What's your secret?
That Pandora's Box happened to be behind the station of a popular tourist spot,
and after climbing up a hundred stairs.
So there's a side of him I never knew beyond these doors...
On my 18th birthday,
I received the key to that box.
What's your secret?
Hime!
"Daughter: Hime Goto" "Father: Kakushi Goto"
Be careful, okay?
"Daughter: Hime Goto" "Father: Kakushi Goto" You, too, Daddy.
"Mariot Ranch Market"
"Not for sale"
You need to learn how to change in a phonebooth, Clark Kent.
My father's secret...
My father's secret (kakushigoto)...
...is that he draws for a living (kaku shigoto).
Congratulations, it's a cute little girl!
Hurry and hold her, dear.
Right.
Congratulations!
"Name: Kakushi Goto"
Wait... Could you be...?
You're the manga artist, Kakushi Goto-sensei, aren't you?
Wha--?
I read Balls of Fury all the time!
I love your work!
Balls of...
...Fury?
Oh, I know! It's that really dirty one!
That really dirty one...
It was at that moment...
...that I swore that
I would keep my job a secret for the rest of my life for her sake.
"Secrets"
"He's moving his hips so fast!" "I can't tell how many balls he has!"
Wow, I haven't seen that in forever.
Is that Balls of Fury?
I'd try to do the same thing as a kid and got in trouble all the time.
Hey.
I told you to not keep my manga at our workplace, didn't I?
Th-This is my own copy...
Why do you think I go through all the trouble of storing
away all of my manuscripts in a storage space far away?
Why do you think I'm trying
to make sure it doesn't look like manga artists work here?
If Hime came here and found out that her own father
drew an embarrassing, dirty manga filled with dirty jokes...
What if Hime ever found out?!
She'd close off her heart and no matter what I'd try to say...
If you have something to say to me, draw it in your stupid manga.
"Gloom" If she ever said that to me, I'd lose the will to live!
"Gloom" I mean, I see your point,
"Gloom" but how long are you going to be able to keep it a secret?
You just started, so you wouldn't know,
but Sensei leaves his house wearing a suit
"Chief Assistant" "Aogu Shiji" but Sensei leaves his house wearing a suit
"Chief Assistant" "Aogu Shiji" then comes here after he changes into something else.
"Newbie Assistant" "Kakeru Keshi" Then why doesn't he just keep the suit on and draw?
"Newbie Assistant" "Kakeru Keshi" He has to have that relaxed look, or he can't draw.
I mean, it's a total improvement.
"Author's Recent Photo"
Before, he couldn't draw unless he was completely naked!
Quit lyin'!
It's common for artists to have a routine to go all out.
Though, in the case of Goto-sensei,
he went balls out so he could follow his routine.
Uh...
But it's because he shed so much blood, sweat, and tears that he's where he is today.
Ever since Hime-chan was born.
What your daddy's job, Hime-chan?
I dunno.
But he does work though.
Ooh, I'm telling.
Sensei said you're not supposed to
ask people about what their mommies and daddies do.
Why though?
Personal information could lead to occupational discrimination.
Right, Sensei?
Correct. You probably shouldn't force someone to answer that.
"Teacher" "Ichiko Rokujo" Correct. You probably shouldn't force someone to answer that.
"Teacher" "Ichiko Rokujo" Ichiko-sensei.
Boo... Okay.
Good girl, Hina-chan.
I think being a manga artist is a very distinguished occupation.
Why are you keeping that a secret from Hime-chan?
You have no idea. It's not like I'm drawing One Piece or Anpanman.
I know!
"Kakushi Goto" I know!
"Kakushi Goto" I read Balls of Fury all the time!
I'm a huge fan of yours, Goto-sensei!
"Fury Fury"
Please never say that again.
Goto-sensei?
I don't know what I'd do if you'd said that in front of Hime!
But you're pretty famous, so I think this is something you should be proud of!
You have absolutely no clue... how manga artists are viewed in this world!
Hello. Oh, Goto-san!
I heard from one of our customers, but apparently, you're a manga artist?
See! You are famous!
Some of the neighborhood kids asked for some autograph boards.
Would you mind drawing Poly Cure for them?
See?
"Swish Swish"
You're drawing it anyway?!
And you're so good...
A new editor?
I'm your new editor, Tomaruin.
We got a sample of the T-shirt we're giving out to readers, so I'll bring it by.
Another new editor?
I hope he communicated with the old one.
Well, you do have a lot of things you don't allow.
He's still not here.
I wonder if he got lost.
Maybe he accidentally went to your house instead.
Sensei!
The hell do you think you're doing?!
