Full-time cartoonist - #73 - Chapter 73 Grievance

“Oda Eiichiro?” Hibiki Higashikata was surprised.

Is this young man in front of me the famous Eiichiro Oda in the future?

The top cartoonist alongside Akira Toriyama, the one who saved Jump in the future?

Every time he watched “One Piece”, what impressed him deeply was, in addition to the opening line “Wealth, fame, power, the “Pirate King” Gol D. Roger who owns the whole world”, there was also this story that brought him infinite possibilities when he was young. Fantasy name – Eiichiro Oda.

He took a deep breath and calmed down.

If you think about it carefully, you will meet Oda one day. Even if he appears as your junior, you should be calm.

“Do you know me?” Oda was curious.

Higashino Hibiki shook his head, “Just after hearing this name, I felt that the name “Eiichiro Oda” must be a cartoonist. “

“Hahaha,” Oda laughed, “I think so too. My dream since I was a child is to become a cartoonist. When I was in junior high school, I always drew comics behind my friends’ backs and didn’t dare to tell them. But I always worked very hard. , I think I can definitely become a cartoonist like this.”

Higashino covered his ears and quickly took out a few photos, which showed the scene of the Go preliminaries from different perspectives.

This was taken by Akira Yamazaki during last year’s qualifiers and used as material for the “Soul of Chess” series.

There are twenty people competing at the same time, and there is a lot of information within the framework, which is a test of personal skills.

“Please draw it, it will take up about 1/6 of the manuscript paper.” He said to Oda, “For the remaining space, please draw Hikaru and Zuowei when they are playing chess.”

“Yes.” Oda took a deep breath and sat on the workbench nearby.

Sasaki glanced at him and communicated with Higashi Hibiki about the content of the next episode.

Hibiki Higashino said: “The storyboards haven’t been drawn yet, but the subsequent plot has almost been conceived.”

He handed the text outline to Sasaki. It contained about 4 chapters and was about a plot about the qualifiers.

Sasaki looked at it for a while and nodded.

“No problem, just draw it like this.”

This is the state of daily communication between him and Hibiki Higashikata.

Tori Akino took out the storyboard, looked at it twice, and would always say “no problem”.

As an editor, Tori Akino made his job simple and unfulfilling.

With delicate content, eloquent plot, and constantly enriching the character of the protagonist, “Soul of Chess” is getting better and better.

Sasaki looked at the young man in front of him and recalled what he said when they first met.

“Become Jump’s backbone.”

Maybe this time is not as far away as he thought.

Sasaki is not an outsider, and Hibiki Higashi does not need to be polite.

He sat down at his work desk and started drawing storyboards.

With the outline of the story, storyboarding is also a very troublesome thing.

We must consider the use of frames, description of lens language, blank space in paintings, perspective, rhythm…

As for the sentences, try to summarize them, be concise and clear, and not complicated.

The same goes for characters, especially in the current qualifiers, where a large number of new characters need to be drawn, which takes a long time to set up.

Faces, clothes, various occupations, different ages…

“Huh~” Higashino breathed out and started working.

Not long after, Oda said “The painting is done!”, which startled Akimiya Akemi who was watching the painting next to him.

Oda ran to Higashino Hibiki and handed the painting to him with both hands.

“Tori Akino-sensei, please look.”

Higashikata glanced at Akimiya Akemi, and she shook her head.

I took a look with curiosity and was speechless for a moment.

“Is this Oda?”

There are many problems when it comes to painters.

At first glance, it seems very inconsistent.

“The characters in the painting are very featureless,” Hibiki Higashino said: “There are many characters in a frame. If you need only a few fine strokes to draw one person, then you should exaggerate it to draw characteristics.”

“It is particularly important that readers can see all kinds of human faces at a glance. As a comic, there is no problem with exaggeration. Even a very realistic work like “The Soul of Chess” must conform to the characteristics of comics. .”

Oda Eiichiro nodded, he understood.

Facing professional teachers, the techniques he had figured out by himself were indeed very problematic.

Working as an assistant here in Tori Akino will definitely help you learn more knowledge.

Oda believed it without a doubt.

“The second point is very important in comics,” Hibiki pointed at Shindo Hikari in the painting. “That is perspective. Your painting is too flat and does not reflect the sense of space.”

He pulled out a piece of manuscript paper and drew in front of Oda.

In less than five minutes, the vivid Shindo Hikaru was sketched.

Comparing the two paintings, the more Oda looked at his own painting, the more inconsistent it became. It really didn’t look like a real person.

“What major did you major in at university?” Higashino asked.

Oda’s heart sank and he answered: “Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Tokai University.”

“Oh,” Hibiki Higashi nodded, “Have you never studied human body art professionally?”

“No.” Oda shook his head.

He was getting more and more nervous and didn’t even bother to talk nonsense.

It can be seen that Tori Akino is very dissatisfied with him in the future.

He also brought up many shortcomings that he could not refute.

“Damn it! I just won the Tezuka Prize for a masterpiece, but I’m still far behind!”

He became uncontrollably sad.

“What’s your expression?” Dong Yexiang was surprised.

I feel like Oda is about to cry.

“Can you draw a cartoon with that kind of expression?” he asked.

Oda lowered his head, “Sorry, I just realized my meager ability and disturbed you today.”

“What’s the trouble? I haven’t told you the result yet.” Hibiki’s expression relaxed, with a smile on his lips: “Welcome to join, Oda-san.”

“Hey!” Oda was surprised. He raised his head and looked at Hibiki Higashino, who was one year younger than him. “Can I join?”

“Well,” Hibiki Higashino nodded, “We are recruiting assistants, not cartoonists, so the conditions are naturally not very high.”

An ordinary cartoonist’s assistant earns 10,000 yen a day, which sounds pretty good.

But the work of a weekly cartoonist requires the assistance of an assistant, which is 3-4 days a week.

One month, about 15 days, monthly income is 150,000 yen.

In today’s Japan, it is a job with very low income.

Many cartoonist assistants need to work odd jobs in convenience stores in order to make ends meet.

It is somewhat similar to a voice actor. Before he became famous, he could only work hard at his job while becoming a working soldier.

Therefore, there are relatively few cartoonist assistants, as long as they can be used, there are no big requirements.

Higashino Hibiki was lucky enough to have assistants like Akimi Akimiya and Yamahisa Yoshii who are excellent painters.

In the world of assistants, they are rare.

Now that he had no choice, Higashino Hibiki looked at Oda in front of him and had no choice but to wrong himself first.

From luxury to frugality, try an assistant with average ability.

Thanks to Young Master Pang Wushuang for the 1,500-point reward.

Colleagues will send benefits, thank you boss.

It’s rare for Huayu to have a single female protagonist, and her style is quite similar to mine.