Full-time cartoonist - #344 - Chapter 341 The Pearl of Wisdom is in Bird Qiuye’s Hand

A cartoonist’s book signing is originally a gathering place for like-minded people. Everyone likes his works and is obsessed with his characters. Therefore, when there is a rare opportunity to get together, they will talk quietly.

When these sounds come together, they make a loud noise.

However, the store manager discovered that at Tori Akino’s future autograph signing event, all his fans were silent and their eyes were filled with fire.

There is a force brewing, and at a certain moment, it will explode.

It’s like the earth shaking caused by a volcano erupting and a herd of mammoths running wild.

“This is… not a joke…” the security manager wiped away cold sweat, “I think it would be better to cancel the signing… otherwise… there will be casualties.”

This person is probably Tori Akino Mirai.

The store manager hesitated.

The cell phone in his arms rang.

“Time is up.”

The store manager looked at the security manager.

…

“Yoshida-kun, do you have a girlfriend?”

In the lounge, Higashino Hibiki was bored and asked Yoshida Koji.

Yoshida’s face turned red, “Because both body and mind are used at work…”

“Oh, that means no,” Higashino Hibiki said in the tone of an elder relative, “then you have to hurry up, you can’t wait at your age.”

“Teacher, you are such a good mother-in-law today.” Yoshida said helplessly.

“Really?” Dongye Xiang was in a daze, “I always feel that I should explain something…”

“Do you want to be someone like me in the future?”

“Will he also become a cartoonist? Or an ordinary social worker?”

Dongye Xiang’s mind was divergent and he kept thinking wildly.

“Maybe,” Yoshida looked at Hibiki Higashino and pointed at himself, “under my influence, Xiaofu will become a jump editor.”

“Jump editor…” Hibiki Higashi shook his head, resisting very much, “Then let’s forget it.”

In the future, editors will have no right to demand cartoonists, and they themselves will have to take responsibility for problems in their works. This is a miserable industry.

“Eh?” Yoshida was stunned, “Are you so resistant to editing?” This is my dream. ’

He is depressed.

…

Not long after, the time came and the store manager came to inform Higashino Hibiki to prepare to enter the store.

His expression was hesitant, as if he had something to say.

Koji Yoshida took great strides and walked out first.

The store manager’s words were stuck in his throat.

“Tori Akino-sensei, thank you for your hard work.” He said this with true feelings.

“It’s just a book signing,” Hibiki Higashino said with a smile, “I’m very experienced.”

“This time is different from before.”

“What’s the difference…”

Dongye Xiang went out and saw the readers outside the venue, and he paused for a moment.

He broke into a cold sweat and wanted to retreat, but there was no way to retreat.

…

“That must be Tori Akino.”

“Looks quite young.”

“After all, he is a cartoonist who started creating in high school.”

“That means you can start with confidence?” someone said.

Everyone immediately focused their attention on him, with expressions of surprise and uncertainty, “Isn’t that true?”

He wondered: “Eh? Don’t you have this idea?”

“No, no.” So the person shook his head repeatedly.

“Don’t mess around,” a strong man said, “I don’t want Bird Akino to stop publishing.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

…

Higashikata sat on a chair, feeling the anger of many people.

If he has a negative energy system, he might have a good harvest.

If he died, what would Mr. Toriyama and the others think?

Or……

Without even a moment mourning the death of Mirai Tori Akino, Hirohiko Araki rushed to the scene immediately.

“Teacher, calm down.” Yoshida whispered, “I looked carefully and there are only one out of ten people who want to beat you.”

Oh, that means there are a thousand people here who want to beat themselves up?

Doesn’t that mean he’s going to be beaten into minced meat?

It wasn’t until a circle of security personnel surrounded him that Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief.

The time came to ten o’clock, and the organizer announced that the autograph session would officially begin.

…

The readers lined up and handed the single volume of “Madoka” to Yoshida Koji one by one, and Yoshida handed it to Hibiki Higashino.

Ten minutes passed and everything went smoothly, as if there were no problems.

Higashi Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief.

That is to say, it is just a comic, so it is not illegal.

In fact, readers also like “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”. Although it is a tragedy, it is no wonder that it makes people sad and shed tears, but at the same time, these parts are indispensable to “Madoka Magica”.

They like “Madoka” and can accept the progressively depressing plot.

The tone of the work is demonstrated from the death of Tomoe Asami.

