1. "woah)..."
2. "Well, our team's been given a big new project!"
3. "And we've got to raise our game to support her!"
4. Her boys really look up to her, wow.
5. "Ah... No."
6. "More just thinking about how Shimizu-san seems to be in a good mood lately."
7. "Got some business with our great leader?"
8. "Thanks, dude!"
9. "I've got the documents we need!"
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2. "What's the noise for!?"
3. "What are you doing, Toudou-san."
1. "Uh..."
2. "Your oneshot was so well-received..."
3. "that we're putting you forward for a full series."
4. "We'd like three chapters' worth of drafts. If you please."
5. "Um!?"
6. "Uhhm !?"
7. "Looks like you're back into the thick of it, but..."
8. "I think, with Toudou-san on your side, you've got nothing to worry about."
9. "Th..."
10. "Thank you... so much..."
11. "Tsuda-san..."
1. "But..."
2. "I'm so sorry for all the concern and problems I cause you."
3. "Me?"
4. "If it wasn't for you being here, I wouldn't have finished that oneshot in the first place."
5. "Noooo, that was on my end, too..."
6. Sometime, in the future...
7. "But if you never want to work with me again, I'd understand!"
8. "I want you to be my editor and for us to work on a series again!"
9. "Nononono, I'd understand if you never wanted to work with me again!"
1. "Well, I'm just happy I could help you."
2. "But if I did do good..."
3. "Mae-kawa,"
4. "if you quit your job,"
5. "you'll have to move, right?"
6. "Well, about that..."
7. "By the way, what are you planning to do about your current job?"
8. "Ah..."
1. "Aaaaah!!"
2. "That's been weighing on me, yes..."
3. "Well, if and when that happens,"
4. "do you want to look for a new place together? And then... we can move in there."
5. "I'll do my best at my job, too."
6. "For us."
7. "Eh? Yumeno-san, where'd you come from--"
8. "good morning!"
9. "I have a meeting!"
10. "Are you gonna half-ass this, too, like you half-ass everything else in life!?"
1. "I don't,"
2. "You're right! I don't!"
3. "Yumeno-san, with all due respect, you have nothing to do with this!"
4. "I..."
5. "and I still think you should be honest about what you actually want!"
1. "I want to put my whole heart and soul into it."
2. "I want to draw manga."
3. "I've been blessed with an amazing partner..."
4. "But..."
5. "We're married! Can't we work through this together?"
6. "Please! Just think about me and Akane for once!"
2. I want to do what's best for me,
3. "You've been working your butt off lately, haven't you.."
4. but I don't want to hurt someone I love in the process...
5. "I see, I see..."
6. "I have!! Give me a raise!! Pwease!!"
1. "I'm serious, you know..."
5. "Well, have you considered moving into upper management?"
6. "I'm an engineer, you know! I've got my hands full just managing my own team."
7. "Please review your statements on equality, fairness and pay gaps!"
8. "But we pay management positions better...!!!"
9. "Mhm..."
10. "There is the path of becoming the ultimate software engineer, too..."
1. "'cause you know she the"
2. "Your team can't stop gushing about you at every given opportunity!"
3. "Boss!!"
4. "I don't think that's exactly any great talent of mine, though..."
5. "No, no...! I know you're a born leader by now!"
6. "Anyway, why would you want me in the role?"
7. "I'm a fan of wanting more women in management positions, but I'm not the person for the job."
8. "Is that so..."
9. "I'm not sure I agree..."
10. "Shimizu-kun, I think you're what they call an 'inspiration'."
1. "I just think you should review your life goals, is all..."
2. "..."
3. Being a manga author seems like a pretty fraught career...
4. So I'd like to do what I can to give Maekawa peace of mind and let her really focus on her art...
5. My life goals, huh...
6. I mean, anything there has to involve Maekawa.
1. "Oh, don't we usually start getting a few new faces in the office around now?"
2. Maybe I sprung the idea on her too early... it is heavy stuff...
3. "I want you to work hard for your own sake."
5. But if I actually told her I was making career choices with her in mind,
6. I think she'd give me, like, a real frowny face.
7. I mean, even discussing moving in together got her kind of antsy.
8. "Please let me try managing them!"
