A middle school cartoonist

Comics are a reflection of the inner landscape of the cartoonist...

Even though he thinks Takahashi Makoto's theory is too second-year or too weird, Yoshida has to admit that Takahashi Makoto's theory is indeed true based on the current cartoonists' comics!

Accidental? Or... coincidence?

At the beginning, Yoshida thought so... After all, when Takahashi Makoto used the good friends Ajo and Mumengye as examples, Yoshida felt that everything was just accidental or coincidental!

However... is this really a coincidence or accident?

After a detailed discussion with several colleagues on the weekly editorial side, Yoshida now began to doubt!

Although the name of the comic sounds full of suspense and blood, in the comic "Assassination" by cartoonist Shizukawa, judging from the current serialized content, the whole comic is not the dark comic that Shizukawa is good at, but the "transmitting positive energy" type full of redemption and hope themes that Shizukawa is least good at and has never set foot in!

Through the practice of [assassination] again and again, the tentacle-like teacher gradually restored the vitality and energy of the students who were originally lifeless; through the planning of [assassination] again and again, the octopus-shaped teacher made the students who had lost confidence and even self-loathing regain the confidence that they had once abandoned because of the ridicule and contempt of the people around them; through the summary of [assassination] again and again, the teacher with a sense of humor made the students who were too inferior and even began to doubt their lives face up to their own hearts and talents that others never valued; through the polishing of [assassination] again and again, the teacher who was handsome for no more than five seconds polished the students who were like unpolished jade to be more dazzling!

Although only part of the content has been serialized, several editors on the editorial side have roughly guessed the subsequent development of this comic... The head teacher in the comic who declared that he would blow up the earth redeemed the students who had given up on themselves through this special teaching called [assassination], and used the light called [hope] to dispel the darkness and despair that once occupied the lives and hearts of the students!

As Yoshida, who once brought Jinghe River to Takahashi Makoto as an assistant, naturally knows some of Jinghe River's past black history... ahem, it should be some of Jinghe River's past that he is unwilling to talk about now!

From an assistant to a serialized cartoonist in a weekly magazine, the changes that have taken place in Jinghe River, as one of the witnesses, Yoshida, had not thought too much before, but now... since accepting the brainwashing of a certain middle school cartoonist's thinking full of [heresy], Yoshida's worldview, uh no, it should be the thinking when looking at the relationship between cartoonists and comics has changed, or it can be said that his vision has been broadened!

"Can my comics... be serialized?"

"Really... can it be serialized?"

"Can such a useless comic that I have completed really be serialized in the famous weekly "Shonen Jumk"? "

This was the string of questions that the newcomer Jinghe River asked the editor-in-charge of the weekly editorial side when Jinghe River's short story was highly praised and appreciated by the editor and was told that the comics could be serialized in the weekly magazine... Jinghe River's attitude is not so much a lack of confidence as it is excessive inferiority!

At that time... the newcomer named Shizukawa didn't know Takahashi Makoto, the middle school manga artist who always wore a white coat!

In the first episode of the manga "Assassination", after being assigned to Class E of the third grade, Nagisa Shiota's living environment suddenly changed. She was despised and looked down upon by classmates, teachers and parents... She was even nailed to the school's pillar of shame and used as a negative example to whip other students in the same school!

At that time, Nagisa Shiota, in such an environment, let alone confidence... She didn't even have the qualifications to be inferior!

Living in an environment that is not expected by everyone for a long time will not be recognized by the people around you, which will eventually lead to people being gradually alienated, their lives will gradually be surrounded by darkness, and their souls will gradually be eroded by despair... From this point of view, the experiences of Shizukawa Shiota and Nagisa Shiota are somewhat similar!

"Oh my!? Ryuko, you can actually project the darkness and despair in your heart directly onto the manuscript paper through the use of the treasure [Cartoonist's Drawing Pen], and even achieve an unprecedented 100% synchronization rate..."

"This amazing talent, Ryuko... you really deserve to be the assistant chosen by my Phoenix Inner Kyouma!"

"Very good, very good! Ryuko, you must continue to maintain this state, and in this way, the whole world will belong to us sooner or later! Hahahaha..."

This is the daily life of Shizukawa, who became the assistant of a certain chuunibaku manga artist Makoto Takahashi after being introduced by Yoshida... To be precise, it should be the shameless boasting of a certain chuunibaku manga artist that Shizukawa hears every day after becoming Makoto Takahashi's assistant!

Of course, please ignore some declarations such as "I will control the world" by a certain chuuni cartoonist...

"...Especially Nagisa-san, you deserve full marks for your natural body movements until you get close to me, and you accurately caught my teacher's flaws, but Nagisa-san, you don't value yourself, and such a student is not qualified to perform assassinations! Come and perform assassinations that you can proudly tell others with a smile! All of you have the power to do this! You are all talented assassins!"

This is the plot in the comic "Assassination", when a certain tentacle teacher performs a "pat-the-head-killing-style sermon" after the failure of Shiota Nagisa's "suicide-style assassination"!

Takahashi Makoto approved the comics completed by Shizukagawa...

Scholar Koro approved the assassination carried out by Shiota Nagisa...

Whether it is a comic or an assassination, what really shocked the parties involved in the incident was the joy of being recognized!

Just as Takahashi Makoto said before... Comics are the cartoonist's [Inherent Boundary], which materializes the scenery of his mind on the manuscript paper!

"...So my cat, according to your analysis..." Takahashi Makoto put down his brush and looked at Yoshida who was posing as [Come and show off my ability to see through all the truth]. After hesitating for a moment, he asked uncertainly, "In Ryuko's comics, Ryuko projected himself into a student of Class 3 E, and portrayed my image as Mr. Koro?"

"Isn't it?" Yoshida put on a matter-of-fact look and spread his hands to Takahashi Makoto, "Just like you told me before, Shizukagawa put all his emotions, his past, and the changes that happened to him into the comics... According to your previous definition, the comic "Assassination" is probably the cartoonist Shizukagawa's [Inherent Boundary] 】 right?"

"Eh! That is to say..." Takahashi Makoto looked at Yoshida in surprise, and said with some disbelief, "In Ryuko's mind, I am a non-human creature similar to the tentacle monster! ?"

"Hey, hey, hey, Acheng, the point is not this at all..." Yoshida immediately put his hand on his forehead, and said with a painful face, "I'm talking about the relationship between you and Shizuru Kagawa! For Shizuru Kagawa, your position, Acheng, is just like the position of Koro-sensei in Shiota Nagisa's heart!"

"Tsk, it turns out that Ryuko wants to kill me!"

"..."

Yoshida suddenly felt that today he came to Takahashi Makoto to verify his guess, it was indeed Steins;Gate... No, it was definitely a wrong choice!