Have to give them props to have made this out of a handful of manga chapters. Watched it purely for Fumika Baba, and it was worth the time. I, personally felt that she did a good job of portraying the introverted, shy mangaka who doesn't have a lot of experience with dealing stuff that comes easy to others.

Although, I feel it could've been expanded and shown properly, for eg. the rivalry with Nanase chan, the assistant kun's confession, relationship with Kiritani-san and Riichi and Hana's individual past stories, how they ended up the way they are today..

Not to mention, there a couple of moments which could've been made a lot more dramatic. Really wish more was there, but alas. Considering the source material, imo, this was a good one.

It can't be helped, for what it's worth, it was a decent show.