Full-time cartoonist

In an elementary school in Nerima Ward, Tokyo.

"Hey! Is it true or false?"

Kanzaki, the main teacher of a certain class, was flipping through a summer vacation diary and suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Hirota, the physical education teacher who was spraying water on the green plants, turned around and asked curiously.

"This, this," Kanzaki pointed to the diary in his hand, "I was still curious just now. Satoru's paintings looked more comfortable, but I saw something in the diary that shocked me."

"Isn't it?" Hirota looked at him in shock, "Teacher Kanzaki, you actually know how to read students' diaries. Then the diary I wrote in junior high school about saving the world... wasn't all seen by the teacher..."

He put down the watering can and froze, feeling embarrassed that his dark history had been discovered.

"This is not important," Kanzaki said angrily: "Satoru in our class is very talented in painting and works very hard. His painting is the first among the students in our school. But I read his diary today and found that He drew better. So out of curiosity, I read the diary."

Guangtian ignored him and covered his head, twisting in pain.

Kanzaki curled his lips.

He moved his stool, turned around and whispered, "I looked at his diary and found out that Satoru has been studying with Tori Akino Mirai during this summer vacation."

"Who!" Hirota shouted, rushed to Kanzaki's side, lifted the back of the chair, turned Kanzaki back, faced himself and asked anxiously, "Who are you talking about?"

Kanzaki handed Souma Satoru's diary to Sakakura and said with a smile: "Tori Akino, the Tori Akino who drew "Slam Dunk"."

"Real or fake?" Guangtian took it, his mouth full of surprise.

He saw Sōma Satoru's drawing, which was much stronger than him.

What I saw were all things I learned under Tori Akino's teachings one day.

It looks decent, not like a diary compiled by a student.

"Here on August 4th, Satoru recorded that in the plot of "Slam Dunk", Kaede Rukawa and Eiji Sawabita were defeated in a one-on-one duel. At the end of this episode, Shohoku went from being behind by 8 points to falling behind by 14 points. , Eiji Sawabita’s tomahawk dunk at the end was cool.”

"The plot of "Slam Dunk" on August 7 was exactly the same as what was described in his diary."

Teacher Kanzaki flipped through the diary and explained, "Also, Satoru has always been a good boy. I have never seen him lie."

After hearing this, Hirota touched his chin, "It's really a surprising thing. I really envy that boy."

He spent the whole summer studying in Tori Akino's studio and was able to see the plot of "Slam Dunk" in advance, which was enough to make him jealous.

Hirota loved playing basketball when he was in elementary school. However, there are no basketball clubs in elementary schools in Japan. In junior high school, the gymnasium was also occupied by other clubs. It wasn't until high school that he changed from entertaining himself to training and playing games with everyone.

Although he had no grades in high school, he truly realized the joy of basketball and gave himself a solid foundation.

When he arrived at Meiji University, he showed his talent and became the main force of the team. At his most outstanding, he won the top four in the country.

Considering what he experienced in elementary school, he came to the elementary school to become a physical education teacher and teach elementary school students to play basketball.

Hirota likes "Slam Dunk" very much. "Slam Dunk" accompanied him through four years of college and left a mark on his heart.

Tori Akino once had a book signing event, but he missed it because of training, which made him upset for a long time.

Souma Satoru's wonderful experience was something he never dared to imagine.

"Perhaps Satoru can become a manga artist in the future," Hirota said.

"It must be possible." Kanzaki said.

"When will the "Slam Dunk" animation be re-released..." Hirota's eyes kept rolling, "I wonder if Satoru knows about it?"

Kanzaki said seriously: "Don't try to trick children."

"Of course I know this." Hirota replied, "But I really want to see the animation!"

I saw Sakuragi Hanamichi's rebounds, and I saw the more tired Mitsui Hisato, the man of fire, made more accurate three-pointers.

…

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Akane Nakajima cried on the desk.

"I'm so miserable!"

She worked hard on painting until late last night, but she was still criticized by the teacher when she came to school today.

"I read comics in Mr. Tori Akino's studio on Monday. "The Leader of the End of the Century" is very funny! Hahaha!"

The teacher nodded her head and said, "You're lying again. Look at your painting. It's a mess. Next time, finish your summer homework seriously."

The other students all caught cicadas and unicorns together.

Although it's still the same summer diary routine I used in elementary school, at least I didn't write randomly.

