Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 228 Terrible Painter and Storyboard

The story of "Millennium Actress" is not complicated, and Kishimoto quickly finished the first episode.

"As expected of Mr. Akino Bird."

Of course, what he was talking about was not the content, but the artist's display and the design of the storyboard.

A 70-year-old actress, in Tori Akino Mirai's pen, her frowns and smiles are as cute as a girl.

Just looking at the appearance of the characters, you can see the wrinkles on Chiyoko Fujiwara's face. Her slender and fragile body is clearly an old grandmother.

But under the appearance, in the bones, Kishimoto can feel that Fujiwara Chiyoko must have been a very beautiful beauty when she was young.

Moreover, her demeanor is elegant and refined, which is not something ordinary cartoonists can draw.

Very solid.

The beginning of the story was a bit boring on the jump, but under the ingenious storyboard design, Kishimoto watched it unknowingly.

Smooth as silk.

Many aspects of "Millennium Actress" are worth learning for him.

"Editor Yahagi once said that it is important to draw manga to learn the skills of top manga artists, and it is true."

Most cartoonists have followed the path of their predecessors, and it is especially important to learn their storyboards.

He has watched "Dragon Ball" many times, but from the perspective of the creator, he will have a lot of new understanding.

Now after watching "Millennium Actress", Kishimoto writes and draws, summarizing his skills.Suddenly, his hand stopped.

"Actress... Actress..."

He thought of someone through "Millennium Actress".

That is the neighbor opposite Akino Mirai, the middle-aged woman named Rei Nakajima.

"It turns out that Rei Nakajima is Ms. Sydney Nakajima!"

"That big star who has been out of acting for 20 years!"

……

Mrs. Nakajima sat on a chair with her legs together. She lowered her head slightly and was reading the manga. She was very careful when turning the pages for fear of disturbing others.

"It's so elegant." Xu Feigang couldn't help thinking.Under the influence of Mrs. Nakajima, he dared not breathe loudly.

"Very interesting cartoon."

After a while, Mrs. Nakajima put down the jump with a smile on her face, and pushed towards Xu Feigang.

"Let's see."

"Thank you." Xu Fei just nodded, picked up Jump with both hands, and looked inside.

Mrs. Nakajima did not get up to leave. At this moment, she was in a very complicated mood. She closed her eyelids, closed her eyes and meditated, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Bravo!"

She heard Xu Fei just let out an exclamation.

The customers of the coffee shop all looked over.

Mrs. Nakajima nodded and apologized with a smile. After the others looked back, she looked at Xu Feigang inquiringly.

"what happened?"

"I'm sorry." Xu Fei just said in a low voice: "Ms. Bird Qiuye's paintings are too strong, I can't help it for a while."

When he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, he came into contact with comics, and under the influence of this, he wrote "The dream of the future is to become a cartoonist" in his elementary school graduation anthology.

In junior high school and high school, he cultivated his interest in art while exercising, and his dream was still to become a cartoonist.

In university, he also studied art-related majors.

After graduating, Xu Fei became a cartoonist's assistant, and even started a long series in 97.

It can be said that he has been working hard as a cartoonist, and he has two years of serialization experience.

His drawing skills are not bad.

"The Prince of Tennis" is a sports cartoon with stylish characters, powerful rackets, and concise and clear drawings.

The reading threshold is very low.

But after watching Bird Akino Mirai's "Millennium Actress", Xu Fei just couldn't help his emotions.

The storytelling and painting of "Millennium Actress" is different from the sense of movement of "Slam Dunk", and there is a kind of comfort that tells the story like a bamboo forest in midsummer.

This change in style made Xu Feigang immediately stunned, and he also understood the horror of this 24-year-old famous cartoonist.

It's reasonable, very reasonable, that his short stories get front pages.

"It's terrible," he whispered.

Xu Feigang's gesture made Mrs. Nakajima understand the strength of her neighbor in the comics industry.

She doesn't have the habit of reading manga, but she just knows that her daughter likes Mirai Akino, who is also very popular among the students.

""Millennium Actress" is really wonderful." Mrs. Nakajima thought.

She just watched it for 5 minutes, and in terms of her professionalism, she saw a lot of movie skills in this comic.

At the beginning, the female astronaut wants to ride the rocket regardless of other people's obstruction.

Then in the vibration of the rocket about to take off, it connected to the earthquake that caused the bedroom to shake.

It turned out that Tachibana Genya, the president of Lotus Film Company, was watching TV, and the plot just now was the content of the movie.

Tachibana also walked out of the bedroom, he pressed rewind, the movie returned to the beginning, and the story of "Millennium Actress" began.

Because of the earthquake, the abandoned studio of Yinying Photography began to be demolished.

This demolition allowed Tachibana to find an excuse to interview the actress Chiyoko Fujiwara who has been in the shadows for 30 years.

He is the most loyal fan of Chiyoko Fujiwara. In the first episode of "Millennium Actress", you can see his admiration for Chiyoko Fujiwara all the time.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, he watched old movies from decades ago, and when he was about to meet the 70-year-old Chiyoko Fujiwara, the expression of nervous anticipation.

