Playing house in the anime world

In the past month, everyone's focus has gradually shifted from innovative cooking to other things.

For example, Oda Sakunosuke's first novel is about to be published.

I just found a publishing house last month, but unexpectedly I received a call from the editor so soon.

Kenji Hagiwara taught himself some legal knowledge related to publishing and confidently accompanied Oda Sakunosuke to sign the contract.

After signing the contract, the manuscript review and revision stage was also very quick. After all, this novel had already been revised many times by Oda Sakunosuke, and there were basically no grammatical or typos.

This novel, called "Strawberry Chocolate Killer", sounds like a romance novel, but the content is very serious.

Oda Sakunosuke chose this name after considering it for a long time. Although what he wrote was a serious literary novel, he felt that there should always be a little bit of weirdness, so he chose this name.

This name has two meanings. The first meaning is that the protagonist likes to eat strawberry chocolate, so he is jokingly called the Strawberry Chocolate Killer.

Another meaning is naturally that the protagonist is indeed a killer.

Because at the very beginning of the novel it is not explicitly stated that the protagonist was once a killer, but some details reveal the protagonist's extraordinaryness and some vague killer qualities, allowing readers to guess for themselves what the protagonist's former identity was.

As the plot progresses, the protagonist's former identity as a killer will be revealed.

When Oda Sakunosuke's editor first received this submission, he thought this novel was probably a light novel because of the name, and even thought it might be a romance novel.

But he quickly remembered that he was in charge of editing literary novels, not light novels.

Since this submission was sent to me by a colleague who specializes in screening manuscripts, it means that this is not a light novel but a serious literary novel.

Although he has not read the content yet, he feels that the name of this novel may need to be changed in the future.

But he also thought that the name was very interesting. If it was not chosen randomly, keeping this interesting name might have an unexpected effect.

Then he opened it and found that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

The name "Good" seems to be chosen randomly, but it is actually full of deep thought.

Since it is pointed out at the beginning that the protagonist likes to eat strawberry chocolate, most readers may directly think that the title refers to the protagonist's love for eating strawberry chocolate, and will not really think of him as a killer.

It can be considered a means of misleading. For readers who don’t think too much, as the plot progresses, when they discover that the protagonist seems to be a real killer, they will have a very subtle feeling.

Those who are more careful will guess that there is something fishy about the name from the very beginning, and as the plot progresses, when their guesses come true one by one, they will feel a sense of satisfaction.

And when most readers look back at this name after finishing the novel, they will probably smile knowingly.

So, the name was finally retained.

"Strawberry Chocolate Killer" has now been finalized and has begun printing.

Starting from this week, the promotion work for this novel has also begun to advance.

In fact, the editor secretly told Oda Sakunosuke that he was very optimistic about "Strawberry Chocolate Killer".

He also felt that although this novel was a serious literary novel, it was very suitable for adaptation into comics, animation, TV series, etc.

If this novel becomes a hit, these adaptations will definitely be made in the future.

The editor is also paying close attention to several other novels written by Oda Sakuyuki's assistant.

So from now on, Oda Sakunosuke's focus will shift entirely to novels, and everyone will support him.

Since Oda Sakunosuke used his real name, the publishing house thought that he had the same name as the great writer Oda Sakunosuke, which was a very interesting selling point.

At least it can be used as a small publicity method in the early stage, but it cannot be used for large-scale publicity. After all, he is a new author and it is easy for him to be accused of trying to copy the great writers.

The direction of publicity should also be to pay tribute to the great writer Oda Sakunosuke. For example, the reason why Oda Sakunosuke's parents gave him such a name was because they liked the great writer Oda Sakunosuke.

Unexpectedly, Oda Sakunosuke actually embarked on the path of literature in the future. This can be considered a wonderful fate.

Oda Sakunosuke had no objection to this arrangement. After all, life was all about making things up, and the more reasonable the better. He himself didn't care at all.

Just like that, amid everyone's anticipation, Oda Sakunosuke's novel was finally published!

"Hehe ~ Signed version ~ Let's secretly put it on the table in Dazai Osamu's dormitory!" Hagiwara Kenji instigated Oda Sakunosuke to scare Dazai Osamu.

"He may not be in the dormitory usually, right?" Kakyoin Noriaki thought it would be better to go to Yokohama in the supernatural world first, and then send the book to Dazai Osamu, filling in the Armed Detective Agency as the address, so that Dazai Osamu could be guaranteed to receive it.

If it is placed directly in Dazai Osamu's dormitory, there is a chance that it will take him a long time to find it.

"I, I, I! I'll pretend to be a postman!" Chiba Erzhiyu thought that to be on the safe side, it would be bad if the novel was lost on the way due to various accidents, so they could deliver it themselves.

"Then I'll wrap the schoolbag." Oda Sakunosuke asked Gojo Aiko for some wrapping paper and spent a long time choosing but still couldn't figure out which pattern to choose.

Then Gojo Aiko handed him a bundle of bandages.

"Thank you, this is very suitable." Oda Sakunosuke wrapped the novel with a bandage, tied a bow at the end, and then hung a small note on it, which read "Armed Detective Agency, Dazai Osamu".

Aiko Gojo also specifically asked Nakajima Atsushi in a roundabout way to confirm that the Armed Detective Agency had been operating normally and safely in recent days, and that before Dazai Osamu came to work, Chiba Niyu disguised herself as a postman and delivered the items to the Armed Detective Agency.

The person who signed for the package was Nakajima Atsushi. He felt something was wrong and almost suspected that there was a bomb in the package, but Edogawa Ranpo said there was no problem, so he put the thing on Dazai Osamu's desk.

Dazai Osamu was late as usual and did not arrive until noon.

"Huh? What is this?" When Dazai Osamu saw the package on his desk, he almost thought that some kind-hearted person had bought him a large bag of bandages.

"I don't know who sent this, but it's for Mr. Dazai." Nakajima Atsushi really thought the package was suspicious.

But since Mr. Ranpo said it's okay, then it must be okay.

"Oh..." Dazai Osamu looked suspicious and then opened the package.