I've never taken the ferry at night.
Me neither.
It's my first time as well.
Wowsers.
So sparkly.
I've reserved the same rooms as on the trip here,
so make your way there quickly and quietly. That means no running.
Okay.
Tokyo's so pretty.
Beelzebub-bye, Tokyo!
It really is beautiful.
That building's got so many floors.
It sure does.
Soda machine!
There's another tall one.
Tokyo!
Love ya lots!
Snap.
Episode 7 The Lost World Draw with the Intent to Kill
Inokashira-koen Station
How lovely.
So this is where my bible was born.
You must be nervous since it's your first time as an assistant,
but try to relax and don't say anything rude to her.
I can sense the aura of God here.
Are you listening?
Man, this house is huge.
Remember, don't say anything rude.
The bible of my life, Sweet Snake Strawberries.
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A super-happy, hyper school rom-com starring the descendant of a gorgon.
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The series sold millions of copies.
Thanks to sustained interest after serialization ended,
a second part starring her older sister started and is going strong.
Encountering this series got me hooked on manga,
leading to me aiming to be a manga artist in the present.
Its author and my god, Hebichika-sensei...
Hello.
I-I-I-I'm Teshima Rei. I'm a huge fan.
And it's an honor to be helping you with your work.
This is the newbie. Be nice to her.
Nice to meet you.
Assistant
Poteyama Poteko
Hey.
Chief Assistant
Natsukusa Harue
Heya.
Helper
Teramura Nana
This is where God works.
These are her disciples. And I'm one of them!
I'm glad to have you on until the last chapter next year.
Right!
Wait, Sweet Snake is ending?
It's my decision to wrap it up.
Better to be missed than overstay your welcome.
I hope you'll become useful before then.
So cool. I love her.
I love her so much.
Welcome to hell.
Wow. So this is your manga, newbie?
It's not even the least bit good.
God herself is reading my manga!
Let's start by practicing tapering your lines with a pen.
Draw them as close as you can, like this.
I'm getting lessons from God herself!
I made curry, so let's eat.
Made by God herself!
It's so good.
Whoa, that's weird. Why's God eating food?
Shogakukan
Sensei's just so wonderful.
Oh? I'm glad—
She's practically glowing all the time.
Is that right? How about—
The weird part is she does normal things, even though she's God.
Um, listen to me.
I've realized God is just a regular person who'd die if I stabbed her with a knife.
That's a scary as hell conclusion to come to!
Heartbeat Love Romance (Serialization)
Be sure to work on your own storyboards at the same time.
Oh, oh, and then Sensei was like...
Listen!
Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award
Seinen Category Honorable Mention
Hoshino Rei [Heartbeat Love Romance]
Heartbeat Love Romance. My first manga that won an award.
My editor asked me to try drawing storyboards for a serialized version.
No, it wrapped up so nicely because it was a one-shot!
Nothing comes after it!
Even so, I have to create something.
I'd like more of a hook at the beginning.
Think more about what drives these characters.
Could you listen?
I need to add what my editor asked for.
In my spare time between work (which is still just line practice),
I get Hebichika-sensei to look at my storyboards.
Not good at all. 30 points.
For the big scenes, you need more "Whoosh!" and "Kaboom!"
It's the word of God, so I need to add more.
Here, it should be more "Fizzy-fizz!" then "Bang!" with emotions going "Boom!"
After that, something like a "Ba-dump," followed by...
In terms of a three-act structure of setup, confrontation, and resolution...
Please listen.
You need more of a "Snap!"
To get readers to insert themselves into your characters...
The flow should be like "Pop!"
Listen to me.
Is it, uh, getting better?
What the hell is this?
Storyboards?
I'm surprised you can show them to her.
That woman's a genius by pure instinct. Her explanations are gibberish to most.
Teramura Nana-san started as a helper before moving up to being a regular.
Curry's the only thing Sensei ever makes.
Outside of manga, she's not picky about much of anything.
Sensei's a big, selfish tyrant, so you'll lose hope if you do as she says.
Don't put too much faith in her.
Hey—
Hey!
I drew everything the way you asked, didn't I?
I had a sudden revelation.
Please redo all of the backgrounds here.
How many times does this make?
I'll kill her!
Good luck killing me, Harue-chan.
I can't wait.
See?
That's mental fortitude.
Doing this gives you cleaner lines.
Is that so?
I didn't like Teramura-san at all, but we had one thing in common.
Rei-chan, where's your family from?
My folks are out in Izu Oshima.
My grandma lives in Oshima, too.
Wow. Who'da thunk it?
We should go together once things calm down here.
Not a chance.
After I'd finished drawing tens of thousands of practice lines...
Would you like to try drawing a test background?
Your lines completely lack appeal.
Looks like it's back to line practice for you.
Aside from the lines, there are some common newbie pitfalls.
The sides here are way too long.
They should be more foreshortened.
Also, is it me or are your rain gutters a little too big?
How's your eyesight, newbie?
It's 0.4. Barely good enough to get by without glasses.
I knew it.
You need to see the world the way it really is.
I can see a lot better than I thought I would.
The sides are foreshortened. Or I think they are.
What tones would I use for that green?
Go heavy on the black fill. Use #64 and #63 for the leaves.
Scrape off the highlights.
Good morning.
Oh, you got glasses!
Glasses.
One of us now.
I see now.
The orientations of the houses aren't all the same,
so I need to use multiple vanishing points.
Look up, and vertical perspective means the top should be skinnier.
I prefer heavier black shadows.
I bet it'd be fun to draw the light reflected on the river in white ink.
How would you apply tones for this curry?
Maybe layer #62 and #64 for the sauce, then scrape away at #60 for the rice?
I'd go with solid black for the shadows.
