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“Class,” the homeroom teacher says abruptly, maintaining a stoic face. “I have some bad news to tell you.” The entire classroom quiets down, ready to hear his words. “Due to a very generous benefactor, 2C will not be meeting in school tomorrow. So...”

“Oh no,” you groan to yourself.

“It is unfortunate to say...” The teacher removes his spectacles gravely, throwing his folder on the table.“We are going on a two day beach trip tomorrow.” The entire class, deathly silent before that point, erupts into a cacophony of cheers and whooping. Monkeys, all of them.

Is this their idea of a redeeming episode? The director should stick to his shitty OVAs.

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And so, tomorrow happened and you are now packing everything important, plus one pair of swim trunks. Ideally, you can spend a relaxing day at the beach but with all the girls there plus Hiro, you're probably going to end up more tired than usual. When you get to school, they unceremoniously throw you into a bus. Thankfully, it's a real bus and not a metaphorical one. You pick a good window seat and prepare to sleep. You're probably going to need it.

Nina shuffles over uncomfortably. “Hey. This seat taken?”

“Actually, it is.” You lean your head back on the window, shutting your eyes wearily. “If you want to contest this seat, please fill out the Satoshi Seat-Partner Complaint Form and settle this in court.”

Nina says nothing and sighs, preparing to move further into the bus.

>”I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here.”
>You can deal with Nina later. You're too tired right now.

>”I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here.”

This is up again? Rad.

>>45940809
>>”I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here.”
Sup Nano.

>>45940809
>”I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here.”

>>45940809
>”I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here.”

>>45940809
>"I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here."
Another thread another miserable day for Satoshi

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You take a deep breath and rub your eyes. Cracking open one, you say to Nina, “I was just kidding. Go ahead and sit here. Though...” you lower your voice. “Aren't you going to ruin your position and the main girl by sitting here?”

“What's the point?” Nina tucks her belongings under her seat and dusts off her seat. With a sigh, she sits down and leans her head back on the headrest. “You said that if Hiro gets together with a girl, then the entire world falls apart, right?”

“Basically. The world that we live in will end. And that's it. The season's over and we wait to see if we're popular enough to get a spinoff or something.” You pause. “But nobody really cares about another generic harem show.”

Nina doesn't look too happy. “Isn't the happy ending supposed to be, 'Guy gets girl, guy and girl lives happily ever after'?”

“No.” She's still thinking like the lead of a romcom show. “It's more like, 'Guy gets harem, guy gets harassed by harem, guy is implied to have wacky hijinks with harem forever before camera pans up into the sky and ends the show.'”

“Okay.” Nina mulls over the thought. “So, if we do get a spinoff, does that mean that the popular characters get to come back?”

“Probably.”

“And... what about the unpopular characters?” Nina averts her gaze, if only for a second.

You shake your head. “Who knows?”

Looks like most of the class is on the bus now. You'll all be departing soon. A few uneasy minutes pass before the bus starts up and gets on the road.

Nina first breaks the silence. “What should I do now?”

>Tell her to relax and enjoy herself. This is a beach episode, after all.
>Ask her to keep up the harem charade for now.
>She shouldn't ask you for advice. You don't have anything to good to offer.

>>45941472
Tell her to relax and be herself and not think so much. If theres one thing audiences dislike, its a fake. And she should go and enjoy herself.

>>45941472
>>Tell her to relax and enjoy herself. This is a beach episode, after all.
>>Ask her to keep up the harem charade for now.

>>45941472
>Ask her to keep up the harem charade for now.

>>45941472
>Tell her to relax and enjoy herself. This is a beach episode, after all.
I like Nina a lot better now that we know her circumstances. We should just play it cool from here and see what happens.

>>45941472
>Tell her to relax and enjoy herself. This is a beach episode, after all.

>>45941632
Shared misery is such a wonderful bonding agent.

We should ask Nina why she thought it was a Rom-com.

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>Tell her to relax and enjoy herself. This is a beach episode, after all.

“For starters, why don't you relax and enjoy yourself? We're going on a free trip to the beach. Worry about the anime later.” You yawn and curl up next to the window. “Can't say I can do the same though. Beach trips are a free ticket to sexually harass Hiro. So I have to stick around and make sure nobody does anything stupid.”

Nina scratches her chin anxiously. “I don't really know what to do on a beach trip, though.”

“Nina, my God. What do you mean, 'you don't know'? Put on a swimsuit, splash around with your friends.” Really, this girl is something else.

In a small voice, Nina says, “What if I don't have friends?”

“That's where you use the harem genre to your advantage.” You really wish you brought a pillow. The window makes your neck stiff. “As long as you're a good-looking girl, all you have to do is walk up to the harem and you're basically in. Even though harems fight, they're usually on good terms with each other. Make friends with the other girls.”

“Yeah... I guess.” Nina towards the window, admiring the passing city fly by. “Thanks, Satoshi.”

“Don't thank me. I just want to sleep.” You plug your headphones into your mp3 player and shut your eyes, hoping for some shut-eye before you arrive at the beach. “Night.”

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The bus halts to a stop. Groggy, you strain to get one eye open. Through the window, you can see the beach, in all its glory. Maybe, if you were one of those dipwad side characters, you'd scream, 'It's the sea!' or something. Oh, wait. You are one of those dipwad side characters. Stretching your limbs, you grumble, “It's the sea, hurray...”

You stand up and get ready to file out. You hear a thud echo from your seat. Nina was out cold too. Well, long bus rides do that, you guess. You shake her awake. “Bus ride's over.”

She stirs, brushing the stray hair from her eyes. “Mm, oh are we here already?” Grabbing her bag from underneath the seat, Nina drowsily follows the crowd of students out the bus. As soon as you get outside, you're face to face with a gigantic traditional inn. The teacher gathers all the students before they can escape to the beach.

“Now,” he starts, completely sullen-faced. “You have the option of staying at the beach or touring the area. Please stay in groups and do not wander off alone. We will be staying in the inn, so please come back by eleven. There is a hot spring, but please do not attempt to join the other gender. And if you do, you will be escorted out immediately with no lodging. Any questions? No? Dismissed.”

Oh. Hot springs. Damn, how many filler episodes can they fit in one episode? What's next? Me– actually. You're not going to say it. Once the teacher leaves, all the students clear out and run off to do their own things. Hiro comes and wraps his arm around your shoulder. “Satoshi! We should go to the beach!”

Typical of the protagonist. “Uh, sure. I'll go get changed after I drop off stuff.”

“Oh, right. I saw you sitting next to Nina. I didn't know you two were that close!” He smiles. “I'm glad. I thought she didn't really like you or something.”

>”I wouldn't say we're friends.”
>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”
>”It turns out, she and I are a lot alike.”

>>45942278
>>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”
Inb4 this becomes a shown harem and we become the antagonist.

>>45942278
>>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”

>>45942322
Fuck I meant shonen.

>>45942278
>>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”
Are we all in agreement that Nina is best girl even in the anime?

>>45942278
>>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”
also MECHAAAAA

>>45942352
I kind of like exercisempai. I can't deny abs. ABS ANON.
i could really see her and satoshi as a good couple

>>45942440
This ain't that kinda movie, bruv.

>>45942454
It was in the super secret black box for a reason.

>>45942278
>”Demonic pacts make for a good alliance.”

>>45942352
I like all the girls, but I know that's all part of OP's trap.

