Full-time cartoonist - #111 - Chapter 110 Honorary Chess Player

I understood how powerful Fujiwara Sawei was and thought about spending time with him.

Shindo Hikari was devastated.

It was because I was too selfish and always thought about playing chess on my own that caused Zuo Wei to disappear.

Compared with Zuo Wei, he is too small.

“It would be better to let Zuo Wei do it than me!”

“All! All! All!”

“I don’t want to play chess! I’ll never say I want to play chess again!”

With tears streaming down his face, Shindo Hikari collapsed and shouted:

“God! Please! Let time go back to the beginning! Back to the moment when I met Zuo Wei!”

“Let’s turn back time!”

Looking around, everything is very quiet.

Xiaoguang sobbed sadly.

…

Odagiri saw the latest episode and was moved.

He had scolded Xiaoguang before, but he didn’t feel Zuo Wei’s mood.

But in the recent plot, I felt Xiaoguang’s feelings for Zuo Wei.

Deep and mellow, it made him feel the same.

Especially in one plot, after Xiaoguang won the chess game, he subconsciously called Zuo Wei’s name, but realized that he had disappeared, showing a sad expression.

It is always easy to touch people unintentionally, and it almost made Odagiri shed tears.

There are also moments when the true feelings of the ancient chess record room are revealed, and the search for help is fruitless, and the emotions that have been suppressed for several days burst out.

When Xiaoguang screamed “I will never play chess again” at the top of his lungs, Odagiri cried with Xiaoguang, his eyes red.

“The evil bird Akino!”

At that year’s book signing, the image of a gentle older brother left by Tori Akino Mirai on him was gone forever, and he turned into a ruthless and emotionless author.

“If I see Tori Akino again, I will give him a good scolding.”

At this moment, the phone rang.

Odagiri wiped his eyes, regained his energy, and answered the phone.

“I have a work arrangement and I would like to ask your opinion.” It was a teacher from the chess academy.

“Speaking.”

“You must know Mirai Tori Akino-sensei, because of his outstanding contribution to “Soul of Chess”, the Chess Academy decided to award him an award and the title of Honorary Chess Player. I would like to invite you to play a game of chess with him as an event arrangement. I don’t know what you think?”

“I will definitely go! Or rather, please let me go!” Odagiri said firmly, “Toriakino-sensei, I have long wanted to see him again and thank him.”

“Well, I just said you would think so, and I will tell you the specific time next time.”

“Trouble.”

After hanging up the phone, Odagiri couldn’t suppress his excitement.

“I can see Tori Akino-sensei again!”

Suddenly, he slapped himself.

“If you call me teacher in private, you don’t know what to call me when you meet…”

“You also said you would scold him severely, Odagiri, you are too cowardly!”

…

Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department.

Many people are busy.

Because of the serialization of “Level E”, the atmosphere has finally returned to the past.

Busy and harmonious.

After finishing other things and finally getting the jump on track, Nobuhiko Horie asked Sasaki:

“How are the sales of the fourth volume of “Soul of Chess”?”

Sasaki said: “The first edition printed 500,000 copies, and the second edition printed 200,000 copies. There are still 100,000 copies in stock that have not been sold.”

“One hundred thousand volumes?” Horie Nobuhiko’s face turned cold. “So much inventory has been accumulated. I was not willing to help you become a Buddha in the first place, but you and Tori Akino insisted on going your own way, and now there is indeed a problem.”

“The average sales volume of the first three volumes was around 900,000. Now it has dropped to 600,000, a direct reduction of one-third. How should we bear such a huge loss?”

Works that are serialized in comic magazines and have successful results will be arranged into radio dramas and animated.

These are all for better sales.

How much money can a magazine make?

But now, income is affected.

“When a work is published in a business magazine,” says Nobuhiko Horie, “the work does not belong to the author alone, and you should understand that.”

Sasaki made no excuses, “What I see is Tori Akino’s future. He will become the backbone of Jump in the future.”

“What I see is now!” Nobuhiko Horie slapped the table and said: “The positive performance of “Spirit of the Game” has dropped to seventh place, lasting for 4 issues. Looking at it now, it has become a second-rate work.”

“I’m sorry,” Sasaki said, lowering his head and admitting his mistake.

Horie Nobuhiko’s expression softened, “You know I value you very much, so don’t let me down. Togashi-sensei and Watsuki-kun, you are doing a great job, please keep working hard.”

Sasaki nodded, “Yes, editor-in-chief.”

Nobuhiko Horie waved his hand, and when Sasaki turned to leave, he added another sentence.

“It seems that Tori Akino is also a thorn in the future. If he makes any bad decisions, you have to tell me in time.”

“……yes.”

Sasaki closed the door and went out.

…

With the advancement of the latest plot of the manga, Xiaoguang’s longing for Sawei and his own troubles finally made some readers begin to understand Shindo Hikaru.

They are angry that a child is ignorant, which is a ridiculous thing in itself.

Compared to other fifteen-year-old students, Xiaoguang is already very mature.

Thinking about what he said before, he didn’t do anything wrong.

Ogata Seiji 9th Dan was drunk, and Xiaoguang took the risk to let Saweinou, the top powerhouse of the contemporary era, play a game of chess.

The “Two Days and One Night” event was over, and Xiaoguang was very sleepy when he returned home. Zuo Wei still insisted on playing chess, and Xiaoguang played chess with Zuo Wei despite his sleepiness.

Very few people can do this.

And judging from the performance of the comics, Xiaoguang is more painful than the readers when Zuo Wei leaves.

All these finally make the readers rational.

“Tori Akino-sensei’s drawing is very reasonable.”

“I still want to watch “The Soul of Chess”.”

“The fateful showdown between Shindo Hikaru and Taya Ryo should happen soon. Who will lose and who will win?”

“When will the “Hand of God” appear? “

The foreshadowing made before has aroused the curiosity of the readers.

Therefore, due to the power of the latest episode of “Soul of the Game”, on Friday, what surprised Nobuhiko Horie:

“Xiao Zheng is fourth in “Soul of Chess”?”

His eyes widened, “Can “Soul of Chess” be brought back to life?”

…

The second season of “Soul of Chess” has already reached its third episode.

It is indeed a hit. Tetsuya Endo thought that the ratings would decline, but unexpectedly it stabilized at 14%, making it the highest-rated anime in this quarter.

It’s a real win.

He thinks it is because readers want to see Zuowei again when he was still alive.

So I didn’t give up on cartoons.

This relieved him.

The big stone in my heart can finally fall to the ground.

He turned around and continued working on the second season.

When he came to the recording studio, he looked at the simple animation being played.

He said to the production person next to him:

“Please invite the voice actors of the three characters, Asumi Nanase, Yoshitaka Watsuya, and Shinichiro Ikkaku, to come in.”

“yes.”

These three are the main plot characters in the Chess Academy of “Chess Soul”.

Nase, a beautiful girl with long legs, has less plot. He Gu and Yi Jiao are very powerful and will appear many times in subsequent content.

The production manager notified the three voice actors.

Soon a woman, two men and three people came in.

They bowed first and said hello to the staff.

Then arrange people to go into the recording studio.

“Eh?” Endo Tetsuya was surprised, “Nase Asumi’s voice actress, Higashino Mei… has the same last name as Tori Akino-sensei.”

However, it is very common in Japan to have the same surname, so he didn’t care, shook his head and passed.