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Chapter 258 Winning the Award and the Double Yolk Egg
"How many times does it take to give up?"

On January 1th, Kazuya Takasugi watched "Slam Dunk" with agitation.

The five starting players in Xiangbei still fought tenaciously despite the constant blows. In the last two minutes or so, they finally ushered in the hope of winning.

"At the beginning of the second half, we used a tight defensive tactic to make the score difference by 20 points, but Mitsui's consecutive 3-point shots broke the deadlock."

"Zebei's activity brought the gap back to 18 points, but Xiangbei, centered on newcomer Liu Chuanfeng, chased the score to less than 10 points."

"Xiangbei, how many times do you want to give up...!?" Coach Domoto was in awe of Xiangbei's tenacity.

Another 30 seconds passed, and in the last 2 minutes of the game, Xiangbei was only five points behind.

They are really going to beat that invincible undefeated mountain king.

Takasugi Kazuya looked at Akagi Takenori's tears and was filled with emotion for him.

Before Xiangbei, Mitsui Shou left, Akagi was alone, and even pursuing the dream of dominating the country and defeating Sanno Industry was a kind of irony.

Even the players on the team thought it was delusional.

How could Xiangbei be the opponent of Shanwang?
Today, Akagi is finally able to realize his dream back then.

With trustworthy companions, strive to climb to the first place in the country.

"Damn, I'm really excited!" Kazuya Takasugi clenched his fists, ""Slam Dunk" is so good!"

He read "Slam Dunk" again, immersing himself in the excitement after the outbreak of Xiangbei University.

After a long time, he looked at Mika Nakashima's calendar printed on the wall, thinking something in his heart.

"There are three more days. Three days later, the results of the "Shogakukan Comics Awards" will come out."

……

early February.

"Coamix" is a comic company founded by Horie Nobuhiko in 2000 after leaving Shueisha, together with Hojo Division and Hara Tetsuo.

Recently, he is busy starting the magazine "Weekly Comic Bunch".

"Weekly Shonen Jump" In the era he dominated, the sales volume of the weekly manga magazine reached the highest in history of 653 million copies, but Nobuhiko Horie felt that he himself had not made any achievements in the concept of manga, so he founded a magazine that could make his own decisions .

"There are more and more excellent works on "Weekly Shonen Jump." Hojo Tsukasa looked at "Slam Dunk" and said next to Horie Nobuhiko: ""One Piece" and "Naruto" are very good manga. "

"Well," Nobuhiko Horie nodded, "These two manga are very good."

However, he always felt that something was missing?
"The "dynamic expressiveness" is still inferior..." Horie Nobuhiko organized the language, "The plot is very good, but their "action" is not as good as "Slam Dunk".Manga needs to have coherence and a lot of action parts, and the picture needs to be "dynamic". "

"Well," Hojo Tsukasa nodded, "This is also the difference between Japanese manga and American manga."

Meiman is telling stories, paintings can be considered as illustrations, and dialogue is the main body;

But Japanese manga is different, drawing is very important, sometimes more important than dialogue.

Such as "Dragon Ball", such as "City Hunter".

"When Eiichiro Oda and Masashi Kishimoto have the skills of Akino Mirai, it will be very interesting." Nobuhiko Horie said.

Although he left Jump, he still has a lot of affection for Jump and hopes that Jump can live better.

Talking about jump, he suddenly recalled the past.

"Kazuhiko Torishima still has the discerning eye." Nobuhiko Horie raised his head and looked at the lights above his head. "He unearthed the future of Tori Akino. At that time, Tori Akino was still a boy. At that time, Sasaki admired Tori Akino. It was beyond my expectation, compared to them, I was still worse."

Hojo Division glanced at him, looked at the notice from the elementary school, smiled at the corner of his mouth, provoking him and said:
"Tori Akino, he won the "Shogakukan Manga Award". "

"Huh?" Horie Nobuhiko sat up in shock, "Damn it!"

……

Bird Akino Mirai won the Shogakukan Manga Award, what a shock!
For most readers, Shogakukan manga appreciation is not important, but the future of Bird Akino is important.

"Tori Akino-sensei is really amazing!"

"awesome!"

Even Nishimura, as far away as Hokkaido, specially called Higashi Hibiki to congratulate him.

"Thank you," Higashino asked with concern, "Aren't you planning to go back to Tokyo in the future?"

