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2016-07-10T15:28:35Z

Chaos:

== Quick PDF/Doc version of OreImo for anyone interested: ==

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ojh2osk3fphnkv3/hPVtUxtBJg

== My impression about OreImo's series and Volume 12 Alone (AKA Translator's rant)==

Okay, I said it’s my impression about OreImo as a whole, but first, let me started from the beginning.

I got a friend. An online friend. Let’s call him RZ for now (so that I could make fun of him later). He is the one who showed me OreImo. But let’s talk about him now. He is working in Japan at the moment, in Square Enix if my memory is right. There is a rumor that his parents kicked him to another country (he is not Japanese) because he entered imouto route in real life. I don’t know how much of it is true, but there are few facts here:

1. He said “Since my imouto is so beautiful, I feel absolutely nothing when I saw a beautiful girl on the street.”

2. He also said “As I stood in front of my imouto’s wardrobe, despite knowing that for the last ten years, she had nothing but white pantsu, yet I still opened it while hoping to see a different color, with green stripes, lace, black rims blah blah blah ... but in reality, I saw nothing but white pantsu and I felt like shit.

(Also, there is another rumor that his imouto is coming to Japan to live with him. And her favorite manga is Onii-chan control)

He is a guy like that. And one day, he wrote a troll-like review for OreImo, which he openly compared his life with Kyousuke. Thus I think “hell, this guy’s life is a comedy already, there is an anime with the same setting?” – and I watched OreImo (back then, I didn’t even know that it has a light novel)

The first things I like about OreImo was, of course – Kirino (surprised? Nah I guess not, I had openly admited that I’m a Kirino shipper many times before). The way she talked about eroge, anime, the happy expression she had on her face when she told Kyousuke about them. I envied that. True, my younger brother is an otaku too, I got some otaku friends myself (mostly online, but some offline too), but I had never seen someone looked so damn happy when talking about their hobby like that. I guess I started cheering for Kirino since that moment.

Some might say that Kirino is like a bitch in anime. I don’t agree. As an elder brother myself, I have been trainned since birth to protect my younger siblings (I turned my younger brother into an otaku, a gamer – Even better than me, so I guess I did a good job). So I was actually more annoy with how Kyousuke ignored Kirino. To me, Kirino’s tsun side is her way of trying to get Kyousuke’s attention. Why didn’t she? She had a lot to boast about: beauty, good grade and so… , yet Kyousuke ignored them? I saw it as a failure as an elder brother, but thankfully he is protective of her enough to balance it. And frankly, compared to other tsundere (Louise(FoZ) use a freaking whip and explosion, while Aria(HnA) used a gun/sword), Kirino treatment toward Kyousuke is quite light.

In later episode of season 1, when Kyousuke finally showed his brother instinct, I was all agree with him. To stand on your sibling’s side no matter what, this is what an elder brother supposed to do. Funny thought, when I saw him screamed ‘I LOVE MY LITTLE SISTER’ to Ayase, I immedialy checked the novel, and the way it stated that even he didn’t know what is he talking about lead me to believe that this is his subconscious speaking. That was the moment I started to ship both of them. The party at the episode 10 was so heart warming, to see both of them getting along fine after so long.

After that, I noticed the OreImo project on Baka-tsuki was almost stopped for god know how long. I tried to gather some member, but they can’t keep up with my speed. I get a chapter done in a week, but I need 2 more weeks to find someone to proofread them, and another 2 weeks to get their result (most of the time, it’s even longer). To tell the truth, I was discouraged back then. But I thought ‘hell, as if I care. I will translate them, no matter what.’. Then I meet GH-Basestone. He got the job done! He was my first real proofchecker. Thank you, GH-Basestone, for everything.

In later volume of light novel, especially volume 7 and forward, what I felt slowly changed. First, volume 7 confirmed my suspicious that Kirino did have romantic feeling toward Kyousuke, and Kyousuke unconsciously love her back. Her fake date is a way for her to enjoy spending time with him (too bad he ruined her mood at the end). And come volume 8. At first, I didn’t think much of Kuroneko. But reading their clumsy, full of mistake first love, first date brought a smile to my face. Her break up shocked me as much as everyone else. With later volume, when more and more girls joined in the fight, she is still my second favorite after Kirino. The scene when they broke up for real in volum 12 is heart breaking. It made me remember a familiar scene from Clannad, Kyou Fujibayashi’s route. They still love each others, but Kyousuke didn’t choose her. She tore up the Destiny Record, while Kyousuke forced himself to hold back his tear. This…this…damn…my eyes tears up a bit when I read it.

