"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits"
Hime.
I thought you were stocking up on these for the New Year.
Y-Yes...
You said you wanted to stock up because the stores would be closed.
"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits" You said you wanted to stock up because the stores would be closed.
"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits" And yet...
"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits"
...they're all empty.
I'm sorry!
I'm just a bad girl who can't help but eat it all if it's in front of me.
Now then, ladies and gentlemen...
"December" "Issue 6 proofs" Now then, ladies and gentlemen...
"December" "Issue 6 proofs" If we can finish the proofs for issue six,
"December" "Issue 6 proofs" we'll be done with work for the rest of the year.
However...
If we're also able to finish the proofs for issue seven that's due right after,
"Issue 7 proofs" If we're also able to finish the proofs for issue seven that's due right after,
we'll be off until this date!
We can take that many days off?!
Then let's finish up issue seven and take those days off!
Right. Let's finish up the manuscripts through issue seven before the end of the year
and ring in the new year!
Yeah!
"Laze..."
"Bored..."
So what happened to doing all those extra pages?
We're all waiting on your manuscripts,
so please, take this more seriously!
No serious manga artist could actually finish extra pages!
What?!
Using every last second to heighten the quality of their work
is what a true manga artist does.
Just kidding...
I'm just a bad boy who can't help but to slack off as much as possible!
Yeah, I figured this would happen.
Come forth and bloom, flowers, and catch the fragments of dreams
The future you wished for will soon, yes, bloom into spring
Beneath the sunset, two shadows
Sit on swings and blend into the sky
The higher I go from the momentum
See, the higher my happiness rushes up, too
These ordinary days
The only thing we awkwardly have in common is the fact that we can't be honest with each other
I keep the words I want to say a secret as I look up at the sky
May the wind blow and color this world and your smile shine
Don't be afraid and take the universe that's filled up both of your hands
Come forth and bloom, flowers, and catch the fragments of dreams
Start heading towards the future you wished for
I'm terribly sorry for what I've done.
Huh?
What?
The fact that I couldn't resist and ate our stock.
To punish myself, I forced myself to write a difficult kanji a hundred times.
"Crab" To punish myself, I forced myself to write a difficult kanji a hundred times.
"Crab"
W-Well, people have their weaknesses,
"Crab" so I don't think you need to beat yourself up over it.
W-Well, since you punished yourself, I think it'd be okay for you to go buy more.
You're far too much of a softie towards your daughter, Daddy.
At this rate
"An adult who can't plan anything" At this rate
"An adult who can't plan anything" I'm going to end up an adult who can't plan anything.
"Gulp" I'm going to end up an adult who can't plan anything.
"Gulp"
"An adult who can't plan anything"
R-Right...
"I"s (Izu)" R-Right...
"I"s (Izu)"
"Nakameguro" "Ginza"
Planning things, huh... Hime sure is responsible.
Too bad. Here're your tissues.
Hey, a lottery.
Ah, I've won something from those before.
Did you want to give it a try?
Yeah!
"2 night 3 day trip to hot springs in Izu with your pet" Yeah!
"2 night 3 day trip to hot springs in Izu with your pet" Hup...
You got the grand prize!
You win a two-night, three-day trip to a hot springs and your pet can tag along, too!
Congratulations!
This place is really popular!
Roku will be able to come with us, too!
Isn't that great?
"Hot Springs Trip with Your Pet" "Dates valid" " 1/6 ~ 1/31" Isn't that great?
"Hot Springs Trip with Your Pet" "Dates valid" " 1/6 ~ 1/31"
"Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble"
What the heck happened?
"Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble" We're going to finish issue seven before the end of the year.
"Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble" I'm a man who always follows through once I set my mind on something.
Way to go, Sensei! You really can do it if you try!
I've received the manuscript for issue seven safe and sound.
Man, I'd made plans to go to Hawaii,
so I didn't know what I was going to do if you didn't actually finish.
"Twitch" so I didn't know what I was going to do if you didn't actually finish.
"Twitch"
Hawaii?
I'd made reservations three months ago,
so I was getting pretty nervous.
Hey, hang on a second. I never told you I was going to finish issue seven.
"Seaweed" "from the crack!" Hey, hang on a second. I never told you I was going to finish issue seven.
"Seaweed" "from the crack!" Well, I figured you would.
"Seaweed" "from the crack!" You figured?
You should've told me your plans earlier!
Well, if I'd told you...
...there was a chance you wouldn't finish just so I wouldn't be able to go.
I'm not that rotten!
Oh, really?
I mean...
If I'd heard that, my motivation would've go down,
and then, I might've not been able to draw.
See? I knew it.
Well, I'll be going on vacation during that time, too.
Oh, really? You're going on a trip, too?
So... where ya goin'?
Izu.
