Full-time cartoonist - #115 - Chapter 114

“I will inform you about the completion,” Sasaki said.

The current results of “Chess Soul” are ranked in the middle and upper reaches. It should not be completed easily.

But who knows that now is a troubled time.

According to Sasaki, Horie Nobuhiko can no longer stay, and he no longer wants to deal with these messy things.

Taking advantage of this power vacuum, complete “Soul of Chess” before the next editor arrives.

It’s just right.

The deputy editor-in-chief of jump is like this.

To his surprise, Higashino Hibiki said to him: “Please don’t tell anyone yet. I’m just talking to Mr. Sasaki.”

“Huh? Why is this?” Sasaki was surprised, “If a new editor arrives, it won’t be so easy to finish it.”

“I just want the new editor-in-chief to come to me.” Hibiki Higashino said with a smile.

The jump editor-in-chief, the Sixth Generation, is, if nothing else, Kazuhiko Toshima, a guy who values ​​Hibiki Higashino very much.

“It seems you have your own ideas.” Sasaki pushed up his glasses, “I’m curious, but I won’t ask.”

Hibiki nodded, “Yeah, it would be great if Mr. Sasaki is the new editor-in-chief.”

“I’m still far away,” Sasaki remained unmoved. He asked, “Do you have any ideas for the next comic?”

“It’s still a sports event, but I can’t say it yet.” Hibiki Higashino replied.

He wanted a privilege.

…

Next Mon.

Torishima Kazuhiko looked at Jump.

Ever since the latest chapter of Yoshihiro Togashi’s “Level E” was serialized, he began to prepare for the future.

He doesn’t have many cards in hand right now. Gui Zhenghe is used to drawing short stories, and “SHADOW LADY” is still being serialized.

Akira Toriyama will never draw a long series again.

And his deputy editor-in-chief, Takahashi Toshimasa, may not be able to influence Yoshihiro Togashi.

As for Tori Akino’s “The Soul of the Game”, it is a first-rate manga, but it is definitely not a pillar manga.

After thinking about it carefully, he tightened his hair in distress.

Toriyama Kazuhiko calmed down for a while, then called Takahashi Toshimasa and asked him if there were any potential authors there.

Takahashi Toshicho thought for a while, then shook his head under Torishima Kazuhiko’s expectant eyes.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered a cartoonist he was in charge of a few years ago who had poor grades. After working hard for about ten years, he finally serialized Jump under his guidance.

But just after the novice protection period, he was immediately cut in half.

Maybe it was because his last name was Takahashi, or maybe it was because he saw the look in his eyes that didn’t want to give up.

Torishima Kazuhiko said with a bitter face, “The only thing we can do is dig deeper.”

There are definitely talented authors out there, and this will test his ability as a talented writer.

“How is Tori Akino-kun?” Toshicho Takahashi asked, “Is his manga okay?”

Maybe start a new series.

“The recent results have improved,” Torishima Kazuhiko took out a form, “and actually reached fourth place again.”

“Then it can’t be over.” Takahashi Toshicho sighed.

He also admires Tori Akino Mirai very much.

This cartoonist is above the baseline in every ability.

Especially the creativity of stories always makes his eyes shine.

He is also a very good painter. Judging from the degree of showing off his skills in “The Garden of Words”, he is better than ordinary cartoonists.

If it were his new work, it might be able to create miracles.

“Yeah,” Torishima Kazuhiko nodded.

Go is a sport that ordinary people cannot understand, and the degree of intense confrontation involved in sitting quietly is naturally inferior to other sports.

If Akino Tori draws the “baseball” type, he might become the next Mitsuru Adachi.

This is the author who once brought crisis to Jump.

pity……

He lowered his head and thought of the latest episode of “The Soul of Chess”.

…

In the game with Ikaku, Xiaoguang felt the charm of Go again.

There is not much difference in strength between the two sides, and the game becomes more and more interesting in the midst of anxiety.

Xiaoguang’s traps and temptations are always noticed by Yi Jiao.

When the painting style became sharp and fast-paced, Xiaoguang made a move.

This move doesn’t look like he made it, but…

Xiaoguang saw Zuo Wei again. He appeared from behind, holding a folding fan and pointing at the chessboard.

“This is?”

Xiaoguang turned around in shock. Although there was nothing behind him, he was stunned.

After a long time, Xiaoguang suddenly reacted after looking at his right hand playing chess.

…

After Yi Jiao thought hard about playing a game of chess, he found that the opponent had not made a move for a long time.

