Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 41 "The Lonely Gourmet"

When Dong Yesi stopped writing, the delicious Mapo tofu remained on the draft paper.

This mapo tofu seems to be able to become three-dimensional through the medium of 'paper', which makes people feel a sense of saliva at a glance.

"This is too evil." Dong Yesi stopped writing, thinking.

That's right, it's too evil. The dishes drawn on the paper should have no smell, but Higashinosi can smell and even taste the proper taste of mapo tofu at a glance.

It was as if something in the painting was actually eaten in the empty mouth.

Same as 'empathy'.

The things drawn by Dong Yesi seem to be able to seduce the diners' sense of taste and smell.

He even wondered if someone would eat this draft paper if it was posted.

"Probably not?" Dongyesi shook his head.

That would be too exaggerated.

but

Dong Yesi looked at the mapo tofu he had drawn again, and swallowed slightly.

This is really delicious.

There seems to be a numbing aroma of mapo tofu rolling in the mouth.

He shook his head, did not continue to read, folded the draft paper and put it in his pocket, and then he heard someone beside him say 'ah'.

It still sounded like a pity.

Higashinosi looked up strangely, only to realize that when he was concentrating on painting just now, a group of people surrounded him.

There were male clerks and female clerks, and even a few customers stopped by and swallowed secretly.

They looked at Higashinoji.

It didn't look like he was looking at a painter.

It's like watching a master chef in an izakaya.

This made Dong Yesi couldn't help but look at them more.

This 'taste of painting' is too powerful.

It can fascinate so many people.

It's almost like a certain line "it's a special effect, I added special effects", the food drawn by Higashino Tsukasa seems to be able to drill out of the plane, soothing everyone's stomach.

He smiled and greeted the waitress beside him who secretly licked his lips and swallowed, returned the ballpoint pen, then turned and left.

When Higashino Division left, he could even feel the piercing gaze from behind.

"That's really true." Higashino walked back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and took out the draft paper on which Mapo Tofu was drawn as he walked.

'Painting taste and knowing shape' seems to be a skill that can express the smell or taste of things drawn.

Looking at this skill, Higashino couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Naturally, skills that can restore smell or sense of smell cannot be used in horror comics, otherwise people will die every now and then in horror comics, and if readers smell blood on their hands, why don't they call the police immediately?

But if you don't use this skill, it would be a bit too wasteful.

Higashino thought about it, and then came up in his mind an excellent Japanese drama that was loved and hated by Japanese friends and even the audience of the Great Heavenly Dynasty——"The Lonely Gourmet".

"The Lonely Gourmet" tells the story of the grocer Inokashira Goro looking for various delicacies between work, and he usually eats alone, so there is the title of the Japanese drama "Lonely Gourmet".

The plot structure of this Japanese drama is actually very simple. It is nothing more than the story of Inokashira Goro running around to make a living, while dealing with troublesome customers, and finally looking for street food to taste when he was exhausted.

But that's not the highlight of the show.

What is really frenzied is that this Japanese drama called "The Lonely Gourmet" is shown in the middle of the night, it is a night drama.

Come to think of it, "The Lonely Gourmet" plays late at night.

Goro, a middle-aged man with a dull personality but a serious attitude towards food, chews and swallows delicious food with an expression as if he has eaten the most delicious food in the world, but you can only look at the empty hands, but there is nothing to satisfy your hunger when something—

This is simply cruel to the stomach!

The exaggerated interpretation of the actors fully expressed the "happiness of eating delicious food".

So, is there a better work than "The Lonely Gourmet"?

To be honest, Higashino is not clear about this.

After all, there were so many Japanese dramas in the previous life, maybe there will be one or two works that are better than "The Lonely Gourmet"?

But in 2020, "The Lonely Gourmet" must be one of the most popular gourmet Japanese dramas among the younger generation!

Eight seasons in a row!As a night drama, it even won 5.00% of the ratings!

You must know that this is the ratings of night dramas. Other night dramas generally only hover around [-]%.

This may also be because everyone is actually a bit of a masochist, and they like to toss their stomachs at night.

And Higashino Division can barely be regarded as one of them.

What he likes to watch the most is Goro eating delicious food with a happy expression.

Because human beings' pursuit of the concept of 'food' is actually common.

Higashinoji also heard that the previous life "The Lonely Gourmet" actually had the original manga.

But in that era of information explosion, Higashinoji naturally didn't want to read comics anymore, so he chose the TV series "The Lonely Gourmet".

all in all.

If he wants to show the characteristics of the skill of "drawing flavors and recognizing shapes", Higashino feels that "The Lonely Gourmet" is his unique choice.

Even he has thought of it.

A Japanese friend who lived a good life opened the manga of "The Lonely Gourmet" late at night, and saw the delicious food in the manga, but he could only scratch it with the skill of "drawing taste and recognizing shape", and wished to see it The emoticon that eats up the comic paper

This is simply an artifact for poisoning late at night!

Higashino has decided.

After "Midnight Ring" tortured the hearts of Japanese friends, he will use "The Lonely Gourmet" to torture the stomachs of Japanese friends!

This is his other goal besides "Midnight Ring".

Although I want to talk about painting "The Lonely Gourmet", there is also "Midnight Ring" serialized by Higashino Division

Therefore, the serialization of "The Lonely Gourmet" also needs to be considered by Higashino Division.

It's not that Urashima Press has a contract with him and can't draw two manga at the same time, but that if he draws two manga at the same time, Higashino must not have enough time.

Submitting a manuscript once a week for "Midnight Ring" is already very difficult for ordinary comic writers. If there is another "Lonely Gourmet"

"Then you can only submit to a monthly magazine."

Higashino had an idea.

That's right.Monthly manga magazine, this is Higashinoji's choice.

Unlike the weekly magazine "Aversion to Chill", which must submit manuscripts once a week, the monthly comic magazine belongs to the type of manuscripts submitted once a month.

In this way, the time is much more generous.

However, although there is plenty of time, the number of pages of Japanese monthly manga magazines is actually much more than that of weekly magazines.

For comics like "The Lonely Gourmet", it is estimated that 50 to [-] pages of content will be submitted at a time.

"Editor Hosokawa seems to have said that Urashima Publishing seems to be planning to open a new monthly magazine if possible."

Higashino Division pinched his chin, probably having an idea in his mind.

(End of this chapter)