Kakushigoto (かくしごと)

"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits"

"Mini Chocolate" "Whole Wheat Biscuits" Hime.

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.

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,

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"

"Crab" W-Well, people have their weaknesses,

"Crab" so I don't think you need to beat yourself up over it.

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"

"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"

"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.

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 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!

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,

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!

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...

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?

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 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!