"Making manga is hard. Even if I draw all day I still don't finish. We should just stick to reading it" Fujino thinks to herself in a flashback at the end of Look Back. The act of creation, on its face, is meaningless. If you're good enough, and lucky enough, you might get into a position to grow a career and gain some fans; a good reward but miniscule. Going after that reward requires sacrifice: decades of continued hard work, frustration, cut connections, getting rejected, others not believing in your future. Reading manga is meaningful, can even be life changing, but is enjoyable and often effortless. Faced with these questions, Kyomoto asks Fujino "then why do you draw?" 4th grader Fujino is a naturally gifted storyteller, and her art is rough but has an obvious charm. With no competition and nothing but praise from her peers, she coasts on the validation and is convinced that she is a once-in-a-generation talent and the best of her age group. Her talen