Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 221 Didn’t we agree to celebrate later?
"Oh my god! So many were sold during the day? That means the sales in Tokyo alone must be over 6000 copies, right?!"

Chie Takasago made some calculations based on her past experience and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Then, like a crazy fan who saw his idol, he couldn't help but clench his fists excitedly, and his cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

There is no way. The sales volume of 6000 copies is not a small number. If it is expanded to the whole of Japan, the sales volume may exceed 8000 copies.

The most important thing is that the pen name "Luffy" used by Iura Hide is not a veteran light novel writer, but a newcomer.

According to past experience, as long as the quality of the work itself is guaranteed, the subsequent daily sales volume will definitely increase as word of mouth ferments and spreads.

"At this rate, won't April be a bestseller in just half a month?"

"But that's right, 'April' is so well written, it should have achieved such results!"

"If a veteran best-selling author wrote a work like this, it might become a best-seller in the first week of release~"

Chie Takasago muttered quietly while happily taking over her father's job. Then, she couldn't wait to recommend "April" to every young customer who walked into the store.

Even Ruri Gogen, who came to work as a part-time worker, was not spared.

But her estimate was still a bit conservative.

In fact, the first-day sales and spread speed of "April" were much higher than she estimated.

First of all, not to mention her school, although her popularity in school is average, in that one day, only about one-third of the students in her class knew about "April".

But there is also a girl named Ichichi Hongxia in their school.

Although Ijichi Kouka usually hangs out with Yamada Ryo, in fact, as the female version of Iura Hide, she has just as many friends as Iura Hide in school.

Together with the twenty or so people who bought "April" early in the morning, in just one day, almost one-fifth of the people in their school knew about "April".

Among these people, quite a few will go to the bookstore after school to buy comics, magazines, and light novels. When they see "April" placed in the center, will they be curious and buy a copy?

The situation is similar at Katagiri High School.

Although Iura Hide hid his identity as a light novel writer and did not actively recommend "April" to others like Ijichi Nijika did because he was embarrassed, there is still Ayazaki Reimi.

As one of the two most beautiful girls in their grade before Mashiro transferred in, the energetic and cute Ayazaki Reimi had many more friends than the academic goddess Hori Kyoko.

On the way to school this morning, Sakura Kono not only bought one book for herself, but also deliberately bought two more books and gave them to Sho Sengoku and Reimi Ayazaki respectively.

In addition to the recommendations of Kyoko Hori, Yuki Yoshikawa and Toru Ishikawa, the spread of "April" in their school was not much slower than that in Shimokitazawa High School.

In addition, Toyosaki High School also has Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri.
Okay, Eriri, cross it out.

After falling out of favor due to the collapse of her personality, Eriri's ability to bring goods has plummeted.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha's character of "genius literary girl" still remains.

Although she didn't have many friends at school and couldn't actively recommend "April" to others, as long as she sat there quietly watching "April", she would attract other people's curiosity.

"Kasumigaoka-san, what are you reading? Is it a light novel?"

"Well, a new and amazing romance light novel. To be more precise, it's probably the best romance light novel I've ever read."

"Eh? So awesome!? What's the name of this light novel?"

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This is probably the case.

When Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a cool face that "April" was the best love light novel she had ever read, who wouldn't be curious?

Although in terms of appearance, due to the existence of Kitagawa Umi, Kasumigaoka Utaha has slipped to second place in the school, but because the characters of "academic master" and "genius literary girl" are far more popular than the character of "hot girl", the "popular king" of Toyosaki High School still belongs to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

So throughout the day, although she didn't do much, the recommendation effect was much better than that of Ijichi Nichina and Ayazaki Reimi.

Of course, these are just offline recommendations.

The real big deal still depends on online recommendations.

The first one is Pochi-chan. She was timid offline, but she made a strong move online. After buying "April" early in the morning, she immediately posted more than a dozen updates to recommend "April".

Next is Sugaya Noha, who has more than 10,000 followers, and Kitagawa Umi, who has more than 50,000 followers.

