In Akihabara, Japan, Nobuo Oshima stayed in the bookstore with a look of remorse. He's out of the way, and today is to spend a day here, and he's going to buy the book of his own resonance.

Thinking to himself why he was so stupid in the morning, he threw the book back on the shelf. While holding a novel that I don't know what was written, I sat there and watched absentmindedly.

Ai Tahara, his homemate from college just now, called him. First chatted a few words about the nearest otaku, and then began to brag that he had seen a divine book.

When he heard that Nobuo Oshima had also heard the book but couldn't buy it, Ai Tahara suddenly had to sè, as if he had suddenly become a winner in life.

"Xinnan, let me tell you, this book is really a masterpiece, and I have comprehended the true meaning of countless lives from the book in just one morning. I think we used to be too hypocritical. We are so stupid. Thankfully, I watched "Spring Things", otherwise I don't know how long I would have been stupid. ”

Nobuo Oshima listened to this dead house who was obviously the same as himself, and a severe patient with interpersonal communication disorder, and actually looked down on himself with a smug face. He couldn't bear this kind of thing. I blamed myself for throwing the books back on the shelves in the morning. Otherwise, how could he be ridiculed by the other party at this time.

"You know what? Now there are countless people on the 2ch who worship Yawata as a great teacher. If you don't read this book, you'll regret it for the rest of your life! Now many people are waiting in bookstores to buy the book as soon as possible. But they are not destined to be as profound as those of us who first listened to the teachings of the great teachers. ”

In the end, Nobuo Oshima gritted his teeth and hung up the phone, and even deducted the electric board. He didn't want to get a call from this guy anymore.

And he became more and more curious about the highly regarded "Spring Things".

After waiting for a day, he couldn't wait for the stock to be replenished, and the next morning, Nobuo Oshima rushed to the bookstore early to wait. However, before "Spring Things" could be restocked, he first saw a few "Spring Things" magazine reviews.

"This is a victory of perverted literature -- commenting on yesterday's new book "My Youth Love Story Really Has a Problem"!"

You don't need to read the content, Nobuo Oshima knows that this is definitely not a comment that says good things about "Spring Things". Suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Nobuo Oshima took a magazine and read it.

"Just yesterday, an extremely dark thing happened in the world of Japanese fiction. A light novel full of negativity, a light novel full of distorted values, and a light novel that promotes and encourages people to close themselves off is signed and sold by Shogakukan. ”

"This is arguably the darkest day in the history of Japanese literature. This is a conspiracy launched by the Chinese with his book to try to destroy the spiritual world of the younger generation of our nation with a distorted world view. Predictably, if the conspiracy succeeds. What kind of people will our younger generation become? Distorted, perverted, ******. This is a battle without gunpowder. This is an invasion of cultural levels. We must stand up and resist this spiritual opium together. ”

The article is very long, and Nobuo Oshima read it patiently, and he thinks that this is probably the most ridiculous thing in the world. But he didn't know how to refute it, how to describe it.

Shortly after he saw the article, he suddenly heard a piece of news.

"Someone went to protest in front of the Shogakukan company and protested to demand that the Shogakukan remove "Spring Things" from the shelves. And promised never to sign such a work again. And to hand over the editor-in-chief who signed the book. ”

Things turned out beyond Nobuo Oshima's expectations. And sure enough, the bookstore owner came to them and announced, "No need to wait! There was news from the elementary school hall that due to the extremely bad impact caused by "Spring Things", their club was preparing to remove all the books from the shelves. ”

When Nobuo Oshima heard the news, the whole person was stunned.

What is this? When do they need to decide what books they read?

When did they need the consent of others for how they lived and how they thought?

When did living like they become depraved?

Nobuo Oshima and many otaku like him who were waiting in the bookstore went back with a stomach full of upset.

When he returned home, the first thing Nobuo Oshima did was to board the 2ch.

Sure enough, at this time, the entire 2ch exploded.

"It's a step backwards, some people are imposing their will on us!"

"This is the moment of life and death for our otaku clan!"

