"This issue of LaLa DX had quite a few changes. Not only did it axe four or five manga outright, but one of the new serializations was heavily promoted by Hakusensha."
"It says so on the cover. The third story is... what was it called, Takashi Natsume's Book of Friends? I looked through it when it first arrived. It seemed pretty good, with an indescribable feeling to it. Young girls like you would probably love it. I'm getting old—I can't bear to read such sad, upsetting things."
"But the main thing is the manga's author. This author is unbelievably amazing—she's only ten years old... Ten! Can you believe that? She's probably only in fourth grade!"
"A ten-year-old girl already officially publishing a serialized manga—something like that is practically unheard of. And the manga doesn't feel like a beginner's work at all. The content is excellent."
As he put the money into the register, the bookstore owner casually said this to Oda Maiko, finding the promotional information in the manga magazine hard to believe.
But thanks to that headline, this issue's new release had unusually sold out so quickly.
"Ten years old?! How is that possible? She's already a manga artist for a publisher at such a young age? That's incredible!"
Hearing the owner's words, Oda Maiko looked again at the magazine cover, where the words [A Genius Ten-Year-Old Girl Manga Artist's First Submission] were exceptionally eye-catching.
A ten-year-old little brat was actually a Hakusensha manga artist. The world suddenly felt far too surreal, and she felt as though she were dreaming.
So her first reaction was that it had to be fake.
Or perhaps the manga was definitely just a child's scribbles! Would Hakusensha really dare serialize something like that?
"Hard to believe, right? That was my reaction at first