Aoi Muto passe une mauvaise journée. D’abord, elle est allée boire en douce la bière du professeur Itsuki, pour la trouver acide comme du vinaigre. Ensuite, Kei Yuki lui demande un conseil pour le sakaya Hiyoshi, mais cela concerne les microbières japonaises que Muto déteste… En fait, sans les connaître. Déterminée, en vraie chercheuse, à dépasser ses préjugés, elle va explorer le monde de la bière artisanale. Et décider, pour aider une microbrasserie, d’organiser un Oktoberfest à l’université agricole !!
Masayuki Ishikawa (石川雅之, Ishikawa Masayuki, born July 29, 1974 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture and Junketsu no Maria.
Applied to the College of Arts, but was rejected. While working part-time at a transportation company, he got an interested in manga magazines, and between age 18 and 19, he started submitting to Weekly Young Magazine. In 1997, he debuted with "Japanese Government Maneuver Sqaudron Coumin V". In 1999, his "God's Animal Mountain", won the Chiba Tetsuya Award. In 2004, he began "Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture" in Kodansha's Weekly Evening magazine, which then brought him a level of fame. After "Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture" he started his work on "Junketsu no Maria", which became another success.
He is known for drawing fine details in a very thin line, something that he seems to do unconsciously and doesn't use assistants to help him in his work.