Manga no Tsukurikata 7

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Popular series! 20 pages

New style "yuri" manga artist story

Manga no Tsukurikata

Yeah, I'm the Kawaguchi who had her second debut. What of it?

You've been waiting for it! The comic volume 1 is planned for winter release

Sliver Dragon Award Winner

Hirao Auri

2-1 "I want to draw yuri manga"

I never once thought that

I mean, it's not like I can draw it [put "can" in bold or italics]

2-2 You done with your rough drafts?

2-3 Wah!

How 'bout getting a meal for a change of scene?

2-4 I'll go! I'll go!

So I don't need to be with Morishita for "the experience" anymore

3-2 Sempai, are you done?

3-3 Mm...
I've got half of my roughs to do still

Eh?
Are you going to be ok?

3-4 You have more pages to do than me in your story, right?

3-5 Ah that's right,
in your new series, Morishita,

3-6 The page count is less. How come?

4-1 My editor has changed with this new series

Wow this is really out in the country [manga]

4-2 It's a new person, and how do I say this...?
It's...

It's...

You don't get along

Yeah

4-3 I'm afraid of the criticism, so I find myself unable to draw many pages...

So you're afraid of that too, huh?

4-4 Up 'till now, I haven't had much criticism, no matter which company

...you got talent

4-5 Yeah, I do. I think so too.

She's not saying that to be offensive...

4-6 But I've lost my confidence

5-1 *sigh* I want to write about things I like

5-2 Interesting? Uninteresting? It all seems interesting to me when I'm drawing, so I can't tell

5-3 Yeah
This time doesn't seem that interesting

5-5 I know it, but it still hurts to hear it...

Sorry...

5-6 Well, how about mine?
Interesting?

6-1 Democracy [vertical text]

Award winning manga from a new artist
The anticipated 2nd story

6-2 It was interesting

I didn't think it was that intersting myself...

6-4 Well, um...
I think that your second debut work was more interesting...

See?

6-5 But you said you got along with your editor

7-1 That's right. We have similar esthetics maybe, so there's not much criticism

That's great...

7-2 But you don't seem that enthusiastic about it

Mm, how to put this

7-3 It's like I have to draw stuff that's interesting rather than what I like!

When they do business like "we'll be sure to run your work" - it makes me crumble under the pressure

7-4 What happens if neither of can draw something interesting the way we want it?

7-5 Yeah, really
Ahaha

Ahaha

7-6 *siiiigh*

8-1 Sempai

8-2 What kind of story do you want to draw?

8-3 Eh?

8-5 I've done all this work to be able to draw manga

8-6 But I get the feeling I never really thought about what I want to draw before that

9-1 Umm.....Mmm?

9-2 Ah
So Morishita really has nothing to do with it

9-3 Whether she's around or not, it hasn't changed anything about how I draw manga

9-4 Are you ready to order?

9-5 Ah

9-6 Sempai, have you decided?

10-1 I'll have au gratin

10-2 Ah, au gratin sounds good

10-3 I love shrimp

10-5 I'll have the same thing

Ok, two au gratin.

10-7 I, uh...

11-4 What was it?

...ah, nothing

11-5 Eh?
What was it?

Nothing

11-6 Seeempai!

Se-M-Pa-iiiii!

12-2 I'll tell you, but you can't get mad

12-3 Thank you.
I won't get mad

12-6 But, if I
said I'm with you to gather experience to use to draw manga with, you'd get mad, right?

13-1 Itadakimasu.
Why would you do such a thing?

13-2 Why? Er, because it's popular, right? Gi [it is broken in this funny way]

rl's love

13-3 It doesn't bother me

13-4 Whatever it happens to be is fine. As long as you are with me.

13-5 Actually, it makes me particularly happy

14-1 That's great

14-2 If you can create interesting manga based on being with me, that's fine

14-3 So create something interesting!
Use my part to help you out!

...ok...

14-4 I'll let you have one of my shrimp

15-1 Ehh?
Really?

...it's ok. I don't super love shrimp or anything...

15-2 Waaah
Thank you very much

15-4 Here, say "ah'

Ah

15-6 Fufu

16-1 Ufufu

Haha

16-3 I just said there's no need to do this kinda thing anymore!

16-4 I haven't created any manga that uses any experience with Morishita

Bumper crop this year too, huh?

But we still have
The rice harvest left

Rice!

Rice, huh...

How to harvest rice

Ah, Storm clouds!

16-5 In exchange, you can have a macaroni

Thanks...

17-1 So, what kind of manga do you want to draw, Morishita?

Whatever I think is the most interesting thing at the time.
Gochisosama

17-2 She had an immediate answer...

17-3 Yeah, that makes sense

17-4 Yuri was just something popular, it's not like I wanted to draw it

18-1 So I couldn't draw yuri stories because I wasn't interested in drawing them, I guess

18-2 It'd be great if you could turn this series into something you wanted to draw

18-3 Ah, that's...
Ah!

18-4 If I turn my life experiences into stories, would that be easier, I wonder

Eh? Ah...
Yeah, maybe so. Your manga seems to lend itself to that...

18-5 But you leave me out of it, ok!?

Don't worry!

18-6 I've been in this biz for a while, so...

18-7 She's not saying that to be offensive...

Yeah, that's right...

19-1 Ah,
No way!
It's already been an hour!

19-4 Time to hurry home and draw
That means you, Sempai!

Sorry

19-5 Ah, I'll pay

It's ok. I'm older.

20-1 But I really hate this feeling of being chased...

Doesn't feel like the weekend, does it?

20-2 I'm just happy to be connected to you, sempai, whether it's work or the weekend or whatever.

20-3 Yeah, It's fun for me too, for the most part...

20-4 What do you mean "for the most part"?
I'm going to turn that into a story!

Eh?
Better not

That wasn't interesting at all, just now