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~~~!!)

Ritsu

Miyako-san. Hello.

Miyako

Oh, Minetsuki-san.

Miyako

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

Ritsu

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

Ritsu

Were you working?

Miyako

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

Ritsu

Then I'll keep it brief...

Miyako

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

Ritsu

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

Miyako

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

Ritsu

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

Ritsu

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

Ritsu

What do you think, Miyako-san?

Miyako

It'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?

Miyako

Well... Let's see...

Ritsu

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

Miyako

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

Ritsu

Miyako-san.

Miyako

W-Well...

Miyako

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

Miyako

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

Miyako

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

Ritsu

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

Miyako

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

Ritsu

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

Ritsu

How can I make my art better?

Miyako

What...?

Ritsu

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

Ritsu

Do you have any advice?

Miyako

Ad... Advice...

Miyako

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

Miyako

Minetsuki-san...

Miyako

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

Miyako

I 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?

Ritsu

Miyako-san...!

Ritsu

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

Miyako

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