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Chapter 230
Sasaki blamed himself: "I didn't expect that "Millennium Actress" would have such a small audience on Jump..."

"it does not matter."

He heard Higashino say so.

"It's been pretty good."

After all, "Millennium Actress" is a literary and artistic film. It was not well-received, and the box office was not high in the first place, so readers cannot be forced to like it.

It would be nice to be able to serialize on Jump.

"Millennium Actress" should be an award-winning work, Higashino put it in an inappropriate position,
There are too few animated films that are both popular and popular like "Spirited Away".

Originally, he was only tempted to draw "Millennium Actress" for a while, so he shouldn't have too many demands, and it was enough to satisfy his momentary desire.

Akira Toriyama deserves to be Higashino's guiding light. Every time Higashino is in trouble with manga, he thinks about that teacher and makes a decision.

He crossed the river by touching Mr. Akira Toriyama.

"Hahaha."

Thinking of this, Higashino couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny?" Sasaki was surprised.

Higashino replied with a smile: "I was thinking that it would be great if there was no master Hayao Miyazaki in this world, so that I could plagiarize his next work."

In 2001, "Spirited Away" was an epoch-making animated film.

"What stupid things are you talking about?" Sasaki really suspected that the child was stupid.

"I was just joking." Higashino replied.

Higashino is still in the mood to joke, which means he has no problem.

So Sasaki hung up the phone.

"Bad grades?" Akemi Akimiya asked.

"Well," Higashino nodded, "The quick report result is No.3."

Akemi Akimiya understood, she had expectations.

"Millennium Actress" is a thankless work.

But she didn't stop it, because this work is really wonderful, it would be a pity not to draw it.

Cartoonists don't necessarily have to draw works that have a wide audience.This is the case with "LEVEL E" drawn by Yoshihiro Togashi.

Before he knew it, Higashino Hibiki also walked to the position of Togashi Yoshihiro and Toriyama Akira.

……

Friday.

The sun was scorching hot, and 19-year-old Odagiri was riding a bicycle. He was wearing a suit, and he was sweating all over his body.

The annual Honinbo Tournament began. Last year, Odagiri entered the round-robin competition, but lost to Zhao Zhixun in the [-]th dan and failed to win the Honinbo title.

He is still working hard this year and just finished today's game.

On the way home, while waiting for the traffic light, beside him were two high school students in basketball uniforms holding a basketball.

""Slam Dunk" is getting more and more interesting! I'm really looking forward to the match between Xiangbei and Shanwang!"

"Yeah! The King of the Mountain is amazing! It must be a wonderful game!"

Odagiri showed a smile, and quickly restrained himself

He is 19 years old and still has not won the title of "Honinbo".

I, who inherited the Go path of teacher "Higano Hibiki", must have this supreme honor!

Losing at the end last year, he also came out in pain.

The dream brushed the fingertips, very uncomfortable.

Teacher Higashino is also looking at himself who failed.

Thinking of this, he couldn't stop crying at that time.

"But Akino-sensei's "Millennium Actress" is so boring."

"It's a good drawing, but I can't see it."

When the green light came on, the high school students left, and Odagiri froze in place.

""Millennium Actress"..."

Is this a new work by Akino Tori?It seems to be cold.

Riding a bicycle, he quickly returned home and found the jump he bought on Monday.

"Ah, sure enough."

On the cover, he saw the name of Tori Akino Mirai.

Sitting on the sofa with mineral water in hand, he quietly watched "Millennium Actress".

After a while, he struggled, "It's a good work, but I don't like it very much."

Not a jump style manga.

It's like Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" has been praised and has high literary value, but Odagiri prefers to watch Yamamura Morichi's "Sun Murder Case".

The latter is certainly not as good as the former, but for Odagiri, it is indeed more interesting to read.

So now, he can understand the value of "Millennium Actress", but he can't see it.

Presumably most readers think so.

"It's a pity." Odagiri, who started devoting energy to Go at the age of 13 and has a low level of education, shook his head. "I can't understand the manga that I drew with such care."

"Tori Akino-sensei must be in a bad mood right now."

……

Higashino squinted his eyes, and swallowed the watermelon that Akemi Akimi fed with an "ah".

"It's so cold and sweet."

This year's watermelons are extraordinarily delicious, but they are so expensive.

"Can you make shaved ice?" Higashino asked enthusiastically again.

When he was young, he often watched the cartoon "Chibi Maruko-chan".