"We felt like we were abandoned by the whole world. They don't agree with our way of life and want to force changes to us. ”

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Countless otaku have voiced their cries on the 2ch forum. At this time, "Spring Things" is no longer a simple literary work. It became a symbol of the otaku group at this time.

Unable to withstand the intense pace of life in contemporary Japan, they take refuge in a space of their own alone.

They are not understood, they cannot live decently because of the economic crisis.

They are under pressure beyond their years.

They just want to be themselves.

But now they are being told no. Someone is going to openly invade their world.

Use a light novel written only because it is written by Chinese, just because it is written about the living state and ideological state of their otaku people, and declare war on them!

How could they endure it!

They must act, this time, to protect their last living space, their habits. Their independence!

When an otaku makes a call, all the otaku suddenly seem to have found an organization and join in.

"The great teacher once said: To unite a group of people, what is needed is not wise leadership, but common enemies. Yes, maybe we're not smart enough, not good enough. But the great teacher said: only the weak like to get together, the problem is that the vast majority of people are weak. Then let us hug the weak, and let us make a voice to the world together. We have the right to choose our own way of life, we have the right to choose the books we want to read, and we have the right to think in our own way. So, we have to take "Spring Things" back from the hands of the demons. ”

"I call on everyone to go to the Shogakukan now and tell them what we want. If they ignore us, then we will reject one of their qiē. We will never give up our own ways to be one of them. We will never allow ourselves to become the same person who will hurt others. Again, we will never accept such harm. This time, we have to be strong! ”

After reading this post, Nobuo Oshima silently turned off the computer. He began to pull out his savings and dig out his clothes. Write on a small board with a pen: Give me back "Spring Things", let me choose freely and live freely.

For some reason, when Nobuo Oshima wrote these lines, a kind of tragedy suddenly welled up in his heart. It seems to have accumulated a grievance, accusation, and incomprehension that he has endured over the years. It's like his life can finally be less silent.

Nobuo Oshima dressed up, took the change, and walked out of the house with his small board.

Today he is fighting for his life. for their own lives. In order not to be manipulated by others. Today he is no longer cowardly, no longer afraid.

Although he hasn't even read the book "Spring Things", he doesn't know what kind of person the great teacher is talking about by those who have read it. But that's how he joined the battle without hesitation. Because it's not just for "Spring Things", but also for himself. For a qiē that he was once not understood.

Nobuo Oshima, who had a solemn face at first, was just a lonely figure, walking on this road that he didn't know the end of. Slowly there began to be boys with the same serious and persistent faces, and men began to converge. They just nodded to each other. No communication is required. In the world of otaku, communication is never necessary. They just need to know that they are not alone on this road. That's enough!

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Shogakukan Press, Konosuke Matsushita looked at his masterpiece with a smug face. Looking at the article that reads "Spring Things". Look at the crowd gathered downstairs in the company. He had a hunch that the moment he had been waiting for for years was coming!

Soon, Junichi Watanabe broke in despite his assistant's obstruction.

"Panasonic, why did you remove "Spring Things" from the shelves, and why are you not allowed to sell it?"

Junichi Watanabe looked like a wounded beast at this time, staring at each other with dead eyes.

Konosuke Matsushita had a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth. Pointed downstairs.

"See? That's because of this. Because of the book you signed, we became sinners in the industry. Look at this again! ”

Konosuke Matsushita threw the magazine with the book review of "Spring Things" at Junichi Watanabe's feet.

Junichi Watanabe ignored any of this.

"There is nothing wrong with the book I signed, and I vouch for my work ethic."

"No, no, no, Watanabe, you're overestimating your work ethic, and you're even overestimating the value of your work ethic. Those are worthless to me. Because I don't care about that, I just care if someone is in my way. You can go back and write your resignation letter. I will definitely approve it! ”

Junichi Watanabe's eyes were red, staring at Konosuke Matsushita in front of him.

In the end, he could only turn around angrily.

He understood that the resistance to foreign cultures and the instigated national sentiments were not something he could stop. At this time, he was powerless to do anything about this qiē.

In fact, speaking of which, I still got involved in the book "Spring Things".

However, at this point, he can only be responsible for this situation.

I can only accompany the light novel I signed to fall into the dust and break my bones!