Neko to Apron no Hon

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1: “Di Gi Charat” Di Gi Charat and Gema
2: “Sister Princess” Shirayuki
3: Nekomania

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1: Ta-da!! (old)
2: Nekomania’s finally getting a reissue-nyo. It should’ve just been reissued during August, stupid Seara-nyo!
3: Huh? Nekomanma?! // That’s a weird title...
4: (bubbleless) It’s Nekomania-nyo!
5: (between panels) This conversation actually happened before (laughs)
6: The next issue will be Usagi to Apron during the winter Comiket. (smaller text) I’ll be on the front cover <3
7: What’s weird is your head-nyo. (poking out of bubble) Fuu
8: (bubbleless) Obviously the next issue will have me on the cover-nyo.

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1: Di Gi Charat “Features”
2: I’m Di GI Charat-nyo!
3: My cat-eared hat and the big bells on my head and my neck
4: are my signature features-nyo <3 // This apron is cute too, right-nyo?

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1: It’s already morning-nyo? (poking out of bubble) Nyah
2: Now I just have to
3: get the bell for my neck-nyo.
4: Nyo?

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1: Nyo... // Nyo... // Nyonyonyo...
2: It’s not here-nyo!
3: My bell isn’t here-nyo!
4: Aww... // What should I do, Ge-

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1: squeeze // pop
2: squeeeeeeak
3: Mm?

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1: There we go <3
2: (left of ball) Gema (right of ball) Bell
3: It’s... // It’s heavy-nyo...

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1: “Yummy Things”
2: I got a postcard-nyo.
3: Nyo?! // Nyo...
4: What’s wrong-gema? // You’re acting weirder than usual-gema. (smaller text) It’s kind of creepy-gema.

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1: Oh, she’s not mad-gema?
2: Let’s go-nyo!! (smaller text) Yeaaah
3: Wh- // What are you doing-gema! // Where are we going-gema?!
4: C-Could you not shake me // around like that-ge... ma...

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1: Don’t worry, I’m almost done-nyo!
2: What a nice bath-gema.
3: However I feel like it might be a bit too hot-gema.
4: That’s how it should be-nyo.
5: Oh? Is that bath salt?
6: You could say that-nyo.
7: Probably.
8: By the way,
9: why am I being bathed right now anyway-gema?

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1: Hmm, well, I think it’s better for you to be hot // rather than cold-nyo.
2: But // I think you should be about ready now-nyo.
3: Fuu, it sure is hot-gema.
4: Ah!
5: What’s wrong-gema?
6: I forgot-nyo...! (smaller text) I absolutely need that-nyo!
7: Just wait for me // there-nyo! // I’ll be back soon-yo!!

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1: What... is that-gema?!
2: A fork.
3: ...Well, I know that-gema... // But what are you planning on doing with that-gema?
4: Oh, are you thinking I might need a knife, too-nyo?

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1: Wait... no... this can’t be what I think it is... // or is it-gema?!
2: (between panels) He finally realized what’s happening...
3: Wait...
4: Wait a second here-gema!!
5: What is it?
6: I-I-I’m sure I’d be too hard for a fork-gema!!
7: It’ll be fine.
8: I’ll make sure to get // a knife too-nyo.
9: It’ll be fine. // I put in some salt earlier.

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1: Ahh! It was that postcard! // She got all strange after seeing that postcard-gema!
2: (arrow) Handkerchief
3: I’m sure this is all because of that postcard-gema!
4: Huh? Postcard?
5: That’s right-gema. What did it say-gema?
6: I need to see-gema.
7: All right. // Here...

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1: Wha-
2: Thi- (smaller text) This is...
3: What is it? // “Wha- Thi-?”
4: She’s got the completely wrong idea-gema...
5: How have you been doing? It seems that Gema-san will be showing up in the game as well. So will I be. -omitted-
6: I think Gema-san might turn out to be a pretty delectable character. BY Hinagiku
7: (the word “delectable” in various sizes and boldness)

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1: Y-You’ve got the wrong idea-gema!!
2: Wrong idea?
3: The word “delectable” in this case // would mean “highly pleasing”-gema.
4: Hmph. // That kind of excuse
5: will not work on someone like me-nyo!!
6: Ahhh! This girl is a complete airhead-gema!

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1: Cardcaptor Sakura

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1: Sister Princess

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1: Di Gi Charat

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1: Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku

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1: Cardcaptor Sakura “Battle Costume”
2: (bubbleless) Wow, it even has ears and horns.
3: It’s a sheep!!
4: Huh?
5: Now that I think about it...
6: (bubbleless) You look so cute as a sheep <3
7: It seems like the clothes you design // often end up being designed after animals, Tomoyo-chan. (smaller text) Hey, are you listening to me?