“Teacher, please give Sayaka a good ending.”

Dong Yexiang heard someone say in a deep voice.

This book signing was unlike “Slam Dunk” where readers excitedly told Hibiki which character and plot they liked.

Instead, he remained silent and left after getting the signature.

Horribly depressing.

Someone spoke, and Higashikata breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his head and looked at the reader, “This is the plot that has been determined since the drawing of “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”…”

“I’m sorry,” he apologized, “for embarrassing you.”

…

After that, people started talking one after another.

“Tori Akino, you must have a crush on Naoko Takeuchi, otherwise you wouldn’t have painted the magical girl as a dark and disabled person.”

No physical attacks, some people use psychological attacks.

“You drew Sailor Moon when you serialized “Slam Dunk”, and now you draw a magical girl comic. It’s really Sima Zhao’s heart – everyone knows it.”

“I dare not confess my feelings, so I can only express my feelings in my works.”

“poor thing.”

Hibiki Higashino feels like he has become Jiang Nan, the author of “Dragon Clan”.

Readers were angry because “Dragon” was unfinished and Lu Mingfei had not grown up, so they made fun of Jiang Nan’s senior sister who he loved but disliked.

But Akino Tori’s crime doesn’t end there in the future.

I’m saying, Jiangnan is true.

Mirai Tori Akino likes Takeuchi Naoko, which is completely baseless rumor.

Hibiki Higashino knew that the readers knew the ins and outs and just wanted to make himself angry about this matter.

…

“Teacher, please continue to draw like this.”

Some people will encourage and support Hibiki Higashino.

“If the work is modified due to external pressure, it will no longer be “Madoka”. Please continue painting according to your own ideas.”

“Well, thank you.” Dongye Xiang raised his head and said.

“Teacher, you draw very well.”

“I like Madoka very much, although everyone says she is cowardly, can’t do anything, and has never transformed into a magical girl. But I think Madoka is the last hope of this comic. If she is knocked down by reality, When you become a magical girl, your last hope is gone.”

“I really like your work, teacher. It took me so long to create it.”

“Please come on!”

This made Dongye Xiang feel much more comfortable.

Those who criticize me are a small group of people, but everyone supports me.

“I’m from the teacher’s side.”

There was a cute voice. Hibiki looked up and found that it was Katsura Hoshino.

“Hello, Mr. Hoshino.”

“Teacher,” Hoshino Katsura pursed his lips, “Although I am sad, Sayaka’s story, Sakura Kyoko’s story…but, I like Teacher very much, so I can’t be angry.”

Reading Tori Akino Mirai’s comics has become a habit of Katsura Hoshino.

Before she met Tori Akino, she was learning the comic skills in “Soul of Chess” and “Slam Dunk”.

That was also the spiritual food for her during her school days.

“Thank you, it’s very helpful to me.” Higashi Hibiki said with a smile, “But please don’t say such things in front of my wife, she really loves me.”

“It’s the kind of love I have for my teacher,” Hoshino Katsura stamped his foot.

“I’m just kidding,” Higashino Hibiki handed her the single volume, “You should take some rest at ordinary times.”

“I got it.”

Hoshino Katsura waved his hand and said goodbye to Higashino Hibiki.

…

“Because of teacher, I am also drawing a magical girl plot.”

This sentence made Hibiki Higashi very concerned, “Are you… Teacher Jin Kobayashi?”

“Ah?” Xiao Lin Jin exclaimed, his eyes widened in disbelief, “The teacher also knows about me!”

“The author of “The King of Campus Confusion”, right? I like this comic very much.”

“It really caught me off guard,” Xiao Linjin pulled his cheek, “It hurts so much.”

“It’s probably not a dream. The teacher I admire actually likes my comics.”

Hibiki Higashino said: “Because the characters in “Campus Confusion King” are flesh and blood, and the plot is also very funny.”

“Which character does the teacher like?” Kobayashi Jin approached Higashino Hibiki and asked in a low voice.

“Sawakon Airi.” Hibiki Higashino said, “The eldest lady is very charming and has a girlish heart.”

“Understood.” Xiao Lin nodded.

“So?” Hibiki Higashino asked unexpectedly, “Can Airi Sachin become the heroine?”

“Of course not,” Xiao Linjin said, “How can you be so messy!”

Yoshida, who was listening in, nodded. Sure enough, cartoonists are very serious about their works.

