Hell Girl

"The submission was rejected."

Mashiro Shiina sat listlessly on the floor with her manuscript in hand, staring expressionlessly at the pages.

"Want me to call Ayano for you?"

Rita looked at Mashiro on the floor, feeling a little sorry for her. No one knew better than Rita how much Mashiro loved manga... for manga, she had even given up traditional art.

Yet Mashiro Shiina's submissions had failed several times!

Come to think of it, Mashiro's editor was a friend of Rita Ainsworth's. At first, when Mashiro gave up traditional art to draw manga of all things, Rita Ainsworth had secretly been rather pleased. After all... Mashiro Shiina would no longer be looming over her.

But it did not take long for Rita Ainsworth to get past the hurdle in her heart. She liked drawing... and Mashiro liked it too. Mashiro Shiina had gone "astray," yet she had been secretly pleased by it. That kind of thing...

So Rita Ainsworth decided to guide Mashiro Shiina back onto the proper path.

Mashiro Shiina's editor was named Iida Ayano. Rita did not know which publishing house Iida Ayano had worked for in the anime, but in this world, Iida Ayano was an editor in one of Weekly Shonen Sunday's editorial departments under Shogakukan.

Weekly Shonen Sunday was a general shonen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Along with Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump and Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, it was one of Japan's three major weekly shonen manga magazines.

It was named Sunday simply to make readers feel a Sunday-like atmosphere of joy and relaxation, though the magazine itself was released every Wednesday.

The works published in Weekly Shonen Sunday were outstanding in both art and plot, spanning sports, science fiction, fantasy, detective stories, history, romance, and more, creating a diverse lineup. Compared with Weekly