Reincarnated Into Anime World - Chapter 77

“Speech”

‘Thoughts’

「Sign language」

A/N: This Alternate Timeline might or might not play a role in the future, so make sure you read it, alright? Plus, I think you guys will enjoy it.

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It’s been nine years since Fuutarou last reincarnated into this world.

Nine whole years. And the number of things that Fuutarou had done for these past few years was uncountable.

Being a mere ordinary ȧduŀt in his past life and meeting God, Fuutarou was mȧturė, though he wasn’t very knowledgeable when it came to certain things.

Sometimes, perhaps a Goddess would even accompany the “hero” down as part of his wish.

But probably the most common gift of them all would be a system.

But it wasn’t very complicated, unlike some other systems.

A profile screen, a quest function, an inventory function that could only keep things that came from the system itself, a proficiency panel where he kept track of his proficiencies in various skills, and the most dreaded things in all universe – the gacha.

Many things have happened after that, but Fuutarou didn’t give up and even managed to save his mother, changing the fate of the Uesugi Household.

“Little Raiha..it’s time to wake up.” Fuutarou shook Raiha as she wriggled about in her futon.

Raiha was Fuutarou’s little sister, six years younger than Fuutarou. Raiha is a slim girl with long black hair, green eyes, with a simple buŧŧerfly-shaped ribbon holding up her hair in a high half ponytail in her usual attire. For now, though? Her hair was left untied, and it laid around the futon in a relatively even spread.

“Onii-chan.. let me sleep a while more,” Raiha sleepily muttered as she fell back asleep.

‘Sigh, whatever am I going to do with you.’ Fuutarou thought as he tickled her body.

“Wake up now, little Raiha. If not, you will miss breakfast..”

Raiha immediately jumped out and went to wash up after hearing she would miss breakfast. Knowing that delicious breakfast was waiting for her, she ran around the house, preparing for her childcare center.

Raiha grew up to be sensible despite being pampered and spoiled by everyone in the house, though she still acts her age. While Fuutarou’s mother does the household chores, Fuutarou would sometimes help as well.

“Nii-san! Breakfast is ready!” Another female voice rang as Fuutarou headed down towards the dining area.

“Alright! Thank you, Mizuha.” He replied, and as he reached the bottom of the stairs, he came face to face with a cute girl with neck-length light brown hair and blue eyes.

“No problem, nii-san!”

Mizuha was the first little sister Fuutarou had gotten. She had a pretty sad background story where her parents died in a car accident, and she had nowhere to go.

Being the kind soul he is and owing so many people debts, Fuutarou’s father decided to repay the favor of his dead friends by adopting Mizuha into the Uesugi household, where she lived happily till today.

Fuutarou’s mother was first angered as she thought her husband had been cheating behind her and Mizuha was the secret love child between them, but fortunately, Fuutarou’s father was no beta main character and hurriedly pacified his wife before things could escalate.

“Onii-chan!” After washing herself up, Raiha screamed as she came down the stairs, “Hurry up and prepare the food!!”

She didn’t have to wait for longer than a minute when everything was prepared. She started to savor every bite of the breakfast that her mother, sister, and brother had made.

It was a simple breakfast. The Uesugi’s were not very rich, but Isanari, Fuutarou’s father, worked hard enough to put three meals on the table every day for them.

“Raiha-chan~ Why didn’t you ask me to cook for you? You don’t love me anymore?”

Hanako, Fuutarou’s mother, was fake crying, letting fake tears roll down her cheeks.

“Ah no, no no…” Raiha hurriedly comforted her, “It’s just that…onii-chan cooks better…”

When Hanako heard that, she felt as though an arrow had pierced her heart. Her pride as a mother didn’t allow her to lose to her son in terms of wifey-power.

“But I still love okaa-san the most!” Raiha smiled brightly, and it was so innocent that all mother, daughter, and son’s hearts melted.

Hanako was about to say something back, but Raiha’s following statement just made her sit down and smile smugly at her son. Looking at his mother’s expression, Fuutarou just snorted and continued eating his breakfast.

He did not bother to argue with his mother as he was a grown man (mentally, at least). It’s definitely not because he can’t win against her.

Definitely not.

As for Mizuha, she only smiled at Riaha’s cute behavior, internally thinking that she would work hard to be able to cook better food as well.

After filling their bellies with food, Hanako washed their plates and left home together.

But before they could start their journey, another female voice rang out.

Turning towards the girl, they saw that she had straight, ċhėstnut-colored, medium-lengthed hair. She was Kuroha Shida, another of Fuutarou’s childhood friends he had known since he was a pre-schooler.

More specifically, he had known her for 6 years since he first met her when they were three.

“Good morning, auntie, Tarou-kun, Mizuha, Raiha-chan~.” Kuroha greeted cheerfully. Unlike Mizuha, Kuroha was more active and outgoing, causing her to be more popular with others. Still, Mizuha was charming in her own right.

“Morning, Kuro-chan. Going to school with us again?”

“Yes!”

“Alright, then.” Hanako smiled as she gestured for Kuroha to join the crowd of children.

“Sorry about that, Hanako.” An older-sounding voice spoke as she walked towards them, pulling the other three girls along.

Kuroha wasn’t alone. Beside her were an older woman and three other girls, all sporting similar features to the older woman.

Kuroha was the oldest amongst the four siblings, with the second oldest two years younger than her and twins who were four years old occupying the youngest position.

“It’s no problem. It’s a lot safer to travel in a bigger group anyway.” Hanako smiled, “Plus, how many times have we done this already. You’re still feeling embarrassed about it?”

