Here is what she says about her partner:
http://ameblo.jp/yuricomic/theme-10044945443.html
It was interesting so I shamelessly gave it a read, lol. I guess I'll give a summary.
^ There are three posts about Takemiya's partner from that page, from the bottom up:
2011-11-02 (1)
Jin gets asked about her "partner" sometimes so she'll explain.
Her partner is an artist who at present time back in 2011 was aiming for her shounen manga debut (under the name 堀井貴介).
She's the same sex as Takemiya.
Jin get's asked about their relationship often.
They were friends back in vocational school. Their results/grades were around the same level, but Takemiya would say her partner is the brighter one.
After graduating from vocational school, the partner went back to her parents' home while Jin started living by herself in Osaka. Apparently it was pretty tough back then.
Afterwards, when Jin heard that 'partner' had stopped wanting to draw manga after returning to her parents home, she thought "that's not good", because Jin had liked that person's manga ever since those times.
Afterwards, various things happened and they started living together; drawing manga while working part-time, continuing with a life of helping each other out.
There was a time when Takemiya's body was wrecked to the point that she was mostly confined to bed. Half of her body was numb and in pain to the point where she seriously thought about suicide. The person who supported her at that time was that 'partner'.
At that time, Jin really thought that "If I can't draw manga, it'd be better if I died"...
Jin had already gotten better since however many years/months ago, is healthy and walking, so she said please don't worry <3. Although there were some aftereffects/residual discomfort in her left foot, she's become used to it.
From those things and after, her 'partner' became Jin's most important person, however...that's different from a romantic relationship.
2011-11-02 (2)
Occasionally, Jin get's asked "Is 'partner' your lover?" and she thinks, "what is a lover?".
There's no lover-'like' stuff such as flirting or saying "I like you" between them.
They have arguments normally, and get along normally too.
Jin would put it in a way close to "close friends + family / 2", though she can't quite find the words.
In the sense that although lovers are people one might part with, family ties remain even if relations go bad.
Although without bodily relations, Jin and her partner are somehow always together, and probably will be into the future. They are "partners in life".
Although Jin thinks of her partner as her "life's benefactor" (basically, someone she owes her life to), she's been told that 'partner' feels the same.
For either of them, if the other came to no longer be there, they might very well die. (≡∀≡)
2012-07-13
Although Jin wrote the previous ↑ post/posts about her and her partner's relationship she wanted to go over it one more time.
Basically, it's not one of girlfriend/lover/boyfriend/husband/etc. Though they are often mistaken for it it's incorrect. Simply, they get along ridiculously well. That's why they often get mistaken.
It is not that they especially care about it （ ´_ゝ）´_ゝ） because them getting along well is reality.
In this world, the degree of people who'd say "outside of family, relations of people who 'get along well' besides 'friends' and 'lovers' are impossible" might be as many as those who'd say "In sex/gender, there are only 'female' and 'male'."
In the same way that in the world there are various genders, there are variously many 'relations'. Takemiya and her partner are neither family nor friends nor lovers. 'Partner' is simply, her partner. (´∀｀)
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