Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 210 The Millennium Actress
"It's finally over."

Takahashi and Nozomi pressed their temples and breathed a sigh of relief.

He witnessed a miracle.

When this miracle first started, Takahashi and Nozomi got used to it;

But as the miracle intensified, his mouth opened wider and wider.

One month, two months, three months...

This miracle lasted for more than three months.

It was finally terminated today.

"Sixteen small Zheng results in the first place... It's terrible."

In April of this year, "Yu-Gi-Oh" produced by Toei Animation was broadcast, and he only took the first place in Xiaozheng, and his results have been mediocre since then.

To get No.1 consecutively is simply impossible for him, no, for all cartoonists.

But "Slam Dunk" did it.

"horrible."

……

"Sixteen times." Oda Eiichiro was speechless, "Tori Akino-sensei is getting more and more scary."

The man in his heart, when we met before, there was nothing unusual.Ordinary, like an easy-going otaku.

But now, the image in Oda's impression is gone.Now I can only think of his outline, the image is becoming more and more blurred, it seems to be a black shadow, like a big villain.

An insurmountable villain, trembling under his feet, without any courage to struggle.

"How can I think so?" He slapped the table and got up very hard.

"Down with Tori Akino Mirai! The world belongs to Eiichiro Oda."

He is looking forward to the day when he can proudly declare: "I am king of the world."

"Impossible, impossible," the assistant waved his hand, "Tori Akino teacher is insurmountable."

Oda was suddenly discouraged.

"No matter Xiaozheng's grades or the sales volume of the booklet, the teacher is far behind." The assistant continued to make up the knife.

"Pfft!" Oda seemed to spit out three liters of blood, clutching his chest and stopped moving.

……

After the basketball game came to an end, manga continued to be a daily content for three or four months. Working 5 days a week was enough, and Higashino felt much more relaxed.

He also lived a nine-to-five life.

Sometimes I feel bored.

When I’m tired, I feel so uncomfortable, and when I finally get free, my body doesn’t get used to it.

Higashino really felt that he was a hard worker.

Fortunately, now, he has a toy to pass the time.

"I really don't mind."

Higashino held a card in his hand and looked at it over and over again.

"There are no details, and the pattern on the back of the card is mediocre, and it also looks a bit inferior. No wonder I can't make results."

This card is Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Different from what everyone is familiar with, this blue-eyed white dragon is produced by Bandai.

Before that, Bandai purchased the card copyright of Yu-Gi-Oh, and made two hundred copies of the card.

However, this did not make waves in the market.

It was only after making three editions in a row that it stopped.

Higashino wanted to buy it, but couldn't find a place.

This set was given to him by Takahashi and Nozomi.

"Yu-Gi-Oh cards also have a low period." Higashino muttered to himself.

This set of cards did not form the rules of the game and could only be used for collection. After looking at them for a while, he put them away.

"Tono, TV! TV!"

When Higashino was slandering Bandai, Akemi Akimiya ran over and shouted loudly.

"TV Asahi, hurry up."

As she spoke, she excitedly sat beside Hibiki Higashino.

"What's the matter?" Higashino was puzzled, but he turned on the TV and broadcast it to TV Asahi.

"Ah, this."

……

On November 1998, 11, the trailer of "Unheard Flower Name" was broadcast.

"This is the first 24-minute cartoon of "Future Society". Hayao Miyazaki thought with a straight face.

He had watched "Funny Manga Hiyori" before. Although the performance of this animation was very good and the audience recognized it very much, how should I say it?

He didn't like it very much.

It's too spoofing historical figures, and for the story narration, it doesn't form a complete line, and it seems far-fetched to attend the meeting.

More brain holes, less storytelling, probably so.

So I didn't read much.

"Has director Hayao Miyazaki been paying attention to Mirai-sensei Tori Akino?" Someone once asked him out of curiosity, and he just nodded.

He paid attention to Bird Akino Mirai not because of the comics of the other party, but because of the achievements in animation that no one paid attention to.

In [-], at the Tokyo Student Animation Exhibition, he watched "Hey-come out!" "This animation.

By now, "Hey—Come out!" "The specific content of Hayao Miyazaki is still clearly visible.The cause, the development, the climax, the end, he remembers them all.

