The next day.
Kaguya felt something was off the moment she saw Kaede. She looked... burnt out.
"Hoshizuki-san? Did something happen?"
"N-nothing." Kaede's mouth twitched, forcing a smile. The night before, every time she closed her eyes, the image of herself being surrounded by a dozen pregnant women flashed in her mind. She simply couldn't sleep.
Finally falling asleep late at night, her phone immediately rang, not with a voice call from them, but her alarm. After an entire night, all of them were still showing as 'offline,' making it impossible to contact anyone. Kaede could only rub her sleepy eyes, get up, wash, dress, and leave.
Kaede glanced at Kaguya, who was looking at her with confusion... What are you looking at?! Maybe Ai Hayasaka and Nao will be pregnant when they return, too!
Meanwhile, in the island's studio, Eri Sawamura and Utaha, who wanted to sleep in, were dragged out of bed early by Rin Ito and made to sit in front of their computers. They were supposed to write scripts or draw, while Megumi Katou was genuinely watching programming lectures.
It wasn't that the internet on the island was bad; Rin Ito had simply told them to set their accounts to invisible. Although they weren't sure why, they followed Rin Ito's instructions.
Rin Ito, who had transformed into a demon editor, wasn't just supervising. He also sat down at his computer to draw, as did Shigure, who had also come to the studio. There's no choice. If she didn't submit her manuscript, Orie would probably come here and kill her. And... while Rin Ito was here, if she couldn't come up with storyboards, she could just have him and one of the other girls act it out, which would surely speed things up.
Saho followed Shigure. As for Mashiro... she was pulled by Suzu to go out and play with Elf and the others. After all, Suzu had promised Nanami to take good care of Mashiro. Since Mashiro was finally out of the house, how could she let her continue to stay inside and draw?
After arriving at the studio, Saho approached Rin Ito.
"Is Ito-sensei working on a new series?"
"Just drawing a sequel... What is it? Ask if you have any questions."
"Um..." Saho pressed her lips together, looking shy. It was not just because she was wearing a swimsuit with barely enough fabric to cover her critical points, but also because of what she was about to say. "Ito-sensei, I... I... I want to draw Hentai."
Rin Ito raised an eyebrow, surprised. "You want to go downstream?"
Hearing the term 'go downstream,' everyone's attention fell on Rin Ito and Saho.
"Ito-sensei, please don't harass me! I want to draw Hentai, not go downstream!" Although an all-ages Manga artist drawing Hentai can also be called 'going downstream' ( - a common term for entering the adult industry), Saho felt Rin Ito's meaning of the term was absolutely not that! Even if I wanted to truly go downstream... my figure probably wouldn't sell well!
"Alright, alright." Rin Ito smiled. "You want some advice, right?"
"Mhm." Saho nodded. "I've submitted many all-ages Manga before, but they were all rejected, so... I want to try drawing Hentai." Saho had asked Shigure before, but Shigure sometimes couldn't even manage her own work. When it came to guidance, Rin Ito clearly understood more.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Saho, you seem to underestimate Hentai. The competition in that world is just as fierce." Rin Ito smiled and put down his mouse. "First, you need to decide what genre of Hentai you want to draw. Pure Love (Netori)? Cuckold (NTR)? Or Yuri or Yaoi? It's best to stick to one genre initially. Switching genres mid-career can easily lead to losing followers."
"I originally drew Pure Love Hentai. Now, switching to something like Reverse NTR (where the girl is seduced away from the main guy but he's okay with it) is fine, but if I switched to proper NTR, I'd probably get hate mail... Have you thought about what genre you want to draw?"
"I... I don't know." Although Saho had been an assistant to many Manga artists, assistants primarily do formulaic work and don't require extensive knowledge of Hentai. Saho hadn't actually read much Hentai.
"What genre do you all think I should draw?"
