Full-time cartoonist

"You are always so young to chase a man."

"Because I like myself chasing that person."

Torishima Kazuhiko shook his head, feeling the key lines in "Millennium Actress".

The connotation contained in the work made him think about it for a long time.

After a while, Torishima Kazuhiko said with emotion, "The degree of completion of "Millennium Actress" is very high, and it echoes back and forth. The moment Chiyoko flew into the universe on a rocket, I was so moved that I wanted to cry."

"This is the value of being a human being."

“While reading Millennium Actress, I understood Chiyoko Fujiwara’s joy.”

“I haven’t seen such wonderful comics in a long time.”

"Millennium Actress" attracted him extremely. If he had no job, he would quietly drink tea and savor this comic.

Correspondingly, as he grew older, Torishima Kazuhiko gradually became unable to appreciate shonen comics.

You can only choose serial works based on your experience in previous years.

The unique "One Piece" was almost dismissed because of his idea.

If it really happened, it would be a painful lesson.

At the 1998 New Year's party, Oda Eiichiro asked him to apologize in person.

Although he apologized without changing his face, he still felt disappointed in his heart.

It's not that he was disappointed at being slapped in the face, but that reality proved that he seemed unsuitable for the position of editor-in-chief.

The glory of the past became a mirror, making him clearly understand his current loneliness and incompetence.

Torishima Kazuhiko stopped talking, and Sasaki nodded aside. This was how he felt when he first saw the storyboards of "Millennium Actress", and then he decided to serialize the short story without hesitation.

Sasaki said: “It’s not an exaggeration to call Millennium Actress an art manga.”

Torishima Kazuhiko raised his eyes and looked at Sasaki, and suddenly asked excitedly: "What is the score of this newspaper for the last episode of "Millennium Actress"?"

Torishima Kazuhiko immediately separated from his inner world and became concerned about the traffic of "Millennium Actress".

If "Millennium Actress" is in the top three of Xiao Zheng, a stand-alone book can be released later and a movie can be made.

Although the previous results of "Millennium Actress" were not good, the last episode was very exciting and sublimated the style of the work. It is normal for countless people to be attracted by it.

At this moment, Torishima Kazuhiko looked at Sasaki expectantly.

Sasaki held his eyes and replied calmly: "It's No. 7."

"Eh?" Torishima Kazuhiko paused, "Only the 7th place?"

The low ranking was something he didn't expect.

In Torishima Kazuhiko's view, this manga is more exciting than most of Jump's works. Even in the Shonen Jump serialization, Komasa should be ranked third.

After all, Jump has a lot of traffic and is a long-established magazine with decades of history. It is reasonable to accumulate some older readers.

They will understand "Millennium Actress" and like this work.

Torishima Kazuhiko thought so.

"I thought the lowest would be third place..."

He felt weak.

Sasaki lowered his head, "After all, Jump is a shonen manga, and if "Millennium Actress" was not the work of Tori Akino-kun, its ranking would be even lower."

If "Millennium Actress" were the work of another cartoonist, its Xiaozheng ranking would be around 15th.

"Sasaki-kun," Torishima Kazuhiko said calmly, "I may not be suitable to stay in the position of editor-in-chief."

…

"Mom, I'm back." Akane Nakajima returned home with her schoolbag in hand, waving her hands and shouting enthusiastically.

In the past, Mrs. Nakajima would greet her with a smile.

But today, Akane Nakajima did not see her mother.

"very strange."

Putting down her schoolbag at the entrance, Akane Nakajima walked towards the living room inquiringly, and faintly heard the sound of someone sobbing.

She rushed over and found Mrs. Nakajima's eyes were red and swollen, and she was constantly wiping tears with tissue paper.

Akane Nakajima quickly asked with concern, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"

"Xiao Akane," Mrs. Nakajima glanced at her sadly, "you are back."

"Mom, tell me, are you feeling uncomfortable in any way?" Akane Nakajima was very anxious, her little feet kept tapping, like an ant on a hot pot.

Mrs. Nakajima's eyes softened. She pulled Akane Nakajima into her arms and said softly: "Mom, I have no problem. I just saw Tori Akino's new work "Millennium Actress" and I was very moved."