Because Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri hide their identities as beautiful girls, their social media accounts do not have many followers, but Ayazaki Reimi's social media account has more than 40,000 fans.

By this calculation, just these few people, after removing the overlap, can make 60,000 to 70,000 people know about "April".

And most of these people have the habit of reading comics and light novels, so they can all be regarded as potential audiences.

In addition, there is Inui Sasaki, who has more than 200,000 followers, and Jingpu Xiu himself, whose number of followers has exceeded 500,000.
In fact, the first-day sales of "April" were more than double the estimate given by Chie Takasago based on past experience. The sales in the Tokyo area alone reached 13000+, and the sales in Japan reached 17000+!

I have to say here that the saying that the whole of Japan, except Tokyo, is a rural area actually makes sense.

The sales volume of 17000+ on the first day is enough to compete with the sales performance of new works by those veteran best-selling light novel writers.

However, due to the statistical method, the data can only be counted by the publishing house until the next morning, so no one knows it yet.

In contrast, except for Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri who have already seen the ending, Hori Kyoko and the others are more concerned about.
"Why did Xiaoxun faint? What disease did she have?"

"This disease shouldn't be a terminal illness, right? It should be able to be cured later, right?"

"Xiaoxun actually likes Arima Kousei, right? When will Arima Kousei understand Xiaoxun's feelings?"

"Who did Arima Kousei end up with? Was it Kaoru? Or that Tsubaki Sawabe?"

“When will the next volume be released?”

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It was bad enough that the Line screen was flooded with messages from Ijichi Kouka and Sugaya Noha, but offline it was also blocked by Hori Kyoko and Ayazaki Reimi.

This made Jingpu Xiu feel both amused and helpless.

"The second volume will be released next Friday. You'll know when you read it~" Before he finished speaking, Ayazaki Reimi and the others started complaining in dissatisfaction.

"Eh? It's next Friday, can't you tell us now?"

"No, it would be pointless to spoil the plot in advance~"

Jingpu Xiu smiled, then refused decisively without hesitation.

Of course, it was just an excuse to spoil the plot in advance. What he was really worried about was that if these guys knew that the final ending was a tragedy, not only would Miyazono Kaori miss the final ensemble with Arima Kousei, but she would also not be able to recover.
He felt that he might not be able to walk out of the classroom intact.

"But--"

Ayazaki Reimi wanted to say something else.

Fortunately, the gentle, dignified and considerate Sakura Kono spoke up to stop her.

"Well, Xiu doesn't want to reveal himself as 'Luffy-sensei', so let's not crowd around him. And the second volume will be released next Friday, so we don't have to wait that long."

After hearing this, the others gave up the idea of ​​asking further questions. After all, they didn't want to lose to Kono Sakura.

"But then again, the upper and lower volumes of a novel are usually released one or two months apart, right? Is it really okay for the second volume of "April" to be released so soon?" Yuki Yoshikawa, who usually reads some light novels, asked with concern.

"No problem," Jing Puxiu explained with a smile: "Generally, light novels need such a long interval, mainly to leave enough time for word of mouth to ferment and spread, thereby increasing sales."

"But with "April" and "Glimmer of Light" to promote it, it shouldn't take that long."

"Of course, the most important reason is that Your Lie in April will naturally end in April, so even if there is a temporary loss of sales, it doesn't matter."

"Anyway, I believe these lost sales will be made up in the future~"

Iura Hide's smile was full of confidence, and coupled with his already handsome appearance, it made Hori Kyoko and the others dazzled.

Even Ayazaki Reimi couldn't help but think, 'It turns out this guy is so handsome when he's confident.'

If she didn't already have a boyfriend, Xiang Xianshi, and their relationship was very stable, she might have been a little moved.

"I also imagine that with the excellence of April, it will definitely become a bestseller or even a classic romance light novel."

As Kono Sakura spoke, the others couldn't help but chime in, and then Ayazaki Reimi said, "So to celebrate the release of April, how about we go out for a meal after school to celebrate?"

This time, as soon as she finished speaking, the other people's eyes suddenly lit up.

