Helping an artist complete their manga is an editor's responsibility.
However... reporting whether you get aroused while reading doujinshi at work, and what you do when you get aroused, is just too embarrassing!!!!
Seeing Orie visibly flustered, Rin Ito didn't press her. After all, his goal was only to make that sentence stick in Shiroyuri's mind.
"However, today is not an editor experience session. Orie can answer that question during the next editor experience." Rin Ito subtly glanced at Orie, who breathed a sigh of relief... The real action hasn't even started yet.
"After sketching out the storyboards and finalizing them, the main characters are detailed. Once that's done, it's the assistant's turn. Saho-san, please introduce the assistant's job duties to everyone."
"Ah... yes." Saho took a deep breath to calm her nerves, then began to introduce the assistant's job duties. "As an assistant, I'm generally responsible for the less important tasks, such as background buildings and characters, and simple tasks like inking and shading the areas marked by the artist. Even a beginner can do it with a little simple practice."
"That's right." Rin Ito added. "Assistant work isn't difficult and doesn't require too much prior knowledge, but the assistants are mostly manga artists in training. They gain experience by assisting manga artists."
"Is that true for you too, Saho-san?" Misaki asked curiously. Misaki had read a lot of doujinshi before, and after meeting Rin Ito, she had also started to consider drawing doujinshi herself. Her schoolmates would never imagine that Misaki, the typical gyaru with slightly tanned skin, would enjoy reading doujinshi.
"Yes, but..." Saho pursed her lips, looking a little embarrassed. "But my submissions have been rejected many times..."
"Uh... well, maybe Saho-san just hasn't met an editor who appreciates your work yet." Misaki quickly tried to comfort her, but Saho was already used to it. After a slight dip in mood, she quickly recovered. "No... my manga just isn't mature enough yet. About being an assistant, do you have any other questions?"
"I have a question." Eiri adjusted her red-framed glasses... How can the topic become so normal? She didn't come here just to experience a One-Day Assistant session! At school, Eiri wore contact lenses to look pretty, but in daily life, she didn't care. She went out in a tracksuit, and at home, Eiri didn't even comb her hair... It's not like anyone is watching anyway.
"Shiroyuri-sensei just talked about how to draw doujinshi, but in the creative stage... for example, when Shiroyuri-sensei can't think of what play to draw?"
"I... I look for material online or draw inspiration from other artists' doujinshi." Shiroyuri looked away guiltily. She used to gather material that way, but now... the material she used was not from online sources but the video Saho helped her film last time.
Actually, it wasn't that she lacked material; she could copy the play from the video onto the manga as is and coast for at least two months. However... after masturbating too much to that video, whenever she sat in front of the computer, Rin Ito's image would pop into her head, and her body would instinctively get excited, making it impossible to draw anything. That's why Satō-san suggested Orie have Rin Ito take Shiroyuri's virginity to resolve her 'mental block.'
"So now Shiroyuri-sensei is full of inspiration, right?" Orie quickly jumped in, constantly winking at Shiroyuri. "Now, please demonstrate to your fans how to create a doujinshi from scratch!" The most important thing now is for Shiroyuri to submit her manuscript on time! Whether they were having a threesome or whatever, the most important thing now was to finish the manga! Even if the inspiration just came now, it's fine! Shiroyuri-sensei can draw the storyboards, Ito-sensei can handle the backgrounds, Saho-san can do the inking, and Marin and the others can do the simplest tasks like shading. With this assembly line, Shiroyuri should be able to submit quickly!
"Uh..." Shiroyuri's expression instantly froze. Her T-shirt was instantly soaked in cold sweat. Orie had promised to find Rin Ito to take her virginity and resolve her 'mental block,' but... she had been sobering up for the past hour and a half. Asking her to draw now? How could she possibly draw anything~?
Seeing the expression on Shiroyuri's face, Orie roughly understood: Shiroyuri is still a virgin!!! Orie felt her heart skip a beat. When she first started, Satō-san assigned Rin Ito, an author who never missed a deadline, to her, a rookie editor. She never experienced the hardship of chasing deadlines, and she didn't understand why Satō-san was as harsh as a demon. But now, Orie completely understood her feelings. She had prepared everything: contacting Rin Ito, stalling Eiri and the others. She had worked so hard, but Shiroyuri... The deadline is so close, but Shiroyuri hasn't done anything! Hasn't drawn anything!!! She hasn't even thought of the storyboards!
Now, Orie wanted to press Shiroyuri's chest onto the drawing tablet and her head onto the monitor! Orie's smiling lips twitched, and she gritted her teeth, speaking each word slowly. "Shi! Ro! Yu! Ri! Sen! Sei! You! Didn't! Even! Think! Of! The! Story! Boards! Yet! Did! You!?"
"Eek!!!!" Shiroyuri's body flinched, startled, and her lips turned pale. What should I do, what should I do, what should I do, what should I do!!!! Looking at Orie's expression, she might want Rin Ito to take her virginity right here and now! Although she didn't mind him taking her virginity, it couldn't be in front of so many people! She had to come up with an excuse!
With her mind blank, Shiroyuri instinctively remembered what Rin Ito had just said. "I... I... I... I haven't thought of the storyboards yet, but... but I've decided what play I want to feature!" Shiroyuri anxiously adjusted her glasses. "But, but... but because I haven't found any relevant videos, imagining it from scratch is too hard, so... so I need to see it in real life."
Orie was speechless with anger... Why didn't you go through the experience in the hour and a half we gave you!? Orie was like a demon now. Although she was nothing compared to Misaki Satō, she was scary enough to frighten Shiroyuri, so Shiroyuri quickly continued.
"But if I experience it myself, I can't observe it from the reader's perspective." Shiroyuri puffed out her chest, putting on a defiant look. "Helping... helping an artist finish their manga is an editor's responsibility! Orie-san! The personal experience work is up to you!"
"???" Orie was utterly bewildered. Have... have me personally experience it to provide Shiroyuri with material from the reader's perspective!?
Since Orie was still a rookie editor, if it were Misaki Satō, she would have directly smacked Shiroyuri's head. Having me experience it while she watches from the reader's perspective? Misaki Satō would probably just hold Shiroyuri down and let Rin Ito have his way.
If it were just modeling in some suggestive lingerie like before, it would be fine, but Shiroyuri was clearly talking about modeling for the play in her head, not just some suggestive lingerie modeling.
Seeing Orie's confused expression, Shiroyuri sighed in relief. "S-since that's the case, there's nothing that can be done. I guess this month's manuscript won't be completed..."
"I'll do it!"
Seeing Shiroyuri's somewhat smug look, Orie clenched her jaw and gathered her courage. You can't back down when dealing with this kind of artist! If I back down once, she'll always have the upper hand! Then I won't even dare to look her in the eye when chasing the deadline. So... she had to suppress Shiroyuri's idea of delaying the manuscript now, so she wouldn't dare to delay it again!
"But, after I'm done, I want to see the storyboards today!"
"N-no problem!"
The two stood straight, staring at each other. Their large breasts pressed together and were squeezed out of shape, but neither side gave way. The girls beside them held their breath, watching the battle between the editor and the artist. Except for Marin, who was a little flustered, Eiri and Misaki were full of excitement, while Saho was expressionless and resigned. Eiri had been looking forward to this, and Misaki was amazed that she got to witness such an exciting scene just by coming as an assistant. As for Marin... besides being a little flustered, she was also somewhat excited. After all, Shiroyuri-sensei was drawing her favorite pure-love BDSM!