Tokyo life starting with painting

Many readers were arguing over whether "The Ring" was finished, and many newspaper reporters approached Hosokawa Koharu to inquire.

Of course, Hosokawa Koharu also gave a very official answer - there will be no spoilers. If you want to know the result, please wait for the result of the new issue of "Cold".

In this situation where everyone is raising their heads to watch, Higashino Tsukasa's "Midnight Ring" ushered in its final chapter.

"It's actually over."

Everyone saw the big 'Final Chapter' logo on the cover of "Abominable Cold" and couldn't help but rub their eyes. Finally, they all exhaled with satisfaction and accepted the ending.

"Midnight Ring" has a perfect ending!

Really a perfect ending.

In the last five weeks, the performance of "Midnight Ring" has exceeded everyone's imagination.

A comic book can end in such a perfect way

To be honest, it is actually the dream of many comic book authors.

Some popular manga authors even talked about it in the attached pages of their comic strips - "It is my dream to complete a work as perfectly as Mr. Higashino did." ’

After the completion of "Midnight Bell", Urashima Publishing also directly released the number of positive readers' votes for "Midnight Bell" from the beginning to the end of the serialization in its own manga review magazine.

When they saw the internal vote count, both readers and editors were surprised.

"The Ring" has been ranked first among readers for four weeks in a row! In "The Cold", you can hardly find anyone who can hit him with a knife.

Especially the vote numbers in the last few weeks, are you really not kidding? The number of positive votes from readers of "The Ring" soared to 700, and the number of positive votes for the last episode reached 715.

This is simply unimaginable.

"Abominable Cold" counted 1,000 responses from readers. (There are three boxes on a reader reply letter where you can write your favorite comics, and they cannot be filled in repeatedly)

So this is equivalent to more than 70% of people liking the work "The Ring".

And this very popular work has ended?

There is another very interesting phenomenon in this.

That is, no one jumped out to question the authenticity of the reader praise data released by Urashima Publishing House.

Because in good conscience, "The Ring" is really good to watch.

And amidst this discussion, Higashinoji did not express his position.

Because compared to such casual things as expressing his stance, he still has the manuscript of "The Lonely Gourmet" to complete.

The second episode, "The Lonely Gourmet", was soon published in "Aoba". It is still a serious Japanese style of humor, especially the interaction between a service staff and Party A which is particularly interesting - it is actually an air conditioner. The remote control ran out of power, but the owner thought the air conditioner was broken, so he kept complaining to the home appliance store, saying that the air conditioners here were particularly prone to breaking.

This ironic humor made "The Lonely Gourmet" once again receive recognition from these service people, and they all said that they had indeed encountered this kind of thing in their lives.

"After completing "Midnight Ring", I was able to draw "The Lonely Gourmet" so interestingly, as if I was not affected at all. I am worthy of being a Higashino printer."

Next to him, the male editor of Urashima Publishing House looked at the new chapter of "The Lonely Gourmet" and sighed loudly.

Originally, some people were worried about whether the completion of "Midnight Ring" would have any impact on the serialization of "The Lonely Gourmet" by Higashino Tsukasa.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all. There are no paper jams, operational failures or other errors in Tono's printers, and it can still produce large quantities of high-quality originals.

It happened that the male editor saw Hosokawa Koharu stepping back from the editor-in-chief's desk while putting down "Aoba", so he reached out and said hello: "Editor Hosokawa, are you free this evening? Make some time, let's go together Go have a meal.”

"Uh, I'm sorry about that, Oshima-senpai." Hosokawa Koharu shuddered, and then hurriedly explained: "I have to go to Mr. Higashino tonight to celebrate, and then discuss the serialization of a new manga."

"Are you in such a hurry? Don't Mr. Higashino take a break?" Editor Oshima was stunned.

After finishing a popular work, it’s okay to take a break for a few weeks, but Higashinoji still wants to continue painting?

Tono Printer lives up to its reputation!

"It's not that I'm anxious, but Teacher Higashino is sorry."

After saying this, she bowed apologetically before returning to her seat.

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She exhaled so hard that her scalp felt numb.

