Chapter 201. Second place! (4000 words)(1/2)
Fortunately, although Higashinoji's plot is stuck here, there are also the storyboard manuscripts for "Unnatural Death" Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.
Hosokawa Koharu continued to turn down, and as she expected, things did turn back again later.
As the deceased's fiancée, Miko Mabata, had several close contacts with the deceased, but she did not get infected with infectious diseases like others. From here Mikoto Misume, it was inferred that it was not Takanoshima Dora who contracted the infectious diseases, but the virus in the laboratory of the Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital where he went to was leaked, and he was just an innocent victim.
At this point, the matter finally came to light. After Mikoto Misumi dissected a patient who had just died, it was proved that it was indeed a leak in the hospital's laboratory, the deceased Takanoshimado was finally proven innocent.
There is also a particularly sensational plot here.
In the sunset, Mikoto Misumi looked at the Race Bay Road and wiped her tears secretly. She still didn't want to believe that her fiancé Takanoshima was an infectious body.
“This bean stuffing bun is delicious, let’s eat it together.”
"Need not."
"It's okay to eat one bite."
"I don't have the mood now!" Machang Luzi turned his head with his throat choked.
The sunset dyed the road red, and not far behind was the tram that was galloping away.
The railroad tracks also symbolize parting.
"It's because I don't have the mood that I want to eat."
Mikoto Misuma also noticed the gaze of Mabashiro, but answered the same answer.
The sunset was burning, as if all regrets and lamentations were melted into the sunset.
The storyboard composition here is really great.
The storyboard pulled back, and the horse road and Mikoto Misumi looked small under the sunset, and they couldn't see the expressions on their faces clearly, but Koharu Hosokawa could still feel the particularly sad emotions.
"It's indeed a good work, Higashino." Koharu Hosokawa closed the comic and took a deep breath.
She didn't cry on the spot, but her eyes were also red, and she was obviously moved by the plots of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.
If she was asked to evaluate the plot of "Unnatural Death", it would be neither like traditional forensic comics nor traditional detective mystery comics.
Because traditional detective mystery comics will not spend nearly five episodes to solve only one event, nor will they spend nearly one episode portraying supporting characters.
It is not that Higashinoji uses a shortcoming to portray characters in a nearly one episode. In Hosokawa Koharu, this is worse than an advantage, because if you don’t spend a recent episode to portray the supporting roles vividly, the sense of accomplishment when the incident is officially resolved later will also be much weaker.
"That means that's OK, right?" Higashinoji asked.
"Well..." Hosokawa Koharu nodded, turned over and over the original storyboard manuscript of Higashinoji several times, and still spoke: "It is indeed no problem just for the plot, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is first-class. But the same disadvantages are also obvious."
When she said this, Higashinoji of course knew what she wanted to express.
He nodded and then said, "Editor Hosokawa wants to say that the first incident took a whole five chapters to resolve. The pace is too slow, right?"
Yes, the whole five chapters, converted into serialization, is a whole five weeks, and the pace is too slow.
Compared with the previous "The Victory Is Justice" drawn by Higashinoji, the first episode of "Unnatural Death" is indeed a bit slow.
But in fact, Higashinoji also thought about this issue, and he also wanted to delete some plots to ensure that the whole story can be a little more straightforward.
But the first episode of the Japanese drama "Unnatural Death" has progressed rapidly compared to similar Japanese dramas. It has to be peeled off from it... This will lead to the overall plot becoming incomplete.
But whether it is the sunset dialogue between Mabashi and Mikoto Misumi, or the plot where Mikoto Misumi broke up with her boyfriend in the first incident and wandered on the streets of Tokyo... these are all undeletable.
So Higashinoji thought about it and decided to draw it.
"My idea is that instead of forcibly pursuing the speed of the plot progress, it is better to tell the story that should be told well." Higashinoji told Koharu Hosokawa about his thoughts.
"Well... Teacher Higashino is right to say this." Hosokawa Koharu thought and nodded, but as an editor, she still said everything she wanted to say: "But Teacher Higashino, you must also be mentally prepared. I am optimistic about the development of "Unnatural Death", but at this preparatory speed, the initial results will definitely not be particularly optimistic."
"I've been mentally prepared for a long time." Higashinoji a little apologized: "It's just that I might feel wronged to editor Hosokawa at that time."
As the editor of Higashinoji, Hosokawa also has the responsibility for Higashinoji's performance. If Higashinoji's performance drops, there is no doubt that Hosokawa Koharu will bear greater pressure than Higashinoji - whether it is from his colleagues or from his superiors.
After all, Higashinoji is now the author of the pillar of "Aversion to Chill", and Hosokawa Koharu is just a new editor who has just joined the company for a year...
"It's okay." Hosokawa Koharu smiled, and at the same time stretched out his slender palm at Higashinoji and said seriously: "I have confidence in "Unnatural Death", Higashino. And just as the fifth chapter ends, we will release a single-book book in five chapters, which is also beneficial to our single-book sale."
She didn't care about pressure, she just wanted to see Higashiji draw the best manga in his own condition.
This is the advantage of Koharu Hosokawa.
Higashinoji was full of passion and directly held Koharu Hosokawa's palm.
If it were other editors, they would definitely not have agreed to Higashinoji's request so simply.
The two quickly drafted the acceptance time and discussed some details about "Unnatural Death".
After the conversation, Hosokawa Koharu didn't stay here and continued to waste Higashiji's time, so he simply said hello and left Higashino's house.
