Full-time cartoonist

"So what is the meaning of this comic? Do you understand it?" Minami Xana, a loyal reader of Hibiki Higashino, was really confused after reading "Paprika" and called her high school friend.

"No." Keiko, the top student, replied. She took off her glasses and rubbed her temples. She felt that she had overused her brain. "Ignore the content at the beginning for now. Let's confirm it with the rest of the story."

Xia Nai exclaimed, "Are you still ready to watch? This kind of..."

What’s so good about shit comics!

That's what she meant to say.

but……

After all, this is the work of Mirai Tori Akino, the cartoonist who brought her countless touches and excitements.

So Nan Xia Nai loved Wu Ji Wu and still held back.

"Of course I have to watch it," Keiko replied. "Paprika is very interesting. It has so many metaphors. It's a pleasure to think about it."

"I really don't understand you," Xia Nai shook her head.

…

In Tori Akino's studio.

Hibiki Higashino is drawing "Death Note", and the most recently serialized content is about Yue and L teaming up to investigate the third Kira.

L was testing Yue again, and he said he wanted to give up.

All along, he has been working hard to investigate at the risk of death.

If Yue was not Kira, it would be a huge blow to him.

L became discouraged.

Bai Yue has a strong sense of justice. He punched L away.

"Is it because your reasoning is wrong and I am not Kira that you have lost your motivation?"

"Who said on TV that Kira must be guillotined?"

"Let's talk about the police officers who were implicated and what will the FBI do!"

L and Yue fought together, and he became more and more confused. Could it be that his reasoning was wrong?

But L still doubted Yue in his heart.

…

Akimiya Akemi thought about the content of these words and couldn't help but said: "Yue without the Death Note is indeed a good boy. He is full of a sense of justice and is not afraid of danger to judge evil."

"It sparkles like Soichiro Yagami."

"What a pity. It would be great if there was no Death Note."

Hibiki Higashino laughed and said: "Without Death Note, there would be no Death Note. This evil comic would be no different from ordinary comics and would lose its core selling point."

The protagonist is a villain who fights against the righteous side. This is also what attracts readers to "Death Note".

"The teacher is really heartless." Tanaka muttered, "I don't understand the character's situation for the sake of the plot."

"I..." Higashino opened his mouth. He was not Hirohiko Araki.

At this moment, Dongye's cell phone rang, interrupting his accusation.

The caller is Yoshida Koji.

"Teacher, the quick results of "Red Hot Chili Peppers" are out!"

Today is Tuesday. Jump will select 100 reader questionnaires and briefly summarize readers’ feedback on comics, so that cartoonists with poor performance can make adjustments in advance.

Higashino Hibiki didn't care about this, so he didn't let Yoshida inform him.

It seems like this time is extraordinary.

"I probably know," Hibiki Higashi said in a calm voice, "It's because his grades are not ideal."

"Um!"

"So how much is it? I want you to contact me quickly."

"No. 8." Yoshida replied anxiously.

This is the worst first chapter of Hibiki Hibiki's manga.

"Millennium Actress" also had a third place finish.

Most of the others are number one.

Now it's off a cliff.

"I didn't expect it to be so bad..." Dong Yexiang muttered.

"So?" Yoshida asked.

"Let's continue like this." Higashikata thought for a while and finally said.

"Continue..." Yoshida couldn't believe it.

"Yeah, that's right. By the way," Hibiki Higashino nodded, and asked, "Jump won't kill "Red Hot Chili Peppers" in half, right?"

"Please wait a moment." Yoshida covered the phone and asked Sasaki.

"'Paprika' is just a short comic, so it won't be cut in half." He passed the conclusion to Hibiki Sasaki.

"That's good."

Hibiki Higashino doesn't care about the positive results of "Paprika".

Such literary and artistic works are inherently unpopular with the public.

He has expectations of being cut in half. Although his current results are very poor, it will be good as long as he can be serialized.

Yoshida waited for Hibiki to hang up the phone and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Onishi bumped Yoshida's shoulder and asked in surprise, "Why is Mr. Tori Akino's manga score so poor? Is it because of your influence?"

When he saw "Red Hot Chili Peppers" ranked eighth, he suspected that Xiaozheng's ranking summary data was wrong.

"It's none of my business!" Koji Yoshida reacted loudly, "I'm suing you for defamation!"

"It's just that Tori Akino-sensei doesn't take grades so seriously anymore."

