Chapter 416
Otaku types tend to be strangely particular about certain things—and in my opinion, Claire was one of them.
That doesn’t mean I’m calling Claire an otaku.
By my own standards—as someone who was once an otaku—playing a single game series or enjoying a few popular anime or manga doesn’t make you one. An otaku needs to have something a bit darker about them, something obsessive, like treating the wait for the next episode or update as one of the few joys in life.
If you can just stop watching midway and move on, or shrug and go “oh well” when something gets canceled, then you’re just a normal person.
So among us, I suppose the only one who really qualifies as an otaku is Mia.
...Of course, given that I’ve literally made it my mission to get a happy ending inside a video game world, I might be the most deep-boned otaku here.
Still, even if Claire isn’t quite there yet, she definitely has the potential.
“For light and justice! Magical Sylvia!”
“Unnie, that’s not right.”
At first, I tried to grit my teeth and clear the game properly. But once I hit a difficulty wall that pure reaction time couldn’t overcome, I ended up yelling out my ultimate move. Claire looked at me seriously and said,
“A magical girl would never stutter while casting a spell! A magical girl’s lines are the face of the franchise! If you don’t say it right, the toys won’t sell!”
“...Isn’t that a bit too real?”