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"Five Centimeters per Second" and "Sakura Copy" are about to end.

Under the cherry blossom trees in the snow, Takaki Tono and Akari Shinohara kissed each other lightly.

"At that moment, I seemed to understand the location of eternity, heart, and soul. I felt that we understood everything about each other in the past thirteen years."

Takaki Tono and Akari Shinohara were in love, but then Takaki Tono felt unbearable sadness.

He understood the warmth and soul of this girl, and the happiness of this moment contrasted with the sadness of a future without her.

"I know very well that we can't be together forever after this."

The huge life and the small time are all inevitable obstacles.

At this moment, feeling the girl's lips, he gradually fell into tranquility.

Before the two separated, Guishu did not tell him about the letter he wanted to give to Akari, and Akari did not give his letter to Guishu.

The two said goodbye to each other, and as the tram drove further and further away.

Takeuchi Naoko was speechless. She pursed her lips to prevent herself from crying.

"So...did the two of them break up without words?"

No letters were exchanged, so didn't you say what was in your heart?

First love is both young and beautiful. Because we can't see each other for a long time, it would be a tragedy if this relationship disappears in time.

Her heart felt empty, and she put down the comic magazine with both hands.

Naoko Takeuchi is a person with some love minds.

In "Sailor Moon", the new Queen Serenity marries a prince, and the plot is as beautiful as a fairy tale.

Naoko Takeuchi's dream is to live happily with her lover and children in a small house surrounded by a garden.

Therefore, the broken beauty of the comic "Five Centimeters Per Second" made her uncontrollably sad.

Togashi glanced at her and sighed for his girlfriend with strong empathy.

"Please show me."

He took the comic magazine handed over by Naoko Takeuchi and looked at "Sakura Copy" with an expressionless face.

After a while, he pointed at the comic and said, "Look here."

Naoko Takeuchi leaned over and Takaki Tono said to herself: "I long to have the power to protect her."

Togashi said: "So Takaki Tono has not let go of this relationship. He hopes to be with Akari when he grows up."

At this stage, Guishu is a child and cannot say the words "please wait for me".

This is really too heavy.

Naoko Takeuchi was thoughtful, and her eyes instantly lit up.

"so……"

"This is a manga with an open ending." Togashi concluded.

In the future, when Tono Takaki grows up, he will definitely look for Akari.

At that time, whether they will be together or not depends on the readers' thoughts.

"It's the same as "The Garden of Words"," Takeuchi Naoko instantly gained strength.

At the end of "The Garden of Words", Takao made shoes for Yukino and left them in the "Garden of Words".

As for the future of the two, it's up to the readers to judge.

Naoko Takeuchi asked Hibiki Higashino and learned that on the cover of the last chapter of "The Garden of Words", a pair of female feet were seen stepping into shoes made by Takao, which represented that the two finally came together.

The real ending is hidden in the easter egg.

Thinking of this, Naoko Takeuchi snatched the comics and rummaged through them excitedly.

On the cover, apart from the faces of Takaki Tono and Akari Shinohara, there is only a moving train.

"Could it be that Guishu took the train and finally found Akari again?"

Her eyes lit up and she felt much happier inside!

…

Naoko Takeuchi's heart was affected by the full text of "Five Centimeters per Second". This is naturally an excellent comic.

After reading it, many people felt sad or recalled their past.

"This short story only tells a brief story, and most of the space is used to describe the protagonist's heart. Guishu's anticipation when he thinks about meeting Akari; his anxiety and worry when the train is late; Unbelievable, crying with joy.”

"Tori Akino-sensei used his strong skills to describe this very well. My heart was pulled, and I smiled and felt sad."

"The painting of "Five Centimeters Per Second" is really good. It's full of details. It doesn't look like a jump work, but like a movie. Mr. Tori Akino must be working hard. After reading the manga, you can understand the work The amount is amazing.”

"The person who painted it is Tori Akino-sensei's assistant, Akimiya Akemi. Her paintings are so good!"

Whether it is the plot or the painting, it has received full praise.

In the eyes of some readers, this is simply the perfect comic.

Looking at the comments online, Akimiya Akemi smiled happily.

She stayed up late every night, repeatedly painting the background, and actually took the train from Shinjuku to Tochigi.

I took a photo of the train and thought about the scenery when it snows.

