Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 194 Sales volume of separate volumes and Akira Toriyama's new work "COWA! "

This busy work lasted for one day, and Cang Mu Lizi finally sold out the booklet.

"The 5000 booklets are sold out so quickly." The store manager's tone was unbelievable.

There are more than 50 channel bookstores in Tokyo alone. If the whole country is added together, the sales volume in a day does not know how high it will be.

"Maybe we can sell 30 copies." Riko Cangmu was speechless.

This sales volume is beyond the reach of most authors.

Light novels, romance novels, if they can sell [-] copies, it is very good.

A manga booklet that reaches 20 copies is considered a popular work.

30 copies are super popular works.

But Riko Cangmu has never heard of such a person who broke through 30 volumes in one day.

"It's scary!"

After a day's work, she got the booklet she wanted.

There are nine volumes and 90 chapters.

From the time Yingmu Huadao joined Xiangbei to the end of the Xiangyang War.

Cang Mulizi clearly saw the growth of Xiangbei and Yingmuhuadao.

and……

In the friendly match between Xiangbei and Lingnan, Niao Akino drew the scenery of Lingnan in detail.

The background of Enoden is the scenery where the sea meets the sky.

In summer, a boy in a basketball uniform with a smile on his lips and the blue sea behind him.

"This angle..." Cang Mulizi muttered to himself, "It's the photo I took!"

Not only that, but also Kamakura High School.

Her former alma mater is exactly the same as Lingnan High School.

It's like reality stepped into a comic.

"Kamakura is Lingnan."

She watched the Lingnan basketball team defeat Xiangbei, and Xiandao showed his might, and she laughed idiotically.

"Interesting!"

Kuraki Riko has become a fan of Sendo Akira.

……

"It's terrible!" Sasaki Shang held the sales form, his eyes widened.

"38 copies, 38 copies were sold in one day!"

The first edition of 200 million is already a very astonishing number, but judging from the current data, is it too conservative?
"Has the record been broken?" Bottle Jijiu asked in surprise.

In the jump of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this achievement has never been achieved.

"Well," Sasaki nodded, "Dragon Ball, which holds the record for the manga in single volumes, never sold more than 30 copies in a single day."

In terms of popularity, "Slam Dunk" is certainly not as good as "Dragon Ball".

But the average sales volume of the single book, "Slam Dunk" is faintly stronger.

……

Ten days later, Sasaki informed Higashino that the sales volume of the ninth volume of "Slam Dunk" has exceeded 200 million copies.

Even after several other volumes were reprinted, they also exceeded 300 million volumes.

Average sales of nine volumes...

"It's 289 million volumes." Sasaki said calmly.

"Well, I understand."

Higashino waited for Sasaki to hang up the phone before taking back the phone.

Lying on the back of the seat, Higashino was not ecstatic, but felt a burst of emptiness in his heart.

"I've reached this point."

It seems that there is nothing to struggle for in the comics career.

The IP of "Yu-Gi-Oh" will be very successful, but in terms of jump's Xiaozheng ranking and book sales, it still ranks in the middle.

Although "One Piece" is popular at this stage, it will definitely not challenge the position of "Slam Dunk".It can only be said to be a popular work.

"Strange Detective Agency" has an upper limit. Although its popularity is very good, it cannot reach the popularity of national-level works.

Higashino thought about it and thought, and came up with an idea.

"Can I relax a bit?"

He has been drawing 100% of the original draft of "Slam Dunk".

If any small problems are found, they will be changed over and over again.

He also cares about details.

The words of the characters and the use of blank space are carefully considered over and over again.

"Maybe I don't need to be so strict with myself."

"The National Basketball Tournament is about to begin."

“I heard that the Snow Festival in Sapporo is amazing.”

"I haven't skied yet."

Higashino has a series of things he wants to do.

The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.

"Life shouldn't just be a studio."

He thought about it again, after being in love for so long, he hadn't spent much time with Akimi Akimi, so he should spare time to travel with her.

If you are not considerate of your girlfriend, you will have nothing to say if you get kicked.

"that's it!"

Higashino stood up and decided to put it badly.

At this moment, his cell phone rang.

The person who came was Eiichiro Oda.

"Ok?"

With doubts, Higashino answered the phone.

"Teacher! Watch TV! TV Asahi!"

