A Japanese Literary Master Saves a Despairing Girl from the Start

After being translated into Chinese, Asano Yu transmigrates into a homeless man in Tokyo, Japan, in a parallel world. He happens to meet a busty, long-haired high school girl who's loaded with debt. Even when he gives it everything he's got, he can't beat her, so he can only keep mooching off the girl to feed Chaozi and embark on a career of rewriting classics to turn his fortunes around.

“This year's newcomer awards are all pretty mediocre. Why not read the weekly magazine's The Wind-Up Bird? Now that's a true grand prize winner!”

“What? You mean a short story completely sold out? And it even got a boost from an earthquake?”

“Ancient Capital, Snow Country, The Outsider. This author is incredibly prolific, and their style is so versatile?”

“What is despair? If you ask me, Rashomon doesn't quite capture it. True despair is finding a treasure of an author, only to discover they write short chapters and love cliffhangers!”

“If you ask me, the most influential literary master of the '90s has to be Iimuro Yuu. Otherwise, it should be Shino. And if not, then surely Mishima, right?”

“Holy shit! Who's Asano Yu?”