She also noted down the expressions of pedestrians passing by in a hurry.

If it hadn't been for four months of drawing time, the weekly comic wouldn't have had time to be serialized.

She works really hard.

Higashino Hibiki could only stay up late as an assistant to reduce the pressure on Akimiya Akemi.

Every time a good manuscript was abandoned by her, Hibiki was heartbroken and reluctant to let her work alone.

"That's what new cartoonists are like," Hibiki Higashino sighed.

Akira Toriyama, Togashi, and Oda all have this history. When I was a newcomer, I only slept two or three hours a day and spent most of my time drawing comics.

"Apart from the fact that I was not familiar with the weekly rhythm at the beginning, the most important thing is that I have to be meticulous in my demands."

If there is a small problem in the manuscript, I force myself to revise it, and it must be 100% perfect.

It's like having obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Higashino Hibiki was like this before, and Akimiya Akemi is like this now.

She would keep changing things that Higashikata thought didn't matter.

Finally delivered a perfect answer.

In newspapers and newspapers, reviews of "Five Centimeters per Second" were published.

"This is a work with a personal touch, and readers who like it will like it very much."

"The comics are full of narrations, which may bore some readers, but this is also the advantage of "Five Centimeters Per Second". The poetic narrations touch people's hearts. Without these narrations, the beauty of the work will be greatly reduced."

"The painting of this work is also very attractive. After I saw the background, I exclaimed directly. Ah, this tree, ah, this water. It's a sincerity I haven't seen in a jump for a long time."

"Although it's a black and white comic, it seems to be shining brightly. I really wish I could see what the original manuscript looked like."

"I hope Five Centimeters Per Second can win first place in this comic contest."

After reading the comments in the newspaper, Akimiya Akemi giggled "hehe" and kept reading while holding her hands.

"This doesn't have my name on it." After reading it for a while, she pointed at the newspaper and said aggrievedly.

"He is really too much." Hibiki Higashikata said, comforting Akimiya Akemi.

Then turn on the computer and let her read the reviews on the forum.

Akimiya Akemi smiled again as if she saw the person praising her.

Hibiki looked at the time. It was eleven o'clock on Monday. Looking at Akimiya Akemi, she looked like a stay-at-home girl. She was focused on the computer and no longer had the usual appearance of cooking at the same time.

He could only sigh helplessly and stood up.

After rummaging through the refrigerator in the kitchen, there were cabbage, chicken wings and pork, and Hibiki suddenly had an idea.

…

Akimiya Akemi's nose moved, and she smelled a very fragrant smell.

Looking up, I saw Hibiki Higashikata setting the dishes.

"You know how to cook?" Her eyes widened in shock.

"Not really," Hibiki replied.

He used to either have dinner with clients or order takeout, and rarely cooked by himself.

I just watched the videos of food bloggers on my mobile phone, so I got some understanding.

Now it’s done by force.

"You are really going too far." Akimiya Akemi walked over and puffed up her cheeks.

The dishes in front of me are clearly delicious in color and aroma.

The braised pork had a ruddy sheen, and the stir-fried cabbage had no moisture left in it. It looked like it had just been picked from the ground.

These two dishes certainly won’t taste bad.

Only the chicken wings looked dark.

"I lied if I didn't want to cook," she complained.

"I finally came to my senses." Higashino Hibiki said with a smile, and then he pointed at the dishes, "The fact that you think so is the greatest compliment to my cooking skills."

Akimiya Akemi still didn't believe it.

Until she ate the braised pork made by Hibiki Higashikata.

"Good firewood, so greasy." She couldn't help blurting out.

Hearing what she said, Higashino Hibiki also picked up a chopstick.

Just like what Akimiya Akemi said, it still has a bitter taste, and it must be sugar-colored and fried.

Akimiya Akemi tasted the stir-fried cabbage again.

"Well, how long have you been fired?" she couldn't help but ask.

"About ten seconds," Higashi Hibiki replied, and he took a bite.

"Crack", still crispy.

It's really moist, like lettuce.

Akimiya Akemi's hand holding the Coke chicken wings trembled slightly.

The dishes that look good are so unpalatable, but how unpalatable are these dark chicken wings?

But in order to encourage Hibiki, who was cooking for the first time, he mustered up the courage to stuff the chicken wings into his mouth.

