He cut it off like that and immediately greeted me.

“Then I’ll take a look around. I enjoyed today’s conversation. Sir.”

“Yes, me too. Nishida-sensei.”

“Kido-sensei, see you next time.”

“Oh, yes. Goodbye.”

“……”

Nishida’s expression contorts for a moment, and then she walks into the bustling crowd.

But when I looked in the direction I was going, it was near the entrance.

It seems that the place where the long-time fanatics are gathered is also their taste.

He immediately looked away from there and looked back at Kido and asked.

“Have you met the boys?”

Kido nodded at my question.

“Uh, yes. I heard it was near the magazine booth earlier, and we’ve already met. But I heard that something interesting happened while I was away.”

“Did you hear me?”

“Uh. Did Nishida do what he did? Anyway, sometimes it’s useful in situations like this.”

“By the way, what’s going on here, hyung? Didn’t you say you don’t like events like this?”

“right.”

“By the way?”

“Course… I came to see Mercyginga.”

“What? Maybe cosplay?”

This guy really… … .

I laugh without realizing it.

“Why are you laughing?”

“No, I don’t think I get along well with my hyung.”

“What do you mean? Real men like this.”

“Why is there a real man there?”

With that said, Kido’s gaze is fixed somewhere.

Glancing at the same side, I still… … , the heroine of ‘Ursei Yatsura’, the gaze is fixed on the woman in the costume of Ramu.

But, it’s true, the exposure is higher than expected.

Sure, a leopard print bikini is a bit naughty in real life.

Anyway, when I looked at Kido with a funny expression, I guess he felt my gaze, he said ‘Large’ and coughed in vain.

“Then I’ll be watching you slowly, so you too, take care of yourself.”

“Uh, yes.”

“Then don’t go away.”

Having said that, Kido turned around, waved his hand and disappeared among the crowd.

She smiled for a moment as she looked at it, and then she turned around and went to the publishing house where her kids were.

But her twins are nowhere to be seen, and Sumire is talking to a woman alone.

I pretend I don’t know if it’s someone I know, so I sneak a look around where the twins have gone, but since there are so many people here, it’s hard to know where to start.

I don’t know if I have a cell phone, but I’m sure it’s a concern since I’ve been to a place with so many people, even Japan, a foreign country.

By the way, it’s nice to think that Kyung-hee is also by Seon-hee’s side.

I was scratching her head in thought like that, and Sumire came up to me as if she had seen me like that.

“Oh, brother.”

“Uh. But what about twins?”

“I went around the booth and said he would come with me. I went before, but I’ll be back in a little bit.”

“Oh yeah?”

“I guess I should have sent you with my brother when he came.”

“No. I’m not even a child, so I’ll take a good look around and come back.”

However, Sumire glanced behind her and saw the woman she was talking to, holding her paper with a slightly serious expression on her face.

It’s probably a conti.

“Didn’t I just interrupt you?”

“No. She’s the older sister who studied together at the drama village, and she must have been rejected by her for bringing the continuity.”

“Oh, a boys’ magazine?”

“Yeah.”

Ah. That’s why I was looking at the continuity with that expression.



Then the woman sees Sumire and says hello to see her next time, and then breaks up straight away.

But the back view of walking is a bit pathetic.

Sumire, who had fixed her gaze there, opened her mouth.

“Me, my sister… it will probably be the last time.”

“Last?”

“Yes. I am already 28 years old.”

“Why?”

“Eoshi’s side also hears that I’m older, and it seems like they’re telling me to get married soon at home.”

“Ah.”

There are going to be tens of thousands of people who disappear without even making a debut as a writer like that.

There are many cartoonists who are active, but only a few succeed there, and I also have a memory of once dreaming of becoming a cartoonist and accepting that I have no talent early on.

But a man who looked as young as 20 years old approached us.

“Hey, I’m sorry, can you read manga manuscripts here?”

When the northern dialect man asked us, Sumire answered.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“It’s because we’re not related. However, it seems that the newcomers’ manuscripts here in the boys’ magazine are immediately looked at.”

“Oh, is it? Thank you.”

So say hello and go back. Then he takes out a briefcase from his bag and goes to the boys’ magazine booth.

There are already a lot of people there, so you may have to wait a little longer.

“It’s a Hokkaido dialect. It’s probably a Tohoku dialect.”

“Do you know the details?”

“Yes, because Grandpa is there.”

“Ah.”

I nodded and looked at the man, but the man’s face was strangely familiar.

Haha, there are a lot of guys with that style, so you must have seen a lot of similar faces.

With that thought in mind, I try to withdraw my gaze, and while the man waits, he takes out the manuscript and examines it. It was not far away, so I saw a painting, but it is a shadow in my memory.

Familiar shadows to the extent that there is a work that immediately comes to mind.

As I narrowed my eyebrows and looked at her, Sumire asked in a quiet voice if she was curious.

“Why?”

“Oh, wait a minute.”

After answering that, I went straight to the man.

