Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 339 The cold creator

"There are considerations in this regard." Sasaki nodded.

It has been more than three years since Koji Yoshida joined Jump.

He was hard at work on "Hunter"... well, there was very little work there.

But for the serialization of "Death Note", Yoshida really worked hard.

The newcomers were able to take on heavy responsibilities without missing a beat, and "Death Note" came to a successful conclusion.

As for Paprika...

At least it didn’t affect Tori Akino’s future creations.

"Eh?" The more Sasaki thought about it, the more something was wrong. "Let's forget about the team leader's matter."

"No! Chief Editor!" Koji Yoshida was about to cry.

Sasaki held his chin in thought and ignored him.

Tori Akino is an experienced cartoonist in the future and does not have strict requirements for editors.

No matter which of Jump's editors works with him, they can produce wonderful works.

So Yoshida doesn't get much credit here.

Sasaki considered letting him take on the important role of team leader, which was related to Hoshino Katsura.

Katsura Hoshino is one of the most outstanding newcomers recently. The potential of "Exorcist Boy" is very huge, and it may be comparable to Kubo's "Death".

Most of this work was completed under the guidance of Yoshida Koji.

This shows that Yoshida has outstanding abilities and already has the strength to become a team leader.

There is another one, and that is the age of Koji Yoshida.

Only young editors can resonate with readers and give correct guidance to cartoonists.

Therefore, when jump editors get older, they will either be promoted to management or transferred to other departments.

"It's a bit unreliable for Yoshida-kun to become the team leader." Hibiki Higashino said with a smile.

"Tori Akino-sensei..." Yoshida looked at Hibiki Hibiki with tears in his eyes.

He really wants to be the team leader, this is his dream.

"That's right." Sasaki responded.

"Huh?" Yoshida looked at the two of them and was dumbfounded.

They ignored Yoshida and continued the topic.

Sasaki said, "Then we've settled on the sales meeting."

"Of course, please leave it to Mr. Sasaki."

The jump editorial department needs to conduct market research to determine the time and location.

"This is my job." Sasaki nodded.

After the communication, Sasaki stood up and sent Hibiki out.

"Want to get together?" he asked.

"Forget it, we'll talk about it next time." Hibiki Higashi shook his head, then looked at Sasaki and complained, "Every time you treat, it seems to be a very ordinary restaurant."

Per capita consumption is around 3000 yen.

Not as good as the kaiseki meal invited by the producers of Crazy House.

Oh, by the way, what is the name of Mr. Producer?

Hibiki Higashikata doesn't remember.

"I'm short of money." Sasaki sighed.

"Then I'll treat you next time." Dong Yexiang comforted him.

As for next time... definitely next time.

Sasaki sent Higashi Hibiki away and sighed, he couldn't reimburse the catering expenses this time.

The receipt from the high-end restaurant in his hand, let’s use it later.

……

Hoshino Katsura Studio.

"Editor Yoshida, do you know that you need to be gentler to me in the future?"

Yoshida's face darkened. The editorial team leader he had obtained was gone, and now he was provoked by Katsura Hoshino.

Today is Monday, and there is a discussion about the storyboard of "The Exorcist Boy". Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Hoshino Kei held his head high and was cautiously testing.

Both strong and cowardly.

"What's wrong with you?" Yoshida gritted his teeth.

"I...I have seen Yoshida-san's humble look when he faced Mr. Tori Akino, so...so, please don't hurt me."

"That's ridiculous." Yoshida suppressed his anger and glanced at her, "If you can be as worry-free as Mr. Tori Akino, I won't bother to care about you."

Katsura Hoshino clenched his fists and thought to himself that he would strive to become a senior figure in the comics industry and have the right to speak out about fame.

No more being bullied by bastards like Yoshida.

"Let me see the storyboard."

"Okay... okay."

After the discussion on the storyboard draft of "The Exorcist Boy" ended, Yoshida stood up and left.

He complained, "I have to go to Tori Akino's studio, it's too busy."

"What to do?" Hoshino Katsura was curious.

"The "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" book signing has been decided, and I need to inform the teacher."

"Signing session!" Hoshino Katsura was very curious, and Yoshida ignored her and turned around to leave.

"So where is the time and place? Tell me!"

She kind of wants to participate. If everyone who likes Mr. Tori Akino gets together, there will definitely be a lot to talk about.

……

"Teacher, I have some questions to ask you."

At 10 o'clock on Monday, Tanaka visited Higashino Hibiki as scheduled.