One of the episodes is Big Summer, Maruko has an ice shaved machine at home, and the whole family makes shaved ice together.

His eyes were so hungry that he wanted to eat it too.

It's like when he watched "Doraemon", he wanted to eat dorayaki very much.

Although the taste of dorayaki is very ordinary, he still wants to try the taste of shaved ice.

With watermelon, the taste is absolutely not bad.

"Ah, you are so annoying." Qiugong Mingmei was speechless, she always had demands, and marrying a young boy was really troublesome.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to buy a shaving ice machine tomorrow."

Looking at Higashino Hibiki's longing eyes, she said helplessly.

"Big sister, you are so kind," Higashino thanked and bowed.

Akimi shivered. She took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice, "Have you sent out all the wedding invitations?"

"Of course it has been sent." Higashino proudly said, "I finished writing the invitations on Monday, and I will send them all by email. Friends in Tokyo should have received them, and those from other places will take a while."

He was curious again, and asked, "Why are you asking this?"

Akimi gritted her teeth, "Of course I regret it."

It's a pity it's too late.

……

After "Soul of Chess" ended, Odagiri seldom read Weekly Shonen Jump.But still maintain the habit of buying.

He had just finished watching "Millennium Actress", and at the moment when it was a pity, the doorbell rang.

"Hi, are you Mr. Odagiri?"

The other party is the postman.

"Yes." Odagiri nodded.

"Here is your letter, please sign for it."

With some doubts, Odagiri got the mail after stamping it with his own seal.

"A letter from Teacher Higashino? What could it be?"

Except for the occasional phone call, they haven't seen each other for a long time.

Need to send emails, that must be important.

Odagiri quickly opened the envelope, and what he saw was a wedding invitation.

"Ms. Higashino is getting married on September 9 this year!"

"What a great news!"

A smile bloomed on his face, and he quickly restrained himself and became firm!
"See you again on September 9, Teacher Higashino, I must become "Honinbo"! "

At the same time, many people have received Higashi Hibiki's wedding invitation.

In Tokyo, Kitamoto started an internship, and the profession of lawyers is very difficult.Not just the letter of the law, he has to learn how to treat people.

Learn to investigate and visit.

After so many days, his feet were covered with calluses.

Compared to these, it is easier to feed the president's hamster.

Just after returning home, he saw a letter in the mailbox at home.

"Tono is getting married!"

"It's unexpected, he actually has a girlfriend?"

"The woman is..."

"Teacher Akemi Akimiya!"

Kitamoto's eyes widened.

In a high school, Hua Chao is working as a physical education teacher.

With a height of 195 cm, a handsome appearance, and a cold personality, he has a lot of little fans.

"Can Teacher Hua Chao not laugh?"

"He didn't even smile when he saw his girlfriend."

"I really want to see Teacher Hua Chao's smile!"

A few little girls were on the second floor, propping their chins to peek at Hua Chao, laughing foolishly from time to time.

"very handsome."

After a while, the school staff sent a letter to Hua Chao.

After he took it apart...

"Teacher Hua Chao, he just laughed!"

"So handsome! So gentle!"

"What was written in the letter?"

"Wait! What kind of expression is this!"

When he saw the woman, Hua Chao's mouth seemed to be dislocated, it opened wide and did not close for a long time:
"Ah...ah..."

Like dumb.

He was shocked.

After a while:
"Akemi Akimiya...isn't she an art teacher in high school..."

……

Time soon came to August, and "Millennium Actress" was updated to the fourth chapter.

Xiaozheng scores are No.3, No.8, No.10, No.9.

Recently, it has improved.

"Chiyoko Fujiwara rescued a fugitive painter and was also a revolutionary fighter against the war in Manchuria."

"She fell in love with each other, but the two broke up soon, and the love ended quickly."

"After chasing after love hard, I only found a "key that can open the most precious thing" in the end. "

It was also the key that Tachibana also found at the beginning of the manga.

Chiyoko Fujiwara still cherishes the key, which shows that her love for the painter has not ended, and it lasted until the age of 70 decades later.

"Chiyoko came to Manchuria to film in order to pursue the painter, and started her career as an actress."

"The pursuit of reality and the pursuit of filming are integrated, which is really a clever design."

"The interplay between the narrative and the drama within the drama is simply fantastic."

Hayao Miyazaki raised his head, enjoying this moment immensely.

