Chapter 87 - 87: Illustration Plans and an Unexpected Collaboration

On the first day the official website for the Ascent of New Gods magazine went live, the aggressive advertising by Shiori Takahashi's fans triggered a wave of complaints.

Admittedly, Shiori Takahashi was a unique case among the fifty-one contestants. She was the only author from outside the Tokyo and Osaka hubs who had managed to produce a series with average sales exceeding one million copies per volume. Over the past few days, this fact has circulated through various channels. Even those who had not read Anohana understood that a series with such numbers must have something special going for it.

However, that was a Minamijo author. No matter how strong she was, what did that have to do with readers in other regions? To them, she was merely an enemy and a rival to their own favorite writers.

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