Higashimura career as a manga creator starts to take off. As she meets other professionals in the field (and there is some name dropping), she begins to break free from the orbit of the eccentric mentor who has guided her since high school.

Funny, yet with a realistic view of how hard it can be to make your dreams come true. The next volume is the final one and promises to be a dramatic turn. ( )

Gosh, I love this series and her teacher! He’s hardcore, but he loves his students even more. ;__; The way the author wants to go back in time and slap some sense into her younger self makes me laugh, and I definitely sympathize with her regrets. Like her, my art teacher wanted me to become a painter just like him, and I never wanted to disappoint him but my heart wasn’t in painting either. I see why she wanted to write this story so much now.

I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, but it hit me all the same. I already had the idea her sensei died probably from old age but apparently it was terminal cancer instead ;___;
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