>>45942536
What if this is a fake out anime? Like they have hiro as the protagonist for the first couple of episodes then they switch over to satoshi. Seems to me we have more meaningful interactions with the girls then he does.

>>45942647
>fake out protagonist
>mecha
>beach episode
>space opera
GODDAMMIT, THIS WAS GURREN LAGANN ALL ALONG.

>>45942647
What if Hiro finally figures it out and actively starts trying to destroy the world?

>>45942647
We're always behind the scenes though. Maybe the interactions in this anime are shallow and Satoshi being out of camera makes it more meaningful?

>>45942708
OH SHIT NIGGA. I hope our theme song is as good.

>>45942732
The anime camera can't ALWAYS be on Hiro. That would be boring. Like when Hiro was in class maybe it switched perspectives to Sat and track team waifu chatting on the roof.

>>45942780
Oh shit. Maybe this is a dual protagonist anime.

>>45942708
>mecha
>ocean
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ggokLpSBE

>>45942955
..... We should get a bandana.

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>>45942647
What if the entire quest is a prologue where in the end Hiro dies and we go to hell with his harem to save his soul while battling demons.

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“Demon pacts for make for a good alliance,” you shrug. “Now we're on our way to steal the souls of innocent young high schoolers.”

He laughs. “Did you watch too much anime before going to bed?”

You laugh back. “Something like that.” Hiro's a good dude. If he weren't a walking chick magnet, you'd probably have a hell of a good time hanging out with him. Still, he's your best friend.

“Still curious though. What did you talk about with Nina during the test of courage?” He pleads, clasping his hands, “I won't tell a soul. I promise.”

“Honestly, we just talked about anime until she could stand up again,” you lie casually. “I don't actually remember what I said. I just wanted to calm her down.”

“You're really nice, Satoshi.” He gives you a big thumbs-up. “I just wish everyone else knew, though.”

“Yeah, well, I never liked being in the spotlight anyway.” You throw your hands up in the air. “I'm going to get changed now. See you on the beach.”

You go to your assigned room and dump all your stuff inside. Then, throwing off your clothes, you get your swim trunks on and put on some sandals. And the moment you step foot onto the beach, you see Hiro being dragged through the sand by Yuko, who is laughing her ass off. Chasing her (and Hiro) are Shina and Yori, probably trying to save him more than anything. Nina is behind Shina and Yori, though she doesn't look even the slightest bit concerned for Hiro. So that leaves...

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“Satoshi!” Patricia screams in your ear. You turn. Girl's all dolled up with a big flower pinned to her hair. She puffs out her chest in pride, though you really wish she didn't. She has a green polka-dotted bikini on and it looks, uh, not bad. “What do you think? Do you think Hiro will like it?”

“No,” you reply flatly. “I hate it. He'll hate it too.”

She's taken aback. “R-Really?”

“No, you idiot.” You shoo her away. “If you care so much, then go ask him yourself.”

Patricia looks up and down at her outfit. “I'd be too embarrassed.”

“What, and I'm okay?” You hide under the shade of an umbrella and lie down on the sand.

She stops. Then, with a quick move, she buttons up her shirt over the swimsuit. “Don't look.”

“It's too late, you numbskull.” Anyway. “You look alright, so go knock him dead or something. As long as you don't do it literally.”

Patricia nods lamely. After a pause, she says, “You know. I think we started off on the wrong foot.”

>”Same. That's how I tripped over you when we met.”
>”And, if you want, we can keep it that way.”
>”Happens all the time to me.”

>>45943122
>>”Same. That's how I tripped over you when we met.”
Instinctively flex abdominal muscles while talking to her. Don't be even a little subtle.

>>45943122
>”Same. That's how I tripped over you when we met.”
Comic relief going to comic relief

>>45943122
>>”Happens all the time to me.”
It's like I'm in some kind of anime as the buttmonkey sidekick or something like that.

>”Same. That's how I tripped over you when we met."
SMOOTH

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“Same,” you start. “That's how I tripped over you when we met.”

Patricia slaps you on the shoulder, frowning. “I was being serious here, you dunce.”

“Haha, sorry. It was too good to pass up. But I think we can all acknowledge that as an accident and move on.” You sink slowly into the sand, letting yourself drown in the warmth. “So, friends?”

“Yeah, why not.” Patricia smiles. “Just don't try and wrong-foot me again.”

“Accident,” you lazily explain. Despite relaxing in the sand, you eye Hiro running around in the sand as a wary lifeguard would. Guess he escaped from Yuko's clutches... too bad she's still chasing him around a few meters behind.

“You'll tire out eventually, Hiro!” shouts Yuko, jogging right behind Hiro. From her speed, you know that she's definitely holding back. She likes the chase, doesn't she?

“Satoshi! Heeeeeeeelp!” screams your best friend, whose breathing is growing increasingly ragged.

You sigh and dust the sand off your skin. With a cheeky smile, you tell Patricia, “Now, if you'll excuse me, I have someone to save.”

Kicking along a nearby beach ball with your feet, you dribble it right past Hiro. When Yuko passes you, you do a quick sliding tackle to the ball, sweeping her feet from right under you. “Oh shit,” you say in your most innocent tone. “Oops?”

“Satoshi, c'mon. Watch where you're going.” Yuko complains, shaking off the sand in her hair. “I almost caught my prey!”

“Haha, sorry, sorry. Won't happen a second time!” You laugh, putting on a dorky smile. You say nothing until Yuko loses interest and instead pursues something more interesting, like teasing the other girls in the class.

But damn, you lost sight of Hiro.

>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.
>None of the girls are near him. Might as well enjoy the beach while you can and go for a swim.
>Beach city tour. Because why not?

>>45943617
>>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.

cockblocker's job is never done.

>>45943617
>>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.
There's fuckery about here on the beach, and we need to stop it.

>>45943617
>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.
It's our job
Being Satoshi is suffering

>>45943617
>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.

We're never going to catch a break, are we? But on the bright side, the best episode is 99% filler so what can go wrong?

>>45943617
>>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.
He is gonna help a girl on the beach and she will somehow wind up going to our school!

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>Better go after him. He's probably near the inn, given how far Yuko chased the guy.

Yeah, you shouldn't get too complacent. Literally anything can happen if you don't keep your eyes peeled for Hiro. Better chase after him. Even if that means that you're going to miss out on some quality beach time.

“You played that like a real pro.” Nina approaches you from the side. “If I didn't know better, I would've assumed that was a real accident.”

“I've had years of experience playing the best friend. It's almost natural by now.” Waving to her curtly, you tell her, “I'm off to go find Hiro before he does something dumb.”

“Yeah?” She giggles. “I'll join, too.”

“Do you think this is a game?” you groan. But you're not going to waste any more time trying to convince her not to come. “Just hurry along. I think he's around the inn.”

You don't find him along the walk to the inn, nor was he inside anywhere. You have no clue where he went. “Damn, the protagonist of this anime is missing. What shoddy script are we following?”

“We're in a beach episode!” Nina laughs. “You tell me.”

“While we're on this terrible plot line, can we at least rewrite it so that I get a day off?” You circle around the entrance of the inn. “I'd like to get promoted from the laughingstock of the anime to a respected side character, please. Not like that'll ever happen.”

“Must be tough being the best friend, huh?” Nina returns a sympathetic smile.

You rub your nose. It's still sensitive from the volleyball in the first episode. “You have no idea.”

You finally find Hiro on the ground, gasping for air. Looks like he ran around the entire inn to make sure Yuko wasn't chasing after him. You've got to admit, that's some dedication. But before you can call out to him, Yori ambushes him first. Huh.

