Full-time cartoonist

"Teacher, this is my coffee!"

Oda didn't have time to get angry and stretched out his hand while watching Hibiki drinking coffee.

"Ah, I'm sorry," Hibiya Hibiki returned the coffee to Oda, "Here you go."

Oda didn't care. He took a sip and sighed: "I feel more energetic."

He was indeed a little out of energy at this time. After cheering up, he was confused, "I just don't understand, why didn't Kishimoto come to me?"

He is very familiar with Kishimoto. Kishimoto just needs a month or two to learn comics skills, and he can teach him.

"Probably because," Higashino Hibiki turned out the Yu-Gi-Oh card. The cards have added attributes. The descriptions of magic cards and trap cards are more accurate. Compared with Bandai's, they are more refined. The pattern behind them is like a flame. The vortex is very cool.

He looked at the cards in trance, and after taking a few breaths, he continued: "Kishimoto-kun, you probably want to compete with you."

Kishimoto, like Oda, is a strong person who wants to be the best, so he abandoned samurai-themed comics and chose ninja-themed comics.

"That's it." Oda looked happy, "That's no problem."

After drinking the coffee in two or three sips, he waved goodbye and said, "Teacher Tori Akino, I'm going back first."

Oda walked briskly and disappeared in front of Higashino Hibiki.

He couldn't help but want to draw comics.

Dongye Xiang was speechless, young people are motivated.

…

the next day.

"A new assistant?" Qiugong Mingmei was surprised.

"Well," Hibiki Higashino straightened his tie nervously. He took out the small mirror in Akimiya Akemi's car and looked at it, "There's nothing wrong with me."

"Don't be so nervous," Akimiya Akemi said helplessly, "It's just a meeting with my father. He has wanted me to get married for a long time, so there will be no problem."

"Yes...yes," Hibiki replied with his whole body stiffened.

Akimiya Akemi shook her head, that's why she didn't let him drive.

But think about it again, I will be very nervous when I go to Higashino's house after a while.

I can’t think about it anymore!

Akimiya Akemi, whose body was tense, disrupted her random thoughts.

"Did you just say that there will be a new assistant?" Akimiya Akemi spoke, diverting the attention of herself and Higashino Hibiki.

"His name is Kishimoto Masashi." Hibiki Higashino actually calmed down a bit, "He is a newcomer under the editor of Yahagi. I think he is very talented. He may be serialized in the near future. So I will only study here for one to two months." "

This can't be considered a disciple, it can only be said to be teaching fellow students, similar to how Araki Hirohiko helped Higashino Hibiki.

"It just so happened that after Yoshii-kun graduated, he lacked an assistant. Kishimoto-kun graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and has very solid basic skills, so everyone gets what they need."

"Yes." Akimiya Akemi nodded first, and then she hurriedly said: "Then you should contact Editor Sasaki to find a new assistant."

"Of course I have asked Mr. Sasaki."

"That's good."

…

The Akimiya family is located in Nerima Ward.

Mr. Qiugong was wearing a white robe, sitting on his knees in front of a painting, closing his eyes and meditating. This was a painting by his deceased father, which showed green smoke, pines and cypresses.

In the past, when he encountered something he couldn't decide on, he would always do this to calm himself down and make the right decision.

But today, Mr. Akimiya opened his eyes, his eyes full of anxiety.

"Mingmei." He murmured.

"Isn't she still a child?"

"Time flies too fast..."

When he closed his eyes, he could think of Akimiya Akemi calling him daddy when she was in elementary school;

In middle school, my daughter was wearing a black sailor uniform, with her head tilted and her hands holding a school bag;

In high school, she had grown taller, and her braided twin tails had turned into long, straight hair. She lowered her head and kicked the stones at her feet. When she raised her eyes, she saw a surprise for herself;

When she graduated from college, her daughter was wearing her bachelor's uniform, full of sunshine and brightness. Her life had just begun.

"Why is Mingmei getting married so soon..."

Mr. Akimiya was puzzled, "He's obviously still a child."

At this moment, the doorbell rang, and Mr. Akimiya stood up with a heavy heart. He understood that from today on, his daughter no longer belongs to him alone.

After opening the door, he looked at Akimiya Minmei's gentle smile and said, "Father, I'm back."

Mr. Akimiya suddenly realized, "Mingmei has grown up."

…

Dongye Xiang lowered his head, feeling like a light on his back.

The other person's scrutinizing eyes were terrifying.

"How old are you?"

"23 years old." Higashikata said in a deep voice.

"It looks like thirty-two." Mr. Akimiya said bluntly.

