A middle school cartoonist

As Makoto Takahashi's editor-in-chief, although the comics he mainly observes are Makoto Takahashi's manga manuscripts, this does not mean that Yoshida does not care about other people's comics! For example, right now, Yoshida is watching the latest episode of "REVERSI" by Ajou Mumenha!

As mentioned before, after Yoshida learned that Takahashi Makoto planned to use the manga "Madoka" to compete with Ajou Mumenha's "REVERSI", he increased his attention to the manga "REVERSI"... and even Like today, I didn't even read the manga manuscript I just received from Takahashi Makoto in detail, and started looking through the previous serialization of "REVERSI"!

As far as "DN" is concerned, whether it is the battle of wits between Yagami Yue and L at the beginning, or the joint counterattack between successors M and N after L's death...it is undeniable that the battle of wits between the two enemies is exciting, but Compared with regular shounen comics, it lacks some passionate battle scenes. For readers, according to the evaluation given by Hattori editor, it should be a comic in the [evil way] category!

But the comic "REVERSI" is now nearing its end, and the battle between the black and white demons in the comic has become more and more intense! The collision of different wills between black and white demons, whether it is a battle between the two sides, or a battle of wits when scheming against each other... Although Yoshida initially thought that this comic by Ajou Mumenha was different from Gao Hashi Makoto's previous serialization of "DN" has a very high similarity. However, looking at the content that is nearing completion, Yoshida feels that it was too simple before! Although the scene of the battle of wits between black and white demons in "REVERSI" is much less exciting than in "DN", on the other hand, in the comics, there are some contents that are not in "DN", that is, regular teenagers Battle scenes that often appear in comics!

"That guy Cheng is really confident! Facing the increasingly exciting "REVERSI" and the manga "Madoka"..." Yoshida's soliloquy stopped abruptly as if it had awakened some bad memories. , complained with resentment on his face, "The content of the chapter "Madoka"... ugh! Damn it! Whenever you mention this now, some strange things will pop up in your mind!"

A casual word from others may open up unlimited imagination, just like when many detectives are stuck in a case and unable to reason, they will always grasp important clues or find a solution because of the words of a bystander. The key to the puzzle... In short, humans are creatures that are easily disturbed by the outside world!

This is Yoshida's emotion after suffering the erosion of a certain middle school student's thoughts, and it is also the reason why he has no intention to continue observing the manga "REVERSI"!

Originally, when I was observing comics, even if I was in a critical and complaining mood, it shouldn't be so difficult... But because Yoshida had some kind of mental pollution in his heart after talking to Makoto Takahashi, he lost his ability as an editor. When observing comics, you should maintain a calm mind! Many high-powered beings in history met tragic endings because of an unbalanced mentality! For example, in a certain trajectory, the majestic [Wind Sword Master] is such a mighty and domineering existence. However, because he lost the calm heart that [Hatsuba Itto Style] should have, he was killed by a certain baby-faced noble. Brother, along with a certain Lily sister whose main job is actually a driver, as well as the soy sauce eldest lady and others, with the support of [The Heaven-defying Strategy's Mouth Cannon], they were forced to...

"The duel in "REVERSI" seems at first glance to be a collision of human wills through the power of demons... However, the real fact is that black and white demons fall in love and kill each other. It is a typical plot filled with gay love. Route! So the rule mastered by manga artist Ajoki Mengye's "REVERSI" should be the legendary "power of gay friends"!

Although I kept hypnotizing myself in my heart, this twisted alternative view was just nonsense from Makoto Takahashi... But it is undeniable that this kind of thinking has gradually begun to erode and interfere with Yoshida's normal thinking! This also led to Yoshida always being unable to help but think about this aspect when observing the comic "REVERSI". Therefore, the originally exciting and exciting plot of the comic made Yoshida more and more entangled as he read it!

"Ah! Damn it! If I had known I shouldn't have listened to it in the first place!" Life is not a game, or no one can read the file and reopen the world line like Takahashi Makoto did. Therefore, although Yoshida became more and more upset the more he watched, at most I can only throw the comics aside! According to the words Yoshida often uses to complain about his colleagues and the little sea otter... Yoshida-kun, you are totally doing this on your own!

"Don't think wildly...Don't think wildly..." After reciting [The Poor Monk's Dharma Name Wukong] silently several times, Yoshida immediately picked up "Madoka" on the table while temporarily getting rid of the interference from a certain middle school student's distorted world view. The comic manuscript has entered observer mode!

The opening chapter of this manga chapter does not continue the previous content, but shifts the scene to the classroom where Madoka is located. A girl with glasses with twin tails, with a weak look, nervously Introduce yourself to your classmates!

"Eh? Didn't Makoto say that Madoka is almost finished? Why add new characters at this time?" Yoshida was quite surprised by the new characters in the comics! After all, he had confirmed with Makoto Takahashi before. Counting this episode in hand, there are only twelve episodes left before the end of Madoka, and new characters are added at this time... Isn't Makoto Takahashi, the middle school manga artist, worried that the comics won't be finished in the future?

After reading on, Yoshida was not calm at all! This girl with twin ponytails and glasses standing on the podium in the classroom, so nervous that she couldn't speak, and looked embarrassed, was not a new character, but the magical girl Akemi Homura who appeared at the beginning! Yoshida turned down a page with doubts, and when he saw the content behind, he almost thought he had taken the wrong comic manuscript!

"Sha, Sayaka is not already..." It has to be said that the story of the spirit girl is too infectious. Although she had already died in the previous content, she appeared in this episode by chance, and Yoshida recognized her immediately with just one glance! "Hey, what's going on? It's ok that Homura Akemi changed from a straight black hair to a weak and auburn girl with glasses... Didn't Sayaka's character already..."

