Full-time cartoonist

"This is the original manuscript of "Slam Dunk"... Oops, I really want to cry."

In August, the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs held an exhibition to display the top 100 Japanese media arts selected in 2006.

Their staff contacted Hibiki Higashino, who immediately agreed and gave them a copy of the original manuscript of "Slam Dunk".

As the first in the comic category, "Slam Dunk" is undoubtedly the center of the comic exhibition hall.

"Doraemon", "Dragon Ball", "Jojo" and other works have attracted many stars, making "Slam Dunk" even more outstanding.

Readers who loved "Slam Dunk" at that time went straight to the original manuscript of "Slam Dunk". Some of them had sparkling eyes, and some were even moved to tears.

They saw many famous scenes, Mitsui Shou looked up at Coach Anzai with tears streaming down his face, and the prodigal son turned back, "Coach, Coach Anzai, I want to play basketball."

There is a three-pointer made by ordinary people Mumu Gongyan after thousands of tempers.

There is the sparkle of Miyagi's fertile fields.

There is a scene of Rukawa Kaede breaking through the number one player in Japan's high school basketball world, Eiji Sawakita.

There’s Takenori Akagi’s gorilla dunk.

There is Sakuragi Hanamichi's "And my most glorious moment is now!"

When readers see these manuscripts, it is like seeing the time when they were obsessed with "Slam Dunk" in the past. It was such a wonderful time, but it is a pity that there is no longer a comic like "Slam Dunk".

"Tori Akino-sensei's paintings are really good."

“It was only after reading the original manuscript that I realized how serious he was.”

"I was also in the high school basketball club back then, haha."

They reminisce about the past and remember the years they spent reading Slam Dunk.

It was not just "Slam Dunk", but also their carefree school days.

"It's a pity that no one plays basketball anymore. Today's children all like baseball and football."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Basketball is a niche sport, unless..."

He fell silent.

Tori Akino has already closed the book, there is no unless.

The "Slam Dunk" exhibition hall area became quiet, and there was noisy and noisy, but here was the only oppressive silence.

Hirohiko Araki can continue to draw comics for a long time, Akira Toriyama has stopped drawing comics for a long time, and only Mirai Tori Akino has just announced that he will stop writing, which makes senior readers like them feel very uncomfortable.

"I still want to read Mr. Tori Akino's comics."

After a long time, someone sighed quietly.

…

It would not have much impact if Hibiki Higashino does not draw comics. After all, there is still "One Piece", "Naruto", and "Bleach" in jump. It is the time for jump gods to fight.

This made Sasaki relieved. He had to hand over the work to Ping Yoshihisa. If there was a mess in the end, he would become a deserter.

"What did Oda say?"

"He has recovered and can draw comics normally."

"That's good." Sasaki nodded.

Tori Akino has been serializing for more than ten years and has many fans in the industry, especially jump cartoonists, many of whom are also his fans.

Over the past three months, everyone has gradually adapted, which is a good thing.

"Have there been any newcomers recently?" he asked Bo Bo again.

"There is one person who is particularly valued by Mr. Tori Akino," the bottle replied, "named Isayama Hajime."

"You have to take this person seriously," Sasaki confessed, "Toriakino-kun's vision is always right. Isayama Hajime may be the pillar of Jump's next generation."

"Yes." Bottle nodded.

After everything was settled, Sasaki stood up, looked around the jump editorial department, pursed his lips, and said, "I'll take my leave then, Editor-in-Chief Yoshii."

He turned around, his steps steady and powerful.

"Sasaki-san," Bottle called him.

Sasaki turned around.

"You have worked hard!"

…

In August 2008, Hibiki Higashino brought his wife and children to BJ, preparing to watch the BJ Olympics.

He was doing this in private, without publicizing it, and of course there was no one to pick him up.

Dongye Mirai was extremely curious, blinking his big eyes and looking around.

"Don't you need a translator?" Akimiya Akemi asked Higashino Hibiki.

"No need," Higashino Hibiki withdrew his complex gaze, looked at Akimiya Akemi and said with a smile, "I can speak Chinese."

"Can it be used for communication?" Qiugong Mingmei was extremely surprised.

She knew that Hibiki Higashino could speak Chinese and would say "comfortable" and other fun words at night, but she didn't expect that he could have a fluent conversation.

"sure."

He hasn't spoken Chinese for a long time, but he still understands Chinese characters as well as ever.

After looking at the sign, he took his wife out of the airport, negotiated a price with the taxi driver, and successfully arrived and booked a hotel.

