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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. 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxEPlomqx8
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"What?" On the other side was a beautiful Japanese woman.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxQAbyuKgv
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqgqBFIItR
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfvDGXnndC
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As the door opened fully, she held out her hand expecting a handshake and said,188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdNPP313L2
"こんにちは。" (Hello.)188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXgY9zwceS
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"What!?" 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79TCdrPq5I
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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 woman188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUoYgbQMmf
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPolnHteJbT
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Let us go back a month or so before she appeared on my front door.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHXG20YlZc
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3su5TbEQEc
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7chVpbSJB
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64TgSHOy3o
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"I get it, I get it. So I need a Japanese name?"188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEPq3Up6s0
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"Bingo."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F2M3HNaQh
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"Alright then... Any Japanese name?"188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbEnfo0Azi
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"Mhm."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss7znFzvst
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"Kaito Endo."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtRKUcUy0F
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"Really? Far away sea?" The editor said over the phone, clearly slightly annoyed.
"It works right?" I responded.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOiApUM3RM
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"I guess, just... Get your work done and send it to me when you are done."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq0kxS3PCO
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nsaqJZMbT
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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."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd0OhsAe77
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kzEiZOwt9
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47j0TpJGKF
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vL5KGYS7T
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"W~oah!" I said, shooting myself directly up before immediately standing up.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mjpNUYJzB
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"Who are you?" I asked, completely confused as I slowly remembered what occurred not even 30 minutes ago.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VyCTBQVE8
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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. 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbh7lEmGV4
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"Yuki Shimizu." The translator read aloud as I continued to ask more questions.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoX5MqdwdE
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LmNKm1HcN
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvEwaImuAI
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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?!" 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPOs9btG8p
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYez29ybFO
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"I can't-"188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaMgRoOVkS
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk645P8XiUV
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xh44Nx5JA
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2IPSOJnsJ
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"Sorry for coming to live so abruptly. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the circumstances." 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBymyIMJ7z
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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!"188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRrGR6oaVu
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx4Z1xNE4c
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMD7qxTh9S
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"Thank you again." She typed.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46OeoML4CS
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"No problem at all." I responded, in English this time.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN1fRHbs72
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She started typing, "I noticed you spoke Japanese to me. How much do you understand?" 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHMpWkF3vE
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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."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ830HAhi4AV
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"そうですか。" She said without thinking.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8Js4mW3zW
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFyTEQPmUl
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjePQ1e2lMR
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As I kept thinking, I accidentally ran into a guy walking.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgllR882CSd
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"Watch out man."188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKYQPqYKMY
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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?
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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.
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"Makes sense." She types right after she put in the wi-fi password.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLX093GfIDd
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS6XkXeCua
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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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC1vzNlqOd
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"ごめん。" I said quickly.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOxxrV6w7M
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"How about in an hour I will make us some dinner?" I quickly say shortly after apologizing.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q36SF9GF8
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"Sure!" She types.
and then Add to home screen.