Sensei, good morning.
Good morning.
Hurry up!
Next page!
Don't turn yet!
Don't fight.
Here.
Oh!
Thanks to you,
it seems that the commotion over the leaked video has died down.
The higher-ups were relieved that this secret was protected.
That makes me glad.
All things considered,
the higher-ups think quite well of you.
Really?!
Well, they have sent us everything we asked for.
Keep on doing your best.
Got it!
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atarimae datta kako no katachi
当たり前だった過去の形
The past which I took for granted
kimi no tonari de kawatte iku
君の隣で変わっていく
Keeps changing when I'm next to you
kokoro no kyori wa nagaku mienakute
心の距離は長く見えなくて
For a long time I couldn't see the distance between our hearts,
fuan dakeredo yomisusumeyou
不安だけれど読み進めよう
So I was anxious, but let's keep on reading
itsumo fushigi na kimi no sekai wa
いつも不思議な君の世界は
Your world, always so mysterious,
iro azayaka de yume kibou afurete
色鮮やかで 夢・希望 溢れて
Overflowing with vibrant colours, dreams and hopes,
watashi no subete wo nomikonda
私のすべてを飲み込んだ
Swallowed in all of me
dandan mebaeta saisho no omoi
だんだん芽生えた最初の想い
The first memories bloomed gradually
wakaranai koto wa
わからないことは
For the things you don't understand,
hibi no peeji mekuri monogatari wo dondon hirogeyou
日々のページめくり物語をどんどん広げよう
Let's make the story unfold by turning over a new page every day
kitto kimi wa sagashiteta kotae yasashii kotoba de oshiete kureru yo
きっと君は探してた答え優しい言葉で教えてくれるよ
You'll surely tell me with gentle words the answer I've been looking for
11. Let's plot this quietly and profoundly
Sensei, good-bye!
Be careful on your way home!
Sensei!
I'm almost done with the translation of volume 18 of "LN Diary".
Huh, already?
Also, I tried writing one myself.
Here!
I-Is this...
...an original LN?
This is great.
It's like a real LN.
Really?!
After translating many different things, I started wanting to write one of my own.
LNs are fun both to read and write!
Huh, we didn't get much this time either.
The amount we receive is always far less than what we order.
These haphazard orders are really problematic.
We'll have to make do with these for now.
Ah, I saw this in Akihabara!
It would be nice if we could import more like this.
What happened?
Well, Matoba-san praised me.
A hikikomori like me getting praised by a government big shot is incredible!
It's kind of surreal, now that I think about it.
Master, it's because of all your hard work.
It's thanks to you and everyone else.
Huh?
Thanks to you, a lot of what I love has been brought to Erdant,
and has been accepted here.
I wouldn't have been able to do this by myself.
Thank you.
It's nothing...
Even someone like me is needed.
We'll have to do everything we can!
Yes!
Twinkle twinkle little star,
Elbia?
You pulled an all-nighter again?
how I wonder what you are.
Huh?
This is great.
They're good enough to be character designs!
Elbia, did your style change?
Huh?
You used to draw landscape pictures and such.
Your draughtsmanship is considerably different now.
I wonder...
I've been drawing nothing but this kind of thing lately.
There are works in which several beautiful girls end up conveniently grouping around an ordinary guy-
Harem LN
Just lend it to me!
Higantou volume 10!
I haven't read it yet!
Everyone's waiting!
9 YEARS OLD
That's right!
Harem Romantic Comedy
Hey, what are you doing during class?!
Give it to me!
No way!
I said no!
That was troublesome, Master.
Manga, LNs and games...
There's not enough of any of them.
I guess neither myself nor the Japanese government thought that they'd become this popular.
Hey!
You promised you'd weed today!
I'll do it once I've read Cooking Mama volume 10!
Didn't you say that the day before last?!
It still hasn't been my turn!
Anyway, I won't do anything before I read it!
Cut that crap!
What's with all this manga?!
Just do some work already!
I'm not sure which is the pupil...
Minori-san, can you press them to increase the size of the shipments?
Not really...
What is he doing?
LN translation.
But...
That isn't normal.
He's so engrossed, it's as if he were possessed.
Edoardo!
Huh?
Ah, Sensei!
Are you okay, Edoardo?
I have to translate quickly.
Everyone's waiting.
Matoba-san!
The quantity we currently receive simply isn't enough!
Can't you do anything to arrange a large shipment somehow?
I see.
In other words, due to the shortage,
the people are increasingly hungry for more?
Exactly.
Isn't that splendid?
Huh?
They show interest in the culture we're bringing in,
they grow to love it,
to the point that their desire for it interferes with their everyday lives.