…

When they arrived in the hotel room, Akimiya Akemi breathed a sigh of relief, "What did you talk about with the driver just now?"

"He said, 'Your wife is very beautiful and gentle, but my mother-in-law is fierce and not pretty at the same time. I really envy you.'" Hibiki smiled.

"Then how did you answer?"

"I said, "You're right," haha. "

Akimiya Akemi got a satisfactory answer and went into the bathroom to take a bath.

Higashino Mirai stood in front of the window and looked downstairs.

"are not you tired?"

"Not tired," Higashino shook his head.

"Then you want to go out and watch BJ?"

"Okay!" Higashino cheered in the future.

Before going out, Higashino Hibiki told Akimiya Akemi that he was going to take his children out for a walk and would be back soon.

Then he took the child's hand and got off the elevator.

BJ is a strange place for Mirai Higashino. People speak incomprehensible words and are enthusiastic and full of hope. It was completely different from Tokyo, which made him dare not let go of Hibiki Hibiki's hand.

There is a park outside the hotel where retired elderly people are doing Tai Chi and there are sword dancers. This is a scene you cannot see in Japan.

Higashino Mirai stared straight at it without blinking.

"Dad, what are those grandparents doing?"

"They are exercising." Hibiki explained.

"Oh! So awesome!"

Higashino couldn't bear to leave in the future, so he hid behind Hibiki's thigh and watched carefully.

"Sir, do you need help?"

Nowadays, there are volunteers wearing red vests everywhere in BJ.

A female college student walked up to the father and son and asked in fluent English.

"No need." Dong Yexiang waved his hand and asked curiously in Chinese, "Why do you think I am a foreigner?"

"Ah! I'm sorry!" The female college student was at a loss and bowed to apologize, "I saw that your expression was very complicated, and I thought you were an overseas Chinese."

Dong Yexiang had mixed feelings in his heart and nodded, "If you put it this way, it's actually not much different."

"Thank you for your kindness."

He took his son and left here.

…

They walked around for 20 minutes. Hibiki was worried that Akimiya Akemi would be impatient, so he walked to the hotel. He met a bookstore on the way. He stopped, thought for a while, and led Hibiki into the bookstore.

This bookstore is quite big and has all kinds of books. He even saw a single comic book of "The Soul of Chess".

But it seems to be a pirated copy.

Among the books, Higashino saw Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" and "Ball Lightning", so he bought them.

After returning to the hotel, Akimiya Akemi was surprised when she saw the science fiction novel in Hibiki Hibiki's hand. She didn't expect that Hibiki could even read Chinese novels.

"This book will dominate Japan's sales charts in the future, and will win the Nebula Award many times."

"Hey!" Akimiya Akemi exclaimed, "Then tell me!"

So Higashino told her the story of Ye Wenjie and the story of the Three-Body Problem.

They didn't go out that day, and they woke up the next day with panda eyes.

After sleeping until noon, Higashikata took them to climb the Great Wall, see the Forbidden City, and go to the Temple of Heaven...

On August 8, they watched the Olympic Games opening ceremony in the guest seats.

During the great earthquake, Hibiki Higashino donated money and materials to the disaster area through the Chinese Embassy in Japan, and now he is receiving courtesy.

Li Ning, 45, hung from an altitude of more than 50 meters, maintained a horizontal posture, ran 500 meters in the air, and lit the Olympic flame.

"Bravo!"

Miku Higashino applauded and cheered!

There was a round of cheers.

…

Nineteen days later, the Higashino family will fly back to Japan.

"I can finally go home." Akimiya Akemi stretched, "I've been so tired these past few days."

"Yeah, yeah!" Dongye couldn't help but nodded.

For them, it is natural that they are more accustomed to living in Tokyo.

In the terminal, the plane arrived, and passengers lined up to get on the plane. Hibiki Higashikata was the last one. He looked outside for a long time without moving.

"Dad," Higashino Mirai called him.

"Hibiki, come on." Akimiya Akemi smiled and waved to him.

"Here we come," Higashikata smiled and walked towards them.

…

27 days after its release, "Your Name" grossed more than 10 billion yen at the box office, becoming the first animated film not produced by Studio Ghibli to achieve a box office of 10 billion yen.

The box office revenue reached 15 billion yen in about 8 weeks of release.

By the 14th week, the cumulative box office had exceeded 19.4 billion yen, definitely breaking the record of 19.3 billion yen set by Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" in 1997.

By the 15th week, it broke the record of 19.6 billion yen set by Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" in 2004, ranking second in Japanese film history.

