Another good volume. It was good to see Mashiro and Takagi going their own ways in pursuit of their art, and facing some realities they hadn't planned for in the shape of the social politics of publishing and television. Moriya's arc was a bit predictable (the arty one is turned down for the punk kid, who'd've thought it..?), but not unbelieveable considering Moriya's snooty approach to manga. On the other hand I found the Shiratori family a bit much, with the rest of the fairly normal family failing to resist the mother's high-handed arrogance despite disagreeing with her, and in some pretty serious circumstances. I liked the characters, mind. ( )