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Sales of "Hymn to June" are finally back to normal this week.

Looking at the sales of these 2.1W discs, even Hiramatsu Tono, who looked calm at first, couldn't help but smile.

This is so true!

This is the quality of Tokyo Animation's production.

What did the sales of that 1.8W disc look like last week?

Ping Songde was relieved and raised his eyebrows.

Last week, it was considered that I had retained my strength and gave Higashino Studio half of it.

But this week is different.

Even if "Hymn of June" doesn't make any concessions, it will just slap "Unnatural Death" in the face with its 2.1 million disc sales!

And you still have to hit that one hard!

Thinking of this, Ping Songde looked at the sales statistics table with a semi-relaxed mood.

Then

Can you imagine a sudden flash of lightning in a clear sky, followed by a period of silence, strong winds, and a sudden downpour?

And this is probably a picture of Hiramatsu Tono's expression changes.

He first went from a happy and relaxed expression to silence, then his eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if a little unbelievable, and then he kept staring at the sales data of "Unnatural Death" and fell into silence.

The so-called sunny turns to overcast, then to light rain, and finally to heavy rain is probably like this.

At the same time, other employees who were assigned statistical tables also saw the sales volume of "Unnatural Death" this week.

Sales volume: 2.4W pieces!

Leading the sales volume of "Hymn of June" by a full 3,000 pieces!

The original sales of 2.1W discs of "Hymn of June" were not enough in an instant.

but

Why?

Why did the disc sales of "Unnatural Death" increase again?

Originally, the sales volume of 20,000 discs was already a terrifying figure for Tono Studio.

This week it increased by another 4,000.

Isn't this too exaggerated?

They were puzzled. You looked at me and I looked at you, not quite understanding what was going on.

Because if they could have made an excuse last week, they said it was the 'Collector's Edition' that was holding them back.

Then there really is no excuse this week.

After all, this week is in accordance with the sales policy of their production team.

There is no such thing as a collector's edition for sale.

Can't figure it out, can't figure it out.

He even had a bad temper and even hit his own desk hard!

Even the computer on the desktop seemed to be jumping.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

After all, losing once is acceptable.

But losing twice is a bit unacceptable.

Not to mention that the Tokyo Animation Company where they work is a well-known boutique company in the industry.

Won by a small workshop in Dongye Studio

Indeed a bit

General Pingsong Deneng was also a little depressed.

But he also knew that this was not the time to be needlessly depressed and incompetent and furious.

He immediately regained his composure and said with confidence: "Everyone, don't be anxious. The real climax of "Hymn of June" we produced this time is yet to come. After all, it is a daily youth animation."

That's right.

"June's Hymn" has an unrivaled advantage.

That is, it is dull and funny in the early stage, but after the character settings are established in the later stage, the dull plot can be given a more charming feeling.

In other words, "Hymn of June" is equivalent to getting stronger with each fight.

As a unit drama, "Unnatural Death" has a plot every two episodes. Although it ensures the climax is repeated, it also limits its upper limit and cannot make the plot more exciting as they advance.

After hearing Ping Songde's comfort, the employees below cheered up.

yes.

Our plots are getting more and more exciting.

It’s different from the unit drama like the other party!

As long as we keep persisting, we can always surpass each other!

come on!

Confidence surged in their hearts again.

Ping Songde, who was above, could see this scene and rubbed his temples.

He was afraid of losing morale when leading troops to war, so he could only think of this way to encourage his employees.

As for the plot limit of the unit drama mentioned earlier, it is locked.

This is actually true.

After all, unit dramas do not traditionally push the plot like theirs, and can gradually push the plot to a climax. So logically speaking, "Hymn of June" should win in the end.

but

"Higashino Studio doesn't seem like someone we can reasonably speculate on."

Pingsong Deneng murmured in his heart.

Of course he has watched "Unnatural Death", and of course he also understands how excellent the plot drawn by Higashinoji is.

If we can't suppress the opponent in the first two weeks, we want to win the protracted battle against Higashino Studio.

That would be a bit difficult.

However, Ping Song Deneng must not say these discouraging words.

After all, the battle is not over yet, and it has already been lost by default. Who wants to continue to fight the war?

