The great revival of Yuri Kosaka

"I'm going shopping in Akihabara today, so I'm going in this direction. You guys go first." "Is that so? Let's go first and see you tomorrow." "See you tomorrow~~" "See you tomorrow." After everyone said goodbye , Izumi followed Yuri Kosaka and entered the same subway.

Chapter 10: This side: Who is the one in Suzumiya?

"Speaking of Teacher Yuri" "Don't add teacher, it feels a bit strange, just call me Yuri." Today is the first day of school. The school dismissal time is not the standard time, and the subway is quite idle.

After Izumi Natakata and Kosaka Yuri sat on the subway seats one behind the other, Izumi Natakata started talking to him.

"So Yuri...well, it feels weird to call someone by their first name when you first meet them." Normally, when you first meet someone, you call them by their last name, and then you call them by their first name when you get familiar with them, but because Yuri Kosaka's real name is directly in the It was serialized in a magazine, so it would be even weirder to call him by his last name.

"Forget it, never mind, I've always wanted to ask, what on earth is this?" Izumi hesitated for a moment and then forgot about it. After all, Kosaka Yuri had already designated the name.

Then she took out her mobile phone from her pocket, opened Twitter, and asked, pointing to the animated short posted by Yuri Trikosaka on Twitter.

"Hey, do you care about this? I thought you would be more concerned about the next plot." Yuri Kosaka asked slightly curiously. Generally speaking, when readers see the author, most of the time they should be urging updates and asking about the plot. This is mostly true.

"Although I care about that, I always feel like I'm losing if I ask. Sure enough, it's better to see that thing in person." "Then it's okay to ask this?" "This is completely different, isn't it? I was already very concerned about this short film when it was released, but there is no information from SBL's official website or Twitter." Izumi looked very distressed. As a die-hard fan of the Suzumiya series, Kosaka Yuri just posted the video on Twitter. She had watched it five times when it was released, repeatedly speculating on what the video meant.

Unfortunately, the information is too scarce, so I can only rely on intuition to believe that the last pictures may appear in a certain game, and more cannot be distinguished.

"Okay, let me tell you a little bit about it." After all, this is a work that will be released later, so Yuri Kosaka feels that it doesn't matter a little bit about it now.

"Ah, wait a minute, if it involves spoilers, I better not listen." Just like animation, Izumi is really rigid sometimes, whether it is animation or games, once the main content is spoiled, Her enthusiasm for that work was greatly reduced, so she made it clear beforehand.

"If you don't want to involve spoilers...then you should ask. You ask something you care about, and then I will answer it as appropriate." "It's a Q&A format, so can I put this Q&A on my Twitter?" After listening to what Yuri Kosaka said, Izumi asked in a discussion tone.

"Yes, yes, but why?" "Of course because there are many fans who are looking forward to it, not just me, but Suzumiya fans all over the world are looking forward to it!" "Then it's up to you." Kosaka Yuri himself didn't care much. , after all, anything you say before the finished product is released will be false, but since Izumi has said so, it doesn’t matter if he releases some information in advance.

"Oh, by the way, can you please open your Twitter and take a screenshot to show me that the inquiry is indeed from me." Suddenly, Izumi thought of a very important point, and faced Kousaka with some embarrassment. Yuri said, after all, netizens would not believe it if there was no evidence.

"It makes sense. Well, open it, look." "Oh oh oh, you are indeed Teacher Yuri!" Gao

Yuri Ban took out her phone and opened Twitter, placing her Twitter screen in front of Izumi Matakata, causing her to exclaim.

And this exclamation also made several people in the subway car turn their attention to them.

"Teacher Yuri, could it be that Teacher Yuri?" "But he looks about the same age as us. How could it be?" "It's hard to say. I'm going to ask. Maybe I can get some advice." "Forget it. It's just a chance encounter, and I can't tell if it's him or not." In the corner opposite the carriage, two boys who looked to be high school students heard what Izumi said, and unexpectedly turned their attention to Yuri Kosaka.

Although he didn't go to ask directly, he focused most of his attention on the conversation between Yuri Kosaka and Izumi Matata. "The photo is done, ahem, then I'll start asking." " Izumi took pictures of the Twitter account displayed on Yuri Kosaka's phone from several angles, and after confirming that it was Yuri Kosaka's own account, he started to get down to business.

