Now That We Draw - Ch. 33 - Message

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Dude, never look at the comments! Why is he torturing himself like that!? :notlikethis:
At least he had a trusted friend who could give him proper critique.
 
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Wait wasn't that story supposed to be the one that's based off of them?

Did she not notice?
No, this was the stand in he made about two people holding hands, not the manga he wrote. While he was inspired to make it by holding her hand, it's not obviously her like his manga.
Man this really captures the excitement and following disappointment of sending your work for something big.
Honestly this is the thing that's most remarkable to me. That nervous energy, that wonder if you're gonna be stopped by someone who asks you about it, the slow realization that... yeah, no. The idle searches to see if anyone cares. The desperate searches to see if anyone cares, and finding people trashing it because that's the easiest shit to find on this hellscape we built for ourselves... it's very very real. His reaction is real, too. That sort of "hey, what did I expect," where you're beating yourself up over your previous thoughts, but at your core is this deep disappointment and self-doubt.
 
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Few things are more angst-inducing than waiting for something important.

His first fan.

Almost surprised she didn't get knocked out cold by that headbutt.

So many interruptions...

Her scarf makes it look like a mini-her with her hands out on page 16.

It's not really egosurfing if you're looking for opinions on something you got published.

She really went all out.
 
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Holy first page
Aside from that I'm glad I fw this manga
Thanks for the TL
 
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How tf is the story able to convey them experiencing love for a thing and love for one another so well. The past two chapters have been the nearest to actual peak in this genre I've read recently.
 
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its easy to only pay attention to a few negative comments but those positive ones will always make you feel so much better. Love this series and thanks for the TL
 
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He worked hard for it to the bone he should be proud and he deserves a drink. Well not any beer or alcohol in it because technically his a minor so just drink cola any drink.

Also best girl right there she supports him and noticed his hard work and I’m crying over.
 
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It's really showing my age but I cringed. It felt too dramatic, but I can understand why young people might feel that way.
It's not your age, I don't think. It's that you've never experienced this specific thing and can't relate. If anything, Uehara is acting far older than his age here, because he's able to shrug off something like this with "what could I expect" instead of the identity killing knife it would be to someone like him. Trying hard, doing something big, being sure it's big and important and then people mostly ignoring it or telling you they don't like it is how kids give up on things. Personally, this is my interpretation of his tears; the deep sadness of thinking he should just give up because nobody cares about what he makes being flipped on its head by Niina personally, undeniably, showing him that someone does.
How tf is the story able to convey them experiencing love for a thing and love for one another so well. The past two chapters have been the nearest to actual peak in this genre I've read recently.
The manga's been good the whole time, but these past 3 are incredible. The mirroring between the beginning of chapter 31 and the end of it, the mirroring between chapter 32 when Uehara is there for Niina and chapter 33 where she's there for him. The way 32 shows and expresses the idea of being with someone who makes you think you can do anything. How 33 effortlessly ties the idea of her love and appreciation of his work with her love and appreciation of him. They didn't even fucking have to SAY IT it's just THERE

Like this shit's getting out of control man
 
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this one was a tough one to TL, esp the manga annotations with terminology I've never seen before

"eternal benchwarmer" comes from sports, where someone has their whole time in a sport without playing an actual game


great chapter tho

egosurfing is so real tho...I do that so often
 

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