I, Hikigaya, am just a light novelist

He had observed before that this bookstore happened to be the closest to his home, and it was also a bookstore that cooperated with Fusukawa Bunko. It had direct sales of "Summer Returns".

The first time he entered the bookstore, his eyes focused on the promotional notice on the stack of books. There was an illustration of "Summer Returns". The image was Shinpei Netai and Xiaofushio. Sagiri drew it beautifully. , compared to the cute style before the special training, it will undoubtedly appear more realistic and outstanding.

Isn’t this the first image established?

"Guest, do you want to buy a light novel? This is "Summer Returns" which was just released today. Are you interested? You can tell by looking at the illustrations. The female characters are very cute~"

The female clerk came to him, noticed his gaze, picked up a book, held it in her hand, and smiled with a service sign.

"Wait, let me think about it."

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't agree immediately and stayed in the bookstore, wandering around and observing secretly.

Not long after, a student wearing a school uniform like him walked in. He looked like a high school student. The female clerk quickly focused on him.

"Please give me a copy of this."

Before the female clerk could introduce him, the high school student directly designated "Summer Again" with a very clear goal.

After the other party left, Hikigaya Hachiman came over again, picked up a copy of "Summer Returns", and asked pretending to be casual.

"Is this work really beautiful? The person just now seemed to have come here to buy it, right?"

"That, I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know what it is like."

The female clerk answered honestly.

"But the sales on the first day seem to be pretty good, and it seems to be quite popular among new books."

She lowered her head and glanced at the pile of books composed of "Summer Returns". It was obviously much lower than the other piles of books.

"Well, I'll buy one and give it a try. I hope the author won't let me down..."

Hikigaya Hachiman stopped asking any more questions and chose to pay. However, when he left, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

Although it is only a small bookstore, there will be some accidents, but from a small perspective, the situation seems to be quite optimistic.

He felt that his future was shining brightly!

17 reviews

"Onii-chan is in a good mood today."

As soon as Hikigaya Hachiman returned home, Komachi, who was watching TV in the living room, looked over.

"Don't talk yet! Let me guess."

He was about to speak when his sister raised her hand to signal.

"Onii-chan did not participate in club activities and came back almost an hour later than usual. As far as I know, today is the official sale of Onii-chan's "Summer Returns". Could it be that he went to the bookstore to take a peek? "

Komachi looked teasing.

"Peeping sounds so ugly, just looking."

He looked serious.

"Hehe, looking at Onii-chan's happy face, it looks like things are going well, right?"

Komachi blinked, cute and cute.

"Who knows."

He drawled on purpose.

"Onii-chan, you are so evil!"

Komachi said dissatisfied.

This kind of words is equivalent to only saying half of the words, which makes people particularly uncomfortable.

"It's okay, but I just went to a bookstore to ask."

Only then did he give the answer.

"This is a good sign! I will debut today, become a hit within a week, and then become an animation writer... Onii-chan, I have seen it! I saw Onii-chan's characters come to life on the TV. ”

Komachi's eyes were filled with longing and shining brightly.

"Why do I feel like you are more confident than me? You seem to be burying me."

He looked strange.

"Onii-chan is too unsure of herself! People have to be confident, otherwise, if I don't even have confidence in what I write, how can I make readers like it?"

Komachi frowned.

"It's not like you can say this."

He snorted.

"I've been reading about light novels recently, and I happened to see someone say something like this."

Komachi explained.

"I see."

Hikigaya Hachiman nodded slightly.

At the same time, he also realized that his sister had been secretly caring about him.

In a family that is not cared for, having such a sister is considered an exchange of equal value.

After the light novel is released, generally speaking, if you want to know the specific data, you can only wait until a week later. The official website will naturally have statistical data. You can ask the editor.

Until then, there is another way to know, and that is readers’ comments.

After rewriting "Summer Returns", he is confident that it will be better than before. With the help of Mr. Eromanga, sales should be guaranteed.

The next day, he logged onto the Immortal River Bunko website and clicked to enter the book review area for the first volume of "Summer Reappearance".

Although it was only one day after its release, many people still couldn't wait to read it.

Magical Girl Shining Bright: I noticed this work before during the Newcomer Award. After the release of the first volume, I immediately chose to support the author. Unexpectedly, the author gave me a big surprise. I re-read the first volume and revised the content. It’s not small, I feel like it’s much smoother to read, and the plot is easier to understand.

How much resistance does a bag of rice have to endure? Wonderful! I accidentally discovered that a new work was on the shelves in a bookstore near my home. I took a look at the promotional picture and was attracted by it. The most surprising thing was the content of the work. It felt like I hadn’t seen this kind of time loop work in a long time. The setting of the shadow disease was quite interesting. For fun.

The Sage in Gensokyo: I like the protagonist set by the author. He quickly figured out what was going on. Unlike other works, the time loop may have been repeated many times without being discovered, but the corresponding enemies have also become smarter. It feels like this The setting is also very interesting.

A certain scientific guy: I was attracted by the illustrations, but the author used his strength to attract my attention. The atmosphere he created was very touching, especially the several times the protagonist died and the time when the protagonist was informed of his rebirth. It really made the story more interesting. I was horrified.

There are many, many positive reviews, and almost no negative reviews.

