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Chapter 304 Published by Red Pepper

After Torishima Kazuhiko was promoted to director, he was responsible for handling the third manga department while still executing his strategic goal to expand the IP value of Shueisha comics.

"Dragon Ball" gave this matter a good start. Its animation was popular in most countries around the world. "Weekly Shonen Jump" gained both fame and fortune, allowing Torishima Kazuhiko's plan to be implemented smoothly.

He and China's Qiao Jiaren Media Co., Ltd. are gradually negotiating, and they already have the idea of ​​​​licensing the "Slam Dunk" animation.

This company introduced and broadcast "Detective Conan" in 98 and has good experience in animation communication.

After that, they negotiated with the TV station, and "Slam Dunk" can be broadcast in mainland China.

After "Slam Dunk" was aired on RTHK TV, the ratings were good, which shows that "Slam Dunk" has a large audience in China, and children all like the story of Sakuragi and the others playing basketball.

So it should also be popular with children in mainland China.

"It's time to consider selling the Chinese single-book copyright of "Slam Dunk"..."

Torishima Kazuhiko raised his head and thought seriously.

In the past few years, as the animation became popular, the Taiwanese version and the Mandarin version of "Slam Dunk" were sold one by one.

When animations in the mainland are about to be broadcast, there is no delay in publishing copyrights for comics in mainland China.

"It's really troublesome." Torishima Kazuhiko had a headache.

But that's also his job.

"Mirai Tori Akino, I'm working for you now, what are you doing?"

After "Slam Dunk", he will also try to work overseas on "Death Note".

……

Hibiki Higashikata was eating hot pot with crabs and seafood cooked in it.

It rained heavily during the summer vacation and the temperature dropped sharply. It would be a shame not to eat hot pot now.

"I am a hotpot general."

In the living room, Minami Chiharu, who was sitting on both sides of the dining table, exerted her strength with her fingers, making a "pop" sound when the tips of her chopsticks collided. She stared at the hot pot, ready to go.

"Who is the hotpot general?" Yuko Asahina asked curiously, blinking.

"The hot pot general is naturally the one who controls the hot pot. The crabs, wagyu, fan shrimp and other delicacies here are like the land in the world, controlled by the general," Minami Chiharu patted her chest, causing waves of excitement. She said proudly, "You can't steal it from me, General Chiharu, these delicacies are all mine!"

"Ah, wait!"

She anxiously stretched out her chopsticks to stop it, but Hibiki Higashino had already put a crab in her bowl. Akimiya Akemi also took away a large piece of wagyu beef, stuffed it into her mouth, and tasted it deliciously.

"Damn it! I was too careless!" Nan Qianchun gritted his teeth and issued a sin.

"You are too verbose. Once the hot pot is cooked, you must eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the food." Higashino Hibiki grinned.

Today, during the weekend holiday, before it rained, Asahina Yuko came to the door with Minami Chiharu and these delicacies.

Higashino Hibiki thought she was out of luck and wanted to please the leader, but later he discovered that it was Kiko Takagi's idea.

Yuko Asahina's progress on the "Your Name" script he gave last year was very slow. It's been a year and not even a storyboard has been drawn, let alone made into an animation.

Takagi Kiko asked Asahina Yuko to come and report on the work, so that Higashino Hibiki vented his anger.

She shrewdly didn't show up.

Kiko Takagi is overthinking, and Yuko Asahina's progress is very slow, which is exactly what Hibiki Higashino wants.

Making an animated film is not that easy.

The more cautious the better.

He is very satisfied with the income and expenditure of "Future Club".

……

Minami Chiharu fell one step behind, stopped talking, and ate the delicious food.

"You, you, you," Higashikata couldn't help but laugh, "It's been so long, and you're still the same."

"Only money and food can't be let down." Minami Chiharu muttered, then ignored Hibiki Higashino.

She almost choked.

Akimiya Akemi didn't dare to eat and stared closely at Minami Chiharu, fearing that she would accidentally have an accident and die in her own home.

Asahina Yuko was not surprised. She lowered her head and ate the cabbage in small bites, like a little squirrel.

"Tori Akino-kun." After chewing the last bite of cabbage, she suddenly raised her head and asked, "What kind of manga is "Red Pepper"?"

"The content is almost the same as Mr. Tsutsui's "Dream Stealing Detective", but some branches have been cut out to make it easier for readers to understand." Hibiki explained as he wiped his mouth.

