A middle school cartoonist

Yoshida was very efficient. He handed over the relevant information about Shizakawa to Makoto Takahashi early the next morning!

"Hey, my cat, this is Shizakawa's work, right?" Looking at the comic manuscript attached to the information, Makoto Takahashi showed an expectant look on his face!

"Well, Shizakawa has submitted a manuscript to Shonen Jumk before, and this is the submitted work "Slant Book"!" Seeing that Makoto Takahashi had already started to look through the comic manuscript in his hand, Yoshida showed a worried expression on his face. He wanted to interrupt Makoto Takahashi several times to look through the comic manuscript, but he finally held back!

"Tsk tsk tsk, this work... is great!" Makoto Takahashi put down the last page of the comic manuscript and looked at Yoshida with curiosity, "This work should not be published, right? Although I don't usually read Shonen Jumk, such a dark work, like my previous comic, should not be published in Shonen Jumk, right?"

"That's right!" Yoshida naturally understood the implication of Makoto Takahashi, especially when he recalled Makoto Takahashi's brutal speech yesterday, Yoshida still has lingering fears! "This work cannot be published in Shonen Jumk because the story and style are too dark, but the special judge, Mr. Nizuma, gave a very high evaluation to this comic! Oh, by the way, I remember that when this happened, you, Cheng, seemed to have gone abroad!"

"The comics of the cartoonist will subconsciously express the cartoonist's thoughts! From this comic, I feel it! The breath of darkness and despair, as well as hatred and disgust for this world..." Takahashi Makoto showed an expectant smile on his face, "This guy named Jinghe River seems to be an interesting existence! My beloved cat, the assistant has been decided, it is Jinghe River!"

"No problem! Then I will bring Jinghe River to you in the afternoon, it's settled!" Yoshida was not surprised at all by Takahashi Makoto's decision, but made arrangements quickly!

"Oh, it seems there are many unspeakable little secrets behind it!" Seeing Yoshida hurriedly leaving, Takahashi Makoto showed an expectant look on his face, "This guy named Shizukawa has already reached the strength of a serialized cartoonist, but he still wants to be an assistant... plus my cat's eager reaction this time... Is everything really the organization's plan? Humph, arranging informants is such a cliché method, are you looking down on me, Phoenix Court Kyoma?"

After reading Shizukawa's work, Takahashi Makoto had already noticed something was wrong! Although the style of "Slanting Book" is too dark and depressing, both the style and the plot construction have reached the level that can be serialized! People who can draw such works actually go to be assistants to other cartoonists... People who do this are mostly people from the organization!

"That guy, Cheng, shouldn't have noticed it?" Yoshida, who left Takahashi Makoto's house quickly because of his guilty conscience, showed a worried look on his face! "Although the editor-in-chief's original plan was to let Jinghe River and Cheng have more contact, but... why do I feel so uneasy?"

Takahashi Makoto was right. The reason why Jinghe River was arranged to be with Takahashi Makoto was the editor-in-chief's intention! However, it was not to supervise Takahashi Makoto, but to let Jinghe River become a manga artist who can stand on his own through more contact with Takahashi Makoto!

It's not that Jinghe River doesn't have this talent, but because Jinghe River, because of his long-term self-isolation, is extremely bad at interpersonal relationships and lacks stress resistance. Before he entered the serialization, he was worried that he might not be able to cope with the pressure of weekly serialization in the future, so he gave up the opportunity to serialize on his own!

The editor-in-chief had also asked his editors to patiently persuade Jinghe River, but the effect was minimal! At that time, Yamakyu, who was Jinghe River's editor, made a suggestion to the editor-in-chief, that is, to let Jinghe River go to different manga artists as an assistant to learn for a period of time, observe how other manga artists work, and overcome their own weaknesses!

Then...that's what happened before! As expected by the editor-in-chief, after seeing Shizikawa's comic manuscript "Slant Book", he will definitely choose Shizikawa as his assistant!

When Yoshida brought Shizikawa to Takahashi Makoto's house, Takahashi Makoto was drawing comics! Unlike Yoshida, who was familiar with the place, Shizikawa, who had just arrived, seemed quite reserved. Even before Takahashi Makoto took the initiative to speak, he just stood quietly by the door, not daring to make any sound! According to this situation, if Takahashi Makoto draws comics for three or five hours, Shizikawa will probably remain silent for the same amount of time, right?

In the sound of Yoshida's cough, Takahashi Makoto, who put down his brush and turned into observation mode, curled his lips unhappily! Just like in the photo, Shizikawa is a black-haired man with glasses; but compared to the photo, he is much more handsome in person! And this height that needs to be looked up to... If this guy has money in the future, he will definitely be tall, rich and handsome, for sure!

Just like Takahashi Makoto who was looking at himself, Shizikawa also began to look at Takahashi Makoto! Just like the rumors, the cartoonist Houhouin Kyouma always wears a white coat as a researcher's exclusive equipment, and an eye patch on his face, covering his left eye which is rumored to be blind! But looking at the strange posture of Takahashi Makoto squatting on the chair, coupled with the brush spinning in his hand... Is this guy really a cartoonist instead of a scientist? Jinghe was full of doubts!

