Chapter 18

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This is chapter 18 in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Shimoda walks into the department when he slips on something and falls. Kanamori and Tsuchiya ask if he is alright. After reassuring the team, Shimoda notices a piece of paper that landed on his head. The design team explains that they were reorganizing some old sketches, which left a mess on the floor. But Shimoda is more interested in the sketch that landed on his head. It features a creature with wings and antlers and resembles a chibi mascot.

Shimoda asks the team what animal it is. The team tells him it is an original rough draft that they designed together not too long ago. Shimoda asked if it was a real animal. After a quick pause, the team giggles, hinting that it might be. The team decides to have some fun and try to help Shimoda guess what it is. Kanamori states that the animal was in its final form, while Tsuchiya and Mizushima state that it is neither a horse nor a snake.

Unsure, Shimoda asks for more hints. Tsuchiya then goes on to state that the animal was 170 centimeters tall. After some thought, Shimoda asks whether it could be a lion. However, the team tells him no. Tsuchiya then brings out the original draft for the lion, which resembles a large female with wooden cart wheels for hind legs. Both Kanamori and Mizushima explain that God wanted a species whose males were impressive in appearance only. So the team made the males bigger and more powerful, but as a result, it became less agile. They came up with the idea to equip it with wheels, but it caused several problems, especially when hunting. Later on, the team realized that size wasn't the answer. After a few tweaks, they gave the males distinctive manes.

After listening to the story, Shimoda goes back to figuring out the mystery animal. Noticing its antlers, his next guess is a deer. But he is wrong again. The team then shows him the original draft of the deer, which looked like a regular deer but with actual tree branches for antlers. In the beginning, the team wanted to make the antlers look and function like tree branches to provide camouflage. But it presented problems during the mating season. So the team tweaked the design so that the antlers had a simpler appearance.

Shimoda goes back to figuring out the mystery animal. Tsuchiya provides another hint- that it walks on two legs. With that in mind, Shimoda remembers the wings on its back. Even though the animal doesn't resemble a bird, Shimoda wonders if it has some of the features of the bird. Kanamori furiously tells him that he is wrong. She then explains how she came up with the bird design and pointed out that the mystery animal wouldn't have been capable of flight. Impressed by how much Shimoda had learned about animals, the team gives Shimoda more clues. The mystery animal can shoot lasers out of its eyes, function like a copying machine, and can admit a wifi signal.

Shimoda is left confused by the expected features. Seeing that he has no idea, the team decides to tell him- the mystery animal in him. Surprised, Shimoda wonders if he was created by the design team. But they reassure him that he was created the usual way. Before Shimoda arrived, the team tried to create an assistant for Ueda. However, it created problems with its large size, and its annoying voice (which was Tsuchiya's idea.) The team proclaims that Shimoda is the polished version of the design. Touched, Shimoda thanks the team and they allow him to keep the draft.