Michiko saw that, and her mouth popped out.

“Hey, that’s too much. Where do you get better if you give me a compliment?”

“I’ll do it. compliment.”

“···········?”

When Michiko looked back with her puzzled eyes, Yajima was single and smiling.

“Well done. Kawada-kun.”

“·················ogue.”

“Why? You complimented me.”



“I will go to the editorial department of Pink Girl.”

“uh? You complimented me, but why?”

“Well, thank you.”

As Michiko said that, she walked briskly, and Yajima looked at her back with a sullen expression on her face.

“what? Are you saying my compliments aren’t good enough? That’s too much.”

*

The next afternoon, the Boy Hero’s staff meeting room.

Kamiya Jun sitting there alone.

He was fiddling with his brother’s name note with a nervous expression.

I heard the news a few days ago that Sunny decided to only draw the short story.

How happy would he have been if he had been alive, making a short story with a manuscript that his younger brother loved so much, written in his younger brother’s name.

And he received a call yesterday that he had received the drawing manuscript.

Even though it was just a drawing, it was a bit surprising that it was made in just a few days.

Maybe it was made with a light thought.

Maybe it’s something that’s not normal.

Because a writer like Sunny has nothing to feel sorry for.

Perhaps Kido-sensei asked for a separate request because of her relationship with her younger brother.

If you think about it that way, it makes sense to a certain extent that you drew Villain X.

“Yes, I should be grateful just for drawing it. This alone will be enough to satisfy Daiki.”

So she sat there with a nervous expression as she muttered to herself.

Then, with a knock, the door opened and Jiro entered.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Have you been waiting a long time?”

As Jiro smiled and sat across from her as he spoke, Kamiya shook her head.

“no. Fine.”

Jiro grinned at his answer and said as he pulled out an envelope from her bag.

“This is a copy of the drawing that Mr. Sunny made.”

Having said that, he took out the bundle of papers in the envelope and held it out.

“Come on, read it.”

“Ah yes.”

Kamiya took the wad of paper in his trembling hands and brought it in front of him. Then she takes a deep breath and looks down at it.

He looked down at the blank cover for a moment, then carefully turned the page.

“···································································!

The title ‘Villain X’ written in large letters on the first cover and the vicious yet intense expression of the main character are impressive.

“He designed the cover title himself. But it’s better than I thought, so if you’re okay with it, I’d like to make this my main design, how about it?”

“·················ogue.”

“Kamiya-san?”

Kamiya, who was surprised at that time, responded quickly.

“Ah yes? Ah. I like it too.”

“Sorry. I’m having trouble concentrating. Keep looking.”

“Yeah.”

Kamiya, who had a blank expression on her face, answered with a bewildered look on her face and immediately turned her page again.

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As soon as I turned the first page of her, I was overwhelmed by the huge background that unfolded and I was startled.

To be honest, she was thinking that she would have been rough drawing until she saw the picture, but when she actually looked at the drawing (although it was a copy of course), it was because the degree of completeness exceeded expectations by several times.

But what was surprising was the fact that it felt like it was just completed in itself, rather than just a well-drawn pencil drawing.

In addition to that, even the parts where tone should be used are added with delicate lines to give a three-dimensional effect, which conveys a feeling that goes beyond the effect of pen work.

But there was something greater than that.

It is surprising, but the story of Villain X is so shocking that the tension is alive.

In fact, there was a feeling that the feeling of the story the younger brother was talking about was not conveyed properly with the completed name alone. Perhaps because of that, all the publishers I visited showed no interest at all.

Rather, I was only advised to at least complete the manuscript.

So she stuck to the painting to try to complete it herself.

She once remembered that she drew some pictures, so she studied to draw manga, but it wasn’t easy. Still, he cut down to sleep and eventually finished the short story with the introductory part of Villain X.

He drew it with all his might, and decided that it wasn’t bad.

So I thought I’d give it a read at this level, but for some reason, every publisher I went to was rejected.