Their "Hymn of June" will defeat "Unnatural Death" even if they try their best to the end!

I just don't know if it can be done.

Ping Songde could murmur in his heart.

Compared to the tense situation here at Tokyo Animation.

On the other side, the atmosphere in Dongye Studio is much more relaxed.

Everyone was chatting and laughing about the upcoming plot of "Unnatural Death".

To be fair.

When they saw that "Unnatural Death" surpassed the Tokyo Animation production team today, each of their minds was buzzing and confused.

It's like a money bag falling from the sky and hitting you on the head.

You know, this week is different from last week's false victory.

This week's "June's Hymn" is exactly in line with their sales conditions, and both sides started to fight.

result

Did Tono Studio win?

This is unbelievable, right?

You must know that Dongye Studio was established only a little more than half a year ago.

Tokyo Animation has decades of animation production history.

He was actually able to defeat the opponent, and he did so in an upright manner. This was of course surprising.

Some people started looking for excuses.

As one of the oldest original animators at Higashino Studio.

Shanxia Chinatsu made a decision and said simply: "This is because of Mr. Higashino!"

She also added matter-of-factly: "Compared to other animation studios, we only have one more Mr. Higashino. It is Mr. Higashino whose plot of "Unnatural Death" is so exciting."

This made the few people who were discussing just now lower their heads and think for a moment, and then they discovered——

It really is!

Their biggest advantage is that they have Higashinoji, a national-level comic master.

Without his help in publicity and the wonderful plot of his original work, it would be difficult to beat Tokyo Animation, right?

While they were discussing, Akisa Kuromiya, who had never liked to get involved in discussions, spoke up for the first time: "I also think it's the master's fault."

Good guy!

Even Akisa Kuromiya, the serial manga artist, spoke up.

There’s no need to think about it. It must be because of Higashinoji that “Unnatural Death” became such a big hit.

They were whispering over there, and Higashinoji on the other side didn't know the content of their whispers.

If he knew

It was probably another mouthful of water spurting out.

Aren’t you all these and what?

What does the animation fire have to do with me?

Aren’t you excellent at making it yourself?

As for Chinatsu Yamayama and Akisa Kuromiya?

The two of them just wanted to praise Higashinoji.

After all, both of them claim to be Higashinoji's apprentices.

As soon as he finds an opportunity, he will directly start praising Higashinoji.

However, Chinatsu Yamayama's motives were obviously impure. She praised Higashinoji because he often scolded her for being stupid. She hoped that her master would scold her less, so she used these words to block Higashinoji's mouth.

Putting aside the Higashino studio, the discussion about Higashinoji's situation began inexplicably.

the other side--

Looking at the results of "Unnatural Death" this week, Higashino couldn't help but nod.

If this momentum continues, Higashino Studio's animation will overwhelm Tokyo Animation, and there shouldn't be much of a problem winning the season title.

After all, the sales performance of an animation has fluctuated greatly in the past few weeks.

Later on, as long as there are no magical plots such as a dead heroine, a dead hero, or someone suddenly wearing a hat.

That basically won't change much.

"Unnatural Death" has opened up a gap of 3,000 discs, and it will be very difficult for the other party to catch up in the future.

In this case, the focus on "Unnatural Death" can be smaller.

It just so happened that the establishment of Higashino Studio's online comic platform had already taken a prototype.

Higashinoji also wants to see what this prototype looks like now.

He was about to get up and call Yano Ryuichi and the others, but before he could stand up, he was distracted by a loud noise.

At the same time, Yano Ryuichi, whom he had just planned to find, actually opened the door and came in.

"Yano-san, you came just in time, I'm going to find you, right?"

Higashino stood up with a smile, but stopped mid-sentence.

Then he cast his gaze behind Yano Ryuichi.

Yano Ryu came as soon as he arrived, so why did he bring a girl with a hiking bag and her hair tied into a single ponytail?

Tonoji glanced at the other party roughly.

The skin of this girl with a single ponytail showed a very healthy wheat color, and her eyes were wide open, looking around as if they were shining with light.

If he only looked at his appearance, Higashinoji would infer that the other party was about one year older than two years in high school.

