Tokyo life starting with painting

With the assistance of girls such as Chihaya Higashino and Ryoka Konoe, Tsukasa Higashino completed the second episode of "Hansawa Naoki" not much slower than the first episode.

And Higashinoji also gave something.

For example, Chihaya Higashino likes stuffed toys, so Higashinoji bought a box of stuffed toys for her. Chihaya Higashino put her hands on her hips and said, 'Aji, do you think your sister is easy to coax? ’ But in the end I kept all these gadgets.

Moreover, these puppet toys are named according to their color types, which looks very childlike.

It seems that she is childish. No matter how Higashino Chihaya changes, she is still the same as before.

As for Konoe Ryoka, Higashinoji took her directly to the restaurant and stuffed her to the brim. At least Konoe Ryouka couldn't eat at all at that time, so Higashinoji carried her home on his back.

Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara are relatively easy to deal with. Yumi Takahashi wants peripherals about "Naoki Hansawa", while Aoi Fujiwara wants some study materials to prepare for the exam.

The "Naoki Hansawa" peripherals that Yumi Takahashi wanted have not yet been produced, so this request can only be put on hold for the time being.

Instead, Higashino bought a box of reference books for Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi.

I have to say that Japanese study materials and books are indeed quite expensive. This box of reference books cost Higashinoji hundreds of thousands of yen - even the parents of Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara came over to express their gratitude to Higashinoji.

Originally, they didn't want Higashino to spend so much money and wanted to pay the money back, but Higashino didn't care.

This little money is no longer a big deal to him.

And just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that Takahashi Yumi doesn't care.

Takahashi Yumi was dumbfounded when she looked at this box of 'study materials'.

The gap between this and what she imagined around the "Hansawa Naoki" manga was so big that she couldn't accept it at all.

Compared to Fujiwara Aoi, she has always hated studying, and she has always been determined to enter university as a kendo student.

"Teacher Higashino..." Takahashi Yumi looked at Higashinoji with a sad face.

"Of course I will give you the peripherals I promised you, but Yumi, it's almost time for you to study. Although Yumi, you have already obtained the status of a kendo expert, you still have to pay attention to the written test."

Higashino added cheerfully.

Yes.

During the time when Higashinoji was obsessed with drawing comics, students like Konoe Ryoka, Takahashi Yumi and others were about to enter the preparation stage for exams.

Chihaya Higashino, Ryoka Konoe, Yumi Takahashi, and Aoi Fujiwara, all of them have ambitions to enter university.

While they usually help Higashino, they usually meet for study sessions, instead of just playing games, chatting, and reading comics at Higashino's house like before.

This can be said to make Higashino feel the tense atmosphere of Japanese high school students preparing for exams.

It is said that after entering their third year of high school, Aoi Fujiwara, Ryoka Konoe, and Chihaya Higashino are planning to enroll in the same cram school, and Higashino Tsukasa may have to pick them up from get out of class in the evening.

Japan prides itself on happy education. Higashinoji has not seen it at all. In terms of pressure, it is about 50-50 with the Chinese candidates.

But these are the worries of candidates taking exams.

As Fujiwara Aoi said, it seems that the students at Kita Gymnasium who are preparing to find jobs after graduating from high school are almost crazy about playing, and they are basically never seen studying.

There are indeed differences between people.

Hosokawa Koharu and the others have been meeting repeatedly to plan next week's plan, striving to squeeze out their mortal enemy "Chiyo" and defeat them with Higashinoji's "Hansawa Naoki".

"Chiyo" magazine was not to be outdone. After repeated discussions, it was decided to set the release date for next Friday, determined to compete with "Heshi" again.

The first time you were able to win the top spot with "Naoki Hansawa", but you won't be able to succeed this second time.

Both sides were busy sharpening their knives, but Higashinoji's life was peaceful.

That is to say, in such a half-fulfilling and half-busy time, a week passed quickly.

The second episode of Higashino Tsukasa's "Hanzawa Naoki" was also serialized on "He Shi" as scheduled——

When they saw the serialization pages of "Hanzawa Naoki" in "He Shi", everyone couldn't help but open their mouths and were shocked!

Really surprised.

"Naoki Hansawa" is actually a fifty-page serial. In other words, Higashino Tsukasa alone occupies the space for two comics!

