Full-time cartoonist

Chapter 22 The Story of Sho Toranojiro Sasaki
The Tezuka Award, organized by Shueisha, is a newcomer award for boy story manga.Since the first half of 1971, it has been held twice a year.

This award, used to commemorate Tezuka Osamu's outstanding contribution, has attracted many talents for Shueisha.

Daijiro Morohoshi, Tsukasa Hojo, Hirohiko Araki, Masakazu Katsura, Yoshihiro Togashi, Nobuhiro Watsuki...

The backbone cartoonists of these Weekly Shonen Jump have all won the Tezuka Award.

It is the most valuable, comic newcomer award.

The bonus is a full 100w yen!
It can be said that it is the newcomer award with the highest bonus!
At that time, Akira Toriyama was determined to enter the field of drawing manga precisely because he saw that the manga contest of "Weekly Shonen Magazine" had a bonus of 50w yen, because he could not create as he wanted, and his savings became less and less after resignation.

However, because I couldn't keep up with the deadline, I finally gave up "Weekly Shonen Mahazine" and participated in the "Weekly Shonen Jump" manga award with a bonus of 10w.

By comparing the bonuses, you can know the height of the Tezuka Award.

The submission date for the Tezuka Award in the second half of this year is October 10th, so there is still time.

"But did you really draw this manga?" Torishima Kazuhiko expressed hesitation.

He knew the level of Higashino Higashino, and it was impossible for Akira Toriyama to transform people to this extent.

Higashino Hibiki didn't speak, and remained silent.

"Ah, no, of course I don't suspect you of plagiarism," Torishima said, "Your previous style was kingly fighting comics, but now it's inspirational juvenile comics. Why such a big gap?"

"Because I saw Akira Toriyama's paintings," Higashino revealed all the excuses he had thought up a long time ago, "I realized that it would never be possible to catch up with Toriyama-sensei by drawing battle manga, so I decided to find another way."

"Is it your dream to reach the height of Akira Toriyama?"

"Of course, I'm trying."

"Very well, keep it up."

Torishima Kazuhiko nodded with a smile, approving Higashi Higashino very much.

Cartoonists need this kind of unyielding spirit to motivate themselves to work hard and make progress.

Move towards the impossible goal, and when you come back to your senses, you will find that you have reached a height that was impossible to reach.

"Perhaps your literary talent lies here." Torishima Kazuhiko helped Higashihiro explain, "Kisa Masakazu's talent is to draw girls, which even he doesn't know.

Try a lot of different angles, which is what I always ask authors to do.

When you hit a wall because of Akira Toriyama, the window God reserved for you is finally revealed.You are suitable for drawing narrative comics! "

Higashino smiled and nodded, "Mr. Torishima, you are so right, I fully agree!"

"In this case, let's have a good discussion," Torishima Kazuhiko said enthusiastically, "Tezuka appreciates works that haven't been selected for a long time, and it's very cool to think about letting that bastard from Yamamura take the blame."

Higashino nodded sharply, "Please!"

……

Weekly Shonen Jump.

Sasaki Takao, the head of the editorial team, rubbed the center of his brows. There were too many trivial matters, which made him exhausted.

The collision of two different factions, Kazuhiko Torishima and Hiroki Goto, caused a lot of bad things.

As a member of the Bird Island faction, he offended many people because of this.

Sasaki supports Kazuhiko Torishima from the bottom of his heart. He even thinks that one day he will become the editor-in-chief, and he will let Jump's works develop overseas.

Now "Dragon Ball" is very popular abroad, so it's a pity that it can't be used.

Japan is an island country, and it is a place where it is easy to run. If it continues to develop, it will reach a sales volume of 650w, which is already a sky-breaking height.

Only by going out of the customs and interacting with the international market can jump really grow.

Just as I was thinking about it, the landline rang.

"Hi, I'm Takashi Sasaki from the editorial department of "Weekly Shonen Jump", what can I do?"

"I'm Kazuhiko Torishima, can you come to "pole pole"? "

"Okay, I happen to be free right now."

After hanging up the phone, he got up and walked out the door.

Editing is a very free position. After all, you have to communicate with cartoonists, and you have to deal with any situation in a timely and responsible manner.

Therefore, leaving the post halfway will not be questioned.

The cartoonist you are responsible for has good grades, which is the last word.

In fact, it is a bit similar to sales.

"Is there something wrong? Mr. Sasaki." His editor Misaki Kato asked curiously.

"Hmm." He nodded.

"Bon voyage." Lu Renjiao bowed and saw him off.

He admires this leader very much, and he has the style of a general.Sharp thinking, penetrating words, convincing.

He felt that one day, Sasaki would be able to stand at the top of the jump and be the man who would become the editor-in-chief!
He didn't get up until Sasaki left.

……

After Sasaki arrived, he saw the scene that Higashino Hibiki saw when he arrived.

Kazuhiko Torishima was having a heated discussion with a young man.

Higashino said: "To submit for the "Tezuka Award", you must submit a short story. I want to draw the story of Sawei Fujiwara and Toranojiro. "

"That's a good idea," Torishima Kazuhiko nodded. "A short-term story, it's appropriate to draw Fujiwara Sato as the first possession object, and it involves Honinbo Shusaku, which is a hot spot. You are a genius!"

Honinbo Shusaku, a Go player of the Edo period in Japan, is considered by many to be the greatest Go player of the Golden Age of Go.

The manga of "Soul of Chess" is set, Honinbo Hidesaku is the first possession object of Fujiwara Sawai, and the chess pieces he dropped are actually Sawei's.

One is to describe the strength of Sato Fujiwara.

The second is for comparison with the second host of the possession, the protagonist of the manga, Hikari Shindo.

Fujiwara Sato, Honinbo Shusaku, is really a good idea, and Torishima Kazuhiko is also full of praise.

The story of Honinbo Shusaku and Fujiwara's actions is more legendary than Shindo Hikaru.

"Mr. Bird Island." Sasaki interrupted them and greeted them.

"Well, Sasaki, you're here," Torishima Kazuhiko motioned for him to sit down, and introduced Higashi Higashino to him.

"He is Takashi Sasaki, my junior. He is now the team leader of Jump's editorial department.

He was in charge of the editing of "Oolong Police Station" and "Jojo's Wonderful Journey·Eternal Diamond".Experienced and capable. "

Sasaki Shang, now in his 30s, was impressed by Higashino.

He once appeared in the comic "Dream Eater" by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Oba.

It is also learned from this comic that Sasaki Shang will be the editor-in-chief of the ninth generation of jump.

"Hello," Higashino nodded, and said in a friendly manner, "I'm Higashino, and I asked Mr. Torishima to contribute to your manga."

The experienced editors and cartoonists complement each other and teach them to draw more exciting works.

If you are a newcomer, it will be bad if you make a fuss.

He will forcibly superimpose his own preferences on the author, resulting in a change in the style of the work, and it is not uncommon to face the situation of cutting in half.

(End of this chapter)