Izu, eh? That's great!
But I get to go to Hawaii.
This is exactly why my motivation would've gone down!
Why, though? I'm just going to Hawaii.
"Atami Trip" "2 nights 3 days" Why, though? I'm just going to Hawaii.
"Atami Trip" "2 nights 3 days" Manga artists work hard for their meager three-day, two-night vacations,
"Trip to the Swedish Alps" "5 nights 6 days" "Hawaii" Manga artists work hard for their meager three-day, two-night vacations,
"Trip to the Swedish Alps" "5 nights 6 days" "Hawaii" while you guys have no problem going overseas for a week!
Well, why don't you go, too? Your manuscript is done.
You have the time off.
Like a manga artist could ever go on a vacation far away!
"Arrested for cutter crimes" "Get hooked on AC" "Assistants escaped" Like a manga artist could ever go on a vacation far away!
"Arrested for cutter crimes" "Get hooked on AC" "Assistants escaped" Manuscripts might not get turned in on time because of some kind of trouble!
"Ah..." Manuscripts might not get turned in on time because of some kind of trouble!
"Ah..." Even if we get the manuscript done before the year's end,
"Ah..." we might get asked to fix something during proofs,
"Could you have him fix this?" "Ah..." we might get asked to fix something during proofs,
meaning we have to come back from our vacation!
Yeah... Especially when you're dealing with dirty jokes.
"Otsuki" "Daikanyama" Yeah... Especially when you're dealing with dirty jokes.
"Otsuki" "Daikanyama" That's why our trips always have to be cheap, close, and short!
"Cheap, close, short" "Otsuki" "Daikanyama" That's why our trips always have to be cheap, close, and short!
Manga artists who go overseas during the New Year's holiday
are all pieces of shit!
"January" And the biggest reason that manga artists can't
"January" make plans during the New Year's holiday...
That's...
That's?
That's...
...because we always catch a cold.
They do say that some people get a year's worth of sickness during their time off.
Apparently he can't pile up manuscripts, but he can pile up on the sickness.
We haven't even had the office party yet.
I can understand why my assistants are here...
But what are you all doing here?
We just came to see how you were doing.
Daddy, are you okay? Do you think you could eat some purin at least?
Don't worry. The chief just has a slight cold.
Yeah, the director just has a slight cold.
You guys need to settle on the same thing.
Don't worry, Hime.
I'll make sure I'm better by our trip.
Don't worry.
'Kay.
Trip?
I won us a trip at a lottery.
So that's what that was about.
"Hot Springs with Your Pets" "All the crab you can eat!!" So that's what that was about.
"Hot Springs with Your Pets" "All the crab you can eat!!" Oh, so you're going to Izu.
"Hot Springs with Your Pets" "All the crab you can eat!!" And you can eat all the crab you want?
Crab?
"Crab" Crab?
"Crab" I wonder if she won because she wrote "crab" so many times.
I guess prayers can work.
Maybe it's like the Law of Attraction.
Um, uh...
I know.
Why don't we write a prayer to wish your father a speedy recovery?
I wonder what kanji we should write.
If that's what we're going for...
...we should transcribe some sutras.
I'm coming in.
Sorry I'm late. I stopped by the editorial department.
Wh-Why is basically everyone he knows here?
Don't tell me Sensei... is in critical condition!
S-Sutras?!
Sensei, are you going to die?!
Huh? Die...
They're all here because you're in critical condition, right?!
Not exactly...
I see... I'm in critical condition...
Yes! Just look at all these sutras!
But everyone just keeps telling me it's just a cold.
Like they'd ever tell the patient the truth!
You're going to die, Sensei!
That's enough!
He came back to life!
What if Hime took any of this seriously?!
Goto-sensei, you shouldn't push yourself too hard.
Goto-san!
Oh, for crying out loud!
Take it easy, Sensei!
I'm not going to die,
but I might need to take a break.
If that happens, make sure you tell them I'm out on a reference trip...
"References" If that happens, make sure you tell them I'm out on a reference trip...
"References" That you're out on a death trip...
"Death" "References" That you're out on a death trip...
Do you just want him to die?
Should you really be saying all that in front of Hime-chan?
Don't worry. It looks like she got tired from worrying so much.
Your temperature's gone down quite a bit.
Maybe the sutras actually worked.
I guess prayers do work.
I'm feeling a lot better...
Daddy?
Are you all better now?
Yeah. My fever's gone down,
so we'll be able to go on our trip just like we planned.
Thank goodness!
I guess prayers really do work.
Prayers?
"Happy marriage" "Let's get married"
Aren't prayers amazing?!
I-I'd call this a curse...
"Yikes" I-I'd call this a curse...
The one on the receiving end isn't always lucky either...
We are on a hot springs trip thanks to the tickets we won in the lottery.
