Itsuki Hashima is a novelist who's hopelessly enamored with the idea of little sisters and is constantly surrounded by colorful characters. A world class genius and love-guru who's beauty almost seems a waste on her. A girl who's constantly troubled by her friendships, love interests, and can't even find refuge in her dreams. A ridiculously talented illustrator. Each of them have as many problems and worries as the next and they never have a dull day together as they play games, travel, and work together. From the same author of the famous I Don't Have Many Friends, Yomi Hirasaka!

Sister-obsessed author Itsuki Hashima is embroiled in a bitter struggle with his popular series Sisterly Combat. Between video games and mixed baths and cherry blossom viewing and making up excuses for his editor, he's slowly but surely making progress on his manuscript. Somehow, he and his unique collection of friends--Nayuta Kani, Puriketsu, Miyako Shirokawa, and his little brother Chihiro--manage to stumble through life together. And not only that, but his friend Haruto's series has finally gotten an anime!

Nayuta Kani gets serious.Itsuki and his friends want to believe they would never let confessions of love affect their relationships with one another. But beneath the surface, confessions change everything...Matters of the heart can alter the flow of a story, sweeping other characters up in the tide. Itsuki’s anime project is also making waves, but rather than add a refreshing twist to his life, it threatens to swallow him whole. Meanwhile, on a distant shore, Puriketsu continues his search for the girl with the “ass of the millennium.” Little does he know that a new development is about to flood his well of inspiration...!

A SISTER WAS ALL HE NEEDED...OR WAS IT? At long last, Itsuki and the gang are aware of the major identity crisis Chihiro has been facing. Having finally learned the truth, Itsuki seems to gladly accept it-and before long, he’s flirting with Nayuta while doting on Chihiro like a classic big brother. Between the success of All About My Little Sister’s anime adaptation and Itsuki’s fame at a convention in Taiwan, he’s enjoying the good life as an accomplished author. Meanwhile, Chihiro is about to experience a new story of her own...but is everything as rosy as it seems?

A WRITER’S DUTY...IS TO WRITE. Giving up on becoming the hero of his own story, Itsuki Hashima listlessly cranks out his tales like a light-novel machine. Nayuta Kani, meanwhile, has given up on writing entirely, holing up in her place and gaming as if her life depends on it. Haruto Fuwa and Miyako Shirakawa are flailing to figure out how to restore the duo to their usual energetic selves, but while the protagonists are frozen in time, the clock keeps ticking and life goes on—and life always has plenty of twists in store!

IS THIS THE END FOR KENJIRO TOKI’S CAREER .. .?!It’s a new year, and the anime version of Itsuki’s All About My Little Sister is about to be announced...but when a bored Itsuki is poking around for mentions of himself online, he discovers a tweet revealing the anime adaptation ahead of schedule. Who broke the embargo? None other than Gift Publishing’s official website! The fallout destroys Ituski’s and the anime staff’s trust in GF Bunko— who will take responsibility, and how? And as Itsuki and Toki wrestle with the anime, Haruto, Miyako, and GF’s latest crop of new writers are busy with their own lives...

AND SO A NEW ROUTINE BEGINS. With winter behind them and spring in full bloom, the entire cast takes a new step forward. Haruto Fuwa has announced a new book series; Miyako Shirakawa joins Branch Hill Publishing and becomes a full-fledged professional editor; Chihiro is quickly becoming princess of the nerds at her college’s tabletop RPG club—and after his 40,000-word love letter, Itsuki Hashima has regained his groove, writing and attempting to become the protagonist of his own tale once more. Between gaming, traveling, drinking, and occasionally romancing, things are both changing and as ribald as usual—all while the popular romcom ensemble series approaches its conclusion!

Writer versus artist!With Itsuki Hashima’s novel series All About My Little Sister being awarded both an anime and a manga adaptation, it’s full-steam ahead for his brand name! But Kaiko Mikuniyama, the artist selected by unanimous vote to handle the manga adaptation, has an unbelievable secret—one that develops into a full-fledged fracas that sucks in Puriketsu, Nayuta Kani, and even totally normal college student Miyako Shirakawa. Will Itsuki manage to rider the mixed-media wave and keep his sanity in the process? And are changes on the horizon for his relationship with Nayuta...?

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