Kakushigoto (かくしごと)

Nope.

Please, though.

Being a judge for a newcomer award?

Why would I willingly do something to make someone hate me?

Other senseis are also doing this in turns.

Just think of it as your turn for duty.

Duty or not, I said no,

so no way in hell!

What's that?

My white coat for lunch duty.

You always need to do your turn for duty.

Don't you have any that you hate?

"4 - Blackboard" "1 - Cleaning" "3 - Clean fishbowl" "2 - Lunch"

"4 - Blackboard" "1 - Cleaning" "3 - Clean fishbowl" "2 - Lunch" I mean, yeah...

I mean, yeah...

But someone has to do the duties others don't like, or society will crumble.

That's what Sensei said.

"Land that Debut! Newcomer Award" "95th Judge - Kakushi Goto-sensei, creator of Tights in the Wind"

"Weekly Shonen Mangazine"

"Weekly Shonen Mangazine" Wow, I guess you're going to be a judge for a newcomer award, Sensei.

Didn't you just say that you didn't want to do it?

When you're in this business as long as I am, you have to step up to the plate.

Someone has to do the duties others don't like, or the business will crumble.

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

"And Yet Everyone Gets Their Turn in the End"

All right, I'll send off the manuscript soon.

Are you even fit to judge anyone, Sensei?

I mean, you draw gag manga.

How dare you underestimate comedy creators?!

Then will you take a look at my manuscript?

I'm not done with it yet, but...

Wait. You can do things other than erasing?

What do you think I am?!

"Flip Flip"

Well?

I must say...

...you're excellent at erasing.

Could you take this seriously?!

I have no idea if this is good or not!

The initial explanation of the world is too damn long

that I can't even comprehend anything else!

Sensei, you just gave him actual criticism.

Huh? Oh, I see.

Keshi-kun,

your initial explanation of the world is too long.

There's also too much narration.

Really?

Hold your breath and read it from the start.

"Gasp"

And stop.

How far did you get?

I couldn't get through the first page.

Readers will only read as long as they can hold their breath.

Wha--?

If you don't grab their attention by then,

they're just going to skip through.

Sensei is actually...

...saying something decent?

But he's spot on.

Looking through this popular series in "Jumpo,"

you can read a whole chapter while holding your breath.

I don't think that's quite the same thing...

Anyway, someone would die a hundred times before getting into your manga!

I can hold my breath for three minutes now!

I think you improved upon the wrong thing.

Delivery!

Coming!

I'll set them right here!

I'm home.

Welcome home, Daddy.

Hime? Hime?

I'm right here.

Are you all right, Hime?!

I'm fine, Daddy.

What the heck is all of this?!

"Selected works" "'Summer Dead'" "Tanjima Pepe (21)" "Plop"

"Selected works" "'Summer Dead'" "Tanjima Pepe (21)"

Tomaruin...

I figured if I sent them to your office, it'd get in the way of your work...

...so I made an executive decision.

Executive decision my ass!

What if Hime had found out what these were?!

What if Hime had been crushed by some ridiculous entry?!

Just so you know, those were a pain to make copies of.

Send me the damn PDF files!

You know what PDF files are?!

Of course, I do!

Damn it...

But this is an insane amount of entries...

To think that there are still so many entries...

I guess this business isn't a lost cause after all.

One entry per box?

What is this, Amazon?!

Delivery!

Tomaruin...

I sent them to your workspace just like you asked.

I told you to send me PDF files to my office computer, didn't I?!

PDFs to your office?

Could you not overwhelm me with two things at once?!

I'm not Prince Shotoku!

Seriously, Tomaruin...

That guy's bad news...

I'm just gonna read and critique these already.

Hm... This one has a lot of girls,

but none of the girls have distinguishing features...

The pace was really good.

Was it worth sacrificing the flow of the story for this dirty joke...?

I'm basically talking about myself!

"Look who's talking!" "Really, Goto? Lol"

"Look who's talking!" "Really, Goto? Lol" If I say this, I'm just going to be called a hypocrite nonstop!

"Talk about deflecting" "Like you can talk lol" If I say this, I'm just going to be called a hypocrite nonstop!