It's pretty hard to see what's going on, but it looks like they're talking. You would step in immediately but the atmosphere is tense. You motion Nina to hide behind one of the walls of the inn. From this distance, you can't even hear their conversation. But if you go any further, they can easily spot you.

Nina, wide-eyed, whispers over to you, “Do you think she's confessing!?”

You shake your head no. “The timing isn't right. We're in the middle of an episode and everything's been lighthearted. There needs some build up. But it's hard to tell what's happening. We're too far away. If I go in, I might ruin something accidentally.”

>There's no use watching if you can't do anything. Step in.
>Wait it out. You can ask Hiro or Yori about it after.

>>45944299
>>Wait it out. You can ask Hiro or Yori about it after.
The audience might get suspicious of we always ruin Hiros one on one time with a girl.

>>45944299
>Wait it out. You can ask Hiro or Yori about it after.

>>45944299
>>Wait it out. You can ask Hiro or Yori about it after.

>>45944299
>Wait it out. You can ask Hiro or Yori about it after.
Even in a harem anime, there has to be some semblance of narrative causality. We can't just appear out of nowhere during an important scene without reason.

Though, if we and Hiro are the type to carry phones around even on the beach, we could try to
>Interrupt the scene by calling Hiro.

Likely, it'd resolve such that Hiro has a humorously embarrassing ringtone, which sets the mood back to normal and acts as a punchline.

Oh fuck I just realised.

What if this is the scene where the character bursts in and interrupts the confession!

If we don't barge in she'll be able to avoid the cliche and win.

>BARGE IN NOW

>>45944390
Good idea, anon.

Hiro and you both have your phones right now. Thankfully, neither of you two went for a swim.

>>45944390
Let's go with this.

>>45944390
I'll agree on calling him. Just make sure we're not right in their field of view or behind them. Try call from in the inn.

>>45944390
>interrupt the scene by calling Hiro.

>>45944497
>Interrupt the scene by calling Hiro.
Fantastic idea. It even adheres to harem cliche.

Why don't we just listen in and barge in if it starts to sound like a confession? I don't mean "I have something to tell you," I mean her actually saying "I love..." although that might be something else.
After all, this might be about us.

>>45944711
We can't hear shit and if we get closer we'll be found out.

>>45944755
Oh, fair enough. Skipped over that while reading. Call away!

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You rummage through your pockets. You brought your cellphone over when you changed, right? In case of emergencies, or some shit like that. From the corner of your left pocket, you thumb your trusty flip cell-phone. It's pretty old, but you can't say you hate it. Nodding to Nina, you motion for her to leave. “Let's go back to the inn.”

“Ehh?” She protests. “What about Hiro!?”

You hush her. “I have a very important phone call to make.” You hurry back inside and immediately push the speed-dial for Hiro. If you brought your cell, chances are, Hiro did too. You calmly wait two rings before he picks up. Hell yeah. Best friend knowledge. “Yo, Hiro!” You exclaim, adding sincerity to your voice. “Where are you!? We all thought that you got lost somewhere. You're okay, right?”

“Oh! Uh, yeah! Everything's fantastic! Great! Ahaha!” His laugh seems a little shaken. “I'm actually heading back now. We can meet up in the inn?”

“Oh, cool. Nina and I are already here, so we'll wait for you.” You suck some air in and wait a second. “Did you, uh, see Yori by any chance? I think she wandered off somewhere too.”

“NOPE!” He shouts a little bit too eagerly. “I'll see you there ASAP. Okay, bye!” With a click, you snap your phone shut. You scratch your chin thoughtfully. Though Hiro isn't one to lie, his occasional fibs are really easy to figure out. Your thoughts are interrupted by Nina.

“That was good. Really good.” She puts a finger to her lips. “Is every harem show directed by you behind the scenes?”

“I'm good at what I do. But if Hiro didn't have his cellphone, I think I would have dropped dead in fright.”

Hiro arrives, still slightly winded. “Satoshi!”

“Hey, you're alive!” You smile at your friend. Thought you have an idea, you ask him, “What have you been up to?”

“Ah, you know, stuff, and...” He trails off. Quickly changing the subject, he says, “Oh! You're with Nina again! Are you two an item?”

You shake your head. “Not a chance.”

“Oh, I see.” Hiro says, nodding. “I... just got back from the, um, far side of the beach and stuff.”

“Cool.” You won't press him anymore. He looks relieved that you believe him so easily. “Anyway, do you want to go travel around the city with the girls? I think it'll be fun exploring.”

“Sure!” He looks over to the inn. “I can go change first, right?”

“Yeah. We all do, unless you want to travel around half-naked.”

He salutes you. “Alright. I'll be heading in, then.”

Nina, finally speaking up, says, “What do you think?”

“About what?” You ask, prepared to walk inside the inn. She stops you.

“About Hiro. I never got to ask, but you said you were forced to be the best friend, right?” Nina looks at you dead-on. “But what do you, as a person, think of Hiro?”

>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
>He's your best friend. Simple as that.
>You've never really thought about it. You don't really need to.

>>45945115
>>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
We don't like the protagonist thing mostly because we want to keep existing.

>>45945115
>>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
>>He's your best friend. Simple as that.

Kinda both of these. Dealing with him and the end of all things is annoying, but the guy's our best friend.

>>45945115
"A good guy, but these bullshit harem harem highjinks really make me wish I got a break once in a while."

>>45945115
>You've never really thought about it. You don't really need to.
>He's your best friend. Simple as that.
>You do sometimes wish he could make your life easier by not being the protagonist, though.

>>45945115
>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
Yeah this is about right. We don't give a fuck about the show except for the fact that it might doom us forever.

>>45945115
>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
>He's your best friend. Simple as that.

We like him, but the shenanigans of others due to the nature of the show can be wearing

Even if we're hardwired to like him, doesn't make it not true

>>45945115
>>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.
>>He's your best friend. Simple as that.

Both of those.

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Remember guys

Wait, could we start playing true foil in an attempt to be an okay spin off if we fail?
Ie: attempt getting close with a girl in the harem with the expectation we'll fail

Wallow in obvious pity of how much we stuck compared to our bro

Possibly buy more screen time by being a sympathetic character and possibly make the show more than generic harem

Or introduce a horror aspect or turn the thing into a mystery? Dunno, there's more ways to subvert the show; especially one using up all the generic fillers in 4 episodes

>>45945459
We have no power on what the show will or will not become. We're just trying to live through the director's whims.

>>45945115
>He's your best friend. Simple as that.

>>45945517
>become
Do we know that?
We obviously have some agency if we can subvert the tropes, we just need to take it a step further.

>>45945115
>You don't like him as the protagonist. But as a person, you care for the guy.

>>45945459
>attempt getting close with a girl in the harem with the expectation we'll fail
Don't see how this would get us a spin-off.

>Wallow in obvious pity of how much we stuck compared to our bro
Achieves nothing.

>Possibly buy more screen time by being a sympathetic character and possibly make the show more than generic harem
May work. If we become enough of a fan favorite, we may end up getting our own series, though it'll be an uphill task since the camera is always focused on Hiro.

>Or introduce a horror aspect or turn the thing into a mystery?
>subvert the show
May break the universe, but depending on how the universe itself functions, may also be the way to go.

Playing it 'safe' and becoming Kamina in an attempt to get a Nanoha-style spin-off is probably the best option until we know more, though.