Volume 12 Impression

Originally, I intented to separate this part, but in the end, I guess I can’t give my impression of the whole series without giving my impression about the last volume. Well, for one thing, the Super-Kyousuke is good to read. It’s a bit frightening how far Kyousuke would go once he decided to do something. First, like with Kuroneko, he could translate Kirino’s words now. Secondly, the way he admited his feeling and break up with Kuroneko/Ayase, while painfully to read, is worthy of a man. And third, when Manami pressed him, he finally showed that he would go to whatever length nessassry to protect Kirino. Even Manami was taken back by this. He is, at long last, showed me how he earned Kirino’s respect, how many girls fall for him.

And Kirino’s reaction was heart warming. From the recording, we found out that Manami’s word three years ago had hit right on the mark. Kirino loves Kyousuke, maybe back then was only as a sibling. But since she was forced to hide it, she turned into a brocon, a big tsundere. Everytime that feeling resurfaced, everytime Kyousuke get affectionated with her, she both wanted and afraid of it at the same time. And thank for Kyousuke’s confession, for Ayase and Kuroneko’s pressing, she was able to let it out, to answer ‘Yes’ to a proposal. I like that scene. I really do.

Next is the wedding. Right, the wedding. The most important question that we all asked ourselves : What would they do next? Well, I think there is only one possible answer : they continued their relationship, maybe in a lesser degee, maybe in secret, who knows? Now, you asked why? There were several reason I believe they would continue loving each others.

First, they said they returned to normal sibling. What is their defination of ‘normal sibling’? Heck, maybe they might had different definations. Normal sibling, true, might not kissing each other. But getting jealous when the other had a boy/girlfriend? Yeah, that still counted as normal for them. So in eroge term, they had 99% full affection point.

Second, even if they returned to normal, many things will not simply disappear. The uniform that Kirino took from Kyousuke remained. The recording they heard together remained. And now they were even more aware of each other’s feeling. In my opinions, Kirino’s tsun side is her way of dealing with her feeling toward Kyousuke. In volume 9, she admited that this is abnormal. She knew that she shouldn’t feel this way, so she ended up deny everything, fearing the worst. But with Kyousuke returned her feeling, she has nothing to be afraid of anymore.

Third, Kyousuke cut off all of his escape routes. Kirino knew it. She knew that he did it for her, for her only. So dumping him completely now would be horrible, would hurted him beyond imagination. I doubted she would do that for someone she love.

Fourth, the limited time lover was their way to express their supressed feeling. However, their feeling also grew during that time. So I think that wouldn’t work. Instead, it brought them even closer.

Fifth, the epilogue. Kirino, acting all dere dere and asked for a ring. Seriously, a ring? With her money, she could buy everything herself, yet she asked for a ring? Especially a ring that can be used in public without risk? Added in the ‘life counseling’ keywork, the way she looked back and asked him to follow her, I bet they still love each other. Who knows? Siblings aren’t allowed to marry, but they had married. Maybe the law don’t accept it, but they did. Why do they even care?

All in all, OreImo is a great novel, a good anime. I like how everyone was shown with complex characteristic, with hidden depth and feeling. Even Kyousuke, as dense as he was, is a puzzle for himself. I realy enjoy reading it, enjoy watching it, enjoy translating it. To all of my reader, thank you for stay with me for so long. Thank you for reading it with me, enjoying it with me. To all of my editor - GH-Basestone, Kory, Rohan123, shift for helping me. I couldn't do it without you guys. Once again, thank you very much, everyone!

=== Thanks ===
[2013-04-07]
[[User:AMZMA|AMZMA]] 
Thanks soooo~ muchh for your translations, i hope you can keep your impressive works. 
~3~)/ 
Easy to read, easy to understand 
:kisss

[[User:Chaos|Chaos]] ([[User talk:Chaos#top|talk]])
It's all thanks to my new second proofreader, s0beit. Still, we thank you for your support.

Thanks so much for your hard work!

[2013-05-10]
[[User:Vorlentus|Vorlentus]] 
Thanks for the translation, especially with the long-awaited vol. 9. 
Can't wait for the next volume, especially for KyoxAya shipper like me. 
 
By the way, I dunno if you need another proofreader, but if you do (and as long as it's for vocab and grammar check), I'd be more than happy to help.

