Shinobu freezes. Haruki drops his drink.
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.
Kanon sets down the mic. "I'm moving to Osaka next week. Voice-acting school. So I'm not the prize here. You two are." She grabs her bag. "Make Bakulove Vol. 2 together. And this time? Draw the confession." C78 Bakuman Bakulove 1 Linda Pro Extra Quality
"You're Linda Pro?" A voice cuts through her anxiety.
"You're an idiot," she says. "A total, pacing-dragging, romance-subplot-failing idiot." Shinobu freezes
"Excuse me?" Haruki says.
"Extra quality?"
"Yeah. You're… Black Quill?" Shinobu eyes his box. "That's the one with the Bakuman parody chapter, right? 'Muto Ashirogi's Darkest Hour'?"