144 The Archipelago and Peninsula Turned Upside Down

Akane is a manga artist.

But not just any manga artist—she's a manga artist running two series at once.

As everyone knows, serializing two manga series weekly is almost impossible.

That's why Akane is always tired.

No, she's beyond tired; she's permanently in a zombie-like state.

However, even a young, successful, and wealthy woman as busy as her has to return to her hometown at the end of the year, where her family is waiting.

At her family home near Kyoto, more than ten people, including her, had gathered.

Naturally, Akane was by far the center of attention among them.

That was because she had become a manga artist whose works had scored consecutive hits within a single year.

*Empress on the Ice* had been a hit, but the success of her new work, *Misty Train*, was already looking extraordinary...