Thank you for for translations! [[User:Cloudii|Cloudii]] ([[User talk:Cloudii|talk]]) 16:33, 25 May 2013 (CDT)

Thanks a lot Chaos for your continuous hard work over a long period of time in translating this novel, which has finally been completed today with you uploading the final chapter and epilogue. One thanks can't express my feelings completely, so thank you, thank you very much! I will quickly get down to editing these 2 chapters now. --[[User:Rohan123|Rohan123]] ([[User talk:Rohan123|talk]]) 08:48, 14 July 2013 (CDT)

== What do you plan to do now? ==

Now that you finished oreimo, I was wondering on what you are planning to do next? I wouldn't wish to impose anymore on you, by the way, because you worked hard enough. I am just curious.
:I plan to wait to finish Oreimo first, then ...well...no plan yet. Maybe I will try Onii-Ai or something like that.
Kyaaaaa! Incest for the win!

Oh no, please choose Omae Otaku as your next work, I love this series and like to read it in English~

Oh please, let the translator choose. This way its less likely for him to lose interest and drop it. -not that I disapprove, mind you...

Let the translator choose, we can only put up suggestion :D .
I like Onii-ai, but for me I really want to read Maburaho and Dakara Boku H. [[User:Victorrama|Victorrama]] ([[User talk:Victorrama|talk]]) 10:03, 14 July 2013 (CDT)

:::With regard to the side-stories, I added a topic in [[Talk:Ore_no_Imōto_ga_Konna_ni_Kawaii_Wake_ga_Nai#Side_Stories|OreImo (Main) Talk: Side Stories]]. 黒髪の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない does appear to be legit, at least according to the [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%BA%E3%81%AE%E5%A6%B9%E3%81%8C%E3%81%93%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%AF%E6%84%9B%E3%81%84%E3%82%8F%E3%81%91%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84#.E8.AA.AD.E3.81.BF.E5.88.87.E3.82.8A.E4.BD.9C.E5.93.81 JA wikipedia page] for the series.

:::The future-vision one is -probably- the PSP bundled continuation, but without knowing the title I can't say with any certainty. I don't have access to that particular JA novel, so I couldn't even compare the content to the CN version—and then, if I did have access to the JA version, I'd probably prefer you TL'd from that, anyway. XD

== Requesting Permission... ==

Hello Chaos, thank you for translating the Oreimo/Index Crossover. It was a fun read.

Since it includes characters from the Index franchise, I was wondering if I could get permission from you to put up a link to translation on the Toaru Majutsu no Index Section. I am sure they would enjoy reading it as well.

If you do give permission, do you have a preference as to how you want me to link to it?
e.g. Link straight to the Full Text, or present as you have on the Oreimo Section, etc.--[[User:OH&S|OH&S]] ([[User talk:OH&S|talk]]) 03:50, 14 August 2013 (CDT)

: Sure, permission granted. It's always better to have more reader, double when it's a famous series like Index/Railgun series. You can choose to link to whatever is easier for you, I don't have a particular preference [[User:Chaos|Chaos]] ([[User talk:Chaos#top|talk]])

== Ero Manga Sensei ==

thanks for translating this light novel i have really enjoyed the first chapter

Thank you for your hard work! I did a bit of editing and I hope you don't mind! [[User:Bunnybacon|Bunnybacon]] ([[User talk:Bunnybacon|talk]]) 00:19, 13 February 2014 (CST)

Hello~ Chaos. thankyou for the great work translating this. i just noticed some stuff while editing.. well mainly your use of "Although X, but Y" type statements.. the correct format should be "Although X, Y" - the 'but' is redundant. you can see the examples from where i've fixed most of them.. anyway hope that helps with your other TL's as well.. --[[User:Shr3ddy66|Shr3ddy66]] ([[User talk:Shr3ddy66|talk]]) 11:14, 8 April 2014 (CDT)

hello, i had been wondering, will you do the afterword of eromanga sensei vol 03 please [[User:Hykzqwmx|Hykzqwmx]] ([[User talk:Hykzqwmx|talk]]) 12:14, 3 May 2015 (CDT)
: I will, but probably not in anytime soon. My reallife is getting quite busy this year >.>

Thanks for the ero manga sensei translations! :) hope you continue and people appreciate your effort!!!

Hello Chaos-sama. Thank you fo translation this wonderfull novel. My nick - Elberet. I'm Russian translator of Eromanga-sensei. I really want to speak with you in skype(for example), but... Now i write to you with different thing.

