Full-time cartoonist

Now is the peak moment of "Weekly Shonen Jump".

Some time ago, Hibiki Higashino asked Sasaki that the sales volume of Jump magazine had reached a high of 6.4 million, which means that 6.4 million copies of the magazine were sold every week.

How many teenagers are there in Japan?

This is a peak that has never been reached in the past and will never be reached in the future after 1995.

It can be said that every work in the series is a masterpiece or above.

In this golden age surrounded by gods, Hibiki Higashino was surprised and a little frightened to be able to get the second place of Xiaozheng.

"I'm really happy now, Mr. Sasaki."

"Keep this feeling and keep working hard." Sasaki said: "I have always believed in you and will become Jump's pillar."

"yes!"

…

On Sunday, Yamamura Morimichi got a sample issue of Jump.

"The Sun Murder Incident" is the color page in the 23rd issue. He has been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

""Spirit of the Game" ranked second, and our manga only ranked fifth. It's simply unforgivable." Yamamura said to Mr. Arai who was working on the side.

He was troubled and wanted to surpass "Soul of Chess". But after reading the comic, I really liked the content of "Chess Soul".

Pain and happiness.

The standard of "Chess Soul" has dropped and he will be very unhappy if he can't see interesting comics.

But "Soul of Chess" ranked higher than his own comics, which made him even more unhappy.

So what you can do is improve yourself.

After a year of improving his skills and receiving feedback from readers, he began to revise the original details and strive for perfection.

The name of the comic can be changed to "The Sun Murder Incident: Kai", and Yamamura begins to add more new content.

Second, of course, are the recommended positions such as the color pages in the volume and the color pages at the top of the volume.

"There is a color page in the middle of the comic," he said smugly: "Even the cover will have a picture and text. This time it will definitely surpass the ranking of "Soul of Chess"!"

Except for the serialization of the first episode, he was behind "Soul of Chess" several times. He had been unhappy for a long time. He was only one place behind "Soul of Chess" with dozens of votes.

"You," Mr. Arai looked at Yamamura Morimichi in a funny way, and he shook his head, "This result is already very good. My own comics are always ranked after ten. Young people must learn to be satisfied."

"I am Yamamura Morimichi," he took out the Jump sample magazine from the paper bag, stood up and held it up high, "I must be the number one, even if I am the number one among newcomers!"

He made bold words, and Arai felt helpless and appreciative.

Working with this young man even his heart came alive.

It feels like I'm back when I first started drawing comics.

"You're right. Let's work hard together! I will draw the best painting!" he said affectionately.

But I saw Yamamura Shoudao's rosy face suddenly turn pale, and then black like ashes on the bottom of a pot.

"If you are a born bird, Qiu Ye, why did you let me, Shancun Shoudao, be born again!" He looked up to the sky and roared.

"Hey! Are you okay? Yamamura!" Arai was concerned, and he came over to take a look.

Yamamura Morichi hurriedly hid the jump, but after thinking about it, he couldn't hide it.

He sighed again, "I didn't expect the front page of this issue to be "The Soul of Chess"."

He had just made a bold statement and was immediately slapped in the face. Even a thick-skinned person like him couldn't bear it.

On the jump cover, there is Hikari Kondo holding a black chess piece between his two fingers, and behind him is Fujiwara Sawei from 1,000 years ago, wearing a similar Tang suit.

It occupies almost all the spots on the cover.

The color page in the volume, which made him happy and had been looking forward to it for a long time, only occupied less than 1/10 of the space on the cover, making it very inconspicuous in comparison.

"It turned out to be a front page," Arai lamented. "I have been drawing comics at Jump for 7 or 8 years, and I have never received this honor. I am worthy of Tori Akino-sensei."

"Wait a minute!" Yamamura Shoudou suddenly shouted. He ignored the embarrassment and remembered a very dangerous thing, "The last chapter of "The Soul of Chess" was in second place... Gudu..."

He swallowed and looked at the comic magazine with wide eyes, "It's just a foreshadowing, plus the front page of this issue... Could it be..."

"Could it be that..." Arai was also shocked, "Will he become Xiaozheng's number one?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Yamamura Shoudou waved his hand fiercely. If "Soul of Chess" got the first place, his courage to chase might disappear.

He quickly picked up the comic and read in it.

After a while, Yamamura Shoudao breathed a sigh of relief.

The content in the comics was different from what he thought.

Ryo Tayashi vs. Sae Fujiwara, which has been foreshadowed for several chapters.

But in the end, because of Shindo Hikaru's fascination with Go, he himself played against Taiya Ryo.

Given his level, it was natural that he would lose, and in the middle of the game Shindo Hikari threw in the towel and admitted defeat.

I went through all the hard work just for this one game, but the result was an anticlimactic one.

Taiya Ryo stepped out of the shadow of Fujiwara Sawei and moved towards professionalism.

Shindo Hikaru also continues his pursuit.

Arai finished reading it quickly.

He said: "Such content will naturally not be liked by readers. But..."

"It maintains the tone of the work," Yamamura Morimichi continued, and he remembered the short story "The Soul of the Game" in the "Tezuka Award", "Shindo Hikaru is different from Torajiro. If Sawei continues to play chess, then Shindo Hikaru will only be the second one." Two Torajiros.”

"Well," Arai nodded, "It's really courageous to give up the present and see the long-term future."

Shindo Hikaru, who is obsessed with playing chess, is naturally more charming than a puppet.

Yamamura Shoudao fell silent.

After a while, he said, "Mirai Tori Akino is such a strong opponent. It's quite interesting to be serialized in Jump with him."

…

Hibiki Higashino was reading comics, and "The Sun Murder Incident" surprised him.

The painting skills have improved and it fits the work better.

The content of the novel has also been changed after the manga was revised, with more reasonable modus operandi and detailed progress.

Even the reasoning process of the novel version has been changed. The final criminal has been shrouded in fog and is unknown.

In the field of comics, "The Sun" is an evolution.

"Oh! It's so interesting! Sure enough, the most important thing about a mystery work is the unknown!" You can't survive on Jump by just adapting comics according to the original text.

"This guy Yamamura is very courageous."

Higashikata sighed.

It seems more interesting to him, but I wonder what readers will think.

He has revised many versions of Jin Yong's novels, but not all of them are recognized by readers.

Higashino Hibiki had a hint of admiration for Yamamura's defense.

After reading "The Sun Murder Incident", he read the latest comic strip.

Very familiar, someone who knows more about the following content than the author - "Rurouni Kenshin".

"This is the pillar of "Jump" in the future." Hibiki Higashino said in surprise, "Is it going to be serialized now?"

He had seen the "Rurouni Kenshin" anime before, and there was also a wonderful live-action movie.

So I have some impressions.

The reverse blade, the murderer with the "x" scar on his face, Himura Kenshin, finally appeared on the same stage as "The Soul of the Game".

"It's really an era where monsters appear frequently!"

Thanks for the point coin reward.