"Well, just ask me anything." "Then the first question I'm interested in is...who is Haruhi Suzumiya's favorite?" "Ahem, cough." "Pfft..." "Ah , I'm sorry, I'm sorry for bothering you." As soon as this question came up, Kosaka Yuri himself had no reaction, but the two men who were eavesdropping behind him couldn't hold back, and when they realized that they had disturbed each other, they quickly waved their hands and apologized.

"Hmph, look, even passers-by A and B here want to know about this." The reactions of these two people made Izumi Fata misunderstand something, and he said to Yuri Kosaka very proudly, as if She posed the same problem of a century.

"I remember you said you wanted to ask about the short film. Why did you ask this? And you should ask the producer this question. It's useless to ask me." Yuri Kosaka actually knew why Izumi Nakata asked this question. .

The main reason is that the entire animation was produced using a computer that he precisely controlled, and the sound was no exception. There was no voice actor hired at all, and the computer directly synthesized the sound in his memory.

This resulted in the animation not giving out the character's CV list at all at the end, leaving the animation's CV in a state of mystery like the animation company, causing outsiders to speculate a lot.

But this kind of fact falls within the scope of what can be done but cannot be said, so he just fooled it.

"I don't know or I can't tell. Oh, forget it, I didn't expect much in the first place." Even Quan Zifang knew that some things couldn't be revealed to outsiders. She just asked with the idea of ​​giving it a try. , now that her hopes were dashed, she started asking normally.

"Now let's get down to it. Is that short film an ordinary joke? It's different from the main story. Or is it linked to some game?" "If I have to say it... it should be considered linked to a game." "Game linkage?! Is that really the case!" After hearing what Yuri Kosaka said, the corners of Izumi's mouth turned up. Although she had made guesses before, after all, the guesses were just guesses. Now she got the answer from the original author, She is proud enough.

"However, this is a game that has not yet been released on the market. Is it a stand-alone or online game? When will it be released?" "It will be a stand-alone game with online features. As for when... it will be about three months from now. ." Yuri Kosaka estimated the time, and considering that Suzumiya is still being broadcast, and it is a season series, the final episode will end at the end of this month, when the second episode of Endless August is broadcast, and he gave a general idea. number.

He didn't plan to show too much of Endless August on TV, but planned to broadcast three episodes of the initial, middle, and final reincarnation.

In other words, Suzumiya in this season will stop in the middle of the endless reincarnation, and then the reincarnation will end in the next quarter that is not known when.

However, he planned to release a random number of reincarnation episodes every week on online video sites after Suzumiya's new role on TV ends, with slight changes each time until the second season is aired again as a new show.

Chapter 11 Taniguchi is a profession

"Three months later? It's surprisingly fast." Quan Fang was a little surprised, because she originally thought that the information would be released at least half a year later, and it would not be officially released until nine months or a year later.

After all, except for some unexplained clips at the end of the animated short film, the rest is unknown so far.

If Yuri Kosaka wasn't now sure that it was a warm-up for the game linkage, even Izumi could only guess that it might be a game, and there was no way to really tell.

"But it may disappoint you. It's a normal game, an ordinary action RPG type." Yuri Kosaka knew that Izumi would care about this purely because of Suzumiya, but the problem is that the main body of Dark Soul to be produced in the future will definitely still be dark. soul.

It's just that because of this short film, he will add some elements about Suzumiya and set up some confusing hidden endings.

"Well, that's understandable. Those last scenes don't seem to be related to Suzumiya."

Let’s ignore why Taniguchi told Suzumiya his heart-wrenching words. Those flashing characters at the end don’t look like characters that would appear in Suzumiya: The Legend of Suzumiya.

It looks more like an existence in some Western fantasy works, and Quan Fang also expected it.

"Huh?" However, she suddenly thought of something strange and made a confused sound.

"In that case, what form will this linkage take?" If it were an ordinary RPG, the elements of linkage with animation would be very low. Although Izumi has played some linkage games.

However, in most cases, this linkage is very subtle. For example, if it is linked to a pizza shop, a pizza box shield will appear in the game, and if it is linked to a well-known virtual idol, a one-handed sword made of green onions will appear. .

If it was this type of linkage, Izumi would have been able to buy the work with tears in his eyes, and then put the work in a cabinet for sacrifice.

