Tokyo life starting with painting

Not to mention the sudden popularity of "romantic love", Sakamoto's life is not easy.

"Huh" looking at the statistical data table in his hand about the fourth episode of Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death", Sakamoto, who was sitting at the work table, could no longer calm down and threw the statistical table out and hit the wall hard. ——

Damn it! It really made "Unnatural Death" popular!

Seeing Sakamoto's angry gesture, the manga assistants and manga apprentices in the same studio as him couldn't help but shrink their heads.

In fact, they have also noticed that Sakamoto has become less serious in drawing comics recently, and the quality cannot keep up with the first three chapters. From time to time, he will cover his face, showing an expression of extreme pain, which makes them feel uncomfortable. However, Sakamoto has entered menopause early from time to time.

Many comic assistants and even some apprentices want to resign and leave.

Because this sudden attack was too terrifying, Sakamoto looked like an extremely sensitive psychopath.

Compared to the dull, depressing, and painful atmosphere here, Urashima Publishing House on the other side has a completely different style of painting.

"good!"

Bang!

Hosokawa Koharu, who got the "Unnatural Death" statistics table, slapped it on the table with a 'bang'.

This sound startled the editors on both sides, and they wanted to turn around to see who was making such a loud noise in the editorial office of "Abominable Cold".

But when they turned around and saw that it was Hosokawa Koharu, they took back the words they were about to curse and showed a look of deep envy.

I'm envious indeed.

Just by looking at the fourth episode, "Unnatural Death" is already a sure thing that it will be completely popular. Next week, it is estimated that Ozawada will be pushed out and truly occupy the first position.

And what does this say about being on top of all comic book authors from the three major publishing houses?

This shows that Higashinoji's comics can be said to be trending, and it is not an exaggeration to say "Japan's No. 1".

Not to mention that Higashinoji this time is completely different from "Midnight Bell" and "The Lonely Gourmet". He came out of this kind of meat grinder-like battlefield.

Hosokawa Koharu and Higashinoji can do this kind of thing. To exaggerate, even if she overturns her desk with joy, the editor-in-chief Urashima will not care about her.

After all, grades are everything.

score! score! It would be great if there were results!

They were so envious that several editors immediately took out their mobile phones and called the comic writers under them, feeling like they wanted to draw them to death.

"Chief Editor Urashima, you must have read the readership survey for the fourth episode of "Unnatural Death" this time, right?"

Hosokawa Koharu immediately walked to the desk of Chief Editor Urashima and said with excitement: "We succeeded."

"Yes." Editor-in-chief Urashima also smiled and nodded: "There are a lot of people in the club who have opinions about me. This time, the results of the first episode of Mr. Higashino's "Unnatural Death" were immediately started. There was pressure on me but luckily Higashino-sensei did it.”

In Japan, no matter which company you work for, the factional disputes are actually quite serious. Editor-in-chief Urashima holds the rights and obligations of the editor-in-chief of the weekly "Abomination" and the monthly "Aoba". Of course, many people are watching. Holding on to him, hoping to find fault with him and evenly divide the rights in his hands.

Fortunately, Higashinoji is very capable and can use his achievements to silence those who questioned Editor-in-Chief Urashima's insistence on serializing "Unnatural Death".

"Then can you tell Mr. Higashino about the TV series?" Hosokawa Koharu asked thoughtfully.

This is something that Higashinoji has never known. His works "The Lonely Gourmet" and "The Winner is Justice" have actually been contacted by TV stations to inquire about TV dramas.

It should be seen on TV stations next quarter at the latest.

The adaptation of comics into live-action TV series is actually not a rare thing in the industry. The famous "Tokyo Love Story", "Hot Teacher" and "I Am Big Brother" all have original comics.

"There's no rush yet. Let's wait until this interview with Teacher Higashino and the fifth episode of "Unnatural Death" are finished."

Editor-in-chief Urashima thought for a while and waved his hand.

Although the current situation is very good, it is far from being taken lightly. It is safer to let Higashinoji finish the fifth episode of "Unnatural Death" steadily and wait for the reputation to stabilize before informing him of the good news.