Seeing Saho's intention to enter the adult industry, Eri Sawamura and Megumi Katou came closer. When Eri Sawamura heard she didn't know what to draw, she suggested: "How about Rape Hentai? It's stimulating and has a sizable audience."
"Uh... I've never even read a Rape Hentai before."
"Never read one? Then let me introduce you to an artist named Eiri Kashiwagi!"
"Get out, get out..." Rin Ito waved his hand at Eri Sawamura. "Saho, don't listen to her. Drawing Hentai, just like any creation, relies heavily on interest. If you don't even like it, how can what you draw appeal to others? Eri Sawamura, you're a masochist yourself."
"Huh?! I am not a masochist! I was just cooperating with Utaha Kasumigaoka before! It was acting! All acting! Do you know how hard I worked to wet myself when I climaxed!?"
"That's right, it was acting. Being stepped on until you climaxed by him was also acting." Utaha, who had also moved closer, mocked mercilessly.
"Th-that was... that was because... because it felt too good when he used my mouth as a cup! It wasn't because of the stepping!"
Saho and Shigure held their breath... They seem to have had some incredible parties!
"Alright, alright." Rin Ito stopped the bickering pair. "Creation is like walking naked down the street. The first step in drawing Hentai is finding your fetish."
Saho instinctively hugged herself. Finding her fetish? Does he mean he's going to develop my body?
Noticing Saho's unusual expression, Rin Ito reassured her. "I mean, start drawing first. Maybe you'll find your fetish as you draw."
Hearing Rin Ito's words, Saho let out a sigh of relief. That's true... For petite figures, he has Maki and the others. For large breasts, he has Shigure-sensei. Someone with her flat figure probably wouldn't appeal much to Ito-sensei. Thinking this, she slightly loosened the hand covering her chest.
"Then what genre should I start with?"
Rin Ito smiled and slowly spoke under Saho's expectant gaze. "Only children make choices; adults want it all!"
Even Eri Sawamura looked at Rin Ito with confusion. "What does 'want it all' mean? Can Pure Love and NTR coexist?"
"Ito-sensei means...?" Shigure also looked at Rin Ito curiously. She didn't know how Pure Love and NTR could coexist. Under normal circumstances, anything tainted by NTR, even if it wasn't a full cuckolding, was extremely repulsive and could result in hate mail! A single mistake could ruin an entire Manga career. The artist would become known as "that lunatic who drew cuckolding in a Pure Love Manga."
If you're going for Pure Love, go all the way. If you're going for NTR, go all the way.
"Comedy Hentai!" Rin Ito said seriously to Saho. "Just like no one argues about power levels in a comedy anime, if it's a Comedy Hentai, the standards for Pure Love, NTR, and even the drawing quality won't be as strict. Moreover, Comedy Hentai has a natural advantage in dissemination. Otherwise, how can you, as a newcomer, attract attention?"
Even Eri Sawamura had to admit Rin Ito made a lot of sense, but seeing Saho getting excited, Eri Sawamura poured cold water on her. "Don't get too excited. Although he's right, achieving the effect he mentioned requires very high standards for the script and storyboarding."
Shigure also nodded in agreement with Eri Sawamura. "While Comedy Hentai has a small chance of becoming an instant hit, it's far more likely to fail to create even a ripple. Saho, don't get your hopes up too high."
Hearing their words, Saho also calmed down. She couldn't even get her regular Manga submissions accepted. Why would she think she could succeed by drawing Comedy Hentai? If it were that easy, why wouldn't Shigure-sensei and Ito-sensei draw it themselves?
Utaha looked at Rin Ito thoughtfully. "Do you have a good script?"
Utaha's question focused the girls' attention on Rin Ito. Making Saho, a newcomer, draw this kind of Hentai definitely wasn't because he believed Saho could draw it well; he must have an idea himself.
"Bingo~ I do have a script that combines Pure Love, Reverse NTR, Netorare (NTR), and Netoraseru (NTRS)."
