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"I'm coming!" Who is here at this hour? He pondered. He got out of bed at 9 PM and walked over to the doorbell camera. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVk6KB7EVl
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"What?" On the other side was a beautiful Japanese woman.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqrixOiWiI
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She had beautiful white skin, with beautiful black eyes and beautiful black hair with red stripes on both sides of her head. She looked so serious, yet she had such a blissful and excited aura of hers. She stood almost as if all of her gears in a machine were running all at once trying not to go too fast and fly out.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFWvZDJbvM
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As he opened the door, she outstretched her hand through the small slit in between the door and the door frame.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kFLOnolZL
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As the door opened fully, she held out her hand expecting a handshake and said,185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tpgSnEAh5
"こんにちは。" (Hello.)185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2VqKWclIU
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"What!?" 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUGcEHkZIp
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He was so confused, and his brain was as empty as his stomach. Just as he attempted to outstretch his arm, he slightly tilted forwards before falling backwards and passing out in front of this random Japanese woman185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QtvpeilIq
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"はぁ？！" (Huh?!) She said before she rushed to his side and caught him before his head smashed against the wooden floor.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlznTBbH1Ig
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Let us go back a month or so before she appeared on my front door.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PFBG6CWql
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My name is Dara Voss, though most people all my life call me Darren Voss. If I ever cared enough at the time to look at myself, I would see I was skinny and I had dirty red hair and almost always wore black pants and whatever shirt was available in the dresser.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYiaehYPh7
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I also have dirty hazel eyes, but as I mentioned before, not even I knew my own eye color. I was always too busy brainstorming for manga, drawing panels, or just trying to get by without starving myself.
As I said, I write manga. However, I am most definitely American. I had to fight in the industry, as the competitiveness in general in the industry was tough. Not just that, but I was an American trying to draw manga that would cater towards Japanese people. So, overtime, I got into contact with a manga producer overseas, and he would help me publish manga in Japan, with the only requirement being that I went under a Japanese pseudonym.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw9R8qKtRm
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"Understand this Darren. While I think your manga is amazing and it perfectly caters towards Japanese culture, the fact that you are American will not make putting yourself into the spotlight easy." The editor said in English.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNpVVi9K1E
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"I get it, I get it. So I need a Japanese name?"185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rm3k5HX6v
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"Bingo."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJnkSO8Tdr
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"Alright then... Any Japanese name?"185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBlPIv17j0
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"Mhm."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWhVcONUre
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"Kaito Endo."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu2gEehCyA
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"Really? Far away sea?" The editor said over the phone, clearly slightly annoyed.
"It works right?" I responded.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kUuzTLGGU
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"I guess, just... Get your work done and send it to me when you are done."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSEdATMFGX
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From that point on, whenever I sent him work, he would grammar proof my poorly written Japanese (that I used translators to help with,) and he would publish it under the name "Kaito Endo," and I gained a decent fanbase. Nowhere near immensely popular, but I was known enough to make a decent living. Then one day, my editor called me.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm1rEAOOsQ
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"I'm tired of checking your grammar. It's so bad that at this point, we need to hire someone to help you with that. In fact, not just that, some helping hands for you would do good and help speed up production."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpy1FgaASy
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"So a long distance assistant to help with the drawing and to help translate? As long as they aren't allowed to tell anyone my ethnicity we'll do just fine with an assistant." I said, paying as little attention to the conversation.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCCvNq7T7f
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"Just checking for permission. Remember that legally we can hire anyone we want anywhere we want." I clearly did not hear the second part.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkAkrHpxYo
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"Yeah, yeah, just don't make it my problem. Just hire them and contact me once they are ready for work."
