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Vol.2 Emma's Eccentric First Project ― Work 'n' Waddle

In need of a new beginning, Emma the Emperor Penguin quit her job at a highly conformist corporation. She joined an IT company that values individuality and encourages everyone to be themselves. Their motto of "100 penguins, 100 workstyles," has led the penguins at her new company to achieve an incredible level of teamwork.

However, the environment has its challenges. Emma's newfound level of freedom can be overwhelming. As she waddles her way into a more independent lifestyle, she has to ask herself a lot of questions about how she wants to live and work.

In volume two, Emma is put in charge of her first big project.

Ep. 3 Planning 'n' Projects

Mr.Beard is asking his teammates to brainstorm how to promote the new app. Gentoo is suggesting organizing a penguin rock festival. Adele says they could carve the app's name into the South Pole. Inspired by her colleagues, Emma comes up with an idea of filming a promotional video The team gets excited about the ideas Meanwhile, Mr. Beard gets worried about how to make the ideas real. Emma comes up to Mr. Beard and apologizes that her idea was just off the top of her head. With bitter smile, Mr. Beard tells her it's his job to make sure everyone is happy and engaged at work. From then on, the proposals continue to escalate, as do Mr.Beard's headaches.

Ep.4 Direct 'n' Dance

To promote their new app, the team decided to shoot a video for social media. It was Emma's directorial debut. Emma's teammates are dancing and Emma's directing. Rockhopper from sales comes and asks what dancing has to do with product promotion, Rockhopper and Adele argue. Mr.Beard tries to calm them down. As it turns out, the dance video goes viral The team gets excited. Rockhopper comes up. Rockhopper admits that his thinking was too narrow and asks to join in. On Rockhopper's recommendation, the whole team decided to dance together and the next video did even better. Character Introduction. Mr.Beard. Emma's boss and head of marketing. Though he might appear taciturn and intimidating at first, Mr.Beard is a quiet penguin who likes to help others. Recently, for stress relief, he picked up ball room dancing. To be continued...

Illustrations by Tomoyuki Inoue. Translated from Japanese by Alex Steullet. Edited by Meg Tamura.
Vol.1 Emma's Wacky New Workplace ― Work 'n' Waddle

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Tomoyuki Inoue

Tomoyoki Inoue is a Japanese manga artist. His previous work includes "Hanamaru Mahou Kyoushitu," published by Shougakukan Inc. from 2016 to 2018. His ongoing series, "OL, Rakko wo Kau," appears periodically in the Young Animal magazine published by Hakusensha.

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Meg Tamura

Meg is a global branding member at Cybozu. She started her career as a marketing researcher at multinational electronics manufacturing company. She then experienced product marketing role for beauty brands in the UK and Japan before joining Cybozu in 2023. Being brought up in 3 different countries, she is interested in understanding cultural differences.

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