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章节 1

4. "Shimizu-san!"

1. I'm Shimizu Makoto, 29, 2. "Oh, this is amazing! I didn't know you drew!" 3. "Mae-kawa..." 4. "Ma--" 5. and this girl, my co-worker, 6. "Hey, Shimizu-san," 7. found out about my secret life as a doujinshi artist. 8. "what's this yuri stuff?"

1. "Good morning!" 2. I've been working for an industrial machinery manufacturer for around 5 years, now. 3. "Morning." 4. I'm a team leader in our R&D department, 5. and work is both intensely busy and rewarding for me. 6. "achey..." 7. "Good morning."

2. "Oh, right, did you meet my twin sis--" 3. "You're a very bad liar, Shimizu-san." 4. "Hm? What?" 6. "Good morning, Maekawa-san." 7. "I hope yesterday went well!" 8. "It's not about that!" 9. "Ah, do you not like coffee--" 10. "Look, Maekawa--"

1. "Are you blackmailing me? Do you want money? You can have as much as you want." 2. "Shimizu-san, you're so funny!" 3. "Pleeasee stoooooop" 4. "That bit on the roof, where it's all dusky and one of them tells the other to stop talking about what happened last night, and then she makes her shut up--" 5. "Right, this is just like in your doujinshi!" 6. "Ah!" 7. "You tell no-one, and I mean no-one, about yesterday, okay?" 8. "Why were you at one of those events!?" 9. "Could you be one of us!?" 10. "Huh, wait, actually..." 11. "that 'yuri' was a thing!" 12. "I didn't know" 13. "It was based off an actual anime, right?" 14. "It was my first time reading an actual girl-girl romance story!" 15. Dammit! Wrong type of lily! 16. "hehe." 17. "Oh, well, Koike-san from accounting gave me a ticket to a flower show, but I think I walked into the wrong hall!"

1. "Anyway, keep this a secret! Don't tell anyone!" 2. No, wait, she's a normie! Don't get your hopes up! 3. "Oh, really!?" 4. "Then I can lend you the DVDs--" 5. "I'm interested in watching it too, now!" 6. "Alright!" 7. As long as I've been a nerd, 8. I've never been able to find anyone with the same tastes I do, even with other nerds. 9. So I started to just hide away my love of yuri. 10. "Iunno..." 11. "Ehhh, yuri?" 12. She's kind of a weirdo.

1. I don't feel like I'm gonna get off so lightly... 2. "That was a nice chat. Nicer than I've ever had..." 3. "What's her game, here?" 4. "We've had requests to change the cost and release date..." 5. "Oh, come on!" 6. "You want to change the specs? Now?" 7. "Shimizu, could I ask something..." 11. "Ahhh... more work, less time for doujinshi..." 12. "Even if we get manufacturing to agree to this... we'll have talk them into some serious compromises." 13. "I understand."

1. "Got to get home fast, got to get the storyboarding done..." 2. "I'll be going now." 3. "I came to borrow those DVDs!" 4. "You work really late hours! That's so impressive!" 5. "How do you know where I live?" 6. "Why are you here!?" 7. "Ah!" 8. "That's abusing your power, and you know it!" 9. "Because I'm a manager!"

1. "Eh?" 2. "Please, if you'd just wait a little bit!" 3. "I'll go and get some ingredients!" 4. "Eh, is that your dinner? Convenience store onigiri?" 5. "Yeah, well, I don't have time for anything else." 6. Maybe you're a good girl, after all... 7. I could get used to this... 8. "Ah!" 9. "It's sooo good... comfort food..." 10. "I'm so glad..." 11. "It's a bit all over the place, but I hope you like it!"

1. Fresh, raw manuscripts! Wao!! 2. "Ooooh!" 3. "They're the basis of manga, interesting!" 4. "Nooo! Those are storyboards! Those are what I draw from!" 5. "Look out!" 6. "Ah!" 7. ""Onee-sama, please, accept my feelings..."" 8. "Please! I do not need your fandub!"

1. "Are you alright!?" 2. "Yes..." 3. Uh... Maekawa's... 4. actually kind of handsome and cute. Huh. 5. "Shimizu-san?"

1. "Eh?" 2. "Don't say that..." 3. "You think she's into the kind of stuff she writes, like, actually?" 4. "You know Shimizu?" 5. --I mean-- 6. No. 7. "Real women are off limits--" 8. "Oww!"

1. "And that I'm old enough to know better," 2. "Whatever." 3. "Shimizu--" 4. "I know you probably think this is sick, and weird," 5. "and shouldn't be obsessing over and drawing manga like this--" 6. "That's not my angle, at all."

1. "But I don't have anything I feel half as strong about..." 2. "It makes me wish I could be the same way." 3. "Honestly, I think it's really cool that you have a real passion project like that." 4. "It's clear how much you love these girls! It really gets through to me!" 5. "Even aside from the love story bit," 6. "I think that's why I like your manga, Shimizu-san!" 7. "I'm cheering you on!" 8. "So please, have a little more confidence!" 9. "Maekawa-san..."

1. "Some stuff is better not read aloud." 2. "Onee-sama!" 3. "And see, this one line, this made my heart throb real hard...." 4. I finally got to share 5. "You'll definitely cry at episode 8! Be prepared!!" 6. "I'll watch it all and tell you what I think!!" 7. But, with that said... 8. "Shimizu-san..." 9. That makes me way, way too happy. 10. something that's important to me, with someone else, who might just love it too.

2. "Oh? There's another one already?" 3. "Another?" 4. "There's only one a year, you know!" 5. "You know, I'm into flower arrangements, so..." 6. "Would you like to come and see a flower show with me?" 7. "...huh?"

4. Still Sick Chapter 1 5. A new pickup! I really like series about the creative process in general, and this one focusing on fanworks makes it especially dear to my heart! I really hope you enjoy the twists and turns to come! You might notice that I decided to keep honorifics in, which I normally avoid - in this case, I felt it actually kind of enhanced the mood, because this manga is a very Japanese story about a very Japanese cultural phenomenon, and the characters talk more like standard manga characters than most things I translate? I should also probably do a glossary of terms, too - I don't plan on leaving a lot of Japanese words in other than 'doujinshi' (tl note: fanfiction manga, normally sold as books), but it still might help... hmm! 7. Please get in contact if you'd be interested in doing cleaning for this series!