Chapter 30 30: Yukino, Is That You?

[What kind of maneuver is this?]

[Give me the money, I'm willing to give up my seat for only 500 yen.]

[I only need 100.]

[I'll do it for free.]

[I'll pay you to let me give up my seat. Please, I'll do anything.]

The viewers watching the live stream were all confused.

Paying someone to give up their seat—how could such a bizarre thing happen?

But Anibro's eyes sparkled, and he took a liking to this newly appearing character.

After that new character spent 2,000 yen to call up the person sitting next to the brown-haired boy and take their seat, Anibro pressed the pause button and began to express his views.

"I think..."

"This anime left a deep impression on people."

"The animation production is excellent, and then it uses a small incident to shape many characters."

"Characters like the Expressionless Guy, who looks stoic on the outside but has outrageous thoughts inside, and the girl with the classic long black hair—the production team left us with a deep impression in just a few minutes."

"Of course, the student who paid money for someone to give up their seat at the end left the deepest impression on me. My impression of him is the best."

"In daily life, this behavior would feel very strange, and people might even think he is a bit stupid. But when compared to the others, he feels like a very kind-hearted person. A naturally strange thing becomes immediately acceptable."

"Also, this... Money-Giving Guy actually had many ways to resolve the current situation, such as verbally advising them, hoping they would respect the elderly, and asking others to give up their seats. If he had done that, even though it would be a good deed, it would feel like moral coercion."

"But what did Money-Giving Guy do? He just paid. Simple and crude. Even if trolls came along, they couldn't criticize him as a 'Saintly Bitch' because he paid and sacrificed his own interests."

"I see that everyone in the comments really likes this character. If he were the protagonist of this anime, then the production team's design of this plot segment would be quite successful in establishing the protagonist's persona."

But as he continued watching, Anibro was proven wrong. The protagonist of the story was the brown-haired boy with outrageous inner commentary.

Next, before heading to school, the protagonist encountered the black-haired girl from the bus again.

After discussing why neither of them gave up their seat, the two walked toward their classroom.

[Refusing to give up a seat out of conviction—that's something.]

[Who just said this girl looks like Yukino? She doesn't look like her at all, okay?]

[Seriously, if you don't want to give up your seat, then don't, but why invent ridiculous theories?]

[It's exactly as Anibro said, making a fuss over trivial matters for ages.]

Seeing his opinion validated by the viewers, Anibro smiled and continued watching the anime.

The brown-haired boy in the scene arrived at the classroom and happened to become deskmates with the black-haired girl. After a brief exchange, they learned each other's names. It turned out the brown-haired boy was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and the black-haired girl was Horikita Suzune.

Immediately after, the homeroom teacher came in to explain the school rules, while also introducing the school's benefits.

[Choose any job you want? There must be a catch.]

[As everyone knows, things that sound too good to be true definitely have major problems.]

When he saw the homeroom teacher explaining that points would be issued to students monthly, and that 100,000 points were issued this month, Anibro pressed the pause button.

"Everyone, I seem to be a bit confused about the current situation. Didn't the teacher just say that points are issued monthly, and 100,000 points were issued this month?"

"Why did everyone in this class automatically assume they would receive 100,000 every month?"

Anibro was bewildered. He thought he had missed something. So he rewound the progress bar to rewatch the scene where the homeroom teacher explained the examination rules. He hadn't missed anything.

"The students in this anime seem to have some issues with their thought processes, huh?" Anibro rubbed his hair with both hands.

"Maybe these are just background characters meant to highlight the protagonist. The protagonist shouldn't be that stupid."

Sure enough, Horikita Suzune, sitting in the back row of the classroom, furrowed her brows, sensing that things were not simple.

She was surprised that the school would give students so much money. She proactively discussed it with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka next to her, but the latter only offered ambiguous nonsense, which was essentially useless.

Anibro watched on patiently.

During the self-introductions, a red-haired, irritable guy roared in dissatisfaction and then left.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, as the protagonist, stammered out a rather unsuccessful introduction.

The entrance ceremony quickly passed.

After returning to the dormitory, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka checked the necessary items, then went to a nearby convenience store to shop, where he encountered Horikita Suzune again. To find a topic, he introduced hair removal cream to her.

"Hahaha!"

Anibro couldn't help but laugh.

"I think this isn't a psychological battle anime at all—it's a comedy anime."

Watching the expressionless protagonist earnestly introduce the uses of hair removal cream to the girl was simply hilarious.

"Speaking of which, Ayanokoji and Horikita should have already noticed that the school doesn't issue 100,000 points every month, right?"

Even Anibro, as a viewer, realized the school's scheme at this point. If they were issuing 100,000 points monthly, the teacher would have directly said they issue 100,000 points every month, instead of saying 100,000 this month, followed by points being deposited on the 1st of every month.

And then, the convenience store actually offered limited free items. This undoubtedly indicates that the school has a conspiracy, and the points issued next month definitely won't be 100,000.

Horikita Suzune seemed to have also discovered this, which is why she deliberately chose the cheapest brands when selecting items.

Just as the audience was anticipating her to state her views on the school's various actions, she inexplicably started discussing the topic of self-introductions with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and they talked for a long time.

"The pacing isn't great." Anibro shook his head.

As an experienced anime fan, even though he hadn't produced animation, he knew what the characters should be doing at this moment.

That would be for Horikita Suzune to start explaining her perspective after gathering the clues, revealing that the school won't issue 100,000 points every month, thus completing the first mystery solving.

But now, just as the audience's anticipation was piqued, you go off discussing irrelevant self-introductions.

Just then, a familiar figure approached, asking Horikita Suzune, "Student, I noticed you are deliberately choosing the cheapest items. Could it be that you've discovered the school's hidden rules?"

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