Hibiki - Shousestsuka ni naru houhou

Vol 3 live dump time.

Also, my typesetter is about to fall off the face of the earth in a few days, so expect a break in typesetted chapters.

"Oh, so you have a brother in college?"
17: Review meeting
"I have three little sisters myself"
"I've always wanted an older brother"

"So you have the literature club"
"How many novels do you read?"
"...what's with all the questions?"

"Sorry, it won't be long"
"Editors have things they want to know about the authors they're in charge of"

"Probably about 20-30 a month"

"Hoh! So you read a book a day as a high schooler. Impressive"
"......yeah"

"And"
"You have a boyfriend?"
"Going now"

"Sorry sorry. This is the last one"
"Do you like novels?"

"......I love them"

17: Review meeting

"I love reading and writing them"
"It's like it's touching my heart..."

"I can't really imagine myself as an author"
"But I'll be writing novels from now on"
"So"
"As for what'll happen to them,"
"I'll leave it to you"

"Sure"

"But if you really love novels"
"Why didn't you put your contact details on the work you submitted?"
"......are you still hung up on that?"

"It's just as I said on the phone"
"I just wanted to ask for your impression"
"I wanted to confirm my own sense of worth"

"I never even thought about being an author"
"To be honest, the fact I'm here in a publishing company now doesn't feel real"

"Have you ever doubted your own worth?"
"We're done already, right?"
"I'm hungry"

"That's right"
"Yeah, we're done already"
"Well whatever"
"I can contact her whenever from now on"

"As for what'll happen afterwards"
"Next is the final round selections"
"This week, we sent the candidates to the houses of the selection committee, who are also authors themselves"
"And we'll decide on the winning work after holding a meeting in August, next month"

"Your 'Fairytale garden' is going to win for sure"
"You should really look forward to it"

"And"
"One more thing"
"This isn't a question, but a warning"

"No more violent actions from now on"

"I'm still your friend"
"But if the police gets involved, I won't cover for you"
"......what kind of person do you think I am?"

"I heard from Rika-chan"
"That wasn't the first time you knocked a boookshelf down, right?"

"And you sent an upper classman to the hospital after you entered high school..."
"And you jumped off the roof..."
"You're misunderstanding me. You're making me look completely insane here"

"I may be hearing only half the story, but I don't want your authorial career to end over soming minor"

"Anyways, just promise me that you won't get into any more fights"
"...you're cornering a cute high school girl like a chihuahua..."

"Promise me"

"Fine"
"I don't remember starting any fights in the first place"

"Okay!"
"Let's go back to Rika-chan's place"
"And the whole jumping off a roof thing is a lie"
"There was just a little accident"

"Are you okay, Kijima-sensei!?"

"......what's with you"

"Hi..."

Kijima-sensei was picking a fight with Rika-chan,
And Hibiki split them up...
Forcing your way into them aside...

Why the kick?
What the hell was that whole promise just now for?

And your opponent is Kijima Hitoshi, of all people.
A member of the selection committee...

"...your friend, Rika?"

"Yeah"

Fortunately, nobody's at the reception at night...

"Did you think Rika was getting picked on by an unknown man?"
"And you tried to help her?"
"Well good for you"

"And well"
"Do you know who I am?"

"Kijima Hitoshi"

"An author who used to sell well"

"Yeah yeah"
"There's no point taking a child on seriously"

He's a man of standing, so he won't make a big deal of this, right?
And he was fighting with a high school girl.
Even if he wasn't at fault, he must've seen those words coming.

"......let's head out too"
"You got permission to stay over, right?"
"Yeah"
"Right"

"We'll talk"
"At my place"

"I had you guys come all the way to Tokyo from Kanagawa after school"

"So I took the opportunity for you guys to stay here"
"So we can have a girl's party between the three of us"

"But now it's a review session"

"Hibiki-chan, do you remember what we talked about in the meeting room?"

"......you have three little sisters"
"And you wanted an older brother"
"I told you never use violence"
"It was right before that happened. Even a chicken would remember"

"And it happened to be Kijima-sensei, of all people..."

"Do you know who the guy is? Kijima Hitoshi. The Akutagawa prize winner who appeared on TV a lot"

"And he's also in the selection committee..."
"Uhhh..."

"I remember what you told me, Fumi"
"But"
"It's not what you think..."

"Okay?"

"...I mean"
"Well"

"My friend was being bullied"
"So I have to help her, right?"

