05x42 - Draw Your Life on the Canvas We Call Manga

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Honda Say...

Honda Could you stop having every character start off hungry?

Honda You're the same as the other new artists.

Honda A hungry hero who saves

the village from the bad guys because they fed him.

Honda Just like Zuffy from One Park.

Honda I understand that you like One Park.

Honda That doesn't make it okay to copy ideas.

Honda I wouldn't mind so much if you had an

original approach to the hungry hero.

Honda But it's clear that you're borrowing elements

from many other series.

Honda Are you drawing manga to express someone's ideas?

Honda Didn't you become a manga artist to express your own ideas?

Honda In that case, you need to pour your soul into every page.

Honda Put your life into your work!

Honda Jellybeans Vanguard Honda.

Honda I'm in my fifth year as a Jump editor.

Honda I am very worried.

Honda I have been assigned to the evil

which threatens to consume Jump,

Honda Gintaman, designated by the Bakufu as a harmful manga.

Honda Gintaman has managed to last for eight years,

Honda but in reality, it's just the scribblings of a gorilla

Honda that has the backing of animal rights activists.

Honda Look at the editors.

Honda The first editor, Konishi,

Honda ended up unable to say anything but "Holy Cow!"

Konishi Holy cow!

Honda The second editor, Daito,

messed up his Samurai Commando Mission date,

Honda so he turned to the world of anime and never looked back.

Daito Strategy for survival!

Honda The third editor, elite Nakasaki,

Honda hurt his back at a party by getting a little too elite.

Honda After enduring the hell of strict deadlines,

Honda they all snapped.

Honda They are all kept in the gorilla sanctuary now.

Konishi Holy cow!

Daito Please! Let me watch Madoka Magica!

Naka I'm elite!

Naka I'm not like them!

Honda My assignment to Gintaman was

Honda essentially a death sentence.

A I heard that Vanguard's been sent to Gintaman.

B He just got married.

B Poor guy.

Honda I need to find a way to save my neck.

Honda That means I have to discover a new artist

so I can be moved off Gintaman.

Honda I've spent days searching for an artist with promise,

Honda but the manga they drew was only manga in name.

Honda Isn't there anyone out there

who's willing to pour their own words,

Honda their own thoughts, their own life into their work?

Honda Is there anyone out there

to save me from my death,

Honda to save me from this dark prison?

A ...guard-san.

A Vanguard-san.

A Vanguard-san!

Honda Oh, yes.

A Vanguard-san, someone named N is here to see you.

Honda O-Oh, let him in.

A Yes.

Honda N?

Honda Oh, it's the guy who drew that

juvenile crap for the Treasure award.

Honda Today is his first visit.

Honda Even his pen name is juvenile.

A Excuse us!

Honda Hm?

C N, get in here!

N I am prisoner number .

N It is a pleasure to meet you.

Draw Your Life on the Canvas We Call Manga

Honda They brought me a real prisoner?!

Honda Instead of throwing me into prison,

they brought a prisoner to me!

Honda N-Nobody warned me about this!

A You've got minutes.

B Any longer, and you'll be considered

a fugitive and sh*t on sight.

Honda Why did he bring all these guards with him

here to show me his manga?!

Honda And it sounds like he did something really bad!

N Uh, I believe that we spoke on the phone before

N when I was a finalist for the Treasure award.

N Do you remember my manga

N about a Soul Reaper appearing before a prisoner

who's about to k*ll himself?

Honda It was nonfiction?!

Honda We chose a complete psycho to be a finalist!

N So I wanted to come see you in person today.

C Drop the w*apon, Shachi!

Shachi It's just a pen!

C A pen can be used as a w*apon! Drop it now!

Shachi I-I can't do that!

Shachi I'm... I'm gonna become a manga artist!

C I'll wait three seconds!

C One! Two!

C Three!

Gin Shut up!

Honda What?! What now?!

Shachi Bro!

D Sakata-san!

Gin Why are you so scared of a prisoner in handcuffs?

Gin Forget it.

Gin I'll keep an eye on him,

Gin so scram.

D If Sakata-san is here, everything will be fine.

D Then we'll be having tea at Renoir.

Gin Sorry about all the fuss.

Shachi What took you so long, Bro?!

I was getting nervous.

Honda There's another weirdo here.

Gin Sorry about the late introduction.

Gin I am prisoner number , the artist.

Shachi I am number , the writer.

Both Together, we are Mute Ashirogi.

Both It's a pleasure to meet you.

Honda Is this Bakuman?!

Honda U-Uh, so the two of you work together?

Gin He used to do everything himself.

Gin But he was only a finalist, right?

Gin I happened to be in the same prison as him for a short period,

Gin and he wanted the opinion of a twenty-year Jump reader.

