Reincarnated Into Anime World - Chapter 69

Yes, I was surprised too, and when Shouko chose it, I was a little worried that it would be basically narrating her life. I thought there wouldn’t be any anime from this cross-over world, but it seems like I was wrong.

And so, since Shouko wanted to watch it, we bought the tickets and entered the theater.

And as expected, the plot mainly remained the same as the original one in my previous world. Though the characters were all distinctively different in appearance and name, their personalities were primarily kept the same.

Shizu, the new main female character, was a female who had trouble hearing since she was born. And Katsuki, the new male character, bullied her because of childish ignorance and made her deafness worse than it already was.

It was pretty ironic that I was sitting beside the “previous” main female character watching the same show she starred in, but this movie remains one of my favorite movies of all time.

Yes, while A Silent Voice contains lots of depression, suicide, social anxiety, it is more than just that.

A Silent Voice truly touches on the core idea of how we choose to treat others and teaches us some important life lessons, such as embracing others despite awkwardness and fear, apologizing and seeking redemption for past wrongs, and treating each other with respect and kindness.

Forgiveness and redemption are the two core ideas that revolve around this movie, and if everybody embraced these two ideals, the world would be a much better place than it currently is.

Throughout the movie, Shouko’s emotion was like a rollercoaster. From smiling happily from Shizu enjoying her daily life and her younger sister’s attempt to cheer her up to crying her heart out when she saw how much Shizu had suffered in her early days.

I was a lot better since I had watched this multiple times before, and it didn’t affect me as much as it did for Shouko and the others. That said, while the characters might have changed, the plot itself was just as good as always.

This movie was one of the main reasons I had no qualms about giving away one of my precious senzu beans to Shouko the moment I met her. It wasn’t “love” or anything like that. Her fate was just too pitiful, and such a kind-hearted girl should not deserve this sort of treatment.

Staying strong and kind to the end even after being horrendously bullied, how many people could do the same? I could say for sure that if I was in her shoes, my path down the future would have been much, much darker.

“Wahhh….” Shouko’s eyes were puffy from all the crying she did from the movie. As soon as the lights were back on, I could clearly see that many other people around us also had similar eyes to Shouko, puffy and red.

“Shizu’s so pitiful…and she still forgives Katsuki…” Shouko clung onto my arm as she muttered softly.

Yeah, like you’re the one to talk. If I had not been in this world, you would also have chosen to forgive Shouya and even come to fall in love with the person who made your life so miserable…

I don’t know whether or not it is a blessing for her to be so strong…

“Fuu-kun, can you wait here for a while?”

“Yeah?”

“I need to go to the washroom and freshen up. My eyes…” Shouko said, “They’re too puffy now.”

“I don’t mind that, but sure. I’ll wait for you here.”

“Thank you.”

Just saying, I also have my headphones on. It’s sort of like my “character” by this time. The only time I ever took it off was during sleep, bath, and competitions. Even during school, I was given special permission from the principal to wear headphones to class as one, it doesn’t affect my studies at all from the results I have shown, and two, he was counting on my musical skill to promote this school, and taking away my music wasn’t going to help improve my music skill.

Just as I was about to start pondering the meaning of life as I listen to some music, I was interrupted once more.

“Hey, little cutie. Are you alone today?” A sensual female voice sounded as I took off my headphones and looked at her. She wasn’t alone, and accompanying her were two more girls, all dressed in the same style.

All three were dressed in their high school uniform with a white top, a black bowtie, and a black skirt. And despite their age, their busts were amazingly huge and had super curvy figures. The girl who spoke had blond hair and gave off a very stereotypical gyaru vibe without excessive make-up.

The second girl had short brown hair in a bob cut, while the third had long brown hair that reached the middle of her back.

Great. Now, other “type” of anime also exists here? I swear to God – if they offer me any money for some ‘service’-

“Wanna do something a little fun with us~? I promise it would feel very good~.”

“Nope.”

“Don’t be so quick to reject us. Why don’t we give you something as well? Here~.” She took a wad of notes and placed it on my hand.

As tempted as I was…yep, nah. I may be poor and in need of money, but I haven’t fallen that low that I would have sėx with a random girl I have just met. If I was in my previous world, then even without the money, I would have taken up on their offer. But in this world, I have something more important to protect than just losing my vɨrġɨnɨtƴ.

“Still nope.”

“Aww…how feisty~.”

How on Earth am I being “feisty” by rejecting them? Jeez…

“Nope means nope. I’m waiting for someone, so I don’t have time to accompany you girls.”

“Oh, is it another friend? Why don’t the both of you join us?” The girl with long, brown hair licked her lips and asked with a smile.

“Yeah, no.”

“Come on, let’s all try it. You and your friend won’t regret it.” All of their eyes were narrowed as they kept shifting their gazes between my face to my bottom.

God, are they persistent. At this point, I was already getting irritated. Yes, getting “hit on” makes me feel great about myself, but when I already have Shouko and Kaori, and coupled with their persistence, it was starting to get a bit frustrating. And the worse thing, it was more of a “prostitution” than getting “hit on”, since they are paying me for that.

Sigh, rich people and their dėsɨrės…

Is this how girls feel when they get hit on by random men they don’t like?

“Like I said-”

“Fuu-kun!”

My lucky star is here!

“Oh, so that’s your company?” The girls sounded disappointed that Shouko arrived. I guess they thought that my friend was a boy?

“Well, my girlfriend is here.” However, before I could go to her, Shouko came to me first and dragged me away while clinging onto my hand as we walked away from the three thots.

