Tsukuru Niwa ch1

Is there any need... to face a past you don't want to remember?

Thank you for waiting! I'm pleased to announce...
that Comic Summit is now open!

It's my first time, but maybe I'll get about 10 sales?

Two hours later.

Nobody's picked up a single copy... In fact,
nobody's stood in front of my table at all.

It's like I alone have turned invisible.

Even though I drew it with so much love,
that "love" is fading away.

The event is now closed.

My plushie...

It's right by their feet,
yet nobody notices it.

Coming here without telling my family.
Using up all my savings.

I should forget it... All of it.

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Making,
reading,
and sharing.
"Joy" and "healing" can all be found in this place.

I'm late, I'm late~

Um, you dropped this.
Ah!
Sorry.

Here you go.
Th-
Thank you.
What a pretty lady...

Onee-chan.

This alley isn't where the sharehouse is.

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Wah~ What a hunk~
You always end up getting lost.
Never mind that. Those girls are looking at us,
so could you remove your hand?

Come on, let's go!
Hyah!

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We're finally here.
So this is the sharehouse, huh~

The sharehouse that granny held dear...
She's not dead, y'know!
She just strained her back is all!

They're already been told
that granny won't be able to manage for a while, right?
Yeah, but!

It's the mature thing to give a proper apology!

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That, and I wanna see what a sharehouse is like!
So that's her true motive, huh...

Well then, let's go inside!

Just gotta use the key granny gave us and...

Pardon the intru-...

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!?

B-Be careful...
She... is coming...

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A violent incident!

Wh-What number is the police again?
119, right?

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Ah, excuse me.
This is just a hugging pillow.

This girl is on her fourth all-nighter, so when I tried to force her to sleep,
she came running all this way.
So they have pillows like that...

Oh my. Did you get caught already?
Uwaahn.
Another girl has appeared!

Oh... And you are?

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We're the granddaughters of this sharehouse's manager and...
To think such a beautiful lady existed in this world.
Oh my.
Yume-chan!

Gran-... the manager's granddaughters!

We've heard about you! Do come in.
Ah, th-thanks...

Once again...

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We're here to apologise on behalf of the manager.
We're her granddaughters, Katajima Hime and...
Katajima Yume.

Is the manager okay?
She's currently with our mother
at the hospital.

I'll go through your names too.
Erm, Yama-
Wait a minute!

In this place, we call each other my pennames!
Real names are forbidden!

Pennames? Don't tell me...

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We're all creators, after all.
Creators?
We make stuff like manga and novels on an amateur level.
Seriously... Eh? All of them?

I'm Moeko.
I stake my life on bunnygirls.
What a frivolous life...

And this is Josephine. It's a mouthful, so I just call her Jose-nee.
What a lovely name...

As for this pretty girl... just call her Kuu-nee.
What could such a pretty lady be drawing...?

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That aside, you're a total hunk.
Wanna model for my doujinshi?
I'm a woman.
Sorry, we're just here to say hello!

Onee-chan, what's a "doujinshi"?
I-I wonder~

Ah. A call from Mama.

We just finished saying hello.
Is Granny okay?

Eh? Hawaii?

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She got better when we arrived at the hospital,
but then said "I need to go to Hawaii while I can still move".
She's got too much energy.

She said to put you in charge of management for a while.
Eh?
Wait.

Granny is such a joker~
It's no joke.

No way, no way! I'm really busy!
What are you saying? You just quit your part-time job.
You're a NEET, right?
Urk!

Go learn that joys of manual labor.

Is granny okay?
Erm~
Ah~

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She's perfectly fine, but... It seems she's left management duties
to me and my sister for the time being.
Ah, is that so?

I'm looking forward to some tasty food.
The cleaning, cooking and laundry will probably be tough, but...
We're counting on you.
I have to do all that!?

I'm gonna take a nap~

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I'm sorry, Yume-chan~ I liked~
What's this all about?

I see~
There's no stopping granny once she makes a decision, huh.

She seemed to be leaving things to me alone,
but I... ended up bringing you up too, Yume-chan.
It sounds fun~
I'm perfectly okay with it~

But what are the chances that they'd all be creators?

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Ah, sorry.
Did you say something?
Since you have the chance, why not challenge yourself with all of the housework?

I just haven't done that stuff at home, is all.

I can do it if I try!
Do your best

Cooking alcohol? Mirin? Where are they~?

What detergent do I use for the bathroom...?

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Phew~
Well, y'know, I'm not familiar with the kitchen...
You've gotten good enough where it's just burnt, though!

What's that smell?

Is this...?

art of some burnt ruins?
It's a fried egg!!