However, the reaction of the boy hero was the best.

He read the manuscript properly and showed a great interest in the name.

However, he declined the offer to introduce a cartoonist to take care of the drawing. It was because he thought that it was impossible to entrust the name left by his younger brother to an artist he did not know.

He somehow wanted to draw his brother’s cartoons himself.

However, it wasn’t long before he finally realized that it was unreasonable.

So, the conclusion I came to was Sunny, the writer of Samsara.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Sunny showed up wearing a strange mask at an autograph session recently, and I’ve heard rumors that she’s a dwarf woman, and I’m well aware of it. However, her position in the manga world was so great that it far exceeded what Kamiya thought.

Samsara and the Dark Princess have recently gained more popularity as they appeared as cameos in Dragon Ball, so they were so popular that commercial posters for Samsara were all over the bookstores.

I’ve heard that anime sales are also on the rise.

She knew that she was such a great writer, but she thought that she would be the last, so she went to the Boy Hero Editorial Department. However, she was taken aback by meeting an unexpected person, so she escaped from there without realizing it.

She regretted her own stupid act, but had already committed it.

She ended up locked up in her house, despairing of her.

However, something amazing happened.

A few days later, Jiro, her editor, came to her house.

She had given me the address in the past, but it was because she did not expect that she would come in person.

But when he came home, he said something surprising to him.

“Did she come to see me to ask Sunny for her name?”

“······how?”

“That’s what Kido-sensei said, but it must have been true.”

“·················ogue.”

And again, she delivered even more surprising news.

“So she contacted Ms. Sunny and made her a favor.”

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“You allowed it.”

“Yeah? Are you talking about Villain X?”

“Yes, that’s right. I decided to take charge of the drawing of Villain X. For now, we will solve the pen work.”

In the end, that’s how it went.

And now we are seeing the results right before our eyes.

But every time I turned her page, Kamiya’s body twitched.

As with the detail of the scene, it is because she was surprised by the expression as if she had properly read her brother’s heart.

In fact, at the time when the cartoon was being conceived, his younger brother was excited and told the story of Villain X, but it was not properly portrayed in the name.

So, she tried to make a short manuscript by making the most of her feelings at that time, and that was a failure in the end. However, for some reason, Sunny’s drawing felt like the story of a younger brother was really alive and fluttering.

Perhaps that’s why, without knowing it, tears began to form in Kamiya’s eyes.

Seeing Kamiya like that, Jiro looked at him with surprised eyes.

It would be a natural reaction to cry while watching a cartoon full of brutal scenes. Anyway, Kamiya, feeling Jiro’s gaze, hurriedly steals her eyes and smiles awkwardly.

“I showed you my ugly side.”

“It’s not, but…”

As if asking why, Kamiya answered.

“It reminds me of the stories her brother told me. It feels like the story of her younger brother before making the name is alive and well. I didn’t expect you to be able to describe it to this extent.”

“Ah.”

Jiro finally understood and nodded his head. And after a while Kamiya had read it all and lifted her head.

“It’s very fun. After reading this, I understand why the short story that I thought was well organized was a problem. By the way, there are quite a few pages.”

Even though it was actually a thin copy paper, it was quite thick.

Just looking at it, 40 pages is a bit too long.

“Yeah. 48 pages. It’s more than double the amount of the original short.”

“But it doesn’t feel stretchy at all, which is surprising.”

“Yeah. The pages have grown this much, too, but I was surprised because the story felt more speedy. But if you read it all, you’ll understand, because it feels a bit faster.

“Yeah. I feel like I can see why my younger brother liked Teacher Sunny so much.”

“Oh, and I have something to tell you.”

“Yeah? What is it?”

“We made a decision through a meeting. I decided that the content was a bit inappropriate for a juvenile magazine, so I decided to put it in the young hero side of a youth magazine.”

That’s something Kamiya also vaguely thought of while reading.

The content was too dark and cruel, so I thought it might be too much for a boy.

“Are you okay?”

