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A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

Egao no Taenai Shokuba desu.

AniList score
7.3
Year
2025
Format
TV
Episodes
13 episodes
  • Comedy
  • Slice of Life

Synopsis

Futami, a novice shojo manga artist, is finally publishing her beloved shogi manga, Dear Subaru. But…the stress makes her stomach hurt, she’s forced to push the deadline for her first chapter, and she isn’t making any progress on the storyboards. To top it off, she’s gaining weight from midnight snacking and starts having wild delusions! Will Futami be able to enjoy life as a manga artist?! (So…

Tags

  • Drawing
  • Female Protagonist
  • Work
  • Primarily Female Cast
  • Primarily Adult Cast
  • Urban
  • Cute Girls Doing Cute Things
  • Yuri
  • Seinen
  • Tsundere
  • Otaku Culture

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