Start By Becoming A Mangaka

Chapter 488: Ecchi Manga Book Sign Event 2

Yuuki, Ruki, Tsubasa, Koyume, and Kaoruko went together to Ruki's book sign event.

Ruriko decided to stay in the dorm since she didn't feel comfortable in that kind of crowded place.

Koyume and Kaoruko were curious about this book sign event since this would be their first time to come to this kind of event.

They had arrived at the venue where the event would be held. They could see quite a lot of people lining up wanting to enter the venue.

"Wow, there are a lot of people," Koyume said.

"Awawawaawwa," Kaoruko was too nervous to say anything since she would have never thought to see a lot of people.

Yuuki was also a bit surprised. He knew that Ruki drew an ecchi manga but it was targeted toward a female. He nodded and came to the conclusion that a woman was also perverted.

"What are you thinking about?" Tsubasa asked.

"No, I just think there are a lot of people," Yuuki said. He couldn't say that he was thinking that woman was also perverted.

Tsubasa looked at him with a suspicious expression.

"Let's enter the venue, I'm sure your editor is waiting for you," Yuuki said while looking at Ruki.

Ruki took a deep breath several times to calm herself. She closed her eyes and opened it, "Let's go." She had made her resolve and wouldn't be embarrassed by her status again. She needed to show her resolve as a manga artist.

Everyone entered the venue but it stopped since Ruki didn't walk.

"What's wrong, Ruki?" Tsubasa asked.

"As expected, I can't do it!!" Ruki suddenly said and crouched down. She was just too embarrassed. She was drawing an ecchi manga and she had always hidden this fact. She saw a lot of people coming to her book event and knew that they would know her identity. At the same time, she would be known as a perverted high school girl student. She didn't want that to happen to her.

Tsubasa, Koyume, and Kaoruko looked at each other. They knew that Ruki was just too embarrassed with her identity as an Ecchi manga artist. They weren't sure how to talk to her since they had never done this kind of event before.

Yuuki walked toward her, "Ruki."

Ruki looked up at him.

"Follow me," Yuuki said and brought her to the window.

Ruki could only follow him while looking outside.

"Did you see that? That's all of your fans, all of them are coming because of you, I know that you're embarrassed but you can't let down your fans, aren't you happy that your manga is being appreciated by a lot of people?" Yuuki said.

Ruki looked at the people who were lining up together. She could see their smiles and excitement waiting for the event to start.

"Your identity isn't something shameful, rather you should be proud, you're a famous manga artist right now," Yuuki said.

Ruki looked at him and asked, "Do you think I can still have a boyfriend with my identity as an Ecchi manga artist?"

Yuuki looked at her weirdly, "Do you worry about something as stupid as this?"

"What do you mean stupid?! I want a boyfriend and get married in the future too! Do you think with my identity as an Ecchi manga artist, I can live normally having a boyfriend, dating, marrying, and having children in the future?" Ruki became frustrated and told him all of her frustration and stress.

Yuuki sighed and said, "Enough, you don't need to worry about something like that, I'll take responsibility when you can't get a boyfriend in the future."

"Eh?" Ruki was startled.

"The event is starting, let's go," Yuuki pulled her hand.

"Eeeeehhh?" Ruki startled and blushed at the same time. Her body became hot and followed him voluntarily.

Koyume and Kaoruko who saw this scene felt a bittersweet love somehow.

"T - this scene is a bit too much for me," Koyume held both of her cheeks with her hands.

"Y - yes," Kaoruko thought that she could only see this kind of thing on TV drama but she couldn't believe that she would see it in real life.

Tsubasa felt a bit annoyed and uncomfortable to see it, 'Why am I so irritated?'

The book sign event started and a lot of women entered the venue. They wanted to see the genius

Big Boobies?Himeko who drew such a wonderful manga for them.

Ruki was sitting on the chair while looking at everyone who was coming toward her. She turned her head and saw him standing beside her. She thought that she should make her become her bodyguard for this event. She was glad that he wore a suit when he came earlier.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Ruki looked at her fans and took a deep breath. She took the microphone, "Everyone, thank you very much for coming today!" She was a bit nervous and waited for a while until everyone started to clap their hands.