Hearing Rin Ito's words, Eri Sawamura's mouth twitched. "Pure Love + Reverse NTR + Netorare + NTRS? What kind of insane script is that?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Eri Sawamura, you don't get it. The more outrageous the script for a Comedy Hentai, the better. The more outrageous, the wider the spread. At that point, whether your drawing is sexy or not becomes less important."
"However, I'm currently serializing a long series and can't start a new one right now. Also, it doesn't align with the style my current fans like. Shigure draws Pure Love Erotica, so it's not suitable for her either. Since you want to go downstream, I'll give this script to you to draw. You can find the genre you like while drawing it."
Rin Ito didn't mention Mashiro and Eri Sawamura. Eri Sawamura wouldn't have a problem drawing NTR, but Rin Ito's script didn't fit her style.
Saho placed her laptop on her lap, ready to take notes. Seeing that Saho was prepared, Rin Ito slowly began to speak under everyone's expectant gaze.
Rin Ito glanced at Megumi Katou. "Ahem, ahem... First, the female protagonist's character setting is a gloomy girl with very low presence."
Hearing Rin Ito's words, Megumi Katou's breathing hitched... Is the female protagonist me?
"The gloomy, low-presence female protagonist secretly loves the handsome, sunny male protagonist who is a member of the student council's disciplinary committee. However, due to her insecurity, she doesn't dare to confess. But one day, the female protagonist's secret crush is discovered by a delinquent girl in the class, and then..."
Seeing Rin Ito drawing out the suspense, Eri Sawamura interjected curiously. "Bullying?"
"The delinquent girl is exasperated! After school, she finds the female protagonist, criticizes her appearance from head to toe, takes her shopping for clothes, teaches her how to apply makeup, and introduces her to clubs, helping her transform from a gloomy girl into a dazzling beauty."
"Saki Yoshida?" Eri Sawamura raised an eyebrow. The mention of transformation reminded Eri Sawamura of how Kaede suddenly started hanging out with Saki Yoshida at school recently, taking her to club tours and helping her make friends. It was normal for creators to draw inspiration from people around them. Eri Sawamura felt the prototype for this female protagonist was Saki Yoshida.
Hearing Eri Sawamura's guess, Megumi Katou gently bit her lower lip. The female protagonist... isn't me? Frowning, Megumi Katou felt a pang of bitterness in her heart... as if something had been snatched away from her.
"After the transformation, the female protagonist finally dares to interact with the male protagonist. Their relationship gradually improves from strangers to friends, even walking home together after school. As the sun sets, the delinquent girl watches their retreating figures with a relieved smile."
"Isn't that just a Pure Love story?" Saho asked, confused.
"It's not over yet." Utaha was calm. Based on the Galgame and Elf's outline that Rin Ito had previously provided, Utaha was confident that Rin Ito's story wouldn't be this simple.
"When did you start trusting him so much?" Eri Sawamura spoke sarcastically, but Utaha ignored her and continued to watch Rin Ito.
"Heh heh..." Rin Ito smiled. "Pure Love? No, no, no... Actually, the male protagonist, the disciplinary committee member, is already secretly dating the delinquent girl. The combination of a disciplinary committee member and a delinquent is a classic pairing, regardless of gender, even for male/male and female/female combinations."
"The male protagonist had actually become the delinquent girl's 'hot weapon.' The delinquent girl, upon discovering the female protagonist's crush on the male protagonist, had a momentary whim. She wanted the female protagonist to gain confidence and confess to the male protagonist, and then immediately tell her the truth! 'Everything was the Master's command, a final humiliation for the female protagonist!'"
"That's a full-"
"Shut up, it's not over."
It wasn't Rin Ito who interrupted Eri Sawamura, but Utaha. Her intuition as a light novelist told her the story wasn't that simple.
"That's right, it's not over. It's barely halfway done." Rin Ito took a sip of water before continuing the story.
