Draw This, Then Die! (これ描いて死ね)

Episode 5 Let's All Go Together! Put Your Feelings into Manga

Comitia.

I didn't get to look around for too long, but it was awesome.

It was packed with an incredible amount of manga,

and all the people there drew their own.

Yep. Comitia's for original works only.

Derivative works and cosplay are prohibited.

Teshima-sensei!

Can we participate as the manga club?

Of course you can't.

Valid Argument Volley

Valid Argument Volley

Valid Argument Volley

Exhibiting requires preparing a manga with a decent page count,

which you have no time for.

You promised to put schoolwork first, so no making sacrifices to draw manga.

A trip to Tokyo will be an overnight trip as well.

With travel costs, would your parents agree so readily on short notice?

So that means...

If we make a book at a pace that doesn't affect our grades,

get parental permission, and get all costs paid, then it'd be fine?

The next Comitia's in August, so that's two months from now.

We can study hard for final exams in July, get good grades,

then spend the next month making a self-printed book of around 12 pages,

while securing permission from our parents to go.

Is that really so hard?

Yeah!

Since you are so insistent, I shall get back to you tomorrow.

I'm against it, but it seems I have no choice but to consider the proposal.

I'm against it, you hear?

Manga Research Club (Summer!) Comitia Experience

Manga Research Club (Summer!) Comitia Experience

Manga Research Club (Summer!) Comitia Experience

Manga Research Club (Summer!) Comitia Experience

Manga Research Club (Summer!) Comitia Experience

Camp Itinerary

Camp Itinerary

Camp Itinerary

Camp Itinerary

Camp Itinerary

Yay

Yay

Yay

Yay

Yay

I can't wait, pon!

I can't wait, pon!

I can't wait, pon!

I can't wait, pon!

I can't wait, pon!

Wh-What's this?

I pulled an all-nighter making a plan for the trip.

Comitia allots its tables via lottery if too many circles apply.

So it's possible you may be rejected.

Still, please show it to your parents and get permission.

Tessie's all fired up over this.

D-Don't get the wrong idea!

No need to blow your top.

I've already applied, so I'll be at a different booth that day.

Brand-new Teshima-sensei illustrations!

Brand spanking new!

Sekiryu-san, I hear you get a wall space every time.

The deadline to apply is next week, so I'd like your responses by then.

This is getting me pumped up.

Let me have one more for safekeeping.

I can't wait.

Hey, let's work hard, Akafuku.

Mom. Dad.

I want to take part in a camp over summer vacation for the manga club.

Manga club? When'd you join a club?

Not too long ago, and on a sudden whim.

Drawing and selling your own manga?

Is that appropriate as a high school club activity?

It's dissemination, not selling. Profit's not the main goal—

Either way, won't it get in the way of your studies?

Now, now.

There's no hot water in the teapot for the Matsu room.

Apologies, Madam. I'll have it ready at once.

Pops, can I go on a trip to Tokyo with the manga club over summer vacation?

Sis! Welcome back! Let's play!

Sure. If you help out with the shop.

Ugh, what a pain.

Done Deal

Mom, I'm going to the summer Comitia with the school's manga club.

Sounds good to me.

Done Deal

Says here they'll call it off if any of their grades drop.

You swear you won't neglect your studies?

Y-Yeah.

Then, it's okay. Right, honey?

That's a promise.

Yeah!

Done Deal

Kokoro, did anything of note happen at school today?

Not really.

Check out this huge hermit crab.

Seems you've all received approval.

Except for you, Fujimori-san.

I-I forgot to take it home with me.

We'll submit the application as soon as I have approval for Fujimori-san.

Yeah!

Just as a warning, make sure you perform well on your final exams.

Hey, how about we all have a study sesh?

I like that idea.

Does here work for all of you?

Akafuku, you'll just end up reading manga.

At one of your homes, then? My place is out, 'cause of my little bros.

My mom's a real pain in the neck, too.

If everyone's with me...

We can't study here?

Uh, were you even listening?

Wh-Why don't we study at my house?

Hello there.

I can't possibly say no to studying for exams.

This is the first time Kokoro has brought friends over.

We're in the manga club with her.

Manga club?

The manga research club.

Kokoro.

How long have you been part of the manga club?

I-I was going to tell you after this. I'm sorry—

What's the meaning of this? Aren't you in the art club?

How could you decide that all on your own?

P-Please, ma'am...

I tell you time and time again, don't I?

Not a word out of you girls!

Fujimon's mom is scary.

Not to mention you're wearing those hairpins again.

Got it.

Why do you refuse to do what I say?

Hey, lady. We're guests here.

You've been in high school for three months now, so it's about time—

"Lady"? "Guests"?

Minato-kan Reservation Details

Minato-kan

Check-in Time

Check-out Time

Length of Stay

4 hours

Address

This ryokan inn offers day-use bookings, right?

I just made a reservation online.

W-Without guardian consent, we can't allow high school students—

Hi. Mom?

Can you speak with the ryokan staff?

Mom

Please look after my daughter.

I-I'm sorry!

I was too scared to bring it up with my mom.

I thought if all of you were with me...

Don't worry. It's fine. We can all have a talk with her.

Are you sure that's the best move?

The only one who knows how Kokoro-chan feels is herself.

You're so cool, Sekiryu-san!

Even if it's to Sensei or that scary lady, you tell it like it is.

Call me Hikaru-chan.

Hikaru-chan.

I'm not trying to act cool.

She's not the villain.

Right now, I'm sure she's feeling hurt.

I have no problem saying what's on my mind,

but I'm bad at gauging my relationships with others.

One day, I'll end up hurting you, too.

Manga are my only friends.

I could've said things a lot better if it was through manga...

Uh, is she feeling hurt, too?

That's it!

Mom.

Here's my manga.

Please read it.

"Dear Mom."

"Hey, Mom."

"I want to talk to you."

"When you get mad at me, I get too scared to say anything."

"It feels like I'm at the bottom of the ocean."

"It becomes hard to breathe, and I can't open my mouth."

"That's why I can't say anything."

"Those hairpins you hate so much..."

"Dad gave them to me as a kid, so they mean a lot to me."

"The friends you yelled at are the very first friends I've ever made."

"When I was little, there were other kids I played with,

but we never stayed close for long."

"Handsome idols, fun TV shows, cute fashion items..."

"I didn't like the things they were into."

"The thing I love the most is manga."

"My friends all love manga, and we work together to make them."

"Yasumi-san is very free-spirited."

"She comes up with ideas for manga that are full of life, and I draw them."

"Akafuku-san gives her honest opinions on how to improve our manga,

and I learn a lot from her astute analysis."

"Sekiryu-san is a manga artist with incredible artistic sense."

"I greatly admire and respect her."

"I don't suffocate when I'm with all of them,

and it feels like I can be myself."

"I wouldn't be able to say all this face-to-face, so I put it into a manga."

"Please let me draw manga with all of my friends!"

You were drawing this manga instead of studying?

They can come over anytime, so study hard and draw more manga.

Fujimori Kiyo