Draw This, Then Die! Vol. 1

To be an artist is to sacrifice everything for your craft! One wannabe manga artist is about to experience the reality of being a creator when she decides to jump into the world of manga. The award-winning manga series about the ups and downs of creating manga and being an artist-soon to be an anime!Yasumi Ai, a first-year high schooler living on the remote island of Izu Oshima, has one obsession: manga. When she discovers that her long-idolized but reclusive favorite manga creator, Hoshino-sensei, will make a rare appearance at Comitia, Ai doesn't hesitate-she has to meet her hero. But that single decision sets off a chain of encounters that will shatter her assumptions about art, genius, and what it truly means to create.Winner of the 16th Manga Taisho Award and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award-now an anime in the making!