Full-time cartoonist

Akimiya Akemi’s rice is still so delicious. Higashikata finished eating with satisfaction.

As for Asahina Yuko's bento, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Fortunately, the ingredients are solid and there is a lot of meat.

Japanese people don't eat many meals, so Hibiki was full of these two bento boxes.

Akimiya Akemi went back with her lunch box.

Higashino Hibiki cleaned the lunch box and gave it back to Asahina Yuko.

At 3:40 in the afternoon, after school, Higashino Hibiki said goodbye to his trio of friends, and took the subway to Shueisha with the manuscripts of the first three episodes of "The Soul of the Game".

It was Editor Sasaki who came to see him for something, but the meeting just happened to happen. He had just finished drawing the manuscripts for the first three chapters of "The Soul of the Game" a few days ago.

But before going to Shueisha, he went to a nearby shopping mall and spent a huge sum of money to buy a mobile phone.

The total cost was 380,000 yen.

The mobile phone fee is 240,000 yen plus miscellaneous charges.

It is already equivalent to more than one month's salary of an ordinary person, and it mainly requires subsequent phone calls.

If he hadn't been selected for the Tezuka Prize, he would have been reluctant to spend a huge amount of money to buy a mobile phone that could only be used to make calls, and the signal was very poor.

The phone still had to be charged, so Hibiki could only carry the packaging bag into Shueisha.

After notifying Nao Sasaki through the front desk, Hibiki Higashino went to room three to wait.

There was a voice passing by Room 2.

"Well, it's a mess. I didn't realize what the readers were thinking. I just drew comics with my own passion..."

Hibiki subconsciously looked over and saw Torishima Kazuhiko holding the original manuscript and scolding the person who submitted it.

The opponent clenched his fists, lowered his head, and his body was tense.

Dongye Xiang felt unwilling and depressed.

"Anyway, I can't accept this manuscript." Torishima Kazuhiko stood up, and under Higashino Hibiki's disbelieving eyes, he placed the manuscript, which was all his painstaking efforts, at the mouth of the shredder.

"Okay, this kind of work should be smashed."

The contributor couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up angrily, grabbed the original manuscript, put it into the shredder, and said to Torishima Kazuhiko: "Next time, I will come up with a work that satisfies you!"

He rushed out of Room 2 and left without even looking at Hibiki Higashikata.

Torishima Kazuhiko sighed and looked at Higashi Hibiki.

"He still has a lot of potential and shouldn't just be a piece like this."

"Toriyama-san is really strict."

However, Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura, who were tortured by him, still maintained a good relationship with him and both extended a helping hand to "VJUMP".

Only people like him can better stimulate the author's potential.

…

Toriyama Kazuhiko went to work, Hibiki Higashi waited for a while, and Sasaki came.

After saying hello, he was just about to take a seat.

"Sorry, I forgot to bring the review letter. You and I can go to the editorial office."

"Can I go up too?" Dong Yexiang was a little hopeful.

This is the editorial department of "Weekly Shōnen Jump", the place where countless classic works have been nurtured.

He has been curious for a long time.

"Of course it doesn't matter. There were elementary school students who came to visit last week."

Sasaki was at the front desk and received a badge with "guest" printed on it and handed it to Hibiki Hibiki.

This was the guest's wish. Hibiki tucked it behind his chest and took the elevator to the second floor in anticipation.

As soon as the elevator door opened, he was pleasantly surprised.

Facing the elevator entrance is a lot of posters and signboards!

Jojo's Jotaro Kujo, Kakarot from the Turtle School of Qigong, and Saint Seiya and Kenjiro!

Every character poses passionately.

Dong Yexiang was dazzled and didn't know where to look.

He opened his mouth wide for a moment and was stunned.

"Please come here."

Hearing Sasaki's words, he came back to his senses and followed.

"People who come here for the first time will be scared when they get out of the elevator."

After walking through the long corridor, Sasaki stopped at a doorway, "This is it."

He opened the door, and there was a loud noise immediately.

Taking a closer look inside, it looked like it was several hundred square meters, but it didn't look empty at all.

The work table is full of work tables, with cardboard boxes stacked next to them, filled with office documents and photocopied manuscripts. The space is all used up, making it seem a bit crowded.

In addition to these, there was even more excitement. There are people talking on the phone, communicating with each other, and the sound of the copy machine printing.

People were coming and going in the aisles, walking in a hurry.

What a lively scene.

Although they are all for work, the way they work hard makes me feel moved when I think of comics that can make people happy.

"This is the Jump editorial department."

When Higashino Hibiki sighed, Nao Sasaki came over with the review submissions. He took Dongye Hibiki to a table and chairs in the corner, sat down, and began a discussion about the short story "The Soul of Chess".

"Even if you are selected, there are still many issues that can be discussed." He took the opinion letter and said to Hibiki Higashino: "The reviewers include Teacher Akira Toriyama, Teacher Morita Shinpo, Teacher Buronson, and Tetsuya. Tsuka Manufacturing Co., Ltd., editor Nobuhiko Horie of jump, and editor Kazuhiko Torishima of vjump.”

"Analysis from many aspects such as painting ability, composition ability, script and so on."

He paused and looked up at Hibiki Higashikata.

Dong Yexiang nodded, "Yes, I'm listening."

"There is nothing wrong with the artistry of "Soul of Chess". Most of them gave it a 5. The reviewers who gave it a 4 only considered that you are still a high school student and have potential, so they deliberately deducted one point in order not to satisfy you."

Sasaki handed the review opinion sheet to Hibiki Higashino.

Higashino Hibiki took it and found that almost everyone was selecting this item, so they drew a circle and circled it.

This was passed by all.

The rating is based on a 5-point scale. In each evaluation, there is an even split between 5 and 4 points, and there is no 3 points at all.

It looks like a very good submission.

The only drawback is that many of the 4 points are due to the script.

He raised his head and glanced at Sasaki in confusion.

"You've also discovered that when it comes to scripts, cartoonists all give it a 5, while the editor and the company's people give it a 4." Sasaki pointed out, "What the cartoonist cares about is the plot. But the editor and others pay more attention to it." Benefit."

"There is no jump style in the short story, it just tells a complete story of regret."

"Although the protagonist has special abilities, he exists for Fujiwara Sawei throughout the whole process."

"Such a weak-minded, tool-like protagonist is very inconsistent with Jump's requirements for a distinctive and maverick character."

After reading the comments on the opinion sheet, Higashino Hibiki was somewhat complacent.

He drew Torajiro in the background of "Soul of the Chess" into a short story, and the results were very good.

This gave him a feeling that, well, I can draw comics and so on.

As a result, after being pointed out by Sasaki, he immediately calmed down.

The character of Torajiro was created by Hibiki Higashino, so it became a flaw.

He lacks respect for comic strips.

"Being selected for the Tezuka Award is just a newcomer award, so there is nothing to be complacent about!"

Being higher among the chickens is just a chicken, not a phoenix.

Thanks to Alex for the reward of freezing and eating three live fish.