1983 Past Life Manga King

“Are you surprised?”

“……”

Frankly, I was surprised. I can’t believe it’s a cooking manga and pushes a setting like this.

Of course, it’s not the first time you’ve seen it. However, since it is 1985, a story like this would be very unique.

“After all, our Yunhwan is surprised too?”

Lee Dae-bong smiles as if satisfied.

Actually, this person seems to have the talent to surprise people once in a while.

***

“Sir, then I’ll just leave.”

“Ok.”

Nitta, the new boy hero, bows his head and immediately leaves Nishida Yuki’s house.

Nishida glanced at him and immediately turned his gaze away and looked down at the gifts he had left behind.

Department store gift certificates and various gift sets, although it is said that he is in charge of it, it is just a knapsack given by the managing director.

It’s a bit strange to say that it’s Knapuul, but it’s clear that he’s not a person enough to be called the editor in charge anyway.

From the time I first scouted myself as a boy hero, the director had only one purpose.

Reaching number one for five weeks in a row, expelling the editor-in-chief and changing the magazine.

When I heard about this absurd plan, I also wondered if the author, Jeon Moo, was a little lacking.

From what I’ve heard, the popularity of the magazine Boy Hero is increasing, as the number of copies sold is also rising, but the editor in such a magazine is committing such an asshole just by the fact that it is not his person.

It seems that the team leader, who he was just in charge of, is probably going to become the editor, but that was actually a good thing.

He just transferred for a large sum of money, and he agreed to solve the problem with the former magazine Weekly Fire from there.

I just came here to ask you to work hard in the future, and I just brought you a bunch of these things.

If it was the person in charge, I would have to discuss the continuity or the story to be told in the future, but that kind of thing was good anyway.

Whoops.

Nishida grinned.

After all, he gets his job done once he’s only been number one on a five-week questionnaire in an unnamed magazine. Whether the magazine is destroyed or not, all you have to do is draw your own cartoon.

If the magazine goes bankrupt here, it’s just a matter of moving to another publishing house.

The book will go through several companies, but that doesn’t really matter.

Then the doorbell rang.

After a while, an aunt, an employee in charge of housework, entered the living room.

She said, “Otake-san has come to visit.”

Otake Yamada.

It was the editor who was in charge of himself in Weekly Fire.

“……”

“What should I do?”

“Tell me to come in.”

“Yeah.”

As soon as she left, Otake entered the living room after a while.

Nishida looked at him without saying a word and then opened his mouth.

“I’m not in charge anymore, so why are you coming?”

“Until the finale, no matter what anyone says, I’m in charge.”

“Don’t be pathetic and just go back. Now I have nothing to do with Weekly Fire.”

“I’m in a relationship. I promised my teacher that I would definitely bring it back to its former popularity.”

At that, Nishida took a deep breath.

“It’s over. Promises like that. Now go back to your editorial department. Don’t come back any more.”

“Esper John is a story me and the teacher make up. And you agree with me.”

“…everything. It’s just a story from the past. Now, so give up.”

“Please let me give up.”

“……What?”

“If you make a compelling story, I’ll give up right away.”

“You’re stubborn… do whatever you want.”

***

Mukai’s studio.

“What do you think?”

The person in charge, Yajima, gave Mukai a copy of the name note. Then, Mukai’s eyes widened as she looked at it.

“Huh? Wake up with food? What kind of item is this?”

“Isn’t it? The name that Mr. James sent me this time was really great. Up until now, I thought it was just a story about making incredibly delicious dishes, but from this time on, a completely new concept of cuisine has appeared. Seeing this name, I feel like I’m on my own.

“I really like this. Do you think this episode will taste like a grill? It was a pity that Joo Woong was only good at cooking.”

“You’re still the main character. You have to be special.”

“Well. By the way, maybe this story, Nishima-sensei?”

Mukai looked at Yajima with a strange expression, and he grinned.

“Even so, you can’t come up with a story like this at once? Maybe it’s a story you’ve been thinking about in advance?”

“I do.”

Mukai nodded his head in agreement.

“Ah, and Kido’s studio is also clamoring for reclaiming the first place. He seems to be thinking about the direction of the story again.”

“Kido-sensei, you’re not the type to make up stories in advance. You probably won’t have to do anything other than tearing it down and fixing it in the first place. Perhaps that hot-blooded mode has been activated again. Of course, that’s also the scary thing about Kido-sensei, but,

“Tegoshi, who is in charge, said the same thing. Keydo-sensei says that once you get mad, the story becomes very interesting, and it’s not like you’re drawing manga with the power of anger.”

Saying that, Yajima laughed, and Mukai laughed.

“That’s right. I’m not saying I was a mystery when I was living. Giggles.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Shall I try to win first place this time too? A monster writer will start appearing next week. This week might be the last chance to win first place.”

“Yeah. Let’s try it.”

“okay!”

***

After two weeks,

Weekly Shonen Hero editorial room.

“The questionnaire is out!”

“Give me first!”

“Give it quickly!”

Employees rush to each other to check the questionnaire.

Jiro also took a deep breath before checking the questionnaire leaderboards.

And then unfolded.

1st… … .

Samsara.

Jiro clenched her fist.

Unlike last week, the competition between works was really fierce.

It was because one more monster-like work was added to the three-way battle for the lead, such as Samsara, Man of Sincerity, and Pasiencia.

esper john,

It is a manga that has been popular for a long time in the weekly Fire Zone, a popular magazine, and was soon released as an anime.

The serialization is 10 years old, but hundreds of years have already passed in the worldview of the comics, and the scale is huge because it is cosmic.