"Of course it's Taniguchi. Shouldn't you understand it after watching the released animation?" Yuri Kosaka asked a little strangely. He wondered why Izumi had already guessed that Taniguchi would be a game linkage in the end. The character appears.

"Sure enough, Taniguchi. Although there are some speculations, but...well, is it true that Taniguchi is the protagonist as those people said on the Internet?" Izumi looked very confused. After all, a linkage is a linkage. If the linkage character is Taniguchi, It's very confusing if it's such a delicate position.

If it were Suzumiya and Nagato, she would have the confidence to finish it with enthusiasm even if it was a rotten shit. Kyon, Koizumi, it might be a bit strange to say this, but you can still give it a try.

But when it comes to Taniguchi and Kunikida's situation, even Izumi Matakata is confused about whether he can really have the motivation to pass the level.

"Well, can I ask in what form Taniguchi will appear?" Normally, Izumi Fata doesn't want to ask more in-depth, but if she doesn't ask clearly, she feels that she will definitely be entangled for a long time, and she ponders for a while. Then I chose to ask.

"Hmm... It doesn't seem impossible, so let me tell you here. Taniguchi will appear as an optional profession for players." Yuri Kosaka thought for a while and felt that this should not be a spoiler, so he prepared The setting added to Dark Souls is revealed.

"Eh?! Is Taniguchi actually a profession?" Izumi Nokata, who originally thought that Taniguchi would appear as an NPC, was stunned for a moment and looked very surprised.

"Of course. As we all know, common professions include warriors, mages, knights, thieves, Jews, etc., so it is normal to add Taniguchi." "No, no, no, Jews are not considered common professions anyway. "Isn't it common? Well, then just think of it as an uncommon profession." "That doesn't seem to be the point, Teacher Yuri..." Quan Zifang seemed a little unable to complain. Even she couldn't. I can't understand what such a linkage is.

Although she has not played the actual game, her heart has turned red for this game.

The desperate thing is that she is indeed a loyal fan of the Suzumiya series. Even though a huge red alarm has sounded in her heart, if the game is really released, she will definitely buy it and play it.

"Ah, I'm about to get off here. Do you have any last questions?" After chatting with Izumi Fata for some time, Kosaka Yuri looked at the platform and prepared to go out.

"I have nothing to ask since I became a professional in Taniguchi. Oh, forget it, see you next time." Izumi Matakata looked a little hard to accept. Although she said she asked some things, she didn't ask anything. It was very different from what she thought.

She had a very strong premonition that in three months she would be sitting in tears in her living room playing a linked shit game.

Looking back, her father once watched "Gundam the Dentist" because it had the name Gundam in it. It was a long TV series with more than 100 episodes.

The plot has nothing to do with Gundam, nor does it have anything to do with dentists. Fengyunlu is only slightly related to it. It is a very nonsensical unit comedy.

Gundam Dentist is just a background setting for the protagonist, a dentist who likes Gundam.

However, the screenwriter may have forgotten about it later, or it may have been because the ratings were not very good, so he started to let himself go. The plot ranged from a short story about parents to jumping off a cliff at eight o'clock.

Fang's father purely relied on his love for Gundam and believed that Gundam fans must watch all works with Gundam in their names, so he just watched the TV series.

"Well, see you next time." After waving his hand in Izumi's direction, Kosaka Yuri walked out of the tram door and headed towards his home.

"Well, please wait." Just when Kosaka Yuri was about to leave, a voice suddenly appeared behind him, stopping him from leaving.

"Who are you?" Kosaka Yuri looked at the boy who called him with some confusion. He was sure that he didn't know him.

"Hey, Takasaka, it's too rude to call someone out like this. I'm sorry, Mr. Yuri, for bothering you." Behind the man, his companion pushed the man's head down, and at the same time, he bowed his head to Takasaka and expressed My own apology.

"That's okay, but what are you doing to stop me? Do you want an autograph?" Yuri Kosaka noticed that the two people were on the train just now.

The two people inside just heard the conversation between him and Quan Zifang, so they guessed.

"I am Mashiro Takashi, and this guy is my partner, Takagi Akito. As a team, the two of us are submitting articles on Weekly Shonen Jump. I hope to hear your opinions." Mashiro Takashi said while picking up a piece of paper from a stack of paper bags. Li took out the manuscript and handed it to Yuri Kosaka.