Do you have raws of 5 vollume? I don't see them in internet. But... Member of our translators-team(Ark) some days ago went to Japan, buy there 4-5 vollums of Eromanga-sensei and send it to me. Only now i get it(fucking post...). If you need it - i can scan it. Usually i scan only illustrations(examle of vol 3 there - https://mega.nz/#!k8hWSYLK!DbOwqxw8nvde81ahfmI_U4n-J22i41H-CJnbWrYmdZE), but if you need all 5th vollume - i can scan it.

If you interest in it - plz write to my mail(juric8899@gmail.com) or my skype(juric8899). Will be waiting for your answer...

P.S. Our tranlation-team - RuRanobe(http://ruranobe.ru/r/ems)--[[User:Elberet|Elberet]] ([[User talk:Elberet|talk]]) 09:41, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

== Oreimo ==

Since you're the manager (and assuming you didn't know already), I should tell you that NanoDesu kinda pulled out his translations of [[Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai]] Volume 2 and a part of Volume 3's Chapter 4. Since Js06 is still registered for V2 Ch4, I took the liberty of asking him whether he was still interested in completing translation it, but that still leaves V2 without Baka-Tsuki's own copy, so...I was wondering if you were interested in re-translating that one?

Sorry for springing this on you, especially since this was supposed to be a completed project. -[[User:AKAAkira|Akira]] ([[User talk:AKAAkira|talk]]) 04:10, 23 April 2014 (CDT)
:: Okay ~ I don't mind, but do you know why NanoDesu suddenly decided to pull out their translation ? [[User:Chaos|Chaos]] ([[User talk:Chaos#top|talk]])

Well, technically he hasn't asked for his contributions to be deleted yet, though I felt obligated to inform him that he had the choice to. As for why, it seems the NanoDesu group had a recent policy change of not letting other sites host their translations anymore. I think Nano just didn't get around to doing that on Baka-Tsuki until I informed him about [[Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai:Volume 3 Chapter 4]], which I believe was mostly his translation that an anon posted here without his permission.

Anyway, thanks for taking up the mantle once again.

EDIT: ...On second look, V3 C4 probably ''is'' the reason for their "recent policy change". Or at least a major part of it. It's probably not a coincidence ''that'' announcement of theirs came out the same day I know for sure ND read my message... -[[User:AKAAkira|Akira]] ([[User talk:AKAAkira|talk]]) 18:19, 23 April 2014 (CDT)
:: .....Are you telling me that someone that no one knew about posted their translation in here without their permission? In that case, it can't be helped, he had the right and the reason to pull out. I will give him an apology later.

Yes; specifically, by someone with an IP of [[Special:Contributions/173.224.217.162|173.224.217.162]] back in October 2012. You can see on this IP's [[User talk:173.224.217.162|talk page]] that some people found it suspicious, but unfortunately no one followed up on it, and I'm not sure if anyone checked it against NanoDesu's until I did. -[[User:AKAAkira|Akira]] ([[User talk:AKAAkira|talk]]) 23:26, 23 April 2014 (CDT)

== Eromanga-sensei update ==

I dont have a blog yet, so all translated volume will be here until further notice

# Volume 1 - 4: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3v7rycmnxiifea4/Eromanga.txt?dl=0
# Volume 5
## Chapter 1 : https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkd6u9hyyzgtmbv/Ero%20Manga%20Sensei%20-%20Imouto%20to%20Akazu%20no%20Ma%20-%20Volume%205%20Chapter%201%20%5BEng%5D.docx?dl=0
## Chapter 2 : https://www.dropbox.com/s/6t19jpnhgcj4ttm/Ero%20Manga%20Sensei%20-%20Imouto%20to%20Akazu%20no%20Ma%20-%20Volume%205%20Chapter%202%20%5BEng%5D.docx?dl=0
## Chapter 3 : https://www.dropbox.com/s/w68875af33w408x/Ero%20Manga%20Sensei%20-%20Imouto%20to%20Akazu%20no%20Ma%20-%20Volume%205%20Chapter%203%20%5BEng%5D.docx?dl=0
## Chapter 3.5 : https://www.dropbox.com/s/vw0c410nuieso6z/Ero%20Manga%20Sensei%20-%20Imouto%20to%20Akazu%20no%20Ma%20-%20Volume%205%20Chapter%203.5%20%5BEng%5D.docx?dl=0

2014-04-28T12:16:49Z

Chaos: /* Updates */

[[Image:Ero Manga Sensei v01 cover.jpg|thumb|Volume 1 Cover]]

The ''Ero Manga Sensei'' series is also available in the following languages:
*[[Ero Manga Sensei Español|Español (Spanish)]]
(Note: Translation progress varies for each version.)
----

Ero Manga Sensei: Imōto to Akazu no Ma (エロマンガ先生妹と開かずの間) is a light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. The series has currently 1 volume.