This week, the box office exceeded 20 billion yen, becoming the second domestic film after "Spirited Away" to achieve a box office of more than 20 billion yen.

On the eve of "Your Name" being taken off the shelves, it finally surpassed "Spirited Away" and became the number one animated film in Japan at the box office.

This brilliant achievement brought Tori Akino's future reputation to its peak.

People regretted that he had bid farewell to his comic career, and no one thought that he had exhausted his talents.

…

Three years later, the Higashino family.

"Dad, thank you for taking the time to play with me."

"What's there to be grateful for?" Higashikata glanced at his son, "Isn't it like this in recent years?"

During the students' winter, summer and spring vacations, he and Akimiya Akemi took their son to travel around the world, leaving their footprints in many places.

Dongye Mirai is particularly happy.

He has a friend whose father is busy working all day and has not even attended his parent-teacher meeting. He is particularly jealous of his good father.

After comparison, Higashikata is even happier.

But how could this happen?

Miku Higashino looked at the game controller in Hibiki Hibiki's hand and felt like crying.

"You should go to work and stop grabbing my game console, ah!!! Really!"

Higashino Hibiki waved his hand and dismissed him, "Hurry up and go to the football team for training. Isn't there a game recently? Mom and dad will go watch it. Remember to behave well."

"Yes, yes," Higashino rolled his eyes helplessly. He sat up and left complaining, "Why didn't you go? You are really two idle couples."

After Higashino left in the future, Hibiki suddenly became bored.

He put down the game controller that his son had been begging to play for a long time, patted his butt and went to the study.

Over the past three years, Hibiki Higashino's popularity on the Internet has gradually faded.

This is the era of Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto, and Hajime Isayama.

Hibiki Higashino is a sailor from the old era and cannot board the ship of the new era.

""One Piece" is so interesting! You are worthy of Mr. Oda, the number one cartoonist in Japan!"

By 2011, "One Piece" was becoming more and more interesting, and its results were getting stronger and stronger.

This comic, which was serialized in 1997, is still very popular and has spread all over the world with the Internet.

Hibiki Higashino heard Yoshida say that the latest single volume of "One Piece" was sold online and could sell 1 million copies in a week.

Higashino Hibiki was shocked. He had never dared to think of this achievement before.

It's only been three and a half years. Times are changing with each passing day, and Higashino Hibiki has gradually lost his understanding.

Due to the East Japan Earthquake, jump even developed an online manga app called jump+.

The editors in the editorial department were walking around, but Hibiki Higashi could not recognize half of them.

"Now that I want to draw comics, I have to study for a while, so I might as well forget it."

Dong Yexiang shook his head and looked at the forum.

"Oda-sensei is the strongest!"

"It's obviously Togashi-sensei..." This netizen is a little unsure. Togashi Yoshihiro's publication breaks are not frequent, that is, once a year, only half a year.

"I think "Naruto" is more interesting than "One Piece". The bond between Konoha ninjas cannot be compared to "One Piece"."

"In terms of cruelty, "Attack on Titan" ranks first."

Dongye Xiang looked at the comments and sighed in his heart.

What about Death? Is Kubo-kun done?

However, "Oolong Police Station" is still being serialized.

"Comparing Kishimoto Masashi and Oda Eiichiro? Then I think Tori Akino is the number one." Someone suddenly said.

Dong Yexiang was stunned, it turned out that someone still remembered him.

"If anything, that's true."

"Tori Akino-sensei is a legend in Japanese comics, and only he can be called the number one."

"After all, he is Oda and Kishimoto's teacher."

"It's not for this reason. Mr. Tori Akino's comics are all excellent. His debut novel "The Soul of the Game" is now one of the must-read comics."

"Tori Akino should not be proud of being Oda Eiichiro's teacher. On the contrary, Oda can learn from Tori Akino, which is something he will benefit from throughout his life."

The post that was originally a hot mess is now suddenly unanimous.

This made young netizens who had never heard of Tori Akino's future name confused.

There is no author with this name in the comic books being serialized now, right?

"Tori Akino? Who is he?"

"A cartoonist, "Soul of the Chess", "The Garden of Words", "Slam Dunk", "Millennium Actress", "Death Note", "5 Centimeters per Second", "Paprika", "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", He is just the author of "Naoki Hansawa" and "Dream Eater", nothing special."

"He is also a screenwriter. "The Unknown Flower's Name", your name is also his work."

"My name was given to me by my grandfather."

"Your name is Hoshino Akira?" someone joked.

"My name is Dou Zeyou."

"Full text complete"

It's over.