Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 149 Signing event, many cartoonists join in

Kazuki Takahashi's studio.

This week was the first episode of "Yu-Gi-Oh." Today, Friday, he was very nervous.

"Xiaozheng's score is No.3."

Bottle Jijiu called him.

Takahashi and Xi's hearts tightened. His last serialized work also achieved this result, and it was cut in half not long after.

We can't blame him for worrying about gains and losses, because no one can relax when he finally gets the serialization opportunity.

In the first episode of "Yu-Gi-Oh," he designed a very exciting game.

After Muto Yuki assembled the thousand-year-old building blocks, a soul in the building blocks was released. He got on Muto Yuki's body and started a dark game with the gangsters.

The two sides use a rope to hang flat on the wall outside the tower, and then raise the position by drawing poker points, and the other party also falls.

When one party returns to the top of the tower, the other party falls into darkness.

This intense and exciting game is his proud work. Looking at the results now, readers don't buy it.

The opening has been so bad, can the future of "Yu-Gi-Oh" be any better?More seriously, does this manga have a future?

Bottle Jijiu comforted: "Don't worry, because most of the reader polls voted for "Slam Dunk". The gap between you and No.2 is only three votes."

"Slam Dunk"?
Takahashi and Nozomi suddenly realized that the latest episode of this work is very exciting, which ignited public opinion in Japan.

No matter where he goes, he can hear people discussing the plot of "Slam Dunk".

In school and in the workplace, if you don’t discuss this work, you can’t integrate into the collective. It is a phenomenon-level comic.

Takahashi and Nozomi recalled what Azijiu had said to him: "Tori Akino-kun said that "Yu-Gi-Oh" is the future of Jump."

He suddenly became more confident.

After hanging up the phone, Takahashi and Xi looked outside the door and decided to buy the booklet of "Slam Dunk" tomorrow.

……

Tokai University Gymnasium, Japan.

The captain of the basketball team, Ye Shen, watched the practice match and suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

He saw a new member who was very strong.

The female manager of the basketball team on the side said: "That's the newly joined Kanda Taketo. He should have played basketball before, has experience in the game, and is very strong. It's not because after watching "Slam Dunk", he wanted to playing basketball."

"Well," Ye Shen looked at Taketo Kanda under the rebound appreciatively, "His physical fitness is very good, his foundation is solid, and he is a strong support for the basketball team."

The Nationals are coming up in November, which is great news.

Looking at it, he frowned.

"Why are other people so absent-minded? Could it be that the recent training is too frequent?"

"No way, everyone hopes to enter the national competition and dominate the country," the female manager shook her head.

Kyoko Akagi walked into the gymnasium and heard their doubts.

She approached Ye Shen and the others with her hands behind her back, explaining their confusion, "Don't you know yet? Tomorrow there will be a book signing event for "Slam Dunk" author Akino Tori."

"Oh!" Ye Shen opened his mouth, his expression was a little surprised, but he restrained himself quickly.

The female manager shook her head, "No wonder."

There is no one in the Donghai basketball team who doesn't like the cartoon "Slam Dunk".

She turned her head to look at Ye Shen, who also looked excited, so she suggested:

"Just go and participate, it can be regarded as an incentive for everyone."

Ye Shen looked at the absent-minded team members and nodded helplessly.

Seeing this scene, Akagi Kyouko knew that there was excitement to watch, so she raised her hand: "I want to go too!"

……

At the Mandarake branch in Ikebukuro, Higashino sat on the seat, and the signing session was about to start.

There are many more people today than there used to be at the "Soul of Chess" signing meeting, and the large flow of people has attracted passers-by.

Higashino didn't know the exact number, but it looked like thousands of people, densely packed with human heads.

The organizer used the guardrail to bypass the long queue. There were a dozen lines in total, and each line had hundreds of people, but it was already fully occupied by the crowd.

Higashino's hands felt sore looking at it, it would be great if he could use a seal.

He shook his head and sighed inwardly.Then he said to the organizer, "It's time to start."

……

"After signing, immediately go back to the basketball team for training, do you understand?"

After the team bought the first volume of "Slam Dunk", at the door of the Mandarake Ikebukuro branch, Yagami said to the team members.

"Understood!" Tian Bei held up his hands.