That's exactly what we were aiming for.
W-What are you saying, Matoba-san?
You're talking as if we were...
Damn invaders from a parallel world!
No way...
I am...
That's right.
You are an invader.
An invasion not through might, but through culture.
And at the helm is Kanou Shinichi.
You.
A large scale invasion isn't possible.
An economic invasion wouldn't work because the two countries have much too different economic systems.
And so we resort to a cultural invasion.
If the illiterate plebeians here learn to read Japanese rather than the official language of Erdant,
their values will also change, little by little.
And then, the Japanese government can start restricting the exports,
and they will have no choice but to listen to what we tell them.
That would be the ideal cultural invasion.
And that's why...
That's why you...
Exactly.
That is why we decided to use otaku culture to invade Erdant.
It's an efficient weapon of invasion.
Weapon of invasion?!
What does this manipulative change in their culture and values even accomplish?
Pushing things that they didn't have before onto them-
Matoba-san.
Hm?
I don't want to believe it,
but that terrorist incident...
It wasn't-
Not at all.
Definitely not.
We didn't try to stop it, though.
What?!
Don't get so angry.
It suppressed the criticism against otaku culture,
and the school has been smooth sailing ever since then, hasn't it?
Do you not feel any shame as a human being?!
Being asked that makes me feel bad.
This was decided higher up.
This is why government officials are-
Now, now.
Well, while you've understood all this,
you've missed the most critical part.
Huh?
You do realise that this is a national secret, do you not?
So in all likelihood, in order to protect the secret,
staff members that hinder the plan's execution will be disposed of...
Why do you think that a nobody like you, someone of little or no consequence,
was dragged into this kind of secret government project in the first place?
That's... I'm...
Because you're knowledgeable in otaku culture?
Because you were found to have the qualities required of an excellent missionary?
Of course not.
As far as the superiors were concerned,
a cultural invasion using two-dimensional works was nothing more than a method of invasion,
chosen only because no other efficient methods were found.
B-But...
But...
But!
I only chose you...
...to fit the requirements of those higher up.
Requirements?
You should know.
Someone whose sudden disappearance wouldn't raise any concern,
and who could be disposed of without a trace.
That was the order.
Edoardo
Favourite LN : Choika the Hall Princess
Favourite Character : Akaru Akira
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Zahar
Favourite Anime : DokiDoki Crecure
Favourite Character : Cure Cosetta
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I'll try to keep it simple.
To the people of our world,
this is literally unexplored territory;
a mountain of treasure.
From living resources to rare metals,
nobody has claimed any of it,
so it's all up for grabs.
But they can't move the SDF.
That's right.
If other countries found out, they'd raise a ruckus.
And magic exists here, a power which defies analysis.
The risks of getting involved in a war are too high.
So invade with culture instead, right?
But that means I'm basically a stooge for the Japanese government, huh?
Erdant had an undeveloped entertainment culture.
The otaku culture we imported spreads with the speed of a biological weapon,
and the number of infected keeps growing.
An explosive proliferation of cultural infection.
An outbreak.
Minori-san...
What will happen if I say I want to quit?
At the very least, you shouldn't mention this conversation in front of Director Matoba.
You've already been told what you are and what you're doing.
As to what the government does to people who know too much...
I think manga and novels have illustrated that circumstance more than enough.
You're right.
Still...
Huh? What's wrong, Shinichi?
You seem down.
Huh?
No, not at all.
You sure?
Anyway,
since the introduction of otaku culture,
there's no doubt that the citizens have become increasingly lively.
The support for the school has increased,
and my approval rating is soaring!
Otaku culture has truly been a blessing for us!
It really is a good thing!
It expands your imagination and broadens your world!
Some day I'm going to give the entire nation a chance to study it!
And I'm thinking of incorporating the otaku way of thinking into politics and trials-
No!
Shinichi?
Why?
What's the problem?
Why would you say that?
Shinichi?
Weren't you the otaku culture evangelist?
That's...
Shinichi...
I can't...
...do this any more.
This is bad.
The higher-ups won't be happy if progress is delayed.
Yes.
If he is of no further use,
there's the option of having him replaced.
Please wait!
What we've gained so far are the fruits of hi- Kanou Shinichi's work!
His talent, I'd wager.
You can't simply replace him!
Koganuma-kun...
That is for our superiors to decide.
Don't misunderstand, though.
That was merely my personal opinion.
Despite that, I'm pleased with him.
That's why I'd like him to continue doing his best.
You're listening, aren't you, Kanou-kun?
You don't have much time.
Unlike your parents,
we can't just let you to remain a shut-in.
It would be best if you kept on spreading the otaku culture as you have.