Especially the manga editorial department of Shin Iwa Tsuki Publishing House.

"Fifty pages of serialization? What's going on?"

Many editors picked up this week's "Heshi" and counted them carefully.

It doesn't matter how they count it.

"Hanzawa Naoki" is still a full fifty pages, not much has changed.

This made them really scratch their heads.

You must know that comics serialized in traditional weekly magazines only have more than 20 pages per chapter, and comics serialized in monthly magazines only have 50 pages.

Why did a weekly serial like Higashinoji just put fifty pages into it?

Is it really a humanoid printer?

It's impossible for the editor to calculate the wrong page count and mistakenly publish a fifty-page comic as a twenty-three-page comic, right?

This thing is indeed very new. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first time for the editors to encounter it.

Not to mention the hostility of Tomishima Publishing House that happened to their Shiniwa Publishing House.

But as the newly appointed editor-in-chief Seo couldn't help but frown, he really had no idea what to do about this dirty trick.

This is indeed a dirty trick by Tomishima Publishing House.

Tomishima Publishing is very clear that there is no advantage in the quantity of their comic works.

The comic magazine "Chiyo" has too many experienced comics authors serializing it.

Therefore, Tomishima Publishing House has carefully considered the advantage of ‘quality’.

Their quality advantage naturally comes from "Hansawa Naoki". Among the comic magazines "Chiyo", no comic magazine can rival Higashino's "Hansawa Naoki".

Therefore, if the serialization volume of "Hansawa Naoki" is increased, it will definitely attract the attention of a large number of readers.

It's just that, to put it nicely, this is a desperate move, but to put it unpleasantly, it's actually a desperate move.

Because it’s so hard to keep a fifty-page weekly serialized.

The workload has doubled. Unless Higashino is a ruthless printer, there is no way he can update it so perfectly.

You know, in addition to "Naoki Hansawa", Higashino also has "The Lonely Gourmet", a long-running comic that has been serialized for two years and needs to be serialized in the monthly "Aoba".

Thinking of this, Editor-in-Chief Seo calmly said hello to the editors below:

"Don't worry, even if the volume increases, the quality will still be a flaw. You must know that "Naoki Hansawa" is a manga famous for its high-quality paintings and plot quality."

The editors of Xinyanzhu Publishing House nodded after hearing this.

As Editor-in-Chief Seo said, even if Tomishima Press works hard on quantity, if the quality cannot keep up, it will be in vain.

"That's right! The fifty-page comic series is just a way for Tomishima Publishing House to scare people!"

"No need to worry at all!"

"We're going to win this time."

They were discussing.

But at this moment, an editor couldn't help but interjected: "That's what I said, but haven't we seen this week's "Naoki Hansawa" yet?"

This sentence is a bit of a thorn in the feet of the editors who just spoke.

Yes.

They haven't confirmed the quality of this week's "Naoki Hansawa" with their own eyes.

The comic magazine "Heshi" was placed in front of them, but they always felt a bit dazed and did not dare to open it.

What if Tonoji maintains the quality?

What if our comics get slapped again this week?

Just thinking about these possibilities, few editors of New Rock Publishing House are willing to take the initiative to open "He Shi" and read it.

"Let me take a look." Editor-in-chief Seo calmly took "Heshi" into his hand, and then glanced at the editor below.

"Let me say something first. Even if the quality of Mr. Higashino's "Naoki Hansawa" is maintained, we should not be discouraged. At most, it will only be the second failure. The third or fourth time, we will definitely win. of."

This sentence was spoken from the bottom of my heart by Editor-in-Chief Seo.

He has always been a person with a very positive temperament.

Don't give up, be patient, perseverant, and serious. Even if you encounter temporary setbacks, you can stand up quickly.

If it were placed in other novels or comics, Chief Editor Seo might be the protagonist's fate.

Similarly, Editor-in-Chief Seo doesn't believe that Tomishima Publishing House can really take over the world with "Naoki Hansawa" and kill all their magazines with a stick.

but

If you don’t believe it, don’t believe it.

Editor-in-chief Seo opened the "Heshi" in his hand and glanced at the contents.

Then

He couldn't help but remain silent.

Because he found out.