More than a dozen people with a height of more than 1.8 meters, and several people with a height of 1.9 meters gathered together, which was particularly conspicuous, and many people looked back in shock.

When entering the venue, there is no such trouble.

Because tall people abound, among the vast crowd, the members of the East China Sea basketball team saw many familiar people.

"That's from the Japanese university basketball team." Kobayashi said, pointing to the front.

Yagami looked over, and the person joking there was indeed from the Japanese university basketball team.

They are also the champion team of the last Japanese college basketball league!

In other words, it is the team that dominates the country!
His pupils constricted and he felt a different pressure.

This is them, the most important opponents in the national competition!
"Over there is the Japan Sports School basketball team!" Baba pointed to another team.

The Japanese Sports School is a semi-final team in the college basketball league. Although the performance was not satisfactory last year, it must not be underestimated. It is a veteran team.

"So many strong teams have come to Mr. Akino's signing event..." Kyoko Akagi was shocked.

She understood the popularity of "Slam Dunk", but she didn't expect that Akino's influence was so amazing.

Since he couldn't get in touch with Hua Chao's good friend for a while.

When they met that time, the other party was just a handsome, harmless person with no characteristics.

Looking at Hua Chao's eyes, she knew that he was happy for Higashi Hibiki, and she felt unhappy for a while.

Ye Shen said: "There are more and more people, hurry up and line up, otherwise I don't know what time it will be."

"Yes!"

They were at the end of the queue, and when they saw the winding long queue, they felt distressed. After half an hour, they only advanced one row.

However, at this moment, Higashino's hands were sparkling.

He understands why famous people sign eclecticly.

His pen name is five characters, and it takes 400 characters to sign 2000 people.

He can only write according to Kuangcao.

Fortunately, the person in charge told him that the admission time for the autograph session was over, otherwise Hibiki Higashino really wanted to leave the booth and leave.

"Tori Akino-sensei, long time no see."

Higashino looked up, his eyes were wide open, and he stood up immediately.

"Teacher Caimenwen, why are you here?"

"Sit down, you're welcome," Fumi Saimon, the author of "Tokyo Love Story", stood opposite Higashino, and said with a smile, "I like your work very much. I finally have the opportunity, of course I will participate."

She handed Higashi Hibiki a pamphlet with both hands, and Higashino looked at the cover dumbfounded.

""Garden of Words"?"

"Well! There was no sign-up meeting when this work was released, so I can only learn from you."

It's really a turn of events. Higashino took over "The Garden of Words and Leaves". This booklet has been read many times, and there are wrinkles.

He opened the cover, went to the title page, and wrote his name.

"To Teacher Caimenwen."

"Thank you." Caimenwen waved his hand and disappeared into the crowd holding the pamphlet.

……

Caimen Wen went out against the team, and watched the grand occasion of the autograph signing, and couldn't help but be speechless, "The rookie cartoonist back then has now grown into a national-level author. It's really amazing."

She was about to leave when she saw a familiar person.This person is also a cartoonist, and very beautiful and famous.

In girl manga, it can be said to be the most popular existence.

"Naoko-chan, are you coming to Tori Akino-kun's signing too?"

Feeling over Higashino Hibiki's influence, she didn't go up to talk, worried that Naoko Hime's identity would be exposed.

……

Another hour passed, and the organizer asked Higashino Hibiki if he needed a rest. Higashino looked up at the endless crowd and shook his head.

He is working hard.

From time to time, the excited voices of readers can be heard.

"Tori Akino-sensei, the painting of "Slam Dunk" is really good!"

"Thank you so much for your hard work!"

"Coach, I want to play basketball!"

Higashino wanted to be moved by these few words, but because he had heard them many times, the threshold was raised.

He could only nod his head to show that he heard it, and silently signed for them.

I don't know how long has passed.

"Tori Akino-sensei, I'm in trouble."

It's a beautiful female voice.

Most of the readers of "Slam Dunk" are men, so Higashino looked up in surprise.

With long black fluffy hair and a delicate and elegant face, he looked very familiar. He had seen it before, not in Japan, but in China.

Looks like a celebrity too.Higashino nodded deeply.

After signing "Slam Dunk", the other party did not leave with the booklet.

