Full-time cartoonist

Omori held the phone as if he was holding his own future.

Yoshida Koji held the phone and sighed.

Perhaps this is the difference between Party A and Party B. There must always be one party serving the other party, but being able to do this requires some patience and courage.

"I'm sorry, Yahagi-senpai." Yoshida touched the back of his head and said with a smile, "Suddenly something else happened, I have to take my leave."

Yahagi asked: "Why so sudden?"

Bottle also looked at Yoshida dissatisfied.

"That's what the editor's job is," Yoshida explained vaguely.

Bottle withdrew his gaze.

Yahagi glanced at him and realized in his heart, "You have discovered something about the new comics artist. Okay, okay, you can go."

This has happened to everyone.

Just like him and Masashi Kishimoto?

"Speaking of this, will the villain boss designed by Mr. Kishimoto for the Chunin Exam chapter, the snake-like Orochimaru, be loved by readers?"

He was a little doubtful and unsure.

Bottle also thought of Takahashi Kazuki. He never expected that an ordinary middle-aged man would draw Jump's first IP.

Therefore, comics are full of unknowns, and no one can predict the future of newcomers. I can only do my best to help him, complete the work, and look forward to a good harvest.

When a newcomer has inspiration, help him make a judgment together. This is the realization that elite editors like them all have.

The same is true for Yoshida Koji now.

"terribly sorry."

Yoshida took painful steps and left the eyes of Yahagi and the bottle.

"I really envy him," Bo Bo adjusted his glasses, "He still has the motivation to devote himself to comics work with all his strength."

"Yeah, I'm getting old." Yahagi said lonely: "In the future, I may no longer be suitable to assist cartoonists in drawing shounen comics."

Bottle tapped him on the shoulder.

This is also the fate of editors. Young talents are more topical and have a keen sense of the market.

If they cannot become deputy editor-in-chief in a few years, they will leave Jump and go to other departments.

…

The next day, Omori told Hibiki Higashino excitedly that he already had ideas about participating in the "Golden Mirai Cup" competition that Jump will hold in the future.

It is probably a love story linked to mobile phone text messages, with attractive terms such as betrayal, murder, secret organizations, magical props, regeneration, etc.

Higashikata applauded him and encouraged him, "Sounds good."

To include so much content, it does take more than a year to slowly carve it out.

"Come on, Mr. Omori." Tanaka encouraged him.

"Oh!" Omori clenched his fist.

Higashikata turned around and asked Tanaka, "What about you? Do you have any ideas?"

Tanaka scratched his head, "Teacher, do you still remember the short comics I drew back then? The one that didn't win the Manga Grand Prize..."

He was a little embarrassed.

"A very thoughtful comic, of course I will remember it."

The heroine's family has traces of male life, but she doesn't have a boyfriend. After being suspenseful, terrifying, and making people imagine, it turns out that the heroine has created all this to scare the bad guys who peek at single women.

"I plan to continue drawing similar content, but the ending will be scary." Tanaka stood up and closed the curtains on the balcony. He was sneaky and said in a sinister tone, "For example, after the heroine creates a situation with a male protagonist, continue To add another layer, there is an admirer who has secretly assigned the heroine’s key and is hiding in the house. Late every night, he will secretly climb into the heroine’s bed and sleep with her!”

Omori shuddered, "Listen...it sounds scary."

"Right." Tanaka said proudly.

"Tanaka, open the curtains!" Hibiki Higashino, who wrote the storyboard, said dissatisfiedly.

"No, sorry, Toriakino-sensei."

The living room was filled with sunshine again, and Tanaka said wiltingly: "It's just such a story, constantly reversing."

"Maybe," Higashino Hibiki nodded thoughtfully, and frowned again, "But we still need a main line to connect these contents."

"I'm thinking about it." Tanaka said distressedly.

Tanaka had the rare motivation to draw a comic.

This is all brought about by the "Golden Future Cup".

Even Tanaka can get involved, and Hibiki Higashino has already seen the success of the "Golden Mirai Cup".

…

In April, Higashino Hibiki accompanied Akimiya Akemi to the hospital for a prenatal check-up.

The doctor said that the embryo was developing very healthily and all the indicators were up to standard.

Akimiya Akemi finally got medical advice and could do less tiring work.

