Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku

Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...

(Source: Kodansha, translated)

Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku is an adaptation of Hiromasa Togami's novel of the same title. It was adapted into a live action movie in 2022.

The series was published digitally in English as The Lines that Define Me by Kodansha USA from January 18, 2022 to April 19, 2022.