You must know that the only way to truly measure the reputation of a comic is the sales of individual volumes.

Historically, there have been works that received good responses from reader surveys, but failed to sell out once the single volume was released.

His decision also won the approval of Hosokawa Koharu.

This is the time to work hard, and we really cannot take it lightly.

But I want Higashinoji to take it lightly

To be honest, Hosokawa Koharu still thinks it is impossible.

"Is there an exclusive interview?"

Higashinoji, who was drawing the manuscript for the sixth chapter of "Unnatural Death", stopped moving.

He wanted to reject Hosokawa Koharu.

After all, I still have the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" to draw, and I still have to find time to participate in exclusive interviews.

etc!

As if he had thought of something, Touyoshi lowered his head and flipped through his notebook, swallowing what he wanted to say in a circle, then changed his words and asked her: "Well, I understand, when will that be? ?Editor Hosokawa?”

"Probably this Saturday, just to record a program. If you don't have time, Mr. Higashino, you don't have to."

"I have time." Higashino closed his notebook and said cheerfully, "I have time to participate in this exclusive interview."

Are you kidding? Can he answer that he doesn't have time?

If you don’t have time, you have to spare a day to attend this interview.

Higashinoji's firm words made Hosokawa Koharu on the other end of the phone stunned. He sounded a little hesitant just now, why did he become so determined all of a sudden?

But Hosokawa Koharu still reacted and replied: "I understand, then I will pick up Mr. Higashino when the time comes."

After saying this, she sighed a little. As an editor, she did not fulfill her responsibilities as an editor, but she fulfilled her duties as a driver. Her feelings were a bit complicated.

Out of this mentality, she still asked softly: "Teacher Higashino, are there any difficulties in creation? The end of the fifth episode of "Unnatural Death" should be quite difficult, right? If you have any difficulties, you can share them with me, and I can also Analyze and analyze for you.”

"There is no difficulty." Higashinoji replied with a smile: "The fifth episode of "Unnatural Death" has been drawn, and now I am drawing the sixth episode."

"I understand." Hosokawa Koharu replied with a sad feeling in her voice.

Finishing the painting in advance has become a normal practice for Higashino.

Even Hosokawa Koharu can say this - Higashinoji is good at everything, but too good and too much. It's so good that it's confusing.

It always made Hosokawa Koharu feel like she had no sense of existence. She was always being surprised, not like an editor, but more like a big salty egg who just ate and did nothing.

Hosokawa Koharu's answer made Higashinoji smile kindly, and then replied: "Don't worry, if there are any creative difficulties, I will definitely tell Editor Hosokawa, and I hope Editor Hosokawa can help me." .”

"I see."

Hosokawa Koharu said hello again, then hung up the phone, feeling a little sad at the same time - Higashinoji was always like this, the key is that he never had any difficulties, so the number of times she 'helped' was zero.

I wonder if there is a chance to help Higashinoji this time?

It still feels like hanging.

In fact, there was nothing much to talk about in this exclusive interview on Saturday.

Higashinoji basically responded to the host's questions without a word.

And this state was not until Higashinoji heard Mr. Sakamoto from Mozhu Bookstore that he became energetic, propped up his body, and with a smile on his face began to discuss this middle-aged man who looked proud when the data for the first episode of "Unnatural Death" came out. people.

He first expressed his regret that the data of Sakamoto's new manga had failed miserably. Sakamoto's mecha war manga had completely failed to keep up due to his own inability to stabilize his mentality. The number of positive reviews plummeted, and it did not have the same glory as the first chapter. feeling.

Then Tonoji sighed and said, "In fact, I have been reading this teacher's comics. His comics are really good, but there is something wrong with it. Maybe it's because Teacher Sakamoto is old and old, so the plots he comes up with are indeed a little bit... There is a lack of new ideas. Alas, they are all plots that give a sense of déjà vu after seeing them in the past.

In the interview, Higashinoji also expressed his hope to see Mr. Sakamoto’s new comics, and also responded kindly to Sakamoto’s previous sarcasm on the first episode of “Unnatural Death” - I actually don’t care about Mr. Sakamoto’s comments As for my evaluation, I also hope that Mr. Sakamoto will not care about my evaluation and continue to draw the comics he wants.