==Story Synopsis==
The "new sibling romantic comedy" revolves around Masamune Izumi, a light novel author in high school. Masamune's little sister is Sagiri, a shut-in girl who hasn't left her room for an entire year. She even forces her brother to make and bring her meals when she stomps the floor. Masamune wants his sister to leave her room, because the two of them are each other's only family.

Masamune's novel illustrator, pen name "Ero Manga Sensei", draws extremely perverted drawings, and is very reliable. Masamune had never met his illustrator, and figured he was just a disgusting, perverted otaku. However, the truth is revealed… that his "Ero Manga Sensei" is his own younger sister! To add to the chaos that erupts between the siblings, a beautiful, female, best-selling shoujo manga creator becomes their rival!

(From ANN)

== Translation ==

=== [[Ero Manga Sensei:Registration Page|Registration]] ===

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand.

'''Translators are asked to [[Ero Manga Sensei:Registration Page|register]] which chapters they're working on'''

===Format Standards===
'''Every Chapter (after editing) must conform to the general format guidelines.'''
*[[Format_guideline|General Format/Style Guideline]]

===Forum===

'''If you enjoyed the series, why don't you tell us in the [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6917 Ero Manga Sensei Forum Thread]?'''

== Updates ==
*May 28, 2014 - Volume 1 Chapter 5 completed.
*April 4, 2014 - Volume 1 Chapter 4 completed.
*February 28, 2014 - Volume 1 Chapter 3 completed.
*February 12, 2014 - Volume 1 Chapter 2 completed.
*January 23, 2014 - Volume 1 Chapter 1 completed.
*January 22, 2014 - Creation of the project page

Older updates can be found on the [[Ero Manga Sensei:Updates|Ero Manga Sensei Updates page]].

==''Ero Manga Sensei'' series by Tsukasa Fushimi==
===Volume 1===
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Chapter 3|Chapter 3]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Chapter 4|Chapter 4]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Chapter 5|Chapter 5]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Epilogue|Epilogue]]
*[[Ero Manga Sensei:Volume 1 Afterword|Afterword]]

== Project Staff ==
*Supervisor: [[user:Vaelis|Vaelis]]
*Project Manager: [[user:Vaelis|Vaelis]]

=== Translators ===
'''ACTIVE'''
:*[[User:Chaos|Chaos]]

=== Editors ===
'''ACTIVE'''
:*[[User:Deathmailrock|Deathmailrock]]

==Series Overview==
* Volume 1 - エロマンガ先生妹と開かずの間 (December 10, 2013) {{ISBN|978-4-0486-6081-5}}

[[Category:Light novel (English)]]
[[Category:Hiro Kanzaki]]
[[Category:Tsukasa Fushimi]]

User talk:NanoDesu

2014-04-28T09:21:58Z

Chaos:

I'm very sorry for my mistake!

No problem. -ND

== Oreimo ==

(And here's hoping you're still active enough to notice this message, or enabled email-on-talk-page-change, or something...)

# Someone recently brought up the topic of [[Ore_no_Imōto_ga_Konna_ni_Kawaii_Wake_ga_Nai:Volume_3_Chapter_4]], and after digging around its history a bit, I'm reasonably sure that the rest of the page was copy-pasted from your Oreimo translation. Judging from the lack of response to the contributor's talk page ([[User talk:173.224.217.162]]), I'm guessing that wasn't you. So somewhat belatedly, I wanted to ask for permission to host your translation of that chapter in a similar vein to how Volume 2 was hosted.
# And on a similar topic, I also wanted to ask for permission to host your translation of v4 and v5's Afterwords on here, since it doesn't look like anyone's going to translate them soon. -[[User:AKAAkira|Akira]] ([[User talk:AKAAkira|talk]]) 19:51, 16 April 2014 (CDT)

Unfortunately, we have had a recent policy change and no longer allow hosting of our translation text on BT (only links are allowed). http://nanodesutranslations.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/policy-change-regarding-the-hosting-of-nanodesu-projects-on-baka-tsuki/ -ND

