It’s Episode 11, and Najimi and company are back from the beach, but they don’t get much of a break as it’s time for yet another comic sale. Will Najimi finally be able to sell and out go big time?
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The episode starts with Hoshi and his brother, who is depressed over leaving his manuscript in the car (and subsequently having it get rained on by leaving the sunroof open), riding the train. Hoshi’s brother remarks how the artist spared him, but is too busy to fix the manuscript, and that he’ll have to find a new artist. Of course, Hoshi has the perfect idea of who this artist should be.
Meanwhile, Kaneru and Najimi are selling touched-up versions of the doujin that they created at the beach at the next comic sale. Hoshi and his brother then show up and Hoshi hands Najimi a business card for some company’s sales department. Tsuyuri tells Hoshi that she thought he was in college, and Hoshi tells her that he was attending Tokyo University until the day before, but he quit so he could find a job to accomplish his new purpose in life: promoting Najimi’s manga. Of course, just about everyone there thinks Hoshi is insane for doing this.
Seeing where this is going, Hoshi’s brother pulls Hoshi aside and asks if he’s intending Najimi to be the replacement artist. Hoshi tells him that this is the case, but Hoshi’s brother objects. The two go back to Najimi’s sales table, and Hoshi tells her that they’re starting with a run of 30 copies of her newest manga, and that he got hired on the condition that they would sell out or else they would fire him (again, making everyone else think he’s insane). Kaneru tries showing Hoshi’s brother her book in an attempt to get a break too, but he doesn’t seem too open to the prospect. Hoshi then takes a copy of Najimi’s book and leaves.
Afterwards, several people show up and start buying Najimi’s book after reading on the internet about a doujin with “faces drawn at only one angle.” Najimi remarks that she’s happy they’re selling, though not necessarily at the reason they’re selling. Soon she sells out all 30 copies she brought to the comic sale.
Somewhere in the building, Hoshi and his brother have another argument about Najimi acting as the stand-in artist for Hoshi’s brother’s work. Hoshi’s brother tells him that she has no chance, and that he must be convinced of her worth, and Hoshi agrees. Hoshi then returns to Najimi’s table and informs her that he’ll now try to sell 100 copies of her doujin instead of just 30. Hoshi then tells Najimi that if her 100 copies sell out in 3 days, then his brother’s magazine will serialize Najimi’s story until it ends.
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Well, we’re definitely winding down, as Najimi is finally finding some success selling her book. However, Hoshi goes off the deep end and puts all his chips towards trying to sell Najimi’s doujin professionally. However, I’m not sure how humerous this episode actually was. I mean, we actually get plot development in this one, but I’m not sure where the jokes are. Here are a few gag laughs thrown in, but nothing consistent. Unfortunately this story seems to have lost itself in the last few episodes.
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