Full-time cartoonist - #77 - Chapter 77 Hongzhi Hongzhi

Under Sasaki’s recommendation, Hibiki met the editor of YOUNGJUMP and unexpectedly met a cartoonist, Hiroshi Momiya.

Higashino Hibiki has a great impression of this 48-year-old middle-aged man, who is straightforward, cheerful and full of atmosphere.

A bit like his father Higashino Ichiro.

Hiroshi Momiya is the teacher of Masami Kurumada, the author of “Saint Seiya”, and the originator of tough-guy hot-blooded comics.

The joystick game that Hibiya Hibiki played when he was a child – “Swallowing Heaven and Earth” – was adapted from the work of Hiroshi Momiya.

He is better known for his other work, “Salaryman Kintaro”.

A national treasure cartoonist, nothing more than that.

“Can you let me take a look?” Hongzhi asked, “I am very curious about the work of a genius like you.”

The editor smiled and said nothing.

Higashikata didn’t care and handed it to the other party.

“Oh, the drawing is so good,” Hongzhi Momiya praised, “I haven’t seen such a thoughtful cartoon in a long time.”

“Teacher Osamu Tezuka once criticized young cartoonists for always worrying about the popularity of comics. I refuted him and believed that “popularity is the most important thing for comics.”

“Now that I think about it, Mr. Tezuka meant that young people should focus on improving their abilities instead of blindly chasing the times.”

“Tori Akino-kun, you are doing well. You are young and famous, but you still remain true to your original aspirations. Only in this way can you break through yourself.”

Hibiki Higashino said: “Thank you for the compliment, I just want to draw comics.”

“This makes it even more valuable.”

Hongzhi Motomiya admired Higashino Hibiki very much and praised him repeatedly.

Dongye Xiang was happy in his heart but didn’t say anything.

Hongzhi Hongzhi watched “The Garden of Words” and shook his head after a while.

“No, I’m not interested in this kind of work.”

He prefers works that touch the flesh and blood. Xiao Xing doesn’t like this kind of love between children very much.

But from a cartoonist’s perspective, he was very satisfied.

“The painting, storyboarding, rhythm, and white space are all surprisingly good.” He raised his eyes and looked at Hibiki Higashino. “Is he really a high school student?”

Higashino Hibiki said: “I will go to college in two months.”

“What an enviable talent,” Hongzhi Momiya patted Higashino Hibiki’s shoulder, “Keep working hard and don’t waste God’s gift.”

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After reading it, he gave the comic to his editor.

The editor is more knowledgeable than him. He only heard it was a short story and didn’t care much about it.

Only after watching it did I understand the charm of “The Garden of Words”.

Of course, it is not as popular as Hot Blood Comics, but it is still a classic and will probably attract many readers from other magazines.

And it’s easy to adapt the theatrical version into a movie.

Little girls will love watching it.

“There are five episodes in total,” the editor asked, “Can you do one episode a week?”

Higashino nodded. Spring break is coming soon. You can drive it at full power. There is no problem with double drive.

At most, it will be more difficult for myself and my assistants.

“Well, there should be no problem. There will be a serialization meeting tomorrow. Short stories will be serialized within a month.”

The editor of Motomiya Hiroshi was also very generous, and Hibiki Higashi and he quickly reached an agreement.

Before leaving, Hongzhi Hongzhi said to Higashino Hibiki: “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to dinner. As a senior, I naturally have to entertain you well.”

Regardless of Hibiki’s refusal, he grabbed Hibiki’s hand and dragged him to the motorcycle.

He handed Dongye a helmet and said, “Don’t talk for a while, or you may bite your tongue.”

Then drive at a fast speed.

Very much like a bad boss.

Not long after, we came to a small shop.

It was just four o’clock in the afternoon and the door was not open yet.

Hongzhi Hongzhi made a call, and someone in an apron hurriedly opened the door and welcomed them in.

“Why is it so early today?” the man asked curiously.

Hiroshi Motomiya said: “I met a little brother and wanted to have a chat with him.”

“We have some wine,” the person who looked like the owner of the store said, “but the food will have to wait a while.”

Hiroshi Motomiya said: “Don’t worry about the dish, he is still a high school student, let’s get him some milk.”

The shop owner shook his head and said, “Let’s drink milk at the izakaya. It’s really yours.”

This store really has milk, put in glass bottles, and served directly.

Then the shopkeeper went to cook.

He didn’t ask about the menu in detail. It seemed that Hongzhi Hongzhi was a regular customer, so he understood it well.

“The wine here is very good. It was brewed by the boss himself, but it’s a pity that you can’t drink it.” After tasting the wine, Hongzhi Hongzhi sighed, satisfied, “But the food also tastes very good. You will be surprised after eating it. .”

“That’s not necessarily the case,” Hibiki Higashino said, “I’ve eaten very delicious food, and my threshold is very high.”

The two of them seemed to have known each other for years. As soon as they met, they chatted with each other selflessly.

Hongzhi Hongzhi is very interested in politics. He was very unhappy because he read the recent textbook.

“A lot of places have been deleted,” said the drunken man, who was already drunk. “Especially Jinling, which was not mentioned at all.”

“Although it’s the honeymoon period now, it will end sooner or later. According to the attitude of our country’s politicians! How can we solve neighborly relations with those insects!”

It seems that men like to discuss these things. There are many old-school cartoonists who are on the left. They are anti-war, not anti-war defeat.

This is reflected in Fujiko F. Fujio’s “Doraemon”.

By the time of Hibiki Higashino, the works of the old school of authors were still shining brightly, but the ideas in their works were no longer accepted by the people.

Even the facts reflecting Japan’s defeat in the war have been criticized by netizens one after another.

This is precisely because of Japanese politicians.

“I can’t agree with this anymore,” Hibiki Higashino said with disgust: “If you make a mistake, you have to admit it. It’s as if it never happened if you don’t admit it. This idea is simply shameful and disgusting.”

“I like you even more,” Hongzhi Hongzhi nodded and praised.

He raised his glass and said cheerfully: “Sooner or later, I will draw cartoons that are consistent with history and tell the people what real history is like.”

In the future, Hiroshi Motomiya will draw a comic called “Country Burning”.

Here he faithfully depicts the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers.

Anti-humanity, violence, whipping, massacre.

Face history squarely and face history.

It is a pity that the Japanese who have been brainwashed, or do not want to inherit the blame, think that this never happened.

“Country Burning” is believed to be a fabrication.

Even after it was published, the content was deleted and only a few original manuscripts were published.

Eventually it was even removed from the shelves.

It wasn’t until a few years later that the final chapter was re-serialized.

The world in the future will become more and more extreme, precisely because of these blindfolded people.

Higashikata looked at the impassioned man in front of him and sighed.

There seemed to be a fire burning in my heart, so I grabbed his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.