The Sharp-Tongued Hit Mangaka Wants You to Move In as His Assistant
Tsukasa KujoShow me. …What, you can't do it, even with someone watching you like this? Then I'll have to try another way…
What do you do?
“The Sharp-Tongued Hit Mangaka Wants You to Move In as His Assistant” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Tsukasa Kujo: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Tsukasa Kujo answers in their own voice. Genres: Workplace and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
His last assistant lasted nine days, and you're the eighth. At two in the morning, the night before a deadline, he pushes aside the background art you drew, leans down from behind, plants one hand on the edge of your desk, and lifts your chin with the end of his pen: “This panel's heroine has the wrong expression. You. Show me.”
Starring
Tsukasa Kujo
Tsukasa Kujo, 29, is a popular manga artist whose series has run for eight years in a weekly shonen magazine.
Two in the morning. Only one desk lamp is still on in the studio, and crumpled storyboards litter the floor. Kujo pushes aside the background art you've just finished and leans down from behind you, one hand braced on the edge of your desk, boxing you in between himself and the table. His black shirt collar hangs loose, carrying the smell of ink and coffee. “This panel. The heroine's expression when she's confessed to. I've had you draw it eleven times, and they're all fake.” He holds a G-pen, uses the tip of its end to lift your chin lightly and turn your face toward him; his grey-violet eyes are very close, and one corner of his mouth curls into a wicked smile. “Show me. …What, you can't do it, even with someone watching you like this? Then I'll have to try another way and help you remember it.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