"The instrument "DC MINI" can monitor and change the patient's dreams. If two "DC MINI" are worn by two people, they can share their dreams... This is where the story begins. "

……

""Paprika"? A strange name." Ken Miyano was slightly stunned and then read this short comic serialized by Tori Akino Mirai.

Monday's jump was on. In addition to "Death Note", what surprised him was that there was another work by Mirai Tori Akino.

A short comic called "Red Hot Chili Peppers".

After watching "Death Note," he skipped "One Piece" and immediately watched "Paprika."

……

Today is also the day that "Dandelion" publishes.

This short comic that Hideaki Sorachi spent a lot of energy on, and after being forced by the editor to rewrite the ending, was finally serialized on Jump.

Hideaki Sorachi may finally be called a new manga artist.And there’s…

"Everyone is looking at me. My name is on everyone's mind." He stood up and opened his arms. "The name Sorachi Hideaki has been known to the world since then, hahahaha...ah, cough!"

He laughed triumphantly, causing his throat to itch. He coughed violently before calming down.

Sorachi Hideaki sat cross-legged on the ground, flipping through Jump, and sure enough he saw "Dandelion" and the pen name Sorachi Hideaki.

All the efforts paid off.

"It's just..." He turned to the other side again, his expression downcast, "I just happened to run into a short story published by Mr. Tori Akino..."

"Really, who would know me like this? I'm so miserable..."

"Forget it, let's read this comic called Paprika."

He bowed his head and began to read carefully.

Three minutes later, he looked up blankly.

"What the hell is this? Why can't I understand it? Ah!"

The comic begins at a circus, where the Pink River police and Red Hot Chili Peppers dressed as clowns are arresting prisoners.

Sorachi Hideaki can still understand here.

Next, just like editing from different movies, coherent and incomprehensible storyboards of Tarzan, train fights, movie shooting, chases, etc. appeared one by one.

At the end, Fenchuan was chasing others on the corridor of the hotel. Suddenly the corridor began to twist and deform. He pursued hard, but he could only watch the figure running farther and farther away, and he fell into the abyss!
A narration appeared, "What should I shoot next?"

"How to shoot? How do I know!" Sorachi Hideaki complained with all his strength. He couldn't even understand it.

"So what is this and what is it? What is Mr. Akino Bird going to say?"

……

In the company, Hayao Miyazaki is watching with a jump in his hand.

This made many people look weird.

Does this unquestionable tyrant actually like to read shounen comics?
Or is there an animation adaptation project among them.

They lowered their eyes and did not dare to speak.Hayao Miyazaki disappeared from their sight.

He opened the door to the studio and sat on the office chair before he reacted.

Oh, I've arrived.

After Hayao Miyazaki bought Jump, he was really curious and couldn't help but look at it. Unknowingly, he saw it now.

"What about just now? Forget it, keep reading." Hayao Miyazaki lowered his head indifferently.

He didn't let go of the jump until the end of the first chapter. After thinking about it, he nodded, "The adaptation is really wonderful."

Hayao Miyazaki certainly knows that the beginning of "Paprika" is in Fenkawa's dream, and the heroine Paprika uses "DC MINI" to treat the mental illness of Fenkawa policeman.

So this plot is all in a dream.

No matter how bizarre the content is, it is normal, because dreams are inherently illogical.

Hayao Miyazaki extracted the content from these dream sequences and compared them with the "Dream Detective" he knew, and he became even more amazed at Akino Tori's future genius.

In the storyboard of Fenchuan's dream, his problems are described one by one.

He likes to make movies and make movies with his friends.But because I thought I didn’t have the talent to give up, it left a psychological shadow.

In the comic clips, there are tributes to Tarzan and Roman Holiday, which express that Fenchuan is still thinking about making movies.

His shame was evident.

As for the fighting scene on the train, Miyazaki doesn’t know which movie it is from.

Maybe Tori Akino just wants to draw it in the future.

In fact, this clip is from another movie of Toshi Kon, "The Hemp House of Mibu", which does not exist in this world.

Higashino thought about it for a long time, but he still stayed as an easter egg that he knew alone.

……

"The content on this page is so exciting." Hayao Miyazaki read the 40 pages of the "Paprika" comic for a long time, savoring it carefully.

After reading it, he set his sights on the twisted hotel corridor.

