Shoujo Nemu 7

Shoujo Nemu 7

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vol. 7 Double Booking

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*Purururu Pururur

*Pu

Hm-?

I'm sorry, is this Kimura Goro- sensei's residence?

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Yeah...

This is my first time calling.

My name is Kawamura, I'm from the editing department of S publishing, sorry to bother you.

I've been keeping my eye out on your works for a while now.
I'm a big fan, ehehe...

I'm calling because our publishing company is going to be launching a new comic magazine,
and on that note, I would really like to include something written by you, sensei...

Could you stop calling me sensei...?
Ahh, I'm sorry...

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Sorry but I haven't been working lately.
I just thought I'd loaf around for a bit till I started feeling like doing it again...

Sensei...

Er, I mean, Kitamura-san, I would really like to meet up with you and just talk,

I'm sorry, I'll have to decline.

It'll be completely unrelated as to whether you can draw something for us or not. Please!

I'm sorry, I can't. It'd be rude of me,
to drag you way out here, the middle of nowhere, from Tokyo when I don't even feel like drawing.

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Well actually, I'm be taking a trip to I prefecture for company business tonight.
I see...

*Za za...

It's not exactly something that's just, "by chance" but,
that's how things are, and I was thinking I might be able to have just a bit of your time to chat or something.

Please!

All right...
I-I see! Thank you!

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Miso Ramen, coming up

Welcome. Ah- Sorry but you'll have to wait for a little bit.

Are you a delinquent...?

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I was just thinking that the only ones that were out on their own will this late
were delinquents whose parents had even given up on them

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*Gakya-

Huh...

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Are you angry...!?
No...
It's better than you coming in the middle of the night, right?

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How many years have passed since then...
When I was in high school I was always hanging out here and smoking...

In the classrooms I was always horsing around with everyone but,

I was actually really daaaark and wasn't really attached to anyone...
I couldn't deal with it...

I didn't want to go home either

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I would just smoke here for hours without thinking about anything...

Didn't you have something you wanted to talk about?
N... Nothing particular.

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I just wanted to see you...

Have you been drawing any
works...?

*To- To-

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Sorr~y

*Bashi-
Wow...
Awesome...

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All right, I've decided!!
I'll meet the editor tonight and I'll show him your work, kid...
I mean, I'll show him your work. [Again it's you[rude]/you[polite] that I'm trying to approximate]

It'll be good for you to find out yourself the industry's reaction.
Huh...?

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*Kyoro Kyoro
Welcome-

That's him...

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Excuse me, you're Kimura Goro- sensei, right?

Nice to meet you.

I'm Kawamura from the editing department at S publishing.

Same here, nice to meet you.

Ah- To be honest, I didn't think I'd really be able to meet you.

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Do you mind if I smoke? Go ahead.

*Shubo...

Tomato Juice

*Karan

There were frequent rumors in the industry that you had gone back to your home town to charge up for your next work.
No, I never intended to do that, I've just been loafing around.

Ahaha, you are just full of jokes!
*Ahahahahaha

*Hahaha

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*Karan

Goro- san is getting mad...

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Well then, I hope we can meet again.

If you get any new ideas then contact our editing department.
See you later.

*Batabatabata

Sorry...

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I just couldn't bring myself
to show him your work.

That's fine.

Hm...?

*Bu

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That guy's really fired up about the launch of the new magazine right now but,
sooner or later he'll get whipped [in the ass] by the company.
He's the stereotypical kind of guy who'll only be focused on those, "easy sells"
that those mangakas who can't even discern what's good or bad draw.

There's no way I could show that kind of guy such an important manuscript.

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I see.
It was a double booking with Itou Reiko, huh?

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Don't you have to get back?
My parents run a ramen shop.
As long as I'm back by 12...
A ramen shop?

... Menkichi

Huh?
I go there all the time.

I know...
So _that's_ how it was.

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