what you want.
[01:53] ---
I couldn't ask for a better proposition.
But are you okay with that?
[01:57] ---
Yeah. Our dream isn't pointless at all.
[02:00] ---
I won't lose to you.
[02:02] ---
I challenge you, Muramasa!
[03:36] ---
Why'd you get so heated?
[03:39] ---
Wasn't there a much better way of handling it?
[03:42] ---
Maybe so, but...
[03:44] ---
She made fun of our dream.
I can't ever forgive her for that.
[03:49] ---
If you have that much determination,
why are you moping around so depressed?
[03:54] ---
I put our dream on the line on just my accord.
[03:57] ---
For that, I feel guilt towards
Eromanga-sensei... my little sister.
[04:01] ---
I don't know what I should say to Sagiri.
[04:08] ---
Sounds like she's calling for you.
[04:17] ---
I thought you needed me for something.
[04:18] ---
Cheater.
[04:20] ---
Was your date fun?
[04:23] ---
What was that?
[04:25] ---
Elf Yamada
On a date with Masamune Izumi-sensei right now!
[04:30] ---
Must be from that time...
[04:32] ---
Of course that's one of Elf's jokes. I told you
I was heading to the editorial office with her.
[04:39] ---
Big Brother, you can't go on dates
with girls for the rest of your life. Got that?
[04:44] ---
Th-The rest of my life, huh.
[04:46] ---
Yes. The rest of your life. Because...
[04:49] ---
Because why?
[04:53] ---
N-Nothing!
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Why didn't you come up here right away
after you came home?
[04:58] ---
I was worried about
what happened to our work!
[05:01] ---
That's because...
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...I feel guilt against you.
[05:12] ---
That guy. He says he loves his little sister,
but doesn't understand her one bit.
[05:18] ---
And there you have it.
[05:21] ---
I'm sorry. I put our dream on the line.
[05:25] ---
Why are you apologizing?
[05:27] ---
I mean, it's not something
I can decide on my own.
[05:31] ---
Besides, there might have been
another way to go about this.
[05:34] ---
Another way? You're fine
with someone making fun of our dream?
[05:39] ---
Of course not!
[05:41] ---
Then, it's fine.
[05:43] ---
Why are you thinking about losing
before you even try?
[05:47] ---
That guy who laughed at our dream
is our enemy.
[05:51] ---
Let's take this on together!
[05:55] ---
You're right. If the two of us are together,
10 million copies won't even be an enemy.
[06:00] ---
We'll take this on together, Eromanga-sensei!
[06:03] ---
Yup.
[06:05] ---
I-I don't know anyone by that name.
[06:11] ---
You're taking too long!
How long are you going to make me wait?
[06:15] ---
In other words,
you've come to an agreement.
[06:18] ---
Yeah.
[06:19] ---
This is getting interesting.
[06:21] ---
You gave up earlier, saying
you can't even compete against her.
[06:25] ---
If you win,
I'm sure she would be so frustrated!
[06:28] ---
Just imagining it makes me drool!
[06:33] ---
So, how are you going to win
against Muramasa? Do you have a plan?
[06:37] ---
I don't.
[06:38] ---
I'll write like I normally do, and I'll win.
[06:41] ---
If I can't do that, I can't make this dream
come true in the first place.
[06:46] ---
I-I see, that's good.
It's an answer I like to hear.
[06:51] ---
Specifically, I want to take
that little-sister novel
[06:55] ---
and have it fit the format
of Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai,
[06:58] ---
and rewrite it as a 60-page short story.
[07:00] ---
So you'll fight with a revised version of
the love-letter novel that you defeated me with.
[07:05] ---
S-Stop calling it that.
[07:08] ---
Well, that novel definitely has a chance to win.
[07:12] ---
More like, that's the only thing you've got.
[07:14] ---
But I'm terrible with short stories.
I could write long novels all day, but...
[07:19] ---
Then...
[07:20] ---
Time for training!
[07:25] ---
It's over 100 pages! How is this a short story?
[07:31] ---
Terrible architecture!
Start with a super-interesting scene!
[07:39] ---
It's too early for the heroine to go dere!
[07:41] ---
Save the love confession
for the climactic scene!
[07:47] ---
Th-Th-This heroine is somewhat like me, no?
[07:51] ---
So after all, you really do...
[08:01] ---
DEADLINE
[08:07] ---
It's getting pretty good.
[08:09] ---
It passes as a one-shot story.
[08:11] ---
It can't be just passing.
