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Chapter 197 Please Say, I Was Wrong
Oda exposed his identity as a fan of Akira Toriyama.

"When I was young, I liked Disney animation very much. But once, I saw the second volume of "Dragon Ball" by chance, and I was deeply shocked. It was no worse than Disney animation, and then I had the idea of ​​becoming a manga artist."

The host nodded, ""Dragon Ball" is a classic, and I especially liked this work when I was a child. Teacher Akira Toriyama has left fond memories for many children."

Many people will release Kamepai Qigong. Every time the fusion movement occurs, everyone will smile knowingly.

This is the charm of "Dragon Ball".

"That's right," Oda said excitedly, "Because of this, I joined Mr. Akino's team."

He talked about the teachings of Higashino Hibiki, and the easter eggs about "One Piece" in "Slam Dunk" during his assistantship.

"Ah, the teacher is really kind and doesn't care at all." Oda propped his head back and said with a smile.

"Hey! What an unexpected news." The host said in surprise, "It turns out that "Slam Dunk" also has "One Piece". Pirates like to watch basketball games. This is really unexpected news."

"Hahaha." The two of them laughed.

It didn't take long.

"Because of this," Oda's expression became serious, "I liked "Sailor Moon" for a while, so I drew it in the background of "Slam Dunk."

"I'm really sorry for causing a lot of trouble for the teacher!"

He stood up and bowed, his expression very sincere.

After he said this, the audience understood.

"It turns out Mr. Akino Bird is not a sister-in-law."

"We misunderstood."

Higashino Hibiki's reputation was rehabilitated.

but……

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"Niao Qiuye-sensei, who is not controlled by my sister, is not the real Bird Akino-sensei!"

It doesn't seem to be getting any better.

"Mr. Oda is so sincere, Mr. Higashino must be very touched," the host coughed twice, and he changed the subject and asked: "It has been a week since the first volume of "One Piece" was released as a single volume, and the sales volume has also exceeded 30 copies. It's an amazing number."

"Yeah." Oda nodded honestly.

The content after that was to promote the booklet of "One Piece", so Higashino turned off the TV.

Akimi blinked and looked at him, "Congratulations, Zhao Xue has been rehabilitated."

"It's not all because of you," Higashino said speechlessly.

What kind of sister-in-law, I like Naoko Takeuchi, all because of "The Garden of Words and Leaves".

It's really strange that a boy manga author suddenly started drawing love manga.

There is no reason, how could I draw this rashly.

"It's all because I like Miss Akimiya so much." Higashino sighed.

Akemi Akimiya blushed.

……

Yingmu Huadao has always been brooding about losing to Hainan.

In the last time, he passed the basketball to Kazuma Takasago of the Hainan team, which directly led to the defeat of Xiangbei, and Sakuragi felt very uncomfortable.

His self-esteem is very strong, and he loves basketball more and more, so he can't get out of that hurdle.

His teammates didn't talk about him, but he was even more sad because of this.

Mei Higashino opened her mouth wide as she watched the latest plot of the manga.

In order to punish himself and apologize, Sakuragi shaved his bald head with only stubble, and his image changed drastically.

Mitsui and Miyagi couldn't help laughing out loud, and the Sakuragi Legion immediately came to laugh.

But under the ridicule of others, Yingmu Huadao became more and more calm.

This is a plot full of jokes, but in the eyes of Mei Higashino or other readers, this is the transformation of Hanamichi Sakuragi. He has become a real basketball player since he shaved his head.

For a while, I was moved when I read it.

"The bad boy Sakuragi Hanamichi has now become a basketball player Sakuragi Hanamichi."

Just like Monkey King came of age, the manga began to enter another dimension.

……

"Baldhead." Higashino Ichiro pondered for a while, then nodded emphatically.

Higashino Shio also smiled, "It looks like something that kid would do."

"Eh? What's the matter?" Mei Higashino was extremely curious.

She didn't know the past of the bosozoku Higashino Higashi and the bald Higashino Hibiki.

The image of the elder brother's stalwart has been preserved.

Higashino Shio did not answer.

She glanced at Higashino Ichiro tenderly, "It really surprised me, Hibiki was so decisive at that time."

"Well," Higashino Ichiro sighed, "after all, he is a child of the Higashino family, and he will correct himself immediately after he realizes it."

