Full-time cartoonist

The single volume of "Death Note" sold 300,000 copies in the first week, which is already the best-selling work in recent years.

The first single volumes of "Naruto" and "One Piece" at the mainstream level also did not achieve such good results.

"Death Note" was a hit from the beginning. Even if Xiaozheng's performance is lower than "The Prince of Tennis", it proves the commercial value of this comic.

It will become one of Jump's rare million-selling comics.

…

In Shueisha.

The third editorial department studio.

Takahashi Toshimasa, an old friend, was promoted to his deputy along with the promoted Toshima Kazuhiko. After years of cooperation, the two of them already had a good understanding.

"Tori Akino-kun has lived up to your expectations."

He could feel the pressure Torishima Kazuhiko faced when public opinion about "Death Note" was at its strongest.

As the newly appointed minister, he paid too much for "Death Note". If the gains outweigh the losses, it is likely to lose part of the right to speak.

"I believe in Tori Akino Mirai, he is a genius." Torishima Kazuhiko said with a smile.

Just like when "Slam Dunk" was serialized in 1996, Torishima Kazuhiko bet on Tori Akino's future and finally developed a mainstay-level comic, allowing him to secure his position as Jump editor.

This is his proudest move after discovering "Dragon Ball".

"Cheers to Tori Akino." Toshicho Takahashi raised his glass.

"Hey, hey, drinking at work is bad, you have to take care of your health." Torishima Kazuhiko looked at Takahashi Toshicho's smiling expression and raised his glass helplessly.

"Cheers to Tori Akino."

…

"300,000 a week?" Oda was stunned. "Doesn't this mean that it will exceed 1 million in a month?"

"Except for "Slam Dunk", "Death Note" is the fastest sales record for the first volume of Jump comics to exceed one million!"

Even "One Piece", which was a huge success from the beginning, did not have such outstanding results. It was not until more than two years after the comic was serialized that Oda became a millionaire cartoonist in terms of average volume sales.

Of course, the average single volume of "One Piece" has now reached 3 million levels.

"Tori Akino-sensei is so awesome." The assistant praised at the side. This was his unattainable dream. "Toriyama Akira is simply the second best!"

Oda shook his head, "Toriakino-sensei and Toriyama-sensei are not the same type of cartoonists. Toriakino-sensei pursues more possibilities and is an unpredictable person."

But the person he admires most is Akira Toriyama.

Oda wants to jump and link "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball" so that he can work and chase stars.

"Death Note's outstanding performance is because it is intense and exciting, the pace changes quickly, and the main line is always drawn. There are more conflicts than readers think, making people breathless. By the 19th chapter of the comic, the two The two protagonists have already met face to face, king versus king. This is unimaginable at the pace of jump comics."

Luffy's dream is to become the Pirate King, but he didn't leave the East China Sea and sail into the Grand Line until the 12th volume of the comic, Chapter 100.

One Piece still has a long way to go.

In "Naruto", Naruto's chunin exam is about to begin.

The road to Hokage is far away.

Everything in "Death Note" is very alternative, but it opens up another path in the alternative, which is different from the paths of all Wangdao comics.

The assistant nodded thoughtfully, "It is indeed an extreme plot."

Oda couldn't help but say, "I can't imagine how long "Death Note" can continue to be serialized if this continues!"

The assistant said innocently: "With such good results, it should be more than five years."

Oda shook his head, "This is Tori Akino, the Tori Akino who decisively completed "Slam Dunk"."

There are still readers of "Slam Dunk" who are eager for a sequel to this comic.

But with the success of "Death Note", it has become increasingly impossible.

"It's unimaginable." The assistant sighed softly. Perhaps this is the difference between him and the master.

"Teacher Oda!" The assistant suddenly thought of something and asked Oda nervously, "Is there any intention to end "One Piece"?"

"Of course not!" Oda opened his mouth wide and said proudly: "It will take at least ten years."

"Besides, serializing "One Piece" is very interesting. Every day I can think of new plots, intersections of different characters, and character settings of new characters. This is a very happy thing. How could it end so early?"

He is one of the few cartoonists who enjoys the process of drawing comics.

"Long live!" the assistant cheered!

…

At Higashino Hibiki's house, he faced Yoshida who was excited to announce the good news.

"Oh, three hundred thousand, that's great."

Dongye Xiang raised his head weakly and said.