Or we could just follow our purpose, be a generally good guy and hope for a good ending when the series finishes.

>>45945454
That screencap is relevant at all times.

>>45945540
Our actions influence little in the grand scheme of things.

We can delay things on how events play out, but things like genre shifting, like your implying with the mystery or horror, is something way out of our influence.

>>45945540
We're not subverting tropes as much as we know what's expected and use that to our advantage

If we could combo the harem trope triggers right, we could get the director to consider branching outside harem, as long as it isn't "animation intensive"

We've already created hints of supernatural activity (demon pact; appropiate light flickering), and while they WERE played for comedy within the show... what if we managed to consider the director to do more with it.

He has to know it's conpletely generic. The possible inclusion of differentiating factors could increase $ potential and get us more seasons

>>45945651
(Citation needed)

Hey I finally made one live! Really enjoying the ride so far nano.

>>45945668
See the problem that leads to the easy plot line of making the best friend evil and us getting killed or being forced to redeem our selves in death to fix whatever stupid thing that happened

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“It would be convenient if I could say that he is a nice guy and move on.” You exhale slowly. “I don't like him as the protagonist of this show. Not because he's a bad lead, but because he gives me a lot of work every day. I'd like to sit down and mind my own business one day, but I know that's never going to happen.” You pace around the entrance of the inn. “Still, I care about him. At the end of the day, the only other person I can rely on is that guy. So, he's my best friend. Simple as that. Now, as the 'main girl,' what do you think about Hiro?”

Nina shrugs. “I like him and he's a nice person, but I don't have any personal attachment to Hiro. It's actually a bit freeing, knowing that I don't have to chase after him.” She blinks. “That reminds me. 'Not a chance'? Really?”

“Don't flirt with me, now. The ratings will dip if you do.” You motion her to enter the inn. “Let's go get changed. We have some more harem stuff to do.”

When you enter your room, you put on some shorts and a casual button-up. Thank the stars you don't have to wear your school uniform. It's too stiff for you to wear it all the time. “

Once all the girls have dressed and gathered, you round them up into the nearby street. “Alright! What we're going to do is go around the city!”

“That sounds fun!” Patricia shouts, ready to do something. “What's the plan?”

Without missing a beat, you reply, “I have no plan!” Everybody topples over. Still, you keep your smug-ass smile on.

Hiro steps up to defend you from the mob. “O-Okay, for starters, why don't we just walk around and see what we can find?”

You let Hiro lead the group along and shuffle your way to the back. Shina's trudging along from the very back in a struggle to walk.“What's wrong with you?”

“I'm... really tired after chasing Yuko,” she wheezes.

“That was a while ago,” you helpfully point out.

“I'm not exactly in the best shape of my life. My legs are bricks right now,” Shina whines. “Regardless, it's good that you're here. Can we talk? It's about that time in the bakery.”

>”I'm all ears.”
>”I'm all ears.” And then start speeding up.
>”Nope.” Start walking faster.

>>45946046
>”I'm all ears.” And then start speeding up.
Keep in frame

>>45946046
>”I'm all ears.”

>>45946046
>>”I'm all ears.”

>>45946046
>>”I'm all ears.”
I want to be nice.

>>45946046
Walk n talk.

If in frame, we get development

>"I'm all ears." Then start speeding up.
Seems mean. I like it.

>>45946046
>"I'm all ears."
Speeding up would feel bad to do.

>>45946046
>"I'm all ears."

The problem I'm having right now is that we are doing exactly what we shouldn't be doing: being nice to all these girls and steadily making them like us, thereby decreasing their interest in Hiro who doesn't really show any affection to them other than simple friendship stuff.

Furthermore, the fact that this story actually has US as the protagonists in the first place instead of Hiro is raising some red flags for me.

What if the premise of this harem show was different from the others from the very start? An original story, wherein the sidekick actually takes the harem away from the 'supposed' MC by just simply always being around the girls of the harem.

After all, we have a lot of things in common with the girls already:
>Priscilla and we like mystery novels
>Nina and we know about the anime thing, and are both obviously not so happy about it
>Yori's also our childhood friend
>Yuko is trying to get us to join the track club even more so than Hiro. It seems so to me at least

>>45946504
>what if we're the mc

God help us. What genre does that even fall under?

>>45946582
Cuckoldry?

>>45946504
You bring up good points, but in character we don't realise anything like this yet.

Not to mention several of the girls have expressed some interest in Hiro.

But it really doesn't matter, unless we come to this realisation in character it wouldn't make any sense for us to stop trying to keep the girls away from Hiro.

>>45946504
So head to head fight over the harem between friends to spice it up? like how 2 guys fight over one girl in other romance shows?

would be a change and unique show that for sure

Given that we are rushing through the filler episodes maybe the production crew are willing to subvert things to gain a jump in rankings

>>45946504
I have the same reservations. My only issue is, is this a ruse(we are the mc) or a double ruse?

Then the only question is has harem shows started to become stale and declined in attracting viewers like how the zombie craze is now finally ending?

And if so would any corp willing take a risk with the formula and the resulting profit risk?

>>45946615
>>45946604
>>45946602
>>45946504
OP Nano: "hey what if I make a anime Romcom subversion quest?"
/tg/: "SHADOWRUNS"

>>45946582

If we assume that all the talk about this being an anime is taken seriously, it would either be

>A. Psychological thriller, in case this really isn't an anime and both Nina and we are just lunatics who have a false sense of reality
>B. Supernatural, since some kind of force is threatening to destroy the world once someone hooks up(be it Hiro or us)
>C. Romance drama, seeing how we are destined to prevent the person most precious to us(or maybe even ourselves eventually) from forming a romantic relationship

>>45946717
A please A maybe C

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“I'm all ears. But,” you eye the rest of the group walking forward. “Let's stick with the group.”

“Okay, but don't walk too fast now.” She looks down at her feet, lifting her left up daintily. “I'm still injured from when I tripped on my ankle.”

“Oh right, I forgot about that,” you laugh. She gives you a dirty look. “So what's up? Been thinking about Hiro?”

“About that.” Shina puts her arms behind her back. “I think I'm going to give up on Hiro after all.”

“What.” You almost faceplant into the asphalt. Luckily, you were lagging behind the group so they didn't see anything. “Why?”

“It's better off for the rest of the girls. I've been getting this feeling of guilt, anyway.” Shina smooths down her hair with her hands. “But thanks anyway, for the encouragement. I'll keep doing my best.”

Uh. “And what brought you to this decision, if I may ask?”

She puts a hand to her cheek. “I've just been thinking lately. But don't get me wrong! It's not like I'm going to be ignoring Hiro from now on or anything. It'll just be the same as usual.”

“Still like him though?” You wonder if this is okay. Regardless, as long as Shina doesn't flat out hate Hiro, you think things can still proceed 'the same as usual.'

Shina blushes instantly. “Let's not get too hasty.”

Well, there's that.

>>45946699
To be fair that's just tg in general.

You rush on over to Nina, who you've promoted to be your confidant. “Uh. So, Shina told me that she's giving up on Hiro for now.”

Nina sharply turns around. “What.”

“Yeah, me too.” You suppress a scream. “She still likes him, though. I'm just not sure what that means.”

“You're the expert, here,” She shrugs. “I'm just here for moral support.”

“My best guess is that this is some part of the show where one of the girls reaffirm their love to the protagonist after a drawn-out series of indecision.” You snap your fingers. “And then all that is lost when the protagonist gets caught in a perverted situation.”