After seeing the storyboards of "Paprika", he also advised Hibiki Higashino to portray the main plot in a simple and emotional way.

Moreover, the comic should delete the content of Fenikawa's dream at the beginning and start directly with the theft of "DCMINI".

In the end, Higashino Hibiki still refused.

Yoshida was helpless. There was nothing he could do if the cartoonist refused to listen.

"Is there really no reason for you?" Daxi ignored his explanation and asked again while squinting his eyes.

"There are... some."

Yoshida is a blind believer in Akino.

Although I judged that "Paprika" would fail, Tori Akino's myth continues, from "Soul of the Game" to "Death Note" every book is a masterpiece.

So he wondered, is he not capable enough? There's something I didn't realize.

Worried that his suggestions would affect the results of "Red Hot Chili Peppers", Yoshida tried to persuade him again and stopped talking.

"It's true," Onishi said, "I've always noticed that you admire Teacher Tori Akino too much! As a reader, this is understandable, but you are the editor now, and your job is to serve Teacher Tori Akino. Make up for the leaks! Do you understand? Yoshida-kun."

Yoshida Koji nodded thoughtfully, "I...I understand."

"Paprika" gave him a wake-up call, and Yoshida began to consider that he should change his position and break his superstition about Tori Akino.

"Sure enough, it's still my problem." He was slumped.

"That's enough, that's enough. Let's keep working hard in the future." Daxi explained.

"Well, thank you, Onishi-kun." After Yoshida thanked him, he asked, "How is the result of "Dandelion"? This is the work of the newcomer you are responsible for."

"Feedback from readers said that the ending plot was very good. However," Onishi Tsunehei said a little depressed, "Generally speaking, the results of "Dandelion" are not satisfactory. The chance of being serialized is close to zero."

Sorachi Hideaki's first comic book ended in failure.

…

"Red Hot Chili Peppers" has been serialized for two more episodes, but the results have still not improved, and it has dropped to outside the tenth place. According to the trend, it will fall to fifteenth place or later.

Atsuko Chiba transformed into Red Pepper and had sex with the Vice Chairman in his dream. Through this strong sense of guilt, the Vice Chairman recovered from the orgasm.

In the company, two more colleagues were killed.

Himuro, who was thought to be the mastermind behind the scenes, turned out to be just a cover. There is someone else behind the scenes.

Koyamauchi likes Chiba Atsuko, but Chiba Atsuko favors the talented Tokita.

Although Tokita is an extremely obese man due to overeating, his ability to create a machine like "DCMINI" that can enter and exit dreams is already far beyond ordinary people.

Tokita does not understand Chiba's love. He focuses on the research and development of "DCMINI", which makes Chiba very dissatisfied.

"You're a mad scientist who doesn't even have human thought!"

"If you only understand your own dreams, like an otaku king with inflated self-confidence, you will be trapped by machinery and immersed in hand addiction forever!"

…

"What on earth is Paprika about?"

"I can't understand it at all."

"It's not interesting at all."

"Why does Chiba like Tokita? A beautiful woman and a fat otaku are not a good match at all. Is Tori Akino trying to win over an otaku?"

"He really has exhausted his talent."

Keiko felt very uncomfortable listening to what her classmates said.

She is one of the few readers who likes Paprika.

Who is the mastermind behind this? She was curious.

Is Chiba Atsuko and Tokita’s ending happy? She was curious.

What consequences will a machine like "DCMINI" that transcends reality lead to? She was equally curious.

She wanted to see the connection between people in the dream, and what magnificent imaginations Niao Qiuye had.

It's a pity that she is the only one in such a big school who thinks so.

"Why shouldn't Chiba like Tokita? A person's soul is more important than appearance."

"Toriakino-sensei is not as talented as a prodigy, he is even more powerful."

"The latest chapter clearly explains the reason for Police Fenikawa's psychological shadow, but no one cares?"

"why is it like this……"

Keiko lowered her head and kicked the stones, and returned home feeling depressed.

…

In a chat program, people who want to become cartoonists gather together.

"Great, Tori Akino has finally fallen off the altar! Seeing so many people praising him makes me want to vomit. Now he has really shown his flaws, and his works will be boring."

Tian Gang refreshed the forum, looking at the posts spraying "Red Hot Chili Peppers" one after another and wanting to laugh excitedly.

""It's the first time I've seen such a boring comic on Jump", "This was drawn by Tori Akino's assistant?", "I don't understand what it says, like the ravings of a madman." Haha, everyone is saying this. "

Tian Gang copied the text and sent it in the chat program.