Huh?!
If an editor shows up at my house,
Hime's going to find out that I'm a manga artist!
Hime!
But I mean...
...no editor would be dumb enough to deliver something like that to my house--
Oh. Hi, Daddy.
Hi there.
Yet there he is!
"Editor" "Satsuki Tomaruin"
I brought you a sample of the T-shirt we're giving out as a reader prize.
"Tights in the Wind" I brought you a sample of the T-shirt we're giving out as a reader prize.
He's actually wearing it!
I'll be working with you from now on. I'm Satsuki Tomaruin.
It's a pleasure. The name's Goto.
Do you usually sit this close to your guest?
I'll go pour you some tea, too, Daddy.
Take as much time as you need, sweetie.
The hell do you think you're wearing?!
What?!
You trying to test my patience?!
But I only wore it because I thought it'd make you happy!
It's not like I actually wanted to wear this embarrassing T-shirt...
That's why I told you fools to make them wearable!
"Reader Presents" "T-shirts 3 winners" "Mugs 10 winners"
When T-shirts are made to give out as gifts to the readers,
"Reader Presents" "T-shirts 3 winners" "Mugs 10 winners" the creators usually ask that they're "wearable."
"Wearable" the creators usually ask that they're "wearable."
This comes from the assumption
that if a character's face is plastered all over the shirt,
they'd be hard to wear outside.
So you'll often see just words,
or perhaps a character's silhouette...
Look real close, and you realize that dot is actually the character's face.
You can't even tell what manga this present is for.
"Tights in the Wind"
Let's go with the regular one.
--Strip!
--Abuse of power! --Strip!
--Abuse of power!
Then at least hide that picture! As naturally as possible!
Sorry it took so long.
Are you someone important?
I should bring better snacks, then!
Hime!
Now she thinks that a supervisor younger than her own father showed up!
Try again!
What?!
Are you a mommy?
H-How is she interpreting any of this?!
"Arms crossed = Important person (CEO)" H-How is she interpreting any of this?!
"Arms crossed = Important person (CEO)" "Trying to stop breasts from leaking = Mommy" H-How is she interpreting any of this?!
"Arms crossed = Important person (CEO)" "Trying to stop breasts from leaking = Mommy" I have no idea! Just hide the picture another way!
Do you make cakes?
Do you teach piano?
Do you host a TV show?
Um... Her, uh, interpretations are rather unique...
I'm not sure what to do...
Never mind!
I'll get you a new cup of tea.
Okay.
What do you plan on doing?
Just watch, new editor.
It's not like I haven't been drawing for over ten years.
I'm... a manga artist!
My job...
...is to draw!
I'm just going to redraw it so that she can't tell
what character it's supposed to be!
Now it's Poly Cure.
Have you no pride?!
Hey, it's Poly Cure.
What?! Seriously?!
I was asked what your job is today
and I told them you just worked.
Well, I'm not jobless (mushoku).
That's the word you use for people who don't work, right?
But that word can also mean colorless (mushoku).
They're both the same word...
Hime?
In that case...
...that just means you can color them all kinds of colors!
Huh?
That just means you can be whatever color you want!
That's a very thoughtful thing to say, Hime.
Is the person who came by today a CEO?
He seemed really important in that T-shirt.
You actually know what a "CEO" is.
You're such a good girl.
They talked about them on World Business Satellite late at night.
Let's make sure... you're in bed by that time, Hime.
S-Someone, help! My cat's being washed away!
Thank you so much! Um... could you tell me your name?
"Heh" My name's not important.
Like I could tell you that!
"Local News" "Manga Artist Wins People Over BySaving Cat" "Cat Saved by Butt Donut"
What if people find out who I am?!
"Local News" "Manga Artist Wins People Over BySaving Cat" "Cat Saved by Butt Donut"
I walk up this hill,
and cross the old Yamate Street which also serves as a ward boundary,
"Not for sale" and cross the old Yamate Street which also serves as a ward boundary,
and change jobs.
"Meguro Ward" "Shibuya Ward" and change jobs.
Yes, my secret...
...is that I draw for a living.
"Drip Drip"
Will this damn thing dry already?
"Drip Drip" What in the world happened?
"Wishes" What in the world happened?
"Wishes"
"I hope I can swim 25 meters -- Ru"
I wonder what kind of wish I can write at home that'll make my Daddy happy.
I heard my Mommy say that getting promotions is what makes a man.
It's all about being important.
Important...
Wha--?!
"I hope my Daddy will be important someday -- Hime" Wha--?!
"I hope my Daddy will be important someday -- Hime"
What do you mean... by important?!
What brought that on?
