"I don't care what he's doing, his little 'announcement' just means he's chickening out of the card game market." Seto scoffed as he walked over to the window.

"You don't sound too sure of that, brother." Mokuba said flatly. Seto growled quietly. If there was anyone he couldn't fool, it was his brother.

Despite how ridiculous Pegasus' press stunt had seemed, it still left him with an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. He had no real intention of entering the video game market any time soon, let alone such a niche market as…as…dating sims. He couldn't help but sneer at the thought.

Still…

"Make the eyes bigger and cuter." Pegasus was leaning over the shoulder of the only remaining artist in his new studio as the artist erased and re-drew furiously on his tablet. Aside from himself and Pegasus, the office was empty – the rest of the artist team had gone home for the night. But Pegasus hung on to this one boy – a recent animation school grad – for what he'd called a "special project".

"Bigger!" Pegasus coached the boy enthusiastically, his hands clasped on the boy's shoulders.

"Sir, if they get any bigger, she'll be able to blink her face-"

"Listen, boy-"

"My name's Yuuya, sir."

"OK, Yuuya," Pegasus spun Yuuya's chair around so that they were facing each other and knelt down to eye level, "What was it that made you choose animation school?"

"Well…I guess 'cause I like anime and manga."

"Any specific works or genres?"

"Well…I like action. Like the shonen stuff…"

"Anything else?"

"Well…" Yuuya turned away, his cheeks turning a bright red, "I like…harems and romances."

"And what is it about those series that you like?"

Yuuya avoided his gaze. "Well…there's always so many cute girls and-"

Pegasus stopped him there and echoed the word "cute girls" excitedly. He grabbed Yuuya's hand and whisked him out of the chair. He bounded over to a poster of Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl and pushed Yuuya's face close to the poster.

"Now, thinking about those 'cute girls', what do you see here?"

"Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl?" Yuuya blinked.

"What potential do you see in her, boy? Tap into your harem knowledge…this is your big chance to make a splash in the genre you've always enjoyed."

Yuuya's eyes began to widen.

"Now look at her – really look at her – and what do you see?"

Yuuya's face got red and his eyes began to water. "I see DMG-tan – she's so naïve and clumsy – DMG-tan, you really try hard to keep up with Dark Magician, but your spells fail and so does your cooking. You always seem to burn things, but I don't mind, especially when you make those cute pouty faces…what's that? You baked me cookies?"

Pegasus, who had originally been beaming at the thought that he finally reached Yuuya, was beginning to look disturbed. He grabbed Yuuya's shoulders and began shaking him. Yuuya finally looked up at Pegasus, his eyes filled with a new resolve and energy that gave Pegasus the chills.

"Sir, I've seen her. I've seen DMG-tan. And now it's time to share her with the rest of the world." He clenched his fist.

"So, can I expect a demo within the next few days?"

"You can expect it tomorrow, sir." Yuuya looked intently into Pegasus' eyes. "I won't let you down."

"Tomorrow?" Pegasus tried to hide his amusement, but Yuuya was already yelling into a phone for the scenario writer to come back to work.

I knew I made the right choice in hiring all Otaku. Pegasus rubbed his hands together and grinned as, moments later, the other head development staff (many of them also recent graduates) filtered through the door and to their desks, excitedly bantering back and forth about DMG-tan.

Hope y'all enjoyed that chapter. Let me make it clear that I have no intentions of insulting harem, moe, or dating sim fans.

And for those of you to whom terms like "-tan" and "moe" are foreign, hang in there. The cast will be offering you their own definition in the next chapter or so.