Wow...
Something always comes to mind.
I wonder how others view a trip between father and daughter.
"Wanpo Inn"
Hello?
We've been waiting for you.
You must be the Goto-sama party of three.
No, uh, it should be a party of two...
Yes. There are three of us.
There are three of us.
I see... So these places actually count your dog as a part of your party.
I just thought they figured her mother was here, as well.
It's rare to be able to stay in a traditional Japanese inn with your dog.
I guess that must be the selling point of this inn.
We're rather proud of our hot springs, too.
They say it was Tokugawa's private hot springs.
Private hot springs?
What's a private hot spring?
Er, I think they're hot springs that some important people
kept secret from others...
Well, they shouldn't have kept them a secret and shared them with everyone.
Yeah.
But you know, these kinds of inns seem to hold a lot of secrets.
You might catch a couple having an adulterous affair,
or it might be a place for a politician to hide from the press.
Please, enjoy your stay.
"Sharapova"
And they don't go digging into their employees' pasts... apparently.
Roku, no barking! You need to be a gentlepup here.
Maybe there's a dog next door, too.
"Currently being remodeled" "No entry"
And maybe some rooms that some shady things might've happened.
Hot springs, hot springs! Hot springs before dinner.
I'm a bit worried about a huge, public bath.
"Women's bath" I'm a bit worried about a huge, public bath.
"Women's bath" I'm worried to let her go off on her own,
"Men's bath" I'm worried to let her go off on her own,
"Men's bath" but I'm even more worried for her to come with me.
"Glance" but I'm even more worried for her to come with me.
"Glance" If I were to even check on her, I'd be arrested immediately.
What am I supposed to do in situations like this?!
"Heh." What am I supposed to do in situations like this?!
"Heh." JK.
There's no way I haven't thought this through. I love my daughter very much.
I'm counting on you two.
As you wish.
To think we'd be on women's bath duty...
We're lucky we got to come here for free,
but why are you so worried about the bath?
Isn't it obvious?!
Do you know how many Japanese people die in the bath every year?
And because of all those stupid hot spring chapters in manga
"Eek!" "Shake" And because of all those stupid hot spring chapters in manga
"I've made a mistake!" "Eek!" I have nothing but bad feelings about this!
"Women's bath" "Men's bath" I have nothing but bad feelings about this!
"Women's bath" "Men's bath" I'm counting on you two.
Watch over Hime for me.
Sure thing.
We'll be sure to report back if anything happens.
Let's go!
Wait... Hime?!
Oh. Hi, Daddy.
That was a really nice bath.
Y-You're done already?
Yup. Not to mention, I'm worried about Roku.
You take your time and relax, Daddy.
Is our work done here?
Yeah.
You're not going to look over here?
We prepared and everything.
Yeah, that's enough of that.
"Currently being remodeled" "No entry"
I can't help but be curious about this.
Excuse me.
Yes. May I help you?
Is this room locked off because something happened he--
No, not at all.
It's just being remodeled into a showroom.
A showroom?
"Not wasabi, but basil" This room used to be the place where the great bungo Yasunari Tanabata-sensei
"Not wasabi, but basil" wrote The Basil of Izu.
Wow, that classic was written in here?
I see. So that's why.
Y-Yes...
The crab's really yummy.
Yeah.
This inn seems to still have some secrets.
I'm done with secrets!
Huh?
I'm going to tell my wife everything, divorce her,
and marry you like a real man!
I-Isn't the food great?
Did something happen?
He's just so moved by how delicious the food is.
Thank you, Hirugao-san.
I actually have a secret, too...
I'm actually 40, not 26!
Not to mention I've been divorced twice, and I'm five million in debt!
"Grasp" Not to mention I've been divorced twice, and I'm five million in debt!
"Grasp" That's totally okay! Thank you for telling me!
The hell?
"Bam" The hell?
"Bam" I'm done with secrets, too!
This dog I gave you for your birthday
is not actually a chihuahua! It's a mutt!
A chihua...
What are you talking about?! I wouldn't want any other dog!
Their breed doesn't matter!
But thank you for coming clean...
The weight's been lifted off my shoulders.
All pups are adorable.
Amen to that. Down with breed discrimination.
But you see... I've been keeping a secret from my wife, too.
And I've kept the fact that I've known all along a secret.
How about it, everyone?
This is the perfect opportunity. Why not let all your secrets out and feel better?
"Rattle" "Rattle" This is the perfect opportunity. Why not let all your secrets out and feel better?
"Twitch" "Rattle" "Rattle"
I actually got laid off
so I've been going to the park everyday but saying I was going to work still.
I've been using government funds to stay at this inn.
I've been hiding the fact that I've gotten my eyes, nose, lips, and jaw done!
