Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 186 Hainan vs Xiangbei
At the end of June [-], "Slam Dunk" was serialized to the long-awaited plot of readers——Hainan vs. Xiangbei.

Orimo Takehiko of the Toyota basketball team bought the magazine early during his morning practice, but it's not like other readers couldn't buy the jump and go around in a hurry.

Because of the Japanese basketball league in April, he has not read "Slam Dunk" for a while.

In fact, it also has something to do with his work.

Professional basketball players always lack the shocking effect when watching high school-level games.

Except for the rebirth of Mitsui Shou from the ashes, he didn't feel the excitement.

What the Xiangbei basketball team pursued to enter the national competition, he did it easily.In his senior year of high school, he was even the scoring leader.

Orimo Takehiko University even made up for the regrets of high school and won the national championship.

So this "Slam Dunk", apart from making him very happy to promote the development of Japanese basketball, rarely gave him big emotional ups and downs.

However, being able to reminisce about the past at any rate made him miss the years of struggling with basketball, so he didn't let it go.

Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi slam dunk on the cover of Jump, he opened the magazine, and the first manga of Jump was "Slam Dunk".

……

Hainan's newcomer Kiyota Nobunaga is a Sakuragi Hanamichi-style character.

Full of self-confidence, he calls himself the No. [-] rookie in Kanagawa, with good jumping ability and abundant physical strength.

And like Yingmu Huadao, he regards Rukawa Feng as a competitor and often plays tricks.

It didn't take long for the manga to start the competition.

At the beginning, it was the jump ball. The 197cm tall Takenori Akagi had an advantage, and easily beat the basketball racket to Ryota Miyagi.

At the same time, Rukawa Feng occupied a favorable position when the Hainan basketball team did not react.

Miyagi made a quick long pass, the basketball passed through the crowd, and with a "snap", it just landed in Rukawa Kaede's hands!
This is Xiangbei's fast break, and it was so fast at the beginning.

"Oh, the biography is really beautiful." Orimo Takehiko nodded, judging by the level of high school students, it is quite remarkable.

With no one to defend, Rukawa Kaede sprinted towards Hainan's basket with the ball. He was still far away from the basket, so he jumped high and wanted to slam dunk.

"Slam dunk!"

The audience shouted excitedly!

But at this moment, Mu Shen jumped up and blocked Rukawa Feng's dunk.

I don't know when, he ran to the basket to defend.

Seeing that Xiangbei's attack failed, Rukawa Kaede quickly passed the ball backwards, and that happened to be where Mitsui Shou was.

With Mitsui's strength, it is very possible to hit a three-pointer!

However, Ichiro Shenzong of the Hainan basketball team intercepted the ball in time, and they started to counterattack!

The momentum began to reverse, and the Hainan basketball team held the ball!Xiangbei returns to defense quickly!
Their basket was empty, and Kiyota Nobunaga was the closest person, and Shinmune Ichiro threw the ball fiercely!
Kiyota Nobunaga ran towards the Xiangbei basket, chasing the basketball.

Seeing this scene, Yingmu Huadao's eyes were tearing apart.

"Damn! Don't run, you wild monkey!"

While speaking, he also chased after him.

Under the astonished gazes of countless people, Hanamichi Sakuragi, who is far away from the basketball, has gradually shortened the distance by virtue of his height and physical strength.

When the crisis at the basket was extremely high, Hanamichi Sakuragi raised the ball high and hugged the basketball in her arms!
"what!"

"too exaggerated!"

This speed and jumping ability is really terrible.

The head coach of the Hainan basketball team stood up in horror.

Sakuragi Hana showed a lot of limelight, although it was a violation of the law to walk with the ball next.

The 16-year winning streak between the king Hainan and the dark horse Xiangbei, the audience thought it would be a one-sided match, but they didn't expect it to be a fight between dragons and tigers, with twists and turns.

Neither side would give in to the other, and the competition was fierce.

The stadium is like the eye of a typhoon, attracting the attention of the audience.

The game had just started, but the atmosphere in the audience was completely on fire!

Such a wonderful game is hard to come by!
Readers are attracted by the game, and the fast-paced and dizzying content makes them unable to stop.

"The painting is amazing!" Orimo Takehiko's eyes widened.

Different from those readers, he was impressed by Hibiki Higashino's painters.