"And, Yoshida, don't be so excited. It will easily break the depressing atmosphere of the serialized "Death Note". Look at Tanaka and the others..."

Yoshida looked over, and Tanaka and Omori couldn't help but stand up and clasp their hands in celebration.

The excitement and excitement was palpable.

This is indeed not the mood that a serialized "Death Note" should have.

As Higashino Hibiki's voice fell, the two assistants sat down and began to ignore what was going on outside the window, focusing only on drawing comics.

"I'm really sorry." Yoshida bowed.

This was a detail that he, the editor, had not thought of.

Dongye Xiang waved his hands, his head drooping, "It's okay."

"What's wrong? Mr. Toriakino, you're so listless..."

Yoshida Koji put down his briefcase and asked with concern.

"It's nothing," Higashino Hibiki rubbed his hair, "A while ago, wasn't it that I was in no condition to draw "Death Note"? The main work was left to Omori and Tanaka, so when I had free time, I wrote it in private I wrote a storyboard, but the more I wrote, the more it became more and more confusing.”

This storyboard is Master Satoshi Kon's masterpiece "Paprika". In terms of the depth of the work, it is even higher than "Millennium Actress".

It is a product of genius.

So it's also very complicated.

Hibiki Higashino relied on his memory to recall the plot of the animation, and now he is thinking about perfectly adapting "Paprika" into the manga.

This must be very difficult. He couldn't do it before. Only Hibiki Higashino, who has been in the industry for 8 years and has experienced it, dared to try it.

This classic cannot be disgraced.

With such thoughts, his brain was running out of energy.

That's why he was in a trance.

"Teacher," Yoshida was very curious about the new work, but he still warned worriedly: "You should pay attention to rest."

In 2002, Hibiki Higashino was 26 years old and still a young man.

Yoshida faced Yoshihiro Togashi, who also worked too hard when he was young and was exhausted, resulting in his body failing him.

Togashi has to use special tools to draw comics and go to the toilet, and his body is worn down by his hard work.

Yoshida does not want Hibiki to follow in the footsteps of Yoshihiro Togashi.

"Ah, thank you, I have time to plan." Higashikata replied.

His child was about to be born, and he didn't want to face the child like a sick child.

"So can you let me take a look?" Yoshida pressed his cheeks in embarrassment, "It's about the new work."

Dong Yexiang looked at him helplessly.

"Can."

…

"Death Note" Chapter 19.

He successfully passed the exam and entered Dongying University.

This Toei University is a fusion of Tokyo University and Keio University, indicating that it is the highest-end university.

It also appears in the comic "Dream Eater" that follows the combination of Big and Small.

L, who Yuehe refers to as Liuhe Hanshu, took the stage to give a speech as the top student with the highest score in all subjects.

There are two of them, one is a meticulous scholar who grew up in a greenhouse.

One person is unkempt, behaves strangely, is full of wildness, and has the eccentric temperament of a genius.

Two completely opposite people.

Yue is very curious about the strange flowing river dry tree.

After leaving the stage, L talked about Kira.

Finally, he leaned into Yue's ear and said, "I am L."

"This...that's it!"

Araki Hirohiko's eyes widened.

He thought there would be a battle of wits and courage, with L hiding his identity and looking for clues that Yue was Kira.

As a result, L blurted out his identity directly!

This bold development shocked Araki.

"In other comics, it would take ten or twenty chapters to get to this point."

You can also write about the bond between L and Yue during the temptation.

The detective and the criminal are rivals and friends, and the detective tries the criminal with a painful heart. This is a very popular setting.

But Tori Akino simply skipped it in the future.

"It's so funny." Araki couldn't help laughing.

"How far can "Death Note" go?"

He didn't know.

At present, L thinks that the possibility of Yue being Kira is less than 5%, but as the plot develops, this level will definitely increase by leaps and bounds, and in a few words, it will reach the point of breaking out.

…

Yue's legs trembled in shock at L's words.

His brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about how he, as the son of a police officer, should answer in a reasonable and reasonable manner without arousing the suspicion of Liuhe Hanshu, who claimed to be L.

"If that's the case, you will be someone I respect and admire."

After returning home, Yue cursed L loudly. He understood that he was being tricked and defeated an entire army.

He couldn't take action against L. If something happened to L, Yue, who knew the other party's identity, would be the direct suspect.

It would be even more ridiculous if L is just a substitute after taking action!