Yesterday, he called Hibiki Higashikata to get his consent.

"Of course." Higashino Hibiki said, "Actually, I also understand what you want to ask."

He has been reading Tanaka's "Secret Words". The comics are full of unconscious and powerful fear, which is a typical Chinese horror.

This comic is one of Jump's rare serious works, so it has always had poor results.

But also because it is a niche, the readership base is strong and will not be cut in half in the short term.

"As expected of a teacher." Tanaka lowered his head.

He actually doesn't care about Xiaozheng's grades.

As long as he can show off his talents in the serial, he will be satisfied.

He was very satisfied that he could serialize it himself.

"Let me organize the language," Higashino Hibiki looked up at the ceiling and said after a while, "Yes."

"There's nothing wrong with you in every aspect, whether it's your painting skills or the plot, everything is above the standard."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"If there's a problem, it's the rhythm. I don't have a good understanding of the readers' psychology. That is, you have to write from the perspective of the audience."

"It sounds very confusing."

"This requires more painting and more thinking."

"That's it."

In the final analysis, shounen comics are commercial comics, and readers’ feelings come first.

"How is Hattori's editing skills?" Hibiki asked him directly.

"I work very hard, keep up with my heart, and always make excellent suggestions." Tanaka replied.

"That's good, I can help you."

Tanaka stayed for a few hours, then got up and left.

Akimiya Akemi walked out of the kitchen carrying the finished matcha cake and looked at the empty living room, "What a pity, Tanaka-kun has left."

Higashino Hibiki smelled the fresh and sweet smell and stood up, "Just let me do it."

He didn't like desserts, but Akimiya Akemi's desserts were neither sweet nor greasy, had a different kind of fragrance, and were very delicious.

Hibiki Higashino took the matcha cake and without having time to sit down, he took a bite and stuffed it into his mouth. It was cold, delicate and mellow.

"Yeah, it's delicious, as delicious as ever." Higashikata gave a thumbs up.

The corners of Akimiya Akemi's lips curled up, "Really, there is no sign of eating." Hearing his parents' voices, Higashino Mirai poked his head out to look. He blinked and found his father enjoying the food intoxicatedly.

He couldn't help but get angry. He also wanted to eat, and his mouth was almost drooling.

"Wow! Wow!" When he was in a hurry, Higashino couldn't speak anymore and could only yell.

"Do you want to eat cake too?" Akimiya Akemi walked to the baby holding a small piece of cake and squatted down to ask.

"Um, um, mom, cake." Miku Higashino nodded.

He smelled a sweet smell and looked at the cake impatiently.

"I want to eat."

"They are all greedy." Akimiya Akemi laughed, asked Mirai Higashino to sit at her own special dining seat, and then put the cake on it.

Then she saw that Mirai Higashino opened his mouth so wide that it could fit into her small fist, and then smashed his head into the cake.

The chewing sound of "Uh-huh" sounded.

When Dongye raised his head in the future, there was a big gap in the cake.

"Wow, that's amazing, so efficient." Higashino Hibiki couldn't help but admire when he saw this scene.

"Hehe." Dongye looked up in the future, his face was green, and his nostrils were even bigger than cakes. He raised his head and grinned proudly.

"You are so proud!" Akimiya Akemi got angry and rushed to Higashino Mirai, using a handkerchief to wipe her son's face, "Don't do this again! Dirty!"

She picked up Higashino Mirai's hand and slapped it lightly, "Do you understand?"

"Yeah!" Dongye Mirai nodded.

"You have to listen to your mother." Higashikata Hibiki said.

"You too!" After dealing with her son, she taught Higashino Hibiki a lesson, "You still praise your son for messing around, you really love making trouble."

"I was wrong, Mom." Dongye Xiang raised his hands in surrender.

Akimiya glanced at him.

"Pfft." Mirai Higashino laughed out loud.

……

"Tori Akino-sensei, please clean up the lawn."

After leaving Hoshino Katsura's studio, Yoshida Koji came to Higashino's house without stopping.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Hibiki Higashino wearing a straw hat and driving a lawn cart.

"I'm sorry for doing housework." Hibiki Higashi didn't stop, and the lawn cart continued to move forward, "Wait a moment, I'll finish it soon."

"Oh, I'm not in a hurry." Yoshida Koji replied.

He entered the house and came to the living room, where he found Miku Higashino who was looking at the wall and thinking about his past, and Akimiya Akemi who was drinking afternoon tea.