In other words, she can draw "Sakura Mission" again.

Although she was able to draw for a while when her parents were not supervising her, these were original manuscripts that could not be serialized and would not see the light of day.

Now Akimiya Akemi is finally liberated.

In order to reduce Akimiya Akemi's burden, Editor Shenjin hired a female assistant.

The name is Ibuki Hikaru.

Guang is still the age of a college student and looks innocent and lively, adding a lot of vitality to the studio.

""Sakura Mission" Saigo! I like this comic the most!" She said to Akimiya Akemi as soon as she entered the door.

This made Akimiya Akemi smile.

until……

"Akinomiya-sensei's husband is Tori Akino-sensei! How could I have such a dream?" Ibuki said to herself in disbelief after seeing Higashino Hibiki.

She pinched her fleshy legs and made a "hissing" sound.

"It's our first time meeting you. Hello, Ibuki-kun." Hibiki nodded with a smile, "I am Hibiki Akimiya's husband, and I am also Akino Mirai. That's right."

"That's great!" Ibuki Hikaru recognized his identity when he saw Hibiki Hibiki, which shows that he is Hibiki's valued audience.

It is enough for readers to just read the works and not pay attention to any interview programs.

"I like "Slam Dunk" the most!" Hikari Ibuki raised her hand, "My favorite character is Kenji Fujima!"

Akimiya Akemi's face darkened.

"I have been in the shadow of Tori Akino Mirai my whole life." She sighed slightly.

"Yes, I understand." Dong Yexiang said distressedly.

Every time I meet readers, they have this reaction.

The next words were that Higashino Hibiki covered his forehead and said: "Tori Akino-sensei, why did you finish "Slam Dunk"!"

"Tori Akino-sensei, why did you finish "Slam Dunk"!"

Ibuki Mitsuru finished speaking dissatisfiedly and found that Tori Akino had guessed everything correctly. She blinked, "You are so skilled, Tori Akino-sensei."

"Because I've seen it a lot." Higashikata curled his lips, "Everyone has the same reaction."

"Hahaha." Ibuki Hikari laughed.

…

Tanaka is avoiding this new colleague. He is a social fear, especially afraid of contact with female college students.

Omori kept his distance while talking.

He talked about the "Golden Future Cup" and his efforts to win the "Golden Future Cup" selection.

"I will definitely win! Then serialize it!"

"Mr. Omori is so awesome!" Ibuki Hikaru blinked and looked at Omori with admiration.

"Where's Mr. Tanaka?"

"I...I think so too..." Tanaka stammered in reply.

Compared to Omori and Tanaka, Ibuki Hikaru's work ability can only be said to be average.

At this time, she held her chin with both hands and said enviously: "It's great. I'm working hard to become a cartoonist. It's enough for me to just be an assistant."

"Is it okay to just...just be an assistant?" Tanaka asked her blankly.

Even he himself has a heart to become a cartoonist after being exposed to this industry for a long time.

After some hesitation, I finally took action.

He has never seen anyone who is content only with being an assistant.

"Yes, I can just be an assistant." Ibuki Hikaru said.

After dusk, looking at the assistants leaving, Hibiki sighed to Akimiya Akemi.

"Not everyone dreams of comics."

…

At night, Akimiya Akemi was on the phone with Nanase Yui.

"I'm sorry, Yui-chan, I stopped publishing at an important time."

"Sakura Mission" went on hiatus from February to April, so the popularity of the work naturally dropped.

If it continues, it will become a work without readers and then cut in half.

Not all comics are called "Hunter".

March and April are also the peak seasons for tourists to Mount Kano. Without the promotion of "Sakura Mission", the number of tourists will decrease significantly.

"Teacher Akimiya," Yui Nanase said in disbelief with her eyes widened, "How could you think so! We will only be grateful to you."

She said that the tourism association wanted to build a sculpture of Akimi Akimiya in the center of Gannoyama and hoped to obtain Akimi Akimiya's permission.

"No need!" Akimiya Akemi immediately rejected it!

"Okay." Nanase Yui sighed reluctantly.

…

A few days later, Hibiki suddenly received a large bag of mail, which came from Mt. Masano.

The bag contained souvenirs from Kanoyama and a letter to Akimiya Akemi, thanking her for her contribution to Kanoyama.

