"Pardon the intrusion." "it's so clean today." "I cleaned yesterday." "is this... knowing you were coming today something like that?" "this is Nozaki." "What?" "You're coming over now?" "Please wait a bit longer!" "My place isn't ready for visitors right now!" "it's a mess right now!" "Right." "Right." "then." "Who's coming?" "My editor." "Then you didn't have to rush to clean up." "That's a reaction you'd have when your girlfriend comes over." "I don't think I'd be this stressed." "Someone who's more important than a girlfriend?" "!" "Wh-What is your editor like?" "mature type." "Your type is an older woman?" "little boy." "B-B-But... too!" "Yes!" "please." "Come in." "Pardon the intrusion." "Or not!" "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Fifth Issue" "The Man Who Envisions Love" "Miyamae Ken-san." "hello." "H-Hello." "mature person?" "here's my manuscript." "Thanks." "would you like some tea?" "so no." "what do you think of this chapter?" "Well... so I want to get home and proof it right now." "thanks." "Thank you for your hard work!" "right?" "He's so awesome." "I don't think he likes you." "Ken-san isn't just cool..." "He's really fast with communication." "Ten minutes after I send him a storyboard..." "Receiving Message 1 of 1" "Received Messages" "It's good." "Five minutes after I send him a text..." "Receiving Message 1 of 1" "Received Messages understood." "And only a minute after calling him..." "Receiving Message 1 of 1" "Received Messages" "I'd prefer if you'd just text." "I really don't think he likes you." "But I really appreciate people who respond quickly." "it's very difficult." "Oh..." "How long do the slow ones take?" "A year." "A year?" "!" "Yeah..." "It's been a while! so it's taken forever to reply." "I had to forgive him." "I wonder if the editor-in-chief was on a journey or something." "He didn't have a better excuse?" "!" "I guess there are many different kinds of editors." "Yeah." "Dealing with my last one was especially hard." "Your last one?" "Yeah." "His name was Maeno-san." "[Maeno = previous or last]" "— The Previous Editor:" "Mr. Maeno —" "The previous editor:" "Mr. Maeno." "I've given some thought to where the story could go from here." "and a new character appears?" "How's that? right?" "yeah." "he... — The Previous Editor:" "Mr. Maeno —" "The previous editor:" "Mr. Maeno." "I saw the new character!" "wasn't it?" "I got rid of that character." "I couldn't love them." "try growing up a little. but... — Seasonal Scenarios 1:" "Mr. Maeno —" "Seasonal scenarios 1:" "Mr. Maeno." "February..." "Guess I'll write a Valentine scenario." "this is Maeno!" "Maeno-san?" "This is Yumeno." "Yumeno-sensei..." "What's up?" "about the next chapter—" "Oh!" "How about making it a Valentine's chapter?" "right?" "Mamiko!" "What do I do?" "Am I the demon?" "!" "Mamiko!" "He's coming at me with beans..." "I wondered why they were throwing beans." "Though it was funny." "in summer... — Seasonal Scenarios 2:" "Mr. Maeno —" "Seasonal scenarios 2:" "Mr. Maeno." "right?" "And the ocean." "And summer festivals." "I'm so excited for summer vacation... two months later..." "It's already autumn..." "I wondered why it skipped a season." "I just didn't want to hear him say that line again!" "wasn't it?" "However..." "I've realized recently that I didn't have it so bad." "Take a look at this." "Shojo {\cH96DB4D\fs26}Romance Extra Issue" "Miyako Yukari Feature" "Miyako Yukari Feature"... the kind you could find anywhere!" "How awful..." "I was only being toyed with." "I love you." "too." "Why is this tanuki there all the time?" "It's Maeno-san's personal interest." "He loves tanuki." "Interest?" "School Love Comedy" "I always wanted the person I admired... to notice me." "Tanuki... off to see my prince!" "Otherworldly Fantasy" "Tanuki... the kingdom will not fall!" "Period Piece" "Is that all right with you?" "doesn't it?" "right?" "A Few Days Later" "Nozaki-kun!" "Miyako-san is writing a new