Here's hoping this scuffle brings Tadokoro back to the light side (so to speak) in drawing hardboiled manga.
Yes, that’s the whole point of this setup. Tadokoro realizes that the protagonist for her manga has been Sakurako all along. So Sakurako is her manga protagonist and real-life-life protagonist. And it’s a huge hit! And the evil editor was wrong all along!
I assume this series is getting close to wrapping up.
Okay, called part one. Now the evil editor just needs to be vanquished.