“...That's a stretch,” Nina mutters, shaking her head.

You smile shallowly. “I don't believe it either. There's a chance though.”

“So you aren't going to convince her?”

>”Sometime today, I will.”
>”Not now. This can still be resolved naturally.”
>”I don't think we need to.”

>>45946797
>>45946699
Huh so the director is reacting to our changes

!SHADOWRUNS!

>>45946818
Keep the show running

>>45946717
You know... it still hasn't been made clear how we gained knowledge of our medium... nor nina... we need to compare notes some point to figure this out among other things

It's possible its psych thriller anime about people who think they're in an anime but aren't

Like that show about people who think they have super powers for whatever reason

>>45946797
What if everybody knows, even hiro? Nina and us just didn't get the second memo.

>>45946818
>”Sometime today, I will.”

>>45946797
>Shina gave up
>Nina doesn't know what to do with her love
Oh shit.

>>45946818
"Not sure, but it makes my job a bit easier."

>>45946818
>”Not now. This can still be resolved naturally.”

>>45946885
Show ending early maybe canceled so there putting in a conclusion now

We need to do something to save this sinking ship

I dont care if we turn into horror action or whatever

Fuuuck. I feel like we already fucked up.
Also as much as a dumb fuck as Hiro is, he's still a good guy. I actually like him. We should like, just hang out with our friend and chill some time.

>>45946818
"She's still part of the main cast, but it's hard to tell if it's completely her or something external. I think a little motivation is okay, but observation is required"


(THE DIRECTOR IS LISTENING)

Yeah I think we might be the MC.

I'm scared, do we give up our ideals so we can survive into the next iteration.

>>45946913
This is possible.
We need to at least figure out a cliff hanger or something ahead of time just in case.
We need to ensure a second season

>>45946818
>"Not now. This can still be resolved naturally. "
For now, let's put it off until later.

Calling in ten minutes and writing shortly after.

>>45946818
>"Not now. This can still be resolved naturally."

>>45946818
>"Not now. This can still be resolved naturally. "

Called.
>"Not now. This can still be resolved naturally."
Writing now.

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“Not now.” You rub your temples. This is turning out to be a fun beach episode. By that, you mean it's going terribly. “This can still be resolved naturally. I'm not going to rush in without some kind of idea. Even if the idea is half-botched. If anything, I have one less person to keep track of at the moment.”

Nina puts up three fingers to your face. “Don't get too lazy now. You still have Patricia, Yuko, and Yori to worry about.” She blinks. “Me too, I guess?”

“What,” you chuckle. “Do you think I take my job lightly? Not everybody can manage to be the best friend, you know.”

“Don't flirt too much with Nina now,” Yuko pipes up from the front.

“What,” you grumble, “I can't talk to people without it being called flirting now?”

Eventually, the group returns to the inn. Everybody had a good time, despite not finding anything to do. Sometimes, a nice chat with people is fine too. But now you've learned that Shina's taking a temporary leave of absence from the harem. You aren't sure how to handle that yet. But as long as she still likes Hiro, there is a way of getting her back into the Harem Express, all expenses paid.

You rack your brain for some ideas, but nothing is coming out. You take a walk around the inn. Looks like they've just changed the signs for the public baths. You confirm that when some girls file out of the outdoor bath. As you pass by the public bath, you see Hiro absentmindedly pass through.

“Oh, Satoshi!” He perks up when he sees your face. “Aw, man. I just missed the gender signs. Do you know which one is the men's bath?”

>Tell him outdoor.
>Tell him indoor.
>Shrug.

>>45947683
>Shrug.

>>45947683
Well speak of the devil. Time for fun.
>Tell him outdoor.

>>45947683
>shrug

"Flip a coin man"

>>45947683
>Tell him outdoor.

>>45947772
Believe in the director

The director will make the right decision

The director knows

>He's my best friend!
>Throw him into a pit of girls.
Here we go again.

>>45947683
>Tell him outdoor.

>>45947804
The director is bailing to save his rep, fuck him

Why did we do a complete 180?
>tell him indoors.

>>45947683
>>Tell him indoor.

>>45947854
Desperation
SHADOWRUNS

>>45947683
>Tell him indoor.

>>45947683
>Tell him outdoor.

Did I understand that last part wrong? Didn't the girls come out of the outdoor bath because the outdoor bath is now reserved for men? Which would mean sending Hiro to the indoor bath would get him right into a flock of girls. We don't want that, seriously we don't.

>>45947854
Because with this director, I'd bet he's gunna run into Shina alone in there which would re-embolden her?

>>45947683
>Shrug.

>mfw everyone may be slowly becoming meta-aware

>>45947683
>Tell him outdoor.

>>45947942
... oh crap you're right. Outdoors is male, indoors is female now.

They just switched the signs.

Outdoor...

But we also could suggest the indoor to continue the harem shenanigans

Still, we could let the show itself decide via a coin flip

>>45947683
>Shrug.

>>45947942
Oh shit, you're right.
>>45947854
Changing to
>Shrug

>>45947683
>Shrug.

Goddammit, I don't know anymore.
Going from
>>45947868
to
>Shrug

So we have SHADOWRUN fatigue now?

>Shrug

To clarify, indoors is now the women's bath. Outdoors is now the men's bath.

Shrug is also a valid choice.

>>45948166
Your writing now i hope

We need time to recover from our fatigue

You sure know how to drive us into a frenzy

>>45948166
In that case
>>45948014
Changing again to
>Outdoors
What a ride.

>>45947811
I don't know anymore. Changing to
>Shrug

>>45948218
I'm more surprised how a waifu quest got us from scheming to shadowrunning

>>45948166
Shrug
>>45948280
Simple we are the wingman and not getting the smut to distract us

>>45948280
Meant like original waifu quest

Not "get the girl"

We went from "we need to outplay the tropes" to "oh god the story is reacting to our actions PANIC "

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“I think I'll just trust my instinct and guess before someone tells me off.” He shakes his head. “Well, wish me luck!”

You decide to let this one go and have the anime decide what will happen for you. He chose the indoor bath. Though he can't see you from behind, you do a slow salute in memory of your friend. In seconds, you can hear a ruckus from inside. You turn around from the baths and cover your eyes for what's to come. Hiro, dashing straight out into the hallway, makes a break for his room while a few angry girls clad only in towels chase after him. No doubt, if you stopped to gawk, they could have – and would have – hurt you.

Hiro will probably be occupied until he gets that misunderstanding cleared up. Looks like you got some time for yourself. Heading to the outdoor bath, you undress and towel up. After a wash, you dip into the steamy water and let your muscles unwind.

Someone else joins you. Peeking open your eyes, it's... Patricia.

What the fuck. So you tell her your most sincere thoughts in the heat of the moment. “What the fuck.”

She takes a moment to register that a boy called out to her in the bath. “Oh my GOD. IT'S A PERVERT, AAAAH!”

“Actually, you're the pervert here.” You have the decency to turn around. “This is the men's bath. So, can you get the fuck out already?”

A staff employee enters the premises, lifting up the curtains to the bath. “Did anything happen? We heard a loud noise from here.”

Oh. Uhhh.

>Into the water she goes.
>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up.
>See how Patricia gets out of this situation.

>>45948685
>>Into the water she goes.
LETS SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE ANIME DIRECTOR.

>>45948685
>See how Patricia gets out of this situation.
Be cool and Smug
We need some laughs here to cooldown from SHADOWRUN panic

>>45948685
>>Into the water she goes.
>>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up
Oh shit, do the fans like Satoshi more than Hiro and the director is changing the script to give Sats more screen time?

