"I'm Megumi Jinno, Sagiri Izumi's classmate!" "Sagiri's classmate?" "Yes!" "I'm the class representative!" "So, are you Izumi-san's older brother?" "Y-Yeah." "But, you're not related to her by blood, right?" "And you live all alone with your little sister." "Is that okay?" "We do have a guardian, who is almost never home." "Let's see, it was Jinno-san, right?" "Just call me Megumin!" "Then, Megumi-chan?" "That's no good!" "I want to get along with you, her big brother, too." "If you can't call me Megumin, then please call me Megumi, without honorifics." "W-Well then, nice to meet you, Megumi." "Yup!" "So, what brings you here?" "What's wrong?" "This is strange." "There can't be any boys who don't fall in love with me at first sight." "Are you one of those who love boys?" "No way!" "I couldn't fall in love that fast." "You fool." "Every day, I wash the panties of my little sister, a much more beautiful girl than you." "There's no way I'd fall for any woman at first sight." "If you don't react to me, then your dick really is useless." "Yeah, yeah, that's ri—" "What!" "?" "What... did you just... say "dick" or something?" "I did!" "Is something wrong with that?" "Dicks." "I love them!" "L-Love!" "?" "Yes!" "Girls my age all love dicks!" "Stare..." "I-Impossible." " I'm sure your little sister loves dicks, too." " Wh-What has happened to Japan?" "That just can't be!" "That was a joke." "Sheesh!" "Why the hell did you come here?" "I came here to get Sagiri Izumi-san to go to school!" "What are you looking at?" "Well..." "This is such a cute calendar." "It's the calendar for a novel I like." "Not Izumi-san, but you, Brother?" "Are you one of those otaku?" "Stab!" "W-Well, yeah." "That's great!" "I'm also a big otaku as well." "I've always been reading a lot of manga!" "Oh, that's unusual." "What kind of things do you read?" "I love stuff like OnePi!" "I-I see." "I love that, too." "Right?" "Because it's a "super-popular" title that everyone knows about." "By the way..." "Is Izumi-san's room on the second floor?" "Y-Yeah." "Hold on a second." "Sagiri." "Your classmate's here to see you." "She's rather angry." "UNKNOWN NUMBER" "Yes, Izumi here." "Who may this be?" "It's me." "Sagiri!" "?" "Y-Yes." "Why are you calling me while you're still in the house?" "It's the only way I could speak to you without opening the door." "That's fine." "But how did you know my number?" "A-Anyway, Big Brother, wh-what's the meaning of this?" "Oh, the class rep for your class is here at our place right now." "Why did you let her inside our house?" "Well, maybe you would come out of the room because of thi—" "No way!" "I won't, won't, won't!" "I said I won't, so I won't come out!" "Chase her out of here!" "Maybe by phone, you can talk to your classmate—" "No!" "All right." "But I can't chase her out immediately, so I'll just listen to what she has to say." "Later." "Oh, h-hold on." "Is that class rep a girl?" "Sorry to make you wait." "I'll give you orders every so often, so make sure she doesn't notice." "S-Sure." "Huh?" "Where's Izumi-san?" "I thought you went up to call her down?" "Yeah." "I did call out to her, but..." "But?" "She just won't leave her room." "How's that!" "There's nothing we can do!" "Don't say that so arrogantly." "To think she won't leave her room...." "Brother, do you think it's okay to stay this way?" "Of course I don't think it's good." "For the past year, I've been doing my best in my own way so she'll come out of her room." "Then, your objective is the same as mine!" "W-Well, I guess so." "Then, Brother, form an alliance with me!" "We'll call it the "Alliance to Drag Izumi-chan out of Her Room"!" "An alliance, huh..." "Please sit next to me." "Huh?" "Brother, what's wrong with you?" "Your face is all red." "So cute!" "Calling you "Brother"..." "What's with her?" "So irritating." "Big Brother, you too." "You're such an idiot." "I'm sure you're being all spoony and stuff!" "You're the worst!" "I-In the first place, why do you want Sagiri to go to school?" "I love making new friends." "After entering middle school," "I immediately became friends with everyone in the same grade." "E-Everyone!" "?" "But I realized I hadn't become friends with Izumi-chan yet." "And so, I'm totally passionate about getting Izumi-chan to come to school." "I really hate this type." "A hypocrite forcing their kindness onto others." "Go home!" "And?" "What are you specifically going to do?" "Brother, do you know exactly what Izumi-chan is doing, all cooped up in her room?" "Let's see..." "The typical case is someone plinking around forever on the computer." "If so, there's a secret plan!" "Secret plan?" "Please cancel your internet." "Now, let's call your provider right now, and cut off the root of all evil." "You're not human!" "Do you think you're God or something!" "?" "Wh-When did this story get so big?" "All things considered, that's way too rough!" "If you have friends, you