I see...

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How are you with housework, little sister?

I can do anything.
Yume-chan!

Looks like we'll be fine with Yume-chan around.

I'll do anything I can as (acting) manager too!
Heh... Anything, you say?
Yes!!
You'll see it through to the end, no matter what it is?
Of course!!

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I'd like you... to help out Moeko-san.

I'll leave it to you.
Her kind is so intense that I don't wanna go inside...

I guess I shouldn't judge based on this alone...

Moeko-san, are you in there?
Hime-chan? Come in~

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On second thought, I'm leaving...
What a lovely room.
Lol. Your true thoughts are leaking out.

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You're gonna help? That'd be great!
Can you do drawing, Hime-chan?

I-I can't draw.
In that case, I'll give you some easy work!

Something even I can do?
It's okay. You just gotta push stuff with the pen.

Or do you need a rundown on bunnygirls first?
...N-No, I'm good.

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You take this

and do this.

That's basically all there is to it~
Maybe I need to learn the software a little more...

I'll leave the instruction manual here.

Crista Instruction Manual

She's thought of everything.

Okay, take care of it!
Naked drawings... Must be for adults...

What on earth is she making me do...?

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...Isn't she embarrassed showing her work
to someone she just met today?

She's probably just not thinking at all...

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She was laughing it up a moment ago,
but now she's completely focused on her manuscript.

It's cool, but...

the scenery ruins it...

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She said it was simple,
but there's a lot to remember...
Like layers and masks.

Breath of total concentration

Please check it.

Thanks for doing this~

H-How did I do?

Your filling is so detailed. Full marks.

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But
You didn't fill in the nipples...
You can't make someone you've just met fill in something like that!

I'll ask your little sis then...
A-Anything but that!!

I don't want my little sister to see this world.

But you adapted to it pretty well, Hime-chan.

...I've watched anime and the like.
That so~?

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You're probably thinking "such a cute girl watches anime!?" or something, right?
Not really...

W-Well,
there's no way I can tell the people around me... It's embarrassing.

Why is it embarrassing?

Are you that bothered about what other people think?

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As if someone who just draws bunnygirls all the time would understand!

Hah

Sorry. I've got other jobs to be doing,
so that's all from me...

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Huh? Weren't you helping someone?

Yume-chan~ I wanna quit already~
It's only the first day~

I know you've got the guts, Onee-chan.
Just take things one at a time, okay?
There there.

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Here's your favorite mask.

Mom sent it over.
Thanks~ I can't sleep without this~

I'm worried about Moeko-san...

Well, I'll think about it tomorrow...

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I sometimes dream about that day.
Even in my dream, it's just like that day

in that I'm still invisible.

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Fwah~

I'll go make breakfast.
Thanks, Yume-chan~

Back to sleep...

Thank you for making breakfast.
It smells great.

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Thanks for the food.
Looks delicious.

...Moeko-san seemed to be struggling.
Are you two working on books too?

We're done already.
Wow, that's amazing!

Moeko-chan and Hii-chan always cut their deadlines close.
Hii-chan?

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Ah, that's right. There's someone else living here.
We didn't get to see her yesterday.

She won't come out until she's finished.

She'll smash your wall down if you interrupt her, so I suggest you don't.
Hah
Is everyone here that intense?

Is Moeko-san not having breakfast?
I called out to her this morning, but she said she didn't need any~
I see...

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That for Moeko-san...? You're so kind.
Ah, no, this is...

I said some harsh things to Moeko-san...
I wonder if she's upset with me.

I'm sure it'll be fine.
But please go talk to her.

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...Um.
...Moeko-san, I've brought you breakfast.

Erm, I'll just leave it here.

...I'm sorry about yesterday.

This is... really rough...
Could you hear me out...?
She's that cornered because of me!?

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When trying to get the story in order,
the drawings of the bunnygirls aren't going so well.
But if I try to pursue quality, there's no way I'll make the deadline...

I see...

I can't draw anymore! No way, no way!

I-Is she some kid!?

She's plenty good. What's she complaining about?

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You've come this far,
so let's try a little harder!
I've tried plenty hard enough!

Hmm... What to do?

Now that I think about it, nobody's gonna want a book like this.
Nobody will be happy with half-assed drawings like these...
Um...
How about eating something for now...

She kicked me out.

Making books must be really tough.
I could barely get a word in...

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Well, whatever! I've got some free time,
so maybe I'll go shopping or something?

Yume-chan, where's Josephine-san's room?
Up the stairs and on the right. What do you need her for?
Hmm, well y'know~

She's taking a beauty nap.
Guess I can't ask Jose-san for advice...