Gin The art is too dated.

Shachi What?! That's not true!

Gin Kids are sensitive to that stuff.

Shachi Then you draw it!

Gin So we ended up

Gin working together.

Honda A manga duo that met in a prison!

Honda I see...

Honda These dangerous criminals can't draw shounen manga!

Shachi We fixed the issues you mentioned in our phone call,

so could you take a look?

Honda Oh sh*t.

What will happen to me if I say something is bad?

Revised Edition Ver .Mute Ashirogi

Honda Quick! Get this over with and leave!

Honda I'll try to give them advice without antagonizing them...

Shachi So...

Shachi The original manga was a touching story

Shachi about a Soul Reaper appearing before a prisoner about to k*ll himself

Shachi and using death to teach the prisoner about

the importance of life.

Gin The story was too gloomy,

and everyone had their sleeves ripped off.

Gin He was told to draw something that wasn't so dark.

Gin So we

Gin changed things up.

Honda You just put shoulder pads on all of the characters!

Gin And we changed two of the key characters,

Gin such as the Soul Reaper and the warden, into girls,

Gin so now you have two heroines.

Honda The heroines are damn scary!

Honda And they have double shoulder pads!

Honda Are the shoulder pads the heroines?!

Gin The main character was thrown

in a women's prison for some unknown reason,

Gin and now he spends his days

surrounded by the prison ladies.

Gin These days, Jump doesn't have

any series that make the readers hard.

Honda Pretty sure you've only made their shoulders hard.

Honda S-So this is a prison harem story?

Honda That's new.

Shachi Right?

Shachi We did it, Bro!

Shachi But, Jump is aimed at grade school and middle school boys,

Shachi and we don't want them sympathizing with prisoners...

Shachi You got a problem with prisoners?!

Shachi We're all prisoners of society!

Shachi I'm busting my ass drawing manga here!

Shachi I spend all of the little time I have left

Shachi after slaving away for hours on the chain g*ng on manga!

Gin Calm down, N.

Gin Vanguard-san knows that.

Gin However, we can't create a new

romantic comedy if you oppose the prison setting.

Gin Then you would only have school romantic comedies.

Gin The prison is what makes this manga stand out.

Gin We can't give that up.

Gin But we can add some wardrobe malfunctions

to keep the kiddies happy.

A Oh, no! My shoulder pads fell off!

Honda Who gives a damn about shoulder pads falling off?!

Gin And we'll follow Yabuki's example with the tankoban releases

Gin by adding detail to the shoulder pads

and showing how tightly they adhere to the skin.

Honda Forget that! Get rid of the shoulder pads!

Honda And this will never make it to a tankoban release!

Honda But if you want to do

a romantic comedy, the art needs a little work...

Honda The girls are just a little too beefy, I think.

Shachi Yeah, Bro's art is too animated for a romantic comedy.

Honda I'd say his art is too crappy for a manga artist!

Gin Really? Maybe it's because I'm a fan of the older Jump style.

Shachi Maybe a different pen would help?

Honda No, it's not that.

The shoulder pads are a big problem.

Honda Uh, I believe you should

completely start over with the female characters.

Honda Do you have any concept art for the heroines?

Gin Oh, I sure do.

Honda This is more like concept art for the shoulder pads!

Gin Right Wing .

Gin Stores a carbon whip that shuts up any noisy kid.

Gin Can cow any rowdy prisoner.

Honda Storage?

Honda These shoulder pads are used for storage?!

Gin Right Wing .

Gin Armed with an auto-turret that will

clear any enemies on your right side.

Honda Of course. It only hits enemies on the right side.

Honda It's on her right, so it only works on the right side!

Gin Left Wing .

Gin Stores an extremely powerful stun g*n

that can instantly knock out an elephant.

Gin And now for the Left Wing !

Honda Hidden?! It was hidden?!

Gin The warden is still a girl.

Gin She uses this hairbrush to take care of her hair.

Honda Now we find out she's actually fashion conscious!

Honda Of course! She's still a girl!

Gin And the shoulder pads can be removed.

Honda Metamorphosis?

Honda How much time did you spend on the shoulder pads?!

Honda Why are these shoulder pads starting to resemble the Cloths?!

Honda Isn't this supposed to be a romantic comedy?!

Gin Since this is a Jump manga, we wanted to incorporate battles.

Gin Now take the Soul Reaper heroine.

Honda What are Zanpakupads?

Shachi Right Wing.

Shachi A strange blade which grows in parallel to the user's spiritual power.

Shachi Vital for every Soul Reaper.

Gin Left Wing.

Gin Used for draining spiritual power when you're running low.

Honda You guys are ripping off everything under the sun with your shoulder pads!

Honda Wh-What am I supposed to do...

Gin What's wrong?