"Father," Akimiya Akemi called.

Mr. Akimiya put away his hostility and said, "I heard that you work in the field of painting?"

Mentioning this, Higashino Hibiki straightened his back, "Yes, I'm drawing comics now."

"Drawing comics?" Mr. Akimiya was stunned, and then he realized, "Are you Tori Akino Mirai?"

When reading "Five Centimeters per Second", he saw the name of the original work on the title page, the person who completed "Five Centimeters per Second" with Mingmei.

Dong Yexiang nodded, "It's me, do you remember me?"

"Have we met before?" Mr. Qiugong was confused. He seemed to have never seen the person in front of him.

"We met once, at an exhibition of Mr. Akira Toriyama's works."

Mr. Akimiya thought for a long time and shook his head, "My memory is far behind."

Akimiya Akemi comforted him, "I only met him once. It's normal not to remember clearly."

Mr. Akimiya smiled happily.

"But Akira Toriyama..." he asked Hibiki Higashino, "Akimei worked as Akira Toriyama's assistant during the summer vacation of 1993. Were you together at that time?"

Although he did not get out of the car that day, Toriyama Akira had an assistant beside him.

At that time, I didn't notice the appearance of my assistant, maybe it was Tori Akino Mirai in front of me.

Mr. Akimiya couldn't help but feel angry. Why didn't he discover this man's ambition in the first place?

Akimiya Akemi felt uneasy.

"No, although I fell in love with her at first sight, Mingmei didn't agree to me. After that, I put in a lot of effort, and she was with me." Hibiki Higashi answered honestly.

Mr. Akimiya only heard about love at first sight, his eyes became sharp, and he asked:

"How old were you then?"

"17 years old."

"You!" Mr. Akimiya was very angry. It turned out that when he was 17 years old, this kid wanted to compete with him for Mingmei.

"Mr. Akimiya... no, father," Hibiki Hibiki's face straightened, "I just want to tell you that I deeply love Miss Akemi. Please help me."

He fell to the ground.

Mr. Akimiya looked at Hibiki Hibiki and felt the other party's sincerity.

It's really sincere, but...

"Who told you to call me father!" Mr. Qiugong glared, "It's too early for you to call me this name."

"Dad," Akimiya Akemi stepped forward and stroked Mr. Akimiya's arm with urging eyes.

Ask Mr. Akimiya to help Hibiki Higashino.

Ever since she stopped her from drawing comics, Mingmei hadn't called herself so intimately for a long time. This made Mr. Akimiya startled, and then he realized that this was for another man.

"Huh~" He breathed a long sigh of relief, "You should get up first."

"Let me get to know you first and then decide."

Mr. Akimiya stood up and walked towards the room on the second floor.

Higashino Hibiki was stunned and looked at Akimiya Akemi, "So what's the result?"

"There must be no problem." Akimiya Akemi gave a thumbs up, "I believe you."

…

the next day.

Mr. Akimiya came to a comic book store.

"Old sir, what's the matter with you?"

The shop owner looked at this old man with a mismatched style and asked strangely.

"I want Tori Akino's future works."

The store was stunned, "A work by Tori Akino Mirai? Is it the cartoonist Tori Akino Mirai?"

"Um."

Thinking that the other person might be buying comic books for his grandson, the store owner asked again: "Do you want all the works?"

"Of course." Mr. Akimiya nodded firmly.

"Soul of Chess" has 12 volumes, "Slam Dunk" has 15 volumes, "Garden of Words" has one volume, and "Five Centimeters Per Second" has one volume.

"Comic Manga Hiyori" is an 8-volume manga single volume, which is an adaptation of the animation work.

There are a total of 37 comic book volumes, stacked vertically and reaching the level above Mr. Akimiya's knees.

"Total 14,800 yen."

Mr. Akimiya regretted it, he should have driven here.

Fortunately, the bookstore has a moving service. After paying a total of 16,280, he finally returned home and stared at the tall pile of books.

"Mirai Tori Akino... was still working as an assistant in 1993, so this should be a creation after 1994, right? It's only the beginning of March 1999."

"Have you painted so many paintings in the past five years at most?"

Mr. Akimiya knew clearly how hard Akino Tori would work in the future.

He picked up the first volume of the single volume of "The Soul of the Game", looked at the time, and understood that this was Tori Akino's early creation.

"This painting...well, it's not bad."

Then he read the content and said, "Souls from the Heian Kyo period? What a nonsense. How is this possible?"

The plot of "Soul of the Chess" then follows, where Shindo Hikaru asks Sa Wei to cheat for him.

