Gotta Go the Healing Route

"The Little Match Girl" is a representative masterpiece of the person who stood on the top of the field of children's literature in his previous life.Its literary value, social influence and spiritual core are difficult to be surpassed.

"You bastard!!!"

Akane Kazama's eyes widened, her voice raised a few degrees.

"Who told you to make your own decisions..."

"Ah, ah, ah, didn't you see you working too hard yesterday." Kazama Xi waved her hand quickly and said.

Akane Kazama let out a long sigh: "It would be great if Senior Toyama could be so easy to fool."

"All in all, my senior sister Yuanshan is very satisfied with your story. It can even be said to be overly satisfied."

"She also specifically asked me to come back and ask you if you can send that fairy tale to "Red Bird."

"Red Bird?" Kazama Xi didn't react for a while.

"It's the most famous children's literature publication in Kanna..." Akane Kazama said angrily, "Which child didn't like Akadori when I was young."

"Wait...it won't be that red bird."

Yu Kazama remembered that there was indeed a publication called "Akai Bird" in Japan in her previous life.

At the beginning of the [-]th century in the previous life, many children's magazines appeared in Japan, such as "Young Girls", "Youth Club", etc., but at the same time, with the emergence of various children's literature works, and "Children's Discovery" ", then face the new group of children again, start to explore how to deal with the group of children, start to ask what is a child, what is a child's view, what is a world view, and so on.

But the most representative of them is "Akai Bird" founded by Mieyoshi Suzuki.Mieyoshi Suzuki centered on cultivating children's "purity" and opposed the singing and stories led by the government at that time. Unanimous consent of well-known writers such as Bai Qiu, Takahama Kyoko, and Tokuda Akito.Moreover, many kinds of children's works are published in magazines such as "Akai Bird", from which we can see how children were treated during the Taisho period and the views on children at that time.

However, due to various reasons, Akadori was discontinued in 1936.

But in this different time and space, this magazine still exists.And it is one of the oldest publications in Kana.

"I see...I see."

Thinking of this, Kazama Xi nodded.

"no problem."

At that time, although the fairy tale "The Little Match Girl" was copied on the whim of Kazama Xi, it might not be a counterattack to Kazama Akane's words at that time.

The childish concept of fairy tales may have been deeply rooted in the adult concept of this world.In fact, this is because in this different time and space, childlike innocence is advocated for the creation of children's literature.

The so-called childlike innocence is a beautiful idea of ​​imagining and idealizing children.

But... the view of children is definitely more than that simple.Because there is one thing that cannot be ignored—reality.The existence of children in the real world should not be too constrained by the hopes and principles of adult writers.To paraphrase a warrior of love - "It's a terrible thing to make children feel that there is no darkness in the world."

Chapter 9 Sent

In Kazama Xi's eyes, Andersen is definitely a great writer.

Perhaps, only such a writer who has gone through hardships, has a deep understanding of society, and has the greatest ability to observe the world can write a story like "The Little Match Girl".

Although the field of children's literature in the previous life was also considered to be full of stars, without those works of Andersen, it would undoubtedly be much less glamorous.

And in this world without Master Andersen, Kazama Xi doesn't mind letting people in this world appreciate the elegance of Master Andersen's works.

"Aside from this, is there anything else?" Kazama Xi asked.

Kazama Qian shook her head and said, "No more."

"But..." Akane Kazama looked at the stack of sketches on the table again.

"Speaking of which, what's the name of the story you drew?" Akane Kazama couldn't help asking.

Kazama Xi replied immediately: "As the first drawing said, this short comic is called 'After death'."

"It's the work I prepared for the competition." Kazama Xi added.

"Competition?"

"Yeah." Kazama Xi nodded lightly.

There's nothing to hide about this.

"I'm going to participate in Shueisha's newcomer award this time."

"Shueisha's Newcomer Award?!" Akane Kazama couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Is that the award that claims to be the cradle of serial cartoonists?!!!"

"Do you really want to be a cartoonist?"

Up to now, Akane Kazama still has doubts about this matter.But from this point of view, what the other party said last night was serious.

"Didn't I say that last night?"

Unexpectedly, her cousin's reaction would be so strong, Kazama Xi touched her nose subconsciously.

"Otherwise, what am I doing drawing this cartoon?"

indeed.

Akane Kazama thought about it.

Comics of this quality would never have been created without careful preparation and production in the early stage.

"But, you are only 15 years old now." Akane Kazama was still a little hard to imagine.

It is really rare for students who are still in junior high school to want to participate in such a large-scale competition.No, it should be said that it is very rare.

