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As simple as it is, I have to say that it cut deep and really connected with me, as any touching in art, and the creative process, tend to do.

they become rivals at first and soon friends, working together to create, bringing joy to each other through their company and creations. nonetheless this is not an equal friendship! kyoumoto adores fujino, and is almost fully dependent on her in the beginning. slowly she gains more and more independence, and as she does seem to have found her independence

Book Ends: The Dream Sequence begins and ends with one of the two heroines making a critical decision after reading a comic from the other timeline that one made about the other.

Then, Fujimoto breaks the lone artist image of Fujino. Almost exactly halfway through the book, after we’ve witnessed Fujino and Kyomoto’s friendship blossom and wilt, we see what it takes to pull Fujino’s focus away from drawing.history: to be honest I have seen movies and animes with similar stories, you lose a person you loved but his last moments with that person were very bad and the fact of knowing that you could never say goodbye to that precious being can be painful, normally this makes me It would make me sad but apart from the fact that it is On the other hand, manga leads to months of despondency, a working life that, while successful, leaves the creator isolated, alone, overworked, and depressed. And, of course, that moment that shows that manga can change people’s lives for the worse, as well as for the better, and end lives rather than save them. The story also ends with the question “Then why do you draw?” which is never answered and the final image is a sombre one, perhaps suggesting that Fujimoto himself regrets becoming a mangaka. Or maybe the silent answer is “destiny” and that’s the answer as to whether the previous scenes were real or not - we can’t change our paths in life even if we want to.