The teacher talked angrily about Akane Nakajima for a long time until she burst into tears.

"keep it up!"

Midway through crying, Akane Nakajima had an epiphany.

…

Tori Akino Studio.

"Without Souma-chan and the others, the studio is so deserted."

Omori muttered as he ate the burger.

Tanaka nodded, "Yes, there are some."

In today's studio, except during meal time, the sound of G-pen rubbing against paper is the only sound.

The noise of people coming and going downstairs after get off work has become a daily routine and expectation.

"It was not like this when Oda-kun was in the studio." Tanaka said nostalgically.

"Eiichiro Oda, who drew "One Piece", that's an incredible guy." Omori said with a serious expression after finishing his burger and taking two sips of Coke with crumbs still hanging from the corners of his mouth.

Eiichiro Oda realized the dream of tens of thousands of people.

He created "One Piece", which is loved by millions of people, and is a popular manga artist in Jump.

Among the current serialization authors, except Tori Akino, no one is stronger than him.

The two of them were chatting, and Hibiya Hibiki was looking at the latest ranking list of Komasa.

…

"No. 1 in "Slam Dunk."

"The second place in "One Piece"."

"Third place in "Naruto"."

The jump migrant manga that Hibiki Higashino is familiar with appeared one after another.

These three rankings are also Jump’s average top three rankings this year.

Further down is the second echelon.

"Fourth place in "Prince of Tennis"."

Xu Feigang's "The Prince of Tennis" has been welcomed by readers.

This extremely exaggerated sports comic opens up a new world for readers.

"Fifth place in "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

Takahashi Kazuki's comic IP is better than "Slam Dunk", but they are all sold as cards.

Although the cards have promoted the popularity of comics, they still only ranked fifth.

"Sixth place in "Leader of the Century"."

The manga by the genius Shimabukuro Mitsunen was only ranked sixth in 2000, but in 1998, it was ranked fourth.

It’s not that his painting is bad, it can only be said that the competition is getting fiercer and fiercer.

""JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Sea of ​​Stone" ranked seventh."

""The Bizarre Detective Agency" ranked eighth."

…

Higashino Hibiki was speechless, "What a luxurious list."

Based on Xiao Zheng's average ranking, Togashi's "Hunter" must be inserted into the fourth place.

Both "One Piece" and "Naruto" draw lessons from "Hunter".

If Togashi hadn't been lazy, the performance of "Hunter" might not be inferior to that of "One Piece".

"It's like a fight between gods."

Even for the later works, before 2000, Xiaozheng's scores were all in the top five, and he could even be in the top three.

Just as Hibiki was marveling, his cell phone rang, and the caller was Yamamura Morimichi.

Hibiki Higashino answered and only heard him say: "I'm going to finish "The Bizarre Detective Agency"."

"Why?"

Hibiki Higashino was a little surprised. Although the performance of this work has declined and is not as good as Xu Feigang's "The Prince of Tennis", it is also because of the endless number of excellent works in the past two years.

Yamamura Morido's readership has not declined, he just has not kept up with the times.

Moreover, for comics like "The Bizarre Detective Agency" that are composed of countless short plots, as long as the results are acceptable, you can continue drawing them endlessly.

Similar to "Detective Conan", Yamamura Morimichi doesn't need to finish it in such a hurry.

He can continue to serialize it until it is cut in half, which is also the fate of many comics on Jump.

"I have drawn what I want to draw, and that's it for now." Yamamura Morimichi replied calmly.

He can't possibly say that he has run out of ideas and is racking his brains every day to find bizarre events that can be explained by science, right?

Wouldn't this show cowardice in front of Tori Akino?

Higashino Hibiki praised: "Teacher Yamamura, you are so courageous."

"You must have thought the same way when you finished "The Soul of the Game"." Yamamura Morimichi said in a deep voice, "Let the work end at the right place."

Dongye Xiang nodded, "Yes."

"No," Yamamura vetoed his previous opinion, "Another point is that you are also confident that the next comic will definitely surpass "Soul of Chess", so you ended "Soul of Chess" without hesitation."

He asked him to say everything, but Higashikata Higashikata had nothing to say.

"You are really confident, to the point of being arrogant, but you actually did it." Yamamura didn't care, and continued: "But I have the same idea as you. My next comic will definitely achieve good results." better."

Higashino Hibiki had to be convinced, "You are still so energetic in middle age."

