Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu (Girls Beyond the Wasteland)

Coloring, coloring...

They look at each other. You're covered in blood. Hehe... we match.

I can't make any progress...

Why? We're supposed to feel refreshed after that.

No, if I write really fast I can make it with time to spare!

Alright, I'll play some solitaire to get my mood up and--

Like hell you will!

You were gonna play a game, weren't you?

No, no! I was gonna use the calculator!

You're waiting for a miracle.

You blindly believe that you'll be able to finish work in a flash as your motivation spikes at the last minute.

You've completely lost your common sense.

You're what they call "deranged."

I am not! You're what they call "deranged."

Bunta, we've gotten all piled up here.

Huh?

I've done all I can to extend the deadlines so you can focus,

but if we don't get the next bit of script from you...

Sorry.

It looks like I'm in a real slump.

You're going to leave things like that, without having the experience of finishing it?

Huh?

I'm disappointed in you, Hojo-kun.

Part of a writer's job is to determine a steady pace.

She's mad at you now!

Behold Rokuhara's war criminal, the writer, Buntarou!

Ando!

How about I UNDO you?

Don't UNDO me yet, I haven't lived out my life.

So, what are you stuck on?

The climax, or rather,

t-the dating part.

You mean after the MC is dating a heroine?

No, the confession scene right before.

That's a crucial scene.

I just can't empathize with the main character.

Why?

Um, well...

Hojo, you can't write the scene 'cause you've never done it before, right?

As Always, It's a Different You

So, because you've never confessed to someone before, you can't write a confession scene?

Well, I didn't know that about you, Hojo-kun!

Oh, shut it! Have you done it then, huh?

Nope.

NOPE?!

What about 2D?

2D hotties would never be your boyfriend.

Of course not!

Those 2D hotties have boyfriends, after all.

Huh?

I don't think it's something that's impossible to write without real-life experience.

That's what I thought, but...

Please tell me, Kuroda-san!

How do you confess to someone?

Huh?

I don't know.

Yuka!

You know I don't have any dating experience.

Last resort, Yuki!

I'm the last resort?

I don't have any experience, either.

Wanna ask me?

No, I can't write anything off how bitter you'll be.

This is a problem.

Is there anyone you'd be willing to date?

Fine, I see!

Hey, Nakajima?

Hey, so when you confessed to your girlfriend...

Wait, she dumped you?

Sensei! Kikuchi-sensei!

No. Leave me alone.

It won't take more than a sec, promise!

What should you do when you're confessing to someone you like?

What a stupid question.

Before bothering to tell them you like or love them,

you should press your lips to theirs.

Sorry, we're going now!

Kikuchi-sensei's totally into guys!

Into...?

Shoryuken

Confessing?

Tell him, chief!

Oh, that story? Tell him, chief!

Oh, that story?

Huh? What story?

Shut up and put your orders in!

No luck at all.

Kinda weird, don't you think?

No, it's just we don't know anyone with lots of experience--

No, Yuka. No, it's just we don't know anyone with lots of experience--

No, Yuka.

Huh?

She hasn't been coming around much lately, right?

You think so?

Do you think it's 'cause we're always together?

Who are you, Ando?

Who knows, maybe there's this love triangle all of a sudden!

If there was, it would've been a problem already, right?

Yeah.

And the problem we're having now is the 44 kilobytes of text we're backed up on!

Yuka Wait for me! Yuka I'll be ready in 40 seconds Buntarou Everyone's already here

Oh, that's right.

Script Writer Blooter

Hosokawa-san.

Hey hey, it's Blooter, the Chai boss, the soy sau--

Hosokawa-san, it's Hojo. Hey hey, it's Blooter, the Chai boss, the soy sau--

Hosokawa-san, it's Hojo.

Awww, don't call me by my real name!

Call me by my pen name, m'kay?

So who are you again, Hojo, again?

It's good to keep a few realistic bits in your script.

The important thing is a wild imagination!

A wild...

Yup!

Bring out the worst, most vile desire of all your desires.

That's it!

How are my own desires supposed to make the users happy?

No matter how obscure the niche,

as long as it's straight from the heart you'll find users who'll sympathize with you!

Mr. Sherman started with "Super Sadistic 200-year-old Loli"

then put out his masterpiece "Reverse-Trained! By a Perfectly Sadistic Idol Group!"

and lately he put out a one-shot "I couldn't resist that sadistic lol--

Desires, huh...

I love you! Please marry me!

I wanna provide for you the rest of our lives.

Imagine what our children would be like...

They'd be invincible, you know?

Don't look at me like that!

What on Earth did you come up with?

I was told to write out my desires...

But I couldn't really imagine it well.

I love you! Please marry me! I wanna provide for you the rest of our lives. Imagine what our children would be like... They'd be invincible, you know?

Can't get it up?

No! Probably.

Alright.

Let's think together.

Kuroda-san!

First, tell us what helps you every night, Hojo-kun.

What?!

I-if it's too hard for you to say, then you can show us instead!

Hey, wha, uhh--

Mornin'.

Morning. Good morning!

Hey, I texted you.

Huh? I didn't see it.

Hey, Yuka?

How about you stop shirking off and write?

You're always making me wait.

I'm a busy girl, you know.

I know, jeez.

You see, he's totally outta ideas right now!

So everyone's gonna punish him.

Oh?

confesses!

The plot is during the Kirika vs. Sabaki battle,

the main character jumps in to save the big sister, who's on the verge of death,

Kirika Route (Sister Showdown) The MC jumps in to save the big sister and confesses!

and confesses their love... is the plan.

The MC's just in the way.

Can't we have an ending where the sisters are a feisty couple?

A feisty couple?

If you give Bunta other ideas, you'll just confuse him.

So the main character confesses here?

That was the plan.

I think that's good, but the users might be happy if the heroine confesses to the main character instead.

B-but then all the stuff up until now...

How about if the main character gets halfway through,

but she says "Stop. Let me finish."

Is Kirika that kind of girl?

Hmmm, Kirika would be...

MC-kun...

Why'd you save me?

Hojo-kun, continue!

Huh?!

Umm, b-because I love you!

Let's all think of a good situation people will get excited about.

Don't ignore me!

I thought of a love letter asking them to meet up.

You like that, huh.

This template is king.

I'm waiting on the roof. I'll kill you! From Kirika!

It's an assassination warning!

Kirika is tsundere.

S-so you mean she loves me so much she wants to kill me?

Is that--

Kuroda-san!

I've been waiting for you, MC!

P-prepare yourself!

T-they're enemies who pretended to be the heroines to kill the MC!

It really WAS an assassination warning!

The rest is up to you.

I will now rest in peace here...

Huh?

I'll shoot you just for you.

Who's there?!

So cold... Who's there?!

Sometimes, I'm the beautiful academy student, Kirika Asamori!

Sometimes I'm the killer Ruination Mask!

Get outta here!

I'll bring ruination to my single target!