Huh? I'm Eating an Inarizaki Twins Rice Bowl?

Okubo Kotoha, the model student among model students: excellent grades and an attitude that puts her above everyone else.

The Miya twins, troublemakers among troublemakers, and there are two of them. Put them together and their destructive power could circle the globe.

The first time the twins argued with Kotoha, they were on tenterhooks, feeling like they had thorns in their backs.

The second time, they started getting into the swing of it, gradually becoming more practiced.

The third time, they won hands down and were full of themselves.

The two of them agreed: after a fight, neither of them was allowed to make up with her first. They would make the arrogant honor student come crawling back.

"It wasn't our fault!"

"Exactly. This time, she has to apologize first."

That night, before bed, Osamu looked up at the top bunk and found it empty.

Empty.

He chased all the way to the Okubo family's front gate. Someone with the exact same face as him was sitting on their wall, singing, "Kotoha~ Don't be mad anymore. Osamu says stupid things without thinking, but you knew that already. I'm so innocent here..."

Ha.

Osamu pressed his hands together.

I'm going to kill you, you idiot.

*

Everyone at Inarizaki knew the Miya twins and Okubo didn't get along.

They were classmates, but everything between them was awkward. In the end, they had a huge fight and fell apart, refusing to give each other the time of day.

Suna Rintaro, certified busybody, said: "I knew this day was coming. Those three are the worst possible match in all of Japan. Of course they can't get along."

He wasn't the only one. Everyone secretly watching the three of them thought they were bound to never speak again.

As if none of them had a temper!

Then they made up for the first time.

Then they made up for the second time.

Then the third time...

The same busybody, ten years later, went crying to his senior Kita: "Is this really fighting, or are they flirting? I'm afraid those two are going to gobble Okubo up!"

Kita patted his head.

"Rintaro, how do you know they haven't already?"

*

As a fellow blond, Kise knew all too well what the volleyball club guys were thinking.

They'd seen how smart, cute, sweet, gentle, and considerate Kotoha was, and now they were all swarming around her, hoping she'd tutor them for free! Ideally, she'd get the two brothers into To○ University in one shot, too!

He was the only one allowed to do that. Nobody else!

Then one evening, under a streetlight, he saw a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted blond picking on Kotoha. He yelled and charged over to rescue her...

Oh no, they might be kissing.

Oh no, that might not be the blond he thought it was.

Oh no, the blond seemed to be storming over from across the road, with a knife in his hand... Wait, no, hold on!!!

Kise's world spun around him.

S-someone save Kotoha!!

*Suna, basically: Kise, how do you know they haven't? (smile)

*Over 200,000 words of short stories

Here's a rather abstract upcoming story. Please look forward to The Silent Kenma:

On my first day as a third-year middle school student, I got a System that called itself a "Highlight Scene Livestream."

Apparently, it gives its Host missions to check in at all kinds of iconic moments and earn energy.

...What a nutcase.

[Using interdimensional connectivity technology, more than ten billion viewers are watching you, Host, check in at iconic moments through the livestream.]

...So many nutcases.

I had a bad feeling about this, but the System was very friendly and immediately issued a mission:

[Please complete today's check-in mission: Go to Makino Park. Get hit by the ball during Atobe and Tezuka's singles match, then take a photo of the three of you together.]

No way. Who wants to get hit by a tennis ball out of nowhere? I could get a concussion.

[After completing the check-in, you will randomly receive one of the following rewards:

1. 50 million yen in cash, probability: 30%;

2. A home worth 10 billion, probability: 0.005%;

3. A 30% increase to your current strength, agility, and jumping ability, probability: 58.995%;

4. The affection of any one person present, probability: 11%.]

I gritted my teeth and did it.

The next day, I went to school with dark circles under my eyes. My deskmate, Kenma, looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't. I looked at him and felt the same way.

The System shrieked: [A-a highlight scene! The Silent Kenma!!]

...What a nutcase.

My hand stopped.

Wait.

Why would The Silent Kenma be a highlight scene???

*

That nutcase of a System has a special knack for identifying "people to stay away from."