story." "Let's see..." "What's it about?" "huh? so the tanuki couldn't possibly be there..." "Ponsuke-san!" "The first murder has been committed..." "It's terrible! but I can't say I care about how he died or who killed him anymore." "The murderer is among us!" "Wait..." "The story's actually pretty interesting." "The weapon's disappearance." "which only the protagonist saw." "Who could have that been?" "!" "I can't guess what happens next... it's revealed to be Yamamoto-san!" "Huh..." "So the editor thinks up the next chapter previews." "Yeah." "Miyako-san should just get mad at him already." "perfect timing!" "Would it be okay if I returned what I borrowed?" "Huh?" "Sure." "It really helped me out." "isn't it?" "Wh-What's their relationship?" "they must be close." "Thank you..." "Black Ink for the black ink." "What the heck is their relationship?" "!" "Nozaki-kun?" "yes." "Nice to meet you." "I'm a college student who lives upstairs." "My name is Miyako Yukari." "She has the same name as that tanuki thing?" "Her pen name is actually her real name." "She's the actual author?" "!" "N-Nice to meet you!" "I read your manga!" "like the t-tanuki." "The tanuki..." "And the tanuki!" "the t-tanuki... 1)}That's all she could recall about it..." "I'm sorry for the intrusion." "not at all." "Maeno-san was just here." "Oh?" "What do you talk about with your editor?" "Well..." "Like the kind of idols he's into lately?" "This was a gift." "you can see their panties." "This has nothing to do with manga." "discuss ideas a bit more?" "Like exciting talk about manga?" "as for that..." "He asked how I'd feel about using elephants next." "he thinks they're the cutest after tanukis." "What kind of insane proposal is that?" "it leaves no room for backgrounds." "What should I do?" "That isn't the issue here!" "I hear they made an editors' blog for Shojo Romance." "Do you want to see?" "do they introduce the magazine or something?" "Extra Issue Shojo Romance Editors' Blog" "I'm Maeno." "I'm wearing a black sweater and white pants for a modern look." "Don't fall for me!" "so I can't show it!" "You'll have to settle for my back." "Information on Maeno?" "too." "What?" "Where?" "I received a manuscript!" "Sure is hot today." "Lunchtime in the editing room!" "I'm looking for a girl to make my lunch for me!" "Klutz alert!" "It fell apart and scattered everywhere!" "Please just get mad at him already..." "Miyako-sensei!" "I forgot something... in the flesh!" "Oh?" "Yumeno-sensei?" "Could it be... so you came to ask my advice?" "You shouldn't be like that!" "You can't keep clinging to a former editor." "You need to grow up." "Okay?" "calm down!" "Be an adult!" "Ah." "But this is actually perfect timing." "Here." "What is that?" "They're the amusement park photos you wanted before." "What?" "Thank you..." "You did this for me?" "I can't see the backgrounds!" "what did you forget?" "Should I look for it?" "it's fine." "so don't worry about it." "What is it?" "really." "It's nothing big... after all." "Miyako-sensei." "Maeno!" "That's why I'm super happy to have met Ken-san." "I'm going to follow him." "or one for women..." "That's being clingy." "I'm going to text him my feelings." "That's Ken-san for you." "He always responds fast." "Receiving Message 1 of 1" "Received Messages" "You can't even draw anything but shojo manga." "Don't underestimate manga." "In other words..." "He's saying that I should master the art of shojo manga." "Ken-san's amazing." "you're oddly positive..." "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun." "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun." "the phone..." "Romance Editing Staff" "Ken-san!" "hello." "this is Miyamae. so please explain." "okay." "One moment." "Go ahead." "Mamiko on the upper left." "third page..." "Suzuki-kun... she's calling to Suzuki." "panel six?" "Suzuki-kun... too." "bottom right?" "Suzuki-kun..." "Mamiko just keeps calling to Suzuki." "Yumeno-san... it's a