The cringey origins of Season 2

March 2002...

"DONE!" Cringe shouted as he gazed at his computer screen.

He then printed everything out, put it in a cart, and brought them before Eddy.

"And the hell have you been doing? I get released from prison only to find out the company's in the red? I thought you said you were the next Shiruka! So why haven't you done shit for two years!?" Eddy shouted.

"But I have, I started 385,703 flame wars online and completed my new novel, Nine novel flex!" Cringe proclaimed as he attempted to flex his nonexistent muscles.

"Oh, I'll take it. If its anything like Shiruka's work we can market that shit to high hell. So is this it? It looks like a lot though."

"Cuz it's nine novels in one! I spent these past two years making this exclusively. Don't worry, I took time out of my day to start flame wars at least once a week."

"Why are you obsessed with something so stupid?"

"Cuz I like insulting people online, and watching them get angry and miserable. It makes me feel all fuzzy inside. Plus my account gets cool badges the more I do on the site!"

Eddy gave Cringe a look of pure disgust before reading the manuscripts. "And what is this? Is this a novel or a script!?"

"For reference, I based the grand plot off the flame wars I started. I even copy pasted the chat logs," Cringe giggled with glee.

"LIKE HELL WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH THIS! I JUST GOT OUT OF JAIL DAMMIT! SELF PUBLISH YOUR OWN CRIME LOG, YOU IDIOT!"

"Can I just turn this exchange into a novel like Shiruka did, and copy paste the name from my novel?"

"Yes, so long as you sign an agreement I'm about to have my lawyer draft."

After some massive edits, Cringe's novel was published, and was ravaged by critics for being a poor imitation of Shiruka's work. Though like Shiruka, Cringe sought to get the original idea for his novel published. Considering he spent 2 years making it, he truly wanted to have it out in the world. Thus, one night, he snuck into the building and printed out a copy of the original. The final product ended up being a foot thick. So thick, Cringe couldn't even hold the book on his own and had to get it on a pulley cart in order to take it to a bookstore.

There, he simply left the book at the front door and watched from afar as the bookstore employee came and saw it. The employee shrugged, unlocked the shop, and brought the book inside. Due to working all night on printing the novel, Cringe didn't proofread. Had he, he would have realized he didn't put his name anywhere on the cover or in the book. Ironically, this ended up preventing him from being outright arrested.

As for how the book was received, the critics who read it called it a "disgusting glorification of cyberbullying." The police confiscated the book and began an investigation into it's origin and if it truly was pure fiction.

A few days later, Cringe returned to Eddy with a proposal. "They loved my autobiography! Now that I've flexed on Shitty Shiruka, let me write TV dramas for you."

"NO! I'm ceasing publication of the crap you shat on paper. Nobody liked it, and I was even questioned by police the other day regarding it's contents. Like hell I'm going back to jail just for you!" Eddy shouted.

"Give me a trial period, I'll give you something that's completely fantasy based! If you like it, will you let me write Yowie Hunt season 2?"

"Season 2? Hmm, you actually have a good idea. The controversy surrounding Shiruka seems to have died down, and there is a good chunk of people that enjoyed Yowie Hunt. Alright, I'll have Fumiyo write it."

"HUH!?"

"I know it will probably get more erotic, but that might be my ticket for getting this company back in the green. She was Shiruka's assistant, so she should at least have some-"

"Um sir, Fumiyo left the company while you were in prison. She's also published her own BL manga featuring a yowie," an aide sighed.

"What!? I thought that was our work! And when the hell did that bitch learn to draw?"

"Apparently, Shiruka drew it before the incident, or so she claims."

"Well sue em for copyright infringement!"

"We did, and we lost. That's what the vice CEO did in your place."

"Well now I'm even happier that I fired him just now."

"The writer's spot's opened right?" Cringe asked.

"YES! There will be auditions. Whoever writes a script that could be turned into a profitable long running series will win the prize of being able to write season 2 of Yowie Hunt," Eddy groaned.

And thus, Cringe's Yowie Hunt came to fruition, and was poorly received. The only good thing was that Fumiyo managed to get Cringe arrested, setting the stage for her to write Yowie Hunt's final season, or rather adapt the script for a second season Shiruka had wrote just in case Eddy decided to force him to write another season.