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Chapter 334 The response was amazing

"The death of a magical girl is dark and cruel," Hibiki Hibiki looked at Torishima Kazuhiko, "but after the darkness, warmth and healing are particularly precious, aren't they?"

Depression and healing are separated by a wall.

Audiences who have watched works such as "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" and "Clannad" will not resent the cruelty of the creators. After they are sad and shed tears, they feel moved at a higher level.

This is something that the previous magical girl works couldn't reach. It's a different kind of style.

"As long as you have ideas." Torishima Kazuhiko nodded.

He was worried that Tori Akino would go to extremes, but looking at it now, his worries were unnecessary.

When he was young, Tori Akino was mature and steady, but as he approached his thirties, he became more reserved.

He could hardly see clearly.

"Mr. Torishima, thank you for your care."

Higashino Hibiki looked at Torishima Kazuhiko and was deeply moved.

When he debuted, it was thanks to the help of Kazuhiko Toshima.

If that experience were told, most people would probably think that Tori Akino was the illegitimate son of Torishima Kazuhiko in the future. Otherwise, why would he take such good care of him?

Now that he has been in the industry for ten years, Torishima Kazuhiko still cares about him, and this friendship makes him moved.

The same goes for his son.

"That's very polite." Torishima Kazuhiko waved his hand, then he pinched his chin, looked at Hibiki Higashino, and smiled, "I understand now that you have put all your effort into Madoka, you are not messing around, and you cherish your own work. This is you."

The final work, ending with Madoka as imagined by Tori Akino, is not a good story.

"It's very hard." Dong Yexiang nodded.

…

"Tori Akino-sensei still likes Takeuchi-sensei, right?"

"You can't draw a picture if you love her.) (Asami vents her anger and changes the pattern of magical girls. This is what the teacher did. It's really a generous act."

Early on Monday morning, Soma Satoru found that the supermarket near the school was lined with people, including adults and students.

In their own social circles, they were all discussing the same person, Tori Akino Mirai. The topic is still about the death of Miss Tomoe Mami.

"After I watched "The Soul of Chess", I haven't watched Jump for a long time."

Some adults started reading "The Soul of the Game" in high school. After reading "The Soul of the Game", their interest in jump declined as they grew older, and they stopped reading shonen comics.

"Me too, but I heard that the teacher has done a lot of work, so I couldn't help but want to take a look."

"It's really nostalgic, the time when I watched Jump in high school."

These people who have gone out into society are wearing suits and discussing, and they are back to their youthful age for a while.

"Speaking of which," someone looked at the children in front of them. They were angry because their favorite characters had died. They said words like "Tenchu Bird Akino" and "emotionless manga artist", and they couldn't help but feel the same.

"Although "Soul of the Game" laid a lot of groundwork, when Zuo Wei became a Buddha, I shed tears and felt powerless. I wanted to kill that bastard Tori Akino. Now that I think about it, it's really..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that his companions were staring at him, as if they wanted to eat people.

Probably because something sad was mentioned.

After several years, the scars left by Zuo to become a Buddha have scabbed over, and after he has forgotten his sorrow and shed tears, he gradually forgets about it.

Now that I am forced to recall it, my heart still twitches.

"Still...still sad..." He stammered under the public's anger.

"do not talk."

For a moment, the few people who had just been chatting about "Soul of Chess" and wanted to watch it were in no mood.

After a long time, someone looked around and saw that there were still new readers obsessed with Akino Bird's works, and sighed: "These children are the same as we used to be."

They still can't let go. They don't know when these young children will forget this experience.

"But "Soul of Chess", I will never forget it in my life."

…

Sōma Satoru was at the end of the queue, looking at the readers of different ages, and remembered the words of his uncle Soma Ichiro: "Excellent comics are those that, after the passage of time, are still talked about by people and have not been forgotten. I just want to create Produce a work like this.”

At this moment, Sōma Satoru sighed, "Toriakino-sensei is such a creator."

He couldn't help but say: "I really want to be someone like Mr. Tori Akino."

"Ah?" A child in front of him turned back and glared at him fiercely, "You want me to cry too?"

