Chaldea Assorted Games Night! 1

Well done, everyone! Thanks to all of your hard work, our first book has turned out wonderfully!

And that is not all.

For our second book, we are finally free to make it about anything we like!

While there was certainly fun to be found in our first book's creation, now that the restriction has been lifted...

...our second book is where the Anti-ServantFes Alliance's worth will be truly tested!

So let us all do our best to ensure it turns out spectacularly!

Yeeeah!

So like, what's the problem?

'Cause if your second doujin's production was, say, super chill and problem-free...

...you totes wouldn't be making that face right now.

Indeed...

Indeed, you are right. We can draw anything we wish now.

That should be cause for celebration! But then, a situation I did not foresee came to pass.

Is this not wonderful? We can draw anything we like now.

I...see. Anything we like...

So then, we're free to make a book about any game we want?

Yes, that would seem to be the case. If you ask me, I would suggest making one about your favorite game.

...Hmm.

Hmm, is that so? I see, I see.

Our favorite game, huh. I'm a big fan of action games, personally, but...

Hmm...

Oho, anything we want, huh! Well, as an oni, I only ever do whatever I want anyway, but that's still good news!

...Hm?

...(Lost in thought)

Wh-what is wrong, everyone? Did you not hear me? We no longer have to worry about the committee restricting our choice of genre.

Tomoe.

Remember what you said before about how restrictions can actually be a boon?

I think you were proven exactly right. Now that there are no restrictions, well...

...I think we're all unsure of what to make next.

Like, is it really okay for us to just fill up pages with things we like and call it a day?

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Everyone who read our first book knew what we were making.

They could tell for certain that it was a doujin about some kind of Altria related game.

And I think we lived up to those readers' minimum expectations.

But that's not the case anymore.

So is a doujin filled only with things we like going to be enough to live up to others' expectations?

I don't know. I don't know if just focusing on our own passions is really going to be enough.

And that makes me unsure of how to proceed.

...I feel the same way as Ortlinde.

Yeah, same. All this creative freedom is actually kind of scary.

(Nodding)

Uncertain doubt... I see. So that's what this feeling is.

H-hmph! I'm not worried about that kind of thing at all!

I just have SO many things I want to do that I'm having a little trouble choosing just one, that's all!

I see...

So, basically, nobody knows what they want to draw?

Yes. Now that the committee has lifted their Altria-only restriction, they have become lost in the endless sea of possibilities.

Now that they can do anything, they cannot decide on what they want to do.

Perhaps this is the double-edged sword of too much creative freedom.

Yes. I've heard of this phenomenon before.

When people are told they are free to do anything, many are unable to take action of their own accord.

In fact, people tend to feel more like they made their own choice when presented with a short list of options.

Yeah, deep down, people just wanna be told what to do. Hmm... Who was it that said that again?

Father? Ootakemaru? The Evil King of Mutsu?

What's with the sudden zen mentality!?

I wouldn't say things like that if I were you. It sounds like the kind of a thing a certain old man would say with smug satisfaction.

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Why don't we, like, try making our own guide for them then?

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Hey, yeah, that seems like it might work!

I agree. If the club is finding themselves lost amidst a sea of infinite possibilities...

...then narrowing those possibilities down should be a solid plan!

I think that should work, too. Especially now that your club's earned a reputation with your first doujin.

This reminds me of that trick for getting kids who don't know what to write for a school essay by having them do a spider or bubble map of ideas.

Oh, yeah, I know what you mean.

You do?

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So, what exactly do we do then? You have anything in mind, Fujimaru?

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Well, yeah, that is what making doujin's all about at its core.

But how are you going to do that? If words alone was all it took, this wouldn't be a problem.

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Right!