: All right, thanks for the response, and sorry it took so long to notify you. In the interest of keeping you fully informed, you can also request for an admin (I think [[User:Teh_Ping]], [[User:KuroiHikari]] and [[User:Chancs]] are the general supervisors; I'd suggest one of them, at any rate) to delete the pages you created here if you want to fully withdraw your translations. -[[User:AKAAkira|Akira]] ([[User talk:AKAAkira|talk]]) 03:41, 23 April 2014 (CDT)

Regarding this topic, allow me to apologize as OreImo's project manager. Although that copy and paste act wasn't done by any of us, it still an act that took the work from you and your group without permission. You have the both the right and the reason to withdraw it, and I respect that. Allow me to thank you for leaving a link to your page's translation. Good luck with everything. [[User:Chaos|Chaos]] ([[User talk:Chaos|talk]])

Chaos: Created page with "==An Ending's Continuation== ==Short story 5== Let me make myself clear, this is my dream. When I opened my eyes in the morning, this story disappeared like mist. It's fin..."

==An Ending's Continuation==

==Short story 5==

Let me make myself clear, this is my dream.

When I opened my eyes in the morning, this story disappeared like mist.

It's fine if you think I'm still daydreaming.

In short, this was a dream. Something that disappeared when I woke up.

Still, for the me in that dream, maybe my current real life was a dream for him.

In the dream, I came back home from work and met my daughter and my little sister who were playing in the living room.

My little sister's name was Kousaka Kirino, she was very active abroad.

She was a young model. Her hair was dyed a light brown and she was slender, with earrings and polished nails. As time passed, not only did she remain unchanged, in fact she became more charming.

During her time in middle school, I compared Ayase to an angel, but after she grew up, Kirino was like…

A goddess.

I didn't say that because of personal bias, but she was the second most beautiful girl in the world. That made me proud.

My prideful little sister was now waiting for me back home. Maybe that was my dream harem life.

"I'm home."

I spoke. Not only did she not reply, she didn't even look this way. Wearing her fashionable clothing, Kirino brought my daughter on her knee and patted her head with a satisfied smile.

They get along really well.

In short, this was a very heart warming scene.

I walked closer and listened to Kirino talked with my daughter.

"— And then, Shiori lived happily together with onii-chan. Congratulations, this is wonderful!"

Wait a second!

"Hey hey! You imouto over there, what are you telling my daughter!"

I hastily asked, because somehow the name 'Shiori' sounded familiar.

Kirino looked up "Ah, you are back."

"What do you mean, ah? You, are you…"

Still, I couldn't just say "You aren't playing ''that'', right?"

"Isn't that a bad game for education?"

I quickly changed my words.

But unexpectedly, I didn't get an apology from my little sister, instead my daughter — 'Wah, wah' — she cried.

"Don't suddenly raise your voice like that. See, you made her cry."

I was scolded.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay it's okay it's okay. Good girl good girl. Your dad is so scary… oh… Mommy will give you some sweets later, now stop crying."

Kirino pinched my daughter's nose, she was so good at coaxing children. She totally looked like a mother now.

My little sister glanced at me, and asked "What?"

"Ah… just now… what was that game?"

"Ah? This? This is a new game released yesterday."

My little sister pulled her PSP out and kept playing. It didn't look like an eroge or anything.

"Ha… it's the same as if you didn't answer my question."

… Why was I thinking like Ayase?

Was that how father and mother thought? 

"Still, in this aspect, you haven't changed at all."

"Ah, what?"

"You always preferred laying down in one place."

Even in her twenties, Kirino was still my little sister. Yes — my little sister, little sister! Everyday she spent in enjoyment like that.

The last few years since my daughter was born, because Kirino didn't have work overseas, she stayed at my parents' house. Every day off, she spent the whole day in the living room, playing with my daughter, watching Meruru reruns and remakes with her. Passing every day in a moe-moe manner.

"Is that like a hikikomori?"

"So what? I don't care."

That brilliant smile and the way she spoke. It was the same as when she was in her second year of middle school.

I gave a final greeting to Kirino and moved toward the kitchen. There, my wife greeted me.

"Welcome home, darling."

"I'm home."

An exchange just like a newlywed couple, I felt my face getting hot. We had been married for so long, yet I couldn't get used to this. So unbelievable.

"Tonight's dinner — I tried harder than usual."

"Alright. Say, is there anything worth celebrating today?"

My wife showed me a gentle smile:

"Heehee, of course there is."

I think about it for a second…

"Could it be—a second one?"

My wife blushed and hit me: "That's not it."

"Ah, I see. What a pity."