"......like I said"
"There were better ways to do it"

"Without violence"
"I found this kinda weird"

"Why didn't you kick him down?"

"......look, Hibiki-chan"
...yeah.

"You're asking why I stayed quiet when I was being picked on? It's because I didn't want to bother papa"
The way she did it was problematic, but Hibiki-chan helped me back there.

"There are a lot of people who hate him"
"So people can't help having unjustified resentment, especially Kijima-san"
So why is Fumi-chan so mad at her...

Then she should've stopped him herself...

"You can't bear all the responsibility all by yourself in the adult world"
"If you go on a rampage, you're going to bother a lot of other people. Remember that"

"Get it?"

"Fine then"

Haaaah

"Okay, I'll go warm up the bath"

"Rika-chan"

"I'm sorry"
"Next time, I'll give him a good slap"

"Fuuck"

"She's way too clever at following up"
"I'm really happy"

"My bath is pretty wide"
"So why don't you go in with Hibiki?"
"Don't worry about me"
"I don't really mind"

"Hibiki-chan"

"Did you ask Fumi-chan"
"About her three sisters?"

"......no? She was the one who told me"

"Why?"
"Doesn't really matter"

"Because I never knew that"

"Rika"
"Was I a bother?"

"Yeah"

"Kidding"
"Well, won't worry about it. I was at my limit as well"

"Besides, if papa was better at dealing with the world, he wouldn't be making much enemies"
"But he's making his daughter and her friends worry about him"

"Relax"
"I take responsibility for my own actions"

"Ahaha"
"I see. That'll help."

"Alright you two, get in your futons!"
"......are you serious? It's still 10pm"

"You two are in high school. Kids still have their bedtime"
"That may have been true in your time"

"Hey Fumi"

"Why did Kijima Hitoshi come to Shouronsha today?"

"Ahh, I believe he had a meeting"
"With the writer Yoshino Kikyou"

"Are they still in their meeing?"
"No way. A lot of time has passed"

"Right now, he should be drinking at a nearby bar with his editor"

"What store?"
"His favorite place is 'Kani-Kousen'" [TN: Crab trawler]
"Eegh"

"Hmmmm..."

"Fumi-chan, did you buy your underwear from Uniclo...?"
"None of your business! Okay, go to bed!"

"...Kijima-san didn't find out that Hibiki is a candidate for the award"
"So it probably won't affect her winning"

The problem now is the award ceremony,
Well, he'll find out that Hibiki kicked him down, but he can't revoke the award.

......Hibiki
Looked like she wanted to fight.

"She can't tolerate the difference between her own world and the real world"
"She's a prodigy..."

"I'm carrying a giant bomb here"

"I'm annoyed"
"And bothered"
"But also very happy"

"......in the end"
"I want to ask Fumi-chan somthing"

'Who's your closest friend'
'Me or Hibiki-chan'

"I'm not a grade schooler"
"I'm so embarrassed I wanna die"

She'd
Probably answer
Hibiki-chan

"I wanna be like Hibiki-chan"

"You two asleep?"

18: Departure

There we go.

"She's in a hurry"

"That's my bag"
"She won't take my wallet"
"A phone?"

"She left?"

"No way, should I stop her?"
"But..."

Where is she...?

...

"Huh...?"
"What...the"

"Is that your scooter there?"
"......yeah"

"How..."

"...how"
"What?"
"A bunch of things"
"But how did she know about my bike?"

"...She probably saw the helmet at the entrance"
"I think she figured out which of the 2-3 bikes parked out at the apartment entrance was yours"

"But how can she ride one?"
"There's no way she has a license"

"Maybe her brother taught her?"
"Anyone can ride a scooter after getting 5 minutes of lessons"
"Huh......"

"Even so"
"Where would...?"

"But I can't imagine her just wanting to have a joyride"
"Even though it's Hibiki-chan here"
"Where..."

I take responsibility for my own actions.

"No way..."

Jinbouchou, Kaikousen.

"Over here, huh"

"To Jinbouchou"
"Okay"

"...my god"
"Seriously?"
"Come on..."
"I think it has to be where Kijima's at"
"She asked where he was now"

"She thought she was bothering me"
"So maybe she went to follow up"

"So basically, she's going there to tell him he picked a fight with Akui HIbiki, the individual?"
"Probably"

"...why is she bringing it up again?"
"Does she realize that he's a member of the selection committee...?"

"If he finds out that Hibiki is up in the final round, who knows what he'll tell the committee..."

"...but like"
"Did you get Ootsubo-san to keep it secret?"