"Wow, it's delicious."

With the aroma of chicken wings and sweetness, the two blend together perfectly.

It was beyond her expectation.

"That's good," Higashino Hibiki said with a smile, "Just have the Coke chicken wings and leave the other two dishes to me."

Hibiki likes to eat meat, so even if the braised pork is not ready, he can still eat it.

It just so happens that the cabbage is still raw, which can relieve tiredness.

Higashino Hibiki stretched out his chopsticks towards the braised pork, but saw Akimiya Akemi's chopsticks.

She picked up the braised pork and stuffed it into her mouth.

"I don't mind either," she said with a smile.

…

It's Friday, and the reviews of "5 Centimeters per Second" on the Internet have been very good.

The story leaves suspense and has an open ending, so there are no scolding comments.

Sasaki held Xiao Zheng's score form, his expression remained unchanged, and his thoughts were true.

The result was as he expected.

After Xiaozheng's results in "Five Centimeters Per Second" came out, the short comic contest was already settled.

The first place is...

"The Confession Room".

…

"'Five Centimeters per Second' is very interesting, and the plot and illustrations are excellent. But Jump is a boy's manga magazine," Araki Hirohiko told his assistants: "So after watching "Five Centimeters per Second," I knew there was no ending. It’s suspenseful.”

How could they possibly be substituted into "5 Centimeters Per Second" when they are all hot-blooded teenagers.

"On Jump, "5 Centimeters per Second" is a niche comic. Even if it is an excellent work, it cannot compete with "The Confession"."

In fact, "The Confession" is not a work with a large audience.

There is no "friendship, hard work, victory", and there is no thrill of defeating a powerful villain.

But it is much better than "5 Centimeters per Second".

"If it were a magazine platform, it might be different."

…

"The number of votes in the reader survey of "Five Centimeters Per Second" is 402, ranking second in the short comic contest." Sasaki informed Hibiki Higashino.

“I can’t understand” and “very boring”, some readers said.

"I lost," Higashino Hibiki spread his hands and said to Akimiya Akemi.

"Yeah," Akimiya Akemi nodded, and she said disappointedly, "I'm sorry."

"Miss Akimiya should know," Hibiki Higashino said: ""Five Centimeters per Second" has a very small audience on Jump, so the results are not good, which is very normal."

If he draws a "Death Note" short story, it will definitely trigger a heated discussion, and the number of votes may exceed 700.

This is a matter of subject selection.

"So please don't take it to heart."

Akimiya Akemi opened her mouth and closed it again.

She understood this, but subconsciously thought it was her problem.

The comic submission has never been approved. Has she lost her self-confidence?

Hibiki Higashino regrets a little, he should have chosen other works.

"Five Centimeters Per Second" is already a very strong work in the short comic competition.

But he didn't expect Hirohiko Araki to come up with "Confession Room".

As a result, it fell into disrepair.

"I'm sorry," Akimiya Akemi said again, "I made you worry."

"Actually, the second place is already very strong. "5 Centimeters per Second" is an excellent work."

She recovered.

In the evening, Akimiya Akemi showed off her skills, and Hibiki finally had delicious braised pork.

…

In a school.

The girl Mafuyu read "The Garden of Words" again.

On the recommendation of Naoko Takeuchi, she discovered this surprising work on Youth Jump and fell in love with it.

In the field of comics, it is rare to see such a delicately drawn love story.

A cartoonist for a boy's magazine, he could draw more interesting and realistic works than those in girls' magazines, which made Mafuyu firmly remember the author of this comic - Tori Akino Mirai.

"'Slam Dunk' is fun, but it's just fun."

In the classroom, she held the single copy of "The Garden of Words" and lay on the desk, feeling extremely distressed, "When will Mr. Tori Akino draw a work similar to "The Garden of Words"?"

She really wanted to see something similar.

"Damn it!"

The ball's head shook again and again, and she was extremely upset.

"Tori Akino-sensei lost to Hirohiko Araki-sensei."

A classmate in the front row said loudly.

"I didn't expect it," someone said unhappily, "Actually, Tori Akino-sensei would definitely be very popular if he drew a picture of Mitsui's past. I didn't expect that he would draw a romance manga, haha."

"Who likes to watch it?"