Gin Do you want me to make my art look worse on purpose?

Shachi Yeah, artists don't draw this much detail these days.

Honda They're copycats, but I can't tell them to remove the

Honda shoulder pads after they put all that effort into them.

Shachi The heroines didn't seem that macho in the initial sketches.

Gin The initial sketches were nothing more than a few scribbles.

Gin Can't make any judgments off that.

Honda Oh, so N did the rough sketch,

Honda and N did the outlining.

Gin Yes, since the prison didn't allow felt pens.

Honda Oh, so that's why the submission for the

Treasure Award was a rough sketch.

Gin Look at his crappy drawings.

Gin You have no idea how hard it was for me to correct this.

Warden You're headed to the disciplinary room!

Warden You're headed to the disciplinary room!

Honda Uh, was the pen you used covered in mud or something?!

Shachi It's embarrassing, so don't compare my art to Bro's!

Honda They should switch roles!

Honda And the guy with an ugly face can draw some cute art!

Honda He's made a ton of progress!

Honda He's a genius, if you ignore the shoulder pads!

Honda I-I understand.

Honda Then let's have the two of you swap roles

on the next submission.

Both Huh?!

Honda Well, it's good now, but I'm

interested in seeing what else you can do.

Shachi But I don't know how to use a mapping pen

Shachi since I've been a model prisoner!

Honda Uh, you don't have to use a mapping pen.

Honda N writes the story

Honda and N draws a rough sketch off that.

Honda Then you just have to fax it to me.

Shachi Seriously?! My art can't compare with Bro's!

Honda No, I guarantee that your art is better.

Gin Well, this might help him realize how hard my job is.

Gin Sounds like fun. Let's do it.

Honda Why are you so arrogant?!

Honda You're the one holding back this manga!

Shueisha

Shachi Thank you very much for seeing us today.

Shachi We'll fax you our next work, so please give us a chance.

Honda Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Honda With that art, and a story that lays his own life bare...

Honda There are many obstacles ahead, but it's possible that

Honda I've found an incredible talent.

A Vanguard-san, you have a fax.

Honda The gorilla finally finished?

C Oh, no. It's from someone named Mute Ashirogi.

Jump Editing Department Mr. VanguardWe finished our first draft. Please have a look.

Honda What? It only took them one day?

Honda These newbies are so much faster than the gorilla.

Honda Let's see. What's the title?

Honda God of Death?

Honda So they focused on the

reaper aspect instead of the prison theme.

Honda Huh? There's more below?

Prison of Death

Honda Oh, so it hasn't been finalized.

Honda Looks like they were shifting between

Death PrisonDeath PriDeath

the reaper and prison themes.

PriDeath PriDeathDeath PriPri Death

Honda Er, I don't like where this is going.

Honda You don't want to start mixing and matching words.

Death PriPri DeathPriPriDeath

CHAGE here.

Honda This has nothing to do with reapers or prisons.

ASKA here.

Honda What happened to the death and pripri?

CHAGE & ASKA here.

Honda Why is this like the intro for a CHAGE & ASKA concert?

ASKA & CHAGE here.

Honda Who cares about the order?!

ASKA & CHAGE & ASKA here.

Honda Don't put CHAGE in between two ASKAs!

ASKA & CHAGE & ASKA here.

Honda Staggering it doesn't help!

CHAGE DEATH ASKA

Honda Why are you bringing death back into the title?!

CHAGETH NOTE

Honda And now this is just completely wrong!

Honda What is this CHAGETH NOTE?

Honda Does something bad happen

if you write someone's name in it?

Chage Damn, practice ran late.

Chage My shoulders are starved.

Honda Shoulders are starved? They're huge!

Honda They're sticking out of the panel!

Honda And this no longer has

anything to do with reapers or prisons.

Honda But why did they keep the shoulder pads?

Chage Man, the moon is creeping me out tonight.

Chage Feels like something's going to pop out of the shadows.

Honda Uh, your creepy shoulders are blocking the moon.

Honda And those shoulders limit the space

he has for everything else!

Chage Oh, dog poop.

Honda Why are you using a huge panel for such a pointless scene?!

Honda How long is this going to continue?!

Chage Wh-What is this CHAGETH NOTE?!

Honda He sounds surprised, but he already knows the name?

Chage There's a name inside...

ASKA RYO

Honda Hey! ASKA's name's in there!

Honda Who put it there?

Honda CHAGE?

Honda Did CHAGE write that?

Honda ASKA, Inaba, Shimura, Kaku-san?

Honda These are all names of people who get

the most attention in their respective groups.

Honda That list of names is scaring me! Stop it!

Honda Don't cause any scandals!

Ryu You weren't supposed to see that!

Honda And why are you doing math on here?!