"Ootsubo-san?"
"Kijima's editor is Ootsubo-san, correct?"
"And they met today"

"Think about it normally. Wouldn't Kijima ask Ootsubo-san?"
" 'Who was that girl with Rika today?' "
"That's what he'd ask"

"Hello?"
"Hello, Ootsubo-san? Are you with Kijima-san right now?"

"Yeah, I'm drinking with him at 'Kaikousen'"
"Tch"

"Uhh, this is a weird request"
"But could you not tell Kijima-san about Hibiki?"

"Why?"
"For reasons!"
"She's desperate"

"Because she's stopping Hibiki-chan"
"Who made a move for my sake"

"There's nothing to talk about..."

"He's reading Akui Hibiki's novel now..."

"......why?"
"Kijima asked me who the girl was with Rika-chan today"
"When I told him that she was a kid who made it to the final round of the newcomer award selection because of her amazing novel, he told me he wanted to read it"
"On my tablet"
"Hey, I'm together with Yoshino-sensei now, so if that's all, I'm gonna hang up now"

"I'm very sorry, that was Hanai Fumi from our company"
"What was it about?"
"No it wasn't anything big at all"

"......Kijima-san"
"Did something happen with Akui Hibiki?"

"In any case, it's already been 30 minutes"
"Since you asked me to show you"
"And we're at a drinking party"

"Wah"

"Welco..."

"Ah"
"Hey hey!"
"How old are you, young lady?"

"Hm?"

"Uhhh..."
"Who're you looking for?"

"Kijima Hitoshi"

...

"Akui......"
"Hibiki?"

"Wha"

"......how did you know?"
"Ootsubo..."
"This guy told me about you"

"You have some business with me?"
"How did you know I was here?"

"Hanai Fumi"
"Told me that this was your favorite spot"
"I see..."

"What do you want?"

"There's something i forgot to say"

"I may have kicked your face in, but Rika has nothing to do with us"

"I've wanted to slap your head in since awhile ago"

"If you got any complaints, say it to my face"

"Hibiki!"

"......you got"
"...kicked?"

"I'm so sorry, Hibiki has..."
"Hanai..."
"I-I didn't do anything yet"

"Driving without a license"
"...that has nothing to do with what's happening now"

"Hanai!"
"Did you bring her here!?"
"N-no..."

"Why do you hate me?"

"No, Kijima-sensei"
"This girl is a good girl at heart..."
"You honestly don't know why?"

Small change

"Mgh"
"Oh my god please!"
"Shut up!"

"I don't get it. I've been living every day of my life in sincerity"
"But now I remember a high school girl who found me repulsive on our first meeting"

"Because, if anything,"
"My novels now are boring as fuck"

"Wha"

"Yeah"

"You were a genius long ago"
"Your debut work was about a sanitorium after the war"
"About an old lady who took care of a little girl"
"The theme about exploring life and death was plain and ordinary, but wrote about a death which was out of the ordinary"

"You won the Akutagawa with your fifth work"

"Then from the sixth onwards, you repeated the same story over and over again"

"Stories that only made me feel deja vu"
"Not a single one was interesting"

"The job of an author isn't to merely arrange Japanese words around"
"Your job is to move the people's hearts, correct?"

"Do your job proper..."

"Kijima-sensei! I am so so sorry"
"This girl's just a little..."

"It's just as you said"
"The time when I had my talent is long gone"

"Even now, I remember"
"That feeling of accomplishment when I won the Akutagawa with 'The country of withered flowers' "
"Ever since that moment"

"I never really had anything to say about the world anymore"

"I read 'The Fairytale garden' "
"Huh?"

"When I see young talent right before my eyes, I can see the spiteful reality..."

"It was entertaining"

"I'll leave moving the world"
"To you now"

...I never thought
That even Kijima-san,
An Akutagawa prize winner, would give it so much praise...

"When was the last time"
"I was ever this honest with myself and with other people?"

This girl's novel
Has the power to change people.

I'm gonna break a bit. I'll be back in a few. Seems like I'm the only one here anyways.

Didn't realize this thread. I will be here for now.

This is what I'm looking for

I really appreciate it OP. Just know that you make people happy by doing this great job.

Thanks user

Bump

19: How to die

>inb4 Hibiki turns into a zombie
>Dead Novelists Society is born

"I'll leave moving the world"
"To you now"

"Kijima Hitoshi,"
"The Akutagawa award winner, accepted Hibiki"

"It even made this self centered man,"
"A human being who only loves himself, say this"

I saw the reality I was trying to avoid seeing.
I'm so pathetic compared to someone like her...