>DROWN IN IT.
>Or just hide her that works too.

>>Into the water she goes.
>>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up

>>45948685
>>Into the water she goes.
>>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up.

>>45948685
>Into the water she goes.
>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up
What's funny is that the usual roles are switched. We don't usually see the guy doing this.

>>45948685
>>Into the water she goes.
>>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up.

>>45948685
>Lift towel, place over eyes
>lie on edge of bath
>relax-oh right
>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up.

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>Into the water she goes.
>Calmly explain that the signs should be put up.

“Sorry,” you say, placing a gentle hand to her head. Then, you dunk her underneath the water and turn around. Looking at the staff dead-on, you point over to the entrance with your free hand. “I think somebody got confused that this was the women's bath. Before something happens, could the staff put up the signs? I'd rather not risk having another heart attack.”

The employee jumps, looking back at the entrance. “Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I'll go put them up immediately. Thank you for pointing that out!” He rushes out to go fix the mistake. You let go of Patricia's head, and she comes up gasping for air.

“Hey, what are you doing!?” She hisses angrily, “You just–”

“I just saved your ass. Why did you even enter the men's bath anyway?”

“The signs from before said this was the women's bath!” Patricia sputters out, scooting to the other side of the bath. Even in the bath, you can't relax for one fucking minute.

“Did it occur to you that maybe, just maybe, they rotate the indoor and outdoor baths?” You're tempted to give her a noogie but at this rate that might lead to something unfortunate. “Now, leave the bath before they start coming in, okay?”

“Y-Yeah.” Patricia readjusts her towel before hurrying out. “Sorry,” she says as she exits.

You sink lower into the bath and blow furious bubbles. You wait a good five minutes before leaving the bath. Gotta make sure that Patricia left a hundred percent before changing. Throwing on one of those complimentary robes the bathhouses give away, you head outside to get some cool air.

Hiro's outside as well, taking a look at the evening sky.

“Yo, Hiro.” You greet your friend. “Did the bath go well?”

“Nah... I guess wrong. I never seem to get lucky in that regard.” He chuckles. “What about you? You seem all cleaned up!”

“Yeah man.” Ignoring the part with Patricia, it was almost relaxing. “It was alright. Whatcha doing out?”

“Checking out the sky. The view is pretty nice from here, right?” Hiro grins, waggling a flier around. “Looks they're setting off fireworks today! I think we can watch from the beach. Wanna come? It's starting really soon, actually! I've already invited everyone else.”

“Pass. I actually want to get some sleep.” Though you might watch from afar to see if anybody does something suspicious to Hiro, you don't really want to join. You've never liked fireworks. Too loud and bright.

He actually looks a little hurt. “Come on. Please? Everyone else is coming! It'd be a shame if you didn't come as well.”

>Go.
>Don't go.

>>45949490
>Don't go.

>>45949490
>>Don't go.

"Ah. I got a cramp from the outdoor baths."

Big event. Has to happen.

>>45949490
>>Don't go
Sorry man, too tired.

>>45949490
>Don't go.
Let the plot recover pacing

>>45949490
>>Go.
It's our duty. Plus, ya know, fucking best friend and all.

>>45949490
>>Go.
It's anime. We gotta go. Maybe finally talk to yori. See what's wrong.

We need to be a bigger dick.

>>45949490
>Go.
Might as well I suppose.

>>45949490
>Don't go.
>"Sorry man, I just really don't like fireworks. Might join you after they're done."
>yfw Hiro is literally Haruhi, bending the universe to his will, and by refusing him, we condemn the universe to being remade by giant glowing titans of light
>yfw this quest ends exactly the same way as the first LN

>>45949490
>Go.
We have to. We can't just straight up ignore the plot. Plus our boy Hiro wants us to go.

>>45949556
We know whats wrong

She tried to confess and we gave hiro an excuse to ignore the matter

>>45949563
why?

>>45949469
>Go.
As sleepy as we are, we have to go just in case any shenanigans happen behind our back, remember: >>45945454

>>45949490
>Don't go.

>>45949630
being too nice to the girls and them starting to drop out of the group.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>45949490
so a coin was flipped, so shall it be flipped again!

>>45949490
>Go

Hey, we can't just NOT go to the fireworks spectacle. There's two things which could happen:
>everybody(except for us) has a good time and all of them go to bed spent and happy
>the most dramatic shit ever happens

Plus we have yet to confront Yori on her conversation with Hiro before, or at least try to confront her.

>>45949697
We the comic relief
We don't talk about this stuff willing
If she wants to talk about it she should come to us

>>45949697
Agreed. If we're not present for the biggest shit that goes down, we can't mitigate the damage.

>Go

This is out solemn duty.

>>45949751
Called. You're going to see the fireworks.
Writing now.

if you had a choice, which girl would you waifu?

>>45949920
HAH, NICE TRY NANO, I WON'T FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS

>>45949920
Is this the director? Nice try, faggot, you won't get us this easy.
Shina, Nina or Patty pls

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>>45949920
The one you hate the most.

>>45949920
Shina or Yori

>>45949920
>waifu
>a choice
I don't understand what you're trying to ask here, anon.

>>45949947
Best taste anon. I wouldn't be able to choose between those three.

AND I WON'T, BECAUSE IT'S ALL PART OF NANO'S SCHEME TO DESTROY SATOSHI'S REALITY

>>45949920
Shina or nina.

Ntr~

>>45949734
But that's the problem, isn't it? We apparently know that we are an anime character, the comic relief one at that, yet most of our actions for the last two quests at least were rather rational and thought-out. We aren't really acting as the comic relief all that much, at least not from what I know about comic relief characters in anime, and I've watched my fair share.

So what is to say that we can't just walk up to Yori if she looks troubled and confront her about it? Especially if she really did confess to Hiro, because as far as we know right now this could probably lead to the destruction of the entire world!

>>45950020
We act as the comic relief when we're on-camera, but when we aren't we do all our nice, logical stuff.

>>45950020
Nigga our destiny is to fade and die with this universe, so we said fuck destiny and fuck the comic relief role we were forced into.

>>45950020
not when were are on camera

>>45950020
I seriously doubt she confessed. My guess is that she either confronted Hiro about the way we've been acting lately or she confronted Hiro about us being on a tv show.

>>45950079
Or worse, she confessed to hiro that she likes us. Ahahahah.

...sorta scared.

>>45949920
Nina. Yorifags go home.

>>45950163
I-I like our sempai... What about her?

Spoilers from 2ch: The daemonic pact is real.

>>45950206
*lights flicker*

>>45950206
The girls and Hiro have to exorcise Nina

>>45950265
What does this 'exorcism involve?

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>>45950227
Nosferatu!

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>>45949951
Crow is superior tengu.
Momiji is just a meme waifu nowadays.

>>45950290
It involves ntring your best friend

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>>45950265
>>45950206
We're gonna need a shrine maiden for this

>>45950290

Dummies guide to exorcism. Poorly translated from English to Thai to Chinese and to Wapanese.

>>45950298
You're waifu is always a shit, because just as she is subjectively your Best Girl, she is also shit tier for far more people.

But every girl's smile is worth protecting, because every girl is important to someone. I wouldn't personally consider Aya especially waifuable, though.

>>45950393
That black text made me crack a smile. Secretly sweet anon.