Then he looked at the man’s appearance slowly.

After all, I thought that the face was familiar to the eyes… … .

I went straight to him and asked.

“Hey, can I ask you something?”

Then the man who was examining the manuscript looked at me, remembered that he was the one I had just seen, and nodded his head.

“What?”

“Are you there, Togashi-san?”

The young man was startled by my question.

“Huh? Do you know me?”

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Oh, that’s right.

Seeing the young man in front of me looking at me in amazement, I get a very subtle feeling.

A genius cartoonist who will be admired and criticized at the same time in the future.

He is a cartoonist who popularized the famous ‘Work, Togashi!’

It is because we are watching the youthful life of Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of ‘Yu Yu White Book’ and ‘Hunter X Hunter’ in real time.

Although I looked at the manuscript at first glance, it has a bit of a feeling of Yuyu Baekseo.

However, I think I saw some gag-style descriptions because I had a habit of drawing gags in the early days.

If it is normal, ‘Extraordinary Birthday Gift’ will be the debut film in the Winter Special of 1987, WJ’s Extra Boy Jump in 1986, but it has been published three times in magazines before.

However, as it is a work that has not been published in a magazine, as far as I know, the first work is a 15-page gag comic called ‘Teacher is younger’. But, I’ve never actually seen anything like this.

Then, with a wary expression, he looked me up and down and asked again.

“How do you know me?”

What are you making excuses for?

After hesitating for such a moment, something immediately came to mind, so he answered.

“Ah, yes. I went to Yamagata University for personal business, and then I met him.”

Then he erased his wary expression and nodded his head.

“Oh, is it?”

But it’s a look that I don’t remember.

Of course. First of all, I have never been to Yamagata Prefecture.

Currently, Togashi is a student at Yamagata University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts.

So he recalled that memory and said something, but he seems to have accepted it roughly.

Anyway, thinking about something for a long time could expose my lies, so I immediately changed the story.

“By the way, what’s going on here? Do you want to become a cartoonist?”

He made a face for a moment asking if he knew anything about that, and then immediately shook his head.

“No, that’s not the only purpose, it’s just something to do while watching a comedy. Actually, I’m not really looking forward to it.”

“Ah.”

As soon as I nod my head, Togashi turns his gaze to the boys’ magazine.

He took a deep breath as he thought it was not easy because there were too many people in the crowd.

Then he looked at his wrist watch and scratched his head.

Seeing that, I asked.

“If it’s okay with you, can I take a look at it?”

“This one?”

“Yes. That’s the finished manuscript, isn’t it?”

“It is, but it’s a bit immature.”

“Well, how about it? I’ll just have a look.”

“Yes. Then.”

Nodding his head straight away, Togashi pulled out his manuscript again from the briefcase and handed it to me.

But, does this man in front of you know?

How much am I shaking right now?

He took the manuscript straight away and looked at it slowly, forcing his slightly trembling hand.

Indeed, there are many small lines, and the drawings are poor, probably because it is an early drawing of Togashi.

However, there is a little bit of a strangely displayed sense.

Of course, judging by the overall story alone, he is not yet out of the rudimentary, but anyway, the feeling of gag is strong as we saw earlier. In addition, the material is occult that was popular in this era, and the idea seems to be okay, but there are problems in the way it is solved, so there is a high possibility that it will be rejected in the end.

It is still difficult to see the level at which there are special signs.

Where is this though?

I’m looking at the pictures of Togashi’s amateur days right now.

Can you please make a separate copy of this?

That was when I was thinking.

“There… how are you?”

Togashi asked with a cautious expression.

“Well, the sense is good, but somehow the storyline is a bit awkward and the characters are unstable.”

I reflexively told the truth too objectively.

Well, it’s not a lie, but is it okay to disappoint a big-time writer who is going to make a big hit in the future?

But somehow, it doesn’t seem like he cares much about what I say.

Rather, it is a look of surprise.

“Huh? Are you a publisher?”

“I’m not a publisher, I’m writing a story.”

“So, are you a story writer?”

“Yeah. It’s not famous.”

“What kind of work…”

Then Sumire, who was watching us from nearby, approached us.

“Hey, brother. Do you know anyone?”

“Huh? Yeah, I have a little face.”

“…?”

Togashi looked at Sumire with curious eyes.

“Ah, this is Sumire Goto, I posted a short ‘Grand Crown’ in Jump before, and this time I’m serializing a short story in Intermediate Jump. The title is ‘Level Up’.”

Togashi’s eyes widen at my words.

“Yes? Really? Do you go to the Grand Crown manga?”

“I know?”

Togashi nodded his head vigorously up and down in response to my question.

“Yeah. I was very impressed with it. But I never imagined that you were such a young person.”

“I’m a sophomore in high school.”

“Yes? Really?”

Sumire smiled awkwardly at Togashi’s reaction.

“This is Sumire Goto.”

“Hello. I’m Yoshihiro Togashi… but I’m just an ordinary person.”

just an ordinary person

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