AKA Oresama's Journal That May Now Be Considered Extra Credit!
EPIC! Oretachi is EPIC's first hand at creating a light novel, which he considers the Spiritual Successor of Lucky Star. Heck, he's already planning the cast for it!
Tsugumu Minagawa, your average Troper, decides to write a journal for English class, just like the rest of the 7th Grade Class in Hikariyama Academy. He has a twin sister named Tsukiyo, and he often writes about their escapades together. It also talks about the growing relationship between Tsugumu and Tsukiyo's best friends: Ryouji Chinaka and Risa Nakabana.
CAST LIST (first names first, last names last):
| Tsugumu Minagawa | Yuuko Goto | |
| Tsukiyo Minagawa | Aya Hirano | |
| Ryouji Chinaka | Motoko Kumai | |
| Risa Nakabana | Nana Mizuki | |
| Yuuma Kitazawa | Makoto Tsumura | |
| Yuuna Kitazawa | Shizuka Hasegawa |
Eventually, two more characters come into the show. Yuuma and Yuuna Kitazawa, the cousin twins of the Minagawans.
Basically a semi-autobiography of EPIC, but with all the names changed and some alterations added to make it seem like it's not attacking anyone.
Has a character sheet.
This story may be found here.
This light novel provides examples of:
- Absurdly Powerful Student Council: Well, not that absurd. The Hikariyama Student Council at least runs things by the teachers first before doing anything. And it ends up getting the whole school doing it!
- Anachronic Order: There're some chapters during the middle school years of the EPIC!-tachi, and some stories cover them in different ages.
- Bland-Name Product: Mostly averted. Nintendo and Sega get referenced all over the place, but there are Paranoia brand TVs.
- Dead Fic: There's only the prologue and chapter 1, both posted in the tail end of 2008. There hasn't been a single update since then.
- Gratuitous English: Justified, in that Tsugumu takes up an English class so as to refine his Troper skills, and to study in NYU.
- Lighter and Softer: Happens to Hikariyama Middle when Hikariyama High and University suffered through KIKEN.
- Roman à Clef: Basically an anthology of the author's middle school experiences, and certain Conversational Troping instances.
