Manga no Tsukurikata 3

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[circle] Dragon God Award Winner

2nd Silver Dragon Award Winner

Manga no Tsukurikata

Hirao Auri

Continuing to earn your popularity

2-1 My classmate Morishita is sweet. Works hard. Good at cooking and she is really nice too.

What's more, she's a popular manga artist who's rising fast!

She's especially fast at writing.
Even among those kids who are expected to have a bright future - whether or not she's acknowledged as a genius breaking onto the scene or not, whether or not she is wrapped up in mysteries or not, and so on and so forth, that's what she is.

2-3 Or should be, but...

comics will be released next year on Jan 17

Thank you for reading!
Please look forward to Sachi-sensei's next work!

3-1 Man, Morishita's hasn't been working at all!

Yeah, wonder what's wrong

3-2 Don't you think it's 'cause you go over and hang out all the time?

Break up already!

3-3 ...for a guy, you sure bitch a lot

3-4 Just tell her you like her already! Morishita said she hates the way you're so wishy washy

Eh?
That's a lie!

Yeah, it's a lie

4-1 But... what!?
Tell her!? She knows!?

C'mon, It'd be odd if she didn't

4-2 Look, I...

4-3 C'mon, onee-chan! Why are you tossing things around like that! You're raising dust all over the place!

Just shut up already! Stop carping about the small stuff!

4-4 If you're going to flap your trap, then choose which outfit you think has the most impact, Masato

4-5 Eh?
Going somewhere today?

Yeah, Tokyo.

5-1 I'v got a meeting to go to

I think I should make it back by 10

5-2 10 o'clock

5-3 So that means...

5-4 I get to eat with Morishita today - just the two of us?

6-1 No way. Uh un.
There's no way she'd come to the house if onee-chan's not there!

7-1 Morishita...
Huh?

7-3 Eh?
She left already

7-4 What's wrong, Kawaguchi? Get shot down?

Ahahaha

I knew it

7-6 That right

Without onee-chan being around, there's no way she'd make dinner just for me

8-3 I rang the bell, but no one answered

8-4 I wanted to talk with sempai today
And came here right after school

8-6 She's not here. She said she's got a meeting
...so... She didn't tell you?

9-1 Ah
I see

I should have walked home with you after all, Masato

9-3 Come in?

9-4 It's ok, Sempai's...

9-5 Not here

9-6 So there's no point?

10-1 ...ah
Yeah...

10-3 I see. I see.
Ok, I'll walk you home

10-4 No, you don't have to

It's ok, I want to

10-5 Then, just to the train station

11-1 The station?

11-2 Don't tell me you take the train to school? Where do you live?

Eh?

11-3 It's a secret

11-4 Gotta be far

11-5 But you come to our house on weekends, right?
You take the train for that too?

Yeah...

12-1 Then you should get pissed at onee-chan
That she forgot to tell you she was going to Tokyo

12-2 It's ok

I don't get worked up over stuff like that

12-3 I see

Yeah

13-1 Masato-kun, around the eyes, you look like sempai

13-3 And your nose
Your mouth too, a little.

Yeah, same hair too

13-4 Then

13-5 Morishita said she hates the way you're so wishy washy

14-1 I should be good enough

14-3 Morishita

14-4 What?

15-3 Stop

15-5 Sorry

Sorry, Masato-kun

16-1 Sorry, ok?

16-6 Ah...
Crap

17-1 Morishitaa!
I did it! I got an editor!

17-2 Wow!
Really!?
Congratulations!

Thanks!

17-3 But hey, I forgot to tell you I had a meeting today. Sorry.

It's ok.
Masato-kun walked me to the station

17-4 My rough draft that I've been stuck on?
I think I know what to draw now

18-1 That's great!

18-2 What was wrong, I wonder. Hit a slump?

18-3 I see. Hey, will you let me see those roughs?

18-4 I want to use it for reference

19-1 Masato?

19-2 Ah, mm-mn.
It's nothing.

19-3 Ok, so I'll head to your place tomorrow after school

19-4 You going to Morishita's place tomorrow?

Yeah
You wanna go?

19-5 It's not like I can go, right?

19-6 I'll just be in the way, right?

Ah, shut up!

20-1 Ever since I got back from Tokyo, Masato's really been down

20-2 Really? Ah, yeah, he was like that at school too

You said that the idea for these roughs were due to Masato, right?

20-3 He really helped out!

So then...

20-4 Did something happen between you two...?

20-5 Huh? No...

Nothing!

21-1 You don't get this from nothing, ok?

It is really different from her normal plots, though [put "is" in italics or bold]

So it's no good?

21-2 I didn't say that! I like this kind of plot twist

Well, if Masato's unhappiness helps out Morisato, it's all to the good

Yay!
Thank goodness!

Depressed [handwritten]

Sorry!

21-3 Ah, but if you've got an editor now, you're going to get busy now

You won't be able to help me out with my pages anymore

21-4 Ah,
Yeah, maybe

I was asked to turn in plots for three chapters by tomorrow after all

21-5 You won't be able to hang out with me anymore...

22-2 It's...
It'll be ok, see?
I'll come over to help with deadlines. If you want to hang out, just call

Ok! I will!

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22-3 ...the reason I'm dating Morikawa is to become a manga artist? It is, right?

So what am I doing?

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