"Hokkaido is the place where my boy rides." Nishimura laughed and answered Higashi Higashino.

"what sound?"

Higashino's ears trembled. Under Nishimura's wild laughter, he seemed to hear a girl's voice, which was a suppressed laughter.

"The ranch family's daughter is always pestering me," Nishimura said confidently, "I definitely want to steal my skills!"

Higashino was speechless, and he heard the girl say sadly, "Idiot!"

Nishimura was puzzled, "Xia Mei—how did she run away? Was it because I was ashamed after I saw through the trick?"

Higashino took a deep breath, "Is that the girl who said she would come to Tokyo with you?"

"Of course it's her. There are few people on my side. Except for Xia Mei, there are big men around me."

"You are such an idiot," Higashino said angrily, "Don't you think she likes you?"

"Eh?" Nishimura was stunned.

"Like me? Will I be liked too?"

……

Higashino looked at the announcement of the Shogakukan Manga Awards.

The winner for children is Konen Shimabukuro from "Leader at the End of the World".

His talents were in his pocket, and now they are emerging.

The girl didn't know much about him, so she just skipped it.

Usually it is "MONSTER" by Urasawa Naoki. After Higashino saw it, he couldn't help admiring it.

This teacher's thinking is unusual. While the comics are selling well, he also draws his in-depth exploration of human nature and social phenomena.

He is an admirable master.

"This year's "Shogakukan Manga Award" is extraordinary. "

After that, Higashino looked at the column of the boy manga department.

He was stunned for a moment, "Eh? What's going on?"

Sasaki told him that his manga won the award, but he didn't tell him which one. Higashino subconsciously thought it was "Slam Dunk".

but now……

"Will the two comics be awarded together?"

"Youth to the department: Bird Akino Mirai "Soul of Go" / Bird Akino Mirai "Slam Dunk"!"

……

Kazuya Takasugi is also in the Chinese painting class.

He listened to the lectures of the gray-haired teacher in the lecture hall.

This is said to be the famous Mr. Akimiya, who has one of the best positions in the ukiyo-e field.

It was the school that finally invited me.

"Sure enough." He nodded.

While listening to the lecture carefully, Kazuya Takasugi's cell phone vibrated in his trouser pocket. He picked it up and saw that it was a text message from his colleague.

"Tori Akino-sensei won the "Shogakukan Manga Award"!Still double yolks! "

Seeing the content of the news, Takasugi Kazuya's eyes widened.

His whole body fell into a burst of ecstasy.

"Great!"

When the audience was silent and only the master was speaking, Kazuya Takasugi also stood up and said loudly, "Tori Akino-sensei has won the award!"

The eyes of the audience were focused on him, and Kazuya Takasugi realized that the occasion was wrong.

His body stiffened and his lips quivered.

"Who do you think won the prize?"

Someone broke the silence, Kazuya Takasugi looked over, and found Master Akimiya staring at him with a very scary expression.

"I'm sorry!" He bowed 90°.

……

Studio of Eiichiro Oda.

Oda stared wide-eyed, looking at Shogakukan's announcement about "Shogakukan Manga Prize".

"As expected of Mr. Akino Tori, he won two manga awards at once."

He looked at the content and muttered to himself:

"It turns out that it has something to do with the age of Mr. Akino Tori. It hasn't happened that a college student has won an award. The editorial team has discussed it until now, so they decided to announce it together after Akino Tori graduated."

"It's scary."

……

"Future Society".

Asahina Yuko finished today's work early.

"We Are One Family" is too simple. In a year, everyone is familiar with this animation. She feels that without her supervision, other people can easily complete a week's work.

In short, she is flustered now.

"I really want to do challenging animation."

At this moment, Kiko Takagi pushed the door open and handed the script to Asahina, "This, please."

Asahina's eyes lit up, with anticipation on his face, "This is?"

Takagi Kiko was expressionless, "Toei's outsourcing."

Asahina Yuko's eyes dimmed, "The happiest time for me was indeed my high school days when I worked with Higashino-kun on "Hey—come out!"."

Takagi Kiko curled her lips helplessly, and poked Asahina Yuko's little head, "Be serious."

"Yes, yes." Asahina Yuko nodded and squirmed.

Takagi Kiko could only whisper in her ear, "Higashiya has won the "Shogakukan Manga Award", maybe he will come up with an interesting script if he is happy. "

Asahina Yuko's hair trembled, "Manga Award? That's great, but for Higashino-kun, this is the honor of Manga Award."