Also pulled out and whipped were naturally the comics review magazines from Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore that had been pretending to be dead.

They were simply dragged out and killed indiscriminately! Higashikata is completely crazy.

Finally, Higashinoji responded with a smile, "I actually don't care much at all. Thank you to these people for their advice on "Unnatural Death". It was very inspiring for me in my creation and allowed me to further improve "Unnatural Death". The plot behind.

If the previous sentence was about dragging people out to kill indiscriminately, then the following sentence is simply about killing people and killing people.

And do you think this is something a human being can say?

Because of our criticism, Higashinoji’s comics are even more perfect.

What's this?

Does that mean we gave you an assist?

The editors of comics review magazines affiliated with the two major publishing houses were so angry at Higashinoji's words that they almost vomited blood.

Sakamoto, who was Higashino's target, picked up the work chair next to him and threw it at the TV screen.

At the end of the first half, 0:2, the sequelae of popping the champagne to celebrate before the end of the game appeared.

It was simply humiliating to have his dog's head chopped off by Higashinoji and to be mocked mercilessly.

Sakamoto was angry.

But he was so angry that he really couldn't refute it.

Because Higashinoji's grades were better than his, he had absolutely no confidence to refute.

He could only hold this anger in his heart, and at the same time secretly sharpen his knife, hoping to beat Higashinoji in sales of the next single book.

Even though he knew that it was almost impossible to beat Higashino in terms of single book sales, this was the last glimmer of hope in his heart.

"What if I win? What if my comic becomes a hit?"

Sakamoto muttered to himself, and the apprentice and the studio's comic assistant next to him looked at each other in fear, not daring to look at him.

What should I do? Why do you feel that Mr. Sakamoto's condition is getting worse and worse? Will it be okay if we delay it any longer? Should I call the mental hospital first?

They exchanged glances, becoming increasingly concerned about Sakamoto's mental state.

What happens next is simple.

The fifth episode of Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death" was successfully released, and the number of favorable readers' votes directly reached the top with 698 votes - and it is still on the rise!

It is conceivable that after "Midnight Ring" set a record of more than 700 votes, "Unnatural Death" seems to be setting a new record again.

Especially at the end of the fifth chapter of the "Unnatural Death" manga, the scene where Mikoto Misumi walked confusedly through the streets of Tokyo with tears in her eyes because of a broken love, made many little girls cry.

Misumi Mikoto returned justice to Takanoshima Wataru, but she also missed her best love because of it.

It hurts, it hurts.

So soon people were surprised to find that many girls began to invite each other out for a night out.

Just like the "climbing together" trend that was once popular in China in the previous life, many girls followed this trend and began to walk at night intentionally or unintentionally, regardless of whether they were broken up or not.

This suddenly increased the pressure on the police booths on duty in various places in Tokyo.

They have the obligation to persuade women, especially underage women, not to wander outside at night. Why are so many little girls suddenly wandering around at night as if they are lovelorn?

As a result, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department even issued an emergency notice, hoping that all women can stay at home peacefully at night and not go out and run around at night. If you want to go out, please be sure to be accompanied by someone.

To be honest, even Higashinoji didn't expect "Unnatural Death" to be so popular.

He originally drew "Unnatural Death" just to test whether professional comics could survive in the Japanese market. Unexpectedly, "Naoki Hansawa" did not come out, and "Unnatural Death" became a huge hit.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Higashinoji felt that it seemed quite normal.

Originally, the script of "Unnatural Death" was considered a top-notch script in the original world.

Not only men liked to watch it, but many women in Japan at that time also particularly liked the description of the relationship between men and women in "Unnatural Death".

This combination creates the current situation.

This is a good thing.

It also made Higashinoji see the possibility of "Naoki Hansawa".

But compared to "Naoki Hansawa" which has no plan yet, another thing also attracted Higashinoji's attention——

"The Ring" has been finalized and is ready to be released.

There's only one update today. The temperature here has dropped sharply. I'm sorry for catching a cold. Will update tomorrow.