Full-time cartoonist

When he returned home in the evening, Higashino Hibiki told Akimiya Akemi what happened.

I heard that the single book of "Death Note" was temporarily suspended because of Hiroyuki Oyama. Akimiya Akemi was very angry, but she didn't know what to do.

Higashikata regretted a little and shouldn't have told her about this.

He could only talk about something he had been thinking about for a long time to divert Akimiya Akemi's attention.

"Our family lives very close to my parents. We can visit them at any time, and my sister can take care of me on my behalf."

"Mr. Akimiya is far away, and he lives alone. I was thinking..."

Akimiya Akemi's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief: "You want to help my father find a wife?"

"Of course not," Higashino Hibiki laughed angrily, "I mean, Mr. Akimiya is 60 years old and it is not safe to live alone. Let's take him to live at home."

"I..." Akimiya Akemi felt a sense of fear arise spontaneously. Unknowingly, the man who once looked like Optimus Prime had aged.

From now on, you have to face life on your own.

"Yeah, um, um." She nodded absently.

…

At night, Akimiya Akemi thought for a long time and didn't fall asleep until late at night.

When she woke up the next day, she uncharacteristically did not draw comics. She walked around the room with her mobile phone and looked at the clock on the wall from time to time.

"I'm going to my father's house." She said simply.

"I'll go with you."

"No need," Akimiya Akemi put on her coat resolutely, "Although the single book is no longer available for sale, you still have to be prepared."

On this trip, Akimiya Akemi returned to her home near Musashino University in Nerima District.

Mr. Akimiya is at home, reading the newspaper with his reading glasses.

"Why did you come back suddenly?" He sat calmly, frowning.

"I'll come back to see you, father." Akimiya Akemi walked to sit down next to Mr. Akimiya and said with a smile.

Realizing that she glanced at the newspaper, Mr. Akimiya quickly moved aside, but Akimiya Akemi still saw her.

That was a report about Hiroyuki Oyama's criticism of "Death Note". The political commentator sounded very authoritative. He was particularly eye-catching when he targeted a popular manga.

"It turns out that father, you are also paying attention to Hibiki's affairs." Akimiya Akemi said with a smile.

She noticed Mr. Akimiya's white hair and the wrinkles that gradually covered his face. Her father was indeed old and no longer had the majestic look he once had.

Now he seems to be just a little old man with a bad temper.

"Hahaha." Akimiya Akemi covered her mouth and laughed.

"What's wrong? Is it ridiculous to pay attention to this matter?" Mr. Akimiya glanced at her.

"No." Akimiya Akemi waved her hand, squinting her eyes happily and said, "Thank you, father."

"Ahem," Mr. Akimiya coughed twice uncomfortably, "What's wrong with you today?"

Akimiya Akemi took his arm and whispered: "Father, how about you come and stay at our house for a while?"

"Most of the Akimiya family's properties are in Nerima District," Mr. Akimiya remained unmoved and extremely calm, "I have to be responsible for the operation of the company, why should I choose something far away?"

Akimiya Akemi raised her eyes and looked at Mr. Akimiya, "I just think it's time for me to take care of you. If it hadn't been for Hibiki's suggestion, I wouldn't have noticed. Father, you are already old."

"Mingmei..." Mr. Qiugong's eyes moved, but he still rejected her.

"I like to be alone."

Akimiya Minmei tried to persuade him for a long time, but she still didn't change his mind.

"I still have my career and work, I'm not the helpless old man you think."

Akimiya Akemi was helpless, "I will go home often to visit you."

After Akimiya Akemi left, Mr. Akimiya unfolded the newspaper with a look of loneliness in his eyes.

When he noticed what Hiroyuki Oyama said in the newspaper, ""Death Note" is an absolutely anti-human work!", he closed the newspaper again.

…

Sasaki sat in his office and began to think about the public relations matters for "Death Note".

If other cartoonists are allowed to speak out, it will arouse the resistance of parents and teachers.

This is why he rejected Oda's eagerness to speak out.

"A highly respected educator that Shueisha can contact... or a litterateur... a university professor..."

He closed his eyes and thought, tapping the end of his pen on the table.

"Editor-in-Chief Sasaki!"

Koji Yoshida took the newspaper and ran over excitedly, "Read it quickly!"

Sasaki opened his eyes, "Yoshida, you need to be more steady."

"Yes, editor-in-chief."

Sasaki looked at today's newspaper and couldn't help but be stunned, "Times have turned."

…

"Some associations with "Death Note". Have the Japanese lost their tolerance?"

The author is Mr. Akimiya, a master of Japanese ukiyo-e paintings.

"I have been talking about the remarks of a certain professor recently. Because of the anti-human behavior of the male protagonist in "Death Note", it rises to the values ​​conveyed by the entire work."

"Based on the behavioral logic of the male protagonist, he believes that Death Note is infecting children's worldview, turning them into a cold, paranoid, and unscrupulous person who questions the credibility of the government and the reliability of judicial procedures."

"Personally, I think these are all unfounded worries."

"In "Death Note", L, who is on the righteous side, once said that Yagami Yue is an extremely strong person and will never give up to achieve his goals."

"In the previous plot of the manga, Yagami Yue was also angered and killed L's stand-in."

"This just shows that the message conveyed by the comics is that people like Yagami Yue are a complete bad guy."

"This comic is just based on the perspective of the bad guy. There is nothing special about it."

"That professor thinks that Death Note is a tool to convey the author's dark thoughts. Isn't that too extreme?"

"In other words, he didn't read it in depth at all. He just took a few glances and felt that he could say a few words to save the public's mentality, show the pride of a leader, play devil's advocate, and satisfy his own vanity."

"'Death Note' is just a juvenile comic. Its core lies in the suspenseful reasoning plot, which cannot convey ideas at all."

"Children read comics just for fun while studying. There is no difference from "Dragon Ball" and "Slam Dunk"."

"This is a very simple truth, but what puzzles me is that many parents have been influenced and started to suppress "Death Note"."

“Can’t even a comic be tolerated in Japan now?”

"Writing so much with doubts, I suddenly had another doubt."

"The professor who claims to accommodate my grandson's interests, what is he like in his daily life?"

"Is it just like what he said, not to interfere with the children's fun?"

"Or...as an adult, force the child to accept your own ideas?"

"Judging from his performance, I temporarily think it is the second point."