"95th Weekly Shonen Mangazine Newcomer Award Critique"

"95th Weekly Shonen Mangazine Newcomer Award Critique" I know... I'll just play it off.

I know... I'll just play it off.

"Someone else's life"

"Someone else's life" "Smash"

No... We're talking about someone else's life here.

"Takashi" "Rejected"

"Takashi" "Rejected" Just like a resumé, this is no time to mess around!

What are you doing?

Yeah, that's definitely a lot of pressure.

You basically have the power to make someone's life better or worse.

Yeah.

They might be drawing manga, but they're also someone's kids.

"Total and Utter Failure Award" "Daddy" "Hime Goto" They might be drawing manga, but they're also someone's kids.

"Total and Utter Failure Award" "Daddy" "Hime Goto" If Hime's drawing had gotten a bad review, I would probably get pissed.

"Snap" "Daddy" "Hime Goto" If Hime's drawing had gotten a bad review, I would probably get pissed.

In that case, why don't you imagine that Hime-chan drew the entries?

Maybe you'll be able to

give them praise as well as nicer criticism that'll help them grow.

I see.

"Fabam" "Eek! You pervert!"

Hime would never draw filth like this!

H-Her dad sure does...

I know it's my turn,

"Pepe" I know it's my turn,

"Pepe" but I think Pepe should just be in charge of crap like this.

but I think Pepe should just be in charge of crap like this.

"Newspaper - Daddy" "Lock all the doors - Mommy" "Cleanup - Hime"

All the comments Sensei wrote for the entries for the Newcomer Award

are all way too serious for a gag manga artist.

I know!

"(LOL)" I know!

"(LOL)"

"(LOL)" That'll lighten the mood.

"(LOL)" I might actually be a genius.

"Weekly Shonen Mangazine"

"First, please decide on a catchier title. It's hard to tell what kind of manga this is (LOL)"

"First, please decide on a catchier title. It's hard to tell what kind of manga this is (LOL)" Sensei, you're getting ripped apart online for not taking this seriously.

"...there are so many characters that it's hard to remember them all (LOL)" Sensei, you're getting ripped apart online for not taking this seriously.

"...there are so many characters that it's hard to remember them all (LOL)" Yeah, this definitely wasn't nice...

"...you should probably concentrate more on just one of the characters (LOL)" Tomaruin...

"...you should probably concentrate more on just one of the characters (LOL)" Is there a problem?

"...Since this artist is good at drawing cute girls... (LOL)" I didn't add "(LOL)" to any of these!

"If they insist on using a children's story theme..." I held back on being silly and wrote all these seriously!

"If they insist on using a children's story theme..." Now, not only are these not funny,

"...they'd be better off using a happier, fun story like Anne of Green Gables (LOL)" it's like I wasn't taking this seriously!

"...they'd be better off using a happier, fun story like Anne of Green Gables (LOL)" Wait, you didn't add these, Sensei?

"...they'd be better off using a happier, fun story like Anne of Green Gables (LOL)" It was Tomaruin!

Seriously... That guy is bad news...

First, you made me actually judge these when I didn't want to,

so why would you do this?!

Well, I'm being forced to do a duty I don't want to do either,

so we're in the same boat.

And what exactly do you not want to do?

Goto duty.

Huh?

You're considered a duty yourself! An obligation!

Wha--?

"Goto Duty Meeting"

"Goto Duty Meeting" What? I'm the next one on Goto duty?

"Goto Duty Meeting" Someone has to do the duties others don't like, or the business will crumble.

"Goto Duty Meeting" Then you do it.

"Goto Duty Meeting" No.

"Goto Duty Meeting" Can't he just got back to Chugakukan?

Can't he just got back to Chugakukan?

So I'm so disliked that I'm being treated like a duty no one wants to do?

Well, you are a pain.

Do you have assigned duties at your work, Daddy?

Huh?

I do.

But my most important duty right now

is to make sure I raise you with the utmost care, Hime.

Someone raised me, too.

And one day, it'll be your duty to raise someone, too, Hime.

Okay! I hope I get to do that soon!

Y-You really don't have to hurry.

You can wait 20 years... Or even longer!