Well, if you want to be important as a manga artist,
make a popular series and make that money.
Yeah...
But how am I supposed to become more popular?
"Tokyo Gruel"
"Attack on Gremlin"
For reference, this is what's popular right now.
I see...
Okay!
I'm totally going to draw a dark fantasy series!
How'd you get to that conclusion?!
You always talk about not conforming to society!
What? The only one I conform to is Hime.
Money and popularity make you important?
"Assistant" "Ami Kakei" Money and popularity make you important?
"Assistant" "Ami Kakei" That's rotten logic that only a capitalistic pig would think up.
"Assistant" "Ami Kakei" Oh, you were here, Kakei-san?
"Assistant" "Ami Kakei" Sorry for bringing down the mood.
Then how else would you define being important?
Well...
A mango...
"Mango" A mango...
"Mango" You have to be a mango!
"Mango" A mango?!
It's the manga version of bungo, or a great writer.
I'm sure you know of them.
They might not be popular at all but seem like they're a big deal.
True... That does ring a bell.
To think you'd come to ask me a favor...
"A Virtuoso of Dark Fantasy" "Manga Artist" "Katsuhiro Fujita" To think you'd come to ask me a favor...
"A Virtuoso of Dark Fantasy" "Manga Artist" "Katsuhiro Fujita" So you want me to teach you the ways of dark fantasy, eh?
"A Virtuoso of Dark Fantasy" "Manga Artist" "Katsuhiro Fujita" I mean, you were popular at one point.
"A Virtuoso of Dark Fantasy" "Manga Artist" "Katsuhiro Fujita" Insolent cur.
I mean... Things have calmed down for you, right?
That statement applies to us both.
"Things have calmed down = A nice way of saying you're not popular anymore"
Well, yes... with dark fantasy...
"Whoosh"
You draw it like "whoosh!"
Then finish it up like "hrgh!"
"Hrgh" Then finish it up like "hrgh!"
And then "argh!"
I was a fool to even ask him.
I can't believe they consider you a mango.
"Mango"
Man... go?
First, you call me a mango and then you belittle me!
What would possess you to call me a mango?!
Me? A mango?!
What if that name sticks?!
But you know...
...finding out that Hime wants me to move up a corporate ladder
sorta bugs me.
I can't draw armor or monsters...
What's the matter, everyone? You're so pale yet with a hint of brown.
Well, can you blame us?
A dark fantasy?
Have no fear!
It's an editor's job to make sure the creator
doesn't get to draw what they want!
So what does, "It's an editor's job to make sure
the creator doesn't get to draw what they want," mean?
Many times, after a creator's popular series is done
"You can do what you want" Many times, after a creator's popular series is done
"I want to do something involving time travel" "You can do what you want" Many times, after a creator's popular series is done
"I want to do something involving time travel" "You can do what you want" and they're permitted to do whatever they want for their next series,
"Returned" and they're permitted to do whatever they want for their next series,
"Returned" they get too complacent and fail. Hence these golden words.
Whoa, Tomaruin-san almost looks dependable.
It's my job to make sure the manga artist doesn't get to draw what they want!
Like I actually want to draw this.
Never mind, then.
I'm back!
"Assistant" "Rasuna Sumita" I'm back!
"Assistant" "Rasuna Sumita" Sorry I'm late. But I had so much fun!
Welcome back. How was your reunion?
Well...
Rasuna-chan, you're an assistant for a manga artist that has a weekly series?
Wow! Is it a famous series?
Wow!
"*Those not familiar with the business think you're amazing just by being an assistant to a manga artist with a weekly series"
I got so much praise!
I feel like I've already made it to the top!
"Important" I feel like I've already made it to the top!
How is that enough to make you think you're actually important?
Well, I mean... in society, being famous means you're important.
Which means...
...in order to make Hime's desire for me to become important come true,
I just need to become famous!
You seem to be putting the cart before the horse,
but wouldn't Hime-chan find out your secret if you became famous?
Huh?
She'd probably find out if you became more popular.
I really think you should consider the mango route.
--Yeah...
--Mango?! --Yeah...
--Mango?! --I'd rather not.
"Floatie" "Black suit"
There was this hero who saved a kitty!
"Floatie" "Black suit" I love kitties, so I want to find this nameless hero and thank him.
Then we're just going to have to create a detective agency.
That seems fun! So we're gonna find bad guys?
He's not a bad guy though.
"Boom" "Meguro River Detective Agency"
Kids tend to create detective agencies on a whim.
According to eyewitness reports, our target went up the hill then disappeared.
Okay! Let's look around the hilltop then.
What's the matter, Hime-chan?