"The world seems to have turned into flowing water. The feeling I feel here is very much like the floating feeling in a dream, and the soles of my feet are empty and unsteady."

Just the painting on this page undoubtedly renders the dream.

"How did Tori Akino come up with such a way of describing it? It's amazing."

Hayao Miyazaki opened his mouth slightly and applauded this picture.

This scene also appears in Nolan's "Inception", but he claims not to have seen "Paprika".

I don’t know if this is a mental connection between the masters, or if Nolan is being tough.

……

Another identity of Red Chili Pepper is Atsuko Chiba, an iceberg beauty and a genius psychiatrist.

The contrast between these two identities is obvious. One is as hot as fire, while the other is as cold as ice and inaccessible.

Sorachi Hideaki no longer paid attention to the parts he didn't understand. With amazing perseverance, he continued to read the content at the end.

Saw Atsuko Chiba.

"She looks much prettier this way." Sorachi Hideaki chuckled, "A abstinent beauty, I really want to be stepped on by her."

"However, Chiba Atsuko also has problems with the two identical faces. How can one person have such a big contrast?"

When Chiba Atsuko was riding in the elevator, she found that her colleague, the genius scientist Tokida Kosaku, was stuck in the elevator.

"DCMINI" was jointly developed by the two of them.

Tokita's body shape is extremely exaggerated and he is so fat that he is overloaded just by himself in the elevator.

Atsuko Chiba used all her strength to pull Tokita out, and learned from Tokita that three "DCMINI" prototypes he managed were stolen.

"DCMINI" is a semi-finished product with no restrictions. It can invade the dreams of other people who use "DCMINI". If it falls into the hands of criminals, it will be a big trouble.

They discussed countermeasures with the three vice-chairmen.

He happened to bump into the chairman of the board, Miki Seijiro.

Seishijirou does not support the development of "DCMINI".

He believed that the machine was directly related to dreams and would be implicated in violence.

Now it's a prophecy.

The vice chairman who supported the development of "DCMINI" jumped through the window after talking nonsense!

"So this is the story surrounding the theft of "DCMINI"? "

This paragraph is easy to understand. Sorachi Hideaki used the energy of reading textbooks to understand it.

"Wouldn't it be better to use this as the beginning? I can understand it, so I don't have to worry about the students' reading ability. I really don't know what Mr. Tori Akino thinks?"

He worked hard to draw the comic, but at the beginning, young readers were confused and found it incomprehensible.

The reason why the Vice Chairman jumped off the building was because his dream was invaded by a thief when he was using "DCNIMI".

Violence has occurred.

The vice chairman did not die after jumping off the building. He is now like a vegetative state and cannot move.

His consciousness is trapped in a dream.

In the dream, he became a king, leading a luxurious team.

The team has everything, including furniture, color TVs, dolls and monsters, architectural shrines...

After joint analysis with Koyamauchi, another medical doctor in the company, Chiba Atsuko and Tokita came to the conclusion that criminals will also fall into dreams.

On the screen display that contacted the vice-chairman's dream, the face of Tokida Kosaku's colleague Himuro appeared. In other words, the person who stole "DCMINI" was Himuro.

"Wow," Sorachi Hideaki covered his head, feeling a headache.

In just one episode, many characters have appeared, and the pace is too fast.

The plot has many twists and turns and progresses quickly.

"It should be slower, at least so that readers can understand..." he thought weakly.

As a newcomer, he naturally did not dare to find fault with his predecessors. In the end, he just thought that there might be something he could not understand.

It's because he's too shallow and doesn't realize the charm of "Red Hot Chili Peppers."

In Himuro's home, there are many objects that appear in the vice chairman's dreams.

Chiba Atsuko was looking for clues and accidentally discovered a secret passage. She walked to the balcony through the secret passage. When the scene turned, she came to an amusement park.

"The beauty of Chiba has also been invaded in her dream!"

In the amusement park, when Atsuko Chiba was flipping through the guardrails, the space began to distort. She returned to reality and found that she was jumping off the balcony, just like the vice chairman.

Fortunately, Koyamauchi caught her.

The first chapter ends here.

"Well," Hideaki Sorachi swung his thighs and pretended to analyze, "So "Paprika" is about a series of events that occurred after scientific creations were stolen."

As for the rest, Sorachi's expression, he didn't see it.

"Do you want to read the next few episodes?"

"In other words, will "Red Hot Chili Peppers" still be serialized?"

(End of this chapter)