Higashi Higashino, a bosozoku who lasted for a month, seemed like a dream, so unreal.

Mei Higashino asked urgently, "Hey! What is it?"

She was curious.

"Mr. Yangming of China realized Taoism in Longchang, so Hibiki is probably the same." Higashino Ichiro concluded.

"Oh, by the way," Higashino suddenly recalled, "The writing brush I bought is about to arrive, please accompany me to pick it up."

"Yeah." Higashino Ichiro nodded.

The two of them stood up and walked towards the door.

Mei Higashino was going crazy, but she didn't dare to yell, she could only be furious in her heart.

"So what's the matter! Why did I suddenly think of a brush! I really don't understand!"

……

The time came to [-], Higashino spent the New Year in the snowy weather.

"The weather is so bad, and there are still many people going to the temple to ring the bell." Higashino watched the TV program, huddled in the kotatsu, somewhat incomprehensible.

"After all, it only happens once a year," Akemi Akimiya broke the orange and carefully tore off the tangerine string, leaving only the orange pulp, before stuffing it into her mouth.

"Yeah!" She hummed contentedly, with an expression of enjoyment on her face, "It's delicious, sweet and sour!"

It is really a great pleasure in the world to curl up in the kotatsu with the one you like, watch TV programs, and eat delicious oranges.

But Higashino had to get out of the kotatsu, the time was coming, and he had to go to the New Year's party.

"If it wasn't for the writer not being present, the editor would be punished, so I wouldn't bother to go."

Higashino complained.

Akimi wrapped a brown scarf around him, brushed off the folds of his clothes, and nodded in satisfaction, "Hurry up, go back early."

"Yeah," Higashino nodded.

Downstairs parked a Toyota Crown, the same model he bought for Higashino Ichiro.

The driver himself was standing outside the car, holding an umbrella, waiting.

Higashino glanced at the aisle, then hurried downstairs.

"Thank you."

"The responsibility lies." The driver said without changing his face.

Four or ten minutes before the opening, Higashino rushed to the clubhouse of the New Year's party.

From [-] to now, the Shueisha New Year's Party has always been at the same hotel, and Higashino has been familiar with it for a long time.

Without the restraint at the beginning, Higashino walked into the main hall after greeting the editor who was welcoming guests at the gate.

A group of people surrounded Togashi Yoshihiro, making fun of him.

"How bold!"

"This young man is really young." Hiroshi Bengong said with a smile.

Fu Jian's face was flushed, and he looked at a loss.

Usually shrunk to the corners, except for achieving the achievement of the last month's update in the weekly magazine, he rarely became the focus of everyone.

Everyone pointed at Fu Jian with a smile on the corner of his mouth, kind of like a "recurrence of old disease" emoji.

Only Shancun Shoudao looked at Fu Jian with admiration and yearned for him.

Seeing Higashino Higashino coming, Fu Jian quickly squeezed out from the crowd, and ran to Higashino Higashi in a hurry.

Higashino was flattered by his enthusiasm, "Congratulations, you have found your love."

"Thank you." Fu Jian smiled happily.

The two sat in front of the buffet table, Higashino picked up a plate full of delicacies, his cheeks were bulging from chewing.

He wanted to enjoy the food alone, but Fu Jian stayed by his side, affecting his performance.

"what happened?"

Fu Jian has always been difficult to say, hesitating, Higashino can only ask.

"Is the creation of "Slam Dunk" very hard?" he asked cautiously.

"It used to be very hard, but recently I have been free." Higashino replied honestly.

After all, a tense game has just ended, and now is the buffer stage.

"That's good, that's good." Fu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

This extremely concerned tone made Higashino's goose bumps all over his body.

He doesn't like men, not even men with long hair.

"If you have something to say, just say it directly, don't make insinuations." Higashino said in a hurry.

"En!" Fu Jian made up his mind and asked, "Will you participate in the short comic competition? No, please participate!"

When he and Takeuchi Naoko were inseparable, now they also abandoned their restraint and asked directly.

Higashino suddenly realized, "Takeuchi-sensei asked you to ask, please let me think about it before answering you."

"Yes." Fu Jian looked at Higashi Hibiki's expression anxiously.

