Gotta Go the Healing Route

Just as Aki Takino was about to ask when the boy's pseudonym was, an apologetic smile appeared on the boy's face.

"Sorry, my editor is here. Let's talk again when we have a chance at the next annual meeting..."

The two raised their heads and looked forward, but in front of the sword corridor, a beautiful young woman in a dress was waving towards them.

The boy also nodded in response, and walked towards the woman.

Chapter 100 end

"Miss Aster."

After bidding farewell to Aki Aki and Zhicheng, Kazama Xi walked towards Aster Uemura on the other side of the corridor.

Aster Uemura is wearing a red evening dress with a high slit collar today, revealing her clavicle like bamboo and rounded shoulders, her alluring white career line is like twin pearls.Her slender legs were exposed under the long skirt, and she stepped on a pair of black fish mouth high heels.She had light makeup on her face, and her hairstyle was obviously done on purpose, with her hair tied up in a bun.

Such a glamorous and radiant appearance is really enough to attract the attention of any gay man.

Even Feng Jianxi couldn't help praising: "Miss Ziwan, you must be the most beautiful one tonight."

Hearing Kazama Xi's praise, Uemura Aster blushed a little, but then hummed softly, "You still have a bit of eyesight."

Her beautiful eyes fell on Feng Jianxi.

"However, today is the annual meeting. Xi-jun, you are a new and popular manga artist, and a pillar of Shueisha. You should come here in formal at least."

"You didn't tell me."

Kazama Xi showed an innocent expression and spread her hands.

"Besides, it's enough for me to save face, okay?"

Several months have passed since the serialization of "From the New World" was completed.The time has spanned from [-] to [-], and we will soon enter a new century.

In fact, Feng Jianxi was not planning to attend the annual meeting at the beginning of the new year.

For other cartoonists, this is a rare honor, but for Xi Kazama, she doesn't need this kind of honor to embellish herself.

If it weren't for Uemura Ziwan's strong request, he is still enjoying the rare New Year's holiday in Kyoto at this moment.

"No idea..."

Uemura Aster sighed, then said bitterly.

"The deputy editor set the rules. If the author under him doesn't come, you may be fine, but I will deduct your salary."

Uemura Aster accentuated her tone on deducting wages.

"I'm not like you, Mr. Xi, who can publish booklets and get rich royalties."

It has been several months since the release of the booklet of "Death Note", and follow-up booklets have followed suit.And the sales are higher and higher.The remuneration that Kazama Xi can get naturally increases gradually.

"Let's not talk about it, you're underage and you're an invited cartoonist, so it's fine if you don't wear formal clothes."

After looking at the handsome young man in front of him, Aster Uemura nodded in satisfaction.Then he said with concern:

"Xi Jun, do you want to take a rest in the guest room, you must be a little tired after coming from Kyoto."

Kazama Xi shook, "It only takes two hours for the Shinkansen to go from Kyoto to Tokyo, and there is a special car to pick you up immediately after arriving at the station, why are you tired..."

"Since you said that, then let's play at home last year."

"By the way, you seemed to have a good chat with those two teenagers just now, are you acquaintances?"

"I just arrived in Tokyo, so I don't have any acquaintances. I just met them. It's a coincidence that those two are the Yashu Masato teachers you mentioned to me earlier."

Because she stayed in Kyoto for the past few months, Uemura Ziwan naturally never met Aki Aki and Zhicheng, but only knew their names.

"Oh?"

Hearing what Kazama Xi said, Uemura Ziwan raised her head and looked towards the front desk.But where are the figures of Guiye Yashu and Zhicheng Zhenren.

The two of them were just now in the banquet hall that was guided by the hotel's reception to be held last year.

Unable to find the two of them, Uemura Ziwan looked back at Kazama Yuki again.

"I heard that those two are still high school students, about the same age as Ms. Wu Shanyun, and they are also geniuses in comics."

As a professional editor, his eyes are naturally not limited to his own author.Information about competitors is also to be mastered.

So Wu Shanyun, a manga artist who debuted at the same time as Kazama Xi, Uemura Ziwan has always been paying attention to him even though he is in Kyoto.In contrast, Wu Shanyun's editor Daxiong Longyi also paid close attention to Feng Jianxi.Rivalry doesn't just exist among cartoonists.

But after all, Wu Shanyun is taking the royal and passionate route, and his style is still different from Feng Jianxi, so he cannot be called a real competitor on the same route.

But the combination of Guiye Yashu and Zhicheng Zhenren's "Yashu Zhenren" is different.

"Although I thought about it a long time ago, you, Kazama-kun, have opened up a new path for evil manga. There will definitely be people who will be inspired to follow this path."

"Detective Strange Records" jointly produced by the two is such a work.

Although the name is suspense detective, it is not a traditional detective story.The protagonist is a detective, but secretly has the identity of a phantom thief.Many events caused by two different identities, the same person.

"Aki-kun's plot design is also full of wit-fighting style, which ensures the interestingness of the story and at the same time, the confrontation of wisdom is not stingy."

"As for the painting style of Mr. Zhicheng, although you can see some of your style, it also incorporates your personal style. It may not be as refined as yours, but it is also beautiful enough to attract readers."

"These two will be contenders for Death Note in the future."

Although the serialization time of the two is only a short month, it is naturally impossible for the fans to compare with "Death Note", which has been serialized for more than half a year, and "Death Note" is even better in terms of setting and story rhythm.But just because of the two elements of evil and wit, and the quality of the works is quite OK, it is enough for Uemura Aster to regard the two authors as Kazama Xi's opponents.

