The Literary Masters Save the Anime and Manga World

A time-space upheaval erupted when the Imperial Library surrounded and purged the Eroders. Three nearby worlds were swept into the turbulence and inexplicably fused together.

The new world teetered on the brink of collapse. Cracks ran everywhere, glowing with the same inky blue light as the Eroders.

Everyone at the library: ...

The liveliest little cherry raised a hand and pointed at the coordinates flickering in the distance. “Librarian, now...”

“Let’s make do and patch it up! Get to work!”

The library’s teachers had no choice but to deal with the sudden extra workload.

And so...

Professor Akutagawa landed at Tokyo Jujutsu High and was mistaken for a special-grade cursed spirit by the Six Eyes. He took a direct hit from “Blue,” then was swallowed by an unknown monster. Left with no choice, he displayed a dazzling array of sword techniques, only for an actual cursed spirit to appear because the Eroders had intervened: Rashomon edition;

The four members of the Vagabond Club headed to Yokohama together, but drunkenly arrived at different times. They could only grumble as they searched for each other, tease their counterparts along the way, and occasionally remember their day jobs by taking care of the Eroders running wild everywhere;

A new phantom thief appeared in Tokyo. His magic tricks were flawless, the stage effects a visual feast, and he even joined forces with the original white-clad phantom thief in response to his calling cards. The two magicians squared off from afar, with the detectives’ deductions woven in between, putting on a spectacular show...

On top of that, a library suddenly appeared, whose members all called themselves writers, yet were active on battlefields everywhere...

[Short skit]

“Are you choosing him or me?” On the left was a little cherry dressed in red, eyes brimming with tears. On the right was a boy covered in bandages, his eyes lifeless. The fourth member of the Vagabond Club looked deeply conflicted;

What? The summer blues? After hearing a few boys talk about their troubles, Professor Akutagawa waved a hand. “All that overthinking means you haven’t read enough. Go read a few classics first. Who has time for the summer blues?”

High schoolers fighting a major international criminal organization alone? The library’s teachers watched from the front row, grabbed a distillery on the left and shut down a zoo on the right, then turned around and prepared to send the flowers of the nation to parliament to solve the problem at its source.

Reading tips:

1. Apologies for the out-of-character moments. I have my own interpretations of the characters.

2. This story stars the teachers from Bungo and Alchemist.

3. If a character isn’t smart, it’s because the author isn’t smart.

4. Many details are my own additions. I’ll use information from the text and plot to shape the characters.

5. The crossover timeline is my own interpretation.

6. I follow the anime. All original-story details follow the anime.

7. Some character interactions may seem a little ambiguous, but this is not a romance pairing story.

8. To be continued...

Comments between paragraphs are now open, so feel free to speak your mind!

Coming soon: Why Do I Have to Catch My Own Cursed Technique?

Yu Qiandu transmigrated.

From the start, he landed in Suribachi City, amid ruins and rubble, surrounded by monsters. The monsters opened their enormous jaws at him.

A jumpscare right in his face!

His transmigration came with a golden finger: he could summon mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Azure Dragons, White Tigers, Taotie, Qiongqi, any beast that had been recorded could be summoned, each with a variety of abilities. Moving mountains and overturning seas was a breeze.

Yu Qiandu: “This is real?”

He eagerly summoned the “Nine-Tailed Fox.”

Ten minutes passed.

Nothing happened.

Yu Qiandu flipped through the book, pages rustling. The entry for the “Nine-Tailed Fox” was blank except for one sentence:

[Summoned beasts appear at random locations. Capture them yourself. They can only obey commands after being recorded in the book.]

Yu Qiandu was horrified and bolted.

A strange ability user was running around Yokohama City in all sorts of places.