"The next best thing is to paint a mural in the palace. It's King Akimiya Akemi. Don't refuse this time."

This kind of thing of killing first and telling later made Qiugong Mingmei extremely helpless.

"That's the only way it can be." She said to Higashikata Hibiki, who was smiling angrily.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Dongye Xiang gave a thumbs up.

…

Is there such a person?

In order to have a sense of accomplishment, I chose niche sports, such as basketball.

As a result, due to the emergence of popular comics, a large number of athletes discovered basketball and began to join the school basketball club, turning it into a popular sport.

Without talent, I can only be ignored by everyone.

"This person is me! That comic is called "Slam Dunk"!"

The young man who graduated from college is in tears!

"It's all the fault of "Slam Dunk", which made me unknown. In the end, I could only become famous by complaining about others and using gags, and became a complainer!"

"It's so abominable, that... that Tori Akino Mirai-sensei!"

"But 'Slam Dunk' is really interesting, haha."

As he was about to graduate, he began to find a way for himself.

He loved comics since he was a child and decided to become a cartoonist.

"Being a comic will definitely make you famous, and become the focus of everyone, hahaha."

In his senior year, he won an award for his short comic, so after graduation, he dared to pursue his dream.

Now the young man is drawing a short comic titled "Dandelion" that he is preparing to submit to "Weekly Shōnen Jump".

The Dandelions are angels who chase floating ghosts. The hero and heroine are chasing the ghost of an old man one day.

The old man still has something to say to his wife and asks the male protagonist to give him a chance.

The male protagonist is very dissatisfied, but because the female protagonist and the old man also like pudding and form an alliance, they have no choice but to go through all the troubles to help him find a wife and help him become a Buddha as soon as possible.

"Hehehe, my ending must be very interesting!"

The old man finally found his wife, but a car suddenly appeared and knocked the old woman to death.

The comic ends abruptly here.

"In addition to the sharp lines, this ending is also a proud move for me. I can definitely serialize it and become a big celebrity! Hahaha!"

He stood up, arms akimbo, laughing wildly.

When his eyes glanced at the moon on the cover of "Weekly Shonen Jump", the young man wilted again.

"When will I be able to draw the plot conceived by Tori Akino-sensei! I envy him so much!"

…

"Previous cartoonists all followed in the footsteps of Akira Toriyama. Maybe more than ten years later, someone will follow in your footsteps and become a cartoonist."

Sasaki couldn't help but think while looking at "Weekly Shonen Jump".

In the letters handed to Hibiki Higashino by readers, many people said that they wanted to become a manga artist because of reading his works.

One of the readers impressed Higashino Hibiki deeply. He had a clear goal. Influenced by "Shogi Soul", he wanted to draw "Shogi"-themed comics.

If he really gets what he wants in the future, then this matter can become a good talk.

"If people continue to pass it on from generation to generation, then jump will always exist." Sasaki couldn't help but think.

…

Hibiki Higashino has already drawn the storyboards for "Paprika".

The two assistants Tanaka and Omori were working hard on "Death Note", so Hibiki decided to find another assistant.

Because of the appearance of Ibuki Hikari, Higashino Hibiki had to exceed expectations and purchase another set of work tables.

"This time we don't need a powerful assistant, we just need to find this person as soon as possible!"

Because Yoshida failed to find an assistant last time, Hibiki Higashino cast a shadow, and he said to Yoshida very seriously.

"Teacher, who do you think I am?" Yoshida asked proudly.

"I'm Koji Yoshida!"

"Before, because I just became an editor, I had no resources at hand. Now that I have been working for a year, it is very easy to find an excellent assistant for the teacher. Just take a look."

Yoshida has also become trustworthy, and Hibiki Hibiki is looking forward to it.

The new assistant arrived the next day. He was about 35 years old and the father of several children.

"This is a professional senior assistant, Xiaohe-san." Yoshida said.

"Hello everyone."

Xiaohe asked about the scope of Higashino Hibiki's work, and when he learned that he only had one assistant now, Xiaohe frowned.

"Is there any problem?" Dong Yexiang asked him.

"This..." Xiaohe explained, "Most of my abilities are used to arrange and execute work. If I am the only assistant, I can't ask for a lot of remuneration."