

I have a part-time job that brings in about 50,000 yen a month, which is great, but the various festivals I take part in during the summer and winter months use all that money as well. The naughty games and magazines, light novels, and manga that my friends and I go through eat up that allowance pretty quickly. My parents give me an allowance of 10,000 yen every month.

I had gone to the library to do a bit of reading. My parents were so happy about my intervention that they spoiled me even more as a result, so I am currently leading a very free life as a college student. Not only that, but he also rededicated himself to his studies, got into a great school, and is apparently at the top of his class. If you walked into his room now, you’d see posters and figurines from the very same game I introduced him to. I’ll just skip right to the end: there’s one more otaku in the world now. He told me this himself later on down the line. I’m a specialist when it comes to having fun, though, so he was interested in the game I suggested, if only because he knew I was an authority on fun.

He wanted the freedom that I’d always had. When we were growing up, our parents had always given me whatever I asked for-but he had never received the same treatment.

I said that because I knew the real reason he had turned into such a punk. Just try it! You don’t have to commit to liking it. It was a dating simulator, the kind where you get to go on dates with cute girls. He was always scowling and mouthing off to everyone, but I had an ingenious plan up my sleeve: I suggested he try playing a game, a popular one. For a little while, the whole family was miserable.īut then a savior appeared to save the day: me! He got worn out with all the studying and turned into a troubled teen, dying his hair and yelling obscenities around the house. Instead, they sent my brother to a famous prep school in an effort to secure his future. My parents know this about me, and so they gave up on me early on. Ever since I first became interested in video games and anime and other otaku pastimes, I’ve given them more of my time than I gave my actual studies. I’m also aware that I am more of a nerd than the rest of my classmates. My name is Naofumi Iwatani, and I’m a sophomore in college. I’d gone to the library to do a bit of reading.