After confirming that he didn't get the wrong comic manuscript, Yoshida gave up the idea of ​​calling Takahashi Makoto to ask! Although there are many doubts now, the comic manuscript has not been read through, and... Yoshida doesn't think that such a self-contradictory and low-level mistake will appear in Takahashi Makoto's comics!

Because of her weak and sickly body, Homura Akemi, an introverted girl, does not communicate much with her classmates. In addition, because of her long-term hospitalization, she naturally cannot keep up with her classmates in terms of learning. So she gradually developed an inferiority complex, thinking that she was not good enough and would only cause trouble to others and embarrass herself... And it was because of this negative mentality that the weak and auburn girl with glasses, Homura Akemi, was lured into the barrier by the witch! Facing the familiars sent by the witch, classmate Homura Akemi, who had been showing ferocious fighting power before, was frightened and collapsed to the ground. She had no intention of resisting and could only shout helplessly...

"Hey, hey, hey, the contrast between before and after is too big, isn't it?" Yoshida couldn't help but complain about Homura Akemi in the comics. It was indeed because of preconceived notions that he was angry at her for not fighting! "Isn't Homura Akemi a magical girl? Can she solve it with a gorgeous transformation? Wasn't it the same when she faced the witch who killed Mami Tomoe before, and Sayaka who turned into a witch later? Why now... Did she meet Kyubey at this time, and then out of the instinct of survival, she signed a contract to change her job to become a magical girl? Isn't this a bit too bloody?"

If Acheng really drew it like this, then after this episode was published, let alone a duel with Yajo Mumengye's comic "REVERSI", it would be a great miracle to be able to maintain the top five rankings... Yoshida, who was getting more and more worried, suppressed his inner complaints while turning the next page worriedly!

Homura Akemi was not killed by the witch, because at the critical moment, two magical girls appeared! The magical girl Madoka holding a longbow, and the senior Mami Tomoe holding a mechanical gun, who still makes readers resentful until now... Of course, when magical girls appear, there is naturally a certain Kyubey who has been maliciously cute from the beginning to now, and has been loved and reviled by readers!

"Kaname-san has been fighting with such existence... Isn't it terrified? Isn't it afraid?" The rescued Homura Akemi asked questions that reflected her inferiority complex in front of the two magical girls!

"Of course I will be afraid, but... destroying the witch can save many people, which is worth it for us to do!" Madoka gave this answer to Homura Akemi's worried question!

If there were no foreshadowing of the previous content, if there were no tragic death of the senior, if there was no plot of Sayaka's blackening and collapse, if there was no chilling dialogue between Kyubey and Madoka... Yoshida fully believes that with everything Madoka is saying now, "Madoka" can be made into a passionate and inspirational comic!

"This, is this what Cheng said... [Healing Time]?" The corners of his mouth kept twitching. At this moment, Yoshida really wanted to talk to Takahashi Makoto about life! What kind of healing is this? It's just rubbing salt into the reader's wound!

The content after the comics, however, jumped quite exaggeratedly! At the end of the previous page, Tomoe Mami was still encouraging Madoka to strive to become a magical girl who can stand on her own before the arrival of the Witch Night. When she turned to the next page of the comics, the content of the comics jumped directly to the Witch Night, which can be called the [Final Battle]!

"... Damn, this plot jumps too fast, right?" Please forgive Yoshida! After all, a certain editor who was marveling at the plot of the comics did not finish reading the comics, so naturally he would not know that the current development was just the beginning!

After the arrival of the Witch Night, the two magical girls in the comics naturally fought with the witches, but although Tomoe Mami did not suffer from the [Dive Bite Kill], she still could not escape the fate of death! Therefore, now facing the powerful witch, the only one who can fight is Madoka!

"Humura, I'm glad to be your friend! I was there when you were attacked by the witch... I'm still proud of that! So I'm glad I can be a magical girl! Goodbye, Homura, take care!"

Madoka didn't stop fighting and escape from the witch because of Homura's persuasion, but chose to continue fighting! However, as Homura said, that powerful witch was not something Madoka could fight alone, so...

Madoka lay in the rain, and Homura knelt beside her and kept crying... Although the battle between Madoka and the witch was not drawn, Yoshida already knew the outcome of the battle when he saw this scene! However, the comic does not end here...

"I want you to live more than saving me..."

"Is this your wish, Homura? Can you sacrifice your soul for this wish? If you have a wish that you want to fulfill even if it means fighting, then I will help you!" Although it was the first time that Yoshida saw Kyubey and Homura's conversation, he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity and...depressing!

"If I sign a contract with you, can any wish come true?"

"Yes, you have such qualifications! So, tell me what your wish is?"

"I... I want to start over with my encounter with Madoka Kaname! Instead of becoming the me who can't protect her, I want to become the me who protects her!"

After signing the contract with Kyubey, Homura held the Soul Stone with both hands and activated her ability... When Homura came back to her senses from her trance, she found herself lying on a hospital bed, and the time displayed on the calendar next to her was the day Homura entered school!

"Hmm? Could this be..." Although the comic manuscript of this episode ends here, and the content of the comic seems to have nothing to do with the previous content, Yoshida vaguely understands the theme of this episode! However, Yoshida's attention is now attracted by a small note mixed in the previous comic manuscript!

"The first round is over, Homura inherits the skill archive, and the second round is to be continued... Speaking of my beloved cat, I think you have understood it now? That's right, Madoka and Homura's [Lily Power] is [Makoto Shinkai's] winning move against "REVERSI"'s [Friend Power]! Hahahaha..."