He understands his own situation and is able to finish the comic in a cool manner entirely because the comics he draws have passed the test of readers and are bound to be popular works.

But Yamamura Shoudao was different. He was really making difficult decisions.

After "The Bizarre Detective Agency" ends, he may never be able to serialize again, or he may never be able to achieve his current achievements.

But he still simply let go.

Higashino Hibiki advised him to think about it, "The teacher Nobuhiro Watsuki who painted "Rurouni Kenshin" has not had any news about new works for more than a year. Do you want to think about it again..."

"Don't be too arrogant!" Yamamura shouted harshly, "I can do it too, you can do it!"

Higashino Hibiki said: "You should know that I don't have this idea?"

"..." There was silence on the other side of the mountain village. He took a deep breath and said with a trembling voice: "Sorry, I am too strong."

Higashino Hibiki said: "It doesn't matter, I still hope you can consider it carefully."

"I've decided," Yamamura said, "for my next comic, I'm going to draw a sports-themed comic!"

On the other side of the cell phone, there was no sound for a long time.

Hibiki put down his cell phone and sighed. He understood that it was Yamamura Morimichi's pride that was at work.

The performance of "The Bizarre Detective Agency" has declined and has been surpassed by a steady stream of newcomers. A genius like him cannot tolerate the status quo.

Eiichiro Oda, Mitsunen Shimabukuro, Feigang Xu, Masashi Kishimoto...

Therefore, Yamamura Moriichi wants to abandon "The Bizarre Detective Agency" and explore higher possibilities.

"Sports comics?" Hibiki Higashino held his cell phone and murmured, "Is that guy Yamamura preparing to compete with "Slam Dunk"? He's really brave."

"This is my idea!"

Yamamura Morado's firm voice came from the mobile phone, and Hibiki shivered in fright.

He thought Yamamura had hung up the phone.

"Since we have a goal, let's just aim for the first place!" Yamamura said: "I want to defeat "Slam Dunk" with sports comics!"

As long as you can work hard on the ground, the more ambitious your vision is, the more motivation you will inspire.

Yamamura is thirty years old, but he is still a teenager.

He is still the same Yamamura Morimichi who competed with Hibiki Higashino in 1994.

Hibiki Higashi said from the bottom of his heart: "You are amazing."

Mountain villages are like Don Quixote rushing towards windmills.

The achievement of "Slam Dunk" is a milestone.

Not only Japan, but also China, Europe and the United States, and the whole world are excited about "Slam Dunk".

In Japan's ranking of comic media art, "Slam Dunk" should be number one.

After 2020, which Hibiki Higashino is familiar with, there is no sports manga that surpasses "Slam Dunk".

And a work with such sensational influence has never appeared again.

"Tori Akino, you are so conceited." Yamamura said angrily.

This sentence is so irritating. What does "you are amazing" mean?

Tori Akino has a high position on "Slam Dunk" in the future.

In his tone, it seemed as if it was an untouchable height.

However, Yamamura was angry and could not refute this statement.

Because he understands that this sentence is not wrong, it is all facts...

"Anyway! I can draw sports-themed comics! Use it to surpass "Slam Dunk"!"

Shancun said something seriously again, and then there was no sound for a long time.

Higashikata shook his head and moved the phone away from his ear.

"There's one more thing!" Yamamura still didn't hang up the phone, which was so loud that it rang in Dongye's ears.

"Please finish your sentence!" Dongye gritted his teeth angrily.

"That..." Yamamura hesitated and hesitated for a long time without asking.

Higashikata urged, "Hurry up!"

"Breathe, breathe," Yamamura was fully prepared, "Excuse me, when will the "Slam Dunk" animation resume?"

"Early October." Higashino answered.

"Great!" cheers came from the phone.

"What?"

"Ahem... I mean, okay, I understand." Yamamura said, "Thank you, Tori Akino. I'm dead."

"Wait a minute." Hibiki Higashi said hurriedly: ""Slam Dunk"..."

Dong Yexiang paused.

In another half year, "Slam Dunk" will be over.

Yamamura's sports comics will not have the opportunity to compete on the same stage.

"What happened to "Slam Dunk"?" Yamamura asked after Hibiya Hibiki didn't continue for a while.

"It will be fun." Hibiki Higashino continued.

Forget it, don't break his hardworking heart.

Written from 10 o'clock to now.

too painful.

Woohoo.