"Aren't you trying to learn how to draw manga from Mashiro?" Sogo Doma tilted his head and chuckled. "If you don't even dare admit that you like 2D culture..."
Before he could finish, Mashiro Shiina blinked and said, "You want to learn from me?"
"W-wait a second..." Eriri looked somewhat flustered. She wasn't ready yet.
"Don't you want to?" Sogo Doma smiled with obvious delight. He had said it before—when it came to sore spots, he could find countless ones on this blonde.
"N-no, that's not it..." Eriri hurriedly waved her hands. It wasn't as if she didn't want to.
"Do you like manga too?" Once again, before she could finish, Mashiro Shiina looked at Eriri seriously and asked.
Sawamura Eriri: "..."
"I do!" She nodded. This was the one thing she couldn't lie to herself about.
"I like it too..." Mashiro Shiina nodded as well. "Do you draw manga?"
Sawamura Eriri: "..."
Huh!?
Was she supposed to admit that she drew doujinshi? That she was Kashiwagi Eri?
Just as she hesitated, Sogo Doma spoke first. "Mashiro, don't let her silly look fool you. She's submitted work before too."
"Who are you calling silly!?" Eriri snapped.
"And then?" Mashiro tilted her head, looking unconcerned.
"She got rejected..." Sogo Doma spread his hands. "Just like when Mashiro first submitted something—her art style was fine, but the plot was far too illogical..."
"How do you know that?" Eriri was startled again.
Sogo Doma merely smiled without answering. How much plot logic could a doujinshi artist possibly have? She probably just wanted to throw in fanservice at every turn...
"What about the editor?" Mashiro Shiina asked in confusion. After she was rejected, an editor from the manga publisher had contacted her right away—whether it was to discuss the plot, or...
Leaving that intense