This manga has been interlocking from the very beginning, developing the plot smoothly, as if it should be like this.

It was reasonable as it appeared in reality, so Mrs. Nakajima couldn't get over it for a while.

Seeing the basics in the subtleties, this must be the plot that Bird Akino racked his brains in the future.

In every plot, Mrs. Nakajima can see the other party's deliberation.

Being able to take a short story so seriously, it's no wonder that Mirai Tori Akino has gained fame and become a highly popular manga artist.

But this is nothing, what really made her think about it was the subsequent plot.

Tachibana Gen also sent a key to Fujiwara Chiyoko, which was found in the ruins of the studio.

Chiyoko Fujiwara has been looking for this key for a long time, and on this key, her past years are unfolded, which is connected with the rewinding of the movie at the beginning of the manga.

It shows the romance of filmmakers.

The delicate texture is drawn in the manga again. It was the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. Chiyoko Fujiwara was born. At the same time, her father died in the earthquake.

Collapsed houses, slanted telephone poles, and this earthquake are displayed in a small frame. I don't know how much time the author spent, "unflattering" depicting unnecessary backgrounds.

Fujiwara Chiyoko grew up gradually.

The Japanese army strode to the right displaying the rising sun flag, while Chiyoko Fujiwara ran to the left, against the current.

"The whole world is as dangerous as gambling, and everything keeps turning to the right."

Among the fanatical crowd, Chiyoko Fujiwara looked extremely confused.

Afterwards, the director of Yinying came to find the lovely Chiyoko to make a movie.

Chiyoko was moved, and her mother rejected the director.

The director revealed that it was a film set in Manchuria, which inspired the army and the people, and contributed to the country.

Chiyoko was downcast.

The smooth storyboard flashed by, and Tachibana Genya and the photographer seemed to have traveled to the past, recording Chiyoko Fujiwara's life on the spot.

The reality and the past are intertwined, with a freshness of exploration, which made Mrs. Nakajima intoxicated with Chiyoko's past for a long time.

She is like following Tachibana Genya, savoring the past of Chiyoko and the country.

"This is an anti-war cartoon." Mrs. Nakajima smiled.

She originally just wanted to read "Millennium Actress" on a whim, but she didn't expect this comic to give her a very big surprise.

Absolutely wonderful, like an art-like film storyboard, it seems to be the work of a master.

"It's a good thing I didn't miss it, it's so exciting."

Another 5 minutes passed, and Xu Fei just raised his head. His expression was complicated. From the perspective of a cartoonist, he understood the gap between himself and Akino Niao in the future.

This gap cannot be made up with hard work.

It may be ten years later, and he will not be able to reach the future painter of the current bird Akino.

Xu Fei just held the manga in both hands and handed it to Mrs. Nakajima.

Mrs. Nakajima didn't want to accept it at first, but she wanted to read "Millennium Actress" again and savor it carefully.

After the two said goodbye, Mrs. Nakajima seemed to have heard Xu Fei just say:
"Down with Bird Akino Mirai! The world belongs to Xu Feigang".

Immediately, she smiled lightly.

Compared with actors, cartoonists are really simple.

She was walking towards the house, and just when she reached the fifth floor, she happened to meet Mirai Akino, who was going out to take out the trash.

"Come on!"

Mrs. Nakajima clenched her fists to encourage Higashino.

"Ha~"

Higashino watched as she took cheerful steps, opened the door and walked into the room, and then the door made a "bang" sound.

He hasn't recovered yet.

"Come on? Come on what?"

"Do I need to refuel when taking out the trash?"

"baffling."

"However," Higashino thought as he went down the stairs, "is Mrs. Nakajima younger? I feel very energetic."

……

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Akane Nakajima returned home.

She was about to eat excitedly.

"What are you eating this afternoon? I'm so hungry, I'll eat, eat, eat!"

"Burger meat," said Mrs. Nakajima in the kitchen.

Akane Nakajima cheered, "Yeah!"

"By the way," Mrs. Nakajima poked her head out of the kitchen and asked casually, "Is "Millennium Actress" interesting?"

"It's very plain, I can't understand it." Akane Nakajima shook her head.

"Oh," Mrs. Nakajima said with a smile, "You read manga at school too."

……

Dong Yexiang's ears moved, as if he heard something.

It was the sound of running and begging for mercy.

"Xiaoqian must be mischievous and causing trouble again." He quickly came to a conclusion.

Damori raised his head, rubbed his palms, and let out a crisp applause of "crack bang".

"I've never seen a lively little girl like Akane Nakajima."

Higashino was curious, "Do you know many little girls?"

"No," Omori became dejected, "I'm such an abandoned house, I can only draw manga and don't know how to communicate, let alone little girls, I don't even know little boys."

"I have been in Tokyo for 10 years. I have achieved nothing, and I have very few friends. My life has been a failure."

(End of this chapter)