Kazuki Sendo had always loved drawing and painting with his girlfriend, Mizuki Takase. But when classmate Taishi Kuhonbutsu pulls them into a doujinshi convention, Kazuki enters a whole new world. Soon he finds himself passionately drawing manga and cramming to get into conventions. As Kazuki gets acquainted with the doujinshi life style and meets new friends, he starts to drift away from Mizuki and his 'normal' way of living. Thus begins the struggle of a talented artist ...

Kazuki Sendoh
A college freshman who failed to get into the arts college he was hoping for. Kazuki is still determined to become an artist.

Taishi Kuhonbutsu
A mutual friend of Kazuki's and Mizuki's, Taishi brings them to a doujinshi exhibition, or 'Comic Party' (a.k.a. 'ComiPa').

Mizuki Takase
Kazuki's girlfriend - beginning to have serious doubts about Kazuki's earning potential ...

Sekihiko Inui
Much like the characters in his series Comic Party, Sekihiko Inui got his start drawing doujinshi (self-published comics), and still continues to draw to this day under the doujinshi circle name Mix-ism.

Even as Comic Party continues to run in the monthly magazine, Dengeki Daioh, he has begun his first original series (Comic Party is derived from a videogame/anime series): Fantasism, which appears in the magazine Shonen Ace Momogumi.

The following URL will take you to Inui-san's official fansite (in Japanese only): http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/mix-ism/