While she was happy for Higashino Hibiki, she still looked weak.

"Really," Takagi Kiko shook his head, "You work hard, and I will apply to him."

As soon as Takagi Kiko's voice fell to the ground, Asahina Yuko immediately sat up, "Yes!"

……

Higashino was blowing cold wind on the balcony, and replied to his friends' congratulations one by one.

"It's just a comic award, don't be proud. You should learn from me and be a down-to-earth person."

Only Higashino Higashi couldn't understand the phone call of Tomihiro Yoshihiro.

While Takagi Kiko called to congratulate him, he proposed the animation script. Higashino thought about it for a while and said that he would consider it.

Akira Toriyama did not contact Higashino Hibiki, perhaps in his eyes, this is really not worth mentioning.

Higashino became more bearish.

"ring."

Akimi called his name and walked over.

"What's wrong?" Dong Yexiang asked back.

"It's my father's call," Akemi Akimiya shook her phone, her smiling eyes narrowed, "He asked me to congratulate you on winning the "Shogakukan Manga Award", and let you guard against arrogance and impetuosity. "

Higashino Hibiki was taken aback, "Dad...how did he know? Did you tell him?"

Akemi Akimiya shook her head, "I haven't had time yet."

Higashino nodded, "I don't know which kind-hearted person it is."

With Mr. Akimiya who is strict, Higashino's weight may have deepened a bit, and he will congratulate himself, which is also a good step.

……

Akemi Akimiya went back to draw manga, Higashino did not leave.

In the winter of February, he endured the cold, and his mind became more and more clear.

"That's it." Higashino muttered to himself.

He made up his mind, took out his mobile phone, and called Shang Sasaki.

Soon, Sasaki connected, "Tori Akino-sensei? What's the matter?"

Higashino licked his dry lips, and asked, "Will there be a live broadcast of the "Shogakukan Manga Award" award ceremony? "

Sasaki was a little surprised when he heard this sentence, why did Akino Tori ask about this in the future?
"Yes, but there are not many people watching."

"That's enough." Higashino nodded, and he asked again: "About when?"

""A month later..." Sasaki asked suspiciously, "Tori Akino-sensei, what do you want to do?"

Higashino Hibiki said in a low voice, "A month later... the Battle of the King of the Mountain has just ended."

"Mr. Sasaki, I have an idea."

……

Two weeks later.

Morimichi Yamamura watched "Slam Dunk" and absorbed the essence of this sports manga.

"Sports-themed comics must have lofty goals, and then there must be players with different personalities who grow through constant running-in."

Sakuragi Hanamichi is the protagonist of "Slam Dunk", and he especially revisited Sakuragi Hanamichi's basketball path.

From a punk to an athlete who regards basketball as his life.

When Sakuragi saved the inbound ball, his back hit the basketball technical table.

This made the unbeatable Sakuragi suffer from back pain and was substituted.

Caizi said that the back injury is related to the life of the player.

Yingmu Huadao fell into great terror.

"The so-called player's life... Could it be... Could it be that my player's life is over?"

"Can I never play basketball again?"

Yingmu Huadao's face was wrinkled into a ball, his expression had never appeared before.

This panic, panic, helplessness.

"The tension of Tori Akino's future painters...is too scary." Yamamura Morimichi was startled.

"This is the manga..."

The meaning expressed by the picture is deeper than the narration.

Straight into the heart of Shancun Shoudao.

Yingmu Huadao has grown rapidly in the past four months, and has learned various techniques.

If he takes time to heal and rehab, then there's going to be a period of time when he won't be able to play, at which point he might be...

All that was learned evaporated.

Sakuragi Hanamichi lay on the ground, recalling how moved he was by basketball.

The prayers and expectations of the substitutes, coach Anxi's entrustment to him, the first rebound in the national competition, Akagi's approval, the turning the tide during the Lingnan game, [-] times of happy mid-range shooting training...

In just four months, he was recognized by everyone and enjoyed the touch brought by basketball.

"Do you like to play basketball?"

That was the first time she met Haruko Akagi, what she asked.

Thinking of this, Sakuragi stood up, holding Haruko's arm, and said sincerely, "I like it very much! I won't lie this time!"

Akagi Haruko blushed.

(End of this chapter)