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She printed 300 copies. For a first-time circle at Comiket 78, that's either ambitious or insane.

She stops at their table.

"I drew this before I even knew your name," he says. "At C77. You were sitting alone, fixing someone else's broken binding. You didn't even know me, and you fixed my comic's spine when I wasn't looking." C78 Bakuman Bakulove 1 Linda Pro Extra Quality

Haruki pulls out his sketchbook. Flips to a page he's never shown anyone. It's Shinobu — at their table, frowning at a misprinted page, ink on her cheek, beautiful and real. She printed 300 copies

"Extra everything."

"You're an idiot," she says. "A total, pacing-dragging, romance-subplot-failing idiot." frowning at a misprinted page

Haruki grins. "You read it?"