1. "Toudou!"
2. "What's with that outfit?"
3. "What is it?"
5. "It's for research."
6. "Remember when you made that poor girl quit? I do!"
7. "You've got to stop acting like some shounen protagonist when it comes to manga! You're scaring off newbies!"
8. "She wasn't even your author!"
9. "Ah."
10. "You mean Maekawa-sensei?"
11. "It's just not quite there."
12. "Yumeno-sensei drew this tense mountaineering scene, but I thought it needed more realism."
13. "You don't have time for that!"
14. "But, anyway,"
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2. "Please, just shut up..."
3. "she has to mature."
4. "For her manga to improve,"
5. "Yaaay!"
6. "I'll give you this."
7. "Technically, she's just on an extended hiatus."
8. "It's probably a good idea for her to get to know the world outside of manga."
9. "As an editor, we want our artists to mature and grow and last, right?"
10. "You can only write stories of young love and fervor for so long."
11. I was a naive lil' boy...
12. I didn't support her enough either...
13. "Hey, calm down, now..."
14. "Yes, and you cause the exact opposite to happen!!"
1. Wonder what Maekawa'd like.
2. Yes, it's all well and good if someone supports her, but ultimately...
3. No wonder she just collapsed...
4. She must have used up a hell of a lot of calories doing that.
5. Eh, this probably works.
6. "I can keep drawing..."
7. I feel like...
8. "I'm borrowing your keys!"
9. Can't believe she actually did that.
2. But if she goes for it now, she might just end up burning out again.
3. I wonder if she wants to go back to being a manga artist?
4. will she quit her job now?
5. And if she does,
1. "Yes."
2. "You feeling any better?"
3. "Ooh, you're awake."
4. "I came over to see you."
5. "Why are you here, anyway?"
6. "Hey, remember when you used to tell me that getting excited over something was all well and good, but I shouldn't get too involved~?"
8. "Oh, really? I'm sorry, then..."
9. "...I don't know."
10. "Hey, Maekawa?"
11. "..."
12. "but I'm scared of what'll happen if I fail again."
13. "Part of me wants to,"
14. "Do you want to go back to being an author?"
2. "I don't think I want you to."
3. "I see..."
4. "Between your pride and your borderline personality disorder, it'll just screw you up again!!"
5. "I don't take drawing manga lightly, you realise!"
6. "There's a lot of different ways of drawing manga these days!"
7. "Are you joking...?"
8. "You spent all that time trying to fire me up again!"
9. "Please stop trying to mess with my head! You've already done enough!"
10. "...I'm not trying to force you into anything. I don't want to sound like I am, either."
11. "And why does what I do matter to you!?"
1. "But, more than art, or being an artist, or whatever,"
2. "the time we spend together is just really, really important!"
3. "So,"
4. "don't say that you don't matter to me!!"
2. "wanting to catch up."
3. "It's my mother."
4. "I see."
5. "..."
6. "Well... I've said what I wanted to say, I guess!"
7. "I need to"
8. "could you wait for a moment?"
9. "talk to her for a bit, so"
1. "Hello, Akane?"
2. "Yes, I'm fine. I'm off work today."
3. "Mum? Are you okay? Why the call?"
4. "Mm..."
5. "You should come home sometimes, too."
6. "Your grandmother came over to stay."
7. "This again, huh..."
8. "Mm..."
9. "..."
10. "Was there something about work you wanted to discuss?"
11. "You have to keep your cool, or you'll risk pushing away the people you love."
12. "You resemble your father in all the wrong ways, sometimes!"
13. "I'm sorry."
14. "You have this awful habit of getting quiet and moody when important things come up!"
15. "It just made me think"
16. "of your father--"
17. "and how he always wanted us to be of one mind as husband and wife, always."
18. "Mm."
2. At least, that's how I process it now.
3. At the time, I hated him for it, but
4. "...mm, maybe we raised you a little too well..."
5. I can see now that he was trying to make you stay together for my sake, rather than going your seperate ways even if that was what you both wanted.
6. "He was so worried when you suddenly stopped showing up in magazines."
7. "A little."
8. "Do you still keep in contact with him?"
1. "Yes, he'd buy everything you were in."
2. "...he read my stuff?"
3. "That reminds me, Akane, you should really try to contact him! You're always so stubborn about that--"
4. "No!"
5. "I think he felt a little responsible for everything,"
6. "like he was the one who made you lose your way."
2. "I think he..."
3. "I... did what I said I would."