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1: The one before this one was a mouse, and the one before  was a rabbit...
2: And the one before the one before the...
3: Hmm...
4: Everything looks good on you, Sakura-chan. // You really bring out my creative spirit.
5: By the way,
6: I’m not even close to being // done with the animal series <3
7: Huh...? Series?
8: Yes <3 Mouse, ox, tiger...

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1: Bunny,
2: dragon, and snake.
3: Oh, horse and monkey, too... // And then...
4: Huh?
5: Um, could it be that
6: you’re going with the Chinese zodiac?

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1: I knew you’d // figure that out!
2: (bubbleless) Ehehe
3: You’re quick on the uptake. That’s absolutely correct. // The theme is based on all 12 of the animals(?).
4: Mouse, ox, tiger, bunny... huh?
5: Huh?
6: Then what was with the cat?
7: There’s no cat in the zodiac.
8: The cat?
9: Yeah.

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1: Those cat ears...
2: and that subtle modesty in that skirt... // It was all so amazing <3
3: T-Thanks.

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1: Oh, // I get it now.
2: I think I know
3: why you went with the cat now.
4: That was just // your tastes at play, huh?
5: line thing // My.

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1: That’s not quite it.
2: It wasn’t just
3: the cat costume. // All the costumes were due to my tastes <3
4: Huh?
5: They... // were all part of your tastes?

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1: I’m so happy I’m able to draw out // all your charm with the costumes I make!
2: I... see...
3: If you’d be okay with it,
4: I’d love to
5: make your wedding dress someday. // You’d probably need at least 10 dresses to change into. (smaller text) They’d probably need a bunch of frills and ribbons and other cute features <3
6: Huh? (smaller text) You thought about it that far...?

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1: To Seara-sama.
It’s a bit of a scribble, but I did try drawing her. (sweat drops)
Did I get the wrong idea? (dead)

2: By Anonymous (sweat drops)
An anonymous circle (sweat drops)

3: (arrow) Mop

4: Welcome to Pia Charat!
-Azusa
Is this what you would call an apron dress?!

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1: 1999.7 Melody
Ria
2: <To Heart> Multi

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1: 1999.7 Melody Ria
2: Hinagiku
3: Usako
4: Dijiko

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1: Love Hina “Struggling Girl”
2: Kaolla told me to do this, but...
3: (bottom right of 2) Would anyone
4: (bottom left of 2) like some matches?
5: (top right of 2) mumble
6: There wouldn’t be anyone who’d want to buy matches these days anyway. // And this outfit is embarrassing, too.
7: sigh...
8: Geez... // There was a story like this, wasn’t there? (smaller text) “The Little Match Girl” or something.

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1: Nothing even // comes out when I strike them anyway...
2: It’s only natural, I guess. (smaller text) sniffle
3: Huh?

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1: Yummy food // isn’t coming out?
2: That’s weird.
3: I wonder why?
4: No way, Kaolla still // believes in fairy tales like these?!
5: Maybe I should tell her the truth... // But that would destroy her dreams...
6: Yeah, I can’t tell her...
7: Maybe... // Maybe it’ll come out with the next one.
8: It won’t.
9: (bubbleless) Shinobu quipping to herself.

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Hello there, I’m Seara. This is the second release. At the summer Comiket, it sold out really fast, and when I got home, the bookstore owner was telling me that there were a lot of orders coming in for it, so I decided to make a reissue. Ehehe, at the summer Comiket, I cosplayed as Dijiko’s “Work is fun-nyo” version. After I finished the manuscript, I made it on my own. It was a lonely 5 days. (For those of you in the circle that visited me, Tora no Ana / Animeido / Gataketto / Gakken Animedia, thank you so much <3 I was too busy dealing with the line that I couldn’t really talk with you all that much... Big thanks to Tora no Ana especially for getting my stuff for me.)
Anyway, this is “Nekomania”. A book on cats and aprons. It heavily plays on my tastes. I’m really excited for Di Gi Charat’s anime and game adaptations. I’m trying to make sure I don’t get too excited that I’ll end up getting disappointed, though. I’m still drawing the same two girls as ever from “C.C. Sakura”, even though I really like Syaoran. “Love Hina.” I was told at Nagoya “are you really parodying this work?!” I ended up doing it. (laughs) And it’s completely wholesome. (laughs) It’s a gag comic, though. “Sister Princess” can be abbreviated as “SisPri”, right? I drew my 3 favorite girls from it <3 <3
My favorite is Shirayuki <3

Like the lady herself said earlier, the next book will be on bunnies and aprons. (laughs) I think it’ll mainly focus on “Di Gi Charat” and “Pitaten”, along with other various stuff...

See you next time.

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First version: 1999/08/14
Second version: 1999/10/03
Copyright Pastel Melody (Copyright Pastel)

Gifu Prefecture Anpachi District Kitaimagafuchi 669-6
Senba Chie
Printing: Purin Print
*I do not accept mail orders. Please understand.