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The "Full Version" of the video turned out to be a grueling, three-hour-long instructional live-stream playback. Ui had anticipated exactly what kind of fans would click a clickbait title like "Loveho Date Hen." To punish them, she had recorded a marathon session of her doing the most mundane, exhausting parts of an illustrator's life.

Kenji sat back in his chair, exhausted but smiling. It wasn't the date the file title had promised, but it was the most authentically Shigure Ui video he had ever seen. He closed the media player, opened his own drawing software, and got to work. After all, Ui-mama had taught him well. Shigure_Ui_[Loveho_Date_Hen_Full_Version].mp4

With a mix of intense curiosity and profound dread, Kenji double-clicked the file. The "Full Version" of the video turned out

The video didn't open to a neon-lit room or a romantic visual novel setup. Instead, the screen flickered to a highly detailed, hand-drawn background of a messy art studio. Piles of sketchbooks, glowing drawing tablets, and empty tea mugs filled the frame. In the center sat the virtual avatar of Shigure Ui herself, holding a stylus like a weapon and staring directly at the camera with a look of utter, unadulterated judgment. It wasn't the date the file title had

"We are going to file my corporate taxes," she announced, pulling up a massive, terrifyingly complex digital spreadsheet. "And after that, you get the absolute privilege of cleaning up the line art on a 50-page background project that my assistant didn't finish. Isn't this the most thrilling date you've ever been on?"