The supposed Izu Highland beef you've just been served
is actually beef imported from who knows where!
Where the hell is this going?!
Oh, are you up next?
No, no. I've got nothing.
Come now. Reveal your secrets and feel the weight be lifted from your shoulders.
You'll feel much better.
Throw away your secrets.
Go on. Go on.
--The hell is all this peer pressure?
--Go on. Go on. --The hell is all this peer pressure?
Go on. Go on.
Go on! Go on! Go on!
My...
My secret is...
What was that?
What happened?!
Wait, it's just you.
A black shadow just went by in the room!
"Currently being remodeled" "No entry" A black shadow just went by in the room!
"Currently being remodeled" "No entry" But this room is...
"Currently being remodeled" "No entry" I'm done with secrets!
"Shake, shake" I'm done with secrets!
"Shake, shake" Say what, now?
"Shake, shake" You see...
This room is actually haunted!
Tanabata-sensei's ghost appears every night
and is supposedly working on his work he never finished...
N-N-N-No way!
Please stop messing around...
I feel so much better now that I've said that.
It feels amazing not having any more secrets!
So about "Sharapova"...
Found it. Yasunari Tanabata...
Coughed up blood as he was writing at an inn.
He later died at the hospital...
Coughing up blood, double suicides...
Old-timey bungos sure were dramatic and eccentric.
But their eccentricity also helps sell their work.
Maybe I'll be a little more popular if I coughed up some blood.
If a manga artist who writes dirty jokes coughed up blood,
they'd just get laughed at.
I see your point...
Not to mention coughing up blood as a gag manga artist isn't beneficial.
You just wouldn't be funny anymore.
And you trying to build your image through naked photos
was probably some kind of camouflage.
Oh, sorry. I was just assuming things.
I figured you wouldn't do something so stupid otherwise.
Man, that's mean.
"Wahahaha"
Shh. You're going to wake Hime.
Hey! You can't go over there!
Roku!
"Roku!" Roku!
"Roku!" If Roku gets taken away to the netherworld, Hime's going to be sad!
There's no such thing as ghosts. There's no such thing as ghosts.
Pardon me!
Huh?
A civet?
So that's the true identity of our bungo ghost.
I wonder if things have been kept as they were back then.
So that bungo wrote a classic here on this desk...
If there is a bungo ghost here, maybe he'll possess me so I can be more popular.
Just for a bit.
I'm sure no one will find out at this hour.
You moron. Ghosts don't exist.
But there are lots of witnesses.
I'm gonna get a photo of the ghost and get tons of likes.
That's the room!
You saw me, didn't you?!
Apparently, a ghost appeared last night.
You knew?
Yup. It was pretty rowdy this morning.
You're not scared of ghosts, Hime?
Of course I am. They scare me a lot.
But...
I also think it's better that they're around.
I see...
If they do exist though, there must be so many.
True... Since everyone who died would be a ghost, there would be a lot.
The Earth would be overflowing.
That's probably why they're invincible and you can just go right through them.
There must be a reason we can't touch them.
"The Ghost of a Famous Bungo Appears at an Inn?" "666 likes"
Look. It's the inn from the other day.
I guess there really was one.
That's super scary.
But it doesn't have much of a presence for being a bungo.
"Likes" But it doesn't have much of a presence for being a bungo.
"Likes" Sure doesn't.
Whenever something bad happened to my father or he was anxious,
he had a habit of coming in from the veranda.
When he had come home that day,
he tried to make sure I wouldn't worry by saying
that he was leveling up, he'd been recruited...
He'd found an excellent new job.
But I'd figured he meant that he had quit his job.
I guess the job he quit back then was drawing for a living.
I wonder why he quit though.
It said in a book that he quit because he just wasn't popular anymore.
And if anyone knows that's not true, it's you.
He willingly put down his pen.
I guess that'd be a cooler way to put it.
The truth was he couldn't draw anymore.
He thought that he couldn't make people laugh anymore.
Goto-sensei was also hiding something from his readers.
It's not like we need to even bring that up.
Goto-sensei didn't even do anything wrong.
But there are plenty of readers who can't separate the artist from their work.
"Lost at Sea, the Search for the Missing Continues" "Accident Site" But there are plenty of readers who can't separate the artist from their work.
Having your tragic private life revealed to the public
is a fatal blow to a gag manga artist.
A smirk forms on your face
Your expression hints that you're plotting something
Because you were concealing any hints
Of our parting within your pocket
My memories are in monochrome
Please give them color
Come to my side once again
And bring some fun to my life, my lovely
Color Girl
Tights in the Wind
is going to come to an end in ten weeks.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday.
I'd thought that days like this would last forever.
"'Saishukai: The Last Chapter Doesn't Bother Her'" I'd thought that days like this would last forever.