Although the Second Young Lady did not mind the matter of drawing doujinshi, if she could set the other girl straight, Yukino still hoped that her junior, Sawamura, would give up on becoming a doujinshi artist.
"I-I..." To Eriri, though, that was no different from saying, "You're doomed. Just wait to die. There's no saving you..."
After all, Eriri was...
"Wah..." The little blonde nearly burst into tears and ran away, but she forced herself to endure it. "Is there really... really no other way except telling her that I'm the one who draws doujinshi?"
"Does Junior Sawamura really like drawing doujinshi that much?" Yukino Yukinoshita was puzzled. Even at this point, the girl had not considered giving up. How wonderful would it have been if she showed that same persistence in something else? But it just had to be drawing doujinshi...
"Yukinoshita..." Fortunately, Sogo Doma was there to explain. "Eriri's in a difficult position too..."
Sawamura Eriri: "..."
Sogo was actually speaking up for her?
"Sorry, I don't really understand..." Back then, Yukino had only recently come into contact with anime and manga culture.
"Can't be helped. Eriri's the only designated artist in their circle."
"Circle?" The Second Young Lady was startled again. Wasn't the other girl afraid that her identity as a doujinshi artist would be exposed within her circle? Why was she now talking about being their only designated artist...
"Oh, right..." Seeing this, Sogo could only explain again. "I mean a doujinshi circle."
"A doujinshi circle?" Although Yukino had only just begun getting into anime and manga culture, she understood what a doujin circle was. "Toyogasaki doesn't have a club like that, does it?"
"That's why it's outside school..."
"Is that okay?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked instinctively. It could not be helped—this country's prejudice against anime and