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Break Time

Miyako(Okay... So far, so good.)

Miyako(I'll finish as many pages as I can now, then spend extra time on the color roughs after school...!)

Miyako(The goal is... top-quality pages and a schedule that's perfectly on track! Let's do this~~~!!)

RitsuMiyako-san. Hello.

MiyakoOh, Minetsuki-san.

MiyakoIt's rare for you to come by my classroom.

RitsuActually... there's something I'd like to ask your advice about.

RitsuWere you working?

MiyakoYes, well... But I can spare a little time.

RitsuThen I'll keep it brief...

Miyako(Though she's staring awfully hard at my pages as she says that...?)

RitsuWell... I drew a portrait the other day, to help search for Yuno-san.

MiyakoTo help search for her...? Oh, when we went to the beach. I didn't realize you'd prepared something like that.

RitsuYes. At the time, I thought I'd done a good job on it.

RitsuBut Yuno-san herself said it didn't look like her at all.

RitsuWhat do you think, Miyako-san?

MiyakoIt's hard to say without actually seeing it...

Miyako(Wait...!! Now that I think about it...!)

Miyako(There was that booklet Minetsuki-san showed me before... "Viola: The Victim's Psychological Process and How to Break Free.")

Miyako(The booklet was easy to understand, but those wildly unconventional illustrations kept throwing me off...!)

Ritsu? Miyako-san?

MiyakoWell... Let's see...

RitsuI'd like your honest opinion. You know more about art than any of us, Miyako-san.

Miyako(This is... so hard to answer!)

RitsuMiyako-san.

MiyakoW-Well...

MiyakoIt's difficult to say. There are so many different kinds of "art," after all.

MiyakoManga has its own appeal, and so do portraits. Everyone has their own style, too.

Miyako(Please... let that be enough to convince her...!)

RitsuA difference in style... That's true. Impressionism and Cubism are very different, after all.

MiyakoExactly...! So there's no need to worry about what anyone else thinks.

RitsuThank you. I'm sorry, but I have just one more question.

RitsuHow can I make my art better?

MiyakoWhat...?

RitsuI'd like to improve without changing my own style.

RitsuDo you have any advice?

MiyakoAd... Advice...

Miyako(I can't do this. This is way beyond me.)

MiyakoMinetsuki-san...

MiyakoTechnical skill isn't everything in art. If you chase technique alone, your work could lose its character.

MiyakoI truly think your art is at its best just as it is, Minetsuki-san. That style of yours has a charm all its own. Why not treasure it?

RitsuMiyako-san...!

RitsuThank you. I'll keep cherishing what makes my art my own!

MiyakoOf course. I'll get back to work now, then.