I didn't think about it at all, I just watched it along, and the scenes just now were all in my mind, as if I really watched a basketball game!
This is too difficult to do.

It's like a battle scene. Some cartoonists can only draw the stream of consciousness, but the audience can't see it. How did they fight?Suddenly there are results.

In some works, all the important shots are drawn, and the step-by-step connection is smooth, and the readers can also enter it, and the thrilling fights are all in the mind of the short-breathing.

In the form of comics, it brings readers a movie-level enjoyment, which only a few cartoonists can do.

"Tori Akino-sensei is really amazing!" Orimo Takehiko admired.

The reason why Higashino can do this is related to his realistic painting style and being an assistant in Akira Toriyama's studio.

Akira Toriyama is a true master in this regard, an existence that can be encountered but not sought after.

and so……

"Don't bother me!" Akira Toriyama said painfully, "I've said everything I need to say, I have nothing to keep!"

"Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Toriyama," Higashino nodded and said, "I just don't understand one thing. How to draw the muscle lines of the legs to be more realistic? After several intense rounds of battle, how to use the blank space in the manga ? And when breathing heavily, how thick should the auxiliary lines for body shaking be drawn?"

"Hey! Teacher Toriyama! Hey!"

Akira Toriyama quickly hung up the phone, speechless.

"It seems that in the new plot, Akino is under a lot of pressure."

It's never been like this before, annoying him non-stop.

"Is it because of reaching a critical point? Or because of my new work?" Akira Toriyama thought.

He picked up the jump and slowly watched "Slam Dunk".

Every single line was spared and it didn't end until 5 minutes later.

"Isn't that nice."

Akira Toriyama smiled.

……

The phone buzzed, Higashino smacked his mouth and hung up.

"This Toriyama-sensei, really." He shook his head and sat back at the work desk.

The updated content of "Slam Dunk" took him a lot of energy.

It is too difficult to draw a hearty and exciting game, and every frame must be thought of.

Background, characters, rhythm, blank space...

Everywhere is useful.

Which frame is the key point, we should use several storyboards to describe here, his head will explode if he thinks about it.

Manga is not just about memorizing the plot, drawing is also a very important part.

In the game between Xiangbei and Hainan, Higashino insisted on excellence and suffered a lot.

Asking Akira Toriyama is part of it, and part of it is to vent your emotions.

"It's really hard for me."

……

in the studio.

After failing to pass the serialization meeting, Oda is still working as Higashi Hibiki's assistant.

Now he is speechless looking at Higashi Higashi's storyboard, is this a storyboard?

He is ashamed.

Whether it is spatial perspective or the facial expressions of the characters, they are all exquisitely drawn.

Let him have a feeling that even if it's just a storyboard, it's fun to watch.

It's outrageous.

"No wonder I can't serialize comics..." Oda was filled with emotion, "Is this business so complicated?"

Watching Higashino walk into the studio, Oda raised his hand and said, "Teacher, why don't you submit the storyboard directly. I don't think there is any need to draw the original manuscript!"

"What nonsense?" Akemi Akimiya couldn't help but said, "How could it be possible to use the storyboard as the original manuscript? It's too unprofessional."

"Teacher Akimiya is right." Yoshii Sanjiu nodded.

Oda sighed, "I still have to work."

Higashino said: "You are complaining here. Once the serialization really starts, you will work harder than me. You only sleep two or three hours a day, and you may spend the rest of the time drawing manga."

"That is really a longing and terrifying future." Oda shook his head.

After the gossip was finished and the work was assigned, the living room soon became quiet, except for the sound of "swish" at the end of the pen.

This is their normal state.

……

The time comes to Friday, and it also enters July.

Musashino Art University has started summer vacation.

Because the content of "Slam Dunk" is restored to the basketball game, it needs to draw the background of the audience, which leads to the endless work of Akino Bird's studio, and now it is easier.

Tanaka sighed in admiration, "It's only at this time that I feel that the teacher is still a student."

Jump's most popular cartoonist is just a college student, now 21 years old.

When he was 21 years old, he was still afraid of society and dared not meet people.

Next to Musashino Art University, there is a high school, Yan Yan High School, Higashino Hibiki's alma mater, which has not yet graduated.

Yanyan High School Auditorium.

In the general department area, the students were whispering and complaining.

"Isn't today a day off?"