"Huh? Is it okay to hand me the manuscript?" Yuri Kosaka looked quite surprised. Although he was barely a famous cartoonist, he was not an editor. Mashiro Takami's behavior of handing over the manuscript directly surprised him.

Chapter 12 Views on Comics

"It doesn't matter, this is a manuscript that has been rejected." Mashiro Takashi looked a little discouraged. This was a comic he drew in collaboration with Takagi Akito next to him. He was the main drawer, and the other side was the storyboard.

Unfortunately, although they entered and passed the preliminary round, they were defeated in the top 8. They did not win any prizes and had no chance to debut, which made them very discouraged.

That's why Mashiro Supreme came to find Yuri Kosaka at this time, mainly because he wanted to objectively listen to comments from someone with a certain weight.

Editors can't do it, because the editor he's been interacting with these past few times has been the same person, and that person is very optimistic about their combination, and he's afraid that they'll give up drawing comics if he's too harsh. He said it very implicitly.

When it comes to the final summary, the future is promising, you can go to the next level, don't give up, and other words that will make them feel better but cannot solve the problem.

"You're not selected... But you're not selected, so it's better not to ruin the original manuscript too much." After all, Kosaka Yuri is also an insider, although most or all of the time, he lets the drawing machine automatically draw. But he also knew how much energy it took for ordinary people to draw comics. He shook his head and took the other person's paper bag, smoothed it over and put the original manuscript back again.

"You're right, this is half of my hard work!" Seeing Yuri Kosaka put the manuscript back, Akito Takagi on the side also breathed a sigh of relief and complained to Mashiro Supreme.

It's not that he objected to showing the manuscript to Yuri Kosaka, it was just that the environment near the subway entrance was not conducive and it was easy to mess up the manuscript.

Even though they only made it to the top 8, this is the first time their group has passed the first draft of a comic, and it is also a monumental work for him.

"Although I'm not from Weekly Shonen Jump, I should be considered your senior. Let's go to the coffee shop in front and chat." Yuri Kosaka put the paper bag back into the arms of the tallest man in Mashiro, and then led them to the subway not far away. Walking to a coffee shop.

The two people behind looked at each other, nodded, and followed Yuri Kosaka into the coffee shop.

"What do you want to drink?" "It's up to you." "I'm up to you." "Then let's have two cappuccinos, an iced Dr. Pepper, and this pancake and raspberry pie. ." Since the two of them didn't seem to want to take the initiative to order, Yuri Kosaka looked at the menu, ordered a few foods according to his own taste, and walked to an empty seat beside him to sit down.

Although this shop is a coffee shop, it does not only sell coffee drinks like other shops. Even Coke, Sprite and Dr. Pepper will be served after you ask for it. Kosaka Yuri comes here quite frequently.

"Dr. Pepper?" "Why Dr. Pepper?" "Do you think genius cartoonists have any quirks?" "Shh, keep your voice down." Under normal circumstances, Kosaka Yuri would have no problem drinking Dr. Pepper. After all, pepper Dr. is just an ordinary carbonated drink.

But at the coffee shop, after ordering two cups of coffee for them, he chose Dr. Pepper, which confused Mashiro Takahiro and Takagi Akito.

The only explanation is that common problem in urban legends that is unique to genius cartoonists, referred to as genius quirks.

"I heard it." "Ah, sorry, sorry, um, can you please take a look now." Although the two people's voices were very soft, after all, they were so close, and it was impossible for Yuri Kosaka not to hear it, Mashiro The Supreme apologized and handed him the manuscript again.

This time, Kosaka Yuri did not refuse. He sat in his seat and picked up the original manuscript of the comic and began to read it one by one.

"Your Dr. Pepper, coffee, pancakes and pie. If you need anything else, please call me." Halfway through, a waiter brought over what Yuri Kosaka ordered and handed Dr. Pepper to Yuri Kosaka very naturally. In front of Li, he placed two cups of coffee in front of the other two people.

There was no hesitation at all.

"He's a regular customer." "Definitely a regular customer." The waiter's actions without a trace of hesitation convinced Mashiro Takahiro and Takagi Akito that it was definitely not the same day that Yuri Kosaka chose Dr. Pepper as a drink in the coffee shop, otherwise the waiter was giving the drink When it was delivered, I would definitely hesitate to whom to give it to.