“I am okay. But Mr. Sunny…”

“Sunny teacher said that she would rather follow the original author’s opinion.”

“Oh, I see.”

“And I decided to put this drawing in the magazine as it is. It was because I decided that it was unreasonable to draw with a pen without killing the feeling of the drawing.”

“It was a great picture for me. Rather, there are emotions that cannot be felt with a pen.”

“Yeah. So, as it is, we will hand it over to Young Hero next week. The publication date will be early December.”

“I wish you well.”

Saying so, Kamiya bowed her head.

*

early December.

The door opened and Kamiya entered her house.

Entering the empty house, he first approached the place where her brother’s mortuary tablet was located.

Then he immediately took the magazine book and name note from his bag and placed it next to the mortuary.

The magazine book was received in advance from Jiro, and is a young hero scheduled to be published tomorrow.



Looking at it, Kamiya said in a quiet voice.

“Daiki. Finally, Villain X came out as a cartoon. It was also drawn by Sunny, your favorite.”

Saying that, he put a smile on his face and put his hands together.

Weekly Rumors (1)

“Hey, this is finally starting serialization.”

When I saw the picture of Saint Seiya on the cover of the 1986 Shonen Jump Issue 1.2, I was amazed.

It’s not yet 1986, and it’s December, the year 1985 is coming to an end.

Seeing another hit, which is leading the revival of Boy Jump, is starting to be serialized again, my heart is pounding without realizing it.

Based on Greek mythology and constellations, it is a typical battle cartoon of a jumping escalator type, and a cartoon that will become a huge hit in the future has finally started.

Watching this in real time, it is natural to be moved by a wave of emotion.

I was doing a boy jump with a look of admiration over and over again, but Kyung-hee came out of the kitchen and asked me if I had heard what I said.

“What started the serialization?”

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I was pleasantly surprised to see a cartoon I haven’t seen in a long time, so I was surprised because I was careless.

Anyway, it was strange that I was surprised, so he put the tteokbokki I had brought out on the table in front of me and came closer to me. Then he tapped me and asked.

“What? What? Why are you so surprised?”

“Surprised, who said you were surprised?”

“No, you’re surprised, aren’t you?”

“·················ogue.”

As I avoid Kyunghee’s gaze, I see the boy’s jump in my hand.

“uh? is this cartoon Ummm… Holy Fighter Poetry? The title is unique. The pictures are pretty.”

Kyung Hee is curious to see Saint Seiya.

Haha, the core of this cartoon is a fighting movie featuring a lot of pretty boys and girls, so it’s natural for Kyung Hee’s reaction to be popular with both men and women.

However, as soon as it arrived, Kyung-hee, approaching the tteokbokki, picked up a fish cake with chopsticks and put it in her mouth with a happy expression.

“Hey! You greedy person, how about eating alone first?”

“·················ogue.”

“Eat together, together. Eat it fast too. character.”

Kyunghee holds out her chopsticks to me.

When I received it, Kyung-hee and Seon-hee rushed to the tteokbokki. I quickly grabbed one mochi and put it in my mouth before it was all taken away. Then he started reading the boy jump that he was holding in his hand again.

And since it’s a day off, I take a quick look around the quiet studio.

Since Christmas is coming soon, I purposely set up a Christmas tree by the window on the floor, and seeing this makes my heart warm.

This year, I went to a stationery store with the intention of making the atmosphere more lively, and bought a gold bell-shaped speaker with carol music, although it is a short note, and hung it up.

The music is still coming out, so it’s nice that the atmosphere is quite calm.

If it were me, I wouldn’t be so impressed with this.

Come to think of it, 1985 is coming to an end.

I’ve been living since 1983, but it’s already 1986.

I will soon turn 24 at this age.

Now, memories of the days we lived before are fading. It has a strong sense of fragmentation, like a memory from a long time ago when I was a child.

I have forgotten where I used to live, and I can’t even remember my parents’ faces.

I only had memories of how I lived.

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