畦道で会えたら
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Published on: 2026.03.27
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漫画を一緒に描いていた少年と少女の物語です。
時代を経て、変わるモノと変わらないモノ。
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2023/9/3のコミティア145で頒布した同人誌です。
Dialogue in this work
Page 1
- Ah...
- Yes...
- So it was a no-go...
- Yes...
- I'll do my best for the next serialization meeting...
- ...
- Completely useless... That's me.
- Maybe... this is where I call it quits.
- Hm?
- This path between the rice paddies is...
Page 2
- It's been 10 years since then...
- UOOOH!
- Tsubame!! Get the backgrounds and tones done on this page!!
- Okay!! The white-out's dry, so Karasuma, can you handle this part?!
Page 3
- We're done!
- That was another close one...
- But we drew a great manga!
- We've drawn all sorts of manga over these three years.
- Like "The Slipper Chronicles of the Other-Dimensional Grandma" and "Professor Panda's Time Travel Seminar."
- Those make no sense...
- Me on characters, Tsubame on backgrounds...
- But it was fun!
- The ultimate duo!!
- We really did a lot for a manga club with only two members.
- ...
- Hm?
- Ah.
- Uhhh...
- Um...
- Our next project!
- What should we draw next winter?
Page 4
- Actually...
- You remember that manga we drew about the designer who got reincarnated in another world?
- I'm planning to take the entrance exams this winter and go to a university in Tokyo.
- !
- I've been thinking I want to try studying design seriously.
- Oh, but I have no idea how far I'll get?!
- I might even be doing something completely different in a few years!
- Oh...
- I see.
- Right.
- In three years, you might have a job telling the gender of baby chicks.
- Isn't that a little too edgy for the plot?!
Page 5
- Well, this is my way.
- Yeah... See you tomorrow.
- What about you, Karasuma?
- Huh?
- What are you going to do next year, Karasuma?
- I'm...
- I'm going to stay here and keep drawing manga.
Page 6
- ...I see.
- I'm sure that's the best thing for you!
- Yeah...
- I'm not running away!!!
- Moving to Tokyo?! University?! What the hell is that?!
- Karasuma's manga...
- As for me!!
- After we've spent all this time drawing manga together...
- I'm not gonna become some boring person like that!!!
- I'm absolutely going to keep drawing!!!
Page 7
- ...
- ...Ah...
- It's okay!
- I believe in you, Karasuma. I know you can do it.
- Because...
- Because you're—
- The path between the rice paddies where we parted ways...
- I said some really terrible things to her...
- I'd never even thought about the future...
- No... maybe I was just trying not to think about it.
- Huh?
- Could that be... Tsubame?
Page 8
- Huh...
- It IS you, Karasuma! Long time no see!
- How have you been?
- Wha— Tsubame...?!
- What are you doing back home...?
- And also, that kid...
- You're overreacting a little!
- I married a coworker last year.
- I'm back for a slightly longer visit for the Obon holiday.
- Tsubame...
- It's so nostalgic coming back after so long.
- I wonder how many years it's been since I last rode the bus here.
- You've really grown up...
- —And also,
- It might be a long time for you, Karasuma...
- But I've been watching you this whole time.
- Huh?
Page 9
- You've been drawing manga all this time, right?
- You've been uploading it online,
- and you've been published in magazines sometimes, too!
- I'd post my thoughts and stuff on Twitter, like this.
- Huh...
- The magazines...? You went out of your way to get such obscure ones?!
- Of course!
- I know you're working hard, aiming for a serialization, too!
- Ah.
- I was too embarrassed to tell you directly, so it was more like I was just talking to myself.
- I've seen comments from this person so many times when I was ego-surfing...
- Why...
- Why are you cheering for me like that?
- Because...
- I told you back then, didn't I?
Page 10
- You've always been—
- The world's greatest manga artist, the one who draws my favorite manga!
- Maybe I'll try a little harder...
- The one who changed wasn't her...
- I see...
- Huh?
- No, it's nothing.
- ...Come to think of it, I have some business over by your house.
- You're holding a kid, so don't fall in the ditch.
- I'll be fine!
- Oh, then let's walk together!
- Let's catch up!
- By the way, what's the baby's name?
- Ummm, it's a secret!!
- So what kind of manga are you planning to draw next?
- What's that about?
- Maybe a story about job hunting... set in a fantasy world...
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