MTL follows, read at your own risk.
How is it?
Hmm... it’s kind of bubbling...
Is it okay?
Probably.
I haven’t made this kind of thing in a while.
Today—

>>280916225 (OP)
A modest Christmas party.
It's gratin.
The one with lots of cheese is mine—
The one with lots of potatoes is Mom's, okay?
Yeah yeah.
It's hot, so don’t touch the plate.
Let's eat!
We went with gratin by request,
But for Christmas, don’t people usually eat...
roast chicken or fried chicken or something?
Feels kind of off...
Cheese... it's stretching...!!
Ooohhh—
It’s meat sauce, huh~
Oh well...

>>280916230
So many potatoes~
Starting with meat sauce gratin,
it goes well with cheese...!
On sale every 7/12
I’m so full
Totally satisfied~
Shall we save the cake for tomorrow?
Eh? I’m eating it!?
...Yeah, that makes sense.
You two...
They say sweets go to a separate stomach...

>>280916249
Chocolate cake and
Strawberries?
I wanted chocolate cake with strawberries on top,
but I couldn’t find it anywhere.
I did prepare some strawberries just in case,
even though I asked what kind you wanted.
Yeah, the kind with strawberries on top is best.
This doesn’t look right.
Then how about—

>>280916268
Let’s eat just the chocolate part on top first.
See?
Strawberry chocolate cake~
You’re not supposed to play with food...
Today’s special!
Can I?
Ahhh
Then I’ll do it too,
Pile everything on top,
Let’s eat a ton—
Won’t the whole thing collapse...?
...Glad you’re enjoying it.

>>280916284
Yeah
Strawberries...
Thank you
No...
That’s my line
So tasty~

>>280916306
Okay then,
This is from us!
A Christmas present!
Mom,
Are we really giving that?
It’s fine! They’ll definitely love it—
It’s not something weird, right...?
Ah, a sketchbook.
I’m so happy...

>>280916321
Don’t stare at it!
Isn’t it a present?
Minori and I drew on the cover.
Naako-chan messed up and made the eyes look mean...
Ahh... Naako, huh...
Heh.
Nice.
Right?
Thank you.
I thought you’d make fun of me...

>>280916344
What about from Takaharu?
Minori?
I didn’t get anything.
Boo, cheapskate.
Hey!
Come on, I couldn’t think of anything
to give to you two.
You shouldn’t call people cheapskates!
...I know, I was just teasing.

>>280916364
Then here—
A ticket to take you anywhere...
Anywhere?
When you say anywhere—
Really anywhere?
No planes or overnight stays.
Someplace we can get to by local train or car and return the same day.
I’ll cover tickets and stuff.
If it’s expensive, I’ll save up.
So not really anywhere...

>>280916382
Can I go too?
Yeah
Go ahead
The three of us going out, huh
Oh, I’m coming too?
Of course, right?
It says “take us,” after all
Takaharu, Minori, and me—
The three of us...

>>280916411
That is...
Do we look like a family or something...?
Today...
Neither of them said anything, so maybe I'm overthinking it.

>>280916431
Manga Time Original September Issue
"Harapeko Oyako to Moto Yakuza"
Episode 17
This is a continuation of the Christmas story from the previous chapter.
Please enjoy it!

Speech bubble (Bottom Right):

“It's way too thin, huh…”

>>280916225 (OP)
Is this series doing alright for itself, or is it potentially getting axed? Not sure how popular anything is from Manga Time Original in the first place.

The story is pretty sweet and harmless. The three of them have a really nice vibe together.

>>280916578
It sold pretty well, about 2700 physical sales, or 6750 total sales, so it shouldn't be axed anytime soon most likely.

>>280916624
Hmmm, hopefully that’s good enough to last

>>280916662
that depends on a bit how much the sales will decline, but as of now it's one of the top sellers at houbunsha. sales requirements there are most likely far lower than the other big publishers if I had to guess

A mother and daughter who look like that would be swimming in simps giving them anything they wanted. The daughter would get one of the best boys at school who’ll take care of her if she ever wanted and the mother would have no shortage of men she could hook up with. This manga is pure absurdity and wish fulfillment. Absolute schlock, I can’t believe adults read this tripe.

>>280916724
come on, you don't need to prove that hard that you're a misogynistic incel that belongs here. no need to try to fit that much in

>>280916713
Really? What does this company have that really sells then? 6,750 as a top seller seems pretty low

>>280916781
Houbunsha has a lot of niche titles. You can't really compare them to shueisha or kodansha. The 13 year old actress one is lying around 2500 physical sales and has been doing that almost since it started, and it's ranked at seventh place iirc. So this is probably at rank five or six or something if I had to guess right now.

>>280916860
Interesting. Do you happen to have a link to that list? Slightly curious what the full list is

>>280916860
it's usually on the front page of comic fuz

bump

bumpan

>>280916453
Why is Minori still not pregnant?

>>280918269
>>280919230
your cuck faggot shit for women will never catch on

>>280916860
Is that a livable life in Japan? Like would that author be able to live off of purely the manga? Because it feels like they’d have to do a side job alongside the manga.

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