I've figured out the pattern. I should stay away from anyone who can create a highlight scene all on their own.

My deskmate, Kenma, has a lot to say about that, but I can't worry about it now!

I told him I wanted to be a perfectly ordinary person, the kind you rarely see in this world.

The next day, I got a new mission from the System.

[Please complete today's check-in mission: Go to Karasuno in Miyagi Prefecture. At the moment Kenma and Hinata first meet, take the game console and help Kenma beat the Horseman Teacher, then take a photo of the three of you together.]

I became a nutcase.

*

But who says there's no one in the world who might happen to like a nutcase?

*There'll be lots of check-ins at iconic moments, but my girl will stir them all into one big mess! Please enjoy it while it's hot!

The next one is Emiri 3.0~~

Zhang Jiajia, a sports-anime fan, transmigrates into a tennis fanfic as the fiancée of Lord Atobe: Tokuhisa Emiri, a classic villainess.

Rich and domineering, she's possessive of her fiancé and won't let tennis occupy such an important place in his life.

In the end, her love turns to hate. She spikes the drinks of everyone at Hyotei with laxatives, causing them to miss their chance to make it to Nationals. Lord Atobe sends her off to prison, where she sheds tears behind bars.

Emiri, who loved sports anime in her previous life: ...

There's really no need!

Sweaty, energetic young men are far more attractive!

So, after she suddenly arrives at Hyotei

Atobe: Don't think I'll honor some clichéd engagement that only belongs in a third-rate manga. (scoffs)

Emiri: But the manga you're in isn't exactly first-rate either, is it?

Atobe: ?

Emiri keeps in close contact with Oshitari

Atobe: She says she doesn't like me, but she's getting close to my friend. That's basically getting close to me...!

Oshitari: Emiri, here's the report on Shishido and Mukahi's playing styles. Please take a look.

Emiri: Got it. Training starts officially tomorrow.

Atobe: ?

Later, she becomes the club manager

Atobe: Has my fiancée learned her lesson?

Oshitari: Young master, Emiri has already led us to Nationals!

Atobe: ?

The young master discovers that his fiancée is much more interesting than he imagined.

He intends to honor the clichéd engagement from a third-rate manga, only to find his fiancée has transferred to Kansai to look after another sports anime.

Atobe: ?

*

The heiress to a trillion-yen fortune has arrived at Inarizaki!

Everyone is waiting with bated breath, wondering what club she'll choose. A young lady like her might pick flower arranging, tea ceremony, cooking...

But Miss Tokuhisa has gone to the volleyball club?!

Thinking of all the little tyrants in the volleyball club, everyone starts betting on when she'll get fed up and leave.

The little tyrants start betting on who can drive her away first.

After hearing about the bets

Emiri: Good kids get rewards.

The Miya twins, first-year version: Hah. What kind of reward could possibly be so amazing that we'd behave for you?

Emiri: Five million yen each per semester.

The Miya twins: We pledge our lives to you, senpai!!! (immediately)

The Miya twins fight

Suna: Senpai, look. Here's a frontline war correspondent's report. [picture] [picture]

Emiri: Nice work. Here's your promised reward.

Emiri: [transfer]

Suna: You're so generous, senpai!!

When Emiri isn't around

Atsumu: Today, I'm going to raise hell!

Osamu: Same.

Suna: Hell yeah, senpai's not here.

Ojiro: I heard Emiri went to see her fiancé.

The Miya twins: What??!!

Suna: What??!!

Oomimi: What??!!

Ginjima: What??!!

The Miya twins: What do we do now?

Suna: Ahhh, I don't know either. What do we do? Call senpai back?

Ginjima: No way. Wouldn't that tip him off?

Everyone falls silent for twenty seconds, then shouts in unison: Senior Kita, where are you, someone's about to steal senpai away, come back quick

Atobe: I'm no con artist! I'm her genuine, bona fide fiancé! (angry)

*Emiri's alternate timeline, part 3

**Still not sure which high school they'll attend. It might be Aoba Johsai.

***A story about idiot middle schoolers and high schoolers!

Theme: The world has room for more than just geniuses.