Mimura found himself walking around Comiket, a camcorder in his hand as he filmed the sights.
"I never realized the event would be this big."
"It is Comiket..."
Takebayashi approached him carrying a bag of merchandise.
"It's the largest marketplace for doujinshi in the country, so naturally it would be large." Takebayashi continued.
"Thanks for bringing me along by the way." Said Mimura "The network never did offer me transportation..."
"Honestly it was no trouble, I was heading this way anyways so another guest was no trouble."
Takebayashi adjusted his glasses.
"There's a cosplay performance nearby that I wanted to watch. I'll meet up with you later..."
Takebayashi vanished into a crowd of attendees as Mimura looked around.
"Now what to cover first?..."
Mimura walked into an area filled with tables, each manned by a young doujin artist selling their products.
"Good place as any to begin."
Mimura approached one of the tables and began recording.
"I'm here at one of several of the tables here at Comiket, where young and experienced artists sell their doujins to the viewing masses." Said Mimura. He grabbed one of the doujins on the table and held it up to the camera.
"I have here."
Mimura took a second to read the magazine's title.
"Magic Detective Tetsuo... one of the many doujinshis available for purchase."
He turned to the person manning the table.
"Could you perhaps tell us what this doujin is abo-"
Kimora stopped as his eyes met with those of a person he hadn't seen in awhile.
"Fuwa?"
"Mimura?"
"Of all the tables you end up picking you choose mine." Said Fuwa.
Mimura was sitting next to Fuwa as she manned her table.
"I never expected you to be one for Comiket though..."
"I'm making a feature on it for the tv station I'm interning at." Said Mimura.
He gestured to his camcorder.
"So you're a doujin artist now." Said Mimura
"Actually I'm an assistant." Said Fuwa. "I work with this one manga author, but she suggested that I try making something original, so I made Magic Detective."
A patron walked by and bought a doujin from Fuwa.
"It wasn't good enough to submit to the magazine but it was Comiket worthy at least."
"Seems like you're doing well here." Said Mimura.
"I'm just a lucky amateur." Said Fuwa
"Mimura got up and stretched."
"I still got a lot to cover... so I'll be seeing you around."
"Actually let me join you for a bit." Said Fuwa "It was about time for my break anyways."
"Oh sure thing."
Fuwa got a girl at the table next to hers to watch her stock and followed Mimura to a different section of the room.
Fuwa led Mimura to a number of spots, author signings, a butler cafe, they even found themselves in the "special" doujinshis (they were both very embarrassed and agreed to never speak on the matter again).
After a long half a day of recording a Mimura decided that he had enough footage for his feature and sat down by a vending machine.
"I think I got enough footage..."
Fuwa walked over and handed him a can of soda before sitting down next to him.
"I have to say Fuwa, Comiket sure is interesting."
"By the fans, for the fans." Said Fuwa "A bit too mainstream but I dig it."
Mimura raised a confused eyebrow.
"Mainstream?"
"You got so many artists here but a lot of them do the same thing, focusing on the same ideas... they blend into the crowd. Kind of like us."
"We never really were the type to stand out." Said Mimura
"I want to change that." Said Fuwa "When I become a manga editor I'm going to make sure lots of new creative ideas come out. Just you wait and see."
"I get where you're coming from." Replied Mimura "When I start making films, I want to make something unique too."
Mimura smiled at the purple haired manga lover.
"Let's both make something unique."
Fuwa smiled and reached into her bag
"Here."
She took out a copy of Magic Detective Tetsuo and handed it to Mimura.
"Thanks for hanging out with me... let's do it again sometime."
And with that Fuwa left.
Mimura and Takebayashi were on the train back. Takebayashi was flipping through the photos he took on his phone as Mimura read Magic Detective.
"Unique... it definitely shows in Fuwa's work all-"
Mimura paused.
"Hm?"
Mimura looked closer at the page he was on and noticed a pattern of numbers and a note.
"Call me when you get home. I'm free Saturday..."
Mimura's eyes widened.
"Did Fuwa just give me her number?"
Takebayashi raised an eyebrow but went back to his photos.
Mimura smiled and looked back at the message.
"Well played Fuwa, well played..."
And we're officially caught up to the Archive of our Own version of the story. I'll be updating both versions simuktaniously from here on out.
The next chapter will reveal who the bride and groom are.
In other news I was at Pax East last week, got to play some nifty games and saw a famous individual or two there. Fun time.
Anyways thanks for reading and I'll see you next chapter.