His dream was to become a cartoonist, but he worked hard for a long time and his works were not serialized.

As time went by, Tian Gang became gloomy.

"If my works are not popular, it's all the readers' problem!"

"Tori Akino's paintings are all garbage. Why do so many people like trash cans? I really don't understand appreciation."

"The clown is in the palace, the master is wandering!"

He had this idea and it became ingrained in him.

Taoka: "I've seen Tori Akino unhappy for a long time."

Nomura: "What are you barking at?"

Taoka: "...Vulgar...Vulgar!"

Sato: "What are you excited about?"

Sakurada: "Tori Akino-sensei's new manga did not do well. At least it has been serialized and many people are paying attention. What about you?"

Suzuki: "No one reads your comics, no one cares about you, you only deserve to live in the shadows."

Taoka: "You people have no brains! Go worship your bird Akino!"

He left the chat group.

Sakurada: "He's such an idiot. But I really can't understand Paprika."

Suzuki: "Me too, I just can't stand him. It's disgusting when a villain succeeds."

Sato: "+1."

Sakurada: "It's more complicated than Death Note."

Sato: "Have you watched the recent "Death Note"?"

Sakurada: "I watched it! It's so interesting! Yue found the clue first. He discovered that Kira was not to punish criminals, but to make profits. "When you get Kira's ability, you will only use it for yourself." Yue This line is so good! "

Suzuki: "Yue is smarter than L, right? He discovered that there were three cases where the deceased were executives of different well-known Japanese companies. And among these three companies, only Yotsuba's stock was rising."

Suzuki: "After he expanded the scope of the search, he found as many as thirteen cases that were beneficial to Yotsuba Company!"

Sakurada: "Hey, who are you talking to? It's not like we haven't seen it before."

Suzuki: "I'm just so excited, the reasoning is brilliant."

Sakurada: "Yes, I heard from Mr. Kishimoto that "Death Note" is Xiaomasa's number one."

Suzuki: "That's true, then tell me, why doesn't Tori Akino-sensei concentrate on drawing "Death Note"?"

Sakurada: "Who knows?"

…

Sakurada turned back and looked at Masashi Kishimoto.

He is Kishimoto's assistant and came to work today.

But Kishimoto's expression was very bad. After talking about the results of "Death Note", he kept discussing with the editor Mr. Yahagi who came in a hurry.

Sakurada's work hasn't been distributed yet, so he started the forum first.

"What happened?"

An hour has passed, and Kishimoto and Yahagi haven't returned from the study yet.

Sakurada turned off the computer and walked around the studio boredly.

"Is this? Did Mr. Yahagi bring it?"

On Kishimoto's work desk, there is a table with the ranking of Komasa in the 32nd issue of "Weekly Shōnen Jump".

"Let's see..."Death Note" is significantly ahead of "One Piece", "Prince of Tennis" is third, "Blind Soccer" is fourth...wait, what about "Naruto"?"

Naruto has always been the number one manga under One Piece. It’s been in second place for a long time.

Kishimoto has been working hard to defeat Oda and become the first pillar of Jump.

He was confident and inspired his assistants.

Sakurada also feels that "Naruto" may beat "One Piece".

After all, "Naruto" is more popular overseas in China, Europe and the United States.

This shows that "Naruto" did not lose to "One Piece" in terms of excitement.

Sakurada mustered up all her strength and wanted to work hard for Kishimoto.

Just now...

""Naruto"... No. 8?"

…

"The results of "Naruto" are very bad."

In the coffee shop, Higashino Hibiki was eating jelly and looking at the report with emotion.

"No matter how bad it is, it's still better than Paprika." Koji Yoshida muttered to vent his dissatisfaction.

Hibiya Hibiki acted as if he hadn't heard anything, "The latest content of "Naruto" is about the Chunin exam. Why do you get poor results? Isn't it interesting?"

When he watched Naruto, he liked the Chuunin Exams chapter the most.

I even thought that "Naruto" would briefly surpass "One Piece".

“Because of the villain Orochimaru,” Yoshida explained, “readers responded, ‘It’s so disgusting’, ‘There’s no image at all’, ‘There’s no style’ and so on. Kishimoto-kun was a big failure this time. "

"Orochimaru?" Hibiki asked in disbelief.

"That's right." Yoshida blinked, not understanding why Hibiki Hibiki had such a big reaction.

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