Hong Kong Comic Master

It is still Nishi Kasugai Town in Aichi Prefecture. Several years have passed, and it is still a quiet and peaceful country life, as if time has frozen here.

Li Wannian was driving on this wide highway in a luxury car assigned to him by the magazine. He even felt that by doing so, he was destroying this paradise.

I have to say that the expressway built by the Nagoya City Government is indeed good. There is no cutting corners at all. It can be seen that they really don’t want this big tax payer to leave!

After getting off the car, Li Wannian knocked on the door with emotion when he saw the familiar countryside courtyard.

"Who?"

"Hello, auntie, I am Li Wannian, a friend of Toriyama's. I was once a guest at home!"

"Ah, I recognize you, my friend from Hong Kong, please come in!"

The person who opened the door to Li Wannian was Toriyama Akira's mother. Over the years, she had a lot of gray hair on her hair, but her temperament was obviously different, and her clothes were more fashionable.

Sure enough, money can indeed change your temperament!

"Is Toriyama at home?"

"Here, we are playing games!"

Speaking of her son, Toriyama's mother had a headache.

Logically speaking, she should be happy that her son has earned so much money for the family, but her son is already in his thirties, how can he look like a successful person?

It's as decadent as a dead house, spending more time lying down than standing up all day long!

Walking into the house, Li Wannian can still feel the changes here. An ordinary rural courtyard in the countryside has been completely renovated, with luxurious furniture and advanced electrical appliances.

At this time, Toriyama was wearing a white woolen sweater, home pants, and a hat. Although they should be expensive, Toriyama gave off the look of a cheap street vendor, and he looked lazy. Half lying on the sofa, playing FC red and white console on the big TV in the living room.

"Toriyama, why have you become so decadent?"

Arriving next to Toriyama, Li Wannian suddenly spoke, startling Toriyama.

"You don't want to beat me to it. I received a call from you last night and I didn't go out today. I had to play games at home!"

Hearing Li Wannian's voice, Toriyama pressed pause decisively, stood up and smiled at Li Wannian.

After visiting the magazine yesterday, Li Wannian has completed the two major things that Neon wants to do.

While he still had time, he wanted to meet Toriyama Na, whom he hadn't seen for many years.

In order not to miss out, he called Toriyama in advance last night and told him that he would come to see him today, and that was how the scene before him happened.

"If I don't call you, where are you going today?"

"Don't go then, just stay at home!"

"..."

"What are you playing at?"

"Dragon Quest, I designed it!"

With that said, Toriyama handed the handle to Li Wannian, his face full of expectations.

Ever since Toriyama finished "Arale", she has become completely decadent.

Li Wannian originally thought that after Toriyama lost his name in "Dragon Ball", he might create a new comic that was as good as "Dragon Ball".

Who knew that this guy would actually live a life of peace and quiet.

Although he also published several short comics during this period, such as "Mr. He", "The Boy Riding a Dragon", "Kennosuke Young Master", etc., although the response was average, Toriyama enjoyed it and was able to draw comics In my spare time, I use it to play...

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Of course, during this period, he also took on some odd jobs, such as character design and scene design for "Dragon Quest."

The Dragon Quest series is an electronic role-playing game (RPG) series developed by Neon Enix. As one of the best-selling long-lived game series in gaming history, it is known as the "national RPG" in Neon.

Its game production lineup is also very strong. The story is directed by Yuji Horii, and Koichi Sugiyama is responsible for composing the game music. Coupled with Toriyama, it is no wonder that the game became a hit on Neon as soon as it was released.

"Hey, the game is pretty good! The music sounds pretty good!"

Li Wannian played briefly for a while, then put down the operating controller and commented.

"Hahaha, of course, the music here is all performed using symphony. That guy Koichi is really talented!"

Akira Toriyama smiled proudly.

"Are you so leisurely every day now?"

"It's okay, you have to work sometimes!"

"sometimes?"

"Yeah, anyway, Torishima Heyan doesn't have time to care about me lately, so I haven't created any longer comics, so I can just be lazy!"

Li Wannian was stunned, and suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart.

Seeing such a talented cartoonist surrendering to such a self-destruction, Li Wannian couldn't help but feel regretful and envious.

Well, it’s just envy. This is what people call life. You can do whatever you want!

Look at yourself again? Being pushed by the entire company, not to mention how tiring it is!

"You have such a talent, why don't you create well?"

Li Wannian calmed down and brought the topic back to the right track.

If this was the purpose of Li Wannian coming to see him this time, he had copied someone else's "Dragon Ball" after all, so that he had not reached the heights he once had, and he felt a little guilty after all.

However, Li Wannian believes that with Toriyama's ability, even if he cannot create comics to the level of "Dragon Ball", he will not be too far behind.

However, it seems that Toriyama has no intention of creating!

"Oh, how tiring is it to paint seriously? Look, I am not short of money now, and I am famous. If I am interested, I can draw a few short stories. When I have nothing to do, I can also make games. My life is quite comfortable and comfortable. Why do I have to draw a full-length comic?”

"But, your talent..."

"Don't talk about talent or not. There are too many talented people in this world! I am not the only one left behind!"

Toriyama has no such self-confidence at all, nor does he have any desire to become that kind of master.

In fact, for Toriyama, he never wanted to achieve anything. In essence, he was a lazy person.

It was precisely because of laziness that he did not go to work and switched to drawing comics. It was precisely because of laziness that after he drew "Arale", he did not want to draw any other long comics.

"Wannian, I don't know why you are so persistent in making me work so hard on drawing comics like you, but everyone has their own life. You can't attach your life to me, right? Besides, what do you think? Are you happy in this period of your life? You... must be tired, right?"

Toriyama's words made Li Wannian feel inwardly, as if something had been stabbed in his heart.

"Actually, sometimes, slowing down or even stopping can make your journey smoother. Don't miss the scenery around you during the journey!"