Yoshida Koji roughly understood the reason, "Wow, marriage is really scary."

Akimiya Akemi saw him, stood up friendly and said: "Hello Yoshida-kun, would you like some tea?"

"No... no need!" Yoshida shook his head hastily, "Don't worry about me!"

"That's it." Akimiya Akemi ignored him.

She was eating cake, drinking black tea, and staring at Higashino Mirai.

Yoshida Koji remained silent and sat obediently on the chair.

"Toriakino-sensei, I'm very anxious!"

Twenty minutes later, Higashino Hibiki walked into the room, "Is it about the storyboard? Can I take a shower first?"

He was sweating all over while cleaning the lawn in the summer sun.

Yoshida Koji quickly persuaded him to stay, "It's not necessary, just like this!"

"Ok."

Higashino Hibiki took the storyboard of "Madoka" and Yoshida looked at it. Then he looked up and said, "Such a plot... Although I have already prepared for it, teacher, you are really hard-hearted."

"Eh?" Hibiki Higashi said, "It's just a normal content. According to the direction, it should be like this."

"What a cold creator," Yoshida sighed.

As an editor, when he looks at the storyboards, he actually starts from the reader's perspective. This is not acceptable.

Yoshida patted his cheek and looked at it again, "The lens language is like a work of art. There is nothing I can modify."

"Then I'll draw it like this."

"Well, please."

"Huh," Dong Yexiang breathed out, "Is there anything else?"

"The time and place for the book signing of the first volume of "Madoka" have been decided."

Yoshida said the specific content and left in a hurry regardless of Higashino Hibiki's plea to stay.

"Really," Higashino Hibiki said with dissatisfaction, putting his hands on his hips and looking at Yoshida's back, "it's like we have a tigress in our house!"

"Are you..." Akimiya Akemi turned around, tilted her head to look at Hibiki Higashikata, and asked kindly, "Are you criticizing the mulberry tree and the locust tree?"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Higashikata surrendered again.

……

Katsura Daisy is watching "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

The human soul is just a collection of nerve cells. Kyubey materialized the soul into a form that can be held in hand and kept well.

Tomoe Mami never thought of discovering this until her death.

"Why...why do we have to encounter this?"

Sayaka accuses Kyubey.

She just wanted to heal the pain of the person she loved, so she had a body like this, already dead and turned into a zombie.

"You have a wish that you want to realize even if you accept the fate of fighting, don't you? Hasn't that already come true?"

Kyubey does not feel that he is going too far. It does not apply human values ​​​​and it only advocates everything as a legitimate price for miracles.

Sayaka cried.

"With a body like this, how should I face Kyousuke?"

The boy she likes, the boy who sacrificed everything to save her, now doesn't dare to hug him.

Gui Daidai placed it on the jump and let out a long sigh.

She raised her head and watched the leaves falling, "Tori Akino-sensei... is really too much."

She deplored the girl's feelings.

Being in love with the other person but not being able to get close to them or being unable to express your feelings is more regrettable than being rejected.

Tori Akino, who drew all of this, destroyed the hopes of this girl, Katsura Daisy.

Sakura Kyoko, who has always been hostile to Sayaka, comes to see Sayaka.

She took Sayaka to an abandoned church, and then talked about her past.

This church once belonged to her father who was too honest and too kind.

That person is someone who is troubled by the troubles of others.

In order to make everyone happy, he instilled content beyond doctrine. Therefore, he was not accepted by believers, and few people came to the church.

Later, Sakura Kyoko's father was expelled from the headquarters.

He did nothing wrong, but no one listened to what he said, and new ideas were rejected.

People just think it is a new religion.

Sakura's family couldn't even eat in the end.

She was very unwilling. It didn't matter if it only took 5 minutes. As long as people listened carefully, they would understand that what her father said was right.

"I can't reconcile, I can't forgive, even I can't bear those people ignoring him."

So Sakura Kyoko asked Kyubey.

"It turns out that Kyoko, like Sayaka, made wishes for others, but..."

Thinking of Kyoko now, who was so repulsive to Sayaka, Katsura Daisy's heart dropped.

This must also be a sad ending.

“The next morning, Dad’s church was packed with people visiting.”

“The number of believers is increasing strongly every day.”

"I became a magical girl just like that."

"No matter how correct my father's teachings are, there is still no way to eliminate the witch."

“So it’s my turn to come on and be as motivated as a fool.”

"Dad and I are in the light and dark respectively, saving the world."

(End of this chapter)