Ep. 11: Ashirogi Mutos face editorial uncertainty as their one-shots receive mixed rankings.

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The editorial team praises both Future Watch and Hitman 10 by Ashirogi Mutos, prompting the chief to publish them as one-shots to gauge public interest before deciding on serialization. Mashiro and Takagi harbor doubts about their new editor Miura’s competence. Their anxiety intensifies when Takahama contacts them, noting that his series Business Boy Kenichi dropped to 6th place after previously securing 2nd place as a one-shot. He warns them against following Miura’s advice too closely, claiming it caused his own ranking decline. Ultimately, Hitman 10 achieves the 10th rank, while Future Watch secures the 9th rank in the survey results.