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Homare Arisugawa learns everything quickly, he's good at pretty much anything. When he calls himself a genius, that's absolutely not a lie.
Or is it?
Well, Homare is good at many things, meaning he's not good at everything. There's some stuff he just sucks at. One of them is cleaning, a task he always leaves to his servants at home.
And the dorm's cleaning schedule for today just so happens to appoint him. There have been many complaints of his cleaning work, which is why if possible, Izumi never assigns him to the job. But today everyone's busy, leaving Izumi with no choice.
It's just five minutes into the job and the broom is already snapped in half.
"Homare-san?!"
Homare holds the snapped broom in his hands. "Ah, it seems like I used too much force to sweep the area under the sofa."
Izumi facepalms. "We still have a spare broom, but I'm not letting you get near that thing! I'll handle the sweeping while you go buy a new broom!"
"Well, it seems like I have no choice."
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Getting a broom is an easy task. Just walk into a hardware store, find a broom and make a purchase, and go home. But reining in poetic inspiration is difficult.
The unbridled urge to find poetic inspiration on the crowded and decorated street leads Homare astray. He soon finds himself in a place where no one seems to frequent, just an abandoned place with closed stores and stuff. It's a new place for him, and the graffiti sure looks pretty.
"Inspiration strikes-"
Whoooooooosh!
A knife is now stuck on the wall, and Homare swears he saw a sliver of his hair falling off. So this place is a hangout for thugs.
"Yo, fancy pants! Whatcha doin' here?"
"You're a funny guy. You're just asking to be robbed, huh?"
"Don't worry, just give us your wallet and stuff and we'll let you go."
The thugs are drawing close with various makeshift weapons. But then something awakens within Homare, who takes out the new broom. The thugs are laughing their ass off.
"Bro, are you stupid or what?"
Homare spins the broom overhead, then dances gracefully around the thugs. The elegant but well-timed swings keep the thugs away from him (plus his long limbs are just giving him incredible reach), but there's one reckless thug who tries to close in anyway. The poor guy ends up with a hit to the wrist, and Homare immediately steals the dropped weapon: a long pipe.
But instead of wielding it, he throws it over his shoulder so that the thugs can't possibly reach it unless they wanna eat a flurry of broom strikes.
Homare wags a finger at them. "Let us continue, gentlemen."
The thugs are shaking and backstepping. "This guy's crazy!" one of them shouts.
"Crazy? Hardly." Homare twirls the broom again. "I am simply demonstrating a skill the wonderful women of the Arisugawa family have taught me. My mother, my grandmother, my great grandmother, and so on are all well-versed in the art of naginata."
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"We picked on the wrong person! This guy's probably of a samurai's lineage or something!"
The thugs disperse and run off.
Homare returns the broom to the bag. "I suppose I should put an end to my poetic journey."
Unbeknownst to Homare, Izumi has assigned someone from the dorm to spy on Homare just to keep him in check. Kazunari happened to be back early so he got the job, but who would've thought he's gonna get some fire content for Inste?
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"I have returned- Huh?"
Izumi approaches Homare and shows him her phone screen, but it's clear that she's trying so hard to not laugh. Who wouldn't laugh at the pic of Homare wielding a broom like a naginata and the hashtag #AririnSweep?
"Homare-san, what's this?"
"Did Kazunari-kun make this?"
Izumi sighs. "You're hopeless. You know you'd have to buy a new broom if you broke this one, right?"
"Well, I did not put much thought into that. Perhaps I was too caught up in the moment."
"But look at the bright side! The post immediately went viral, so it's free promotion for the company!"
"Oho, you are correct, Director-kun!" Homare smiles smugly with a lot of sparkles around him. "Surely, it takes a genius to turn something as mundane as cleaning into viral content and free promotion."