Chapter 82
Chapter 82
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 82
Chapter Title: Are You That Bastard from the Gallery?
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📰 Gallery Post Author: Nyangppong Title: Venus really feels like a badly made character... total stick-figure vibe Her body's so unrealistic... way too blatant with the sex appeal ㅠ Even adults might not like it, but she's a middle schooler... Did they really have to include a girl like this? They'll pull out the 2D rights card again or whatever? The fact that it's aimed at a middle schooler just feels gross... I'd rather she just didn't exist ㅠ I'd heard they were doing a sign event for the scenario writer and releasing a mobile game, so I decided to check out the Magical Girls Chronicle gallery for the first time in ages.
Magical Girls Chronicle had dominated an era, but the long hiatus in between had left the gallery pretty dead.
Specifically, posts barely hit ten per day.
Thanks to news about the theatrical release and the new game, it was barely hanging on by a thread.
So why, among those few posts, was there one that rubbed me the wrong way so bad?
💬 Comments — Anonymous Fr, approaching Magical Girls Chronicle with lust is straight-up blasphemy against the gods. — Anonymous Agreed agreed. — Anonymous It's too blatant. Make her a more realistic middle schooler lol. Why are you looking for realism in anime, you lunatics?
What the hell? Has the gallery turned into a total girl-dominated space?
📰 Gallery Post Author: Nyangppong Title: (Spoiler) Tried Yuki cosplay from Randmi ㅠ (Cosplay pic with heavy editing, hard to tell it's her) (Pic 2) (Pic 3) (A bunch of pics basically) Sorry it's from another anime ㅠ Posting here since it's like my home... You'll forgive me, right? ㅠ 💬 Comments — Anonymous Damn hot... — Anonymous ↳ Reply Lol... — Anonymous Kyaahhh! — Anonymous ↳ Reply Hot lol. ⭐ Top Comment — Anonymous God tier. — Anonymous Why does it suit you so well? — Anonymous ↳ Reply Why tho lololol. It hit me.
The cosplaying queen bee and her worker drones.
Could the Magical Girls Chronicle gallery have died because of their clique-y bullshit and newbie-bashing!?
I figured it was more likely natural extinction from no new content for a decade-old dead anime.
But somehow, these girls just pissed me off. Felt like it was their fault.
Not because they trashed Venus or anything.
They were just seriously annoying to look at.
After seeing the cosplay pics, I went back to that Venus-bashing post and dropped a comment.
— Anonymous Why so salty... Got some ^inferiority complex^ toward an anime character? Jealous of Venus? Honestly, there's only one reason anyone would hate our sweet, pretty, lovable, adorable, cool, and awesome Venus.
She's too perfect!
Even so, feeling inferior to an animated character? What the hell?
— Anonymous ↳ Reply ? Lmaoooo another perv getting off on middle schoolers? Pls hold your breath for 3 hours... — Anonymous ↳ Reply Pathetic how bad you lose to real girls that you're jealous of an anime character now. Sadge. — Anonymous ↳ Reply Who the hell is this? — Anonymous ↳ Reply Aren't you the one with inferiority complex toward Nyangppong? Hiding behind a throwaway to troll lol. Show your face if you're so confident. — Anonymous ↳ Reply Obvious ugly otaku trash. You gonna verify? Lol. Nyangppong's goons showed up out of nowhere to dogpile me while I was scrapping with her.
Obviously, I wasn't dumb enough to dox myself over that low-rent bait. Instead, I pulled out the ultimate nuke.
⭐ Top Reply — Anonymous A Nyangppong was flat as a board.
— Anonymous Wtf this bitch ain't right. — Anonymous Gonna sue for defamation. Nice. Solid damage.
Think one letter's gonna do it?
...Nah, probably not.
Mission accomplished. Time to bail.
But even after closing the gallery, my mood stayed sour for a while.
This bitch dared to trash my goddess Venus?
