Manga no Tsukurikata 19

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

[ver 1.0 Dec 19, 2009]

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New style "yuri" manga artist story

The Duck Waltz

Hirao Auri

Volume 1 and 2
once again have new printings!

It's rumored that the
Hirao Auri Workbook will be on sale this winter

2-1 It's eating into the schedule after all! Well, I predicted that would happen

[schedule]

...th - Finish cover [date is obscured]
9th - Finish corrections
11th - Complete afterward
11th on - Trip
15th - Battle to finish manuscript

2-2 I didn't predict that!

2-3 When can we goooo on the trip?

When I'm finished with this month's manuscript

When will you be doooone?

She's here

2-4 Who?

2-5 Um...
What's her name...

3-1 It's Takeda, I'll have you know

3-2 Ugh

3-3 No! We're taking a break right now, I mean...

Forget the excuses - let's head back to your room

3-4 Uh

3-5 Ok!

4-1 Not again!

4-2 Ah
Deja vu, huh...?

4-3 It's not like I hate Takeda-san... I do want to get to know her better
But, it's... so frustrating!

4-4 Mori...

Takeda-san works faster, and her work's neater

4-5 I know she's can help out way more than me, but...!

Morishita!

5-1 Wait a sec, Morishita!
I know Onee-san is like that with Takeda concerning work, but

But she only hangs out with you, right?

5-3 Whaat? Really!?

5-4 Ah, I get it. So that's why you're so frustrated!

Eeeh!?

5-5 So you still haven't...?

It's like we're there, but...

6-2 We just need the right circumstances!

6-5 What's up?

6-6 Nothing...
to do

7-1 Bored, huh?

7-3 Ok, do roughs with us

Your own roughs...

7-4 Ah

7-5 The Law

Sachi

8-1 Takeda-san, it's Sachi!

What are you talking about?

8-2 Morishita is Sachi!

Y'know, the one you like!

8-4 Ah

8-5 It's like she almost lives in my home...

8-6 I see, so Morishita is Sachi...

9-2 So crappy!

9-3 There's no way

Hey!

9-4 Ok, so if she draws something in front of your eyes, you'll believe her?

9-5 Impossible

10-1 Anyone could imitate that art style
If they wanted to

10-3 Now you've said it!

10-4 But Sachi is not about the art
It's the story

11-1 It overflows like water

Runs downstream

And evaporates

It becomes the sky's tears

11-2 The art? It's not like it's important

11-4 Mo...
Morishita...
Don't let it get to you...

12-1 She's right...
It doesn't matter if it's me, huh...

12-2 It doesn't matter that it's me that helps you, huh, sempai?

12-3 Everything's ok if only Takeda-san's here, huh!

12-4 (That's true, but) That's not what I...

12-5 Kawaguchi-san! Let's finish up!

12-6 Whaaat?

13-1 You seem in a rush, huh?

You're running around [handwritten]

13-2 Nothin' to do

13-3 All you had to do was console me just a little! Geez, Sempai!

You don't have to rub how close you two are in my face!

Wh-what? You're talking like there's some sort of triangle...!?

13-4 Masato-kun, you'll do.
Say something to comfort me

13-5 Instead of Onee-san?

13-6 Yeah, instead of her

14-1 It won't have any meaning if she's not the one to say it

Mm... Yeah... That's true...

14-3 For me...
It's got to be her

14-5 Even if it's not that way for her
For me, it's got to be her

15-1 Am I being selfish?

15-2 I think... that's what love is all about, right?

15-3 Ah, so embarrassed!

15-4 Yeah

15-5 Yeah. That's right,
Masato-kun

16-2 Morishita...

16-3 Hah?

16-4 You finished!

While I was working on this, you didn't do your roughs and slept instead?

16-5 I wasn't sleeping!

16-6 I finished

I'm going to mail this. Wanna come with me?

17-1 Yeah!

For this, I'll go
Kawaguchi-san, shouldn't you take a break?

17-4 It's ok.
Takeda-san, watch the place with Masato

17-5 Eh? With someone I don't know...?

It's ok. He likes Morisato

No, I don't care about that, it's...

18-2 Um, I'm sorry

18-3 Eh?

18-4 We couldn't go on our trip
And you had to cool your heels all day

18-6 Me too. Sorry I wasn't more adult about it

19-1 For me, when it comes to your manga
It's good because it's that story with that art [italicize both occurances of "that"]

19-3 It's not your manga if you don't draw it
It's got to be you

20-1 Got it?

20-3 Yes!