"The male protagonist was actually forced to date the delinquent girl after she caught him secretly reading a Hentai that he had confiscated as a disciplinary committee member... Although he claimed to be coerced, the male protagonist's body was very honest, and he did many intimate things with the delinquent girl in hotels outside school and even inside the school."
"Originally, the male protagonist's body surrendered, but his heart didn't! He felt this wasn't true love! But to keep the secret, he could only date the delinquent girl, thinking they would naturally break up after graduation. But the female protagonist changed him!"
"The female protagonist's effort to change, her serious study habits, the way she mustered the courage to confess to him—the male protagonist saw everything. This formed a strong contrast with the academically poor delinquent girl... What made the male protagonist pity the female protagonist even more was that she was completely oblivious to the delinquent girl's manipulation."
"So, the male protagonist had actually been hinting at his relationship with the delinquent girl, wanting the female protagonist to become disillusioned and stay away from him and the delinquent girl... The female protagonist deserved a better man; he wasn't worthy of her."
"To prevent the female protagonist from experiencing the delinquent girl's ultimate humiliation, the male protagonist even resorted to spreading explicit rumors about himself and the delinquent girl! But the female protagonist showed no reaction, remaining steadfast."
"In a desperate move, the male protagonist decided to send the female protagonist pictures of him and the delinquent girl in bed, but the female protagonist's response was... 'Awesome!?'"
"It turns out the female protagonist had already guessed his relationship with the delinquent girl, but she could only pretend to be oblivious to get closer to him. However, the female protagonist gradually developed a cuckold fetish!"
Eri Sawamura's mouth twitched. She really wanted to complain that the female protagonist had gradually morphed from Saki Yoshida into Kaede, but the story wasn't finished, so Eri Sawamura had to hold back and keep listening.
"Between the male protagonist and the delinquent girl, the male protagonist was actually a masochist. Although he was a masochist, seeing the female protagonist's excited expression after receiving the photos made him want to verbally abuse the female protagonist."
"Masochists and sadists can transform into one another. The male protagonist also gradually awakened a sadistic fetish."
Saho diligently took notes, breathless... As expected of Ito-sensei!
"The delinquent girl found the female protagonist's change interesting, and she also noticed the male protagonist's little tricks... She absolutely couldn't let the male protagonist win! So the delinquent girl urged the female protagonist to confess to the male protagonist on Christmas Day and had the male protagonist invite the female protagonist to a hotel on the same day."
"The delinquent girl planned to severely drain every drop from the male protagonist in front of the female protagonist! When the female protagonist opened the door, instead of finding her waiting lover, she would find a limp, worn-out worm, which would completely crush the female protagonist!"
"The time comes to the season of White Album. It was snowing on Christmas Day. The female protagonist passed many couples and arrived at the hotel. Just as the delinquent girl predicted, the female protagonist opened the door, and then..."
"And then?" Eri Sawamura instinctively swallowed.
"Click! The female protagonist actually brought a camera! The female protagonist walked into the room and took pictures of the tied-up, heavily-drained male protagonist and the delinquent girl who was draining him."
"'Wh-what are you trying to do?'" Rin Ito spoke in a falsetto, mimicking the delinquent girl's voice.
"The female protagonist was no longer the weak person she used to be. A look of pleasure crossed her face. She said, 'Even if you're a delinquent girl, you don't want these pictures getting out, right?'"
"Then... the female protagonist pulled out a double-ended dildo from her bag!"
"Pff..." Eri Sawamura couldn't help but laugh. "What the hell is a double-ended dildo?"
"Ahem, ahem..." Rin Ito cleared his throat. "The delinquent girl tried to resist, but earlier, to help the female protagonist regain confidence, the female protagonist had joined the Karate Club on her recommendation. Combined with the stick-like double-ended dildo, the delinquent girl was no match for the female protagonist."
"The female protagonist wielded the double-ended dildo, beat the delinquent girl to her knees, tied her up, and forced her to become her *slave!"