Venus's only crime is being pretty with big boobs!!!
Still fuming, I went back to the gallery to dig into her history.
And sure enough.
Even after Magical Girls Chronicle tanked, she'd stuck around the gallery—no lie there. Found posts from her and her cult saying they'd be at Kuroichi's sign event.
Then I'll dress to kill and make her drown in inferiority and despair...
I checked myself in the mirror.
Flat.
'Time for the disguise boobs...'
But wearing those would be as good as confessing I'm Jeon Jeonseol!
A girl with suspiciously small hands and huge tits?
Way too distinctive!
Plus, if anyone clocks them as fake, game over.
'I wanna make that bitch feel gross!'
The dark otaku instinct of someone whose fave character got insulted was pounding my skull.
There was one forbidden card I shouldn't play. The devil's card I mustn't touch.
I really shouldn't use it, okay? Don't touch it, got it?
"......"
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ I crossed Seoul from Gangnam to Mokdong.
The sign event was at a department store theater.
"It's so nice being out with you, sis! Let's do dates like this more often!"
Seeing Seol-yun's bright smile stabbed my conscience right in the heart.
I'd lied to her, saying I really wanted to go to the event but was scared alone, so she came with me.
Crowds are fine, though.
As long as it's not 99 guys and me as the lone girl.
This event's gender ratio looked about 5:5 from a glance.
Theatrical screening first, then sign event.
I thought it was a dead fandom even the gallery had abandoned, but surprisingly decent turnout.
Where'd they come from?
And 'that group' stood out big time.
Four guys, one girl ratio.
The girl—Nyangppong—in cosplay.
I knew she'd cosplay from her gallery brag.
If she hadn't, I wouldn't have cooked up this plan.
"Wowww."
"Wowww..."
Guess we stood out too.
Seol-yun's super tall for a girl, plus pretty face and killer figure—had to draw gasps.
Thankfully, no degenerate otakus tried anything stupid.
We took our seats in the theater.
Watched the movie.
Still hits every time no matter how many views.
Love you, Venus.
From the depths of my soul.
Then the sign event.
More like a promo disguised as signing?
All they talked about was the new game.
During Q&A, even with a translator, some otaku tried mangled Japanese and got humiliated.
Why do that!?
If you're gonna suck, don't bother!
Event wrapped, got our signs.
Handed Kuroichi-sensei the flowers I'd prepped, took pics together.
Said I love Venus, and she asked if I was her big sis.
I am the big sis!
Whoa, for real? The smaller one's the older sis? Wild!
Anime character in real life!
I know I look like the little sis, but still!
'Kuroichi-sensei looked at me!'
This memorable? She'll remember me for a while.
Feels... complicated.
Not bad, though. Definitely not.
Magical Girls Chronicle lives!
It ain't over yet!
Not a has-been!
Though I got a bad feeling we'll get fleeced by some trash gacha game holding our love hostage.
Can't be helped.
They say the one who loves more loses...
Now for the final phase of my plan.
Crush the queen bee cosplayer who's blaspheming Venus and breeding drones while squatting the gallery.
Did the theater even approve that?
Nyangppong was snapping pics with event-goers on the way out.
If she were official, she'd be on stage.
She's not, so personal cosplay.
Not like she has the face or body to get hired anyway.
I asked Seol-yun for a favor.
"I'm a huge Nyangppong fan. Mind taking a pic with me?"
"Sure!"
So I dragged Seol-yun over, said shyly,
"Could we get a photo too?"
Nyangppong's pupils quaked like an earthquake.
Cuz I'd made Seol-yun wear an alphabet tee—picked it out saying it'd be cute for family outing couple tees.
A
What did Nyangppong feel seeing that A stretched and tortured across what anyone's eye could tell was over G-cup territory?
My own tee was hidden under a coat.
Still chilly out.
'She won't ask if I'm that bastard from the gallery.'
Total victory for me.