Sōma Satoru looked at his red eyes and knew that he must be heartbroken after watching the sixth episode of "Madoka".

"Of course not." Souma Satoru smiled.

The child in front gave a look of "be careful, kid" before turning back.

After queuing for ten minutes, Souma Satoru finally entered the supermarket, and another ten minutes later, he came to the checkout counter.

"230 yen." The cashier said subconsciously.

It seems that most people come to buy jump.

"Thank you for your hard work." Sōma Satoru comforted him.

"I had expected it, but I didn't expect so many people to come." The cashier smiled tiredly, "When I was rushing to buy Jump because of "Slam Dunk", the supermarket near the school was also like this. "

Tit for tat.

There were many people lining up behind me, but they didn't say much.

Sōma Satoru stuffed the jump he bought into his schoolbag and then came to school.

He suppressed his expectations and forced himself to study seriously in class. He didn't take out Jump to watch until lunch time.

His future life is uncertain, and he doesn't think he will be able to make a living by drawing comics, so reading is necessary.

…

Sōma Satoru immediately watched "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

The opening chapter describes Sayaka, who is hesitating.

Sayaka likes Kamijou Kyousuke and wants to save him so that he can continue playing the violin.

However, after paying a high price for praying for a miracle, what did she want to get?

Just a thank you?

Or maybe Kamijou Kyousuke will say something else and the two of them will be together from now on?

Sayaka couldn't understand.

"Ms. Asami has passed away, but her influence is not over yet." Sōma Satoru thought.

On Madoka's side, seeing the tragic death of her longed-for senior, Madoka was in a trance.

She recalled the scene where Tomoe Asami was bitten off her head.

"boom!"

Soma Satoru subconsciously hammered the table, and a girl in the classroom looked over.

That was the girl Souma Satoru had a crush on, but the two of them had never spoken. This was a rare moment when they looked at each other.

"No...sorry for disturbing you."

"It doesn't matter."

The girl shook her head and shifted her gaze.

This made Soma Satoru breathe a sigh of relief. After he came to his senses, he murmured angrily: "Teacher, you are so outrageous. You actually drew it again."

And he made a fool of himself.

In the manga, Shikame's family is as warm as ever.

My mother took care of my younger brother. After my father made breakfast, he cleared the dishes in the kitchen and looked at his family with a smile.

"Madoka, if you don't eat it quickly, you'll be late." The family urged.

"Yeah, yeah." Madoka nodded.

When the food entered her mouth, she could no longer maintain her composure, tears streaked down her cheeks, and she sobbed.

“I didn’t know until I was alive that my father’s breakfast was so delicious.”

…

"Death is so cruel."

When a person dies, the daily life he enjoys and the dreams he wants to realize disappear.

On the way to school, where they usually chat and fight, another good friend keeps talking, Sayaka calmly talks to her, and Madoka is silent.

Kyubey followed them with a smile.

"This smile," Sōma Satoru looked at Kyubey, "the teacher's idea is to bring out the cruelty of the magical girl world."

The contractor died tragically, Kyubey was the same as usual.

In other words, you are used to it.

Or rather, it doesn't care.

A trace of heaviness weighed on Sōma Satoru's heart.

"Is this the magical girl from Tori Akino-sensei? It's really quite different."

A magical girl from another perspective.

During class, the teacher is still teaching.

Whether it's friends or school, it should be the same as yesterday, but it's like I'm among people I don't know.

Having seen another world, Madoka is no longer the same.

She originally had the idea of becoming a magical girl to help others, but now she gave up all her thoughts in the face of the cruel reality.

This is also Tomoe Mami's last lesson.

After school, Madoka came to Tomoe Mami's house. Looking at the empty room, she couldn't help crying.

Xiaomi Homura enlightened Madoka.

This person with the characteristics of a villain can tell that he likes Madoka very much and has always been thinking about Madoka.

Sōma Satoru was curious about where Akatsuki Homura's emotion came from.

The current "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is completely different from when he first watched it.

