I Was Possessed By An Unknown Manga

Unlike usual years, the first and second days of Golden Week were busy, so I stayed at home for two days.

In fact, I went down to the first floor and helped my parents with the store, so it might be an understatement to say that I was locked up.

Anyway, Golden Week has already entered the 5th day.

This year, since the end of the holiday is on a Friday, it was a total of 9 days off due to the weekend, so it was only half way through.

On the first day of Golden Week, I left my house around 10 am and headed to Akihabara to buy a new comic book that I had promised myself while twisting my body in boredom.

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Akihabara.

Although it is widely known as a holy place for otakus, it was originally a street that had a stronger image as an electronic town until the early 2000s.

Although it is located in the center of Tokyo, so transportation is convenient, there are so many large and small companies that have entered the store, so celery men in suits actively roamed the streets.

In that sense, it can be said that it is a town with a strange position in many ways, where otaku and celery man coexist.

“Excuse me. I’ll pass.”

It’s Golden Week, so whenever you get off the crowded subway, the first thing that greets you is various game advertisements and animation posters.

As if implying that ‘the general public is not allowed to enter’ from here, various subculture advertisements that cannot be seen at other stations disturbed the view.

When you go up to the ground following the stairs of history, what you see in front of you is a forest of tall buildings.

However, unlike other streets in this one, the walls were covered with all kinds of animation and game advertisements, giving off a different atmosphere.

At first, I started studying out of necessity, but I have the awareness that I am an otaku in the world.

However, whenever I come to Akihabara to buy comic books, I am always overwhelmed by the deaf atmosphere of the city.

To be honest, do I have to say that it has resistance to it?

No matter how much Kim Yoo-seong had memories, he could hardly adapt to the unique atmosphere of this place.

“Is it on the right here…”

Today’s destination is the Shosen Book Tower.

As a bookstore specializing in subculture in Akihabara, it mainly deals with new publications of various manga and light novels, so it was a perfect place for people who like me to buy books.

As I walked along the familiar street, I arrived in front of the bookstore.

When you enter the bookstore, you are greeted with a more relaxed atmosphere than you might think.

Although Shosen mainly deals with books related to various subcultures and hobbies, the atmosphere was not much different from that of general bookstores.

Compared to Animate and Gamers, which are shops on Chuo-dori, it is a space that is no different from a fairy.

I looked through the titles of comic books by genre and publisher, and picked up one that looked interesting.

Usually, when I come to a bookstore, what I usually choose is a book of a work I enjoyed reading at Jump and a love comedy that is being serialized in other magazines.

Even in the same genre of manga, the tendencies vary greatly depending on the magazine that is serialized.

If it is a boy jump, mix a little battle water, if it is a boy Sunday, it is a traditional rupko, and if it is a boy magazine with a large adult readership, a lot of panchira is added.

So, in order not to miss the latest trends, it was necessary to constantly check information in this way.

It took me about 30 minutes to select 10 books, and after I finished paying at the cashier, I put all the comic books I had purchased into the backpack I brought home.

With this, the business of coming to Akihabara is over, so I’ll just have lunch and go home.

After leaving the Shosen Book Tower with that thought in mind, I checked the time on my cell phone and it was already past 12 o’clock.

I decided to use the side road to get to my regular ramen shop before it’s too late.

When you go out on a big street, there are basically a lot of people walking around, but it’s because it’s time for all the shops in Akihabara to start soliciting.

Golden Week, which is more crowded as it is a holiday, was a booming period for such stores.

It was when I was rushing my steps to go to the ramen shop.

“Get out of there!”

Suddenly, a chirping voice came from overhead.

“!”

I looked up to see what was going on, and what came into my view were black panties.

Embroidery is complicated, so it’s very expensive… No, this is not important.

I hurriedly stretched out my arms to catch the falling person.

Then the girl who had just yelled at me to get out of the way gave a short “chit-” and then slightly curled up in the air.

This made it easier for me to catch her with both arms, so I dropped her from the sky and dropped her on the floor, trying to ask what was going on.

But before we could even ask her a question, foreigners in ragged suits who had just jumped out of the place where she had just jumped looked down at us and shouted.

“Милая!”

I don’t know exactly what it means, but it was probably Russian.

The moment I lowered my head to inquire about the situation, the girl in a checkered beret grabbed one of my arms and shouted.

“Help me!”

After saying that, I started running ahead, and I ran after her without even knowing English.

For some reason, I felt like I needed to help.

From https://readwn.com

Most of the boys’ manga intros are like this.

After running around like that, we came to Chuo-dori (中央通).

As the saying goes, if you want to hide a tree, you have to hide it in the forest. If there are so many people on this street, even foreigners from before will not be able to find us easily.

As I was taking a breather in a building I could barely see nearby, the girl I had run away with just leaned against the wall and held out her hand.

“My name is Sasha, what’s your name?”

I answered her by shaking hands with her.

“Kim Yoo-seong.”

“What, weren’t you Japanese? A tourist?”

“First of all, I am a second-generation Korean-Japanese.”

When I explained it like that, the girl in the hat exclaimed ah~.

“More than that, why are you being chased by those people? It didn’t seem unusual.”

Then Sasha answered, scratching her cheek.

“There are some complicated circumstances, so it’s difficult to answer.”

“…Then, I’ll go for it. I hope you escape.”

Then Sasha caught me in a bewildered voice.

“Wait! Usually when a pretty girl like me asks for help, it’s common sense to help without saying anything!”

“I don’t have that kind of common sense in my dictionary.”

When I said that and tried to shake it off, Sasha hurriedly opened the handbag she was wearing around her waist.

“Money! I’ll give you money! I have a lot of cash!”

I paused momentarily when I saw the blue bundle of money she had taken out of her bag.

Unless my eyes are wrong, it’s all Yukichi-san.

With that one sheet, I could have bought twice as much as the comic book I bought today.

At first, I thought it would be complicated, so I tried to ignore it, but when I saw the cash, my heart was shaken, and I hesitated and asked.

“If you tell me why you’re being chased, I can help you. What will you do?”

Then Sasha thought for a moment, then said she would understand, and put the bundle of money back into her purse.

“Let’s move from one place to another. It seems dangerous here.”

***

The place I took Sasha, an unidentified foreigner, was a regular ramen restaurant I was originally going to go to.

From the point of view of avoiding people’s attention, this place was pretty good.

This is because it is a restaurant that only people in the know know because it is located in a very deep back alley in Akihabara.

“Come on!”

As soon as we entered the store, we heard the boss’s loud greeting, and we chose a corner seat and sat down.

There was a partition in the middle, so it was an inconspicuous place unless you went inside the store and looked at it.

From https://readwn.com

Maybe it’s because I’m a foreigner, so I asked Sasha, who has an awkward Japanese accent, what to eat.

Then Sasha answered, “Tonkotsu,” without any hesitation.

Well, it was the right choice because the restaurant’s signature dish is tonkotsu ramen made from pork bone broth that has been simmered for 10 hours.

I also picked tonkotsu and pulled out a meal ticket from the ticket vending machine in front of the entrance.

I put my meal ticket down on the table, sat down across from her and asked.

“So, what were you being chased for?”

Then Sasha said as she took off the hat she had been wearing deep on her head.

“My papa is quite famous in Russia, so I think he was trying to kidnap me for money.”

Naturally flowing down her shoulders, silver hair with a bluish hue.

“……”

I was momentarily speechless.

I didn’t notice it until recently because she was wearing her hat deeply, but now that I see her, her face is so familiar.

One of the main heroines of ‘Scramble Love’ and a Russian character who was chosen as the second most popular character.

Alec what was it?