Dazai looked terrified. “I was just about to drown myself when he suddenly appeared, holding a monster with a human face and a fish’s body and asking if I wanted to eat it. He said it could cure scabies.”, Chiru

Nakahara Chuuya said helplessly, “He strolled right through a gunfight, walked through a hail of bullets, and asked if I’d seen a monkey.”, Zhuyan

Oda Sakunosuke thought it over. “He was very polite. He asked if I’d scared off a pure-white dog, saying it was very timid and would fly away as soon as it saw someone.”, Tianma

Later, a certain white-haired teacher told Yu Qiandu that his golden finger was called a “cursed technique,” and his summoned beasts were “shikigami.”

The monsters chasing him were “cursed spirits,” born from people’s negative emotions. He would have to become a jujutsu sorcerer and learn how to exorcise them.

Yu Qiandu didn’t think so.

The beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas bore the power of faith and could turn the world upside down. How could they possibly have been born from negative emotions?

[Short skit]

Yu Qiandu had very little cursed energy and was ranked only Grade Four as a sorcerer.

His cursed technique could summon a fluffy civet cat that made people forget their troubles: Feifei.

His classmates often went easy on him during sparring, afraid they might hurt him by accident.

But then, on a mission against a special-grade cursed spirit...

Yu Qiandu’s hand slipped, and half the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas came running out. The special-grade cursed spirit instantly evaporated, leaving all his classmates staring at one another.

A passing white-haired teacher lowered his blindfold. “Ah, you’ve finally figured it out. Even I don’t dare provoke Qiandu lightly!”

A few things to know:

1. The timeline includes my own additions.

2. Ability users cannot see cursed spirits, except in special circumstances.

3. Cursed spirits born from ability users start at special grade and are far stronger than average.

4. To be continued...

Akutagawa-senpai Is My Ideal Man

Higuchi had never been able to forget the boy who had left without saying goodbye.

She never expected to see him at her new company, let alone become his direct subordinate.

Higuchi came from a jujutsu family, but her cursed energy was weak. Fortunately, she was beautiful, so she could be used as a marriage pawn.

She refused. At fifteen, on the advice of an online friend called “Kenji-chan,” she ran away, skipped grades to get into Tokyo University, and joined a top pharmaceutical company after graduating. Her career flourished.

It didn’t last. She accidentally stumbled upon her boss making a deal with a major international criminal organization, and was immediately hunted.

With nowhere left to turn, a boy in a long black coat appeared like a godsend and casually resolved her crisis.

Higuchi was overjoyed, only to watch the boy’s frail body collapse to the ground.

She took him home.

*

Akutagawa-senpai seemed to hate her.

Higuchi was a little troubled. After becoming Akutagawa-senpai’s subordinate, she gradually came to see another side of her new company: the darkness deeply rooted in this city.

She was Akutagawa-senpai’s direct subordinate, but he was strict with her. He never let her get involved in his missions and even stopped her from getting close to their other colleagues.

Then, one day, Akutagawa-senpai was gravely wounded and abandoned by the boss.

Higuchi’s own position became awkward too.

But what she couldn’t stand was seeing Akutagawa-senpai insulted by the enemy!

She had to save him.

Akutagawa-senpai seemed surprised, but only said helplessly, “Sorry, I’ve caused you trouble again!”

So Akutagawa-senpai remembered it all.

They say the Port Company has an unsheathed blade...

“No. I’ll be his sheath!”

*

Akutagawa-senpai is super cute!

He checks on his subordinates’ mental state and goes out of his way to comfort them, though it sometimes backfires a little. He carefully chooses gifts for his seniors at the gift shop, though he accidentally makes fun of their height. He makes time to go shopping with his younger sister, though Higuchi misunderstands.

Who would have guessed the cold-blooded assassin Gin was a soft, sweet girl?

Looking at a photo she had taken a little while ago, Higuchi suddenly turned and asked, “When are you going to properly introduce me to your sister?”

Akutagawa-senpai, who was using his ability to do housework, blushed and wouldn’t look at her. “You decide!”

Akutagawa x Higuchi. I want to give Akutagawa a happy ending, and also portray an ordinary woman who holds on to the light in the darkness, grows, and transforms.

Check out the upcoming Why Do I Have to Catch My Own Cursed Technique? The blurb is in the author’s column.

Theme: Even if the soul is shattered, thought will never perish.