He looked up and saw that Shindo Hikaru was crying.

The opponent stared at the chessboard, his lips trembled, and tears streaked his cheeks. I felt pity for him.

Xiaoguang finally understood that his move was Zuo Wei’s move.

Xiaoguang thought of Zuo Wei’s moves in the past. If he came to play this game, he must have the same idea as his own.

Tears fell on the chessboard, Xiaoguang said tremblingly: “I found… Zuo Wei who can’t be found anywhere… is here.”

On the chessboard, in his game with others!

Zuo Wei is hiding here.

The only way to meet again is to play chess!

“Zuowei…I…can continue playing chess, right?”

Wiping away tears, but the tears could not be wiped away.

…

“This kind of thinking is really amazing.” Torishima Kazuhiko praised.

“The protagonist can play chess again, which makes the readers like Shindo Hikaru even more without arousing the reader’s disgust. Tori Akino, he is really awesome.”

“Even I wanted to cry after reading this.”

The old fox Torishima Kazuhiko said this.

He was joking, but many people were actually crying.

Shancun Shoudao cried like a child.

Shindo Hikaru finally found Zuo Wei. Although it was different from what he imagined, he was indeed very moved.

Zuo Wei still exists in Shindo Hikaru’s chess game. As long as Shindo Hikaru does not give up playing chess, the mark of Zuo Wei’s existence will not disappear.

This is what inheritance means.

For thousands of years, history has been repeating itself like this. In countless inheritances, Go has developed step by step.

The thickness of the comic has increased.

This romantic feeling made Morimichi Yamamura, a writer of mystery novels, burst into tears.

He picked up his pen and drew up a manuscript.

Thousands of words came out, freely telling my feelings.

This feeling must be passed on to others.

…

On Monday, Hibiki Higashino took the “Yomiuri Shimbun” and saw a post-reading review. Regarding “The Soul of the Game”, the author turned out to be Yamamura Morimichi.

The name is, “The Beauty of Go’s Thousands of Years of Inheritance”.

He started from the “Tezuka Award” banquet and described where he saw a short story.

It’s called “The Soul of Chess”.

Torajiro, who is close to a professional chess player, discovers a soul.

He is Sae Fujiwara, a shogi player from the Heian period.

After being framed and without the skills to make a living, Zuo Wei finally committed suicide in despair.

Torajiro discovered that this soul possessed powerful chess skills that he could not understand.

No matter how much you play chess, you can’t reach this level.

God allows him to meet himself, so the meaning of his existence is to let this soul continue to play chess.

Torajiro became the person who existed for Fujiwara Sawei.

After that, Yamamura changed his mind and talked about Shindo Hikaru.

Compared to Torajiro, Shindo Hikaru, a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, chooses to play chess on his own.

Such a decision made Zuo Wei understand his own meaning.

That is inheritance.

The person who should pursue “God’s hand” is not himself, but the current person.

Xiaoguang inherited Fujiwara Sawei’s tactics and took the first step towards “God’s Hand”.

As a result, Fujiwara Sawei disappeared.

But like countless sages of Go, it can be said that Zuo Wei has not disappeared.

As long as there are still people playing Go, he will still exist.

It exists in the chess records, on the chessboard, purely in the thoughts of the chess players, and in time.

At this time, the comics transcended winning and losing, and magnified into the entire history of Go.

With romance and epicness.

Yamamura Morimichi is very grateful to Tori Akino for being able to see such a comic.

Yamamura Morimichi, created on November 15, 1995, at “Yamamura·Arai Studio”.

Higashino Hibiki held the newspaper, but he didn’t expect Yamamura to sort out “The Soul of Chess”.

It coincides with my own idea of ​​painting “The Soul of Chess”.

I don’t know what Hotta-sensei in the original work thought, but Hibiki Higashino really understood and drew it this way.

“The story of “The Soul of the Game” is complete, except for the game of chess between Shindo Hikaru and Taya Ryo.”

He put on his regular clothes and went to school.

…

“Continue playing chess…” Odagiri touched the newspaper, “Is this what Mr. Higashino Hibiki thinks? “

“Thinking about it carefully, I was enlightened by teacher Hibiki Higashino. In my chess game, I really have his playing methods. “

“Teacher can’t continue to play Go, so let me be active in the chess world, use the teacher’s playing methods, and let “Higashino Hibiki” teacher exist among professional chess players. “

Thanks to Mr. Power for the 200 points reward.