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>Go

Yeah. You suppose you'll go. Time to close out the day with one last event. Hopefully, nothing important happens so you can clock out early. Though... you really need to speak to Yori. You haven't seen her at all today. And with the suspicious meeting with Hiro, you definitely have some questions for the girl. “Yeah. But you owe me one for this!”

Hiro slaps you on the back goodnaturedly – and not with the force that Yuko has. “How many times have you owed me one? I'd say you owe me... like twelve!”

“Hah. I'll just round down so we're even now.” You chuckle. “So are we going to watch the fireworks or what?”

His eyes widen in realization. “Oh, right! Let's go!”

You meet up with the rest of the group,or at least, most of them. Yuko is off wading in the water, running about and Yori is nowhere in sight. Everybody else is here. Nina comes over, waving to you. “Hey, did you figure out the problem?”

You scratch your hair in irritation. “No. I was a little preoccupied. Things sure have a way of getting out of hand quick. All my plans get ruined two-fold. I feel like I have more problems that I started with today.”

“I have no words to comfort you with,” Nina shrugs. “Best I can offer is a 'good luck,' but I'm sure those are empty words.”

From the side, Hiro ushers in Yori. Hiro's looking rather nervous. With a rather uneasy smile, she calls your name. “Satoshi... err, we should talk.”

The first firework explodes into the air. You exhale sharply and rub your temples with your index fingers. “Can it wait just a second?”

She looks like she's about to cry. But, with the tiniest voice, she whispers, “No.”

>>45950513
....Fuuuck i'm scared

>>45950540
PANIC

>>45950513
HERE WE GO LADS.

>>45950513
DEMONS

EVERYTHING FALLS DOWN

>>45950513
SHE'S PREGNANT

>>45950588
SHONEN ANIME START!

>>45950602
BUT WHO WAS DADDY

>>45950513
BATTEN DOWN THE FUCKING HATCHES

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>>45950513
IT ALL
RETURNS
TO NOTHING

IT ALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN

>>45950624
IT WAS YUKO

>>45950513
oh boy

NANO'S JUST TOYING WITH US, ISN'T HE.

NANO IS DEAD, WE TRULY ARE THE ANTICLIMATIC ENDING.

Oh. Oh fuck. Oh fucking fuck.

>>45950903
>he

>>45950611
SUDDENLY WE MUST FIND THE SHIKON JEWEL SHARDS, PIERCE THE HEAVENS, AND DEFEAT THE DEMON KING.

NANO, STOP PLAYING US AND POST THE FUCKING UPDATE SO WE CAN SHADOWRUN MORE.

"UPDATING INTENSIFIES"

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>>45950903
>he

>>45950903
>Nano
>he

NANO I'M DYING HERE.

>>45951197
>51197▶
>NANO I'M DYING HERE.

It's being proofed, I'm in the IRC channel where Nano is.

Also not saying what channel it is.

>>45951221
Who cares?

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Guys dont you understand
Its already over.
This is the end.
No closure, no climax, no take 2
We failed.
He tried to warn us but we still fucked up.
gg everyone.

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You immediately pay the fireworks no mind. This is the first time you've heard Yori with a voice like that. And you're not talking about a timid voice. You're talking about a voice that has resolve to it. She clenches her fists – her hands are shaking nervously. “Yori?” You ask gently. “What's wrong?”

“Can we talk? Just you, me, and Hiro?” Yori lowers her head. “It's very important.”

“I wouldn't have said no, you know that?” You smile weakly, but all it does is make her tear up a little. You drop the smile. “I'm going.”

Yori and Hiro lead you up to the stairs at the inn. She stops you halfway, clutching at the railings. She looks like she has something to say, but the poor girl is shaking all over.

“Yori, tell me what's wrong.” Though, since she brought over Hiro, you can guess what she's going to say. “Is it about Hiro? Because you know–”

“It's... not about Hiro. It's about you.” Yori sniffles a little, wiping away her tears with the sleeves of her shirt. “Every time you smile, I can see how unhappy you are. I want to see the Satoshi that smiled with us when we were young. I can always tell that you're holding back on us. The way you don't like to talk about school anymore, the way that you stopped caring about books, the way that you... pretend to be so happy!”

You swallow your spit. “I don't–”

“You can trust us!” Yori cries out in between sobs. “We're here for you!” Hiro steps in to try and calm her down, but he has no idea how to do so. He gives you a worried look – one that tries, in vain, to console you.

“I trust you guys. But apart from that...” You trail off. “I don't have any more to say.” You breathe in deeply. Gently, you murmur, “Yori. I trust the two of you. More than you guys know. And I'm not sad. I've just changed. That's all there is to it.”

Yori listens quietly. She covers her face with her sleeves, hiding the tears away from you and Hiro. She waits until she stops sniffling, wiping her eyes one last time. “Then hear me out, one last time, Satoshi.”

“I'm listening,” you say solemnly.

Then Yori, your childhood friend, whispers, “I love you.”

And, with perfect timing, the second firework drops – even bigger than the first. A bright explosion of blue and white scatters the sky and shrouds the stars. And just as fast as it came, it disappears.

And so, you break off into a run. Or at least, that's what you want to do. But instead, you stand there, unable to say a fucking word. Not waiting for a response, Yori turns, taking a slow walk up to the inn. You're unable to follow. You just stand there, underneath the quiet sky awaiting the fireworks.

EPISODE 4 - END.

>>45951326
I TOLD YOU ALL! I KNEW SHE NOTICED HOW UNHAPPY WE ARE!

>>45951349
>Then Yori, your childhood friend, whispers, “I love you.”


Fuuuuuuuu

>>45951349
WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK KIND OF DROPPED BOMB IS THIS.

>>45951349
oh god is the director reducing the harem size to conclude the show already?

I thought we were guaranteed ten episodes at the least!

>>45951349
Oh. Uh. Umm. Wait. Love confession... We are the protagonist.........

HE KNOWS

THE FUCKERS DUMPED US IN THE DRIVING SEAT

THAT BASTARD

CLAP CLAP CLAP

We got it wrong.

We're not the sidekick, we're the fucking world ender.

NEXT TIME, ON BAE QUEST

WHAT THE FUCK I SAW THIS COMING AND I'M STILL SHITTING MYSELF

>>45951349
I LOVE YOU AND HATE YOU AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE I HAVE NO REACTION OR IDEA ABOUT WHERE THIS WILL GO!!!! THANK YOU FOR RUNNING NANO!!!

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>>45951349
The bastards. It was all a ploy. I love it. THE ANIME WAS ALWAYS A RUSE.

>>45951395
Did it ever occur to us that we are a mini series? Love confessions never happen this quickly into an anime... I'm really scared. Please turn into an a traveling group of giant robot fighting friends. Gurren Lagan now please.

It was so predictable I didn't predict it at all.
God damn it Nano.

>>45951395
>>45951434

Waaaaait.

If we're not the surprise protag, this is even worst.

Early confessions are there for one reason.

For Deathflags.

Anime is canceled. No more threads, sorry.
HAHAHA JUST KIDDING New thread tomorrow at about 12 PM EST.

As always, posting the archives and twitter.

Twitter: @nanolitre
Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Beware%20of%20Anticlimactic%20Endings%20Quest

>>45951349
aww yiss, Yori wasn't favoring Hiro as much as it supposedly seemed to Satoshi.

Maybe Nina was right after all about this being romcom.

>>45951470
Oh my lord, the Director knows about our shenanigans so he's trying to get rid of us.