"If you're worried about what I drink, you might as well drink your own coffee." "Sorry!" "I'm so sorry!" Yuri Kosaka looked at the manuscript without looking back, and said to the two people opposite him while flipping through the manuscript. This caused the two people opposite to immediately apologize and pick up the cappuccinos placed in front of them.

"Well, how do you feel?" Yuri Kosaka watched about half of the time

At that moment, Zhen Chenggong couldn't hold it any longer and asked softly.

"Well, if I want to talk about my first impression after reading this... it's a short story." "Huh?" "What's wrong with the short story?" Yuri Kosaka's words made Mashiro Takahiro and Takagi Akito very confused. , because this is something that you can know without asking. The comic awards in magazines usually are for short stories, which is very normal.

"No, let me put it another way. Although this work of yours is a short story, it gives me the feeling that I want to make it into a medium-length novel." "Is this a short story of a medium-length novel?" "That way, It does seem a bit..." When Kosaka Yuri said this, Mashiro Takahiro and Takagi Akito were stunned for a moment at the same time, frowning and starting to think.

"The villain you set up in this work is a huge computer that determines the status of human beings, and then there are a bunch of fighters who resist the robots, and the protagonist holds a lightsaber. They are all quite royal settings, but..." Kosaka Yuri thought for a while and expressed his thoughts.

"If you ask me to evaluate it, this work is unqualified as a short story." "Unqualified?! Why, the editor also gave a pretty good evaluation." "Hey, Supreme, calm down." Kosaka Yu Ri's comments made Mashiro Takashi a little excited, and then he was calmed down by Takagi Akito.

"How should I put it? I can understand why your editor said it's not bad. This not bad must be based on the medium-length novel. If you can continue to serialize it and reveal the plot step by step, it may indeed become a not bad novel. Comics, but what you drew is a short story..." Kosaka Yuri did not continue, leaving the two of them to think, splitting a piece of raspberry pie with a fork and putting it into his mouth.

"I see, I understand what you mean. Indeed, if we look at the works competing for awards as short stories, I can understand why we failed." Takagi Akito, who is in charge of the plot, almost understands what Yuri Kosaka means.

If you are a popular cartoonist, there will definitely be no problem in drawing this kind of opening painting, because he is popular and everyone will look forward to the subsequent plot.

But if it is a work for a newcomer to debut and PK, just the opening foreshadowing will not be able to impress the readers.

Readers may think that this work can be expected, but it is just worth looking forward to. After all, as a new cartoonist, they will have doubts about the follow-up.

On the contrary, comics that have huge conflicts and great highlights from the beginning are more attractive to readers, because there is no need to wait for the follow-up, and readers can feel interesting enough from the very beginning of the plot.

"Sorry, I got excited just now... I can understand some of what you said." After thinking calmly for a while, Mashiro finally understood what Yuri Kosaka said. After all, he came here to hear different opinions. In my opinion, the excitement just now was really not deserved.

"Actually, as long as you do both well, it'll be fine." "What do you mean?" "Teacher Yuri means that we need to make readers find it interesting at the beginning and look forward to the follow-up." "Absolutely, don't you guys have some? Don't you want it? Then I'll eat it." After seeing the two of them saying they didn't need it, Kosaka Yuri picked up a piece of raspberry pie with a fork again and put it into his mouth.

"What, after going around in circles, what you said in the end is not much different from what the editor said." "No, there is still a difference, and it should be higher than the editor's requirements for us." Takagi Akito has almost understood Takasaka What did Yuri say after going around in such a long way?

To put it simply, Yuri Kosaka requires them to compete with short comics in terms of interest while also keeping readers looking forward to medium-length comics.

In this case, if we win the championship in the end, this short comic can be directly converted into a full-length comic and officially serialized.

Chapter 13 Let’s make a trial version first

"Perhaps it would be better for them to submit the manuscript to a youth magazine." After saying goodbye to Mashiro Takahiro and Takagi Akito in the coffee shop, Kosaka Yuri thought about the content of the manuscript he had just read.

The opening chapter is not as attractive as other works, and the plot often seems to want to be more profound.

For example, how miserable are those who are controlled by robots, and the unknown side of those who resist.

But actually every time when this aspect is involved, some surprises will appear after a few simple descriptions to make readers resonate, such as sudden fights and conflicts to dilute the background.