Hong Kong Comic Master

Nei-Kasugai Town, Aichi Prefecture, seems to be a place forgotten by industrialization.

The winter sun shines through the clouds and shines on the endless fields.

This is because the frost on the ground has not completely melted, and the reflected sunlight is like stars scattered on the land at night.

"You don't go to work every day, just sleep at home, I really don't know what's the point of giving birth to you?"

Suddenly, a series of roars came from a wooden house, even scaring away the pheasants foraging in the backyard.

"Bang!"

The door opened from the inside, and Toriyama ran out wrapped in a coat.

With messy hair and sleepy eyes, it can be seen that he should have just woken up.

Since the trip to Tokyo, Toriyama has returned to his hometown.

Compared with the big cities of steel and concrete, Toriyama, who grew up in the countryside, obviously prefers the countryside.

Therefore, after returning from Tokyo, he has been living at home.

In the eyes of a mother, if she hasn't seen her son for a long time, she will miss him and worry about him. But if she has her son in front of her every day, few mothers can control their temper.

Especially when she finds out that her son does nothing all day and is lazy, she will be very angry!

So, the war between mother and son broke out.

Dislike yourself for not doing your job?

How can drawing comics be considered not doing your job?

Wait until I make a lot of money...

When I thought of Torishima Heyan's face, Toriyama's heart was immediately deflated.

When will I be able to pass his test and successfully serialize?

"Hey!"

Because he was driven out, Toriyama was bored and strolled in the village.

Unknowingly, Toriyama strolled to a grocery store.

This is the only grocery store in the village. Villagers usually buy things they want to buy from here.

"Gurgle..."

At this moment, Toriyama's stomach rumbled.

I slept until I just woke up. I didn't eat for a night and a morning, so I was naturally hungry.

I looked in my pocket and found only a 50 yen coin.

Because he had not been able to serialize, he had no income this year. He relied entirely on his previous savings and his mother's help.

If not, he would not have stayed at home and been scolded every day. He would have moved out long ago.

Under the eaves, how can you not bow your head!

"Hey..."

The cash-strapped Toriyama scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, and then dragged his feet towards the grocery store.

When he arrived at the grocery store, Toriyama found that there were no adults in the store, only a child about ten years old was sitting in the store holding a comic book and reading it with relish.

"Daxiang, what are you reading?"

The little boy in front of him was the son of the store owner. They grew up in the same village, so Toriyama knew him.

However, Daxiang ignored him and continued to look at the comic book in his hand.

"Why are you ignoring me?" As he spoke, Toriyama spotted a bag of bread on the counter, picked it up, opened the package and took a big bite.

"30 yen!"

The little boy said bluntly without even raising his head.

"Ahem..."

Hearing this, Toriyama accidentally choked and took a long time to recover.

"Daxiang, how did you become like this? You asked me so much money for a piece of bread?"

"Who wants you to lie to me?"

The little boy finally raised his head and looked at Toriyama viciously.

"What did I lie to you about?"

Toriyama felt puzzled.

"You told me you were a cartoonist, but it's been half a year and I haven't seen any of your cartoons! My mom said you were lying to me!"

"I really didn't lie to you, I'm really a cartoonist!"

"Then which comic magazine did you serialize in?"

"I..."

This time Toriyama was really hit in the nick of time, and he didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, the little boy's comic book was opened, and Toriyama saw it at a glance. The comic book content turned out to be "Dragon Ball".

"Huh? Are you reading "Dragon Ball"? "

The little boy lowered his head, looked at his comic book, and raised his head and asked: "Is this "Dragon Ball"? "

"You don't know?"

The little boy shook his head.

"You don't know that you are still reading so enthusiastically?"

"Oh Tao-san went to the city to buy goods this morning, and bought a copy of "Champion" by the way. In order to read "Black Jack", I flipped through it casually after reading it, and ended up seeing this comic. It was actually released at the same time as the first and second chapters, so I read it!"

Da Xiang explained.

"Is "Dragon Ball" serialized? Today is... oh, right, Thursday!"

The serialization time of several comic magazines in Japan is different.

"Jump" is published every Monday, "Magazine" and "Sunday" are published every Wednesday, and as for "Weekly Shonen Champion" serialized by Li Wannian, it is published every Thursday.

"What do you think of this comic?"

"Not bad, quite funny!"

Da Xiang said without hesitation.

Although it was just a short comment, it made Toriyama very happy.

Toriyama had also read this comic, and compared to Torishima Kazuhiko's, he didn't like it very much, but Toriyama liked this comic very much.

As if there was a destiny in the dark, he felt that he was destined to be with this comic!

He thought this comic borrowed from "Journey to the West" was very interesting, but there were too few funny scenes. It would be nice if there were more!

Now that Daxiang's opinion is the same as his own, doesn't that mean that his vision is better than Torishima Kazuhiko's?

You also always say that there is something wrong with your eyesight. Aren’t you wrong too?

It can be regarded as winning against that annoying guy for once!

"Did you know? The author of this comic is a good friend of mine!"

"Really or not?"

Daxiang looked at the other party with disbelief.

"Of course, his name is Long Live, right?"

Daxiang turned to the first page of the comic and found that it was really two Chinese characters for long live.

"It's actually true!"

"Of course, I'm right?"

Toriyama smiled proudly.

"No, you secretly watched it before!"

"This magazine was only released today. I didn't wake up until just now. Where did you see it?"

"But...but..."

Facing Toriyama's explanation, Daxiang still didn't want to believe the guy whose parents said he was a liar.

"You still don't believe it? I have other comics of his at home. Do you want to read them?"

"real?"

"Of course, just wait, I'll go back and get it for you now!"

After saying that, Toriyama took half a piece of bread and ran quickly towards home without looking back.

Looking at Toriyama's back, hope suddenly rose in Daxiang's heart. Did he misunderstand him? Is he really a cartoonist?

"Daishang, is that guy Toriyama?"

At this time, the grocery store owner returned to the store and looked at Toriyama's back and asked.

"yes!"

Daxiang nodded.

"Has he paid for the bread in his hand?" the boss asked, looking at the bread in Toriyama's hand.

"Huh?" Daxiang suddenly realized at this moment that the guy just didn't seem to have given him any money.

Damn it, have you been deceived by this guy again?