She has been out of acting for 20 years, but she actually still misses her role as an actress.

Now I see Chiyoko Fujiwara regaining her original intention and becoming a person pursuing her goals again, and I feel the same and cry.

She was happy for Chiyoko Fujiwara.

but……

"It's not that I have no more pursuits now that I have retired, but... the goal of my pursuit has changed..."

"Now, I want to give Xiaoqian a happy childhood and grow up with her."

The moment she saw her daughter caring about her, Mrs. Nakajima felt relieved.

"So it's just like this." Akane Nakajima curled her lips and broke away from her mother's arms. "I thought something was wrong. I went to play games!"

She waved her hands carelessly and walked out of the living room.

Mrs. Nakajima: "..."

I regret……

"By the way, Mom," Akane Nakajima returned and stuck her little head into the living room. She asked, "You like "Millennium Actress" so much, did you vote for it?"

"Vote?" Mrs. Nakajima tilted her head, not knowing why.

"It's the reader survey form included in Jump," Akane Nakajima explained. "It has options for favorite works. After filling in, it will be mailed to the Jump editorial department. The more comics chosen by readers, the better its score will be. The more likely it is to be animated.”

"Eh? There is such a thing. I will vote now."

"It's too late." Nakajima Akane shook her head, "This week's Xiaozheng results have come out. The next statistics will be in half a year."

Six months after the publication of each issue of Jump, statistics will be made in units of tens of thousands, which will be more accurate and subdivided, and even small differences will be reflected.

It is the most rigorous statistical result.

"It's okay," Mrs. Nakajima smiled and shook her head, "I really like "Millennium Actress", so just let me do what I can for this work."

…

Hokkaido, on a farm.

Nishimura's golden hair was flying in the wind, messing up his eyes.

At this time, he was wearing an apron and carrying a lot of tools and walked into the cowshed.

He selected a cow and pulled her into the stall.

Then the cow was lifted up by its right hind foot using a rope.

The cow's hooves could not be seen under the cover of grass and soil.

So Nishimura took out the sander and polished it carefully. After a while, the pure white cuticle was revealed.

"It's just as I expected. Are there stones in it?"

On the right flap of the hoof, he could see a small black pit of decay.

Nishimura could smell a foul smell without getting closer.

He took out the knife without changing his expression. With his university internship and work in the past six months, Nishimura could already ignore the stench.

He used a knife to scrape off the cuticle next to the wound, and then glued the left hoof onto a pad to raise it.

Nishimura then began the final work. After cleaning the pus and blood, he took out the pebbles, and finally cleaned the wound again, sprayed it with disinfectant and bandaged it.

it is finally over.

He wiped his sweat. It was hard enough to do this job in summer, even in the cool Hokkaido.

After dealing with a few more minor problems with the cows, and with the sun almost setting, Nishimura packed up his tools and ended his work for the day.

After graduation, he went to work on this ranch.

The dormitory is located in the ranch owner's home and has dozens of rooms.

Rather, the ranch owner also lives in the dormitory.

He returned to the dormitory one step at a time, feeling very tired. He wanted to have a good sleep after taking a shower.

"Although it was very hard, I have become very mature now."

Recalling his silly self in high school, he felt like he was watching dark history.

"At that time, I was really easily startled and was not calm at all."

"But now I am a tough guy who won't change his face even if the sky falls."

After the ranch owner's daughter saw him, she ran over excitedly and said, "Nishimura-san, there is your letter. It was handed over by a gentleman named Hibiki Higashikata."

"Really! Dongye's letter!"

Nishimura's eyes lit up instantly. He ran over and took the letter with both hands.

"Yeah, I haven't contacted him for a long time. I really miss him!"

He quickly opened the envelope and scanned it quickly, scanning everything at a glance.

"This kid Dongye, he's getting married, damn it!"

Among the three of them, I didn't expect that the most calm person would get married first.

"Nishimura-san, is your friend getting married?" the rancher's daughter asked curiously.

She pinched the hem of her clothes and poked her head curiously.

"Yeah." Nishimura nodded, "This guy Higashino hides so deeply!"

He thought about it carefully, and now, apart from himself, the other two people in the trio had girlfriends.

"Damn it!" he shouted unwillingly, "I also want a caring girlfriend!"

