Chapter 458 – …Is this a festival…?
While Hyeji was poking around at various street vendors, she struck up a conversation with Kyoukyou.
“Isn’t there a more unique place around here, Kyoukyou?”
“Are you saying you don’t like it here? I’m sorry…”
“Ah, no! I had so much fun.”
At Hyeji’s words, Kyoukyou looked dejected, and Hyeji quickly added to comfort her.
“But since we’re in Japan, I wanted to see something different from Korea.”
“Oh, if that’s the case, I got it www Leave it to me www”
Fortunately, Kyoukyou perked up again at Hyeji’s words.
[Honestly, hasn’t it pretty much been the same as Korea so far?]
‘…In terms of the lack of people, the academy is accurate though…’
It’s true that Hyeji’s choice can be seen as excellent.
You can see street vendors like that anywhere in Korea.
It would be much better to see a special place exclusive to the Japan Hunter Academy instead.
“Then let’s go to the special place only at the Greater Japan Empire’s Hunter Academy www”
As she said that, Kyoukyou started to run energetically.
Hyeji and I also followed closely so as not to lose her.
So how long did we follow Kyoukyou this time?
Before long, a slightly different space, as Kyoukyou had mentioned, appeared.
Certainly, it was a space quite different from the festival at the Korea Hunter Academy.
At the same time, it could be claimed as a characteristic place unique to the Japan Hunter Academy.
“Here, various manga and doujinshi are sold www”
“Shinwoo, there are so many people.”
“Yeah. It’s nothing compared to street vendors.”
It was a scene filled with booths selling booklets long and wide.
Whether it was due to the country being a cornerstone of subculture.
Or perhaps because of the significant demand from the people, I couldn’t really tell.
But it definitely felt like at least the latter was true.
“Excuse me, student. When does this series conclude?”
“Soon, old man.”
“How am I supposed to know from such a vague answer? Are you teasing me about being old?”
Numerous people, regardless of gender or race, were buying books at each booth.
“It will be finished while you are still alive.”
“Great, give me two volumes.”
This scene made me slightly confused whether we were at the Hunter Academy or Comic World.
[Is it normal for this to happen at a festival?]
‘Then having a constellation makes sense?’
[Ah.]
Moreover, some booths had particularly long lines.
The person managing it looked quite old to be a student.
Personally, they seemed like someone entirely unrelated to the Hunter Academy.
They probably were an artist taking advantage of the festival to sell their work.
“Hey? Didn’t you usually only draw female characters? Suddenly switching to Boys’ Love?”
“I wanted to try something different this time. Doesn’t it look good?”
I thought this was certainly not a bad strategy.
“Indeed, this is humanity’s progress.”
“It’s Incest Hentai!!!”
The academy’s festival was, as mentioned before, quite open.
So the influx must be too overwhelming to ignore.
If you hit it big here, you’d make quite a profit.
And most of the booths selling books, except a few, dealt with adult publications.
“Shinwoo, don’t get interested in strange things.”
“Shinwoo-chan www Don’t you know that wind is bad www”
“I’m not like that…”
Of course, since Hyeji was glaring at me, I couldn’t really take a proper look.
I could only catch brief snippets of what was happening through the sounds around me.
Still, selling adult books was a very wise choice.
That’s because the primary attendees of the festival were high school and young college students.
With their strong sexual urges, they surely couldn’t resist impulsive purchases.
Of course, it wouldn’t be seen in a pretty light to be involved in such transactions.
“Wow, do they really draw such crude stuff looking at their own? ”
“I drew it looking at yours!”
“I see why it feels familiar.”
It was quite bold to be trading in an open space like a festival, of all places.
Still, everyone who came here had already made up their minds.
They were ready to accept that level of contempt and shame.
“You look at tentacle adult manga? How are you still human?”
“I need it because I don’t have it. And this one is just right for you. Here, take one.”
“What is this?”
If there’s anything good here, it’s definitely their indomitable stance.
“You need that hat incest material, right? Or not?”
“Y-you bastard!!!”
Honestly, if I had to choose something to admire, it would definitely be that.
“Author! I really enjoyed this pure love doujinshi!”
“Are you talking about completely curing the slave heroine with amputated limbs? Haha, thanks for enjoying it.”