4. "What dad said to me was wrong, and I still believe that."
5. "He chose the wrong path in life, but I want him to keep going down it. And not have to look back."
6. "Akane, you know,"
7. "I see."
1. "Whatever you want to do with your life, that's all up to you, but"
2. "I want you to keep on living the life you want, and regret nothing, too."
3. "That's what I want for you as your mother."
4. "It's getting cold."
5. "Mum..."
6. "I--"
7. "Mae-kawa?"
8. "...You want... a sweater...?"
2. "I want to go back to being an author."
3. But...
4. "I see."
5. "Then you should do what you want."
7. "I don't want to just prove things to dad."
8. "There's so much more I want to tell the world."
1. "...you wanna go back to manga, huh."
2. "...sorry."
3. "No, it's your choice."
4. "Ah."
5. "No I wasn't!"
6. "You were listening in!"
7. "I just thought you might be cold!"
8. "Just, don't work yourself too hard, okay?"
9. "I'm so sorry."
10. "I can get a bit overbearing, too..."
11. "Nooo, it's fine!"
12. "I'm sorry."
2. "Eh?"
3. "Ah, uh, right! Well, it's cool, don't worry about it! I already forgot it."
4. "ha ha ha..."
5. "Huh!?"
6. "I was just taking out all my anger on you!"
7. "I'm sorry I said I couldn't stand you!"
8. It was a big thing to her, huh.
9. I spent all that time stewing over it for nothing.
10. "It doesn't..."
11. "Wh-what...?"
12. "bother me."
1. "I just felt kinda lonely."
2. "No... sorry..."
3. "Eh?"
4. "I d- dunno."
5. "What are you doing?"
2. "Th--"
3. "I mean, if you go back to being an artist,"
4. "and who knows if the publisher'll have me back."
5. "I'm not able to draw an entire manuscript yet,"
6. "Things aren't going to go that well, you know."
7. "you'll quit your job, and then we won't see each other any more...!"
8. "Mmm, but stillll..."
9. But, Akane...
10. "Please don't call me that."
11. "I finally met a kindred spirit..."
1. It doesn't have to be a boyfriend,
2. If you want to start over again, you can't let it end up like it did before.
3. someone who'll be there when it gets tough.
4. but just a friend, or anything,
5. "Shimizu-san,"
6. Do you have someone like that, someone who'll be there for you?
2. "Could you... help me?"
3. "I want you to keep being with me, as close as you are right now."
4. "Not like that."
5. "Not someone who helps me with work, I don't mean that."
6. "Your cook?"
7. "I can make my own meals."
8. "No. I don't need one."
9. "Your assistant?"
1. "...like, me? Just regular old me?"
2. "Yes. Hence why I'm asking you."
3. "I start to realise how stupid the entire concept of worrying about anything is!"
4. "Because when you're here, Shimizu-san,"
5. "Alright! Let's freakin' do it!!"
6. "Control yourself..."
7. "I'll help you, however I can!"
8. "Mm!"
9. "I get it!"
2. "You don't want to let go of my hand, do you? Very suspicious."
3. "Ha..."
4. "Hah... well, imagine it's not me, but some gorgeous beautiful OL, then..."
5. "Man, I want to see that now... can you imagine the atmosphere?"
6. "You really prefer just watching, then...?"
7. "Haha!"
8. "Shimizu-san."
9. "Ooh, and then I could turn that into a really good smutty doujin, where the two of you finally become of one heart and mind, and it'd be so romantic..."
1. "Gay stuff doesn't really feel all that different to kissing boys, does it? In practical terms, at least."
2. "Haha! Kidding!"
3. "In fact, I think I might have been slightly overhyped for it. It's just a kiss!"
4. "Eh?"
5. I swore
2. ...I couldn't let myself fall for...
3. "What was that..."
4. woman.
5. a real life
6. "it f-felt... good?"
7. "Eh?"
8. "Okay, and how am I meant to feel about that...?"
9. "Uhm,"
6. thank you to everyone who helped out with the Chapter 8 search! due to a very kind donor, we've got the raws and will be able to continue earlier than I hoped - so have chapter 7 a bit faster than usual! Thank you to idolmaster shiny colors for the qc!
8. We are RECRUITING again, for extra staff to help on Still Sick, So Do You Want To Go Out, and a couple potential other projects (but emphasis on the first 2 for now)! Looking for cleaners (esp!) and TSers either with experience, or able to self-teach on the job!