The bottomless hole that swallowed people's waste and waste products also revealed the depth of darkness in people's hearts.

Until the end, it returns everything back, the hole is still the same hole, but the life of human beings is different, and they will bear the malice that they have inflicted on the hole.

Among the works on environmental protection, Hayao Miyazaki would like to call it the shortest and most effective.

Such an ending has shocked Miyazaki for a long time, why didn't he come up with such a contrasting ending?
So Miyazaki has been thinking about Higashi Higashino, the creator of the story, for a long time.

It's a pity that the other party went to draw manga, and his grades were not bad.

Hayao Miyazaki can only pay attention to the animation works of Higashino Hibiki.

"Summer with you, future dream."

"Big hope, I never forgot."

"In the summer after 10 years, I believe we will meet again."

"With the fondest memories..."

The trailer aired, and the ethereal singing with a sad voice pulled Miyazaki out of his memory.

On TV, Meiko Honma, Jinta Sukai, Naruko Anjo, Matsuyuki, Chiriko Tsurumi, Hisakawa Railway...

A single character emerges, intertwined with childhood and grown-up images.

At the end of the trailer, among the green mountains and forests, the sun rises with morning light, and the camera is changed.

"Broadcast on April 1999, 4, "We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day."

Hayao Miyazaki coughed lightly, "What a long name."

Through the trailer, he has some understanding, it is about friendship and love, the growth of characters, etc., which is slightly different from the animation he hopes to see.

"However, it will be a very good work."

Only through the singing, he seemed to feel the meaning that "Unheard Flower Name" wanted to express.

"It's nice that excellent animations appear one after another."

With a sigh, he ended the break.

……

"This trailer is pretty good." Higashino said.

In the future, he will often watch the trailers of upcoming cartoons on station b, and the audience can see the investment in the works on the trailers.

It is very clear whether it is a poor ppt style or a well-made work.

The "Unheard Flower Name" that Higashino saw was the latter.

There is no shoddy, the running of the characters is not distorted, and the bgm is nice, that's enough.

"Look, as a layman, I don't manage a company, so the "Future Society" is operating normally. "He proudly said to Akemi Akimiya.

"You're just too lazy to manage it." Akemi Akimiya exposed him, "Maybe if you manage "Future Society" directly, more works will be produced now, and the influence will be even more astonishing. "

"Probably so," Higashino shrugged.

"But that's another story."

……

After a two-month vacation, Higashino went back to class.

In the traditional Chinese painting class, there used to be more than 20 students, but now there are only a few here and there.

Akemi Akimiya no longer taught courses, but asked students to deal with graduation projects and thesis.

Higashino also started his graduation creation.

He wanted to paint an ukiyo-e.

After all, he has Akemi Akimi's teaching by ear and example, and he understands this aspect better than ordinary people.

Picking up the pencil, Higashino began to draw a draft, but his mind was empty and empty.

Suddenly he remembered something, and there was a memory in his brain, which was an animated movie he watched back then.

There is a feeling of stream of consciousness in the story, the reality and the movie are intertwined, and he can't tell the truth from the fake. He just feels shocked. In the end, he has nothing in his mind, just watched a lively scene.

This animation is "Millennium Actress" directed by Toshi Kon.

There is a fragment of Ukiyo-e in it, which was kept in Higashino Hibiki's brain, and now it suddenly popped up.

He had forgotten about this movie at first, but at this time, with the appearance of Ukiyo-e, "Millennium Actress" suddenly impressed him deeply, and he remembered all the fragments in the movie.

Closing his eyes, the movie played again in Higashino's brain, from the love between the heroine and the hero, to finally letting go, reminiscing about his life, and leaving quietly.

Higashino opened his eyes and drew what he wanted to draw. It was among the fighting crowd. There were people wielding samurai swords and people holding muskets. Run to the distance.

"What an interesting painting," Akemi Akimiya stood behind Higashino at some point, looking at the draft with interest in her eyes.

"I feel like I have seen a story, but I don't know what it is like."

Higashino looked at her with a smile, "Maybe it's because of the changes of the times, looking for a lover, and finally discovering that the life of the pursuit is the most precious."