don't need the internet or computers and stuff, right?" "Wh-What?" "Or rather, it's kind of strange." "If you don't have friends, isn't it meaningless to have just the internet on hand?" "I mean, you have no friends." "W-Well, there's all sorts of stuff you can do if you have a computer." "Isn't it a lot more fun to be chatting with friends at school?" "It's not fun at all!" "Brother?" "Are you all right?" "More like, that voice just now..." "I-It's fine." "No problem." "Stare..." "I see." "Izumi-chan, you're listening, right?" "Big Brother, bluff your way." "Don't ask for the impossible." " She found out, so..." " Stop." "Izumi-chan, if you end the conversation right now, you might regret it, you know?" "What is this wench saying?" " Rub, rub!" "Rub, rub!" "Hehe, Brother smells nice!" " H-Hey, what are you..." "Brother, your heart is finally racing for me." "S-Stop th—" "Brother, have you ever... kissed anyone?" "This one's mine!" "Izumi-chan, nice to meet you!" "I'm Megumin!" "H-Hey!" "Give that back!" "Here you go." "She hung up, though." "Sheesh." "I'm so sorry!" "Anyway, can I ask a few questions?" "What?" "What kind of a girl is Izumi-chan?" "What kind of a girl?" "Let's see..." "She's tremendously beautiful and cute in appearance." "She hung up, right?" "Yes, yes." "And?" "At first glance, she's expressionless, and quiet." "But she's truly a lovely maiden." "When you talk to her, her facial expression changes often, and she's really charming." "I see." "CALL IN PROGRESS" "What are you laughing about?" "CALL IN PROGRESS" "Oh, nothing!" "And?" "And..." "She's a tremendously good artist!" "Oh?" "What kind of art?" " She's really good at lewd art!" " Lewd art?" "Yeah." "Tremendously wonderful lewd art!" "C-Can it be that Izumi-chan is a perverted girl?" "Erotic!" "I mean, she's a first year in middle school, but quite the panties are worn!" "?" "...are drawn!" "G-Geez." "I had totally thought Izumi-chan and Brother were in a really weird relationship." "Stop with the impossible misunderstanding." "Just because we live together doesn't mean brother and sister have a romantic relationship." "Why are you quiet there?" "N-No, nothing." "Then, one last question." "How do you want your little sister to end up?" "What do you mean, how?" "Are you really serious about making her go to school?" "I mean, it's like you're protecting your little sister from me." " You could say that I'm not, come to think." " What?" "I just want Sagiri to come out of her room." "If she stayed home, she'll never have any friends." "Friends, huh..." "She does have friends, or rather, lots of people who think dearly of her." ""When you speak of dreams, you should laugh!"" "Isn't that amazing?" "That's..." "So, even if she's not going to school, or even if she doesn't leave her room," "My little sister is my pride and joy." "I'm proud of her." "I see." "So that's what you think about Izumi-chan!" "Thanks for coming today." "Oh no, I'll be coming again." "I haven't given up yet." "I'll come up with a plan that'll make Izumi-chan volunteer to go to school!" "Yeah!" "Then, my regards for the days to come, Brother!" "Sagiri, I heard a strange sound earlier, but are you okay?" "SAGIRI END CALL?" "I guess she won't answer." "SAGIRI END CALL?" "Izumi-chan, you sure are loved by your brother!" "All the project proposals you sent us are no good." "They were all crap." "Bring some new ones before the meeting tomorrow." " See you." " H-Hey, wait!" "Balse!" "Let's do this!" "Morning." "Sagiri." "I'll leave your meal here!" ""Replenish snacks soon"?" "Got it." "Adachi Fourth Public High School" " See you!" " Bye!" "Adachi Fourth Public High School" "Yo!" "You look somewhat tired there." "I was writing up a plot until morning." "I'm heading to a meeting for it." "Oh, right." "I still have a bit of time, so I'll drop by Takasago Books." "Please buy a lot." "Tomoe's Recommendation Corner" "Nothing less from Tomoe." "There's a great lineup here." "I wonder if my books are selling." "Silverwolf of Reincarnation" "All volumes are still in stock?" " All right." " Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Well, the author is promoting his own work." "You're interfering with my business." "Put them back in the shelves they were in." "At the least, as a friend, can't you put them in the recommendation shelf?" "Nope!" "Currently, I'm displaying Elf Yamada-sensei's autographed books with the cover showing." "Then, I'll sign my books too!" "Stop it." "I won't be able to return them if you do." "Dammit." "Circlet Girl Vol.1 *Maisel-chan Love Dark Elf of Explosive Fire Vol.1 *It's signed by Elf Yamada-sensei" "I'm so jealous." "It's getting an anime version." "But it really is an interesting series." "Mune-kun, if you want your stuff lined up on my recommendation shelf, write some super-interesting novel that strikes chords in readers' hearts!" "Damn!" "Just you wait!" "That aside, can I get