After the movie, it was already late afternoon. So, having taken a break for about two hours, my energy returned to its peak, ready for shopping again.

But…

“Shou-chan?”

“Yes?”

Shouko’s face was not as expressive as before, and she became much more reserved after the movie. It could be due to the movie’s influence, but then again, it was a happy ending, so it shouldn’t have an effect like that on her. So…

“By any chance, are you jealous?”

Shouko remained silent for a few seconds before eventually shaking her head.

“Not particularly. I’ve been with you for a few years now, and I know you. I’m just slightly irritated that other girls are hitting on you. I won’t mind if you get together with more girls if it was our friends, like Kaori,” Shouko turned towards me and wagged her finger at me, “But don’t think that I will let you be with any random girl you meet on the street, okay?”

“Of course. But did you just forget what’s the number one rule of being on a date?”

“Huh?”

“Don’t talk about other girls, and that rule shouldn’t only be applied to boys. So let’s just forget all of that for today and just enjoy ourselves, alright?”

And sure enough, Shouko’s face bloomed back into her usual smile as she put aside the issue.

Phew, changing the subject worked this time.

And so, our date continued without more drama.

The air hockey was an easy win since it mainly depended on the player’s hand-eye coordination, and Shouko wasn’t the sportiest person I know. She particularly liked Sugar Rush, a racing game that featured a candy-themed Mario-kart, basically.

All of the racers that we were supposed to choose as our characters share the same child-like proportions, in which their heads take up a 1:3 ratio of their height and have large, anime-style eyes. The racers all have small jellybean-like noses, four fingers on their hands, and stocky, rounded features to emphasize their childishness. Additionally, each racer has its own candy motif. So depending on the type of sweets, we might like, we chose different characters to play.

And who knew? Right beside this game was Fix-It Felix Jr., an 8-bit video game that only remained because of the owner’s sentimental emotions.

I would say I didn’t expect this, but by this point, I’ve come to accept just about anything thrown in my way in this world where even Disney characters appeared.

But enough of some relic old game. Shouko and I started dancing on the dance machine, and I gotta say, we make a pretty good team. I can’t really dance, so I could only make some awkward movements and slowly improve by myself over time.

Shouko, however, was a natural at dancing, and looking at her having such a bright smile while she danced alongside me just made my heart even warmer than it already is.

“Phew…that was a nice workout,” I said as I offered a drink to Shouko, who gladly accepted as she sat down on the bench just outside the arcade.

“Yes! I really enjoyed the dance!”

Still, after the entire day, Shouko hasn’t asked me for a single thing yet. She looked interested in plenty of things, but none of those were her “desire”; they were more “objects of interest”.

I feel like I should give her something to commemorate our first date, though nothing particularly special or unique comes to mind. Everything I could think of to give Shouko was simply generic.

Sigh…

“What’s wrong, Fuu-kun?”

“Nothing is wrong. I just don’t know what to give you as a present.”

“You don’t have to give me anything, you know? Or rather, you have already given me everything I wanted today.” Shouko said with a smile.

Yep, angel confirmed here.

“Still…well, let’s think about it later. Why don’t we take some photos first?”

“Using our phone?”

“Even better. The photobooth.”

We entered the photo booth, and as expected, there were many buŧŧons and controls to play with. We spent around 10 minutes there taking lots of photos in various poses, spending some time just enjoying our time, not doing anything serious, and just having fun.

“You look good in this one.” Shouko pointed at a particular photo as she sorted out the pictures that we could bring home. We were currently having dinner at another restaurant that sold ramen. It wasn’t exactly high class or anything like that, but it was cozy and comfortable, with the mix of refreshing cold air from the mall’s air conditioning and the ramen’s hot broth.

“Indeed I do. In fact, I think I look good in all of the pictures.”

“”Except this.”” Both Shouko and I spoke while we pointed at the same picture simultaneously, inciting some laughter from us from our unexpected synchronization.

Having fun with the girl I love, spending time with her on a date, simply not having to worry about anything…

All of these were something I wouldn’t even have imagined in my past life. But it is only after we have lost something do we know the importance of it. I used to think that I would never get my childhood and teenage years back because of me losing them from focusing on the wrong things.

But now? I’m just thankful that my parents forced all those expectations on me. I would never have the chance to cherish all of this without them, after all.

“Thank you for today, Shouko. I have finally come to fully enjoy my childhood because of you.”

“Hm? I don’t understand, but you’re welcome?”

Haha…the last bit of regret from my past life silently disappeared from my heart, leaving it free to contain what this world has to offer me from now on.

I may never forget that I have lived and died once before, but I do know that I can’t just keep wallowing in my past without moving forward.

It has been a new chapter in my life for quite some time now, and I thought I knew it. But it turns out, I just didn’t truly understand it until now.

And thus, our date ended happily, and a (true) new beginning of our life has just started.

And by the way, remember about the present I was thinking hard about what to give Shouko? I gave a plushie toy I earned from the crane claw machine to Shouko as a memorial for this date.

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A/N: At this rate, I might just wanna give up on the harem and just have fluffy moments with Shouko. I almost finished with the piano arc, so rejoice.

I know this will not happen for a while, but the first person who can guess what the MC’s lineage would be and his powers can get to request one waifu from any world except for fate. Even girls that I previously said that I didn’t want. No milfs, though. The only clue you guys will get is that it’s a mixture of two powers.

Check out my patréon if you want DxD fanfic as well. I’ll eventually post here as well, but if you’re impatient…