Manga no Tsukurikata 11

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

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New style "yuri" manga artist story

Manga no Tsukurikata

Takeda-san returns.

Hirao Auri

A second printing of vol. 1... after only a week of sales!

Thanks to you, volume 1 is reaaaaly selling

2-1 Takeda-san
This month's was really interesting

2-3 Even though she's critical, she praises the stuff she finds interesting

Heh

2-4 Eh?
Who was that from?

Remember when I couldn't make my deadline and went to Tokyo? The girl that helped me out.

2-5 Oh, really?
What's she like?

3-2 She's a year younger than you, Morishita...

3-3 She... seemed like a nice person...

That's nice

I don't have any good memories [handwritten]

Kawaguchi-san, the way you finish your art is hap-hazard [handwritten]

3-4 I'd like to meet her

3-5 You would?

I don't have any friends who draw manga

3-6 Sachi-san's manga is really interesting, so...

If you did it as nicely as Sachi-san...

4-1 Ah, that might be nice

4-2 Again?

4-3 You should learn from your mistakes!

4-4 No, it's not like I'm behind schedule this time

So why make me take the bullet train for an hour to get here! I don't get it!

4-5 I'm... sorry that you don't get it...

5-1 Fidget Fidget

5-2 Hi! I'm Morishita!

5-3 ...I'm Takeda

5-4 Morishita helps me out on days she doesn't have work

6-1 So you have an assistant after all

6-2 And she's terrible!

6-3 Did Morishita-san apply tone on all these?

7-1 That's right. After I finish inking each page, she applies the tone

7-2 Maybe she's not an artist

7-3 Are there any weird spots?

No...

It's not like there's... spots...

7-4 Finished!

7-5 Do this, please

Ok

8-2 I'll do it

8-3 Morishita-san... you can go lie down in the living room or something, ok?

Hey, this is my house!

She's so nice

9-1 Oh, man. I'm so tired...

I managed to finish up! Thanks!

Congratulations...

9-2 Is she pissed?

9-4 Um

9-5 I have the layouts for a manga I'm going to submit for the next competition...

Do you mind reading it over for me?

10-1 Wow! This is great!

10-2 Morishita, read this!

Eh?
Morishita-san...
(Er, does she understand manga?)

11-1 Yeah, it's amazing you can do something like this when you so young

11-2 Eh?
Ah...

11-3 It'd be odd if you didn't win with that

I want to read more of it, right?

11-4 Yeah

12-1 I'm not a judge or anything...

But I think you'll place really well

12-4 Ok, see you

12-5 So now I've got to ride the train for an hour. Again.

You're leaving already?

13-1 Why don't you stay for dinner, at least...

13-2 No, getting home takes an hour, so...

13-3 What is she insinuating?

Um, I...

13-4 I don't have any friends... that draw manga...

13-5 So, if it's ok with you

14-1 Ah...
I don't need any manga-drawing friends

14-3 I really hate getting bad advice or getting influenced in odd ways

I feel like my own sensibility will go bad

15-2 I see, I see

15-3 Ok, then we'll part as not quiet friends...
Later!

15-4 Yeah...
If you get in trouble again, call me
Or better yet, come to Tokyo

15-4 Tokyo's a pain

15-5 Listen, coming here's a pain...

16-1 That's too bad

16-2 I'm sorry

There, there.

16-3 So you'll just have to put up with me for now

16-4 Yeah

17-1 Ah

17-3 I forgot to introduce her as Sachi!

17-4 It's ok! She'll be more friendly next time!

I'll introduce you!

17-5 But I don't know if she'll see me again

18-1 Yeah, there's that...

18-2 Maybe if I let things slide 'till the last minute, she'll come and help out...

Don't do that!

19-1 Takeda-san
Thank you for today. Please look over my roughs again sometime.

19-2 It seems Takeda-san might meet us again

Yay

19-3 Also, if you hang on each other too much, people will figure it out

20-2 It's not like I'm trying to hide it or anything
But I'm a little scared to introduce Morishita as Sachi now...

Ok! So next time, let's go to Tokyo to see Takeda-san!

20-3 I wanna go to Harajuku and Ikebukuro!

20-5 and I think you should have Morishita-san start taking lessons on how to draw manga.