Time to cap off a successful date between Shintaro and Towa with some nice dinner! Or at least it would be...were it not for a wild Ai Kayano beauty sitting right outside Shintaro's apartment. And glomping onto Shintaro the first moment she sees him
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Meet Mari-chan! Shintaro's aunt, his fathers' little sister, and a mangaka! And she's feeling the grind of the manga production schedule so hard she desperately needs a break, and someone to celebrate her birthday with, which means she's going to basically invite herself into her nephew's apartment, eat his food, and gush over her problems. Though I guess it's fair when she owns the apartment and her own nephew doesn't even read her manga. At least she brought cake
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Of course she wouldn't be an aunt if she didn't tease Shintaro about his love life, especially when she sees how cute Towa is, which makes it even more complicated when she asks questions about their relationship and who Towa is. She's not wrong about him being a bit of a ladykiller though. But what a way to jump to drugs and orgies after taking a dump
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They finally give Towa an "out" to escape and hide in the balcony...but Mari has no attention to go back and work with an editor who doesn't care about her. So she'll basically just live with Shintaro. Though her editor is so much on her mind she even gets newtype flashes when she shows up
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Hitomi Nabatame! I mean, Kida! A legendary manga editor who is a brutal and unrelenting taskmaster who looks amazing in a ponytail and tight pants...but she's also very diligent, responsible, and respectful in her own right. And she and Mari seem much closer than just author and editor, especially when they've made it a habit of celebrating Mari's birthdays together
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They just had to throw in Mari coming up with the manga's premise for her next work. Though if she'd said the girl living with the boy was an angel, would Kida have approved it
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Nothing more classic romcom than running away with a girl! Though those guys were actually being nice and trying to return her copy of Dracula...but now Shintaro is stuck with the most Chuuni looking girl of all time voiced by Yui Ogura who also is a descendant of vampires named Lilishika...apparently
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