Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 85 Countdown to the End of "Dragon Ball"

Akira Yamazaki, who is a professional chess player, can only speak with gratitude now.

It seems that the professional chess player exam back then did cast a lot of shadows on her.

Out of hundreds of qualified players, there are only three places for professional chess players. This probability is almost the same as living by drawing cartoons.

Higashino did not go to comfort Akira Yamazaki, she is the winner, a small part of the majority, in a small city, is already top-notch.

Lowering his head, Higashino looked at the chessboard and began to replay the game.

When he plays Go, he concentrates on playing Go without distractions, which is one of the reasons why his chess skills have improved so quickly.

……

Higashino entered university in April.

Musashinomoto was going to let him speak as a freshman representative, but Higashino refused.

He didn't want to write two speeches in a short period of time, and Musashino Art University is all geniuses, and his style is not enough.

When an epoch-making work like "Dragon Ball" is drawn, it is still okay to pretend.

When I was in college, I was not as punctual as in high school, and I spent a lot more time drawing manga than in high school.

It's just that the art department often needs to go out to collect folk songs, which is very time-consuming.

Higashino asked for leave if he could, and if he couldn't, he had to coordinate with his assistant.

Because of this, Yoshii and Chinese painting teacher Akemi Akimiya are occasionally absent.

The only thing that can remain unchanged is his reliable assistant Junoda Eiichiro.

When Oda was working as an assistant, he was puzzled by this.

He asked with a feeling of displeasure: "Since you have become a cartoonist, why waste your time in college?"

Higashino replied: "I don't know if I can always rely on comics to live. To be a man, I have to leave a way for myself. Moreover, Mr. Hirohiko Araki once told me that the inspiration of comics can be drawn from art. If a painter wants to improve, he must also learn the beauty of the top."

Oda shook his head, it's enough for painters or something.

He and Higashino have different ideas, "I think the story is the best. In the future, we must draw works full of unconstrained imagination, fantastic adventures, various abilities, and epic comics intertwined."

Higashino glanced at him, "I believe you can do it."

This guy is Eiichiro Oda.In the future, the author with the highest sales volume of booklets will be the strongest pillar of Jump.

"Oh! Really!" Oda was very excited, he yelled loudly, "It's burning up, I'm going to draw more manga today, and serialize works as soon as possible!"

Higashino is happy to see him like this. He is almost throwing up drawing manga recently. If the assistant can work harder, he can relax.

……

The sales volume of the first volume of "Soul of Chess" broke through 100, which was originally a very great news, and it deserves great congratulations.

But the editorial department of Jump was very gloomy. All the editors were silent and kept a straight face.

Horie Nobuhiko's voice came from the conference room.

"Has Akira Toriyama not given up on his plan to finish Dragon Ball?"

"Hmm..." Takeda Fumono replied weakly.

Caught between his idol, Akira Toriyama, and his boss, he's having a hard time with both ends.

"The serialization ended after the Buu chapter, why didn't anyone tell me?" Nobuhiko Horie was mad.

Before the Buu chapter started, Akira Toriyama had already made an appointment with Shueisha to end the serialization after drawing the Buu chapter.

He, the new editor-in-chief, didn't even understand it at all, so he didn't even think about countermeasures.

"I thought someone told you." Takeda was also very aggrieved. Many people should know about this, the editors of the fourth generation, Kazuhiko Torishima, and Toshisaka Takahashi.

In fact, the beneficiaries such as Bandai, Fuji TV, and Toei Animation began to judge early, chose a good time point, and minimized the loss, and Akira Toriyama began to enter the countdown to the end.

These are all proceeding in an orderly manner.

"So now, it can only be over..." Horie Nobuhiko sat paralyzed.

If he had known this, he wouldn't have let Fu Jian Yibo end hastily.

At this moment, there will be no top-notch works immediately, and I don’t know how much sales will be reduced...

He felt dizzy.

"You can go out," Horie Nobuhiko waved.

"Yes." Takeda bowed, turned and left, just as his hand was on the doorknob.

"Wait." Horie Nobuhiko stopped him.

Takeda waited patiently.

"By the way, call Sasaki in, I'm sorry."

"clear."

……

Sasaki sat at his desk, looking at the latest report.

Shindo Hikaru became a professional chess player, this is simply the climax of "Soul of Chess" recently.

Xiaozheng's feedback was very good, surpassing "Rurouni Kenshin" and getting No.2.

This is already a very rare achievement for a work like "Soul of Chess".

"Not only is the story good," Sasaki thought while holding the report, "the artist of Akino-kun Bird perfectly expressed the emotions he wanted to express. Sadness, pain, perseverance and persistence, each with its own expression, portrays It’s very in place. The combination of the two shows the story to the fullest.”

"'Light and Shadow' is also very well done.The reason why the plot of playing Go is very good-looking is that it brings a shocking effect between light and shadow. "

"Often a painting can shock people's hearts. It makes readers immerse themselves in the story, as if they are also playing chess. After only one and a half years of painting, they have grown into this appearance!"

"In the future, he may become the best cartoonist!"

Sasaki's eyes are shining. With such a cartoonist, his ideal can be realized.

Become the editor-in-chief, and then develop overseas markets and promote jump to various countries.

While he was thinking, Takeda knocked on the table, "The editor-in-chief is looking for you."

Finally, he looked towards the meeting room.

Sasaki was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's troublesome."

After arriving at the office, he saw Nobuhiko Horie looking at him with a pale face.

Thinking of the end of "Dragon Ball", he shook his head.

"Sasaki, when will Mr. Togashi Yoshihiro start the new serialization?" Horie Nobuhiko asked impatiently.

Akira Toriyama has already decided not to draw long battle manga, he thought for a while, and now the only one who can stand up to save Jump is Fu Jian.

"He didn't let up at all," Sasaki replied.

He slandered in his heart that he had torn face with Fujian Yibo back then and let himself mediate in the middle.

Call him Fu Jian's old thief, and now he needs it, and call him Teacher Fu Jian.

"I play video games and mahjong happily every day, and I don't have any idea of ​​drawing manga." Sasaki said.

He felt envious looking at it, this person is too free.

Watch scary movies and do whatever you want.Compared with the mature Higashino Hibiki, Fu Jiancai is more like a child.

"Cut," Horie Nobuhiko was very upset, he gritted his teeth, "Okay, you go out."

"Yes." Sasaki nodded.

　Chong Sanjiang failed, and it will be on the shelves next Tuesday.woo woo woo.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)