ULUHTWSBN 59

Chapter – 59

The Anime Adaptation Uproar

From the workshop and the salon, cheerful voices could be heard,
but the break room was strangely quiet.

When he stepped inside,
Adachi and Makino were still sleeping sprawled out in the middle of the room.

Beside them, Nitta and Saki were also breathing softly in their sleep.

With everything that had happened to Adachi,
everyone must have been worn out.

Seeing them fast asleep even in the break room,
Mukai lay down on an empty sofa as well,
silently hoping that no alarm would go off.

How long had they been sleeping?

They all jolted awake at once when Toria burst in, brimming with excitement.

“What?”
“What happened?”

Everyone looked toward Toria standing in the doorway.

“Great news!! That ‘Zombie Boy and the Crimson Holy Granny’
has been confirmed for an animated theatrical movie next year!”

“Seriously?”

As fans of the original work,
Nitta, Makino, and Adachi all turned around at the same time.

“It hasn’t even been a year since serialization started—
they’re saying it’s an unprecedented achievement in Okubo Publishing’s history!”

Mukai stared at Toria in surprise as well.

“So that means Yamakawa-san will continue as an assistant for a while longer?”

“I guess so…?”

“I don’t really mind, but does Yamakawa-san actually intend to revive?”

“……Who knows? Don’t ask me.
But people are saying the story developments are unpredictable,
and that’s part of why it’s popular,
so Yamakawa seems to be enjoying it.”

“If a movie comes out, I wanna see it…”

When Adachi said that—

“Then let’s go see it together.”
“If you’re going, I’m in too.”

Makino and Nitta joined the conversation happily.

Watching the three of them,
Meio peeked in from the doorway with a sulky look.

“Lucky you all…
You get to go see it.
I won’t be able to…”

“It’ll get broadcast sooner or later anyway,”
Mukai said with a weary expression.

How sharp-eared…
Meio had appeared out of nowhere.

“It’s not the same if you watch it later!!”

Looking thoroughly displeased, Meio headed back to the workshop.

“He’s not a kid—what a troublesome boss,”
Toria sighed and left the room.

“The screening’s next year, right? That’s still a long way off,”
Saki said as she sat up on the sofa.

“If Adachi-kun and the others are going,
why don’t you buy some novelty goods as souvenirs?
That should cheer him up.”

At Mukai’s suggestion—

“I saw Meio’s face up close for the first time…
It really surprised me,”
Makino muttered.

“Huh? That’s what surprised you?”

Mukai burst out laughing.

Seeing how dejected Meio had been,
Mukai hurried to the workshop.

Just as Toria had said,
when their boss got sulky, he could be a bit of a hassle.

With the number of creators increasing,
the workshop was lively.

Each person had their own booth,
but the center was a free space where everyone used shared tools
to work on their creations.

“Ohhh, it’s getting made into a movie?
I’m a yōkai, so I can freely go in and out of theaters.
Sorry for Meio, but I can go watch it.”

At the central workspace,
Koshirō was chatting happily.

“That’s not fair… everyone else gets to go,”
Meio said, sitting down on a chair, pouting.

“I could watch it if it were a TV anime…”

As Mukai was about to speak to him—

“They’re gonna make something for you!”

Sanki ran over to Meio and jumped onto his lap.

Konmo came running too and said with a smile,
“I’m gonna have it made into a hair ornament!”

“That sounds wonderful.
You’ll become even more beautiful,”
Mukai said.

“Ehehe.”

There was no need for Mukai to worry—
the little ones had already restored Meio’s good mood.