[08:13] ---
If I don't make it the best thing ever,
I can't win against Muramasa.
[08:16] ---
That's some determination.
[08:19] ---
Yes, who is it...
[08:30] ---
Um, why...
[08:32] ---
Oh, this attire?
[08:34] ---
If speaking honestly,
to do the business I came here today,
[08:38] ---
I wanted to make
your impression of me slightly better.
[08:42] ---
As my editor said,
most boys tend to like girls in uniforms.
[08:48] ---
Though I do question whether myself
in a uniform has any effect or not.
[08:53] ---
I would be happy if I drew your attention,
even just a little bit.
[08:57] ---
I wasn't asking about the outfit.
[08:59] ---
What I want to ask
is the reason why you came here.
[09:02] ---
Masamune-kun.
I came here to recommend surrender.
[09:06] ---
You should become mine.
[09:13] ---
Become yours?
[09:16] ---
What are you saying?
[09:18] ---
N-No! What I meant was that you should become
"a novelist writing just for me"!
[09:22] ---
A novelist writing just for you?
[09:24] ---
Literally, you would write novels just for me.
[09:27] ---
In return, I will pay you
more than enough in rewards.
[09:31] ---
How does that sound?
[09:34] ---
How it sounds aside...
[09:36] ---
You said you were going
to crush my dream, right?
[09:39] ---
How does that connect
with this proposition you just made?
[09:43] ---
That's...
[09:43] ---
Stop!
[09:45] ---
Masamune, you shouldn't ask that.
[09:48] ---
After all, you're a dumb little softie.
[09:50] ---
If you learn your enemy's situation,
you'll be less likely to win.
[09:54] ---
Yamashita-sensei.
[09:55] ---
Yamada! It's Yamada!
[09:58] ---
What are you doing
in Masamune-kun's house?
[10:04] ---
We're living together.
[10:06] ---
Don't call living next door to me
as "living together"!
[10:11] ---
Masamune-kun, you should listen to my story.
[10:15] ---
You should learn what my dream is,
that will crush down yours.
[10:19] ---
If you want to continue your current life...
[10:24] ---
So, with all that suggestive comments
and barging in...
[10:27] ---
What the heck is she doing?
[10:29] ---
It looks like she's writing a story.
[10:32] ---
What's the meaning of this?
[10:33] ---
I don't know. She suddenly
started writing mid-conversation.
[10:38] ---
Hey, you! What have you been writing—
[10:41] ---
If you interrupt me, I'll kill you.
[10:43] ---
I'm at a really good part right now.
I'll be done shortly, so just wait.
[10:47] ---
Is she writing what she'll submit
to the Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai?
[10:51] ---
That can't be.
The deadline is in two days, right?
[10:54] ---
Then maybe it's the continuation
of Demon Sword that has been on hiatus?
[10:58] ---
Hey, Big Brother.
[10:59] ---
She's completely concentrating on writing,
so I don't think she'd notice anything we do.
[11:04] ---
Looks like it.
[11:06] ---
Can you...
[11:08] ---
lift up her skirt?
[11:11] ---
You're a... You're such a... You're too hardcore!
[11:15] ---
What are you talking about?
[11:17] ---
What, are you...
[11:19] ---
Are you interested in my underwear?
[11:22] ---
Oh, well, um....
[11:24] ---
I-In the first place, this is all because
[11:27] ---
you suddenly started writing
the continuation for Demon Sword.
[11:30] ---
Demon Sword? What's that?
[11:34] ---
Hey, you! That's enough of being airheaded!
[11:38] ---
Legend of the Illusionary Demon Sword.
You know of it, don't you?
[11:41] ---
I think I vaguely remember hearing of it.
[11:44] ---
Oh, that thing my editor
keeps telling me to write.
[11:49] ---
Wait, you don't even remember
the titles of your own books?
[11:53] ---
Novels are things you write
so you can read it yourself.
[11:57] ---
If there's interesting text,
the title doesn't matter.
[12:01] ---
I merely write novels.
I don't know what happens after that.
[12:06] ---
Senpai, why did you become an author?
[12:10] ---
I debuted only because I went with the flow.
[12:12] ---
"Your family won't hound you anymore
even if you write stories all day".
[12:17] ---
I think I was convinced when I heard that.
[12:19] ---
Then, why did you start writing novels?
[12:22] ---
If you want to read interesting novels, you can
buy them at the bookstore and read them.
[12:26] ---
It's because bookstores don't have novels
[12:29] ---
that I think are interesting
from the bottom of my heart.
