In truth, Sogo Doma had not clashed with Ayano Iida solely for himself and his little sister—in the world where Sogo Doma did not exist, after Mashiro took Ayano Iida's advice, she drew inspiration from things around her and created Nana Manor. Yet even with Ayano Iida's enthusiastic recommendation, the work had only barely passed the serialization meeting by a narrow margin...
For ordinary people, having their work pass the serialization meeting and appear in a manga magazine was absolutely something worth celebrating. But for Mashiro, an internationally renowned oil painter, to have her debut manga barely scrape through the serialization meeting by a slim margin—if someone with ulterior motives exposed that, Mashiro's reputation in the art world would definitely take a severe hit...
Fortunately, Nana Manor's serialization had remained lukewarm. Just as Sogo Doma had said, perhaps the novel premise Mashiro had initially found in everyday life had caught people's attention, such as the protagonist of Nana Manor—a gender-swapped version of herself, a gifted teenage painter with no knowledge whatsoever of everyday life...
But once readers got used to those highlights, the work naturally began to lose its appeal. In fact, it had never shown any signs of becoming a major hit. Compared with Mashiro's reputation, it was truly hard to put into words...
So, knowing full well that Ayano Iida's advice was unreliable and might very well infringe on her privacy, Sogo Doma did not feel the slightest guilt when he shot her down.
"I see. It looks like I can't reason with an amateur like you..." Unable to persuade Sogo Doma, Ayano Iida changed tack and said to Mashiro Shiina, "Mashiro, your goal is to debut as a manga artist, right?"
Mashiro Shiina nodded honestly. "Yeah."
"Our magazine happens to be holding a manga submission event soon.