Full-time cartoonist - #130 - Chapter 129 Xiangbei vs Lingnan! (Title is back)

In the cold wind, Tetsuya Endo bid farewell to Hibiki Higashino. Finally he remembered and forgot to ask about the short story “The Soul of the Game”.

“Forget it, I’ll ask you later. However,” he sighed, looking at the taxi’s taillights, “it’s great to be young. The older I get, the less motivated I am.”

Shaking his head, he went back to the box.

…

Higashino Mei lives in an apartment near the Blue Sky Voice Actor Office. Because it is a bustling road, she lives with other female voice actors to save on rent.

Higashino Hibiki took a look downstairs in the apartment. It looked better than his teachers’ dormitory.

The apartment at Musashino Art University is an old house and has had a musty smell in the past two days.

It’s time for the dehumidifier Oda bought originally.

“Time flies so fast,” Hibiya Hibiki looked at Mei, “You have grown up.”

He took out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Mei Higashino, “The password is my mother’s birthday. I planned to give it to her next time. You can take it and use it first. It will be better for yourself.”

Yayi shook her head, “I can’t accept it.”

“Asahina must be here, you’re sorry. What are we two brothers and sisters so polite about?”

Hibiki stuffed his bank card into Mei’s pocket like a relative stuffing a red envelope.

“Don’t be reluctant to use it,” Higashino Hibiki said again with concern, “To be honest, I don’t know what to do with my royalties. If you use it, I will be very happy.”

Higashikata Hibiki said so, Mei Yi could only nod in agreement.

She did not rush upstairs, but waved goodbye to Hibiki Higashikata.

On the way back to school, Higashino Hibiki said to Asahina: “If it were an animation produced by you, would Mei be the main voice actor?”

Asahina nodded, “Yeah.”

Dong Yexiang fell silent and stopped talking.

Some time ago, he searched for Anno Hideaki’s development trajectory and came up with an idea.

However, the “Slam Dunk” comic is still at its most critical moment, so we will make a decision after some time.

…

On April 1st, there were really a lot of cherry blossoms in Musashino. When Hibiki was walking on the road, cherry blossoms were falling everywhere.

It is in line with the artistic identity of the University of Fine Arts.

Hibiki took a deep breath and felt the fragrance of flowers in the air.

“Ah sneeze!”

He sneezed suddenly and burst into tears.

Akimiya Akemi, who was wearing a mask next to her, handed him a piece of paper and a mask.

“Beware of hay fever.”

There are many cedar and cypress trees planted in Tokyo. In spring, when the flowering season of these trees comes, pollen is everywhere in the air, which can be easily inhaled into the mouth and induce hay fever.

Hibiki Higashino was fine last year, but this year he suddenly developed this disease for some unknown reason.

“Thank you, Teacher Akimiya.” Hibiki took the toilet paper and mask, wiped his tears, blew his nose, and felt much better after putting on the mask.

No wonder Japanese people like to wear masks.

“It’s spring again, and it feels like a year has passed in just two days.” Hibiki Higashikata sighed as he looked at the new students.

Akimiya Akemi touched her face and became worried, “I feel the same way. Will I get old soon?”

“Being with Miss Akimiya will make me happy when I grow old.”

“If you think so now, when I get really old, I’m afraid I will have another idea.”

Hibiki Higashino understood her worries, but instead of comforting her, he said seriously: “Our age gap is about the same as the average age of death for men and women in Japan. When we get old and go together, no one will be alone.”

Akimiya Akemi was stunned for a moment and said “Yeah.”

…

After welcoming the new students, Hibiki Higashino returned to the dormitory without taking any classes and started drawing comics.

Oda and Tanaka were waiting for him in the dormitory, but they had already started working.

Hibiki looked behind Oda for a while and found that he was drawing a background picture. It was Sakuragi Hanamichi’s first appearance. Among the crowd on the stage was a boy with a straw hat, smiling like an idiot and raising his arms in cheers.

“Huh?” Dongye Xiang said in surprise.

Oda asked: “Is there any problem?”

“No,” Hibiki Higashino shook his head, “I think you’ve made a lot of progress. I’m afraid you’ll be able to serialize comics in less than a year and a half.”

“Eh? Really?” Oda asked excitedly.

He has been looking forward to the day when it will be officially serialized.

“Really,” Hibiki nodded.

A few days ago, Hibiki Higashino heard him say: “Jump’s logo is obviously a pirate head, but there are no pirate-themed comics. I want to draw a work based on pirate comics.”

I’m afraid it won’t take long, by this time next year, Oda will almost have the idea.

Akira Toriyama, the second jump character, will appear soon.

The performance of “Slam Dunk” has not yet exploded.