"Well, this is Makoto Takahashi, the manga artist Hohoin Kuma! Shizuka-kun, I believe you have seen it too..." Yoshida acted as a temporary introduction person, and when he was about to enter the normal introduction mode, Shizuka suddenly spoke Got it!

"I like your "DN" and "Higurashi", but I don't like your "Steel"!" After Shizuka said only one sentence, he looked at Makoto Takahashi blankly and did not continue. Reasons for liking it, reasons for hating it, nothing was said!

"Well, I like your "Xianben" very much!" Makoto Takahashi showed an expectant smile on his face, and pulled out a manga manuscript from the drawer of his desk, "So, what do you think of this manga... Well, give me a simple answer, do you like it or hate it?"

Jinghe stepped forward timidly, took the manga manuscript from Makoto Takahashi's hand with some hesitation, and slowly flipped through it! Yoshida, who was curious on the side, stretched his head and looked at the name of the comic. His face was suddenly filled with black lines. He opened his mouth to say something, but Makoto Takahashi shook his head and stopped him!

"...I like it! I can also draw with this style, but with this level of content..." Jing Hehe hesitated for a moment, then shook his head in despair, "I can't draw it!"

"Well, the newcomers this time are very good!" Makoto Takahashi turned to look at Yoshida, with a strange smile on his face, "Young man, do you want the world to return to chaos? Do you want the world to be filled with hatred and despair? ? Do you want to truly become a world-destroying being? Come and sign a contract with me! I will act as a guide to bring out the dark power in your heart! And as a price, you only need to sign this contract..."

Looking at the smile on Makoto Takahashi's face and the paper shaking in his hand, Yoshida suddenly began to have endless worries about the editor-in-chief's decision to let Shizuka come to study with Makoto Takahashi...

In the end, Shizukawa did not sign the so-called contract, but still became Makoto Takahashi's assistant, and the comic he was responsible for was the third Yokai manga that Makoto Takahashi was about to submit to the serialization meeting!

"...The plot of the story is basically like this!" After sending Yoshida away, Takahashi Makoto roughly told Shizuka the content of the third comic, and at the same time pulled out the comic manuscript from the table, "This is The main character in the comic..."

"This kind of character is a bit..." Looking at the comic manuscript in his hand, Jing Hehe showed a surprised look on his face!

Because he had previously learned that he might become the assistant of the Phoenix Academy's murderer, Jing Hehe deliberately read the comics of the Phoenix Academy's murderer carefully! From the very beginning of "DN" to the current "Steel", the comics serialized by Phoenix Academy Murderer, let's not discuss the issue of painting style, but just in terms of character design, they all have a kind of delicate beauty!

But... the comic manuscript in my hand is neither delicate nor beautiful, and the characters even look a little rough and wild! If the comic manuscript being serialized is of high-definition quality, then the comic manuscript in hand can only be regarded as realistic standard-definition picture quality at best! Can a comic of this caliber be serialized in "Shounen Jumk"? Jing Hehe was a little suspicious, whether Takahashi Makoto mistakenly mistook the storyboard draft for a manga draft!

"Young man, don't be blinded by the rough appearance! Close your eyes and look with your inner eye, you will see a different world!" Makoto Takahashi seemed to see the confusion in Jinghe's eyes, just like the NPC, he immediately Give the key tip!

"But comics...it seems like the characters can be drawn in more detail!"

"No, this proposal is rejected!" Makoto Takahashi shook his head resolutely, "Because there will be many close-ups of human beings being tortured and killed in comics! If the drawings are very detailed... Commander, it is not easy to fool him! Although I I’m also looking forward to showing the direct scenes of human beings being time-shared through delicate paintings... But I guess by that time, the Commander will come to my door in person and give me a philosophical education! Let’s not talk about this for now, what do you think of the plot of the comic? Sample?"

"The beginning of the story feels a bit outdated! This setting has appeared many times, so it sounds a bit cliche!" Shizukawa recalled the plot of the story told by Makoto Takahashi before, and said it unceremoniously. "But I like this story very much! Especially the setting of the monster changing at the end!"

"Now that you've decided, let's start working!" Makoto Takahashi handed the manga manuscript on the table to Shizuo He, "Except for the twelve pages I have completed before, I will leave the rest to you! By the way, No need to come tomorrow, I’m going to recruit teammates to kill monsters!”

"Huh? Recruit teammates to spawn monsters?" A trace of curiosity flashed in Jing Hehe's eyes, "Teacher, do you like playing games like me? My ID on the Internet is..."

"I've always been a stand-alone player!" Makoto Takahashi looked at the somewhat disappointed Jinghe River. In order to win over him, he tried to send out a team invitation. "Tomorrow, I will recruit housekeepers and witches, and prepare to kill the slime elite boss. You, want to Go together?"

Hey hey, when you readers see this update, a certain cat has already embarked on a journey! If everything goes well, we will be back next Wednesday and resume updating. I sincerely apologize again for the inconvenience caused to you readers~~~~(\u003e_\u003c)~~~~!

I hope there are PCs in the association’s stronghold.