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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

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Kakukaku Shikajika
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かくかくしかじか
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Akiko Higashimura
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High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Notes:
- Kakukaku Shikajika is an autobiography detailing the life of author Akiko Higashimura.
- The manga won the Grand Prize at the 8th Manga Taisho Award in 2015.

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Themes
Autobiographical Coming of Age Dreams Educational Philosophy Courtship › Romantic Subplot Culture › Art Emotions › Regret Entertainment Industry › Comic Industry Kinship › Single Parent Slice of Life › School Life
Activities
Art Club Working Physical Activities › Swordplay
Art Forms
Writing
Performing Arts
Drawing Painting
Audience Demographics
Female Oriented › Josei
Character Archetype
Otaku Dreamer
Character Traits
Search For Oneself
Character Types
Female Lead Parent Cast › Primarily Adult Protagonists › Hard-Working Protagonist
Female Lead
Strong Personality Female Lead › Ambitious Female Lead
Derivative Work
Based on › Real Life
Locations
Countryside Asia › Japan
School
Art College High
Narrative Tropes
Death Tropes › Death of Loved One Time Passage › Time Progression
Plot Structure
Time Manipulation › Time Skip
Storytelling Techniques
Meta Flashbacks › Extended Multiple POVs › First-Person Perspective
Objects
Moped
Occupations
Creative Arts › Comic Artist
Education
Art Students Teachers
Relationship
Comic Artist-Editor
Family Relationship
Family
Family
Parent-Child › Mother and Son
Time Period > Period Piece > Late Modern & Contemporary
20th Century 21st century
Work Info
Biography/Autobiography Non-fiction

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