Tokyo life starting with painting

The Tono Comics website of Tono Studio has a really good reputation among the inner circle of comic lovers.

They are all happy to have such a convenient comics website.

Just like Hiroshi Kanzaki, who has long since become a loyal fan of Higashinoji.

At first, he found solace in his busy life through Higashinoji's "The Lonely Gourmet", so he fell into Higashinoji's trap and fell in love with all his works.

Although there are many versions of Higashinoji's works, such as "collector's edition" and "collector's edition", he is now a young white-collar worker in Tokyo and has no shortage of money, so he bought them all.

The last time I brought my girlfriend to his house for the first time, she bought so many Higashino comics for him and thought he was a little too fanatical.

He even vaguely felt that there was something wrong with his sexual orientation, and he liked Higashinoji more than her.

Then Hiroshi Kanzaki recommended Higashino Tsukasa's comics to her.

Now he and his girlfriend are both fans of Higashinoji.

Both of them are considered sensible. Instead of buying 20 or 30 copies of a comic like other irrational fans do, they normally buy five or six copies of each comic, doing their best for Higashinoji. .

At this time, his own comic book author, Higashino Tsukasa, opened the website Higashino Comics. Of course, he, a loyal fan, spared no effort to support it.

If nothing else, first register an account for your girlfriend.

Then use your parents’ identity information to register two more accounts.

As for the rest, he doesn't like Higashinoji's works that much, so he can just recommend them to his family.

But what surprised Hiroshi Kanzaki was that the quality of Higashino's comics was really good.

Not only is "Naoki Hansawa" serialized.

Even old works such as "Midnight Ring" and "The Winner is Justice" by Higashinoji are prominently featured on it.

Moreover, it is very easy to turn pages, load quickly, and you can like the works you like.

But the most important thing is that it is very convenient.

People only need to stay at home to see the comics they want to read.

There is no need to go downstairs and walk a hundred or two hundred meters to the convenience store to buy comics and magazines.

This is really convenient.

People who like to read comics certainly want to be able to see their favorite works by moving their hands. Who wants to walk one, two, three or four hundred meters for nothing?

Usually some people don't bother to go to a convenience store even if it's only thirty or forty meters away.

It must be said that this novel way of online comics has indeed enriched the choices of most comic lovers in a sense.

Hiroshi Kanzaki has been employed for three years, but in terms of age, he is only in his early twenties, so of course he is very interested in this novel website.

The most important thing is that Higashino Comics also supports users from other countries to connect. Not only are there comments in Japanese, but there are also some comments in English and Chinese.

It can also be seen from here

Higashino Manga’s goals are definitely big.

"As expected of Mr. Higashino"

After roughly experiencing the functions of this website, Kanzaki Hiroshi silently gave it a favorable review.

At the same time, he did not forget to open the forum that he often browsed.

Then Kanzaki Hirokai discovered

There are actually many people in the comic resource area here discussing Higashino Tsukasa and Higashino comics.

After all, the Internet is where the new generation in Japan often gathers. Anything interesting is shared immediately.

Many people agree with Hiroshi Kanzaki and think the business model of Higashino Comics is very interesting, and are ready to wait for more people to try it before joining it.

After all, online payment is still a relatively new thing in Japan today, especially using real money to exchange points for Tono Comics to purchase virtual comics.z

Of course, this will have to wait for others to test the waters.

It is normal for consumers to remain rational.

Higashinoji on the other side was not aware of the discussions in these inner circles.

He just glances at the operation status of Dongye Comics every day, looks at the statistics that are not particularly optimistic, and proposes various means of improvement.

He took out coupons, discount coupons and other gadgets that he often used in his previous life.

However, the results are unsatisfactory.

"Teacher Higashino, look at this"

Higashinoji, who was checking the sales of Blu-ray discs for "Unnatural Death" this week, looked up.

He found Hosokawa Koharu standing in front of him with a face full of breathlessness.

Judging from her red face, Higashikata guessed that the other party came at a trot.

What happened?

Higashinoji took the small newspaper held in Hosokawa Koharu's hand and took a look at it.

Then the first headline in the newspaper above made Tonoji stunned.

