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Chapter 203 I can be killed just by watching a show

The second episode of "Unnatural Death" is already showing signs of gaining momentum.

This made Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore collectively lose their voices. Some people didn't understand how Higashinoji's comics, which had shown a huge decline from the beginning, came from behind. But at this time, if you ask them to relent, that's not right. It's possible.

After all, they had already scolded them. If they retracted their words, it wouldn't be their faces that would be slapped. Even the Yanjiao Publishing House and Yumozhu Bookstore behind them would be ripped out and whipped to death by some thoughtful people.

And this is just the beginning of momentum. The comics market is volatile, and there are also cyclical changes. Maybe Higashinoji just happened to hit that time?

It’s not too early to lose hope!

For these reasons, they could only publish another soft article, 'rationally analyzing' the reasons why Higashinoji gained momentum in the second episode, and predicting that "Unnatural Death" will fall again in the next episode.

However, the tone this time was not as certain as the last time about the fall of comic genius Higashino Tsukasa. Instead, it seemed hesitant and used many words like 'probably' and 'maybe', which greatly reduced its credibility.

Regarding their hesitant rhetoric, Akasaka Kazuya did not hesitate at all. He made an urgent weekly magazine on the same day, specifically mocking the hesitant statements of the two major publishing houses - wasn't it just a few days ago that Tonoji had become the world? Is it the end of the world? Why did you suddenly change your face today? Face-changing monsters are not like you.

At the same time, Akasaka Kazuya did not hesitate to promote his own manga review magazine "Asajin", which is definitely much more objective and fair than the other two weekly magazines! Do not believe? Then I’m going to make a slap in the face and predict that Higashinoji’s “Unnatural Death” will continue to rise!

Akasaka Kazuya is a professional troublemaker. In fact, whether "Unnatural Death" wins, or "Hiharu" and "Kanazakura" win, it has nothing to do with him.

All he had to do was watch the show and get excited about it. Of course, if he could step on the two major publishing houses, he still had to give it a try. This opportunity was too rare. If Higashinoji hadn't been so awesome, he would probably have ridiculed him. No chance.

With this trend of indiscriminate bombardment outside, even Sakamoto of Mozhu Bookstore was approached by the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief of Mozhu Bookstore was also very good-tempered and comforted his mainstay author, telling him to stabilize his mentality and not to let Higashinoji's comics go up, and it would be a lot of fun if his comics fell.

After all, Higashinoji's performance hasn't surpassed him yet.

The words of the editor-in-chief of Mozhu Bookstore made Sakamoto feel uncomfortable. He had previously said on the show that he was very happy and considered truly happy, but now that he was about to be beaten up by Higashinoji, he could no longer be optimistic.

He really didn't want to go back to the days when he was dominated by Higashinoji again.

Depressed, depressed.

But comics have to be drawn.

Several home entertainment media approached him and hoped that he could participate in exclusive interviews, but he avoided them and said he would not participate.

Yes.

He didn't dare to do an interview this time. He felt that if he did it again, he would be ridiculed enough. There was no need to waste his mentality.

Higashino Tsukasa's shadow is about to envelop Sakamoto, but Fujiwara Aoi and the others on the other side are doing pretty well.

"It's so beautiful! I knew there would be a twist in this episode! How could it end so easily?" Yumi Takahashi put down "Cold" and shouted to Konoe Ryoka who had already changed into pajamas on the other side: "Lianghua! Come and see your boyfriend's new work! It's really good."

She was stunned halfway through saying "It's really good-looking." Then she frowned, and a hint of disbelief flashed in her big black and bright eyes: "Lianghua, have you grown up again?"

"Huh? No, right?" Konoe Ryoka didn't quite understand what Yumi Takahashi's words were based on. Her height was measured just yesterday and there was basically no change. However, she had gained weight, and she didn't know where it was added.

"Nothing, Aoi. Come over and see if you have grown up."

"Ah? Why have you grown up?" Fujiwara Aoi, who was still wiping her hair with a towel, turned around in confusion. When she saw Konoe Ryoka changing into pajamas, she also stood there a little dazed. After a while, she said: "It's true, Lianghua, you haven't spent the night at Yumi's house for a long time, I just realized it."

It’s indeed a little bigger!