"You don't have anything you wanna write?"

"Yeah"

"Then why..."

"Ah..."

"I see..."

"...'why...'"
"What?"
"No uhh"

"What?"
"Is there something?"
"Did I miss something again?"

Is it my creative urges? Is it my inspiration?
I had them long ago.
Is there a way to bring back the thing I need to create works?

"...Everything Hibiki-said bout Kijima-san"
"Is honestly correct"

"I can get comfy and read them"
"But there aren't any new innovations"

......frankly,
It's a good novel, nothing more, nothing less.

"What!?"
What would you do?

What would Hibiki do?
What would you do,
If your talent withers and dies?

"......uh"
"Then"
"Why"

"Are you still alive......"

"I just realized this now,"
"But authors who don't bring out new works on the table"
"Uhhh...... those 'vanished authors'",
"How do I put this"

"I kinda imagined them as dead"
Teheheh

"But if I think about it really really hard, that can't be true"
"Even if they say they'll die, they can't really commit suicide..."

"So even if they lose their ability to write good novels,"
"And lose their purpose in life,"
"They have to stay alive..."

"It must be really hard..."
"Uhh..."

"To live a nice life after..."

......if only

I could punch this shitty girl right here...

I would've done it before.
To protect my pride.

If only I could vent my emotions,
Without thinking about my future,
Regardless of whether people are watching me or not...

"...you'll understand one day"

"When your own world"
"And reality"
"Will come into agreement..."

"People will accept the values you hold dear"
"You'll get a job, money, and social standing"
"It's..."

"The comfort of the shackles we call stability..."

"Kijima-sensei......"

"Hmmmmmm"

"Mgh"

HAHAHAHA

"I have two kids at this hour"
"And one adult"

"In most cases, the dark girl would've forced the glasses girl to go out,"
"Then they'd be taken under protective custody"
"And the teacher would come pick them up"
"I see this scene a lot"

"......so what about the bike?"
"I'll ride it home on Monday"

"......you mad?"

"Hibiki"

>"Will you go die...?"
What? Is she telling hibiki to kill herself?

"Do you plan on dying"
"If you can't write anything anymore...?"

"......well"

"Well what..."

"I don't really know what it feels like"
"to run out of things I wanna write about"

"At the very least"
"I'm still not ready to wager my life on this right now"

Fixed it for clarification

"I think that's why I still can't imagine myself as an author now"

"She should've said"
" 'You don't have to think about something so heavy' "
"Honestly"

I also want Hibiki,
The one I hold dear,
To put her life on the line for her writing. [TN: I'm assuming the first two lines in panel 4 are referring to Hibiki. Don't hesitate to call me out if I'm wrong]

Ingenuity
Actions
Conviction
I can't hold a candle to Hibiki-chan.

"I don't really know if I should be surprised or just give up"

"......I'm sure"
"every prodigy recorded in history"
"Was something like her......"

"The glasses girl is an author.....?"
"No...?"

This place feels heavy...

Rika, pointing at people is disrespectful. Put your nipples down right now.

"......if I'm seriously gonna be an author"
"I'll decide on how I should die"

"Like via the Tamagawa Aquaduct, or via a self defense troop garrison"
"In a way I could brag to people about"

"Hibiki-chan"
"Is setting up a conversation"

"In my case, I'd prefer to be deeeeeeep in the Finland forests"
"I went there 3 years ago"
"But I was startled at how beautiful the sunlight was as it filtered through the trees"

See how she blushed at the thought of talking to Hibiki? Rika x Hibiki otp.

I bet Hibiki will ask Rika to bring her there someday

"If I'm gonna die, I'd rather pick a beautiful place"
"Yeah"
"Hibiki-chan is my kouhai"

And a friend

"......I guess"
"I'd take the mountains"

"It doesn't really matter for me"
"So I'd rather die while seeing a nice scene atop a high place"

"Maybe"
"I'd pick the expressway!"

"I wanna get exhausted on the asphalt"
"Then get into a solo accident with my bike on the open road"

Why are they talking about how they want to die? What the fuck kind of conversation is that?

"Whaaaa, but don't you hate the idea of being run over by all the other cars after you die?"

"My bike will be lying down beside me so everything will be okay"

"Wait a minute Hibiki! You don't have a license do you!"
"It's fine. I'll take it when I'm 16"

"That's not the problem. You were driving without a license awhile ago!"
"Ugh"
"...so"
"What's this group about?"

