For years and years and years I’ve wanted to draw a manga, but for some reason, I feel like this year is the year. Maybe it’s the influence of some of my friends, or just feeling listless, like I haven’t really done anything useful with myself yet, but I started doing all the beginning work of making one. I thought maybe I’d tease with this drawing of the main character, who has yet to own a name, but definitely looks like my boyfriend while his hair was still green and before he trimmed it. The manga could probably be boiled down into a food battle manga, but I want to include some other issues, like the importance of eating well and being aware of where your food comes from, and also how abysmal food culture can be in this country — a kind of summary of many of the things our American society needs to patch up. But I won’t spoil the plot I’ve come up with so far much more than that! (Unless maybe you beg, haha.)