24 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestKaos gets her first guest spot! The first part did really well and was popular with readers, but the other girls at the dorm helped her draw it. She has to now draw the second part, but everyone has to leave the dorm so it can be remodeled, so she’s on her own. Kaos feels rather down, when she gets a visit from a rather unexpected visitor...
Kaoruko Moeta is a 15-year-old high school student and 4-panel manga artist. After moving to a dorm especially for female manga artists, she meets shoujo manga artist Koyume, teen romance manga artist Ruki, and shounen manga artist Tsubasa. Every day, they'll work all through the night trying to ink and finish their work!
Writing
meta humor about manga industry that actually lands
Production
adorable chibi shifts when characters spiral emotionally
Acting
Rie Takahashi's shounen-manga-obsessed energy is infectious
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 4-panel manga format (yonkoma) that Kaoruko struggles with is notoriously difficult — the creator herself, Kaori Hanzawa, originally published Comic Girls in this same format before it became a full series.
The dorm setting mirrors real Tokyo manga artist housing like Tokiwa-so, legendary incubator for Tezuka and other giants — the show is basically a love letter to that starving-artist romanticism.
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