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Gosh! Best of 2022

A rather unexpected sidestep from manga-ka Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of current mega-hit Chainsaw Man. This one-shot story is a world away from that series' OTT action, instead grounding itself in the relationship between two female manga artists who begin as rivals before forming a more complex creative partnership. To say too much would spoil it, but it's a fairly straightforward tale about regrets and the path not taken which is crafted with so much care and skill that in the space of 142 pages you get swept up in the lives of its two likeable leads. A perfect manga for those who say they don't really like manga.

A heart-wrenching single-volume story about the struggles of being an artist, from the creator of Chainsaw Man.

The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.

The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.