"Nnnnnghhh"
"Receipt please"
"This is on 'Shouronsha'"
"Huh?"

"Oh yeah, we didn't decide on what we're gonna do tomorrow"
"Fumi-chan, you said you'd take us somewhere"
"That's right"

"How about Asakusa?"
"We'll go to Ausakusa temple, go shopping, and eat dumplings"
"Ahaha, no I'm serious"

"Well, there's cliche Shinjuku"

"Shinjuku?"
"What the hell're you gonna do in a place that doesn't even have a single temple?"
"Come on, clothes over temples"

"I mean, Fumi-chan, I've been wondering about this for a while now"
"But is that loose shirt a company freebie?"
"Yeah, it's cute, right?"

"Lame"
"Totally"

"Okay, so let's go looking at clothes at Shinjuku tomorrow!"
"Ah, Hibiki-chan. if someone hits on you, don't hit them back"
"What the hell do you think I am"

"So basically, that girl is a finalist in the newcomer awards"
"Yes, Yoshino-sensei"

"It seems like something big happened before your meeting with Kijima-sensei"
"Kijima-san got in a fight with a young girl"

"Akui Hibiki-san, huh......"

"Yoshino-sensei, you're also part of the selection committee"
"So I'll send you her data this week"

"She's amazing, despite her age!"
"Fufu, I can tell"

"Huh?"

"It even made Kijima-san renounce his own beliefs"
"Her talents aren't superficial"

"That's right"
"Well honestly, it was the first time I saw him honestly praise another person's work that much"

"......but"
"she's a really naive girl"

To put it nicely, she's delicate.
To put it badly, she doesn't know her place.
...for some reason,

I almost missed this, thank user

I think you fucked up this page. There are a few numbers there and they do not appear in your text. You also jumped from 71 to 73.

"She's just like me"
Yoshino Kikyou: 39 years old.
Novelist

"Well, Kijima-sensei went home too"
"So why don't we go back"
"Sure"
At age 25, she won the Shirakanba Newcomer award.
At age 32, she won the Akutagawa prize.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask something important"
"Yes?"

Yeah I skipped a page

Anyways, I have to go out for a bit. I'll be back

yass

the poor bike damnit

Is rika gay ?

this is thesecond time she blush like that near the big bobb editor.

The author is so bad at anatomy that pretty much all the girls have big boobs.

no fucking wonder the childhood friend doesn't want her to become an writer.

Hibikis nipples

Thanks user

"Why did Rika come by earlier?"

"Ahhh, this is just a coincidence, but Akui Hibiki and Rika-chan are senpai and kouhai in the same school"

"So Rika-san is going to debut under our label"
"And the two of them went to their meeting together"
"Huh!?"

"Wheee"
"Rika is!? That girl can write?"
"It seems like she can write pretty well"

"So like, I know that our boss is afraid of me"
"I laid a little beating on him long ago"
"You serious? Senpai, you're awesome"

"I'd usually snap and get into it, even if my opponent's my boss"
"Yup"
"Whoa"

"I'm sorry, you okay?"
"God dammit"

"Move it, wench!"

"Wha..."

"Ahh man, I got rid of a wench there"
"Another heroic saga right there"
"Senpai, you're awesome"

"Hey hold..."

"Well now"

"Don't get so serious over a drunkard"
"Sensei... are your legs okay?"
"Sure are"

"Okay, it's about time for me to return to the hotel"
"Ah... sensei, Did you make reservations?"

"It's been a while since I came to the city center, so I wanted to go shopping for a bit tomorrow"

"Hoh, where are you going?"
"Ginza? Roppongi?"
"Ah..."

"Maybe......"
"Shinjuku..."

Ponytails Rika, hng

Hahahaha this fucking girl

bumpan before i forget

[Box] The whereabouts of Akutagawa and Naoki prize winners.
"I sincerely believe that new talents have appeared in the literary world"
"And I would rather have them become candidates for the Akutagawa prize, not musicians"
"And Inomata Kouji's 'River of Fire' is written pretty well"
20: Nice to meet you.

"Ahaha! Look, the guy you kicked yesterday is on TV"
"Of course, I can expect it to sell..."
"So funny"
"You two! Get ready to go out now"

"We can already. It doesn't take long for me to put makeup on"
"Sorry about that"

"But Shinjuku..."
"I don't really like that place"

"When I look at all the young and frivolous people there, I just wanna slap them..."
"Fumi"