"Higashino, the author of "Hansawa Naoki", had a delusional plan to create a comics monopoly empire, but his true colors have been exposed. ’

Um?

What the hell is this?

Higashikata continued to look down.

Just by looking at it, Higashinoji roughly understood what the author of this article wanted to express.

Probably because he criticized Higashino Tsukasa for founding Higashino Comics, and felt that as a leader in today's industry, he has not taken the lead at all. Instead, he has been thinking about using his influence in the comics industry to create a system that monopolizes Japanese comics. .

This is undoubtedly a big hat.

After all, 'monopoly' is never a good thing at any time.

Monopolizing an industry means that the diversity of the industry will disappear and the industry will become single and sluggish.

After criticizing Higashino for this aspect, the author of this article pointed out that he did not understand the current market at all. The rise of pixiv website was mostly due to luck.

If we only read what the other party said in the newspaper, some people might really believe it and think that Higashinoji is a heinous villain.

This made Higashino couldn't help but nod his head as he read the entire article.

This writing skills is really amazing.

It can be said that every word is precious, holding a knife to his neck, wishing for him to die.

The most important thing is that in the end, the author was kind enough to persuade him, hoping that Higashinoji would disband Higashino Studio and refocus his energy on comic creation.

This is really a red-faced and white-faced song that was finished by this guy all by himself.

If the other party hadn't come here to discredit him, Higashino probably would have given the other party a thumbs up.

However, since the other party had already plotted against him, Higashino did not hesitate and felt that he must give the other party some color.

But certainly not now.

Because the business situation of Dongye Comics is indeed not optimistic, and you deserve to be scolded. If you are the first to touch the cake of the Internet, of course someone will talk about it.

But if Higashinoji really waits for the day when the situation gets better.

He will definitely not show mercy to these guys who stabbed themselves in newspapers and magazines.

After all, you can tell just by looking at the format of the newspaper article that this guy must have received money, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant and angry.

Secretary Higashino took a closer look and glanced at the author of this article.

Good guy, still an acquaintance. Isn't this the same Kawanishi Shifu from before?

He has an older sister or younger sister, the wife of a director at Iwazhu Publishing House.

No wonder this guy jumps out to sing the opposite when the business situation here is not optimistic. It turns out that's what it is.

This guy is obviously very cunning, and he is the kind of person who cherishes his feathers very much, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped out to speak today.

Higashinoji wrote down this Shifu Kawanishi, and comforted Hosokawa Koharu a few words, telling her not to take it to heart and go back to continue helping work.

His expression was quite normal, which made Hosokawa Koharu wonder in her heart: Could it be that Tonoji has a heart made of steel?

What an iron man!

This kind of pressure from public opinion has not changed at all!

She nodded and went back to work.

But as soon as she left, Nakano Arisaki took the initiative to find Higashinoji.

It turns out that in the past few days, according to the description of Higashinoji's "The Grudge" manuscript, she actually restored the image of Kayako, a classic Japanese female ghost in "The Grudge" in a decent way.

"It looks pretty good."

Higashinoji held a few pages of manuscript paper drawn by Nakano Arisa in his hand and couldn't help but nodded.

Very good indeed.

Higashinoji asked her to draw the scene when Yusuke Kobayashi visited Kayako Saeki's house.

And the other party did not disappoint him.

There are not many broken areas in the painting, and the use of colors and shadows are also very particular.

It's just that the storyboards are a bit imitative of Higashino Tsukasa.

But this is not a big deal.

Creation, originally, begins with imitation.

Even Arisa Nakano, who had brought the manuscript over, was filled with pride, feeling that he had finally fulfilled Higashinoji's request this time.

but

"There are still a lot of problems." Higashino praised first, then added later.

"Is there still something wrong?"

Nakano Arisa couldn't help scratching his scalp after hearing Higashinoji's words, his eyes widened, and he was a little unhappy: "Is there something wrong again? Mr. Higashino? I don't think so."

"You left too many captions."

Before Nakano Yusaki could finish speaking, Higashinoji had already taken the initiative to speak.

Then he pointed to one of the boxes above the original comic.