When the other party frowned, his heart twitched.

Higashino recalled Akemi Akimiya's joyful expression when she read letters from readers, and made a decision.

"The current work has just been idle, but it won't be long before I will be busy again."

"I understand," Fu Jian said with dark eyes.

"However," Higashino took a deep breath, "It's okay to be tired. We cartoonists are like this. We work hard every week to create works. Mr. Fu Jian used to sleep only 3 hours a day. I also want to learn from you. It is!"

Associating diligence with himself, Fu Jian felt that Higashino was humiliating himself.

"Thank you very much!" I could only greet him with a smile.

He still has to thank himself.Higashino thought.

After the two of them finished talking, they heard a question not far away.

"Please apologize!"

The tone is full of grievances, with greenness and firmness.

The two quickly looked over, and were surprised to find that it was Oda, and the person he was talking about was Kazuhiko Torishima.

"Please tell me I'm wrong!"

Torishima Kazuhiko was expressionless.

He now has the look of Piccolo, full of momentum.

But Oda ignored it and looked straight at Torishima Kazuhiko.

"I was wrong." Torishima Kazuhiko said.

This is about the "One Piece" serialization meeting.

Oda was very stressed about not being favored by the editor-in-chief, and finally released it at this time.

"It's a natural born stubborn." Higashino shook his head.

People like Oda are very rare.

"Oh, this guy is really good." Fu Jian was very optimistic about him, "Only such a prickly person can draw interesting cartoons!"

"He is Eiichiro Oda, the author of "One Piece." Hibiki Higashino introduced.

Fu Jian remembered it in his heart.

After the speech at the New Year's meeting, Higashino failed in the lottery, and this year's New Year's meeting is gradually coming to an end.

At the end, Sasaki found him, "Let's have a drink together."

In the bar, what he wanted to discuss was the short comic contest.

Higashino decided to participate, so he immediately told him.

"What is the story, I have to think about it."

"The official deadline is April, and there is still time." Sasaki replied.

He added wine to Higashi Higashi.

……

The next day, Higashino had a severe headache, and beside him lay Akemi Akimiya.

Facts have proved that after drinking too much, it can still be erected.

Stumbling to the bathroom, looking at himself in the mirror, Higashino was stunned.

The pale and tired person was actually himself.

"I was hurt by alcohol and sex, so far, starting today..."

"Stop drinking!"

His voice is powerful!

……

Due to the New Year's holiday, the assistants were not there, and there was only Akemi Akimiya in the studio.

After washing his face, there was blood on his face, Higashino looked much better.

When I went out to buy breakfast and was eating with Akimi, Higashino said, "I am going to participate in this year's short manga competition."

"Eh?" Higashino Hibiki's unexpected words made Akimi startled for a while.

She asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly make a decision?"

"There is a story I want to draw," Higashino said. "The desire to create is on the rise."

"Oh," Akimi nodded, "I'm going to get busy again."

Higashino said again: "For this short story, I have one thing to ask you."

"Let's talk." Akemi Akimiya looked at him without blinking her big eyes.

"You know, I'm very busy, with the "Slam Dunk" business, and "Hiyori" is over, I have to start thinking about a new animation. "

Higashino said seriously: "So this time, I hope to cooperate with you."

"Huh?" Akemi Akimiya didn't understand.

"That is to say, I will be the original work, you will draw, and we will become a duo of partners." Higashino expressed his thoughts.

"Me?" Akemi Akimiya understood what Higashino was thinking, and she pointed at herself in shock, "I can't do it!"

"What's wrong?" Higashino retorted, "My enlightenment of manga was also taught by you, Mingmei. I am your student and you are my teacher. You are better than me in drawing!"

Akimi poked the sandwich on the dinner plate, she touched her chest, feeling flustered.

"Shall I come to paint?"

Her tone was full of disbelief.

"Of course!" Higashino held her hands, "Please!"

"Yeah." She bit her lip and agreed.

When clearing the dinner plate, Akemi Akimiya suddenly said, "Xiang, thank you."

She could tell that Higashino Hibiki was thinking about her.

Whatever she wants to draw short comics is for her.

Emotions surged in her chest, she brewed for a long time, and finally said thank you.

"Why are you being polite to me?" Higashino smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)