But this is actually a normal phenomenon, because many people choose to buy it because they have the original intention. Most of the works that you want to criticize have special circumstances, such as suddenly writing some stomach-churning plots, or that This is a well-known toilet paper-type work that has a bad reputation among passers-by, and some idlers will step on you.

Most of his readers probably noticed the work "Summer Returns" during the Newcomer Awards, and there are still only a few who came to it through subsequent publicity.

If word-of-mouth continues to favor you, someone will spread the word for you, which will snowball and sales will continue to increase.

Hikigaya Hachiman hopes that his own works will also develop in this way.

Five days later, before he could ask, Ms. Machida took the initiative to make a phone call.

"Teacher Yueze, I'm here to tell you some good news.

"What good news?"

He perked up instantly.

"Various bookstores have digested a lot, and it is estimated that it has reached more than 60%. According to this pace, there is a need for reprinting, so an additional 10,000 copies will be printed next. If it can continue to rise...if it can be maintained It would be great if we go down.”

After hearing the news, Hikigaya Hachiman had a good sleep.

Of course, he didn't get carried away, because this data is indeed good, but it would be naive to say that it would become such a big hit.

After all, the market for this kind of novel genre is not very big in the industry, and the biggest ones are cool novels in the different world category.

What if the digestion limit is reached soon?

This is not impossible.

Such good news, Mr. Eromanga, an illustrator, also sent him a congratulatory message.

He replied: Congratulations.

The two share a common fate. The higher the sales of their works, the more famous Eromanga will become as an illustrator, which will also be beneficial to her future development.

As time goes by, unless it is the kind of work that caused a craze upon its debut, the daily sales of works will gradually become flat.

It is a pity that although his creations are good and better than many others, they are nothing in the industry.

There are so many geniuses in this world, and the gap between them and ordinary people is very huge. Even compared to the debut performance of Ms. Yamada’s debut work "The Dark Fairy of Explosion", it pales in comparison.

Although in Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes, Miss Yamada's writing is really bad, just like her cultural level, which is at the level of an elementary school student, and even some plots are extremely vulgar, but as she said, she accurately positioned With the help of his own author, the excitement is achieved, the readers are satisfied, and with the help of Elmy's excellent illustrations, such a great achievement is created.

Sales volume is the most important indicator for the author. It cannot be denied that if it is not as good as it is, it is not as good as it is. Even if it is ridiculed by many people, he still feels that Miss Yamada is a special genius.

So, what is his true evaluation in the eyes of Miss Yamada now?

He was curious.

18 There are elements that Mr. Eri Kashiwagi likes

He didn't ask this question because he had already guessed what Miss Yamada's answer would be. She just took out her transcript and laughed at him.

He's not a masochist, so he won't be angry about it.

"That guy didn't even tell me the specific release date of "Summer Returns". If I hadn't gone to the bookstore to browse around, I almost missed it! Also, why should I buy it myself? That guy should also give it to me. How many copies!”

On the other side, Fairy Yamada returned home with a plastic bag in his hand and was complaining non-stop.

Putting the things she bought on the small table, the first thing she remembered was that her physical strength in today's game had not been cleared yet, so she decisively logged in to the game.

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The game has reached the late stage, and the playability has been reduced a lot. If there are no special activities, it is basically just grinding through the dungeon, so she quickly empties her stamina with quick sweeps.

The Yamada Fairy stretched and stood up, his eyes suddenly noticed something on the small table.

"Let's kill some time. The world BOSS won't be fought until seven o'clock in the evening."

She thought for a while and took out the first volume of "Summer Reappearance".

"Hey, this cover also has illustrations..."

The fairy girl's eyes were immediately attracted to this aspect, as if she sensed destiny. The illustrator of this work touched her soul.

But that's all for now. In order to adapt to the style of "Summer Reappearance", Mr. Eromanga deliberately added other painting styles, which are subtly different from his original self.

Yamada Fairy's eyes were slightly dazed, and then he focused on the work itself.

"I've actually made so many corrections. That guy must have worked too hard!"

When she finished reading, she couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"But if you want to kill me like this, that's impossible!"

After all, she, Yamada Fairy, is someone who updates a volume every three months. Looking at the industry, she is considered very diligent.

…

The praise of "Summer Returns" continued to grow, and gradually some people began to preach.

As we all know, Mr. Eri Kashiwagi prefers works with elements of childhood sweethearts, and even occasionally goes to Twitter to recommend the type of works he is watching.

One of Eri Kashiwagi's fans liked this work and recommended her.

Sawamura Spencer Eiri, the eldest daughter of the Sawamura family, is about to enter the second grade of Shimamura Middle School. Because of her fragile body, she often takes time off, so she is known as the "Beautiful Girl of Shimamura Middle School".

But what few people know is that Miss Jin Gui is actually a young teacher who is now well-known in the world - Eri Kashiwagi.

On this day, Ying Lili logged into her Twitter account, preparing to read everyone's private messages to see what the recent trend was and consider her next new work.

Suddenly, she noticed a private message.

"Huh? "Summer Returns", your latest work?"

Because fans enthusiastically recommended it and it had elements that she liked, Yinglili secretly remembered it.

As a deep otaku, she has sufficient understanding and interest in animation, comics, light novels and games.