Mr. Akimiya's face darkened.

"This Akino future is very unreliable."

However, when he saw the climax of the opening scene of "Soul of Chess", he couldn't help but be stunned.

That was Ta Yaliang's roar to Shindo Hikaru, telling him about the hardships of growing up as a chess player.

"The paintings here are very good..."

After reading five pieces of "The Soul of Chess", Mr. Akimiya rubbed his eyes.

"This is a story about a child pursuing his life goals, which is unexpectedly educational."

He decided to stop.

"Mirai Tori Akino, not bad."

…

Hibiki Higashikata waited patiently for the results.

He was in the corridor of Higashino's house. Higashino drove him out and was talking to Akimiya Akemi.

Her younger sister, Mei Higashino, is very supportive of her. She likes Akimiya Akemi very much.

When Akimiya Akemi is not acting stupid, she still has the gentle temperament of a big sister, and has a very crushing effect on yellow-haired girls.

As for Higashino Ichiro, he had already agreed.

After all, he was not Naoko Takeuchi in 1967. Akemi Akimiya, who was only 7 years older than Hibiki, made him sigh in relief.

Not long after, Dong Yexi opened the living room door. She smiled and said, "I agree."

"Mingmei is a very considerate and good child."

Akimiya Akemi told her about her daily life with Hibiki Higashikata.

In her constant narration, Higashikata felt this tolerant love.

"It's time for you to be more mature and stop letting people worry about you so much." Higashi Yexi patted Higashino Hibiki and complained.

Higashikata giggled.

In short, the Higashino family is fine.

…

When he woke up the next day, Mr. Akimiya accidentally saw the pile of comic books.

A comic called "The Garden of Words" attracted his attention.

The cover shows a pair of shoes in a summer gazebo, surrounded by -

"There is faint thunder, and the sky is hazy. But I hope the wind and rain come and can keep you here."

"There is faint thunder. The sky is cloudy. Even if it doesn't rain, I will stay here."

This song comes from "Thunder God Tanka" from "Man'yoshu".

Mr. Akimiya picked up the comic and wanted to see what the story was.

The story of "The Garden of Words" is very short, and Mr. Akimiya finished it after twenty minutes.

"The painting is very good, and..."

He felt Higashino Hibiki's love for Akimiya Akemi.

"So be it."

…

The second day after going to Mr. Akimiya's house, Higashino Hibiki heard the good news, and Mr. Akimiya agreed.

He was in an unexpected burst of ecstasy, not expecting it to happen so quickly and so smoothly.

It would be great to be able to get married with the blessings of family members without any hindrance.

"Takeuchi-sensei and Togashi-sensei's wedding was very low-key. They only invited friends from the industry." Akimi Akimiya finished drawing a storyboard and stretched, "Let's keep it simple."

"It's okay," Hibiki Higashino calculated the number of places at the side, "it's enough to prepare about ten tables."

"Um."

Akimiya Akemi was not very happy about getting married, she was still the same as usual.

The lives of the two people are still the same as before.

After the two families met, the wedding date was initially planned around Tsukimi.

It is the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

This is a manifestation of Japanese culture being influenced by China. In Tsukimi, Japanese people eat Tsukimi dumplings and watch the moon.

It’s no different from eating moon cakes and admiring the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the tedious matters were resolved, Kishimoto was about to arrive. Before that, Higashino Hibiki had one more thing to do.

That means moving.

He has graduated, and Miss Akimiya has resigned and cannot continue to occupy the staff dormitory in Musashino.

The Red Maple Villa in Hanhai Community has been renovated and will now be left idle for a period of time to emit formaldehyde.

"After we get married, we will have children soon," Hibiki Higashi's tone left no room for doubt, "so it will be another year before I can return to Red Maple Villa."

"Child?" Akimiya Akemi blushed, "You are talking about children so early?"

He is obviously not married yet and is already making arrangements to have a child.

"Of course," Higashino replied decisively, "This matter cannot be delayed."

"Do you like children that much?" Akimiya Akemi smiled.

"Of course not. You are almost thirty years old, so naturally you have to..."

Before Higashino Hibiki finished speaking, he saw Akimiya Akemi's face turn dark.

Only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing.

Akimiya Akemi took a deep breath and told herself to calm down. She should have thought of this when agreeing to the other party's proposal.

After all, this is Higashino Hibiki. Sometimes he has a high limit and can be flirtatious, but he is always neurotic and does some inexplicable things.

Thanks to the 200-point reward for the squid can also fly.