[12:32] ---
That's why I have no choice
but to write them on my own.
[12:35] ---
Lies.
[12:36] ---
If you don't have memories of reading a book
and finding it interesting,
[12:39] ---
you wouldn't even think about
writing your own novels.
[12:41] ---
Of course, there was just one.
[12:44] ---
But...
[12:48] ---
I can't read its continuation ever again.
[12:52] ---
Kouhai, out of 100, what score
would you give the stories you write?
[12:59] ---
100 points.
[13:00] ---
Same for me. An author's personal rating
should always be 100.
[13:05] ---
But, the first fan letter I ever read had said...
[13:09] ---
"It was so interesting,
I'd give it a 1,000,000 out of 100!"
[13:19] ---
I was surprised.
[13:22] ---
There was someone who would give
a million-point rating
[13:24] ---
for my story that I gave a perfect hundred.
[13:27] ---
I understood something
after I became an author.
[13:30] ---
Authors are desperately creating novels
that score a hundred points,
[13:34] ---
but the readers ever so easily
give it a score of a million.
[13:37] ---
Depending on the person, they can obtain
many books that are worth a million points.
[13:43] ---
That is very unfair.
[13:45] ---
A book for me is so rare to find,
and I can never read enough.
[13:50] ---
For a long, long time...
[13:53] ---
I've been hungry for more.
[13:56] ---
That's why!
[13:57] ---
My dream is to write a novel
that I can give a personal score of a million.
[14:01] ---
I'll write a novel that I feel is interesting
from the bottom of my heart,
[14:05] ---
and I'll write as many as it takes
for my own sake until I satiate my hunger!
[14:12] ---
So that's what you look like when you laugh.
[14:15] ---
After all, when you speak of dreams,
you should laugh.
[14:20] ---
I understand what your dream is now, Senpai.
[14:22] ---
But why are you trying to crush our dream?
[14:26] ---
I don't remember getting in your way.
[14:28] ---
You are.
[14:29] ---
Because you started some boring
romantic-comedy project,
[14:32] ---
I can't write battle-based novels anymore.
[14:34] ---
Wh-What do you—
[14:36] ---
Okay, that's enough.
[14:38] ---
See, didn't I tell you?
[14:39] ---
You shouldn't haphazardly
listen to her situation.
[14:42] ---
Now, we're going home!
[14:43] ---
Yamamoto-sensei...
[14:45] ---
It's Yamada!
[14:46] ---
You really are dense, too.
[14:48] ---
The way you put it, Masamune won't
understand the most important part at all.
[14:53] ---
If you want him to get it,
you have to slam your real motive at him!
[15:04] ---
For me, the most interesting book
in the world...
[15:10] ---
...is what you write!
[15:16] ---
That's why I can't forgive you
for starting a different genre.
[15:20] ---
I love the battle-based novels that you write.
[15:23] ---
I can't stand not being able
to read them anymore! I just can't!
[15:26] ---
I have read every novel you have written.
[15:29] ---
I've loved reading your works, back from
the web-novels you wrote before your debut!
[15:33] ---
My novels have always been affected by you.
[15:37] ---
Because you write novels that are so
heart-moving for me, I can continue to write!
[15:43] ---
I was severely depressed when your
Silverwolf of Reincarnation series ended.
[15:48] ---
What will happen afterwards to all
the characters who I loved so much?
[15:51] ---
How could they have arrived
at a happy ending?
[15:55] ---
That was all I could think about.
[15:59] ---
And I'm not even the author.
[16:01] ---
To divert myself from the sadness,
I wrote, and wrote, and wrote some more.
[16:06] ---
I impatiently thought,
"Why won't Izumi-sensei release a new title?"
[16:11] ---
So, when I heard you submitted
a proposal for a romantic-comedy...
[16:14] ---
If I slam it down, I thought you would write
another battle-based novel.
[16:18] ---
To stimulate you,
I intentionally made you angry, as well.
[16:21] ---
But, after I did so,
Kagurazaka-san scolded me.
[16:26] ---
I didn't realize you were in
such a dire situation.
[16:29] ---
In order to continue your current work, you
need results and income as an author, right?
[16:34] ---
Masamune-kun, give up that pointless dream,
and write novels just for me!
[16:39] ---
If you could do that for me, I'll give you
all of the royalties I have gained to this day.
[16:44] ---
If you swear that you would be mine,
[16:46] ---
I will protect you and your sister
for the rest of my life!