In the past, when she was ignorant, she liked this kind of social drinking party, but now she is sensible.

These seniors always asked her if she had any tips. Let alone drinking, she couldn't even take a bite of the food. When it came to the cocktail party, she was the target of criticism. Who would want to go?

"Fortunately, Mr. Higashino is there as a shield." Hosokawa Koharu thought to himself.

She didn't lie. She was indeed going to have dinner with Tonoji tonight to celebrate, and she also discussed the idea of ​​a new comic with him.

Of course, according to Hosokawa Koharu's opinion, he definitely wanted Higashinoji to rest for a while.

The fact that he has been serializing for so long at the same time may seem impressive to others, but Hosokawa Koharu clearly knows how much time Higashino spent in this.

Most young people go out for shopping on Saturdays and Sundays, but he stays at home all day long and draws comics. He doesn't have much rest time except spending time with Chihaya Higashino.

It can be said to be a ruthless caricature drawing machine.

"I still need to talk to Mr. Higashino a little bit," Hosokawa Koharu thought.

Two hours later, Hosokawa Koharu, who had completed all the work, received permission from the editor-in-chief Urashima to leave work early and go to Higashinoya.

"Hello? Mr. Higashino." Hosokawa Koharu stopped the car and called Higashinoji: "I've arrived downstairs. How are your preparations going?"

"Well, it's almost done. I'll be down soon." Higashino responded cheerfully on the phone.

Hosokawa Koharu had called him before and said he was preparing to celebrate, so Higashinoji was not particularly surprised.

Almost two minutes later, Higashinoji appeared downstairs in the apartment with Higashino Chihaya: "Sorry to keep you waiting, Editor Hosokawa."

Higashinoji came over and greeted Hosokawa Koharu with a smile.

"Isn't there anything I've been waiting for? By the way." Hosokawa Koharu turned to look at Higashino Chihaya standing next to Higashinoji. Just when he was about to compliment the other party on his beautiful dress——

"Koharu, you haven't soaked Asi yet?" Higashino Chihaya asked in shock as soon as he saw her.

Well--

Hosokawa Koharu was immediately blocked by these words. Before he could open his mouth, he heard Higashino Chihaya say seriously in a tone of elder educating younger ones:

"That's not okay, Xiaochun. As Si is so good-looking, there must be many girls in the school who like him. You can't fail to seize the opportunity."

"" Hosokawa Koharu was really dumbfounded, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

It happened that at this time, Higashinoji was also smiling and getting angry: "Yes, Editor Hosokawa, you have to seize the opportunity. I also think that good men like me are rare."

Next to her, Chihaya Higashino naturally echoed her younger brother: "Look, if Aji gives you a chance, you have to make the most of it, Koharu."

Then she turned back and scolded Higashinoji: "You too, Asi, you can't always let girls be too active, right? You have to be more proactive."

Listening to Higashino Chihaya's reproachful voice, Higashinoji naturally smiled and nodded; "I'll do my best."

In this regard, Hosokawa Koharu did not say anything.

After all, she is a mature social person and knows clearly what is a joke and what is the truth.

Higashinoji's words were obviously a joke, so naturally she wouldn't take them seriously.

Higashinoji and Higashino Chihaya talked for several more words outside the car before getting in the car.

About thirty minutes later, Hosokawa Koharu brought Higashinoji and Higashino Chihaya to a specially decorated Japanese restaurant.

This Japanese restaurant has small trees and a pond planted in the atrium, which looks very elegant and interesting.

After Higashinoji and Higashino Chihaya were completely seated, Hosokawa Koharu asked with a strange expression: "Teacher Higashino, I just saw you carrying a bag. What's in it?"

Yes, just now she discovered that Higashinoji was carrying a paper bag, and she didn't know what was in it.

"Ah, this, this is the draft storyboard for the new comic series." Higashinoji didn't hide anything from Hosokawa Koharu, and simply took out the contents of the bag.

Draft storyboards, also known as names, are actually very rough manuscripts, used by comic book authors to show the plot of the story to editors. The characters in them have not been refined in any way and are drawn very crudely.