Regardless of the quality or plot of "Naoki Hansawa", Higashinoji actually managed to maintain them all.

printing press.

Although Editor-in-Chief Seo was mentally prepared, when he saw that "Naoki Hansawa" had not declined at all, this word came to his mind.

It is indeed a ‘printing press’, otherwise how could it be possible?

It doesn't make sense.

It's not scientific.

He murmured softly in his heart, and soon noticed that his editors seemed to be looking at him with concern.

So Editor-in-Chief Seo put down the "Heshi" in his hand and said with a calm face, without any trace of panic:

"This week's "Naoki Hansawa" is very good. No matter the quality of the painting or the plot has declined, Mr. Higashino is indeed an amazing manga author."

He complimented him very eloquently.

Calm and steady.

As the editor-in-chief, Seo has the right aura.

Even the editor below relaxed a lot when he saw his calm and calm attitude.

Chief Editor Seo above saw that the atmosphere did not continue to deteriorate and become decadent, and he was a little relieved.

At least he was able to hold his own.

He didn't let Higashikata destroy their morale again.

but

How to solve "Hansawa Naoki"?

Chief Editor Seo really has a headache.

As mentioned before, Tomishima Publishing House was desperate and came up with a particularly destructive trick.

But in the face of this underhanded trick.

He found that he couldn't come up with any good cards to resist.

If only "Chiyo" could have a manga that was on par with "Hanzawa Naoki"... no... even slightly inferior.

Editor-in-chief Seo felt that he still had a way to suppress "Naoki Hansawa".

At worst, we'll also start a fifty-page serial here.

But let’s not say it’s slightly inferior.

Most of the manga works in "Chiyo" are inferior to "Naoki Hansawa" by a lot, and it is difficult to compare them.

Even their most popular "Investigation Search Team" is a comic imitating "Unnatural Death".

Take the counterfeit product to fight the real owner Higashinoji?

This is too much of a joke.

So Editor-in-Chief Seo has a bit of a headache.

However, it was difficult for him to show off in front of the editors below, so he could only continue to maintain the calm appearance of his editor-in-chief, saying that there was no problem at all, and as long as he continued like this, he could defeat "Naoki Hansawa".

Keep up the good work! try harder!

While the editorial department of Xinyanzhu Publishing House was having a meeting.

Tomishima Publishing House is not idle either.

As soon as Hosokawa Koharu got the form of readers' favorable votes, he called Higashinoji and reported the current situation to him.

The second episode of "Naoki Hansawa" has reached a new high in readers' positive votes, breaking the record of the first episode, with 868 votes.

This result made many editors who thought that the serial volume of fifty pages a week was relieved.

They originally thought that the volume of fifty pages of serialization per week was too astonishing, and Tonoji might not be able to complete it in quality and quantity.

But the current number of positive votes means that all their previous worries were unnecessary.

Tonoji can withstand such serial pressure and maintain quality and quantity.

It is indeed a well-known printing press in the industry! admire! admire!

On the other hand, when hearing this result, Higashinoji actually sighed a little.

The foundation of the first episode of "Hansawa Naoki" is indeed very good, and his performance in the second episode is also at a high level, but only exceeded the first episode by 3 votes.

It can be seen that it is indeed very difficult to easily surpass one's previous record and further increase the distance.

However, there will be motivation only when there are challenges. Higashinoji's current goal is no longer simply more than 810 votes.

His goal is more than 900 votes.

That field has never been reached by anyone. Even Higashinoji had never heard of anyone getting 900 positive votes (90% of readers' preferences) in 2020.

After all, there are gangsters and keyboard warriors no matter what era they are in. It is indeed a bit impossible to achieve a 90% praise rate.

But that's just unlikely.

Now, 2004 is the best era for Japanese print media, and Higashinoji still has the opportunity to challenge that field.

Later, when the Internet continues to develop, it will be really difficult for Tonoji to challenge 900 positive votes.

In addition to challenging these 900 positive votes from readers.

Similarly, another thing that concerned Higashinoji also happened.

His system suddenly alerted a message, which made Touyesi a little surprised.

The painting level has been upgraded.

Thanks to Xiangfei and Liheng, Knight Al, Zhi Feifei, Fate Qiansheng, Dragon Fruit Rising Star, and reading An Feng for their rewards! Thank you so much!