Full-time cartoonist

Chapter 76 Short Story Contribution
On the weekend, Higashino called Kazuhiko Torishima, and when he heard that he was still working, he said that he would visit Shueisha today and asked if he was free.

Torishima Kazuhiko was a little surprised, and postponed the work arrangement for three hours later, waiting for Higashino Hibiki, and when he reached the lobby, he asked the staff to call him.

So Higashino took the original manuscript of the first chapter of "The Garden of Words" and the storyboard of the subsequent content, took the subway, and rushed to Shueisha.

He has been to this building quite a few times, and the ladies at the front desk all know him.

"Teacher Bird Akino, what's the matter recently? His face is so ugly." The young lady asked with concern.

"Eh? Where?" Higashino covered his face with his hands.

She handed over the makeup mirror.

Higashino took it and looked at it.

His cheeks were dry and thin, his eyes were bloodshot, and his dark circles were serious.

He worked really hard this week and only slept three hours a day.

During the long period of serialization, he also draws short comics, which is a severe test for him, a novice.

"Thank you," Higashino returned the mirror to her, "It's just that I haven't had a good rest recently."

"Then pay attention to rest, you are here to find editor Sasaki again today," she said with a smile on Yanyan, and picked up the landline, "Did you contact me in advance? I will inform him."

Higashino said, "This time I'm looking for Mr. Kazuhiko Torishima, please."

The young lady was a little surprised, so she still called, and finally pointed to the No. [-] waiting room.

Higashino Hibiki was already familiar with the road, so he poured himself a cup of coffee and walked inside alone.

When passing Hall [-], I heard the conversation inside.

"Are you here to contribute to the serialization?"

"Ah."

"Still a high school student?"

"A sophomore at Kasugano High School."

"Sure enough, I told this kid, don't think that a high school student can serialize a bird Akino, after all, there is only one jump for a person like him. Do you understand?"

"..."

"Sorry, I can't accept the manuscript, please submit it after you grow up."

"...I'm sorry for the... trouble."

Higashino watched him stumble away and sighed.

Comics are like this, with more failures.

"Tori Akino-kun, this has happened many times."

Behind Higashino Hibiki, a voice said faintly.

Higashino turned around, it was Kazuhiko Torishima.

At this time, he changed his hairstyle and combed his afro hair neatly, looking much more mature than before.

It is indeed the style of the editor-in-chief.

"Mr. Bird Island, long time no see." Higashino greeted.

"Long time no see." Torishima Kazuhiko nodded, pushed open the door of the No. [-] waiting room, pouted his mouth inward, then turned and left, and returned with a cup of coffee.

"So, what's up today?" he asked.

"Short story submission." Higashino handed over "The Garden of Words and Leaves".

"Why do you suddenly want to draw a short story? Let me just say that your face is quite ugly today."

Kazuhiko Torishima took out the manga manuscript and asked casually.

Higashino, "Because I want to, I really want to draw it."

"Eh? It made me curious, please wait a moment."

After watching the first episode, his pupils trembled.

I haven't seen this artist for a long time.

Different from the current painting style, it is more fashionable, the old-fashioned painting method, the background is all dotted.

The combination of the two was a feeling he had never seen before.

Moreover, this painting has a taste of "Hirobi Higashino".

Immersed in emotion, a work drawn from the heart.

"The 19-year-old Higashino is much better than the 17-year-old."

After seeing the painting, he started to look at the content.

A very simple story, a love affair between a teacher and a student, and finally ends with an open ending.

The emotions are delicate, and the content of each frame cannot be missed. It is so rich that he watched it for a long time.

Usually it takes 5 minutes to finish watching, but today he watched it for a quarter of an hour.

Finally he breathed a sigh of relief.

It can only be said that it is very different from Jump's style. It is obviously a group over 17 years old and prefers works.

"Are you going to contribute?" Torishima Kazuhiko asked again.

Hiroshi Tono nodded.

"Sorry, I can't accept it." He pushed the manuscript back.

Higashino Hibiki was puzzled, "Why?"

"This is your hard work," Kazuhiko Torishima said, "It's too wasteful to put it in "VJUMP". The readers of "VJUMP" are teenagers, and the degree of matching with "The Garden of Words" is very low."

He bluntly said that "The Garden of Words" is a very good work, and he likes it very much.But even for this reason, this work cannot be wasted.

Higashino pursed his lips, feeling a little moved in his heart.

He had the idea of ​​repaying Torishima Kazuhiko, but he didn't expect him to be so considerate of himself.

"Why don't you submit it to Weekly YOUNGJUMP?" Kazuhiko Torishima suggested.

Higashino agrees.

"However," Torishima Kazuhiko said with a smile, "publish the short story of "Soul of Go" on "VJUMP". I think readers should be very interested in the story of Shusaku Honinbo. Great time for short stories."

"It would be nice if I could help you," Higashino said.

……

Kazuhiko Torishima told Hibiki Higashino that Sasaki could contact the editor of "Weekly Young Jump", and he picked up his coffee and left leisurely.

Back to the VJUMP editorial room.

His old partner Toshichang Takahashi asked curiously: "Your genius manga artist, why is he looking for you?"

Takahashi Toshisho used to be the editor of Toshihiro Yoshihiro, and the relationship between the two of them is like Akira Toriyama and Kazuhiko Torishima.

"Yu Yu Hakusho" ended, and Takahashi Toshimasa followed Kazuhiko Torishima, left the editorial department of "Weekly Shonen Jump" and founded "VJUMP" together, so he could not continue to be the editor of Yoshihiro Togashi.

If Takahashi Toshisho had communicated in the middle, "Yu Yu Hakusho" would not have ended so early.

"He wanted to submit short comics, but I declined." Torishima and Yan Mimi took a sip of coffee, sighed comfortably, closed their eyes, and thought about it for a long time.

"Aren't comics interesting?" Toshichang Takahashi asked in surprise.

If it can be serialized in jump, there is no reason why it cannot pass "vjump".

"On the contrary, it was very interesting," said Kazuhiko Torishima, "so I turned him down."

"Yes," Takahashi Toshichang nodded.

He somewhat understood Torishima Kazuhiko's logic.

"Because it's very interesting, it's used to repay your kindness."

"It's like this, that's why I can't agree to him." Torishima Kazuhiko smiled slightly, "My favor is not just used up so easily."

Takahashi Toshichang said: "It seems that you really value him."

"He is a genius, and he will get better and better in the future," Torishima Kazuhiko put down his coffee cup, pressed the roller blind on the window sill, and looked downstairs.

"Akira Toriyama has decided to end "Dragon Ball", and no one can stop him."

"Nobuhiko Horie can't solve such a big problem, and I'm the only editor-in-chief in the end."

"I have to plan ahead."

(End of this chapter)