To see a list of all of the posts in this series, click here. (*^-^*) This week has nearly killed me! Each post has taken 3 to 4 hours to write (at least), and I found myself remembering events later on that I’d forgotten to write about. I’m kind of glad that this is the [...]

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To see a list of all of the posts in this series, click here. (*^-^*) We returned to the studio on a bright, sunny winter day. It was cold. December in Japan is really, really cold, and really dry. Two nights before, us assistants had received an email from Sensei saying, “All right, the day [...]

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☆　Continued from part 18　☆ So, where were we? Oh, yes, Sensei had just told me that they were going to show my designs on the stage screens at JUMP Festa. None of us had known that he was going to be on stage to begin with! Let me tell you a little bit about JUMP [...]

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☆　Continued from part 17　☆ “Design me an awesome new uniform, you guys!” Sensei had said. So we did what we had to do, and broke out the copic markers.

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☆　Continued from part 16　☆ Here is where it all started! Most of it, anyways. Us assistants arrived bright and early at the studio on Monday. ‘Bright and Early’ means noon to a mangaka, so noon it was. We all had huge bundles of photos and receipts.

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☆　Continued from part 15　☆ I realized just now that I’m going to have to include JUMP Festa in this week’s posts, if I also want to include the tragedy! What should I do… Let’s just pick up and see how things go. At this point, with full tummies and seatbelts fastened, we in Sensei’s car, [...]

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This story of mine is continued from part 14, here. (*^-^*) It’s been a little while, hasn’t it! But this whole week I’m posting an assistant post every day, and I’m going to take you through my memories of things like our first design work, our first event with Konomi-sensei, a tragedy, and my first [...]

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