"Why aren't you on vacation?"

"Is the principal going to speak? Why don't you hurry up?"

"I also want to watch the Japanese Basketball League."

Gradually, the whispers turned into loud noises, and it seemed that the order could no longer be maintained.

Seeing this scene, the grade director Shinto stepped up to the podium with a bamboo sword and knocked fiercely.

"Quiet!"

Suddenly, the entire auditorium fell silent.

After getting off the podium, Shinto looked at his watch. There were still 10 minutes before the appointed time. He should be almost there, right?

……

Higashino walked to the school gate and looked at this scene with nostalgia. This was his youth.

The principal was beside him, looking at him with a smile.

"Higashi-kun, it's rare that you can take the time to go back to Yan Yan."

"I'm really sorry, I'm too busy." Higashino bowed.

Oda once accepted Higashino Hibiki's request to go to Yanyan High School to collect materials and use them as the prototype of Lingnan.

But he later went to Kamakura High School, which was obviously more suitable, so he abandoned Yanyan High School.

Because of this, he had to accept the principal's request and return to his alma mater to give a speech.

"I misunderstood you, I didn't mean that," the principal said with a smile, "I just know that cartoonists are really hard."

He recalled and said: "More than ten years ago, I met the cartoonist Akira Toriyama at the student painting exhibition of an elementary school in Meguro District. During the chat, he said that he only slept for three or four hours a day. Yawning all the time."

The principal looked at Higashino with kind eyes, "As a student, you must have worked harder, and it must be very uncomfortable."

Higashino stared at him blankly, and nodded after a while.

……

hall.

"I heard that a well-known alumni is coming."

Student council members whispered gossip.

"Famous alumni? Who?"

"I don't understand."

"It's someone who has achieved success and fame. Damn it, let me know who is wasting my time, and I must give him a good scolding."

"Well, curse him behind his back!"

Higashino was completely unaware of the student's grievances. He came to the backstage, looked in the mirror, and nodded to the principal.

So the activity officially started.

It only took about 10 minutes for the principal and the teacher to finish their speech.

The students were still amazed that Higashino had never been on stage before half an hour could not be over.

He was wearing a black suit, with a foreigner's badge pinned to his chest, and he came to the microphone with a straight back and a smile on his face.

"Hi everyone, I'm Higashino Hibiki. I was invited to participate in Yanyan High School's speech. I'm sincerely apprehensive. I'm really sorry to affect everyone's rest."

After the opening remarks, the teachers took the lead in applauding.

"So young?"

"Only about 25 years old?"

The students whispered.

"Have you become famous at such a young age?"

They do not understand.

"Hirobi Higashino..." Someone chewed on these three words, "It's a very familiar name."

"I feel like I've heard it there too!"

"Hirobi Higashino..." After some people thought about it, they suddenly realized, "Isn't this the name of Akino Tori's future teacher!"

"That's right! Mr. Akino Tori is our senior!"

So, someone looked at Higashi Higashi with burning eyes.

High school students happen to be the audience of Jump, and most of the students in Aiwujiwuxia are readers of Higashino Hibiki.

Even if they don't watch "Slam Dunk", Higashino is their pride.

"Higashino-san! Are you Mr. Akino Tori!"

In the third grade of high school, a very lively student said loudly!
"Well, it's me." Higashino nodded, "I'm Akino Tori, who draws manga."

There was a sensation in the audience!
Higashino rarely received such treatment. Except for the two signings, he basically did not participate in the activities. This kind of eager eyes made him a little uncomfortable.

"Tori Akino-sensei, I want to be a manga artist too! What is the secret of your success?"

A student asked excitedly.

Higashino swore that he never asked for a favor.

"That's a good question." Higashino praised him.

Let him connect to what he wants to say.

"Becoming a cartoonist is not something you can do with empty words." Standing in front of the microphone, Higashino looked serious, "I received a good education in Yanyan High School, so the drawing skills are much better than ordinary people, this is success one of the foundations of

The students nodded thoughtfully.

They also know these truths. When successful people say it, they can easily hear it in their hearts.

"The second point is to persevere to the end."

He thought of Akemi Akimiya, and more people.

"Cartoonists are gamblers, and only one in ten thousand people can succeed."

　Recommend a book, "Undeserved Scholar: Experts, Listen to My Explanation".

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