第12話: 新年パーティーで勝利を祝うアシロギムトと、敗北に直面するナナミネ

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Kosugi explains the competition to Nanamine and tells him that if he loses, he has to form a proper author-editor relationship with him. Meanwhile, Takagi explains the obvious flaw in Nanamine's method: controlling such a large group of people and choosing/blending the best ideas from them is simply impossible. Nakai also realizes this and tells the internet community that Nanamine had been hiding the true ratings from them to prevent their departure, which they do upon learning of this. With his ranking dropped to 19th and PCP in 3rd place, Nanamine decides to give up but Kosugi doesn't let him walk away and demonstrates he wouldn't leave him, prompting Nanamine to start anew by doing the work himself. Eventually, at Yueisha's Annual New Years Day party (2016), Nanamine deems Ashirogi Muto his rival and vows to beat them eventually. Soon an elementary school reunion takes place which Mashiro attends (Takagi didn't as Kaya was ill and he was worried) and is hailed as a celebrity by his former classmates. He clears up any incorrect ideas they have about manga artist life, surprising them. Afterwards, he explains to Takagi how their profession made them miss out on enjoying life with their friends but are both content that they are pursuing their dream. Finally, news of a bank robbery airs; not a single thing was stolen though. A volume of PCP was left, showing the thieves mimicked the manga. (Source: Wikipedia)