新條まゆ in Japanese Mayu Shinjo debuted in 1994 in Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic with "Anata no Iro ni Somaritai". She continued writing for Shogakukan until 2007, with her works appearing in both Shōjo Comic and their other magazine Cheese!. She left the company to go freelance citing a dispute over working conditions and abusive treatment by her editor.
Sakuya really pisses me off. There are moments in the beginning of this volume where he was really sweet, but then he went and did a string of things that made me want to punch him. While Aine gets on my nerves a lot of the time, I hated Sakuya for treating her the way he did. I feel like Sakuya is always doing these random plans to make a point, but I never get what the hell he is trying to prove. For example, the whole e.Mu lyricist plotline. He seemed so smug over how it turned out and I was so confused. It’s like he gets off somehow on hurting Aine’s feelings and making her cry. Props to Aine for putting up with him because I honestly don’t think I could handle the emotional rollercoaster he keeps making her go through.