He recalled "Millennium Actress" and lamented that this is the art of film.

That's right, movies.

Although "Millennium Actress" is the subject of comics, the techniques used in the comics are all the techniques of the movie.

In addition to the movie-like storyboards, Akino Tori has risen to another level in the future, standing out from the shonen comics and starting artistic creation.

Comics and movies meet, what a wonderful feeling.

Hayao Miyazaki enjoys reading "Millennium Actress" very much, as if seeing himself, painting "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" more than ten years ago.

"It was a really big surprise."

He has a throbbing feeling from watching "Legend of the White Snake" in high school.

This is also the reason why he never retired and worked tirelessly in the comics industry.

Beyond the material, it is an unparalleled spiritual enjoyment.

……

The plot of "Millennium Actress" keeps turning.

Filming from Manchuria, and traveling back to thousands of years ago.

In this scene, Chiyoko is the princess, and she has clearly grown up.

After that, there were different movie plots. Chiyoko Fujiwara made one movie after another, but what remained unchanged was her pursuit of the painter and her pursuit of love.

She became an actress because of love, and she never gave up.

The switching of the camera is a wonderful stroke in the eyes of Hayao Miyazaki, but in the eyes of high school students, it is an inexplicable plot.

They are getting more and more confused about the comic "Millennium Actress".

Shonen manga should be easy to understand.

So they dropped the comic.

"Tori Akino-sensei, it's really better to update two episodes of "Slam Dunk" a week if you have this skill!"

"That's right, I really want to see the battle of the king of the mountain as soon as possible!"

When they complained, "Millennium Actress" still didn't stop.

In fact, most readers don't like it, but "Millennium Actress" still hovers at No.10 for its small positive results.

It shows that some readers are supporting this work.

……

jump editorial department.

The editors routinely start serial meetings.

""Naruto" is edited by me, Yahagi. Although Masashi Kishimoto is still a newcomer, this work is already very mature, and now I have drawn eight chapters of the storyboard, and all of them have maintained the standard. The plot design of the first scene is very good. Wonderful."

"Well," Torishima Kazuhiko nodded, "Ninja-themed comics... I feel they will be welcomed."

Sasaki also said: "The setting is very interesting, the standard use of mudra, various ninjutsu, full of imagination."

"If this quality can be maintained, I think it will pass."

Both editors approved Naruto, and Yahagi clenched his fists and cheered softly.

"But," Yoshihisa Bingzi asked: "Because what we see are storyboards, we don't know Masashi Kishimoto's artist. A manga like "Naruto" full of battle scenes needs an author with excellent artistry."

"There is a sense of impact, the use of speed, and the performance of physical strength... emmm, can Kishimoto Masashi-kun complete it?"

The bottle asked Yahagi.

"Of course there is no problem," Yahagi nodded calmly, "Kishimoto-kun has loved Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" since he was a child, and has been working hard to become a manga artist. He also majored in fine arts in college."

"So the painter is no problem for him."

Yahagi paused for a moment, then said, "At least it's much better than Oda-kun's artist."

The implication is that Oda can draw "One Piece", and my author Masashi Kishimoto has no problem drawing "Naruto".

"As for the use of speed lines and the like, there is no problem." He said: "In March, Kishimoto studied with Mr. Akino Tori for a period of time."

"Such skills are learned a lot, so there is no need to worry about it."

Yahagi nodded triumphantly, he had thought everything over.It is simply the wise man in the editor.

He waited for the approving gaze of the editor-in-chief.

However, at this time, Torishima Kazuhiko fell into deep thought.

"Is it Bird Akino?"

Kazuhiko Torishima turned his head and asked Sasaki, "What is Xiaozheng's score in "Millennium Actress" this week?"

"No.9." Sasaki replied.

"Hey!" Bottle was surprised, "It's still in the top ten!"

He recently came into contact with a lot of negative news about "Millennium Actress".

Teenagers often call and request to finish "Millennium Actress".

It is rare to see anyone discussing this work.

Compared with other comics of Mirai Tori Akino, "Millennium Actress" has no voice at all in society.

"So who are the people who voted?" Torishima Kazuhiko continued to ask.

"Age over 20 years old accounted for the most, at about 56%. After that, it was over 17 years old, at 28%," Sasaki said seriously, "Male readers accounted for 86%, which is a strange statistic."

"Shouldn't we be discussing Naruto now?" Yahagi was speechless.

(End of this chapter)