“Now that you’ve completely cured the slave, can you sell her for a new price in the next volume?”
“……”
Whether it’s the seller of adult books or the buyers,
“Compared to the previous volume, this sequel feels a bit lacking. Why is that?”
“If you do it twice in a row, the amount in the back will decrease.”
“Oh, that makes sense. Well, I’ll buy it and see.”
It seemed that there weren’t that many people around.
“Wasn’t this character originally male?”
“That’s right, reader. You caught on.”
“It was already overflowing with charm, so why go through the whole TS thing?”
In some ways, one could say this was truly indicative of the Hunter Academy.
“This time, I wanted to give it a push. It’d be a waste not to adapt them as heroines.”
“So that’s why you went for pussy this time. Give me three volumes.”
“Thank you.”
There really seemed to be barely any people around.
[Indeed, TS heroines are particularly pushed hard, aren’t they?]
‘…Shut it. It’s really giving me a headache.’
Some people among those searching for things were nitpicking the details.
“Author, wasn’t this heroine a crazy yandere?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“What part about following the protagonist to the same university makes her a yandere?”
It seemed there were definitely parts they were unhappy with.
“They’re going to grad school with them too.”
“……So, they are yandere…”
This scene could make others frown slightly.
“Is it logical for an ace prostitute to be a virgin?”
“I won with duality, maintaining purity.”
“Then it’s all good. Give me a copy.”
However, I didn’t have any particular thought to criticize that too much.
To even nitpick means there’s a certain affection for the work.
Without that affection, they wouldn’t even make those comments.
“Why is the historical accuracy like this?”
“What’s the problem?”
“Why does the female armor only lack the lower half? What are they going to do if attacked here?”
If there were no love for it, there wouldn’t even be the critique.
“The enemies also have to write below after the battle, so they won’t attack.”
“Oh, I see. I didn’t realize that.”
Of course, there might occasionally be instances where the author is just playing with the gore for fun.
However, excluding such cases, most of it seems to be the sharp critiques of people who truly care.
“Who wears such outdated school-girls uniforms anymore? That style has been discontinued long ago.”
“Ugh, that’s reality, yet they still wear it comfortably in doujinshi. Are you a total idiot?”
This would be the basic virtue of an author, to accept such feedback as much as possible.
“……Did I do something wrong?”
“Drop your flashy outside life and go back inside to look at some doujinshi. You need to live in reality to a certain degree.”
And a few people were questioning the content of the work as well.
This ranged from changes in the work’s tendencies to overall changes in content.
“Author, why did you make such a decision!!!”
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it.”
Or the author’s work taking on a completely different direction than before.
“Why did you write this pure love when you’re the best ‘Amputation NTR’ author?”
“The best NTR is actually NTR’ing myself into pure love.”
Or perhaps the author had a lack of knowledge.
“This doujinshi’s content is really weird! I want a refund!”
“What do you mean? There shouldn’t be any contradictions in the settings.”
“Who uses a condom on a toilet? Do you even know what a toilet is?!!”
Of course, I personally think that as long as the author explains and resolves it well, it shouldn’t be too big of a problem.
“When cleaning a toilet, you need to wear rubber gloves.”
“Oh, right. Sorry. Can I get one more?”
After all, there were plenty of fundamentally problematic things to focus on.
[At least say it’s about preventing STDs… ]
‘Japan is amazing!!!’
[……I’ve finally lost it.]
Anyway, after finishing looking at all those booths,
We briefly sat on a bench, drinking some beverages and taking a breath.
Then Kyoukyou finished her drink, turned to us, and smiled brightly.
“Isn’t it really amazing www that we’re in Japan www”
“Honestly, I’m not sure what to say, but it seems to have a different flavor from Korea. Right, Shinwoo?”
“……To me, Korea and Japan seem the same… ”
“Well, that’s only natural since Korea and the Greater Japan Empire are friends www”
It really seems that the Hunter Academy is quite similar no matter where you go.
An academy built not by people but by hunters.
It wasn’t just a characteristic of Korea.
This was equally applied here in Japan.
[And that’s why it’s a neighboring country.]
‘I didn’t want this kind of neighbor, f*ck…’
I guess “East Korea” could be used in situations like this.
