After finishing the video, Oikawa didn't know whether to be furious or laugh.
The whole scene was unbelievably dramatic.
In a way... This was exactly the kind of reaction he'd wanted to see.
The problem was he wasn't the one getting to enjoy it.
Oikawa felt like a father who'd spent eighteen years raising a son, only for the kid to grow up, start earning money and immediately go call someone else "Dad."
Damn it.
It was infuriating. Absolutely infuriating.
Your Lie in April climbed back into SNS's Top 10 trending topics. But Oikawa couldn't feel happy about it in the slightest.
Because sitting at #4 was the phrase: "Old_Bastard_Copycat."
He also received a flood of... well, comfort.
[Utaha Kasumigaoka]: "Being your fan is so much fun, Senpai~."
[Hina Ebina]: "Oikawa-kun, don't get angry, okay? Remember, jerks and scumbags don't care about other people's opinions. So stay strong, Oikawa-kun. I believe in you."
[Shizuka Hiratsuka]: "Oikawa, are you okay? You'd better... no, wait, you'd better not be okay. Otherwise, if this blows up again, you might tell everyone your homeroom teacher put you up to it."
[Yukino Yukinoshita]: "Heh. Karma."
...
Oikawa was becoming increasingly convinced that Utaha was a member of the Your Lie in April Fan Club.
And women... Women really knew how to hold a grudge.
That old woman still hadn't let go of the whole "teacher" incident.
Meanwhile, the comment section continued spiraling out of control.
Oikawa collapsed onto the sofa, looking utterly defeated.
His first instinct had been to post screenshots from the Your Lie in April Fan Club to clear his name.
But that felt like letting those idiots off too easily.
After thinking it over for a long while, he still couldn't come up with a better way to get even.
Grinding his teeth, he kept scrolling through the group's nonstop mockery.
Especially Kentaro, that smug group owner.
The more Oikawa read, the more he regretted writing him a personalized message in his signed copy.
'He doesn't deserve it.'
Then his eyes landed on the words "moms' group."
His eyes lit up.
Now that... That could work.
A perfect little act of revenge.
Of course, there was one prerequisite.
Oikawa sat upright and sent Utaha a message.
[Oikawa ]: "My beloved kohai, you're in the 'Your Lie in April Fan Club', aren't you?"
[Utaha]: "No."
[Oikawa ]: "'Wickedly Polite' is your account, isn't it? That panda plush in your profile picture... wasn't that the souvenir I bought you on the school trip? Still going to deny it?"
A few seconds later...
[Utaha]: "Huh? Senpai... you infiltrated the fan club too?!"
Oikawa made up his mind.
The next time he saw Utaha, he was absolutely going to give her a proper spanking.
[Utaha]: "Senpai, I can explain! Really, I never said anything. I was just..."
[Oikawa ]: "You're one of the admins, and you're telling me you never said anything?"
[Utaha]: "I'll give you a kiss. Please don't be mad."
Oikawa replied almost immediately.
[Oikawa ]: "Fine. I'll forgive you if you do me a favor. I want to borrow your account in the Your Lie in April Fan Club."
[Utaha]: "Oh... that. What are you planning to do, Senpai?"
[Oikawa ]: "Don't worry about it. Are you lending it to me or not?"
[Utaha]: "...Okay. The username is my phone number. The password is my birthday."
...
Oikawa wasted no time. After casually probing the group chat until he got the invite to the moms' group, he joined without delay.
Inside, the mothers were busily organizing a coordinated campaign to roast "the scoundrel author."
Without a word, Oikawa dropped the screenshots from the Your Lie in April Fan Club into the chat, along with the fan club's group ID.
The moms' group instantly exploded.
Meanwhile... Kentaro, who had been quietly lurking, stared at the notifications in horror.
He knew all too well how terrifying a swarm of angry moms could be.
No. Absolutely no new join requests. Not a single one gets approved.
At that moment, Kentaro came to one unavoidable conclusion.
That bastard Copycat had definitely infiltrated the Your Lie in April Fan Club.
[Kentaro (Admin)] : "Damn it, who leaked this?!"
[Justice Bringer] : "We've got a mole! Did that old bastard Copycat sneak into the group or something? Admin, whatever you do, don't let them in!"
[Hades] : "Seriously, don't accept any of those moms. They're home taking care of kids all day. They've got so much pent-up frustration they're terrifying!"
[Kentaro (Admin)] : "Don't worry. I won't approve their join requests."
The chat in the fan group abruptly fell silent.
——"Nana Rose" joined the Your Lie in April Fan Club——
——"Blooming Rose" joined the Your Lie in April Fan Club——
——"Forever Young" joined the Your Lie in April Fan Club——
——"Golden Days" joined the Your Lie in April Fan Club——
The defenses collapsed instantly.
Kentaro stared blankly at the dozens of new LINE friend requests piling up on his phone, each accompanied by impressively colorful insults.
...They really were ridiculously aggressive.
Meanwhile, Oikawa Toru, who had been lurking in the chat without saying a word, watched the flood of messages with a deeply satisfied grin.
'Come on. If we're suffering, we're all suffering together.'
There was no way he was going to be the only one getting roasted. If people were going to get cursed out, everyone could share the experience.
Watching the moms unleash their verbal artillery, Oikawa couldn't help smiling.
What a wonderful day.
_ _ _
Things were even more chaotic online. As soon as the screenshots hit social media, readers tore into the so-called Your Lie in April Fan Club without mercy.
A lot of people had been dying to get back at them. After all, the group had spent the last few weeks stirring up trouble and annoying half the internet, especially middle-aged users, who'd been on the receiving end of plenty of their antics.
Those thirty-somethings might not be great at fighting from a losing position. But when they had the upper hand? That was another story.
Following right behind the furious moms, everyone who'd ever been irritated by the fan club piled on with gleeful enthusiasm.
The loudest members of the group were quickly identified. One after another, their social media accounts were overrun.
Oikawa had always been firmly against cyberbullying.
...Unless he happened to be one of the people doing it.
Unexpectedly, after all the chaos they had stirred up, sales of Clannad and Your Lie in April skyrocketed.
In just one day, the bundled edition of Clannad and Your Lie in April sold thirty-five thousand copies.
The standalone edition of Your Lie in April sold another thirty thousand.
The promotional bundle had also given Clannad a significant boost, reversing its slowing sales and sending them climbing again.
Without question, it was news worth celebrating.
Oikawa had wanted to share his excitement with Kawasaki. Unfortunately, she couldn't leave the house.
Without her around, the nights felt strangely empty.
So, for the first time in ages, Oikawa booted up one of the eroge games on his computer and bought several... rather distinctive outfits for his virtual wives.
Mm. Think of it as product testing. If they looked good, he could always buy a few for Kawasaki later.
Money like this was absolutely worth spending.
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