As a comic book author with serialization experience, Higashinoji naturally allows Hosokawa Koharu to read the draft storyboards, which is considered a privilege for an old man.

New comics authors can only bring their completed manuscripts to editors.

"New manga," Hosokawa Koharu muttered, and her heart skipped a beat - it's really here!

She knew that Higashinoji was not someone who could live idle.

I might come out with some comics this time.

but--

Hosokawa Koharu was not in a hurry to read these storyboard drafts, but carefully sorted them out and then persuaded:

"Teacher Higashino, don't you think about taking a rest? Isn't it hard to finish "Midnight Ring"? Aren't you tired?"

"I'm not tired." Higashinoji was quite grateful for Hosokawa Koharu's concern: "I'm very grateful to Editor Hosokawa for your relationship, but I'm not tired. Rather than resting, now I want to produce another good movie. The works come.”

As soon as Higashinoji said this, Hosokawa Koharu didn't know how to refute.

Higashinoji is considered the number one, and even the editor persuaded him, hoping that he could rest.

As a result, the printer was not happy and said it still wanted to work.

What else can be done?

Hosokawa Koharu expressed his helplessness, but still said: "In this case, let me see your new work, Mr. Higashino."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was about to pick up the thick stack of draft storyboards, but then she was stopped by Higashinoji——

"Please wait a moment, Editor Hosokawa, please start with this one first."

Higashinoji gave Hosokawa Koharu a thick stack of draft storyboards in order.

But after hearing Higashinoji's words, Hosokawa Koharu instinctively felt that something was wrong. She raised her head and showed a surprised look: "Let's start with this one? Er, Mr. Higashino, is it possible for you?"

"Yes, here are the draft storyboards of the two comics."

Tonoji smiled and nodded.

""Hosokawa Koharu.

I originally thought it would be difficult for you to produce the draft storyboards of one comic, but you turned around and made two comics for me?

It’s really a printing press!

Hosokawa Koharu was a little embarrassed, but he quickly devoted himself to the two comics at hand.

First up is the first comic.

The name of the first comic is "Bulk Collapse", which is a work adapted by Higashinoji based on the popular Japanese drama "Bulk Collapse" which scored a high ratings of 45.3% in Japan that year.

It mainly tells the story of conflicts between Japanese bad girls, teenagers and their parents.

The plot is of course exciting, and there are various twists and turns——

The rebellious girl Tomomi gradually corrected her bad behavior under the education of her parents. She stopped taking drugs and no longer fooled around with the racing gang. Everything seemed to be back to square one.

Until Tomomi's parents wrote a book about their education process.

The book directly ignores the fact that Tomomi is ignored by her parents and lacks family affection, leaving only the hard work of her parents and Tomomi's violent rebellion.

All these factors have pushed Tomomi to the edge of rebellion and delinquency again.

This is a very satirical comic with a very interesting plot and a lot of twists. If it could be drawn, it would definitely be a particularly outstanding work.

but

This is too heavy.

"Chill" is indeed a horror comic, but it feels a little too oppressive to put social phenomena directly on top of a comic that is meant to be entertainment.

In addition, Higashinoji's painting skills have a strong sense of substitution, which gives the comic "Brick Collapse" a gray feeling as a whole, which makes people unable to breathe at all.

Hosokawa Koharu raised his head, looked at Tonoji, and then took a look at the draft storyboard of the second comic he put on the table.

There are just a few big words left in the title bar——

"The winner is justice."

She glanced at the title, and then at Higashinoji's signal, she began to read it carefully.

Hosokawa Koharu soon became fascinated by it. At the end, he raised his head and reacted with a look of astonishment on his face: "Teacher Higashino, do you want to draw professional comics?"

The so-called professional comics actually use the professional lives of doctors, chefs, bank clerks, etc. as the comic stage.

A comic based on the stories they encounter in this profession.

As mentioned before, although "Abominable Chill" is a horror comic magazine, it also contains some professional comics as a supplement.

The comic titled "The Winner Is Justice" tells the story of lawyer Gu Meimen and his assistant Xun using various techniques to complete the process of overturning the case.

And the plot is really interesting!

Is it possible that Higashinoji is aiming at this?

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