Oda yelled excitedly.

Higashino's eyes flashed with doubt, and he turned on the TV anyway.

At this moment, it is news reports.

"National manga artist Akira Toriyama's new work - "COWA", will be serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" in 12 days, and I am looking forward to Mr. Akira Toriyama's work."

In just one sentence, amazing news was revealed.

But Higashino already knew it.

Maybe right now, Mr. Akira Toriyama is distressed. He just wanted to draw manga, but he was messed up all over the city.

"Toriyama-sensei has a new work, I'm really happy." Oda said loudly.

No matter what the work is, as long as Akira Toriyama continues to serialize it, he will be satisfied.

What's more, now that they can still compete together on the jump, he is about to fly happily.

Higashino watched TV about "COWA! 》The introduction, fist clenched more and more tightly.

Back then, in order to get the first place in Xiaozheng, he violated his principles and changed the rhythm of "Soul of Chess".

Now, can I use "Slam Dunk" to get No.1 in front of Mr. Toriyama?

"I have to work harder to draw manga!" He sighed.

"It would be too embarrassing to act badly in front of Mr. Toriyama."

……

"Did you know? Teacher Akira Toriyama has released a new work."

"Of course I only have it, it's called "COWA!"!"

The previous era belonged to Akira Toriyama, not only the current readers of Jump, but also those who abandoned the book Jump immediately looked forward to it.

In mid-October, Higashino came to the classroom and was immediately surrounded by a group of people.

"Tori Akino-sensei, is Toriyama-sensei really going to release a new work?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him expectantly, Higashino felt the influence of Akira Toriyama again.

If I want to achieve the same achievement, I still have a long way to go.

Even though the news was out on the TV station, they still asked carefully, for fear that the joy would be in vain.

Hiroshi Tono nodded.

"Long live!"

"The god of manga from the past is back!"

They're looking forward to another Kakarot, wanting to experience new adventures!

Now, no matter where or in which corner, as long as people get together, they will talk about Akira Toriyama.

Thousands of people are waiting patiently!

The 47th issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" is released.

……

Higashino got the sample issue early, and on the cover and front page, he saw "COWA! ".

The cartoon style is young, and the characters have the beauty of "Ding Zhen".

With innocent eyes and a big grin.

""Horror ① Puff Shopping Notes". "

This is the title of the first chapter.

Higashino felt lost after reading the content.

"Ms. Akira Toriyama knows what readers like to read."

The unexpected style of the new work is strange, just a fairy tale.

A child's adventure looks like this.

This is destined not to be liked by the public.

"As long as Mr. Toriyama continues to draw the routines of "Dragon Ball" tirelessly, people will like it, but he doesn't."

He really only paints what he wants to paint.

Higashino Hibiki's thought of competing with Xiaozheng for the first place also disappeared in an instant.

……

on Monday.

Eiichiro Oda watched "COWA! ", with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

As a loyal fan, he is very satisfied when he can see Akishin Toriyama's manga.

After serialization, he also gradually understood.

As the author of the hot-blooded comics, he keeps using routines. If this continues, the passion will always be wiped out.

The same goes for Toriyama-sensei.

He has persisted for more than ten years, and now:

"Can't I enjoy it?"

Oda seemed to hear Akira Toriyama's heart.

"That's it."

At this time, someone called him, it was Akira Toriyama's club, and he had met him at the exhibition of Akira Toriyama's works back then.

The name is Masashi Kishimoto, and the two of them chatted happily at the time.

Afterwards, Masashi Kishimoto also contributed to the Manga Awards.

Higashino's evaluation of his "Robot" is okay.

Call it a mediocre work, but its basic skills are good, and it has an academic foundation.

"Hi, Oda-sensei, I'm Masashi Kishimoto."

The other party said very politely, when Oda became the author of the serial, there was a thick barrier between the two of them.

"Kishimoto, long time no contact." Oda complained.

This friend who has a lot in common feels alienated.

"I'm thinking about serialization," Kishimoto explained, "It's just that my accumulation is not enough, and I'm still working hard."

"Actually, you should start as a manga artist's assistant," Oda gave a serious suggestion: "I learned a lot from Mr. Akino Tori. Without such an experience, it is absolutely impossible to serialize now."

"Well, I'm thinking about it," Kishimoto said.