Thanks to this, he has many fans, and at Comiket, which is held twice a year, related fanzines are pouring in. In addition, cosplay has been steadily appearing, so the news that such a manga is starting a serial in Boy Heroes has no choice but to receive a lot of attention.

The editorial department was so noisy that some fans called out to protest, ‘Why are you a boy hero?’

Anyway, since popular cartoons started serializing, it was expected that there would be a cataclysmic change in the questionnaire rankings.

However, even this week, Samsara kept the top spot.

#1 Samsara.

2nd most sincere man.

#3 Esper John.

#4 Pasiencia.

5th place, the king of Jungwon cuisine.

6th place… … .

But what was shocking was the fact that Esper John was pushed not only by Samsara, but also by a man of sincerity.

This was a situation that no one expected at all.

For that reason, the editorial department was noisy with this issue.

“Wow, this is really surprising? I thought that if Esper John was serialized, it would take first place in an instant.”

“Me too. But the results are surprising.”

“Will the results be different if I complete the questionnaire?”

“Well, maybe.”

Because the questionnaire ranking is not about checking all the votes and ranking them.

Since the ranking was based on only 2,000 postcards in the first place, it cannot be guaranteed to be accurate.

Since it is a method of checking each item by hand, it is impossible to invest a lot of manpower here, so many publishers determine the ranking of the questionnaire in this way.

Even so, the unexpected result remains the same.

Yajima, who was checking the questionnaire leaderboards, had a bad expression on her face.

“It’s only two votes apart from the man of sincerity. No matter how well-known it is, how is it that you’re in third place as soon as you start serializing it?”

“The reader’s fan letter is also great. Look over there.”

Jiro gestured to one side.

Team leader Nitta, in charge of Nishida, is seen holding a phone in front of a large box and talking on the phone.

“Yes, it’s a pity, but there wasn’t much difference in votes from the 1st place. There are some things that aren’t very well known to readers that they moved to this place, and yes. That’s right. In fact, there was not enough publicity. I should have prepared, yes, yes, ah, I have received the fan letter now. I will take it with me to the studio right now. But, what about the teacher? Ah, yes. I see.”

After Nitta ended the call with a bright expression on his face, he hurriedly left the editorial department with a fan letter box.

The editorial staff’s eyes looking at the Nitta team leader are not pretty.

This is because it is known that he is aiming to become the editor-in-chief of a new magazine.

Even in such an atmosphere, Nitta is living a calm life as if nothing special. Perhaps it was because of the thought that he had a clear career path, but rather, he was always smiling.

The deputy editor’s expression looking at Nitta like that is also bloody.

The deputy editor says something to the editor and complains, but the editor just taps him on the shoulder and smiles.

“Editor, you must be rotting and rotting in your stomach right now.”

“Why not? If it were me, I would have turned around because I was really annoyed. By the way, I don’t know why the managing director is doing this. No matter how much the editor-in-chief is on the vice president’s side. Isn’t it too much?”

“In-house politics are all like that. From the outside, it’s all crazy. And Mitsuda Shoten is expanding its business these days. In this case, it’s important to reduce the opposition forces.”

At that, Jiro sighed deeply and sat down on the chair. Then he tilted his chair up and scratched his head.

“I don’t know. It’s about in-house politics.”

“Of course. It’s a world far away to low-end workers like us.”

“Still, it’s amazing. Team leader Nitta is determined not to give in to this kind of atmosphere and to make a career out of it.”

“Well, he’s a different kind of person from us in the first place. And don’t envy people like that. It’s not like you.”

“It’s not that I’m envious, it’s just that I’m great in a different way.”

“Ah.”

Yajima looked at the door where Nitta had left.

***

Nishida’s house.

“Are you really third place?”

“Yes. A while ago. I told the fisherman who answered the phone.”

“I heard, but I was a little surprised.”

When Nishida’s expression didn’t look good, Nitta spoke in a cautious voice.

“Still, she’s in third place at once. That’s not a bad result.”

“Not bad?”

When Nishida asked with a more ferocious look, Nitta shrugged her shoulders. But he needs to convey the situation exactly as he is in charge.

“Samsara is the work that is receiving the most attention from the boy hero. In addition to that, because of the recent event linked to the Dark Princess…”

“I know about Samsara from rumors. It’s been said that he’s doing really well these days.

“A man of sincerity… you mean?”

Nitta asked with a puzzled expression.

However, Nishida did not give any explanation, just shook her head with an uncomfortable expression.

“No, that’s it.”

“Hey, why are there only men with sincerity…”

Nishida raised her hand and interrupted Nitta’s words.

“Okay, so stop talking about it. I don’t want to talk much.”

“Oh, sorry.”

Nitta hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

There is no need to make it uncomfortable for nothing.

“Then I’m busy.”

I was taken aback by Nishida’s words and responded quickly.

“Yes sir.”

Nitta quickly got up from her seat. Then he said goodbye again and hurriedly left the living room. Then the doorbell rang.

As Nitta walks across the yard, she sees the housekeeper talking to someone at the door.

He was a man who looked to be in his mid-20s.

“I’m sorry. The teacher told me not to take Otake-san.”

“It’s fine. Just give this to the teacher.”

He says so, and he hands a few sheets of paper to the housekeeper.

“Hey, it’s difficult…”

“I beg you.”

“…?”

Nitta, who was passing by, glanced at her and made eye contact with the housekeeper. Then he hurriedly greeted her.

“Oh, then. Let’s go.”

“Oh, yes. Be careful.”

“Yeah.”