After all, children in this age group focus on their studies.

What's more, at such a young age, if you want to create a comic alone, the required technical level and life experience are almost impossible to achieve.

"Anyway, there is no age limit for the Newcomer Award." Kazama Xi shrugged and said.

"Besides, I don't know if I can enter the primary election..."

By the way, Kazama Xi even gave herself a sip.

After all, in the field of cultural creation, in addition to one's own excellent strength, one also needs a little luck.

Whether in the previous life or in this different time and space, it is not uncommon for creators who possess extraordinary talents and talents, but are poor all their lives, and become famous only after death.For example, the author of "The Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka, the world-famous painter Vincent van Gogh, these people only enjoy the honor they deserve after their death.

In terms of strength, Kazama Xi, who opened the golden finger, was not worried. What was worried was that the non-chief face in his previous life had traveled to this world with him.

"How come, this manga is very exciting..." Akane Kazama subconsciously encouraged after hearing Xi Kazama's anti-milk.

The words of encouragement are not purely for comfort, she really thinks this comic is great.

"At least, I like this kind of healing story very much. The hero and heroine should be together in the end." Akane Kazama said.

Hearing Akane Kazama's words, Xi Kazama's expression suddenly became very weird.

"Well, maybe..."

Kazama Xi changed the subject in a timely manner.

"Speaking of which, I just happen to have something to find you."

Kazama Xi bent down to get the schoolbag next to the chair, and pulled out a stack of banknotes from the crack of the schoolbag - this is naturally the money that Araki asked for back not long ago.

Kazama Xi handed the banknote to Kazama Akane, "This is the money I borrowed from last night, and I will pay you back now."

Akane Kazama noticed that although the money handed over by Xi Kazama was all small change, the sum total exceeded the amount lent out yesterday.

"Not so much."

"It's nothing, if there is too much, it's good to use it as interest."

In fact, the "big money" for minors is really nothing in today's eyes of Kazama Xi.

What's more, his goal now is Shueisha's newcomer award. In addition to getting the serial number, the generous bonuses for the top few also make him quite greedy.

After taking the money from Kazama Xi, Kazama Qian stared blankly at the handsome young man in front of her.

I have to admit that Akane Kazama's impression of the person in front of him has changed drastically in just one day.

This change even transformed into a sense of strangeness.

"You... are you really Xi Kazama?" Akane Kazama blurted out these words subconsciously.

Hearing Akane Kazama's words, Xi Kazama's expression moved slightly.But then a smile appeared.

"Of course, I am me."

Just after he said this, the strong obsession with the original owner of the body that lingered in his heart seemed to fade a little.

The obsession of the original owner of the body is "fame", and he wants everyone's attention.But at the end of the day... actually want to 'change' it.

Change the self that you hated before.

Together with the former owner of the body and the lost soul with the same name and surname as her, why didn't Kazama Xi think so?

........

the next day.

It still represented the daily schooling, but Kazama Xi had dark circles under her eyes, yawned, and carried her schoolbag, and walked all the way to the school in a daze.

In addition to the homework in the schoolbag, the rest are naturally some painting tools and sketches.

After arriving at school, he is naturally ready to continue to work hard.

Although I have a well-thought-out idea: the story, rhythm, and storyboard are all planned in my heart.The rest is simply drawing on the sketch.

But even if it is a sketch, the total number of sketches for the entire story of [After the Death] is more than 80.If you don't work hard, it will be really difficult to complete it in half a month.

Besides, if possible, Kazama Xi would like to finish it as soon as possible.

After returning to school and sitting on her seat, Kazama Xi started creating immediately.

As a student who was arranged to sit in the last corner, I was well aware of the gold content in the teacher's heart.

Generally speaking, as long as you don't make noise from behind, it will affect the teachers' teaching on the podium.Homework is also turned in on time, then he is semi-free.

In addition, the former owner of the body is relatively withdrawn, and has few friends and people to communicate with, so even if he is painting at school, there will not be too many mundane things to disturb his painting.

It is worth mentioning that, perhaps because of the beauty, there will always be girls in the class looking for opportunities to strike up a conversation these days.But after bumping against the wall a few times, Kazama Xi was completely at peace.

In this way, Kazama Xi's life has almost entered the rhythm of painting at school during the day, painting at home at night, and occasionally taking a nap to rest during the period.

Once people are busy, time will pass quickly.

Three days before the deadline, Kazama Xi finally completed the creation of this short story ahead of schedule.

When school was over, I stopped by the post office, and after sending the folder containing the manga sketches to the Shueisha headquarters in DJ City, Yuki Kazama returned home as usual.