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Crunch Time with the Princess
Manga artist Ichiro struggles to support himself and his siblings Machi and Fumio on the rent from a small apartment building he inherited following their father's death and their mother running away with another man. His workload increases when both his assistants quit, but his editor Masahiro finds him a new assistant named Shiori. Despite being self-taught and only 19, Shiori does the best work Ichiro has ever seen and is instantly liked by Machi and Fumio. Shiori reveals she only started reading her grandmothers manga collection when she was 18, one of which was Ichiro’s main series Alice and the Knight of Thorns. After an all-nighter to meet a deadline, they both fall asleep at their desks. Upon awaking, Ichiro sees a craft pen stuck in Shiori’s back. Fearing she is hurt, he grabs the pen and is transported into an infinite void. Shiori pulls him out and is angry he touched her while asleep, but forgives him because he thought she was hurt. She explains she is Princess of a species called Star-People and what Ichiro mistook for a pen was her stinger. By touching it, Ichiro is now her fated husband but as she desires a real marriage, she insists they must fall in love first.
Manga artist Ichiro struggles to support himself and his siblings Machi and Fumio on the rent from a small apartment building he inherited following their father's death and their mother running away with another man. His workload increases when both his assistants quit, but his editor Masahiro finds him a new assistant named Shiori. Despite being self-taught and only 19, Shiori does the best work Ichiro has ever seen and is instantly liked by Machi and Fumio. Shiori reveals she only started reading her grandmothers manga collection when she was 18, one of which was Ichiro’s main series Alice and the Knight of Thorns. After an all-nighter to meet a deadline, they both fall asleep at their desks. Upon awaking, Ichiro sees a craft pen stuck in Shiori’s back. Fearing she is hurt, he grabs the pen and is transported into an infinite void. Shiori pulls him out and is angry he touched her while asleep, but forgives him because he thought she was hurt. She explains she is Princess of a species called Star-People and what Ichiro mistook for a pen was her stinger. By touching it, Ichiro is now her fated husband but as she desires a real marriage, she insists they must fall in love first.
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00:15It's time to let her go.
00:20Maybe you should have talked to her before she departed.
00:24She should return in due time.
00:28Right. Of course.
00:30The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
00:35But what kind of world will she find?
01:12The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
01:17The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
01:26The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
02:02The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
02:03The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
02:12The princess must go and discover the world for herself.
02:23They're still so young.
02:26I can't imagine how they feel.
02:28What will happen to them?
02:30Ichiro?
02:32What are we going to do now?
02:34We'll be fine.
02:36Trust me.
02:38I'll figure something out.
02:52Oh, no.
03:02Is your food hot enough, Machi?
03:04Mm-hmm.
03:05My big brother pre-makes it, so it's easy.
03:13Thanks for the help.
03:15Not a problem, Fumio.
03:17I'm guessing Ichiro's busy again today?
03:20Yeah, he's got a big deadline.
03:24Are you hungry?
03:25We've got breakfast for you.
03:27I'll never make it.
03:30Are you okay?
03:32Of course I'm okay.
03:33Why wouldn't I be?
03:35You overslept again, huh?
03:37Let me guess.
03:38You're still alone?
03:40Mm-hmm.
03:41Well, it's hard to find an assistant who'll do the finishing touches by hand.
03:45And I guess you can ask Sano or Akitas if they both have their solo debuts.
03:51The deadline's at 7 a.m. the day after tomorrow.
03:54I've got to do the rough sketches, and I've got a whole ten pages to ink.
03:57And for the backgrounds, I've got nothing.
04:00Mm-hmm.
04:02Don't worry.
04:03It'll be okay.
04:04I'll get it all done, and once I get paid, I can take us all out for a big steak
04:07dinner.
04:09Steak dinner?
04:10Come on now.
04:10Well, just don't overwork yourself.
04:15After high school, I had my manga debut.
04:18But then Dad died.
04:20Since I was already serialized in a magazine, it made more sense to live off my manuscript fees and the
04:25rent from the apartment building Dad left us, rather than getting a normal job.
04:30To be honest, my stuff doesn't sell well.
04:33But if I want to send my brother and sister to college, I've got to work extra hard.
04:42Hey, it's Kuga.
04:45Morikuni?
04:47Wow, you found an assistant?
04:51Thanks so much.
04:56Why do you say I try to guess your future?
04:58Huh?
05:05Yay, we'll see you later.
05:07Later.
05:08No, wait.
05:09What's my future, though?
05:11So what did you see?
05:15Actually, it was blank.
05:18His future's blank like his pages are.
05:21That's rough.
05:22Right.
05:24I better get a move on.
05:33Well, she traced them, but her background sure looked great.