"The female protagonist tied up the delinquent girl, set up the camera, and then inserted one end of the double-ended dildo into her own body. The delinquent girl was stunned. Before she could react, the female protagonist pinned her down and ruthlessly pounded her!"
"The female protagonist, who was originally a gloomy girl, frequently used various toys to masturbate, and was already an expert in toy use. With just a double-ended dildo, she utterly defeated the delinquent girl, making her grunt like a pig, all of which was captured by the camera."
"It turns out that during the time the female protagonist and the delinquent girl spent together, the female protagonist felt the delinquent girl's care every day, and her feelings for the delinquent girl had surpassed friendship. The one who suffered the most after learning about the delinquent girl's relationship with the male protagonist was the female protagonist. She wanted to be with the male protagonist but also couldn't bear to lose the delinquent girl."
"After pounding the delinquent girl into a sow, the female protagonist untied the ropes and handed the camera to the delinquent girl, asking her to delete the pictures."
"Then... in this season of White Album, she confessed to both the male protagonist and the delinquent girl while still wearing the double-ended dildo."
Hearing this, Saho and the others couldn't help but laugh, imagining the scene of the female protagonist confessing with a dildo sticking out.
"Ahem, be serious, I'm not finished yet." Rin Ito took two deep breaths to suppress his laughter before revealing the ending.
"The male protagonist and the female protagonist falling in love is natural, and the delinquent girl, who originally had no true friends, also felt genuine happiness during the time she spent with the female protagonist."
"Furthermore, the female protagonist was so forgiving even after knowing the delinquent girl planned the ultimate humiliation. Moved, the delinquent girl didn't delete the photos. Instead, she handed the camera back to the female protagonist and told her, 'Hmph... it's only because you have leverage over me!' before agreeing to the female protagonist's confession."
"And... a very important point is that the female protagonist made her climax so intensely with the double-ended dildo that the delinquent girl had already been pounded into a sow."
"After the three got together, they engaged in very extravagant play. For example, the male protagonist and female protagonist would sandwich the delinquent girl, or the female protagonist would be behind the male protagonist, and the delinquent girl would be in front of the male protagonist, and so on."
"The story ends with the three of them often being together, just like at the very beginning of the story, as if the messy things in between never happened. Hooray, hooray!"
"This way, you have Pure Love, Reverse NTR, Netorare, NTRS, and Yuri + Threesome. One book probably won't be enough to draw the whole thing. After finishing this series, Saho, you can find your preferred genre within it. If Saho doesn't like Yuri and is into Yaoi, just change the genders of the protagonists and the delinquent girl."
After hearing the story, Saho let out a long breath. "As expected of Ito-sensei... to come up with such a script."
Utaha also nodded repeatedly. With a string of plot twists, counter-attacks, and comedy, if she weren't currently on the sidelines, she would want to write it as a novel!
"The first panel should be the scene of the three of them together at the very beginning of the story, and the ending should also use the first panel!"
Eri Sawamura, Shigure, and Saho discussed how to refine the outline and draw the storyboards, while Utaha looked Rin Ito up and down.
As for Megumi Katou... although she was looking down at her phone, she occasionally lifted her head to look at Rin Ito, a hint of displeasure on her face. Megumi Katou appeared calm on the surface, but she had quite a few little thoughts brewing in her heart.
She initially thought the prototype for the protagonist was herself, but it turned out to be someone else.
Annoying! So annoying!
Although she was annoyed, Megumi Katou knew there was no basis for claiming that her female protagonist role had been stolen, so she could only sulk.
Rin Ito, after giving Saho the outline, didn't offer any more guidance. Even if she changed the outline beyond recognition, it didn't matter, as this was Saho's Manga, not Rin Ito's. Rin Ito returned to his computer, ready to draw his manuscript.
Before Rin Ito could start drawing, Megumi Katou had somehow moved next to him. "Can you come out with me for a moment? I have something I want to discuss with you."