That whole frame of storyboards is all written by Nakano Arisaki.

I saw it read, "The days in early summer seem to be particularly long. When Shunsuke Kobayashi finished his school work and was about to go home, the sky did not look like the sun was setting in the west." ’

This long paragraph is not accompanied by any pictures, it is just a simple text description.

Kobayashi Yusuke is the person who has a crush on the resentful spirit Kawakaya Kayako in "The Grudge" and is also one of the most crucial figures in the formation of "The Grudge" in Kayako's haunted house. There is no big problem in introducing him.

but--

Tonoji tapped the table gently and explained:

"What readers are reading is a comic, not a novel or a short play. You have to either directly discard the picture description in this paragraph, or draw it instead of expressing it in a long paragraph like this. This affects the perception very much."

This is a common mistake that new comic book authors often make.

There is too much white space for text.

It's like watching works like "One Piece", "Naruto" or "Dragon Ball".

If there is a form that must be expressed in blank text, it must be a short sentence or a few bytes.

And it is absolutely impossible to squeeze a paragraph into an entire frame.

This affects the overall look and feel too much.

Listening to Higashinoji's explanation, Nakano Arisaki also opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't think of anything to refute.

"Well, let me draw this plot for you to see."

Higashinoji did not let Nakano Arisa continue to draw, but asked her to sit down and wait for him to finish the plot demonstration of "The Grudge".

He held the pen and exhaled softly, then shook his head with a smile and muttered to himself: "It's been a long time since I drew such a horror comic."

His painting skills have made great progress now, and are much better than during the "Midnight Ring" period.

Because of this, he rarely touches the subject of horror comics.

After all, when he drew this thing, he felt a little scared for no reason.

Higashikata muttered in his heart, but his men did not stop.

He used the G pen skillfully and easily drew the storyboards he wanted.

This whole process can be said to be a breeze, without any pause at all.

Nakano Arisaki stood by and watched, dumbfounded.

Mr. Higashino, this is too silky, isn't it?

It's completely different from when I drew it before.

It feels like a printer spitting out the manuscript in an orderly manner.

Humans can't do this, right?

She was stunned as she looked at it. When she came back to her senses, several manuscripts had been drawn neatly.

"That's it."

Higashino handed several manuscripts to Nakano Arisaki: "I'm going to go outside to breathe some fresh air and take a rest. You can just take a look at it."

He didn't care that Arisa Nakano was stunned, handed the manuscript to him and stood up.

But before she started turning over, Chinatsu on the other side of the mountain saw Higashinoji leaving, and immediately jumped over and shouted: "Let me take a look too!"

This is a horror comic drawn by the author of "The Ring" three years ago!

No painter can resist this temptation.

Shanxia Qianxia has already made up her mind.

Even if she was scared to death after reading it today, she still wanted to see the actual level of Higashinoji's horror comics.

The two little girls curiously flipped through "The Grudge" that Higashino had just drawn, and started turning page by page.

Yusuke Kobayashi is a teacher at a nearby elementary school. Today he made an appointment to visit Saeki's house.

Can.

"what happened?"

Table lamps with lampshades, chairs and tables were piled up in a mess, broken vases and dishes, a smashed sink, a refrigerator with a broken lid, broken potted plants and planting boxes, books, notebooks and photo albums.

The interior of the room, which was burned red by the setting sun, was in disarray.

Everything is cold

Standing in this place, Kobayashi Yusuke felt cold for no reason.

It is as if the feelings of the characters in the work are transmitted to myself.

Even Chinatsu Yamayama and Arisa Nakano, who were watching this work, couldn't help but shrink their heads and swallowed.

An unreasonable and indescribable feeling of panic surged from my heart.

Is this the strength of Higashinoji?

Obviously nothing has appeared in the comics, and I haven’t seen any ghosts——

Just the atmosphere of the room.

But it gave them a feeling of suffocation as cold hands were strangling their necks.

Thanks to Three Wooden Beams, Withered Sky, Big Fish and Flowers, Fairy Tour, Wind and Clouds Surge, and book friend 160916203251387 for the reward! Thank you so much!