“Oda-kun, you are so awesome.” Tanaka glanced at him enviously.

Oda complimented him and said, “Tanaka-san’s painting style is also very unique.”

Hibiki Higashino has seen Tanaka’s paintings, which are very immersive styles.

Although it is dark, damp, sad and other negative senses.

But if he can take advantage of this, he will become a great cartoonist in the future.

“No, no, I don’t dare to expect so much. I’m already very happy now.” Tanaka grinned.

Higashino Hibiki encouraged: “Since I am an assistant, my goal must be to serialize comics. Everyone, please work hard!”

If you occasionally cheer them up, the assistant will work harder and their emotions can be integrated into the passion of the basketball court.

“Yes!” Oda shouted and started his most annoying job of posting network points.

…

On Monday, the friendly match between Lingnan and Xiangbei in “Slam Dunk” has been drawn for three weeks.

Hua Chao feels the charm of this work more and more.

“It’s really amazing, Dongye.”

He saw the fierce competition in basketball from the comic strips and storyboards, with everyone sweating on the court and trying their best to win with great courage!

The charm of basketball is vividly drawn.

“We can definitely make more people love basketball!”

If people can’t like comics like this, he really doesn’t know how to promote basketball.

…

Hua Chao recalled the previous content and connected it to the new chapter.

As soon as the game started, Xiangbei was no match for Lingnan.

Lingnan’s coach Shigeichi Tagoka is very satisfied. At this stage of Shohoku, although Rukawa Kaede has joined, except for Akagi, Shohoku’s other positions are very weak and there is no way to compete with Lingnan.

“Lingnan will enter the national competition this year!”

He was full of confidence.

In the game.

The Xiangbei organization’s frame-breaking offense was all blocked by Lingnan center Yuzhu Jun, and Xiandao’s offense was also successful every time.

He once faked a layup but passed the ball to his teammates, and once he faked a pass and then made a layup himself, all of Rukawa Kaede’s reactions were predicted.

“Immortal way!”

“Immortal way!”

“Lingnan!”

“Lingnan!”

There was a cheer at the scene! The atmosphere is very lively, everyone is cheering for Lingnan!

Only Rukawa Kaede’s fan girl cheerleader looked very depressed.

Akagi Haruko excitedly invited her good sisters to watch the game together, but unexpectedly it was a one-sided result. She was very worried about Rukawa Kaede and her brother.

In such a cheering environment, I hope it will not affect their fighting spirit.

Before the substitute player of the Shohoku team came on the court, he lowered his head, thinking that Sendō was too strong, Rukawa Kaede was no match for him, and Shohoku could not beat Lingnan.

They didn’t want to watch anymore.

It was now 0:19, and the gap was astonishingly large. However, Shohoku’s coach Anzai Mitsuyoshi did not move at all. He did not stop the game, nor did he stand up to encourage the team. He sat quietly like a giant Buddha.

Xiangbei’s momentum was suppressed miserably, both on the field and in the audience.

Sakuragi Hanamichi was very angry. Instead of cheering, several of his bad friends kept laughing.

He really wants to play now.

Lingnan’s momentum is in full swing, and all players are full of confidence.

On the Shohoku side, when Shohoku’s point guard was organizing the offense, he was frightened by the momentum of Yuzhu Jun and Xiandao, and rashly passed the ball to Kimure Konobu, causing the basketball to be stolen by Lingnan, who quickly counterattacked.

Seeing all this, the supporters of Xiangbei were very disappointed.

“Lingnan is really strong!”

“We are no match at all.”

Shohoku’s substitute players also began to feel discouraged.

However, at this moment, Rukawa Kaede and Akagi Takenori’s momentum was ignited.

When Xiandao wanted to dunk in an alley-oop, Rukawa Kaede jumped up, went around in the air to steal, and quickly broke through Lingnan’s defense and came to the basket. When Xiandao was returning to defense, he jumped up and prepared to shoot.

Sendō jumped up and prepared to intercept. Unexpectedly, Rukawa Kaede feinted and passed the ball to Akagi behind him. Akagi scored a slam dunk!

Thinking of the storyboard on that page, Hua Chao was very moved.

Whether it’s the shots of Kaede Rukawa, Sendō, or Akagi’s slam dunk, everything is full of power, and the use of the lens is simply immersive.

He couldn’t help but think of how moved he was when he dunked for the first time.

This goal was a turning point, breaking through the “0” limit and stabilizing the mentality of other players. Amid the cheers of the audience, Akagi’s rebound and Rukawa Kaede’s coordinated offense were perfect. In the first half, During the time I came down, I recovered a lot of points.

After the first half, the score reached 42:50, and Xiangbei was only eight points behind.

The outcome of this game cannot be determined yet!