We hired a new apprentice in our maple studio a few days ago.

Ms. Utsu Shion is a 35-year-old housewife who, like me, has never studied drawing, but she is interested in manga and wants to become a real manga artist through her own efforts.

She didn't have much hope for being an apprentice, after all, she was not the age that started with the word 2, and she basically hit a wall wherever she went to apply.

Shiyin can be said to be the kind of person who doesn't know anything about painting, she can't even draw a square, and basically no studio is willing to accept this kind of person as an apprentice.

She ran all over the nearby studios, and was even willing to start with cleaning, but she was all rejected.

When she was about to give up, she happened to meet Naoto Nishiki who went to buy afternoon tea in a coffee shop.

Naoto used to be a reporter, and when he was doing a show before, he worked with Shion's husband, and the two of them chatted in the coffee shop for only ten minutes, and Naoto decided to let Shion come to our studio as an apprentice.

I welcome Shiyin more than anyone else, I am the oldest in our studio, I was 38 years old when I went for a job last year, and like her, I have been discriminated against because of my age.

I get angry when I think about it, and I complain a lot about Mai (Ah Yu's sister) during that time.

Mai is the wife and assistant of the well-known manga artist Aoki Shu, and Ah Shu's original "Dark God" is a famous representative work of their Tree studio, which is quite popular in the manga industry, and has a lot of loyal fans since its release in 24 years.

Ah Shu is a simple-minded person, he never cares too much about making friends with people, don't look at him this year is 37 years old, his temperament is more lively and cheerful than a 17-year-old child, Junichi has always regarded him as a younger brother with a good relationship.

Ken Ichihara is a very talented screenwriter, and he has a lot of credit for being so popular after the anime of "Dark God".

Not only does he have strong work ability and good vision, but he is also very loyal to Ah Shu, no matter how much money other studios spend on him, he will not go, and only recognizes the screenwriter who is Ah Shu alone.

Just looking at it this way, this person is really good, Ah Shu also has a good relationship with him, and they often play together.

However, his personality is really hot.

Half a year ago, I brought my work to Tree Studio for an interview, and I didn't say hello to Mai and Ah Shu in advance, and I wanted to use my own ability to enter their studio as an apprentice.

This Ichihara Ken was very rude and disrespectful to me, he looked at me for a long time, saying that I was well maintained but was a little older.

The more I thought about it after I left, the more angry I became, I went back again, splashed water on his face, and destroyed the manuscript in his hand, which felt so cool (^-^).

Mai was very angry when she heard me tell me about it, and she went to scold the man and bought me a lot of gifts as compensation.

Because he is an important screenwriter of "Dark God", there is no way to fire him, so that's it.

But it's thanks to him that I'm able to join our studio.

I was in a bad mood when I got out of Tree's studio that day, and I didn't have the heart to look at the road, so I ran into Rumiko Waii, and her stuff was scattered all over the ground.

Although she scolded me, I still kindly followed her to find her to return her missing documents, she walked too fast, I chased her all the way to the studio called "Kaede".

None of the members of the studio discriminated against me because of my age, and everyone welcomed me very well, so I became the sixth member of our studio.

So I can understand Shiyin's mood very well, it's actually nothing to be rejected, the saddest thing is those who have a bad personality, who reject you and laugh at you, and maybe take it out to others as a laughing stock when chatting.

Let's talk back to Shiyin.

She really doesn't have any talent for painting, she's a little slow to learn, and it may take a long time for her to become an apprentice.

Our boss, Mizue Shimazoe, has developed a study plan for her that is more suitable for her, and Naoto will be her teacher for the time being.

Now, we have a total of 9 members in the studio, namely: me (serializing TL manga), Mizue Shimazoe (main writer. Studio owner. The age has been kept secret), Naoto Nishiki (34 years old. Post-production. Former job is a journalist), Rumiko Waai (25 years old. Screenwriter), Rika Ichishima (27 years old. Megumi Mizu's schoolgirl. Coloring assistant. Former job as an illustrator), Masatoshi Uga (19 years old. Hook assistant), Xinli Lijia (23 years old. Because of his great painting skills, he did the main pen directly after he joined the company. Just graduated from Women's University of Art and Art this year), Yuta Ito (26 years old. Apprentice. Former job is photography), Udo Shion (35 years old. apprenticeship).

The atmosphere of our studio has not changed because of the number of people, everyone is very easy to get along with, except for Rumiko's temper is a little bad, everyone is usually very harmonious.

In the first half of May, I was busy taking care of Junichi and didn't have much time to show up in the studio, but when I came back today, everyone came to talk to me and said that they missed me very much.

Megumi Mizu proposes to go to dinner tonight, and she treats her. One is to welcome the newcomer Shiyin, and the other is to celebrate my return.

Three o'clock in the afternoon is the time for afternoon tea, and Mai is here again.

In the past, she always liked to come at this time, because I had asked for leave before, and she hadn't been here for a long time, so she came here today to come and see me and everyone.

We had only met on Sakura's birthday party, and we hadn't seen each other for three days, and she gave me a warm hug as soon as she came, almost kissing me on the face.

Mai sees me as her best friend, she says that being friends with me is very easy and not tired at all, and most importantly, she sees me as her own brother and sister (because I have been in a relationship with Ayu).

She was clamoring to come after hearing that we were going to a party tonight, and when she said that, Megumi Mizu happily agreed, saying that it was crowded.

I guess working in our studio is probably the easiest job in the world, right? From the tea time at 3 o'clock until the end of work at 4:30 o'clock, no one is working, they are all playing.

Rumiko and I had a private discussion, and we were guessing how rich Mizue's family really was, she never seemed to care if the manga we made in our studio made money or not, she ran faster than anyone else after work, and we both wondered if the monthly income would be enough to pay the rent.

The truth is that I seem to be overthinking, and our studio has released a total of two TL comics. One is "If It's Miss Klee", which everyone made together, and this one sells very well.

The other is my "Miss Butcher, Please Be Merciful", which has accumulated a lot of fans since it was released on the platform of Ah Guang's comic company in March, and the monthly income is also very considerable (Ah Yu will give me a gift every day).

After work, a group of 10 of us went to the izakaya on the shopping street, and decided that we would not get drunk tonight.