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

"Himeko-sensei!"

"I'm so happy to meet you!"

"Himeko-sama!"

"Himeko!"

Ruki who saw this scene was touched, 'This is amazing...So many people have come....Just to see me.' She turned her head and saw him nodding at her. She was glad that she decided to be brave and did this book sign event.

Ruki was sitting while doing the book sign event. She also listened to her fans who were telling her about how much they had wanted to see her.

"I wanted to meet you badly, Himeko-oneesama!"

'Oneesama!!!' Ruki was startled.

"My husband and I both read your work! Oneesama!" The woman cried while carrying her baby.

Yuuki was a bit amazed since he had never seen someone bring a baby during his book sign event.

"Himeko...Oneesama," Suddenly Ruki felt something started to awaken inside her. She tucked her hair into her ear, "I'm happy to meet you, too, my sweet, little bunnies." She looked very s.e.xy and mature all of a sudden.

"KYAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Everyone was screaming after hearing her teasing.

'What is this transformation?' Yuuki was a bit baffled looking at her transformation. He saw that she had become more confident.

Ruki also winked toward them.

Yuuki almost spurted his blood when he saw her winking toward everyone. He didn't believe such a shy girl would suddenly become this kind of character.

After that, this event started to become a place where everyone vented a problem with their relationship.

"Things aren't going well with my boyfriend, how can I make things right, like in your manga?"

"You can't make that kind of face if you want to be a heroine, s.e.xiness exudes from confidence, you need to love yourself more, that's the secret to becoming a perfect woman," Ruki said.

Yuuki wasn't sure how to react in this situation but he had to admit that she really gave good advice even though she didn't have that much experience.

"Onee-sama...." The fans looked at her and looked at him curiously, "I - is this your boyfriend, Onee-Sama?"

Ruki was full of confidence and suddenly blushed.

"Ah, I understand, I will work hard too and become a wonderful woman similar to you, though, I'm a bit envious that you have such a boyfriend on your side."

Ruki wasn't sure how to answer this question and could only nod. She couldn't destroy her image in front of her fans.

Yuuki wanted to laugh in this situation.

The event continued and it had become a great success.

Ruki was glad that everyone was happy, though, she was embarrassed when most of her fans thought that he was her boyfriend.

"How do you feel?" Yuuki asked.

Ruki was still sitting in her seat. She saw a lot of letters and gifts from her fans. Her tears started to roll and she felt really happy right now, "This was.... The happiest day of my life, I'm glad that I drew manga." She started to remember her memory, "Even on days I couldn't get out of bed because of fever, or the day my d.o.g.g.y died back at home, I kept drawing a pervy manga, even though I was crying...."

Yuuki wasn't sure but Ruki suddenly hugged his waist. He could only calm her while caressing her back slowly, "You did well." He caressed her head and thought that this girl was really strong.

Kaoruko, Koyume, and Tsubasa looked at him with speechless expressions.

"I....totally thought I was walking down the wrong path this whole time....because I ended up a completely different manga artist than the one I wanted to be."

"But I feel much better now," Ruki stood up and separated from him. She wiped the tears in her eyes and looked at everyone, "I'll never be embarrassed about my manga ever again."

"Yeah! There are tons of people who'll feel their temperature rise when they read your manga," Kaoruko said.

"Right?" Koyume said.

"When you say it like that, I guess I'm still a little embarrass-" Ruki said and felt a bit embarrassed.

"But it's not embarrassing! It's an amazing talent! I look you up so much!" Kaoruko said.

"Kaos-chan, thank you very much," Ruki said.

Kaoruko smiled sweetly at her.

"Big Boobies-sensei!" Her editor suddenly came while calling her pen name.

"Big Boobies?Himeko-sensei!"

Ruki who heard her pen name became embarrassed again, "That pen name is still embarrassing!!!"

Yuuki shook his head and thought that Ruki still had a long way to go to not be embarrassed with her pen name.