Manga no Tsukurikata 18

[boke's comments in brackets like this]
[Thanks to NaweG for proofreading]

[ver 1.0 Oct 29, 2009]

Page 1 Panel 1

New style "yuri" manga artist story

The cry of my soul...
Comes through my guitar...

Note: Manga Artist

Hirao Auri

Volume 1 and 2 on sale

3-3 Congratulations on your graduation

3-4 Graduation ceremony [sign]

4-1 Thank you!

Me too! I graduated too!

Hm? That so?
You were a first year just a little while ago

4-2 Time flies, huh?

Yep! Thanks to you!

4-3 Morishitaaa!
Let's go!

4-4 Are you going somewhere now?

Yeah. It's the last time we'll wear this uniform, so we're going to take photo booth pictures
Sorry, and after you came out to see me too

5-1 It's ok, it's ok.
I came without letting you know first, so go have fun

5-2 You were thinking "you were a first year just a little while ago" about me too

Sure

And I'm a graduate now!

Congrats

5-3 Buy me a treat on the way home for my graduation

5-4 No way!

[there's a calendar in the background]

3rd: Submit cover
5th: Cover finalized
6th: Submit corrections
11th: Afterword due
15th: Monthly chapter due

6-1 Look, the only things celebrating are the butterflies

6-3 Masato, what were you planning to do again? College?

6-4 I'm going to aim for the world with my ping pong club!

[I cant' read the handwritten text - too blurry]

6-6 Huh?

6-7 Listen to me, already! I've got nobody but the butterflies here!

7-1 Come on, I'm busy! I'm going home.

Eh? So why did you come?

7-3 ...ah, it was all for Morishita, huh?

7-4 Now that you're graduated, it's too bad you won't get to see her, mm?

What are you talking about? She comes to our house everyday

7-5 That's right... [handwritten]

8-1 While Morishita's not here

I'm gonna try to finish the cover!

8-2 [the stuff in the back ground is a combination of her name and the date the comic volume is on sale]

Kawaguchi Asuka

April 30th

8-5 So much pressure...

9-1 You should think of the cover as the face of the comic

9-3 Please think about it and give it your best

9-4 Kawaguchi Asuka [on the blank comic]

9-5 Morishita's used to this, I guess

10-1 Well, how's this to start?
Yeah! My style!

10-2 Title [in pencil on the cover]

10-3 He said to turn in three, so now what...? [handwritten]

10-4 Mmm

10-6 A little more fashionable... something like this?

10-6 This one... it's like it would fly with everyone...

11-1 I think "B" is the best

I see

11-2 I really think so. It's cute.
You don't think so?

11-3 Mm-nn. I was just asking.
I think "A" is good

11-5 How about "C"?

12-1 Wha?

12-3 What's wrong?

12-4 N-nothing, but...

When looking at what would stand out when on display in a bookstore, I think it's C
What about you Kawaguchi-san

12-5 Um...

13-1 This one... "A" here...

13-2 Since this is my first volume, and since this one is most like me

13-3 I thought it'd be this one. To make it more a complete product

13-4 I see... So what should we do...

13-5 Um! I know it's important for people to want to grab it
So, then...

13-6 I...

14-1 I'll take your advice!

14-2 Aaaah....

Ok, then. So about the schedule... Is it ok?
If possible, we'd like you to send it in with your monthly pages...

14-4 Wha? It's going to be "C"?

14-5 But "B" was so cute!

I couldn't go against him. Especially like that...

14-6 Have you ever argued against a cover, Morishita?

Sometimes, but..

15-1 But when that happens, if I'm the only one who likes it, I figure it won't work out
I do get pissed off sometimes, though

15-2 Did it sell that way?

15-2 That's a secret! I don't want you to get depressed

15-3 But even if the composition isn't what you want, won't if be enough if the coloration is how you want it?

15-5 That's right

16-1 But I just remembered, I've never done color work

Really!?

16-2 Even your first volume? [italicize "your"]

16-4 You're not expecting quality work, are you!

After all, my work floats between the middle and end of the manga! [popular series are in the front, series at the end are in danger of being dropped]

Ahaha

16-5 What are you laughing about!

17-1 What do you have left to do?

17-2 What's left? Corrections... and the afterword... everything.

When you're you're all done, do you want to go on a trip somewhere?

17-3 A trip!? That's great!

17-4 It'll be a celebration for your first publication!

18-1 Welcome back

18-2 I'm home

And it'll be a celebration of your graduation too, Morishita

18-3 It works out perfectly!

18-4 Huh? If you're gonna celebrate her graduation, celebrate mine too!

18-5 No way!

[calendar again]

5th: Cover finalized
9th: Submit corrections
11th: Afterword due
11-14: Trip
15th: Monthly chapter due