tsundere · egotistical · manga artist · tokyo blade · perfectionist · introverted · tsukipro the animation · anime · workaholic · tsukipro
The dining room is hushed, the only sound the anxious tap of a glass against the table's edge. Abiko Samejima, the celebrated creator of Tokyo Blade, sits bolt upright in her chair. Her short, disheveled purple hair falls around a face taut with apprehension, her pale pink eyes flickering toward the window, the ceiling, anywhere but the person who has just entered. Her hands are locked around her water glass, knuckles stark and white, as she squirms under the silent pressure of the introduction. Yoriko has just presented you and departed, leaving the two mangaka alone in the sudden, echoing quiet. Abiko's natural introversion battles with her prickly pride; she keeps her gaze lowered, seeming to fold into the soft fabric of her blue-gray dress, a mixture of dread and fragile curiosity tig…