"Um—" My wife puffed her cheeks and glanced at me. I gently put my hand on her head.

"Sorry, I'm waiting for dinner."

I gently patted my wife and opened the refrigerator.

I poured myself a cup of barley tea and met my mother's eyes.

"You are back?"

"I'm back."

"Kyousuke, did you see your father on the way?"

"Nope, where did he go?"

"He went to the toy store. Just now 'princess' wanted some dolls, so he ran outside. He said he was going to buy it immediately."

"… Ahahaha."

Although my father was tired, he spoiled his granddaughter. I couldn't see the strict father anymore.

"It's not good to spoil kids too much. Although it's not a problem now, it's not good for future education."

"Sorry." Mom smiled wryly.

A good smell drifted out from inside the pot.

"It smells nice. I'm starting to feel hungry."

"Alright alright. Let's wait for your father to return before eating"

Mom moved her hand to her face, whispered to me without letting my wife heard:

"Anyway — Kyouske, you really married such a good wife!"

"Ah? What are you saying?"

"Since my daughter-in-law came here, both you and your father seem to be enjoying her food. It makes me feel a lack of confidence."

"Haha, to tell you the truth, I didn't know that she was so good at cooking when I married her."

"You really are an idiot!"

"What?"

"She is clearly practicing. She received special training from Manami in order to prepare for this day!"

"Ah…"

Maybe it was true. Because she clearly tried very hard.

"When I introduced her to everyone, I still didn't know how would it turn out."

"Yes, your father almost fell down. I was shocked too. We had our doubts 'is that girl okay?'"

You are so direct…

"Okay…"

"Yes. If you recorded her back then and compared it to now, no one would think they were the same person."

"Haha, you are right."

"Um — what are you talking about?"

Noticing that I was chatting with my mother, my wife ran over like a little animal.

"I'm telling her how much I love you."

I should say it honestly —

"Ah ————"

My wife blushed and stiffly looked to the side, then just like a video running backward, she quickly moved back to her previous position.

"Call me Mommy. Do you understand? Try saying both Kirino-onee-chan and Mommy."

"Yes, auntie!"

"Ack — no, not aunt. Mommy. Call me Mommy."

"Yes, auntie!"

"Ack — damn! Teaching a kid something in reality is soooooooo hard."

When I got back to the living room, I found out that Kirino was teaching my daughter something bad.

I sighed, and asked her:

"What are you doing?"

"Trying to teach my cute niece to call me Mommy."

"Stop immediately."

"What? Why?"

"A while ago, when I, my wife, my daughter and you went outside to buy stuff, she called you mommy, right?"

"Yes. She was so cute back then."

"The old manager lady shot me a fierce glare, as if saying 'what kind of relationship do they have?' What would you do if it caused some weird rumors?"

"Can't you just say that we are brother and sister?"

"How could I explain my daughter calling my little sister mommy?!"

"Ah? Mommy is mommy."

Just like before, sometimes we were totally unable to speak with each other.

At that time, my daughter pulled on Kirino's head and said:

"Auntie, I'm hungry."

"Wait a bit more ~ when your grandpa gets back, we will eat right away."

"Okay — grandpa is so slow."

"Yes, slow. Say, do you want to play with Meruru's figure together with Mommy after dinner?"

"Yes!"

Recently, Meruru had a great come back, it was airing on TV again.

"Make sure to call me Kirino-nee-chan or Mommy, alright?"

"Yes, auntie!"

"Ah — really."

I had a strange feeling, like my daughter got along with Kirino better than her mother.

I sat down in front of them. Kirino looked at me with pained eyes, tears almost breaking out.

"Say, why won't she call me Mommy again? She called me it before."

"After that incident, I carefully taught her to remember your image as 'this is auntie.' A few tries later, she didn't make that mistake anymore."

"Why did you have to do that? I'm only in my twenties. Twenties of youth."

"For a child, you are still her auntie."

"Ugh ——"

"Say, if you like kids that much, why don't you get married? It should be easy for you to get a boyfriend right?"

"Ha? It would become an obstacle to my work later."

"It's not like I don't understand your point. But recently, you have no work at all. You spend all of your time playing at home."

She was like a legendary hikikomori.

If I told the middle school girl Kirino that in the future, she would become a hikikomori, I wondered what kind of treatment I would receive.

"That's unimportant. By the way, isn't it lonely without me around? Are you going to deny it? You even came to America because of me."

"That was…"

So many years ago…

"And later…"

"Don't tell me…"

I got a bad, a very bad feeling. I didn't know what Kirino was about to say, but I could guess what it was about.