However, Kazama Xi didn't care.

because....

"No problem, to be honest, I am quite happy that the evil type of wisdom fighting comics appeared. I am looking forward to "Death Note" can touch this "Detective Strange Records"."

The competition and collision between the essence of previous life comics and this excellent work in different time and space has always been something that Xi Kazama wanted to see.

However, because the reputation of evil comics in different time and space is not obvious, the birth of "Death Note" turned into a collision between evil and kingly ways.Now that there is finally a comic of the same kind, and it is also the same type of wit fighting, Kazama Xi really wants to see the final result of the competition.

However, it is a little late now.

"Unfortunately, in a few months, we probably won't be on the same track anymore."

"Sister Ziwan, as I mentioned to you before, "Death Note" is over, have you talked with the editor-in-chief?"

Hearing Kazama Yuki's words, Uemura Ziwan's expression froze.

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"Death Note" from the previous life was considered a full-length comic.

Because of the pursuit of fast-paced and high-explosive comics, the evil way comics are definitely not as good as the slower-paced kingly comics in terms of length.Long-form evil manga is relatively rare.

However, the length of Wang Dao comics can easily reach long stories, and if the grades are stable, super long stories are also very common.

And super-long comics from the beginning to the end, the time span is extremely long.It's like the sea of ​​dead flames in the previous life. If the readers start chasing after them when they are just reading, by the time they are finished, the readers have already entered the society to work hard.Therefore, it is not a lie to say that a comic has accompanied the entire childhood and youth.

In this different time and space, Kazama Xi has been serializing "Death Note" for nearly half a year, and the plot of the manga has also come to the plot of Ye Shenyue's Jedi counterattack and abandoning Death Note's amnesia.When this episode passes, Ye Shenyue and L will decide the outcome.

According to the story rhythm of this comic in the previous life, after L dies, new opponents will be arranged for Ye Shenyue, namely "M" Melo, who came from the same orphanage as L, and "N" Nia.

However, in Kazama Xi's previous life, the plot after L's death was criticized a lot.

Ye Shenyue, who became arrogant and arrogant because of the loss of her old enemy, obviously lost her wits.

Niah and Melo, who were praised as "two people work together to surpass L", are slightly nonsense evaluations.

Taking anime as an example, the quality of Dead Pen has plummeted after episode 27. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that the author himself had a sense of déjà vu that he was continuing to create without reluctance.

Perhaps Oba and Xiaohata really think so. After all, the 20-volume manga of their follow-up masterpiece "Broken Man King" is a bit like saying "It would be nice if Death Note ended according to the original idea". The author's original story.

In short, although Kazama Xi copied "Death Note" in this different time and space, she did not intend to let this work end with the original ending.

He will set another ending, and finish the work cleanly and decisively after the climax of the plot, that is, after Ye Shenyue and L decide the outcome.In this way, it will not cause unnecessary regrets and flaws in the previous life's masterpiece of wisdom and evil.

In this way, the original "Death Note" has directly changed from a long-form to a medium-length.Kazama Xi has only been serializing on Jump for at most one month.

As if not seeing Aster Uemura's stiff expression, Xi Kazama continued:

"I believe that everyone who has read this comic knows that Yagami and L have been forced into a dead end in the current plot. The final victory will be determined in an instant."

"As my editor in charge, I have been working together for more than half a year. Sister Ziwan, you should be aware of it."

Aster Uemura nodded.

"Of course I know, but things are not that simple."

Aster Uemura sighed again.

Editors and cartoonists are close collaborators, but in the final analysis, they belong to two sides.

Cartoonists belong to themselves and stay true to their own stories.The editor belongs to Shueisha, and is loyal to the profits obtained by the manga.

It is not so easy to produce a popular manga. So far, Shueisha has cultivated so many outstanding manga artists and published so many high-quality works in magazines, but how many manga can truly be called popular?

The three major national-level comics, "Sword Fighting Soul", "The Story of Tianjiao", and "Ninja Dragon" are of course the pillars of this level.In addition, Kazama Xi's "Death Note" and Wu Shanyun's "Lingzhu Lian" are expected to become pillars in recent years.

But compared to "The Bond of Lingzhu", the results of "Death Note" must be better so far.

A thriving cash cow, this is Shueisha's unified view of "Death Note".

But now the creator of this cash cow has decided to stop here. How could the editorial department of Shueisha agree to it, seeing that there are still a lot of benefits to be reaped.

In fact, when Yu Kazama said this before, Aster Uemura was also stunned.Although she has been watching "Death Note" to advance the plot, she probably knows something in her heart.But when Kazama Xi said it herself, she was still a little flustered.

So her reply to Kazama Xi was, "I can't decide the end of a serial work, I need to report to the editorial department."

In fact, she did report it and went back to the Shueisha headquarters in Tokyo in person.

"Kazama-kun wants to finish this work in the best way."

When I met Atsuya Itakura, the deputy editor in charge of these matters, I got a rejection without hesitation:

"We should cherish successful works and try our best to make them as long as possible so that readers can enjoy them."

"You have to do everything you can to make Kazama-kun draw as long as possible!"

"If you can't do it, you can find an editor who can do it."

At this moment, Uemura Ziwan felt the huge pressure from both sides pressing on her.

She also knew about Kazama Xi. Although she was young, she was very calm and had her own opinions.Not so easily influenced by external factors.

In all honesty, she understood Kazama Xi, and in her eyes, Kazama Xi was telling a good story seriously.Give readers fun and thinking, a well-deserved cartoonist.In her heart, it is best for a work to end in the most perfect way.