Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…
For their second summer at TUA, Yatora and his art school friends stay at Momoyo’s family temple. There, Yatora enters an art contest with hopes for the cash prize and a professional debut. However, as he works on his piece, he learns of Yakumo’s friend Machiko—a remarkable young artist whose flame was extinguished too early.