the autographed book by Elf Yamada-sensei?" "Thanks, as always!" "Why isn't it all right?" "I, as an Oricon #1 author, am saying so!" "So?" "Why do you think I'd do something that would benefit another company?" "Kagurazaka-san?" "You're so selfish." "All right, I have no choice." "As a special favor, I'll write my next series for your company!" "Huh?" "No thank you." "What?" "I couldn't hear you clearly." "I am an Oricon #1 author!" "I am the prettiest and best light-novel author in history!" "And I'm saying I'll wear the tainted name of traitor to write for this publishing company!" "Such an exceptional condition won't ever come again for all eternity if you miss it right now!" "Can you go home soon, please?" "Izumi-sensei, I've been waiting for you." "Hey!" "Sheesh, you don't have to be hiding over there." "N-No, it's not that..." "I'm talking to her right now." "Please don't butt in!" "Um, what's the situation here?" "More like, who's this?" "This is Masamune Izumi-sensei." "And, this is Elf Yamada-sensei." " E-Elf Yamada-sensei?" " Masamune Izumi?" "Sh-She's such a young girl!" "You're one to talk." "So there were authors this young other than myself." "So, what is Elf Yamada-sensei doing in our editorial office?" "Why, thank you for asking!" "It's because Eromanga-sensei will be drawing illustrations for my next title!" "I'm head over heels in love with Eromanga-sensei's illustrations." "I want that lewd paintbrush to draw the best, fully naked human in the world!" "Add my literary talent to that, and without a doubt, it's a decisive advantage!" "The "ultimate light-novel" that nobody has ever seen before will be complete!" "No, Eromanga-sensei is paired up with me..." "I know that." "Instead of drawing illustrations for a lowly author who isn't even on the rankings, working together with me, a super-popular author, has got to be better!" "Sales numbers are justice!" "Just you wait." "I'll pile my books on top of yours at the bookstore again." "Stop that." "My books will be tainted if you do!" "And did you just say "again"?" "You really are the scum of humanity!" "Yamada-sensei." "I've said this many times, but the decision is up to Eromanga-sensei." "And I've been telling you that Eromanga-sensei hasn't replied to me!" "I want you to do some convincing, too!" "Yeah, yeah." "What's with that attitude!" "Do you know who I, an Oricon #1 author, exactly am!" "?" "I think your popularity is merely a fluke." "How about that?" "What was that?" "Correct yourself, stupid editor!" "You will bow down before my literary talent!" "Literary talent?" "Yamada-sensei, your novels are often dissed in curator websites, claiming you write terrible sentences." "That's wrong!" "I'm writing in a way that's easy to understand!" "Really!" "You don't understand anything!" "Such an incompetent editor!" "Look here, remember this." "All light-novel authors other than me are outdated scum." "And nowadays, my sentences, that are easy to read and understand, is paving the new path for the world of light-novels!" "In other words, I am the savior of the light-novel world." "No!" "I am light-novel itself!" " Yeah, yeah." "See you later, Light-novel-chan." " H-Hey, what..." "If you don't go home soon, I'll file a complaint to the editor in charge of you." "What, th-that's unfair!" "Okay. 10, 9, 8, 7..." "I-I'll go home for today!" "But, just you wait!" "I'm going to go tattle to all my cute servants on Twitter!" "Now, Izumi-sensei." "This is turning into a bad situation." "Wh-What is?" "You don't get it?" "What that troublesome author was saying had a pretty good point." "I know that." "Instead of a no-name like me, a popular author like Elf Yamada is better...." "Dammit!" "So?" "What will you do?" "That's already been decided." "Ugh, oh my god!" "Why isn't this elevator coming!" "Sagiri!" "I'll do my best!" "I'll definitely write a novel that's more interesting than hers!" "So don't abandon me!" "Why are you being rowdy?" "Abandon and all that..." "What's that about?" "Did you have a nightmare?" "N-No, i-it's nothing." "Forget it." "Anyway, what's up with you?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, you opened the door..." "Well..." "Um, uh..." "Umm...." "I-I don't know." "Hey, that's the important part!" "Big Brother..." "Um..." "Did you hear anything from that girl?" "That girl?" "You mean Megumi?" "What do you mean by anything?" "N-Nothing." "A-Anyway, did you buy the snacks that I asked for?" "Yeah, I bought you some." "Konbu and Rakugan." "Wh-What's wrong?" "This is a good time, so I want to tell you." "Big Brother, the snacks you buy are like offerings for Buddhist altars, and not all that tasty." "Don't buy snacks of this kind anymore." "I-I'm sorry." "That, and..." "From now on, I'll wash my own underwear." "So please don't touch them ever again." "Th-This can't..." "What in the world has happened?" "Next Episode:" "Buck Naked Mansion and the Fallen Master"