Now, just a month later, that brings us here. As I opened my eyes, I stared up at the woman staring daggers at me.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpokMZVT2n
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"W~oah!" I said, shooting myself directly up before immediately standing up.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZuUvTdK6z
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"Who are you?" I asked, completely confused as I slowly remembered what occurred not even 30 minutes ago.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjEbDFGh1S
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As she was about to speak, she stopped and held up her hand and prompted me to wait. She pulled out her phone as she went to google and typed something in as audio came out. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglgYF7TScf
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"Yuki Shimizu." The translator read aloud as I continued to ask more questions.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTmEEZ0yyf
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"You can understand me but can't speak English? Also why are you here?" I asked, still completely confused as I reached for my phone to call my editor.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwlOnRawQY
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"I can understand but have tried a lot to speak English but commonly mess up. I am still in the process of learning so bear with me. Also, I came here for a job." She says as her eyes look up and light up like a bright white light despite the empty blackness of her eyes.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XBMxEEchD
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Once I finally got a hold of my editor, I yelled, "Excuse me, do you know why there is a Japanese woman at my apartment?!" 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwxIMKt42b
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"It's your assistant obviously." He responded matter-a-factly. I remember I looked back at Yuki's eyes to see the cutest smile, as if she landed a dream job at a company that would set her up economically for life.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2qyYyGiZJ
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"I can't-"185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCi0wrvEPwX
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"You don't have an option. In our contract, it specifically states we can set anyone to work anywhere for you no matter what. We can let anyone we wish live in your house, of course with a slight increase of pay for you." He said before hanging up.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXHV4SVdqm
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I was immediately thrown into this wacky situation so abruptly, it felt like I just got flash banged in the face. Almost immediately, despite feeling slightly bad for him, as she could tell he didn't know fully what was happening, she needed to go get her luggage, so she got up, without saying anything, and headed towards the door.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PMnltzk78
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"I got it, you can wait inside." I said, as I headed out the front door and closed and locked the door promptly.
When I got back, she was standing waiting at the front door with her phone out. She looks like a dog waiting for her owner to come home and almost as if she knew exactly what I was thinking at the time, she gave me a playfully irritated look before she pressed enter on her phone.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JFVMDqJ6z
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"Sorry for coming to live so abruptly. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the circumstances." 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjORv98AGxd
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"No-no, it's alright really! This is partially my fault for not asking more for the assistant job. Make yourself at home. I don't have much in terms of groceries and food, but I'll head out later today to get something!"185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjhQfBufdJ
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As she attempted to start typing out something, I promptly tapped the top of her phone before saying, "どういたしまして。" (You're welcome.) I knew what she was gonna say, so I stopped her before I rushed inside to pick up the luggage.
I brought most of her luggage into my room as she asked,
"Here?" She said with her translator.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEn9Z8EDeNy
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"I can sleep on the couch, it's alright really. I usually sleep there anyway when it's a busy day." I said, dragging in the last thing of luggage.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrexGC5ZOUZ
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"Thank you again." She typed.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjf5iNafv0
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"No problem at all." I responded, in English this time.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dtJMGPYTw
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She started typing, "I noticed you spoke Japanese to me. How much do you understand?" 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Si2A6YRk4
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"Very little. I know the basics, your welcome, thank you, help me please, I'm ready, excuse me, simple phrases like that, and I am still learning other words. I know a lot more, but those are the basics that I understand."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm36OkESHnG
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"そうですか。" She said without thinking.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAduZLWOF6a
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"Alright, I'll be heading out now. Sorry again if the place has a bit of clutter, I am not the best cleaner obviously." She laughed a little as I left and shut the door.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjRy2lOaYm
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As I walked to the store, I thought more and more. I never did tell her my real name did I? I'm such a dick. Does she know my manga personally or is she a hire that doesn't know my manga? What was her name again? Yuki? I used that name in one of my Manga once.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy2DAJaNIz
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As I kept thinking, I accidentally ran into a guy walking.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP7BQy0HSo
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"Watch out man."185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5zbFdjcC8
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"Sorry!" I yelled backwards once I was done spacing out.
I got back home and she was just sitting by the front door. Is this gonna be a normal thing that happens?
"You don't have to sit by the door, you know?"185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbSzWaUbP1
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She starts typing, "I had nothing else to do, you never gave me the wi-fi password.
"Fuck." I said and she started laughing hysterically.
"Sorry-sorry haha. The password is KaitoEndo." 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSKSnhbJEj
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"Makes sense." She types right after she put in the wi-fi password.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dpMNTvw8m
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Thrown into all of this so suddenly, of course I was still very confused, but I slowly got more and more used to it. She seemed nice and it was also nice to have some company for once. Just then, I got a message from my editor.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsUMpXDnN5
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"I have a feeling that you needed some company too, that's why I had her sent to work in person." As he said that, I chucked my phone into the sofa, slightly blushing, and slightly startling Yuki who was now sitting on the table.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4yOVgQuc5
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"ごめん。" I said quickly.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAFYFyqXmV
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"How about in an hour I will make us some dinner?" I quickly say shortly after apologizing.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvN1O0dFQM
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"Sure!" She types.
and then Add to home screen.