05:37For real?
05:37That's perfect.
05:39I only saw it through my email, so I can't guarantee the quality.
05:42I'm grateful you found someone at all.
05:44Thanks so much.
05:46Hey, why don't you arrange a meeting with her?
05:48Seems like she's new in town.
05:50Sounds good.
05:52Honestly, at this point, I'll do anything.
06:05Thanks so much.
06:06Excuse me?
06:16are you my new assistant
06:21are you momo t kokone sensei
06:26i prefer it if you called me by my real name and not my pen name
06:30ichiro kuga
06:34if it gets out that i'm a manga artist that could be embarrassing for machi and fumio
06:38your brother's an artist ask him to draw me then he's famous get his signature shut up
06:44oh my apologies my name is shiori goshiki and i'm hoping you'll accept me as your assistant
06:50i promise to work hard right speaking of is it all right if we get to work right now
07:10i'm sorry normally i prefer to give you the day to settle in but we're on a major time crunch
07:16and i
07:17need to work quickly i see you're free to use any of my tools or use your own if that's
07:22better
07:23not to you here some of my older storyboards i'll study them well
07:30um
07:33i do have an assistance room if you wanted to get changed
07:38no this is my normal clothing so it'll suffice
07:41okay
07:50here that dress looks expensive put this on are you certain of course and don't worry if it gets
07:58dirty it's just for working
08:03so start off with the panel borders and the backgrounds as well please yes
08:13so
08:14and look at that expert technique so beautiful your line work is really something special
08:21years of experience huh no i've never done this job
08:27you're kidding me no i learned it all from studying my shoujo manga lessons book
08:32wow that thing is old oh it says it was compiled by the legendary funeko horihodo not bad excuse me
08:43what shall i do now right sorry could you ink the highlights on the hair for me please yes
08:53i'm finished great can you get started on scraping the screen tone too sure
09:02here we are what's next oh i am so beyond grateful with her help i'm sure to make my deadline
09:12pardon
09:13it looks perfect
09:15we're home now
09:17home now
09:23welcome home guys
09:27you're so pretty are you some kind of gemstone princess oh no not gemstones children nothing like
09:33that
09:33machi i want to introduce you to to miss shiori goski she's going to be my new assistant it's nice
09:39to meet
09:40you ma'am you better not be making her work non-stop everyone knows it's important to take breaks
09:46all right i'm sorry did you even tell her where the bathroom is oh yeah i totally forgot seriously
09:54break time starts now come with me miss goski i'll show you around much obliged
10:01this is a social apartment there's one big common space and each unit has a bedroom dining area and a
10:08kitchenette a social apartment lots of people live here a manicurist an office worker and everything
10:15and there's also our cousin chibi chibi
10:20our brother ichiro is the live-in landlord and a mangaka how charming and this is the communal kitchen
10:27and lounge it's got an oven so people who like to cook use it a lot
10:33our room is the only one that has a shower but there's a public bath pretty close by too
10:38that's nice to know thank you and this is the spare bedroom for assistance to use when
10:43they need to pull all-nighters it's wonderful you'll be staying right
10:52food's ready
10:57hey where's our new helper oh she said she was going to eat in a room by herself
11:04maybe i should have told her she could go out to eat
11:07oh hey what if she's got two mouths or maybe she's an animal spirit come on that's just silly
11:15but she is awesome pro level no she's goddess level
11:20well then i really hope she sticks around sticks around
11:37i think i'll make tea i'll make it for you
11:41uh i got it it's no trouble i just finished doing something
11:50oh uh did you already know where the tea is yes would you like some
11:57we just have to go to the bathroom again why don't you stop for the night miss goshki last thing
12:03we
12:03want is to overwork you i'm all right actually honestly i thought i'd be getting even fewer breaks
12:10than this i know there isn't much time well he's not good at asking for help help with
12:17anything really even work he says that he's saving up money so we can go to college one day
12:24ichiro told us that he has to look after us and be kind of like our dad now
12:30he's always trying to take care of everything by himself
12:35it's very impressive that even without connection you have acute communication skills for one so young
12:40connect to what
12:46good night make sure you rest up i will
13:03here you are thank you so much feel free to turn in for the night
13:12i will after i finish these thank you so much i appreciate it would you like me to put on
13:20the radio
13:21to help keep you awake no but i was thinking i could tell you a little about myself
13:31let me see i'm nearly 19 years old and never read any manga until this year really that's surprising
13:39i guess it's not unheard of were you not allowed that is correct but my grandmother adored books
13:48only i was given permission to see her collection
13:52she happened to have one of your works huh i was intrigued i hope i didn't draw anything weird
14:00it was strange i had never heard of such nonsensical romances yeah that's not a compliment