My daddy told me that there's a monster named Oshapi
that lives on top of the hill, so I can't go up there.
Fancypeeps?!
But monsters don't exist!
What's wrong?
Sensei?
"FancyPeeps (Fashionable people)"
Fancypeeps?
I mean, yeah. I guess you could consider them a formidable enemy.
Enemy?!
Fancypeeps tend to lurk in bookstores that don't sell manga
and drink these drinks that sound like spell names.
I've been through hell because of them.
Um, maybe we shouldn't go?
Oh?
You're heading home early today, Clark Kent.
I'm on break.
I don't think I've ever seen a customer in your shop.
Oh? But business is booming today.
Huh?
So you must be one of those fancy hipsters for wanting to have an office here.
Was that sarcasm?
Of course.
Well, all the Fancypeeps that live up here only care about themselves.
So it's comfortable for you because they leave you alone.
Not to mention there are bookstores that
don't have manga that I can casually visit, too.
I'm scared of Fancypeeps...
Don't worry! I'll protect all of you!
I wonder why the hero comes up here?
Well, since he's a hero, I wonder if he's beating up the monsters.
"Employee Entrance" Well, since he's a hero, I wonder if he's beating up the monsters.
"Employee Entrance" I found some manga!
"Employee Entrance" Nothing really scares you, huh?
Who knows when Fancypeeps will jump out at us?
I know...
Oh, no! A monster?! Fancypeeps?!
Come back here!
A monster? Fancypeeps?!
Was that a compliment? Was that an insult?
Which is it, kids?!
Hime! I told you not to come up here!
Oh, my.
That's...
...the legendary ring that saved the kitty!
"Floatie" "Black suit" ...the legendary ring that saved the kitty!
The hero must've appeared to vanquish the monsters!
It's like we're in a dark fantasy world.
I'm going to die one million times if Hime actually sees me like this!
Please wait, brave hero!
This is the beginning of our dark fantasy!
Hey, he went in there.
This is a bookstore?
But it seems sorta weird.
I figured it out!
It's because there aren't any manga books here!
"Drinks that sound like spell names..." "Bookstores that don't sell manga..." It's because there aren't any manga books here!
"Drinks that sound like spell names..." "Bookstores that don't sell manga..." This must be what Ichiko-sensei was talking about...
This is Fancypeeps' den!
Venti nonfat milk add whip chocolate chip vanilla cream banana nut chocolata...
Iced double tall double...
They're chanting some kind of spell...
Look at that mark!
I knew it!
This must be Fancypeeps' den!
Wait... isn't this just Star--
Look over there!
Is that the brave hero?!
Did the brave hero come to save us?!
"Scruffy"
"Unkempt"
No! The brave hero that saved the kitty wouldn't be so filthy!
And they're drinking witch's brew! They must be one of the monsters!
"Bookstores that don't sell manga" "Bookstores that don't sell manga"
If they don't sell manga here, that must mean...
The monsters are weak against the manga!
Of course!
The one that was on the side of the road earlier...
Take this!
"Tights in the Wind" "Kakushi Goto"
Run away!
No, really. I think this is just Star--
Hime-chan!
Huh?
"Tights in the Wind" "Kakushi Goto" Huh?
"Tights in the Wind" "Kakushi Goto"
That's...
"Tights in the Wind" "Kakushi Goto"
Are you crying?
So many things that my mind can't even comprehend just happened...
I guess I do need to become popular...
Yeah...
Today, my friends and I pretended that we were in a dark fantasy.
We ran away from Fancypeeps.
Make sure you don't do anything dangerous, okay?
'Kay.
I'm turning off the lights.
'Kay.
Say, Hime...
Hm?
Why did you wish for Daddy to become important someday?
Oh...
"I hope my daddy will be important someday -- Hime" Oh...
"I hope my daddy will be important someday -- Hime" That?
Because I thought it'd make you happy, Daddy.
I see...
Wait, it doesn't?
No, I'm happy.
But the thing that makes me the happiest...
The thing that makes me the happiest...
...is for you to grow up big and happy, Hime.
Big... and happy...
Maybe I should drink more Yakult!
In that case,
"May there be nothing but fun days ahead for Hime -- Kakushi" In that case,
"May there be nothing but fun days ahead for Hime -- Kakushi" grab me a Joie while you're at it.
"May there be nothing but fun days ahead for Hime -- Kakushi"
A company trip to the ocean? That's a first.
Stranger danger!
We only made it in time because we made gyoza, you amateur!
"'Beach Sandals and B4'" "'Don't Place Don't Draw Don't Finish Up'" Let me draw, too!