>>45951470
KAMINA. WE ARE KAMINA. No. Nonononono.

>>45951470
>Deathflags
OH GODDAMMIT. EVEN MORE SHADOWRUNS.

>>45951494
We better get mecha fights before we die.

>>45951503
Maybe we should've joined track so we can run faster than all these Shadowruns.

>>45951494
Simon really

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>>45951349
Mother of God

>>45951478
No, but really. I will be running tomorrow as well, 12 PM EST.
Beware of anticlimactic endings, everyone.

>>45951513
Don't call it a grave. This is the future we chose.

>>45951478
Thanks for running

>>45951526
Next thread is gonna be nothing but terrible events. Turns out this was all a prelude to High school of the Dead sequal series.

Question now is how fast do we run and to how far.

Thanks for running, but fuck you Nano and fuck you're waifu.

Fuck me, we're going to go full Kodaka aren't we.

"I'm sorry, what did you say? Big Fireworks explosion."

>>45951526
THIS WASN'T ANTICLIMACTIC, THIS IS EXTREMELY CLIMACTIC.

God, tomorrow can't get here any faster.

>>45951609

FUCK YOU.

I can totally see that happening. Maintains the status quo and all that but fuuuuuuuuuuck that behavior, fuuuuuuck.

>>45951526
Nano I gotta ask this one OOC question. Did the audience see that?

>>45951649
Haha no we're just going to use our latent ability to run the fuck away

>>45951670
Let's be real here. There's no way they didn't

>>45951687

shipping intensifies.

As does the shipping wars and the 2ch thread saying the director is a hack for having the childhood friend confess to the token guy friend.

Next, they say, we'll find that one of the other girls isn't a virgin. Anime is ruined forever.

NOW IS THE TIME
BEST GIRL?

>>45951713
I will shit my dick off.
everyone does a frontflip when it's yori and it was completely consensual

>>45951736
NOT YORI.

>>45951713
And because Yori can't be in the harem anymore one of the teachers has to get a crush on Hiro.

>>45951736
FUCK OFF DIRECTOR. HAVEN'T YOU GOTTEN ENOUGH RATINGS?
It's a four way tie between Shina, Nina, Patty and Yori now. Fuck everything.

>>45951767
Why yori.

Oh my god.
Honestly, this is really great, and I feel greatly entertained by this. Can't wait for the next ep tomorrow!

Btw it's 3:38 am here in germany right now

>>45951736
max respect for Yori for nutting up.

lower respect for Nina until she makes her own decisions.

Some respect for Shina

Grudging respect for Yuko, at least she isn't put down by her own drama.

No respect for Patty

Which one's best? Fuck that, I won't play your game.

>>45951767
>It's a four way tie between Shina, Nina, Patty and Yori now. Fuck everything.
>not our beautiful ab sempai.
Sick of you fuckers ignoring best girl.

http://strawpoll.me/7057193

>>45951850
You forgot Nano

>>45951822
>Yuko
Ehhh. I can't say I hate her but she leaves more to be desired.

>YFW Yuko told us not to flirt too much with Nina.

NEXT BIG PROBLEM ON THE HORIZON.

>>45951911
I feel like Yuko likes us just a little bit less than Hiro. Like if we actively went for girls and tried asking her out I really doubt she would decline.

>>45951939
Or does she? Considering how much she insisted we join the track team, Hiro could be the passing fancy.

>Hiro is Best Girl.

Truely a pussy

>>45951526
please don't troll us nano
This is too gud

>>45951974
She said she liked nice guys. I bet when she saw how we helped Nina during the test of courage we earned a ton of points in her book.

>>45951911
>>45951939
>>45951974
What if Yuko doesn't actually like Hiro, just likes messing with him?

>>45952012
Yuko is hard to read. Everything she says seems to be on a whim.

>>45952033
Yeah, maybe this.

>>45952033
>>45952049
What about the heart to heart we had with her on the roof about Hiro?

Truly the only route has been open from the beginning.
Yaoi route with Hiro.
BROS BEFORE HOES.

>>45952088
I won't deny she likes Hiro. But how much does she like us?

>>45952157
Enough to engage in a 69 if we asked her if she would be interested in one.

Screw the director. Who's the writer? We aren't in an Urobuchi one are we? I dunno if I can take it.

>>45952217

If thats the case, we're in a lotus eater machine...

Have we spoken to anyone whos not of the main cast?

>>45950150
Really good catch there, I must say.

>>45952088
On the roof scene, she did say we were going to like the Courage test, she said multiple times for us to join track and become captain, and that she while she does flirt for shits and giggles, she does like him cause he's genuine with his kindness. So she could like Hiro and us but how much difference is the thing.

>>45952252
Shit, how is this going to fuck up our friendship with Hiro? There's bound to be some money on Hiro liking Yori a tiny bit. And does he know that we're throwing the plot in loop? First Nina is getting all buddy-buddy with us, Shina is giving up, Patty is sort of a friend, and now Yori is officially gone. When's he going to start antagonizing us?

>>45952359
There is no way Hiro is going to give us shit for it. One, he's oblivious as fuck. Two, he's our bro. Trust and compassion is his thing. Okay if he likes Yori we might have a problem.

I've been following this thread on and off all day, but I don't quite have time to read the old threads in their entirety. Can someone sum things up to this point?

>>45952217
I could actually see him making an anime with this as the premise.
Existential crisis without the violence. Just to see if he could.

>>45952444
Shadowruns with anime tropes

>>45952444
All the previous episodes were basically filler episodes. The most important detail was Nina knowing we were in an anime... Which was a red herring for the big confession in this thread.

>>45952444
SHADOWRUNS

>>45952501
>>45952514
A shadowrun is what again?

>>45952501
>>45952514
I don't quite understand.

>>45952433
>oblivious as fuck
Yeah, and we're the comic relief 24/7. That's not to say he's not making an act like in Harem Bro, or that his personality doesn't change off camera. Hell, could he be the director and this is just his Magical realm and now we've gone and fuck things up?

>>45952535
>>45952539
Basically, question everything, accept nothing. Everything is lies and the truth is bullshit. Or that's how I've always thought of it.

Wait. That time that Hiro went in the rain ahead of Satoshi and Yori.

HE WAS NOT. THAT FUCKER.

Who's the dense one now?

>>45952601
Take off the tinfoil hat. Shina kinda forced him to.

>>45951510
>tfw it becomes Muv Luv instead of Gurren Lagann

I don't want Yori to get twizzlered

>>45953674
recycling material yori

I got a couple of theories for anyone that is still up.
Theory 1: This is the anime adaption of a one shot. It explains why all the big events like valentines day and the beach episode are so closely packed together. This is a test to see how well a new premise (protagonist is in a _____ scenario and he knows it). Time constraints also explain why we have been confessed too so early on.

Theory 2: Yori is actually a lot more sick then we thought and is going to die soon. This also explains the early confession. Whoever is controlling things behind the scenes is trying to build up our character and artificially extend the run of the show by affecting us psychologically. This can be seen as lazy writing by the viewers and also a punishment for us because we keep mucking things up.

Possible solution: Force a genre shift. Get into fights on purpose and turn this into a shonen. This will make it so that the director wI'll have us (and probably Hiro if we drag him into it) fight increasingly harder enemies over a long series of arcs. The pros of this is that shonens are long as shit in run time and the chance of a possible time skip will give us years of non TV time. The cons are that we will be putting ourselves and our friends in danger. Secondary con is that this will not save Yori if she really is going to die.