Higashinoji has met Yano Ryuichi's daughter. She is only about seven or eight years old. She is pink and tender, and her baby's fat face looks very cute.

And the girl brought in was obviously not Yano Ryuichi's daughter.

That being the case.

"Yano-san, is this your relative's child?"

Tonoji stood up and asked with a smile.

In fact, it is not uncommon for Higashinoji to bring his relatives and children into the studio for occasional visits.

As long as it doesn't affect the internal work of Tono Studio, Tono Tsukasa actually doesn't care much.

But what Higashinoji didn't expect was that Ryuu Yano looked troubled, and then he said: "No, Mr. Higashino, I don't know this girl. It's just that she seems to be here to find you."

Um?

Came here to find me?

Higashikata was a little surprised.

To be honest, it is quite rare to see girls like this who come to Higashino's studio after their idols.

The most important thing is why did Yano Ryuichi really bring the other party in?

Higashikata is a little confused.

But fortunately, Yano Ryuichi came over at this time, lowered his voice and explained:

"Actually, this girl came to our studio two days ago. She said she wanted to see you, Mr. Higashino. She also yelled about repaying her kindness, but I drove her away both times. As a result, she came again today. , and even brought camping tools, planning to set up shop directly in front of our studio.”

Yano Ryuichi was actually a little helpless when he said this.

The other party must not be allowed to meet Higashinoji so easily.

Especially the weird reason of ‘repaying a favor’.

Yano Ryuichi took it for granted that this guy was a fan of Higashinoji who came here to chase stars.

So he persuaded the other party with kind words at first, and after persuading the other party to leave, he did not expect that the other party came again the next day.

Then on the second day, his persuasion failed, so Yano Ryuichi simply called the police.

But in fact, the Japanese police are somewhat helpless when dealing with such minors.

After all, as long as someone bites her to death and wanders around Dongye Studio, they can't really do anything to an underage girl.

What Yano Ryuichi didn't expect was even more.

After calling the police, the girl with a ponytail refused to let him go and came directly with camping tools and sleeping bags.

This look of wanting to take root at the door of Higashino's studio gave even Ryuichi Yano a headache.

He couldn't fight anymore.

If you are aggressive towards the other party, and the other party is a woman, and the inherently vulnerable group is mishandled and attracts media attention, and the coverage is exaggerated and causes social problems, then things will really go wrong.

In addition, the police have little control over this matter.

So Yano Ryu thought about it and decided to bring her into Higashino Studio as long as it did not affect her normal work.

"Is that so?" Higashino glanced at the girl with a single ponytail in front of him, a little surprised at her perseverance - after being driven away once, he came back a second time, was driven away a second time, and took the tent directly the third time.

Should this character be said to be decisive or naive?

A girl actually dares to spend the night outside like this. She is so courageous.

Just as Higashinoji was thinking about what kind of fool the girl in front of him was.

The girl with a single ponytail who had been silent over there came over curiously: "What are you talking about? Speaking of which, where is Mr. Higashino?"

"." Higashinoji.

After hearing this, Higashinoji was really angry and funny.

Didn't you come to find me?

Why do you look like you don't recognize me when you see me in front of me?

He simply introduced himself: "I am Higashinoji. What do you want from me?"

Higashinoji didn't take the matter of 'repaying a favor' to heart either.

After all, in his opinion, he didn't know the girl in front of him at all, he had never met her, let alone whether he could repay his kindness or not.

As a result, what happened next was once again beyond Tonoji's expectations.

After hearing Higashino's self-introduction, the pony-tailed girl first glanced at Higashino in surprise: "Is Mr. Higashino so young? Because people call him 'teacher' all the time, I thought he was an old man."

This girl is really fast-talking and not afraid of offending anyone at all.

But Higashino didn't care. He smiled and waved his hand, and continued to ask: "That still disappoints you. I am Higashi. What can I do for you?"

"Yeah. It's true."

The girl with a single ponytail took a careful look at Higashinoji's face.

Then he took two steps back, knelt down very neatly, and shouted loudly: "Little girl Nakano Arisa, I came here this time to repay Teacher Higashino's four million yen kindness!"