9. "Wow, someone's motivated."
10. "I've learned a lot from you, Leader!"
11. "the what?"
12. "No, seriously, the what?"
13. "I'm just following the Shimizu Active Management Theory!"
1. "And that means I want to be more like you, too. Lead the next generation."
2. "What we're saying is don't worry about us! Go for that promotion, Leader!!"
3. "How did you guys even find out!?"
4. "I haven't even decided if I'll go for it, yet!"
5. "Morning!"
7. "Super competent, yet just a little bit silly!"
8. "Is that even a compliment?"
9. "A Leader you love and want to support!"
1. "Mae-kawa!"
2. "Your back is so sensitive!"
3. "This is work-place harass-ment!"
4. "Now, let's go back to mine, and I'll get that back thoroughly blown out—"
5. "Today's a company-mandated No Overtime Day, you know!"
6. "Just 'cause there's no-one around doesn't mean we should do that here!"
1. "I guess this is your real return to the fold, eh?"
2. "Mhm!"
3. "Oh, wow!"
4. "You'll be working on a full series!"
5. "We're both at big moments in our lives, huh."
6. "I also had"
7. "my boss ask me if I might be interested in moving into management..."
8. "And I wouldn't get to do as much hands-on work, either..."
9. "Yeah, more work than ever."
10. "Isn't that quite a big job...?"
1. "I used to be kind of a 'eh, work's work, I'll do whatever' type,"
2. "but I had some chats today that made me really think I wanna push myself some more."
3. "But I think I should give it a go."
5. "Wow! Rude!"
7. "Shimizu-san, you wanting to work is... unsettling..."
8. "Awaken from this trance..."
9. "Plus, if I'm all the way up, I can try to make stuff way easier and more efficient for my engineering buddies."
1. "So,"
2. "don't worry 'bout me."
3. "Are you sure you'll be able to...?"
4. "I'm a doujin-er 'til I die!!"
5. "I won't give up on what I love!"
6. "As long as I can still draw doujinshi"
7. "Won't know unless I try!"
8. "then bring it on!"
9. "...I want..."
10. "We've got our own goals now, right? So let's support each other, and go get 'em."
1. "I want us to get a really nice sofa."
2. "...when we move in togeth- er..."
3. "Mm?"
4. "...Yeah!"
5. "And a bed actually big enough for the two of us!"
6. "Mm, I think our sleep schedules aren't going to line up, though..."
7. It doesn't matter if things aren't 'normal' or 'perfect'...
8. "Doesn't matter! Big bed! Big bed!!"
9. Even if we have some rough patches again...
1. Having somewhere to belong, somewhere that makes me feel happy to wake up in the morning, is all I could ever ask for.
2. "Mind if I'm there, too?"
3. "...Mhm."
1. "I need you there."
2. "I forgot my phone!!"
3. "Oh no!!!!"
1. "Leader!! Are you okay!!! Status Report!!!"
2. "There's something I want to discuss..."
4. "Eh?"
5. "The time has come."
6. "aaah..."
1. "...I did!"
2. "But I'm guessing you found that, then?"
3. "You've done amazing work for us, don't get me wrong..."
4. "But I could always tell this wasn't where you truly wanted to be, or what you wanted to do."
5. "Thank you..."
6. "Good to hear it! Just get back to work for now, then."
7. "I'll let you know about your successor, we'll get that all worked out."
8. "a bit of a shame, though."
9. "It is..."
1. I just went for it, I guess...
2. "Oho!"
3. "gosh, what a pain..."
4. "Aww... it is the season, after all!"
5. "It's... hay fever. Haha."
6. "Eh?"
7. "You're looking a little red-eyed, dear."
1. "Maekawa, are you free now?"
2. "ha ha ha..."
3. "pardon?"
4. "How dare it make our Maekawa cry..."
5. "Hay fever, eh..."
6. "...Yes!"
7. "I am!"
7. i wasn't that emotional when I originally read this chapter, but on the reread its so..... i'm so happy maekawa's effort paid off!!! also their futon cuddling in the 'lets move in together' discussion...
8. one more chapter!! i'll miss this series so much!! ever noticed how unique it is that shimizu is both a womanchild and a hunk!!