Ai Yasumi’s love for manga inspires her to start creating stories of her own.
Ai draws manga for the first time in order to convince Teshima-sensei to become the manga club's advisor.
While on the search for a third manga club member, Ai comes across Kokoro, an introvert with a talent for art.
Ai and Kokoro begin a long process of trial and error as they try and create their first manga as a club.
The Manga Research Club decides to release a manga at Comitia, but first they must get through final exams.
Comitia is finally here, and the members of the Manga Research Club learn how hard it is to sell doujinshi.
On the ferry back from Tokyo, Rei remembers her time as a manga artist assistant while pursuing serialization.
The Manga Research Club explores the island of Oshima in hopes of finding inspiration for Ai's next manga.
Ai and the others decide to create a social media account to promote their manga before the next Comitia.