The chibi character cast for Genji Monogatari is ADORABLE and I love Mashiro for drawing it.
But I wonder... what is Murasaki Shikibu x Sei Shounagon? A yuri doujinshi?
Didn't the author of Inugami-san and Nekoyama-san actually write a manga about that?
They did.
And a mighty good work, too. As expected of Kuzushiro.
But reading manga (or a rp doujin) won't help her get into Reiwa. That piece of paper Mashiro hands her has to be some kind of study aid.
I have a modest idea. You know how in the West, when you study the ancient classics, it's almost 100% sure that at some point they will ask you to write an essay comparing Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
I suspect in Japan it's the same thing with Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shounagon, the two lady authors who wrote famous diaries. The paper Mashiro gives to Makino must be a doodley summary of the similarities and differences between the two women and their diaries.