Even though they had just had dinner together and sang at KTV on Tuesday, and it had only been less than three days, they would never think this was too much.

Only Kyoko Hori's eyes dimmed unconsciously when she thought of her own situation.

Yuriko Hori doesn't have a day off today.

Because she had to take care of Sota, even if Iura Hide really agreed to have dinner together, she couldn't go.

Jing Pu Xiu noticed the change in her eyes keenly, and immediately guessed the reason.

Although he didn't dare to take that step and accept Hori Kyoko's feelings for the time being, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw Hori Kyoko's lost and depressed look.

"Let's forget it," Jingpu Xiu said after pretending to think about it.

"It's just a release, the results haven't even come out yet, what's there to celebrate? If you want to celebrate, you have to wait until the results come out, and then we can make an appointment together."

Now it was Ayazaki Reimi and Yoshikawa Yuki's turn to be disappointed. Unfortunately, facing such a reasonable excuse from Iura Hide, they couldn't force Iura Hide to run and celebrate.

Hori Kyoko, who was originally feeling lost, was slightly startled after hearing this, and her eyes lit up again.

"Xiu is right. Let's wait until the results come out and then make an appointment to celebrate!" Hori Kyoko said quickly.

As she spoke, she seemed to have noticed something. She turned her head and looked at Jingpu Xiu. The moment their eyes met, she couldn't help but feel a little shy and sweet in her heart, and even her cheeks unconsciously flushed.

However, what she didn't know was that Iura Hide, who had said he would celebrate after the results came out, turned around and opened the champagne with Kitagawa Umi and Kasumigaoka Utaha.

In order to make it convenient for her to continue staying at Iura Hide's house, Eriri, at the suggestion of Kasumigaoka Utaha, suggested going to Iura Hide's house and cooking together, using the excuse that "there are too many people and it's inconvenient to find a restaurant without a reservation."

This made Noha Sugaya, who was originally thinking about which restaurant to go to, stunned at first, and then her eyes suddenly lit up.

Are you kidding? No matter how high-end or delicious the restaurant is, it is not as tempting to her as going to Iura Hide's house!
"Senior Shiyu is right! It would be more meaningful if we all cooked together at a time like this!" Sugaya Noha, who had come to her senses, spoke quickly.

At the same time, a strange light flashed in Dakong's eyes. He suddenly felt restless in his heart and subconsciously followed suit.

"Yes, what Shiyu-senpai and Noyu said is right. If we count Motoko-chan and Ai-chan, there will be nine of us. It is indeed difficult to find a restaurant without making a reservation in advance."

"Well, let's go buy some ingredients first!"

Jingpu Xiu, who didn't often eat out in the past, didn't think much about it and agreed readily.

However, he overlooked that when he went to celebrate with Hori Kyoko and the others on Tuesday, Kitagawa Umi and Kasumigaoka Utaha also took Motoko and Hoshino Ai to eat sushi.

Now there are only two more people, him and Liuyin, so why is it inconvenient to find a restaurant?
Because there were so many people and each of them wanted to buy different ingredients, it naturally took a longer time to select. In addition, it was the first time for each of them to go shopping in a supermarket with so many people to buy ingredients together.

The result was like a school festival where everyone prepared props and set the scene together, and it turned out to be quite fun.

So by the time everyone finished buying the ingredients and arrived at Iura Hide's house carrying shopping bags, it was already half past five.

"Wow! Is this the senior's house?"

"This house is too big!"

As expected, Ryūin, Ozora, and Noha Sugaya, who were here for the first time, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they looked at the three-story Japanese-style house in front of them.

Even though they had known from Kitagawa Umi that Iura Hideya's house was very large, after seeing it with their own eyes, it still exceeded their imagination.

After all, this is one of the most central districts in Tokyo where every inch of land is valuable.

To be honest, even if they liked Jingura Xiu not because his family was rich, their gazes towards Jingura Xiu unconsciously became even more passionate.

Yes. I'm talking about Daisora ​​and Ryune.

(End of this chapter)