Honda Don't scribble on a draft!

Honda You're shaky on your sevens?!

Honda Y-You're...

Mute Ashirogi

Honda I can't focus on the manga!

Honda You don't need to practice your signature!

Honda Nobody's interested in your signature!

Ryu I am Ryuko, a God of Death.

Gin Kagura, I made fried race so you can microwave that for dinner.

Honda They drew this important scene on an old note?!

Honda The heroine's face is covered by fried rice!

Honda And they've perfected their signature!

Gin Mute Ashirogi!

Chage A God of Death?!

Kagura Next time, I want BBQ instead of boiled ham.

Kagura But I still loved it to DEATH.

Kagura -Kagura

Honda Don't use the manga to reply!

Honda Do they not care about this draft?!

Shin Gin-san, Otose-san dropped by for rent today.

Shin -Shinpachi

Honda Don't turn this manga into a message board!

Gin Oh, then I'll make myself scarce.

Honda If you're in the same room,

you can talk to each other directly!

Honda Wait up.

Honda What happened while those fools were talking to each other?

Honda We're back in a prison again!

Chage This was my only solution.

Chage I could never write someone's name

in this notebook and CHAGE them.

Honda What does that even mean?

Chage I've fallen in love with both Ryuko and Wardena.

Honda That never happened...

Chage In order to make one happy, I had to CHAGE the

other so she would barely remember me.

Honda Apologize to CHAGE!

Wardena If that's what it takes for you to be happy,

you can CHAGE me.

Wardena But I'll always ASKA you.

Honda Hey! The shoulder pads pushed her face

off the page in this critical scene!

Wardena You better make him happy,

or I'll send you to the disciplinary room!

Honda Who's talking?

Whose shoulder pads are these?

Chage I can't make one of them

forget me to make the other happy.

Chage Because I need both of them...

Chage Both CHAGE & ASKA.

CHAGEsuke.

Honda Now it's kind of a touching story?

Chage This was for the best...

Chage I could only protect them by making them forget me.

Honda Why would that land you in prison?!

D Hey, what's your name?

Chage Beats me. I can't even remember now.

D There's a letter for you.

Chage It was

Chage from the people around the

world who should have forgotten about me.

Chage A love letter that should never

have been able to reach me...

Otose Gintoki, I've taken your furniture as collateral.

Otose Never come back.

Otose -Otose

Honda You know....

Honda When a story starts off with a hungry main character,

Honda it must be great!

Honda Now is the time to copy other manga

and use what you can!

Honda Don't bother with originality!

Honda Don't bother using your own life experiences!

D Hey, who's Vanguard talking to?

E Beats me.

I heard that he committed himself to the gorilla sanctuary.

D Why?

E Because wild gorillas are scarier.

Konishi Holy cow!

Daito Please! Let me watch Utena!

Nakazaki I'm not like these scum!

Honda Jellybeans!

Chage Damn, practice ran late.

Chage My shoulders are starved.

Chage Man, the moon is creeping me out tonight.

Chage Feels like something's going to pop out of the shadows.

Chage Oh, dog poop.

Chage Wh-What is this CHAGETH NOTE?!

ASKA RYO

Chage There's a name inside...

Honda ASKA, Inaba, Shimura, Kaku-san?

Honda These are all names of people who get

the most attention in their respective groups.

Ryu You weren't supposed to see that!

Honda Y-You're...

Mute Ashirogi

Ryu I am Ryuko, a God of Death.

Kagura, I made fried rice so you can microwave that for dinner.Mute Ashirogi

Chage Next time, I want BBQ instead of boiled ham.

Chage But I still loved it to DEATH.

Chage -Kagura

Ryuko Gin-san, Otose-san dropped by for rent today.

Ryuko -Shinpachi

Gin Oh, then I'll make myself scarce.

Chage This was my only solution.

Chage I could never write someone's name

in this notebook and CHAGE them.

Chage I've fallen in love with both Ryuko and Wardena.

Chage In order to make one happy, I had to CHAGE

the other so she would barely remember me.

Ryu If that's what it takes for you to be happy,

you can CHAGE me.

Ryu But I'll always ASKA you.

Wardena You better make him happy,

or I'll send you to the disciplinary room!

Chage I can't make one of them

forget me to make the other happy.

Chage Because I need both of them...

CHAGEsuke.

Chage Both CHAGE & ASKA.

Chage This was for the best...

Chage I could only protect them by making them forget me.

D Hey, what's your name?

Chage Beats me. I can't even remember now.

D There's a letter for you.

Chage It was

Chage from the people around the

world who should have forgotten about me.

Chage A love letter that should never have been able to reach me...

Ryu Gintoki, I've taken your furniture as collateral.

Ryu Never come back.

Ryu -Otose

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