He was helpless against L. After mocking L for being at odds with the police, he was caught by L.

The previous pride has become a mockery of myself now.

So Yue acted hysterical.

"Why is this..." Ken Miyano looked at the comics blankly, a little dissatisfied.

Yue, who wants to be a god, has no qualifications at all.

The plot of the new chapter does not show Yue longing for a capable opponent, but instead becomes angry because L is too strong.

"Just like a clown."

Light in "Death Note" is very charming most of the time. He is extremely confident and can do anything with ease.

But when things go beyond his control, Yue becomes a cannon fodder villain.

Yue who didn't dare to face the exposed identity, Yue who didn't take any responsibility.

"That's weird." Miyano Ken pouted.

…

Higashino Hibiki wrote several replies and asked Shueisha to mail them out.

"How strange." Yoshida Koji looked at the address, and there was a reply letter right next to the Red Maple Villa. "It's probably for Mr. Tori Akino's neighbor's child. Why do you need to make a special trip to mail it?"

With this thought in mind, he handed the mail to the postman.

Yoshida Koji, who is busy with work, decided not to do unnecessary things.

This was also a lesson he learned from Omori.

After returning to the studio, the chairperson, Sasaki, waved, "Please inform Mr. Tori Akino that I will visit him after get off work today and ask him if he is free."

"Okay." Yoshida nodded immediately.

But he was lamenting in his heart that he had to work overtime again at night.

When the editor-in-chief visits the cartoonist, the editor in charge must also be present.

After 7 o'clock in the afternoon, Hibiki Hibiki's work at home ended, and his assistants left together. Only Hibiki and his wife waited quietly for Sasaki to come to the door.

"What's wrong, Mr. Sasaki?" Akimiya Akemi asked Higashino Hibiki curiously.

"Maybe it's just to connect with each other." Hibiki replied.

Not long after, the doorbell rang, and Higashi Hibiki went out to greet him.

Sasaki brought a gift, which is a health product with nutritional value for pregnant women.

"I came here in a hurry last time and didn't bring Jump's gift. I'm really sorry." He said to Akimiya Akemi.

"No, Mr. Sasaki, you can come here, it is already flourishing."

Sasaki couldn't refuse the kindness, so Akimiya Akemi accepted it.

…

After sitting down in the studio, Sasaki drank tea, his face unable to conceal his exhaustion.

He asked Hibiki Higashikata if he had any requirements, and Jump would definitely satisfy him.

Just as Hibiki Higashino said, Sasaki is here to connect feelings.

Perhaps it was because after he became the editor-in-chief, he had no one to talk to, so when faced with the pressure at work, he found friends to relieve himself.

"Only now do I understand the capabilities of Minister Torishima. Back then, when the magazine sales were declining, he was under much greater pressure than I am now. He was able to deliver a perfect score in the end. He is really amazing."

It is not easy to be an editor after the new century. Faced with the impact of the Internet and the decrease in newborns, the decline in sales of comic magazines is an inevitable result.

Sasaki tried his best, but he couldn't stop the pace of the times.

"Mr. Torishima is very powerful, but Editor-in-Chief Sasaki is also very powerful."

Hibiki Higashino comforted him, "Just like Yoshida, in terms of editing ability, you are very different from the original you."

Yoshida works hard but is also immature.

When Sasaki served as Higashino Hibiki's editor, he didn't come up with any amazing ideas, but he has no reputation for being good at fighting, and there were no problems with the serialization. It was his ability as an editor.

Nip all problems in the bud.

"I..." Yoshida pointed at himself speechlessly, and he was really surprised.

"Editor-in-Chief..." He looked at Sasaki, hoping that his boss would have a nice word to say.

"Yes, that's true." Sasaki nodded.

Yoshida: "..."

Dongye Xiang sat upright, and he suddenly had an idea.

"The dilemma of the editor-in-chief is that Jump's circulation is declining. If we want to make Jump more popular, we have to tap a new generation with more potential."

Today’s big guys all stand out from the Manga Awards, Tezuka Awards, and Akatsuka Awards.

The success of jump has nothing to do with the rewards of these newcomers.

Sasaki nodded and waited quietly for Higashino to hear the text.

"It's so difficult to get comic book serialization opportunities. If we can design a channel that allows new authors to have a shortcut, then maybe we can bring all the heroes in the world into my hands."