Starting from the tragic death of the magical girl, Tori Akino delicately describes the character's psychological activities and changes, as if he is creating a real magical girl world.

"Yes, this is what happens after death. People in this world will be sad, depressed, and introspective..."

Sōma Satoru sobbed. This sense of reality that Tori Akino painstakingly created made him sad.

"Madoka is composed of darkness, reality, mystery and other elements..." Sōma Satoru thought, "it's not just a magical girl."

…

"Tomoe Mami died in the witch barrier. There is no body left, and she will only be regarded as a missing person. Except Madoka and the others, no one will know about Tomoe Mami's battle. Her lonely and lonely death is really sad. .”

"Magical girls, it turns out that they are such a cruel type of work."

"Is this a comic that teenagers should read? It's so sad."

Students are discussing "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

Readers who were curious about Tomoe Mami's death felt like they had been slapped in the face after reading the seventh chapter of the manga, and they felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Madoka is not a fantasy manga at all."

…

On Tuesday, Xiaohe came to Tori Akino Mirai Studio.

As soon as he saw Higashi Hibiki, he complained, "Teacher, you didn't tell me in advance."

"What?" Dongye Xiang raised his head and asked in confusion. He thought that he had not done anything evil.

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica."

Xiaohe sat at the work table and sighed.

"Because I told my daughter about this manga, she became interested in it and pestered me to tell me about the follow-up content. I was so pestered that I had no choice but to tell her. As you know, "Madoka" has recently The content...sigh."

"The sixth episode was broadcast on Saturday. My daughter cried all day long, and her chest hurt from crying. My gentle wife also scolded me for looking for trouble. I really...sigh."

"This morning, my daughter asked me to speak Chapter 7 again... Now she is still crying and can't even attend class... Sigh."

Xiaohe sighed three times in succession, and his hair was messed up.

"Pfft." Looking at his appearance, Higashikata couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh?" Xiaohe looked at him.

"Oh," Higashino Hibiki sat upright, "I didn't expect the child's reaction to be so big. I thought it was just an ordinary plot, so I didn't remind you."

"Do you really think so?" Xiao Hechi asked.

Isn't Tori Akino Mirai really a bad person who draws depressing scenes just to make children cry?

"That's right, you see, Tomoe Mami doesn't have many scenes," Hibiki Higashino said frankly and seriously, "If you add it up carefully, there are only two episodes. In such a short plot, Tomoe Mami is so popular. Readers’ feedback is so overwhelming, it really shouldn’t be.”

"These are all accidents, accidents that I didn't control."

In other works, it is difficult for a small plot to change the work from mediocrity and make it shine.

Xiaohe thought for a while and nodded, "Okay... it seems like this..."

No one could have imagined that a comic that had not received much attention would explode with astonishing feedback due to the death of a small character.

"This is not my original intention," Hibiki Higashikata looked out the window and said faintly: "Tomoe Mami is just a tool, a tool used to show the dangers of the magical girl world."

"I'm sorry, teacher." Xiaohe bowed his head and apologized, "I misunderstood you."

"Just untie it." Dong Yexiang sat down and looked at Xiaohe, "Let's start working."

After Akimiya Akemi took care of Higashino Mirai, she entered the studio and saw Hibiki Higashino who was writing hard without raising his head, and Xiaohe who was feeling guilty.

"Huh?" She was puzzled.

…

Time soon came to Friday.

Editorial Department of "Weekly Shōnen Jump".

Sasaki sat in the main seat and monitored the work of his subordinates. Look at who is slacking off and pretending not to work hard.

Aida Soichi is informing Amano Akira that the results of this issue of "Tutor" are still not satisfactory, and Xiaozheng is ranked 12th.

The first single volume has only sold 120,000 copies so far, and I'm afraid it won't be able to sell 300,000 copies by the end of the year.

Onishi Tsunehei was angrily scolding Sorachi Hideaki, asking him to restrain himself and stop making unexpected plots.

This week, the editorial department was complained by the PTA because of his cartoons.

"The limelight has been bad recently, so you should hide away for a while."

"I understand, Onishi-san."

"I understand you! I said the same thing last week!"