You've all got manga on the brain.
That house's roof would be #63.
The roof tiles for the house in front are #65.
A gradient tone for the sky, and scrape away the clouds.
This line's just adorable.
Wanna try drawing a small background?
Use white ink and scrape away tone for the rays of sunlight.
I want to draw that Shiba's fur with a mapping nib.
Whoa, now that's an intricate drawing.
It's for the big scene in Sweet Snake's last chapter.
I've been at it for two weeks.
Rei-chan, you're the star of our team now.
You've got me beat.
1. Romance: "Voice Memories"
Modern sci-fi love story ->
AI talking with voice of dead lover
"Machine emotions" and "human regrets" blend together
* Protagonist with a lost lover. Boots up AI assistant out of loneliness.
* AI slowly begins to talk and react more and more like the lover... (voice similar, too)
* AI tells protag "I love you", and line between real and virtual
begins to blur for protag <- Hmm... dunno about this
* AI begins to talk about truth behind lover's death
Deleting or\h\h\h\hholding convos forever
Protag chooses—
- Does love lie in (memories) or (existence)...
Memories, but at the same time, what exists in this moment?
Is that true? Hard question
"Little Sister in the Mirror"
Stranger who looks just like her begins
invading her life
* With will of her own
* From inside the mirror
begins to accept her
* "Mirror me" sees me
as nuisance. -> Traps me inside mirror
* Mirror shatters, leaving only "mirror me" in real world
Scary...
Hero: "Memory Justice"
Forgets past self after every enemy defeated
Normal human before fighting, loses parts of personality in battle,
after battle, tormented by loneliness and emptiness
Finishing blow even when all seems lost is
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Even forgets who they're trying to protect.
For whose sake and for what justice does a hero without memories fight for?
(Enemy)
- Knows hero's past\h\h\h\hPlays mind games and steals memories with attacks
- Destroys symbols of what hero was trying to protect
For buildings, signs, personal effects,
include numbers, phrases, messages, etc. that seem like hints
Put symbols of past memories on hero's equipment
But even as I proved to be of use as an assistant...
Over the past year, my serialization storyboard,
as I kept adding to it with suggestions from my editor and Hebichika-sensei,
turned into a misshapen thing.
But I've come this far, so I can't give up on it now.
If I trash it while it's still a storyboard,
that year of work might as well have been unpaid labor.
Having achieved nothing else, my only salvation was my assistant job.
Sensei, I finished it.
I've had a revelation.
Let's scrap this and draw the last five pages from scratch again.
What?
I-Is it because of my drawing?
If we start from scratch here, the deadline...
Your art's not to blame here, newbie.
I was just thinking about how to make this the best last chapter possible,
and the idea just came to me.
Hello, Hana-chan? About the deadline...
I'm asking because I know it's too late.
Wait. I'm still the newbie to her?
What frustrated me most wasn't her calling me "newbie" or rejecting my art.
Well, I mean, that frustrated me plenty.
But that last chapter she redrew...
It was amazingly, incredibly wonderful.
She's so selfish.
And has so little regard for anyone else.
So how can she draw something so beautiful?
She's just a regular person who'd die if I stabbed her with a knife.
I should kill her.
Kill her with what?
With manga, of course.
The question isn't if I can or can't.
It's a matter of if I have the will to kill her.
Can I kill her?
With this misshapen manga of mine?
Three. Two. One.
Thank you all for your hard work.
This team of ours may be done for now,
but if you're available for my next work, I'd love to have you all back.
Absolutely not.
No way in hell.
Not happening.
Sensei.
I completely redrew my storyboards, so could you please look?
Oh? You gave up on the one you were working on for a year?
I drew it with the intent of killing you!
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Robota & Pokota
I won't lend my help to anyone with that look in their eye.
After all, you and I are already...
Good luck killing me, Rei-chan.
Robota & Pokota
Bye now!
You're going to call me by my name now?
It really sucked working with her.
Wanna go to Oshima for real?
I feel so free now.
Mind if I scream?
Let's do it.
I'll kill everyone!
Rei-chan, I love you!
What was that?
Nothing.
Hey, Nana-chan.
Back in the day, we'd burn our pen nibs with a lighter.
They said you'd get cleaner lines that way.
Wow, that's so cool.
So this is where you were.
Oh, Tessie.
It's almost midnight.
What are you doing out here at this hour?
Comitia may be over, but the trip hasn't ended until you're back home.
Get back to your room as quickly as you can and go to bed.
Nana-chan was telling us what you were like in the past.
Hey! How much did you tell them?
Ai-chan was trying to figure out what she should draw next.
I was telling her how you struggled as well back in your assistant days.
I was surprised you used to draw manga, Nanacchi.
What sort of manga did you draw?
I don't remember anymore.
There's no way you'd forget that.
Right?
Why'd the two of you quit?
Grown-ups have a lot going on.
Instead of pointless stories about the past,
you should give some proper thought to what you'll do for your next work.
What a pushy way to change the topic.
Real pushy move there.
I managed to change the topic without being too pushy.
Don't be so pushy, Tessie!
Doesn't hold back
Pushy.
Wh-What do you mean, "pushy"?
We didn't come on this trip for fun.
I came to have fun.
You're fine, Nana-chan, since you're not in the club.
Aw, man. I'd join if I were in high school,
Miss Advisor of the South Oshima High Manga Club, Teshima Rei-sensei.
No way.
Who were the two of you assistants for?
Oh, I'd love to know!
They brought the topic right back.
Who do you think it was?
Don't give me that.
Tell us, Nana-chan!
Tell us.
I'd like to know as well.
Translation: John K. Timing: Andy Ellis Editing: SMR Quality Control: Ashley Barboza Final Check: Michelle Tymon