[16:51] ---
Will you give me an answer?
[16:54] ---
Senpai, I...
[16:57] ---
I won't give him to you!
[17:02] ---
I will never ever give him away!
[17:04] ---
Sagiri!
[17:07] ---
I was before you!
[17:10] ---
I love him way more than you do!
[17:12] ---
From the beginning, he's been mine!
[17:19] ---
Our dream is not pointless.
[17:22] ---
Together. We made it together!
[17:27] ---
We'd never lose against you!
[17:29] ---
Never, ever!
[17:34] ---
We won't lose!
[17:47] ---
Sorry, Senpai.
[17:49] ---
I really appreciate the sentiments,
but that's not high enough of a price.
[17:54] ---
I feel like I'm not gonna lose at all right now.
[17:56] ---
Let's fight fair and square, and settle it there.
[17:59] ---
Senpai, you're one of my fans, right?
[18:01] ---
Don't hate it when you haven't even read it.
It'd be a shame.
[18:05] ---
Because the new title
[18:07] ---
will be the best masterpiece
from "Masamune Izumi".
[18:25] ---
If it's not interesting, I'll kill you.
[18:33] ---
It's finally here.
[18:35] ---
Can that be Izumi-sensei's manuscript?
[18:38] ---
Yup. Dead last, barely made the deadline.
[18:42] ---
It'd be nice if Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai
becomes a lively event.
[18:45] ---
I'm sure it will be rather lively.
[18:47] ---
Right now, all the stories are pretty great.
[18:50] ---
Steady School Notebook
Muramasa Senju
[18:50] ---
Though, there's one author
who is way too laborious.
[18:56] ---
Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai
Results announcing in:
3 Minutes 3 Seconds
[18:59] ---
So, three more minutes
until they announce the results.
[19:02] ---
This makes my heart race.
[19:04] ---
Is your heart racing as much as
when you were forced
[19:07] ---
to read a love-letter right in front of
the girl who gave it to you?
[19:10] ---
She took the effort to bring the magazine
[19:13] ---
with all the Light-novel
Tenkaichi Budoukai entries and barge in.
[19:16] ---
She really wanted you to read it, didn't she?
[19:23] ---
Dengeki Bunko Magazine
[19:33] ---
Um, S-Senpai.
[19:37] ---
Wh-What is it, Masamune-kun?
[19:40] ---
The characters in this story
is about us, right?
[19:40] ---
"My Not-so-cute Kouhai"
[19:45] ---
H-How did you know?
[19:48] ---
Well, it's obvious if you read it.
[19:52] ---
Well, um...
[19:53] ---
M-Masamune-kun!
[19:55] ---
Wh-What?
[20:01] ---
I am in love with you.
[20:03] ---
I love your work, and...
[20:05] ---
I love you, as a person!
[20:13] ---
Can you give me a reply?
[20:17] ---
Senpai.
[20:24] ---
I'm in love with someone.
[20:29] ---
So, I can't respond properly
to how you feel about me.
[20:41] ---
I understand.
[20:52] ---
Oh, it's time for the announcement.
[20:53] ---
Light-novel Tenkaichi Budoukai
Results
The Winner is!!
[21:01] ---
Sagiri!
[21:04] ---
But Muramasa is so absurd.
[21:07] ---
Voting Results
2,030 Votes Muramasa Senju
2,015 Votes Masamune Izumi
1,950 Votes Kunimitsu Shidou
628 Votes Siren
528 Votes Mayumi Osafune
[21:08] ---
She got the most votes,
[21:09] ---
Muramasa Senju-sensei's piece,
"My Not-so-cute Kouhai" has been disqualified
due to a violation of the rules.
[21:10] ---
but she got disqualified writing double
the number of pages stated in the rules.
[21:12] ---
And so, the second-place winner wins,
so he...
[21:16] ---
No, they are the winners.
[21:23] ---
We won. The two of us achieved this victory!
[21:27] ---
Yup.
[21:29] ---
So, why did you decide on that title?
[21:32] ---
It just came to my mind.
[21:34] ---
When I saw you get so angry,
it just came to me.
[21:34] ---
Masamune Izumi New Title
"The World's Cutest Little Sister"
Illustration: Eromanga Sensei
On Sale September 10th
[21:39] ---
I see!
SIGN To: Masamune
[23:15] ---
Steady School Notebook
[23:17] ---
This is...
[23:23] ---
"It was so interesting,
I'd give it a 1,000,000 out of 100."
[23:29] ---
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