Ginko, Kuroha’s mother, merely chuckled, “Of course not. But if I don’t do this, I’m gonna feel like I’m taking advantage of you, you know?”

The two groups merged, now consisting of 7 children and two ȧduŀts. It was certainly an unusual sight, but everyone living in the vicinity has already adapted to this sight in this neighborhood.

After all, it wasn’t the first time it had happened.

On the way to Raiha’s daycare center, their neighbors greeted them warmly.

While Kuroha’s family lived on the left of the Uesugi household, the right was occupied by nobody. At least, until today.

As the group passed by, they saw a family moving in next to Fuutarou. However, since they could only see the movers and not the actual family, they left after a short greeting to the workers.

After dropping Raiha, Aoi, and Akane at their daycare center, Fuutarou, Mizuha, Kuroha, and Midori headed to school while their mothers returned home.

“See ya later, Tarou-kun!”

“See you later, nii-san.”

Unfortunately, they had to split ways after bidding each other farewell as they were all in different classes.

Entering his class, everyone present immediately greeted him, though most returned to their conversation after some quick conversations with Fuutarou.

“Good morning class, a transfer student is coming in today. Let us treat her warmly, alright? Allow her to introduce herself.” The moment the teacher entered the class, he said to the class, motioning a young girl to walk in.

She has light brownish hair, with a cute, longer-length bob-cut hairstyle with front bangs to her eyebrows, and side bangs falling just below her chin. She also has big, adorable eyes that are auburn in color, set in a round face with a slightly pointed chin.

Usually, Fuutarou wouldn’t mind too much when a transfer student transferred in. But when she walked in, what caught his attention was the hearing aids in her ears. She took out a notepad and started writing on it.

[Ohayou-gozaimasu! (Good morning!) Nice to meet you. My name is Nishimiya Shouko. Please treat me well!]

She didn’t speak, but that apparently aroused the attention of everyone present, including Fuutarou.

After introducing herself, the teacher guided her towards the empty desk next to Fuutarou.

In this world where the ratio of male to female was skewed horrendously towards the female, only 6 people in the class of 30 are boys, including Fuutarou.

[Hello! Nice to meet you. My name is Shouko!]

She wrote on her miniature notepad, looking at Fuutarou with a bright smile planted on her face.

「Hello, nice to meet you too. My name is Ue-su-gi Fuu-ta-rou.」

But unlike what Shouko had expected, Fuutarou replied in sign language, which caused her to widen her eyes in surprise.

One of the proficiency that Fuutarou had earned over the years was sign language proficiency.

Proficiencies were divided into different grades. From lowest to highest, they were: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, and Maximum.

Fuutarou didn’t have a very high proficiency in sign language, but he could still converse with her to a certain extent.

“Uesugi-kun, you will have plenty of time to talk to her after lunch. So please pay attention now as we are now going to begin our lesson.” The teacher smacked his head lightly with a piece of paper as she said.

Fuutarou only nodded and laughed it off as the class returned their attention to the front of the class.

Perhaps Fuutarou wanted to change from the past him, but he was very popular with almost everyone as a charming and kind boy in a society of girls.

Every day, he would be surrounded by girls and boys, and his new personality often made it hard for him to reject them. After all, they were not doing anything weird, right?

Or perhaps, Fuutarou just wasn’t willing to go back to his old lifestyle and didn’t want to risk being alone if he had rejected them.

Fuutarou was intelligent and hardworking, excelling in both sports and academics. One of the wishes that God had granted him was an eidetic memory that made it impossible for him to forget anything he had experienced.

The system also played a part in helping him improve his skills and proficiency more quickly than other people. Of course, his own hard work and determination played a significant role as well. Talent without hard work would be nothing. Only with effort, no matter how minuscule, would talent bloom.

Staying true to his personality, Fuutarou was not arrogant and treated everyone kindly, making him the most popular boy in school.

While class occurred, Fuutarou thought about an anime from his previous life.

“A Silent Voice” was a Japanese film starring Shouko as the main heroine. Fuutarou remembered her life being very harsh since young, making her mȧturė faster than others her age. She was bullied due to her disability, lost her grandmother, who was very kind to her, had a not-so-good relationship with her mother, and caused her younger sister to take up a creepy hobby just to help cheer her up.

While Fuutarou wasn’t all that naive, he really hoped to help her somehow in this life.

‘I will let her enjoy her childhood this life, not letting her suffer any hardships.’ Fuutarou resolved himself, ‘And the first thing I need to do is to cure her deafness. I guess the senzu bean is coming out once again.’

Senzu beans were another item that Fuutarou had earned from one of his quest rewards. Unlike the Senzu beans that he knew and loved, it didn’t give unlimited energy or anything like that.

It still healed injuries, but it also healed diseases and genetic diseases over a long period, something the original couldn’t do. It might take longer for the effects to fully occur, but the benefits outweighed the detriments by a considerable margin.

And it was this bean that Fuutarou was relying on to cure Shouko.

Perhaps it was in the heat of the moment, but Fuutarou didn’t really want Shouko to suffer. He had known her before he was even reborn, and she was one of his most loved anime characters.

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A/N: The alternate timeline Side Story (SS) is treated as a side project. The volume isn’t correlated to the timeline. Aka, childhood time for alternate could still be published under vol 2 instead of vol 1.

The harem would differ slightly, and – never mind. You guys will find out more in due time.

I realized that my chapters when I first started out writing were pathetically short. That being said, I don’t plan to remove and combine chapters.. Hope you will enjoy this alternate timeline series, perhaps even liking it more than the main timeline.