He held back his words.

"I rubbed him big! It's all my credit!" Yumi Takahashi happily sat next to her and began to show off her merits without hesitation. She felt that she was the one who rubbed her big because she was the only one who would touch it from time to time. Konoe Ryoka.

ah?

Only then did Konoe Ryoka realize that this guy was talking about that part of her body, and she immediately reached out to block it: "I don't even feel it, Yumi, Aoi, don't talk nonsense. Let's just read comics."

Konoe Ryoka shielded herself, sat down against Takahashi Yumi, and opened "Abomination of Cold".

The entire plot of this episode proceeds very neatly and neatly, plus Higashinoji's own drawing skills bonus, making it really comfortable to watch.

I don’t know how Misumi Mikoto will solve the issue of online violence in the future, and I am looking forward to it.

As she looked at it, she could remember the way Higashinoji looked sideways, slightly proud of his own work, so she narrowed her eyes happily.

Sure enough, Asi was right, there was nothing wrong with "Unnatural Death".

Konoe Ryoka closed "Abominable Cold" with satisfaction, and then was caught by Takahashi Yumi from behind.

She couldn't help it anymore and had to check whether Konoe Ryoka was older.

Fujiwara Aoi next to her also poked her head in, very curious.

"What are you going to do?"

Konoe Ryoka's face suddenly turned red. After a few symbolic struggles, she was unable to do anything. She was dragged onto the bed by the two of them - and was forced to undergo an examination.

While Konoe Ryoka and Fujiwara Aoi were noisy, Higashinoji felt relieved after seeing this week's results.

Although he is quite confident about "Unnatural Death", the results in the first week can only be regarded as average for him. At this time, seeing these more than 300 votes, he feels that he is finally on the right track. .

He was like this, and Hosokawa Koharu on the other side was even more like this - when she saw this data, she slammed the table and stood up in excitement.

Because no one can really control 100% of the market, if Tonoji's comics are bad, she will take the blame.

But fortunately - Higashinoji and her predictions were right, at least for now.

I hope I can have a happy turnaround next time!

In this way, everyone was mixed with joy and anger, and the time passed smoothly to the next week.

The number of positive votes from readers of Iwakaku Publishing House Ozawada was 576, which is a slight drop, but this drop is acceptable. If the plot reaches a climax, it can still rise a little bit.

In addition to Ozawada, there is also Sakamoto from Mozhu Bookstore. Compared with Ozawada, he can only be regarded as okay. The first episode of his robot science fiction comic has 491 votes and the second episode has 482 votes. votes, by the third episode it was 453 votes. The drop was a little bigger, but it was still at the level of an average author’s drop.

But from here we can also see the shortcomings of robot science fiction comics.

The start may be good, but if you want to maintain this start without creative collision with other comics, this will test the comic author's skills too much.

Let's take a very simple example - the time before Qidian when novels about annulment of engagement, waster, and son-in-law were popular.

Many readers simply clicked the little cross in the upper right corner when they saw useless people, broken engagements, and adopted sons-in-law.

After all, the first person to eat crabs is a smart person, the second person to eat crabs is a person who is good at finding opportunities, and the third and fourth people to eat crabs are idiots.

It is estimated that Sakata's decline will continue for another week or two before he finally stabilizes at a relatively stable result. Unless a particularly good plot is drawn in the later period, it will be difficult to get out of the quagmire.

As the focus of everyone's attention, the third episode of "Unnatural Death" received 393 positive votes from readers! There are only twenty votes left to follow Akisa Kuromiya's "The Island of Evil" to take first place!

This explosive increase in votes made everyone speechless.

The days when "Unnatural Death" ranked second with more than 200 votes seem to still be vivid in my mind, but what's going on now? Is it really going to be a big hit?

The price is still skyrocketing in the third episode, and there is no intention of falling. This means that there is still momentum behind this comic, which may even be unpleasant to say. Maybe by the fifth and sixth episodes, it will be the best among the three major companies today. Ozawada was stabbed down.

But that also requires that "Unnatural Death" does not go backwards like other comics and can continue to climb up.

Of course, the abnormal and skyrocketing phenomenon of "unnatural death" has also attracted the interest of many comic book publishers.

How did you get up there?

Something is wrong, something is indeed wrong.