The first episode of "Unnatural Death" is two weeks in preparation.
After all, the first chapter of the comic has 50 pages of space to lay the groundwork.
Therefore, Higashinoji has been painting the first chapter of "Unnatural Death" carefully for the past two weeks, and at the same time, he has not forgotten to receive the gold medal at the Art Creation Awards.
This award is not as good as the Minister of Science Award of the Ministry of Culture and Culture, but it is quite interesting. The award certificate is actually replaced by a medal with a layer of gold on the surface.
Higashinoji is a gold reward, so gold plating, other silver rewards and bronze rewards are silver plating and copper plating.
This is quite interesting, but Higashinoji didn't care too much, so he ignored it after putting it in the display cabinet next to his studio.
This display cabinet was secretly bought by Kome Ryoka for Higashinoji. When she bought it, she raised her face and said yearningly: "I hope that one day Asi can fill this display cabinet."
Higashinoji was so happy at that time. The display cabinet was 2.4 meters high. If you want to fill it up... how many prizes would you win?
Higashinoji didn't care about Kouwei's words, but just used it as a joke, and continued to prepare for the first chapter of "Unnatural Death".
Although the pace of "Unnatural Death" this time is very slow, it does not mean that it will collapse miserably. Higashinoji can also modify some details to make up for this shortcoming.
Perhaps because practice makes perfect, the original manuscript that was originally drawn in ninety minutes can be completed in just 85 minutes.
The improvement in these five minutes is already awesome, and it can save a lot of time after accumulation.
After three weeks of swaying, the first chapter of "Unnatural Death" was drawn.
"Aversion to Cold" has also completed a comic with poor grades, and it also puts a promotion on the attached page of the magazine - "Tatsuna Higashino's new work "Unnatural Death" is about to begin serialization!"
The fans of Dongye who received this news were naturally extremely excited, but they were quickly stunned.
Because it is not only Higashinoji's new work, Ozawada from Iwakatsu Publishing House and Sakamoto from Mochi Bookstore have also launched new works... Even some unknown small publishing houses have some powerful authors to launch new comics.
This is a huge news for those who like comics, and there are many options available at once.
Because whether it is Ozawada, Sakamoto or Higashinoji... they are all pillars of major publishing houses. The quality of their comics is assured and happy to read.
But...there are many options, it makes it a little difficult to choose. Should I read "Aversion to Cold" by Urashima Publishing House, or "Sunny Sun" by Iwakao Publishing House or "Flower Sakura" by Mozu Bookstore? It's hard to choose, it's hard to choose.
This may be a good thing for comic fans, but for publishers...
"It's really started." Editor-in-chief Urajima glanced at "Sunny Sun" and "Flower Sakura" in front of him, and his heart was somewhat fluctuating.
To be honest, he himself did not want Higashiji to go to this muddy water, but Higashiji strongly requested it, and he could not really ignore the other party's opinions.
The only good news may be that Fuji Publishing House has not taken action, so it should not want to send Suzuki Ha to get involved, so it would be a little better.
At least we just compete with "Hi-Hyuki" and "Han-Sakura", so we don't have to consider "Thugger" from Fuji Publishing House... As for other unknown small publishing houses?
Then it's not considered by the editor-in-chief Urajima... They just join in the fun, and they are not worried that those loyal readers who like their comics and magazines will basically not change.
And it's also good... Kuromiya Akisa's new comic "The Island of Evil" is also quite good. In the absence of Higashinoji's serialization, it has been stable and the number one readers have been investigating.
She was unable to confront Suzuki Haya before, and recently, she has been basically on the same page as Fuji Publishing House Suzuki Haya. According to her, she is a teacher who teaches her well... and she also looks very respectful and admires Higashiji...
Although I don’t know when she had such a deep friendship with Higashinoji, the editor-in-chief Urajima still had to sigh - a famous teacher will be a great disciple.
If Akisa Kuromiya achieves such a success, how weak can Higashinoji be?
"But... the plot progress of the first episode of "Unnatural Death" is still a bit slow." Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head.
I hope Higashinoji can hold on to the pressure and perfectly draw the first five chapters of "Unnatural Death" - after watching the plot, he felt that as long as he draws the fifth chapter, the reputation and investigation of "Unnatural Death" will definitely increase explosively.
But the problem is to withstand the pressure...
And on the other side-
Beiyi School, which has already started.
"Hmm? Why are so many good comics recently prepared for new comics?"
Yumi Takahashi looked at the magazines of recent comic introductions and touched her head in confusion.
Although she is a standard fan of "Qi" horror comics, she is also paying attention to the situation of other publishers. If there are good comics, she doesn't mind buying a single book.
"Hmm? Isn't this just right? Don't you just like this?" Fujiwara Aoi flipped over the "Qi" in her hand, and continued without raising her head.
"Good, good...but this is too dense." Yumi Takahashi poked her pink lips, a little confused: "In theory, the authors of the pillars of major publishing houses will basically give way to each other. This kind of crowding is really rare."
"Ah?" Fujiwara Aoi put down the "Qi" in her hand and glanced at her: "I think you just think too much after eating, what else can you have?"
She continued: "Compared to that, let me see if there are any good works in "Falling Sakura" in Mozhu Bookstore recently, and the science fiction comics and girl comics there are all OK."
"Oh, don't change the topic." Yumi Takahashi reached out and knocked on the table unhappily: "This time it may affect Teacher Higashino's grades."
Um?
At this moment, Fujiwara Aoi no longer kept her attitude of not having to do anything about her.
To be continued...