He is in contact with the editor, and he is working hard in two directions.

Magic comics include "Diablo" and "Legend of Sword Wind", while swordsman comics include "Rurouni Kenshin" and "Infinite Resident".

The two directions he most wanted to paint were blocked.

"I'm not allowed to draw anything!" Kishimoto was distressed.

The predecessors are too capable, the threshold of readers is raised, it is difficult for the successors to draw new ideas, and it is even less likely to be recognized.

Kishimoto doesn't know what the goal is now, let alone which direction to work towards.

With a confused heart, it is easier to walk into a dead end.

So at this moment, he was just vague and didn't agree to Oda.

He changed the subject, "I was on the phone with you to discuss Mr. Toriyama's "COWA!"."

"That's really a tacit understanding." Putting down the brush, Oda laughed, "Ms. Akino Tori can breathe a sigh of relief. Mr. Toriyama's works are clearly not here to snatch No.1."

"I think so too," Kishimoto said complicatedly: "I have given up my most advantageous side. In my opinion, this manga is a bit boring, but..."

"I can see Toriyama-sensei happy drawing comics again," Oda replied eagerly.

"That's right," Kishimoto said, "Maybe when I reach Mr. Toriyama's stage and complete a world-class work, I will come back and paint works that I want to draw but dare not draw now."

……

Weekly Shonen Jump broke the record. In just one day, 500 million copies of the manga magazine were all wiped out.

Faced with the urging of national distributors, they can only reprint as soon as possible.

Torishima Kazuhiko understands that this is just a disturbance caused by Akira Toriyama's return.

As more and more people read "CIWA! ", the waves will stop.

Therefore, he did not think about taking this opportunity to increase the circulation of comics.

"Akira Toriyama, Akira Toriyama, with such great popularity, it's a pity not to draw manga of hot-blooded and kingly ways!"

He sighed.

"However, this issue of "Slam Dunk" is really scary!"

The final episode between Xiangbei and Hainan.

"The speed report is only 35 votes short of "COWA!"."

This is what Torishima Kazuhiko did not expect.

……

The latest issue of "Slam Dunk" is different from the "bad" Akira Toriyama, and Tori Akino will really work hard in the future.

Everyone who read it was moved by it.

This is the last moment of the game.

Xiangbei is four points behind, and the game is over with 4 minutes left.

In the face of the mighty Hainan, all members of Xiangbei were exhausted, and they played a hymn of hard work and blood.

"If Hainan closes the gap to six points, Xiangbei immediately fights back to get back to four points. As soon as Xiangbei closes the gap to four points, Hainan immediately pulls the gap to six points. Do not give in."

"But time is running out."

Kanda Taketo licked his lips, this four points is a natural moat, he looked very nervous.

Only 2 minutes left.

"Xiangbei, come on!"

Having worked so hard to reach this point, Akagi Takenori endured his foot injury in the game, and the rest of the team barely supported their bodies, not wanting to admit defeat.

"You must win!"

He looked at the comics and cheered for Xiangbei.

……

This game can be called tragic, the game is coming to an end, but the hall is quiet.

"Squeaky."

"Clap clap clap."

In the stadium with thousands of people, there is only the sound of friction between the soles of basketball shoes and the floor, and the sound of slapping basketballs.

Everyone watched intently.

Only one and a half minutes left.

Hainan scored another goal.

Everyone in Xiangbei was gasping for breath, with beads of sweat all over their bodies.

Rukawa Feng fought hard for the audience, he was too tired to lift his head, sweat fell like raindrops, and he felt his eyes were black.

In the ears are the voices of cheering and cheering from the bench players, and coach Anxi is expressionless.

"Must try to make them win... must..."

But he thought so in his heart.

……

"We must win!"

Haruko Akagi in the auditorium, Hanamichi Sakuragi and Takenori Akagi under the basketball court, and other players in Shonhoku all had these words in their minds.

"Must win."

Xiangbei attacked, and Miyagi Ryota dribbled the ball to Hainan's three-point line, and the defense inside was like an iron wall.

Time is passing by second by second. Such psychological pressure makes it easy to act irrationally.

"Don't think about using three-pointers to shorten the gap. There are still one and a half minutes, and we should play steadily with two points and two points." Coach Fujioka, who was watching, thought.

"It happened."

　My friend's book is very interesting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)