Can't be helped then~...

...

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I am here!

Did you forget something?

Would you be able to make it in time if, say... I drew the backgrounds?

You can draw backgrounds!?
Eh!?

Wh-What didn't you say something earlier?
Well...

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If I said I could draw, you'd give me more work to do, so I kept quiet...
She sounds like an unmotivated salaryman...

She tried drawing.

Eh... This is good!
I was technically in the art club...

Even though you couldn't fill in nipples...
That's irrelevant!
The art club doesn't do stuff like that!

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Do you have anything else you've drawn?

...I've already deleted all my old drawings.

Delete All

I'm not gonna draw anymore.
I don't need them.

Wearing the cute clothes everyone loves
and the trendy makeup everyone loves,
while not thinking about what I "love".

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If I hadn't ran away like that,
maybe my future would've been different.

Being with Moeko-san
makes me have all these thoughts.

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Hey, can you draw characters?

I used to... have an original character I drew...
Eh!? An OC!? Draw it for me!

Then... do you mind if I draw a summary too?
Sure, fine by me!

I wonder what Hime-chan will draw~

I-It's something like this...

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Champon
One day, Champon, who had learned the truth of the universe, went on a journey to protect all the crayfish from grade schoolers.

Ah... Something like that, huh...!
I see...!
It's, how do I put it... deep!

It's like... got... flavor!
The more you bite into it, the more flavor comes out!

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I'm sorry~
I'm not good with putting stuff into words~!

Leave me alone!

Time for my secret weapon...
Jose-nee, you're up!

Jose-nee is like a goddess who can praise any kind of work...

I said not to come in.
Hime-san.

This work has a one-of-a-kind worldview that's impressive and perfectly formed...

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Cheered up

I'm really sorry, okay?

So, um... will you help me out...
Yes, I'll do it properly.

Will we be able to make it in time this way?
Of course!

Let's do our best with no sleeping tonight!
Huh? It's gonna be an all-nighter? Are you stupid?

Gotta be stupid if you wanna draw doujinshi!
Yay~

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Hah~

Just this once.

You're such an angel, Hime-chan.

And so, Hime

I can't take this...
swore to never make promises without due consideration ever again.

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Submit

We somehow finished it in time~

Exhaustion Mountain!

It's all thanks to you, Hime-chan.
Thank you so muhc.
Hah...

You must also... be sick of this, huh, Moeko-san?

Nope! If anything,
this last-minute feeling is awesome, right?
Making doujins sure is wonderful, huh?

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Ow!

Don't push yourself like this again!!
What if you had ended up collapsing!?

Don't worry me like that...

But everyone's like that~
That's their business! Not mine!

...Alright.
I'll be more careful.

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But it was worth doing, right?
...Well, a little, I guess?
Right?

Putting your all into it
is how you make the ultimate copy!

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Moeko-san, we haven't bathed...
Eh~ It's not resonating with her at all~

We're already friends, so call me Moe.

Now then... I'm going back to my room.
Eh!? Why!? Is it wrong to call me by my name!?
Your way of closing the distance is a little...

Oh come on~

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Oh, Moe-chan. Have you finished?

Looks like you lost the bet, Jose. Too bad.
Could you not make bets on my manuscript every time!?
Gambling is illegal!

But well, it was easy this time around.
...

You did well too, Onee-chan.

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Think you'll enjoy living here?

I don't know for sure yet,

but I hope I will.

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Hime-chan, you free this weekend?
Let's go to Comipara together!

Don't talk about otaku stuff in front of my sister!
There's no way I'm going!

Comipara is
that place Onee-chan wanted to go to, right?

H-How did you...
I don't really get it, but

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that word came up a lot
in our PC's search history for a while.

comipara how to go
comipara venue
comipara tickets

Ahyahya

You were always hiding away
watching anime and reading manga.

I guess you didn't want me to know.

But it made me kinda lonely...

Sisterly Love

So are you guys going or not?

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We're not going.
I'll go! I'd love to go!

I-I'll go...
There's no way I can let my little sister go by herself...

I'll be your guide.
I'm worried...

...Maybe I'll go this time too.

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...You gonna be okay?

I should be okay by now.

Okay! Let's make a copy book too! [tn: A smaller and cheaper variety of doujinshi usually made by stapling together photocopied pages]

Absolutely not! First a bath! Then sleep!
No way~ I wanna make it!

Yeah. Looks like things are gonna be lively.
Right?

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This should be a fun event.

With these on hand,
I can fight without sleep...
I can still dance.
Go to sleep already!

The story of these twin sisters and the sharehouse residents now begins.

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