That's all I ask.
Myuser?
M-Master?!
Midnight snack?
Sorry, I've lost my appetite.
Shinichi-sama
I'm sorry.
Did I make you worry?
N-Not at all.
Thank you, I'll have some.
O-Okay!
Thank you for the food.
Of course!
Myuser.
Yes?
E-Erm...
I...
I was...
I was an invader after all.
That's why... it'd probably be for the best if I weren't in this country.
It may not be good that I'm here with you!
Erm...
I-I don't really get it.
I'm sorry.
Erm, I'm a little stupid,
and not cultured at all.
No way.
But you're a kind person, Master.
That I do know.
But what if that was just a façade for an invasion?
Whatever you do, Master,
you are who you are.
Myuser...
And thanks to you coming here,
I learned to read and write.
I found fun manga and anime.
I talked to Her Majesty,
played football,
acted in a film,
and moreover,
before manga came here, I would never have witnessed such a scene.
It's all thanks to you, Master.
That's why, Master...
Shinichi-sama...
That we shouldn't be together...
Don't say something so sad!
Please!
I ask you!
Please stay here!
Myuser,
I think I wanted to hear that from someone.
No, not from just anyone.
From you, Myuser.
Thank you!
Yes!
Okay!
I'll do what I can, then!
For my own sake,
and especially for the sake of this country!
Yes!
But before that...
Huh?
I'll have to eat everything, won't I?
As soon as you get out of your room,
you're having an audience with Her Majesty?
What are you up to?
I thought things over, and I had a good idea.
A course of action to spread otaku culture even further.
Does that mean that you've understood our objectives?
Yes.
Shinichi, could you explain what business could be so urgent?
Indeed.
We, Amutec, who import otaku culture here,
have a proposal to the Empire of Erdant.
A proposal?
Due to our activities,
otaku culture has become quite rooted in Erdant.
It has to do with that.
Yes.
Let's start making it here!
Manga, LNs, anime and the like!
What?
Making?
You mean making manga and anime in Erdant?
Yes.
If we produce them here,
we can make whatever we want without having to constantly ask Japan for it.
If we do that-
Hold on!
Kanou-kun, that's-
What is it?
Would that be a problem for the Japanese government?
Is it somehow bad if this dimension becomes self-sufficient in manga and anime?
T-That...
That is not under your jurisdiction!
It's not my jurisdiction.
Erdant is doing it.
I'm simply making the suggestion.
This is a picture by Elbia and a light novel written by Edoardo.
They have both reached a commercially viable level.
If the number of artists keeps increasing,
eventually you will not need to rely on the Japanese government any more.
So Shinichi, are you really fine with that?
Interesting!
This is a truly interesting proposal, Shinichi!
You really are a wonderful evangelist!
kirari kagayaku hoseki mitai ni
きらり輝く 宝石みたいに
Like a jewel flashing and sparkling,
irotoridori no kao de warau kimi to ita
色とりどりの顔で笑うキミといた
I was with you, laughing with a colourful face
chotto bukiyou de kaishou mo nai kedo
ちょっと不器用で 甲斐性も無いけど
You're a little awkward and not good for much,
hitamuki na se no ganbaru sugata miteru yo
ひた向きな背の 頑張る姿見てるよ
But I see you standing straight, doing your best
dakedo naraberu kata ni watashi no mune no uchi wa
だけど 並べる肩に 私の胸の内は
But being the same myself, inside my chest
uwa no sora yuraide bouken no tochuu
うわの空揺らいで 冒険の途中
I'm absent-mindedly swaying in the middle of an adventure
kimi wa watashi no sekai ni hane wo hirogete
キミは私の世界に羽を広げて
Spread your wings in my world
saa takaku tooku e
さあ 高く遠くへ
And come escort me to the high
aoi sora esukooto shite
青い空エスコートして
And faraway blue sky
akogare wo daita toraware no hime
憧れを抱いた 捕らわれの姫
The captive princess who has embraced longing,
mada sugu janai kedo "kono te wo hiite" chanto ne iitai
まだ すぐじゃないけど「この手を引いて」 ちゃんとね 言いたい
Wants to tell you, but not right away, to lead her by the hand
Myuser, I'm glad I met you!
It wasn't for long, but I had fun!
Master, don't say something that sounds like a farewell!
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I don't like it either, but we can't do anything about it!
We're coming up on the last episode!
But I want all the viewers to be able to enjoy even more of this!
I know, me too!
That's why we'll keep doing our best in the final episode!
Let's have them want to see more!
That's the only way we can meet again!
We'll just have to give it our all, right?
Got it!
I'll believe and do my best!