I really love the art parallel’s this manga wears on it’s sleeve. The fact that Coco’s solution to being inadequate compared to others is to embrace the parts of her that make her “unique” and do what she knows in a new and creative way is so apt to the artistic process.

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I haven’t read the manga in a while but IIRC these parallels continue with future arcs. Very fun to see how the later stuff is adapted.