Hagimoto Souhachi

This works collects what was sold on February 11, 2018, at COMITIA 123 plus 30 extra pages to form “Short Stories Plus”.

Mangaka Takei Hiroto was rejected once again at a serialization meeting, so he decides to give up on his dream and go on a heartbroken trip to Brazil to get over everything. In a favela (slum) he accidentally wanders into, Hiroto meets a poor boy with sharp eyes named João. Living on the exact opposite side of the Earth, João surprisingly has the dream of becoming a mangaka…!!

Yokoi is a manga artist who spends his nights delivering newspapers just to make rent, since his original works just don’t seem to sell.Suddenly, one day he gets a visit from Saito-san, a self-proclaimed fan of Yokoi’s work who made the long journey to meet him. Yokoi quickly realizes that the things Saito-san sees, feels, and thinks about are different from most people…These two struggle together to find a place to belong in this unique slice-of-life!Note: The English translation uses the volume chapter numbering while the Chinese translation uses the website chapter numbering starting from Chapter 27.