When the narrator tries to teach her dull childhood friend how to have sex, she decides to wait outside so she can see him when he's out. When she sees him, she asks him what he thinks of her. He tells her that she's become an "ordinary woman" , but that she was always good at drawing. She tells him that he has become a manga artist, which makes her jealous, too. She says that she will always be stupid, even when she becomes an adult. The narrator says that he can't help but feel sorry for her, because she is a "manga maniac" . He says that if he were an adult, the editor would scold him for being a "maniac," but that he is not mature, and he will pretend to be cool and clever just so he can have sex with her