Back then, we were — how could I put it, we were still young. We weren't mature enough to think far ahead. Every time I thought back to those day, I felt a bit of regret. My youth was full of noise, chaos, pain and happiness.

"Kirino."

"What?"

"About — yesterday, I had a dream. I dreamt back to the time you came back from America."

"Hm — as expected of a siscon!"

Kirino's expression… don't tell me…

"So nostalgic."

"Indeed it is."

"What are they doing?"

"I meet Saori not long ago."

"Really?"

"She looked quite happy, 'it has been a while since our last meeting,' just like before."

"Ah — haha…"

Kirino laughed. A few minutes later, she stopped, sighed and said:

"Also… I often meet Ayase too."

"She is an OL now, right?" <ref>Probably office lady</ref>

"Yes, yes, she is very beautiful. Want to see her picture?"

"Of course, I really really want to see."

"… Disgusting."

"Hey, hey…"

For me, Ayase was like my first love. If I closed my eyes I remembered it, that terrifyingly, immensely lethal, terrible destructive power.

No. It was when we first met, her angel like smile.

Because of Kirino, those old, embarrassing stories had both sincere feelings and persistence.

How could I forget them.

Saori. Ayase. Manami. The Akagi siblings. Ria. Bridget. The Mikagami siblings. The Game Research Club. All of my memories about them were still fresh in my mind. I felt happy because at least I could still see them again.

"Kirino, how about we gather everyone together?"

"Are you serious?"

"I'm serious. Although everyone has their own work, let's give it a try."

"Just like a class reunion."

"Yes, it's like that."

"Hm, not bad. Are we going to book an Akihabara maid café? Or do you have something else in mind?"

"Let's decide that later."

At least, it was a good idea in Kirino's opinion. But since when could we hold a reunion meeting in a maid café? She wanted to experience that feeling again, didn't she? Although some might have changed, everyone gathering together sounded nice.

"If we have decided to do it, let's discuss it with Saori. We need to contact whoever has moved far away too. It might be difficult, but I bet Saori has a solution."

"You already decided to leave everything for Saori again?"

"Because…"

Because she was very reliable…

"Still, Saori would be angry if we don't ask her for help… although…"

Kirino looked aside, hesitating:

"What would she wear? She is in her twenties now, will she appear in her 'Bajeena' personality?"

"Haha, that would be fun."

"Not really though."

Kirino caressed my daughter’s head, gently combing her mother-like black hair.

"Itchy…"

"Sorry sorry. Ah, as expected of her daughter, their smile is the same."

"It is. Will she be as beautiful as her mother in the next ten years?"

"If their personality is the same……"

"Don't say something so scary!"

I was really worried. Her mother only calmed down after we married. If ……

While we were talking —

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

My wife brought out dinner. Sashimi, potato stew and snapper fish head — quite a good meal. My daughter said 'So good!' and tried to sniff it.

"This isn't bad. Tonight, Mommy made a special dinner, if you like anything Mommy will give it to you."

"Future education is going to be difficult…"

''Don't spoil her too much, okay?

Kirino was surprised too, she asked:

"For real?"

Seeing that, my wife laughed wryly and brought rice to the dinner table.

At that time, there was some sound coming from the front door.

"I'm back! I have brought a doll back!"

The 'very fond of his granddaughter' grandpa came back.

"Then come and eat'. Mom said.

"Before that, can I ask the reason for this celebration?"

I smiled and looked at my wife.

"Congratulations on your promotion!" My wife smiled back.

"So you knew."

"Yes, I heard from the minister that next week is a long session."

"———"

"What happened?"

"It… it's nothing big"

I smiled wryly. Because this was all a dream, my memories of my life with my wife resurfaced easily.

"It really became what you said."

"What?" My wife sounded surprised.

"Back then, when you said, that kind of thing."

My wife understood what I meant, she slowly nodded.

And then…

"Ah, right. The first time we met, I thought that you were so plain and had no motivation, nothing special. How did it become like this?"

My wife returned to the first time we met and showed me a devil-like smile.

I gently caressed her head and enjoyed the loving feeling.

Sometimes, it was hard to say if something was real or not. Now, I didn't know if this feeling was a dream or real.

Middle school. High school. University. Working around, fateful encounter, wedding, having a daughter. I recalled every one of my memories.

In my dream last night, I was still in my youth.

Was the past me walking on the same route as me?

In my warm blanket, that was what I thought.