problem." "Understand?" "I believe she has a lot on her mind." "Please don't be too hard on her." "I'm directing this at you!" "You just need to consider what you'd feel for Suzuki if you were in Mamiko's shoes." "For Suzuki?" "I love you!" "Well... but as a boyfriend... but..." "Don't think about it that realistically." "Yumeno-san." "Well... so his face is my type." "Do you have a problem with Suzuki or something?" "but you should probably include more emotions." "huh?" "Okay... how would I feel?" "I'm Mamiko." "What?" "This is me?" "!" "Suzuki-kun loves me!" "But..." "I've come to save you." "Suzuki-kun..." "Those two and don't study at all." "And so..." "I would like to spend this whole day as Mamiko." "You and your insane ideas..." "Call me "Mamiko." "there's this." "I made too much lunch." "Have some." "Mamiko's homemade lunch?" "!" "Does this mean that I'm Suzuki-kun?" "Y-You sure I can have this?" "It's fine." "I have five more." "too." "Have some!" "Mamiko's becoming a hussy!" "Huh..." "That looks pretty good." "Yuzuki... too." "Call it a special service." "for real?" "Lucky me!" "I'm digging in." "The sight of people eating the lunch I made so happily..." "I see..." "So Mamiko gains satisfaction from this." "Eat even more." "To think Nozaki-kun's better at cooking than I am..." "What is my place?" "I hate this pink shredded meat." "I'm not sure why..." "But this doesn't make me very happy." "I guess this means manga is different than reality." "Mikoshiba... would you like this?" "Huh?" "What's this for?" "I made too much lunch." "Have some." "I can't eat a lunch made by another guy." "And what the hell?" "It's a decorative lunch?" "It's scary..." "B-But it's not as though I dislike how colorful it is." "And the taste..." "Damn it!" "It's delicious!" "huh..." "This might be pretty interesting in itself." "Mamiko..." "Mamiko..." "My name is Mamiko." "Kashima-kun!" "You look gorgeous again today!" "Let's walk home together!" "Kashima-kun's walking home with me today." "Kashima-kun?" "no fighting." "too." "Hori-senpai!" "Have you seen Nozaki-kun?" "No." "I'm looking for Kashima myself..." "Wh-What the hell are those two doing?" "Amazing..." "So this is what it's like to have girls as enemies?" "This is what Mamiko's always fighting." "Piss off! I wonder why I don't feel any sense of accomplishment." "after all!" "Suzuki-kun!" "Could it be because this isn't Suzuki?" "I see..." "So Mamiko's able to do her best because it's for her special someone." "I apologize." "I just can't think of you as special." "Why do I feel like I just got dumped?" "!" "So mean..." "Nozaki was toying with me." "why was he carting you around on this?" "He said he didn't want my weight to hurt his arms." "Really?" "Even I could hold you up." "Crap!" "so I shouldn't have... too!" "Stop making this a competition!" "Nozaki-kun!" "Did something happen earlier?" "nothing." "What's up?" "I wanted to return this to you." "Oh..." "I felt bad for messing it up..." "So I made it my wallpaper." "but I did eat it all!" "It was really good!" "Thanks for making it." "Should I continue the "I'll be Mamiko" campaign?" "too." "I think that's enough of that." "I think I understand how Mamiko feels now." "How did that come from anything you just said?" "I guess he's grown." "shall we discuss where we go from here?" "right." "I did a good job." "Huh?" "You want to see the horoscopes?" "Kokkuri-san..." "Kokkuri-san..." "I don't think that's quite right!" "Or that!" "I think I should study a little more." "I'm Mamiko!" "I'm a high school first year!" "My biggest concern lately is that my grades have slipped." "That's when I found this workbook!" "Only thirty minutes a day?" "so my grades keep going up!" "And then..." "Smart girls are amazing." "too?" "!" "Fifth Issue End" "To Be Continued" "Next Issue let's use a wizard tanuki next." "I don't know about the tanu— though the idea's always mine." "Right..." "Next Time:" "I'll Cast a Spell on You." "okay?" "Ciao!"