Akemi Akimiya couldn't understand, how could such a painting express such a rich meaning?

But she understood that there must be another story in Higashino Hibiki's heart, and this story is absolutely meaningful.

"Come on," she patted Higashino Hibiki on the shoulder, "I'm waiting."

……

In "Slam Dunk", Xiangbei has already started preparing for the national competition.But before that, the stories of Coach Anzai, Kaede Rukawa, and Takenori Akagi will unfold slowly, so there is no rush.

In the blink of an eye, it was December 25th.

Snowflakes fell in the sky, and pedestrians put on scarves.

Yuko Asahina left school and walked the bustling streets of Tokyo.

The lights of "Merry Christmas" are shining everywhere here. In front of the shopping mall, there are big pine trees decorated with candy canes, Christmas rings, bells, and all kinds of small gifts. At the top, there are little stars. Twinkle.

It's the children's holiday, and Santa Claus will give presents to the children.

There are children beside me, holding the hands of their parents. After walking out of the mall, they are eager to go home, waiting for Santa Claus to deliver gifts.

Asahina Yuko also had this idea when she was a child, and firmly believed that Santa Claus existed.

Her dream before was to have a doll, which always came true.

The latest model, the doll has long golden hair and is exquisitely crafted.

She grew up again, and at the age of 11, she was not so childish.Dolls and such are for little girls to play with.

Her dream became a Dragon Ball booklet, but it never came true.

"I really miss it." Asahina Yuko said sincerely.

Over the years, her dream has been realized step by step. She has become a supervisor. Although she is only a newcomer in the industry, she is already on the right track.

It's just that these men and women around me turned Christmas into Valentine's Day, getting tired of being together, teasing and talking non-stop.

Yuko Asahina couldn't understand.

Even today, she came up with a good idea on a whim, and hurried to the "Future Society" company, wanting to record it.

Why not cherish the time?
"Ms. Bird Akino must still be working." She firmly believed.

Yuko Asahina's paralyzed face softened for an instant.

"He's always been that way."

Immediately, Asahina Yuko became more motivated, she strode forward, overtook the idiots, and walked to the next traffic light.

There seemed to be a passionate and uplifting tune in my mind, and my pace became brisk.

Yuko Asahina enjoyed the moment until...

"Eh?"

She was stunned.

"That is?"

Higashino hugged Akemi's arm, and couldn't stop moving closer to her, snuggling on Akemi's shoulder.

Pushed and shoved twice by the other party, still showing a tired expression, holding his arms and not letting go.

"Eh!"

Asahina Yuko stood where she was.

……

"Sure enough, we're going out on a date for Christmas."

Higashino said to Akemi Akimiya, "I can draw at any time, but Christmas is only one day a year."

Although it is snowing in Tokyo tonight, it is lively and romantic.

"This lamp, this snow, this tree, how gorgeous it is."

"Yes," Akemi Akimiya nodded helplessly.

But gradually, she also got lost in the Christmas atmosphere.

Santas on the side of the road are distributing small gifts to the children, there are elk carts made on the street, and colorful lights are intertwined in front of you.

The crisp sound of the merry christmas song continued.

Akemi Akimiya, who wanted to draw one night manga, is now loose.

"It's also good to go out for a walk, maybe there will be inspiration."

"but……"

"Where did you take me?"

This is Uniqlo in a nearby shopping mall. It is also decorated in a lively manner during Christmas.

In front of Akemi Akimiya was a Christmas costume with bare thighs.

There are also antlers, which adorn the hat.

"How is it? Is it beautiful!" Higashino asked expectantly.

Everyone knows the heart of Sima Zhao.

Akemi Akimiya understood.

"Try it."

"Okay... well..."

Akemi Akimiya couldn't help but reluctantly agreed.

Entering the changing room, before taking off her clothes, she heard the sound of rustling.

Listen carefully, it's coming from the changing room next door.

"嘬~"

Akimi leaned against the wall, listened carefully, and finally understood that there were lovers kissing.

There was also an anxious voice, "Quick."

She couldn't take it anymore, pushed the door and walked out, throwing the sexy Christmas costume on Higashino, "If you want to wear it, you can wear it yourself."

(End of this chapter)