14:06one misunderstanding leads to another but somehow real love manages to grow in spite of everything
14:13the characters endure their lives are so exciting and there are so many different stories that writers
14:19can tell yeah that's how a shoujo manga goes there always has to be a new problem to solve in
14:26order
14:26to keep the story interesting you know i found every struggle truly touching especially the ways that
14:32the heroes overcame them hey so listen i really appreciate you helping me out when i had this insane
14:39amount of work on my plate you want to stick around for a while please
15:05hey could you oh yes i'll highlight the hair thanks
15:17where did the tape go i lost track of the time this should do it for today
15:24i'm able to press on well thank you but once this page is done that just leaves the finishing touches
15:31and i can take care of those on my own but i'm reluctant to stop the last thing we need
15:37is for you to get
15:38burnt out okay let's make sure we have the whole manuscript in order here page one page two
15:49is something wrong we're missing a page huh there's one missing
15:58how is this possible i don't understand what happened it has to be here i swear i remember drawing it
16:06there it is
16:15it's basically just outlines blank future
16:21i can help you finish it no it's my mistake i should fix it myself okay the rough sketch inking
16:29and finishes will take two to three hours maybe i should ask her for help no it wouldn't be fair
16:35to ask her to pull an all-nighter when she just started working for me i can make it if
16:40i don't sleep
16:41it's perplexing i cannot begin to know how you're feeling but if you truly require my help all you
16:49need to do is ask me
16:53do you need my help to finish this i can't afford to be late i'd lose a whole month of
17:01manuscript pay
17:03i may be your mother but i have a new life now
17:07worst comes to worst i could just submit it with the inks and fills one page having some white space
17:12wouldn't be so bad if you work hard you'll be the best maybe it'll be okay if i fall a
17:18little short
17:20so tell me
17:23do you need my help
17:28i'm sorry but yes i really don't want to cut corners here so would you please work overnight
17:36i'll pay you overtime then let us begin
17:52we finished it
17:56i'll go ahead and make some copies of this get an email sent out and do one last check for
18:01quality
18:01i'll get some sleep goshki yes
18:12i'm exhausted lately i've kept such regular hours i haven't had to pull an all-nighter
18:19in forever
18:21i must have fallen asleep
18:31no
18:32miss goshki didn't get far either
18:39there's a g-pen stuck in her
18:42careful
18:48is this outer space
19:02what are you doing how dare you link yourself with my stinger that way
19:08you don't know what this means it means you and i have vowed to find ourselves together forever
19:15wait a second what was that weird vision that i just had
19:20in the land i'm from touching someone else's stinger is only permitted to those in a marital relationship
19:27a marital
19:28how could you i never imagined that you would defile a person in their sleep
19:32no it's not like that just listen you were sleeping and i thought you had a g-pen stuck in
19:39you
19:39a g-pen
19:45it looked like this
19:49so you were attempting to save my life
19:51yes i swear i wasn't i mean sorry if i hadn't been so tired then i might not have done
19:57something
19:58stupid like that
20:01listen i'm sorry i asked you to pull an all-nighter
20:05really
20:07i'm also sorry
20:10if it really did look like something that terrible then i should be thanking you
20:15that stinger she has it was like a tail
20:19are there people who are born with tails i don't know but it might be rude if i ask her
20:24that question
20:25outright
20:27you and i only just met and you don't know anything about me nor do i know you
20:33perhaps it was a stroke of good fortune that you touched me this way who can tell
20:37sure we haven't known each other very long but i do know some things you're incredibly reliable and
20:43you're a hard worker i really can't apologize enough for all this and i wouldn't call it lucky
20:49awkward maybe but definitely not lucky
20:54oh well then i'm sort of thrilled physical contact between those who care for each other must be amazing
21:01it's just like in the stories
21:05who exactly are you miss gushki to put it simply i am the princess of the star people huh i
21:12do not
21:12wish to marry because of a mishap i believe love should come first wouldn't you agree
21:19whoa wait it's not so fast you shouldn't be making jokes like that to a co-worker you barely know
21:24besides i'm raising two little kids can you imagine what people might say
21:29i wouldn't go so far as to say that i barely know you
21:34when i first saw your art i thought it had the simplest designs in the magazine and i started
21:39copying it so that i could practice the more times i traced the pages the more i understood how much
21:45love and care went into each and every panel so i can't help but feel as though i know you
21:50i've been
21:50acquainted with you through your artwork how to say it perhaps you'd call me a fan well uh you being
21:58my fan would make it look even worse yes i suppose it would then we'll start as friends huh i'm
22:08looking
22:09forward to the future yeah same here
22:13you
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