“What I mean is,” Xiao Linjin narrowed his eyes, “Teacher’s “Madoka” makes me feel very uncomfortable, and I have to do something to repay you.”

Yoshida almost fell down when he heard this.

Xiao Linjin laughed and left.

“What a weirdo.” Yoshida complained.

“Yoshida-kun,” Hibiki Higashino smiled slightly, holding on to his wisdom, “Actually, my favorite character is Tsukamoto Yakumo.”

“Teacher, you are a child too!”

…

Noon break.

While having lunch, Yoshida was eating a lunch box from a convenience store, thinking of the subsequent plot of “Madoka” and feeling complicated.

“Teacher, everyone likes “Madoka” very much.”

Whether they were encouraging Tori Akino or speaking harshly, Yoshida understood from their expressions that these people were all immersed in the story of “Madoka” and could not extricate themselves.

I sincerely love the works created by Tori Akino.

But after “Madoka”…

It’s getting darker.

Can these people stand it?

“Is this a green pepper? Well, it tastes terrible.” Hibiki picked the vegetables in the lunch box, “It has a bitter taste. Let’s make it for the future.”

“teacher!”

“Um?”

“I just said…”

“I heard it,” Higashino Hibiki waved his hand, asking Yoshida to stop, “I like “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” and I have the same mood as them, do you understand?”

Keep painting, go deeper into the darkness, and the light that finally blooms will be dazzling.

Modifying the plot of “Madoka” for the sake of the readers would be ruining the readers’ reading experience.

…

After half an hour, the autograph session will continue.

There was an endless stream of people participating. After three hours of busy work, the queue did not shrink much.

“I didn’t expect that there are so many readers who like Puella Magi Madoka Magica.”

Yoshida did some mental calculations and knew the results of “Madoka”.

When he first saw that Tori Akino’s new work was about magical girls, he gave Madoka a death sentence.

Even for Tori Akino Mirai, the average single volume of “Madoka” is only about 500,000 at most.

but now……

“I’m still too immature.” Yoshida shook his head.

The time came to six o’clock in the afternoon, and the event finally ended.

Calculated intermittently, there must be tens of thousands of signed books.

“It was an eye-opener.”

The store manager came over and handed me a bottle of mineral water.

“Thank you.” Dong Yexiang nodded and drank half the bottle of water in one gulp.

During the signing, he didn’t waste any time. He didn’t drink any water and was very thirsty.

“As expected of the manga artist Tori Akino, I haven’t seen so many readers participating in this event for a long time.”

“It’s a comic after all.” Higashino cleared his throat.

After the event, he went home directly.

…

“Isn’t today the book signing event for “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”?”

Yoshihiro Togashi was playing games when he suddenly remembered something and said to Naoko Takeuchi, “Aren’t you going to participate?”

“Forget it, you can’t interfere with Tori Akino’s creation.” Naoko Takeuchi replied.

“The future of Madoka will be even more exciting,” Togashi said.

For him, unexpected plots are wonderful plots.

Most comics have the same content and are very boring.

As an old man, he could figure out the rest of the story after reading the beginning, but he was too lazy to read any further.

Only unexpected plots can cheer him up.

That’s what Puella Magi Madoka Magica is.

Just like the previous “Death Note”.

“It doesn’t matter,” Naoko Takeuchi gritted her teeth, “Magical girls also need diversity.”

Togashi joked, “There will be people following suit soon.”

…

“This is a new issue of comics participating in the serialization meeting.”

Several editors stood together, very interested in a stack of storyboards.

“That’s right, it’s just not as good as before. There are no comics that make people shine.” Ping Jijiu pinched his chin, wondering.

“Let me take a look,” Koji Yoshida flipped through the storyboards and looked at them one by one.

“This is… “Magical Girl Duel”?”

Until he saw a cartoon that stunned him.

He opened it and looked at it carefully.

“The general content is that 24 magical girls engage in a dark battle, and only one will survive in the end…”

“Among them, the reason why I chose to transform into a magical girl:

Some turn into magical girls to take revenge because of school bullying;

Some were violated by male teachers and decided to enter darkness;

There are those who were abandoned by their boyfriends from beginning to end…

This comic has no positive meaning at all. It is completely extreme and dark content. In other words, it is a work full of gimmicks.

The most important thing is that this is a follow-up work of “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”! “

“Team leader,” Koji Yoshida looked at the bottle and complained loudly, “Can such a work be serialized?”