Putting aside the secret rivalry between publishers, Sakamoto of Mozhu Bookstore is getting more and more panicked now.

Higashinoji's grades continued to rise, which made him uneasy from time to time, picking up statistical data tables and looking at them, as if he could eat up the more than 300 votes for Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death" with just his eyes.

He has also been studying "Unnatural Death" by Higashino Tsukasa, and he clearly understands that the other party's current plot is at best in the middle. The first case has not been solved yet, and it is far from the real climax.

Sakamoto predicts that around the fifth or sixth episode, Higashinoji's first incident will be completely resolved. If the ending is excellent, then Ozawada may not be able to beat him. If the finish is subpar, then he still has a chance.

But the truth is that you expect others to have problems? This sounds ridiculous just thinking about it.

The editor-in-chief also repeatedly emphasized that he should stabilize his mentality.

But tell me how you can maintain such a stable state of mind? I can't stand it anymore, I really can't stand it anymore.

The shadow of being dominated by Higashinoji is spreading——

This made Sakamoto a little angry, and he was distracted for a long time while holding the statistics table.

He was furious here, but Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu were in high spirits! The rhythm of the past is back! Everything is going according to the prescribed route! There will definitely be no problem if you keep going like this!

Especially Hosokawa Koharu, she always lowered her head when walking a few days ago and didn't know what she was thinking. When the editor-in-chief Urashima called her, she had no intention of raising her head. Only when he got close and patted her on the shoulder did she I finally came back to my senses, and when I looked carefully, there were even dark circles under my eyes.

But now, Hosokawa Koharu has returned to the state before the serialization of "Unnatural Death". He is well rested, looks very energetic, and his voice is getting louder.

The editor next to her was envious when he saw her like this - how many times was this the first time that Mr. Higashino and Editor Hosokawa were about to win the first place?

There is really nothing to say about this performance ability.

They were sighing here, but they also did not forget to lament to the manga author under their opponent: "Teacher, look at Mr. Higashino's works, why can his works get up after falling into the quagmire, but our two works can't get up? "

This is a question that requires reflection.

discuss, reflect

Not to mention the situation of Higashinoji.

He already felt that he was in control of the situation in the second episode, and he was now considering the momentum of the third episode.

The script is going in the direction he expected.

"Unnatural Death" gradually blossoms into its own brilliance.

The next step is to stabilize this momentum and continue to move upward!

"According to this momentum, by the fifth episode, the evaluation of "Unnatural Death" should have a blowout stage. As expected, the sales volume of the stand-alone book should be able to secure the first place."

Higashikata is becoming more and more confident.

His original intention was not to spend too much energy on readers' positive votes with the other two major publishing houses.

Because the only thing that can truly measure an author's strength is the sales of single books.

Even if Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death" has more favorable votes than Sakamoto and others, it can only mean that it is a staged victory. From a long-term perspective, the only thing that really affects the performance of a comic work is sales!

Weekly sales, monthly sales, annual sales, average volume sales of the entire work!

Sales volume is everything in the industry, and it is the achievement that is truly recognized by the public.

If you want to fight, fight for the number one sales volume!

After all, the reason why Iwakaku Publishing House and Mozhu Publishing House competed with him at the same time was to crush Higashinoji to death in terms of single volume sales.

This is a fight where you die or I live.

Thinking of this, Higashinoji picked up the dip pen again and continued to draw on the comic original paper.

The fourth episode of "Unnatural Death" also officially started serialization in this state of writing and drawing.

It was at this time that something happened that Higashinoji didn't expect at all - "Unnatural Death" did not start its blowout phase in the fifth episode, but in the fourth episode, the topic and votes surged!

The fourth chapter of the comic "Unnatural Death" received 542 positive votes from readers!

She completely surpassed and got rid of Akisa Kuromiya's "Desolate Island" with more than 100 votes, and sat on the bench of the top leader of "Cold" again!

As soon as this news came out, it was not just the review magazines under Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Publishing House that were still harsh in the past.

Even Fuji Publishing House, which had always maintained a neutral wait-and-see attitude, was completely stunned.

Wait a minute

I do want to see you guys fight, but we don’t want to see a one-book sales monster appear.

Why do you feel like a theatergoer like me is about to be killed?