The girl beside her blushed like the sunset in the distance.

"I...can I..."

She whispered.

"Hey! Hey! It's true!" Nishimura's voice rose one degree, and he was shocked. "Higashino's fiancée is Akimiya Akemi!"

"That teacher Akimiya Akemi!"

"The most beautiful teacher Akimiya in Yanyan High School!"

"How enviable!"

The girl took a step back and looked at Nishimura who jumped away.

Finally, he turned around and ran away in fear.

"It's actually a teacher-student love affair. I'm afraid it started in high school...Higashino Hibiki! Tenchu!"

After venting happily for a while, Nishimura came back to his senses and asked, "What did you say?"

Finally, I realized that the girl who was by my side just now had run away.

"What are you doing?"

…

"What are you doing!"

Time came in September, and Omori thought he would be able to relax. After taking a break from serializing "Slam Dunk" for a week, Tori Akino took on the extra work of "Slam Dunk".

He almost collapsed.

Is this teacher a tough guy?

Although the salary is high, it is too busy here!

He works hard at drawing comics.

Only a "swish" sound was heard!

Tori Akino Mirai on the side finished today's work.

Higashikata missed two hours of sleep last night just to save time.

He has something important to do.

Higashino Hibiki's expression was serious. Under Omori's curious eyes, he sat down in front of the TV and turned on the TV.

Omori: "..."

Higashino Hibiki tuned the channel to the "Honinbo" round-robin live broadcast.

Today is the seventh game of the round robin.

Odagiri came to the end again, challenging Zhao Zhixun's 9th dan who has dominated the "Honinbo" title since 1989.

The current score is 3:3.

Whoever wins the seventh set will become the next "Honinbo" and pocket the 32 million yen bonus.

During the layout stage, Zhao Zhixun glanced at Odagiri.

"It's true that a hero emerges from a boy," he thought to himself, "Odagiri, who is not yet an adult, actually makes me feel a little scared."

In the first two games, he won easily.

In the first game, Odagiri played very eagerly. It was obviously a slow game for six hours, but it gave Zhao Zhixun the feeling that he couldn't wait to win.

In the slow layout, he sapped Odagiri's fighting spirit, and finally won the victory due to Odagiri's unstable mentality.

In the second game, Oda cut very slowly.

Seemingly thinking deeply, Zhao Zhixun found that Odagiri was panicking inside. He made frequent mistakes and won the game easily.

Victory is at hand.

But in the next game, the opponent calmed down and began to play chess patiently.

Odagiri's eyes became dull, and only Go was in his eyes.

So in the next four games, Odagiri won three and lost only one.

Now it's the final game.

Zhao Zhixun is under great pressure, and he is more likely to lose this round.

But at this time, he found that his opponent's eyes were bright and full of fire.

Every time Odagiri makes a move, there will be a "bang" sound. The opponent is now high-spirited and moves very quickly.

"I don't know why, but his mentality has changed. Maybe I will win." Zhao Zhixun thought while holding the chess pieces.

…

Higashino Hibiki turned on the TV. Four hours had passed and the chess game had entered the middle game.

"Eh? Did Zhao Zhixun fall into the disadvantage of ninth level?" Dong Yexiang was surprised.

"Has Odagiri become so powerful now?"

Last year, he was still struggling under his opponents.

Now I have become more comfortable.

What an amazing young man.

"Teacher is watching the Go game."

Omori glanced at the TV and was a little surprised, "I know he drew "The Soul of Go", but does the teacher also play Go?"

Akimiya Akemi raised her head, smoothed her hair, and said proudly: "Higashino, he has beaten professional chess players before."

It's a pity that he gave up the path of Go because of comics.

Otherwise, he might be included in the games on TV now.

Akimiya Akemi thought about it, feeling a pang of regret in her heart.

"It's really amazing!" Omori said: "I also watched "The Soul of Chess". Professional chess players have worked hard to get there. The teacher is very good."

"Yeah!" Akimiya Akemi nodded heavily, "He is very powerful."

"However, Tori Akino, who decided to become a manga artist, is even more powerful in the future."

She said with conviction.

"Between Go and comics, Higashino-kun chose to pursue comics."

"What he likes more is drawing comics."