Full-time cartoonist - #52 - Chapter 52 Animation Festival

After the two people left, Hibiki put away the contract and did not go back to continue drawing comics. Instead, he looked at Yuko Asahina, who had a blush on her face.

Noticing Higashino Hibiki’s gaze, she lowered her head in panic, not daring to look directly at him.

“I seem to understand a little bit.” Hibiki Higashino walked up to Yuko Asahina and stared playfully at Tetsuya Endo’s business card that she held tightly in her hand.

“Asahina-san’s attitude toward me changed when she learned that I was Tori Akino Mirai.”

While circling around Asahina Yuko, Higashino Hibiki expressed his guess.

“Whether it’s bringing lunch or moving into Yoshihara-so, it’s all because of my status as an author, right? “

Although it was a question, Higashino Hibiki firmly believed in his guess, and sure enough, Yuko Asahina nodded secretly.

Looking sideways at Higashino Hibiki, she found that he was staring at her closely, and quickly looked away.

“There’s just one thing I’m curious about,” Hibiki Higashino noticed that she had reacted, and became even more interested, as if she was possessed by Detective Conan. After unraveling the cocoon bit by bit, he expressed his doubts, “From the time I moved into the dormitory, It’s been a month, why haven’t you done anything?”

“I…” Asahina Yuko opened her mouth and whispered: “Higashino-kun is very busy, I am embarrassed to interrupt. And…”

“And what?”

“I don’t know what to do.” Yuko Asahina raised her head and pushed her long black hair from her chest to behind her ears. “After Higashino-kun refused to bring a lunch box, I felt like I was troubled by Higashino-kun. I always think about things before and after. . I was struggling and hesitating, and just like that, May arrived in a daze.”

Higashino Hibiki wanted to laugh a little. Looking at the very cold Asahina classmate, it turned out that he was just a social phobic.

“Then please speak up now.”

“July 20th,” Yuko Asahina spoke faster, “I want to participate in the “Tokyo Student Animation Festival”, please help me, Higashino-kun. “

On July 20, “Tokyo Student Animation Festival”, Hibiki Higashino had seen its poster in Nagoya. Thanks to his strong memory, Yuko Asahina didn’t need to explain it.

It is an event held to discover animation talents.

“What do you want me to do?”

“I want a good story,” Asahina Yuko said faintly: “The animation I drew is very bad, please wait.”

After finishing speaking, he didn’t wait for Higashi Hibiki to stop him. She held up the hem of her white skirt and ran to the second floor. Soon after, she walked down with difficulty holding the ld laser disc player and the laser disc.

Higashino Hibiki rushed forward and held the DVD player in his arms.

Such a good thing, I’m really worried that she accidentally broke it.

When he was a child, his family was poor and he had never used such high-end equipment. Now he felt a little bit happy.

After studying for a long time, he finally turned his attention to Asahina.

Higashino Hibiki stepped forward, and under Asahina’s eyes, he snatched a disc that was similar in size to a vinyl record.

The device quickly connected to the TV, inserted the disc, and started reading.

Very simple tool, similar to vcd.

Higashino Hibiki was so familiar with the operation that he lost interest.

A picture appeared on the TV. It was a 7-minute cartoon.

The story of 7 heroes defeating the bad guys.

Ordinary, nothing new, no wonder Asahina is very disappointed, she is also a plot-short girl.

“It’s such a waste of money to use such a precious thing to record this kind of animation.”

Hearing Higashino Hibiki’s words, Asahina Yuko lowered her head in shame.

“However, the painting is very good, and the camera is also great.” Hibiki thought, pinching his chin.

He asked: “When did you create this work?”

Yuko Asahina, “First year of high school.”

Higashino Hibiki’s eyes lit up and he looked at the reserved girl in front of him.

This guy might be a genius, a rising star in the animation industry.

In terms of storyboarding, it is better than mine, and the art colors are also great.

There is no problem in winning the Newcomer Award by participating in an event like the Undergraduate Animation Festival that discovers new talents.

He decided to help Asahina Yuko this time.

I have never heard of her in the future, maybe because the world is different, or maybe she died in this dream.

Higashikata didn’t want to see this happen.

“No problem, I will publish a work.” Higashikata nodded.

Asahina Yuko raised her head sharply, her eyes showing great excitement.

“Thank you, Higashikata-kun!”

…

After finishing today’s cartoon.

Hibiki Higashino returned to the bedroom and wrote a short story.

“Hey – come out!” 》

This is a text that Hibiki Higashino learned when he was in junior high school. The science fiction novel by Japanese writer Hoshi Shinichi is perfect for use here.

The content is interesting, full of aftertaste, and even more meaningful at the end.

It took more than half an hour to finish Hibiki’s handwriting.

He said a few words before handing the manuscript to Asahina.

“I need full copyright of the content of the work, do you agree?”

Asahina Yuko nodded repeatedly, she just wanted to participate in the competition.

I looked at Hibiki Hibiki’s manuscript with great longing.

Higashikata handed it to her directly.

There is no need to sign a contract, just being able to recognize a person is fine.

Hibiki Higashi also wants to cooperate with her for a long time.

After graduating from college in the future, it would be quite good to open an animation company.

This kind of talent cannot be missed.

Higashino Hibiki handed the manuscript to her, “Both of us will draw a storyboard, and we’ll see whose one is more suitable tomorrow.”

“Hmm.” Asahina Yuko looked at “Hey – come out!” “He nodded repeatedly and exhaled excitedly from his nostrils. Hibiki didn’t know if she heard it.

After looking at the dark sky outside, Dongye Xiang stood up and said goodbye.

…

The next day, Hibiki saw Asahina Yuko’s storyboard.

As far as animation goes, it’s much better than my own.

After all, animation and comics are different. Comics require readers to imagine and it is fixed, with at most some trajectory lines added. Animation needs to draw the state of movement.

“Just use yours.” Higashikata sighed.

There are still 75 days left before the Tokyo Student Animation Festival. Hibiki Higashino needs to draw comics and cannot help, so Asahina Yuko starts to create alone.

The 24-minute content cannot be completed by one person without computer tools.

But she still worked hard, working frame by frame.

“This won’t work,” Higashikata stopped her.

“As a supervisor, you must make overall arrangements. One person cannot become a supervisor by working alone. You have to find someone to help.”

Asahina Yuko bit her lip and nodded.

Hibiki Higashikata became curious, what should she do?

On Friday, Sasaki came to pick up the manuscript.

“I did receive it,” he made some preliminary corrections and found no problems, so he nodded and continued: “As for Xiaozheng, “Soul of Chess” is in second place this time.”

“What!” Dongye Xiang, who was painting, could no longer calm down. He raised his head and said in shock: “Is it the second place?”

Five months! It took five months to draw the comic, and apart from the first chapter, it was the first time that it came in second place!