Primordial Creative

Paper Cuts - Chapter 1 by David Miller

Added 2025-04-13 13:20:00 +0000 UTC

Sooooo I wrote my first novella and am releasing the chapters weekly on Wattpad! With additionalartwork in my sumi-e noir style. It’s pathetic office sexy sleaze in Manga Noir style.

Paper Cuts:

In the ruthlessly competitive world of Japanese manga publishing, senior editor Matsuda Toru is completely fucked. Divorced, perpetually exhausted, and surviving on convenience store meals, he discovers his calculating boss has been cooking the books to set him up for failure just days before his annual performance review in "The Room" - a mysterious chamber that somehow knows employees' deepest thoughts and true contributions.

As Matsuda accidentally uncovers the corruption while hiding in a bathroom stall (where else would career-saving revelations occur?), he must decide whether to expose the truth or play along, all while navigating office politics, his inappropriate crush on Yamada from Accounting, and his own spectacular talent for making the worst possible decision in any given situation - a darkly hilarious exploration of corporate survival where the only thing sharper than office politics are the paper cuts they leave behind.