She smiled mischievously, and took out another pamphlet from her backpack, which was still "The Garden of Words and Leaves".

It seems that the main reason why she came to the signing event was because of this work.

"please!"

She clasped her hands together and bowed to Dong Yexiang.

Dong Yexiang was speechless for a while, after a chaimen wen came, another great god came.

"Okay," he nodded with a smile on his face, mmp in his heart.

"Please write, "I hope you will also have a beautiful love, and Akino Tori will send Naoko Takeuchi to you in the future." "

Higashino raised his head in surprise, the beauty in front of him was Naoko Takeuchi, the author of "Sailor Moon".

When "The Garden of Words" was serialized, Naoko Takeuchi recommended this work to her readers.

So he stood up again and thanked Naoko Takeuchi.

"Ah, it's okay," Takeuchi Naoko waved his hand, "I just like this work, and of course I want to tell my beloved readers this feeling."

After she finished speaking, she pretended to be angry and said with a straight face: "At that time, I contacted Mr. Yan Yuan to get your phone number, but you, the teacher, refused."

Higashino smiled wryly and said, "After all, my girlfriend is by my side, so I dare not communicate with a beautiful woman like you."

Takeuchi Naoko's eyes lit up suddenly, as if she found a small fish-dried cat.

She burst out with strong curiosity: "Girlfriend! Is it similar to the relationship between Xue Ye and Xiaoxiong!"

Takeuchi Naoko has been curious for a long time, such a manga with a sense of substitution does not feel like a fake.

Higashino smiled and nodded, "Ah."

"Great!" Takeuchi Naoko clenched her fists and jumped happily, "Is this the love that is not affected by the world! It's really enviable."

Higashino glanced at the restless crowd, sat down and signed the booklet of "The Garden of Words and Leaves".

"I'm bothering you today. I learned a little secret. I won't tell others."

Takeuchi Naoko blinked and left slowly.

Higashino breathed a sigh of relief.

"continue!"

He didn't want to have any more accidents, and he was looking forward to it in his heart, so let himself end the signing meeting quietly.

But the next middle-aged man made Higashino admire him.

"Hello, Mr. Akino, I'm Kazuki Takahashi, do you have any impression?"

Higashino Hibiki was surprised, "Ms. Takahashi, the author of "Game King", I have really admired his name for a long time."

The first time I heard the name, it was the news that the teacher had sacrificed himself after he acted bravely.

A billionaire can risk his life to save others. This teacher is simply a lesson from the world.

He has a noble character.

Spirit of gold.

But at this moment, Takahashi and Nozomi excitedly said to Higashino: "Do you still remember my name?"

"Of course I remember, the author of "Game King", of course I remember."

Higashino stood up again.

It's impolite to sit still.

The readers behind Takahashi and Nozomi looked forward in surprise.

What's going on?Why did Mr. Bird Akino stand up again and again?

Could it be that this ordinary middle-aged man is also a big shot?

"I hesitated for a long time, but I still came here. I just wanted to ask Mr. Akino, why you think that "Yu-Gi-Oh" will...be the future of Jump."

"There are actually some problems with what I said."

Takahashi and Xi's eyes dimmed.

"It should be the future of Shueisha."

"why?"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! is a work in line with the times. In the future, there will be fewer children and more diversified entertainment. Only relying on paper magazines, jump, and Shueisha will soon lose their status today."

Higashino explained, "If you want to become bigger and stronger, and create another glories, you must discover the IP value of the work. And "Yu-Gi-Oh," is what I think so far is the jump manga with the most potential."

"Perhaps in "Yu-Gi-Oh", such a game content will be drawn, and it will be welcomed by players all over the world."

Takahashi and Xi's eyes widened, he didn't consider this factor.

It was only because of work and hobbies that I chose to make game-oriented comics.

It's just that he didn't expect it, why is Akino Tori so sure that "Yu-Gi-Oh" will produce extremely influential game works?
He didn't ask, and left here after holding the pamphlet signed by Higashino Hibiki, he was even more motivated.

Although Takahashi and Nozomi hope that the content of the comics will be more popular with readers, rather than just designing the game out of the circle.

But now hearing these words, he is also very happy, after all, he is used to failure.

　Thank you Yiyun for your reward, thank you Yue Hua for your reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)