After writing the comments on the completion of the serialization of "Hanzawa Naoki", Higashinoji also breathed a sigh of relief.

According to what Koharu Hosokawa said, this series of comments "Washi" will make a special trip to make a page.

This has given Higashinoji a lot of face.

Generally speaking, such finished comics, basically give one or half lattice positions, allowing the author to post a final comment.

Give it a whole page... This is enough to show Toshima Publishing House's emphasis on Higashinoji.

Higashinoji put down his pen, rubbed his temples, and secretly pondered the honors he had won along the way in "Hanzawa Naoki".

The "Hashi" comics reader survey ranked first in the 25th issue.

Japanese comic book volumes have the highest sales volume, annual sales volume, and total sales volume (related to the number of volumes).

These are all data that can be praised.

There are also seven or eight... For example, some newspapers and magazines surveyed "the most popular comics for young people", "one of the top ten comics that are most popular among readers", and "the most anticipated work for readers"...

Anyway, there are many other honors.

These honors come inexplicably.

But basically all of them issued certificates, so Higashinoji thought about it and put it in the exhibition counter that Konomiya gave him.

The originally shabby transparent glass exhibition cabinet has also enriched a lot.

And apart from these...

"I can finally stop here for a moment and focus on the painting of "Spirited Away".

Higashinoji stretched comfortably.

Yes.

Over the past few weeks, he has devoted all his energy to "Hanzawa Naoki".

After all, breaking the record quietly seems simple.

But if you really need to actually operate it... it would be a bit too difficult.

Even Higashinoji did not dare to be distracted. After two weeks, he tried all his strength and finally drew the last volume.

Looking at the speeches on the Internet that "Hanzawa Naoki" has ended, and my youth has ended."

Higashinoji is also a little funny.

The completion of "Hanzawa Naoki" will certainly have some impact on the current Japanese comic market, but its impact is far less than that of "Unnatural Death" and "Midnight Bell".

Because the Japanese comics market has gradually emerged from the cold winter period.

Workplace comics mainly "Hanzawa Naoki" and "Unnatural Death" are now becoming increasingly popular in the market...

Higashinoji was really joked by some people and called "the father of Japanese workplace comics".

However, seeing this title, Higashinoji was much calmer than expected.

Perhaps because in the past three years of Japan, my mentality has been much more stable than before - mainly because this title is not very useful. If you have time to care about this kind of thing, it is better to continue painting "Spirited and Chiaki".

Thinking of this, Higashinoji also pondered and thought about the current situation of "Spirited Away".

Higashino Studio has been basically formed, unlike when it was first established, and without Higashinoji, he could not continue working.

Therefore, over the past few weeks, they have produced some results that Higashinoji feels good.

The rough original painting work at the beginning of "Spirited Away" has ended, and some places that need to be refined are handed over to Higashinoji for production.

As for the soundtrack of "Spirited Away" in his previous life, Joe Hashishi... This is actually not difficult for Higashiji.

After all, he had a schoolgirl who studied animation that had done a topic about "Spirited Away". At that time, Higashinoji also helped to check a lot of information.

Higashinoji re-entered his work on "Spirited Away".

During this process, Higashinoji occasionally heard the news that Akisaki Nakano submitted "The Curse" on the Higashino comic website.

This made Higashinoji somewhat interested.

He has basically not paid much attention to Akisaki Nakano in the past few weeks, and basically let her develop freely.

I don’t know how hard she has been doing in the past few weeks.

Higashinoji was a little curious, so he went to Koharu Hosokawa on purpose.

As soon as he entered the door, he was very frightened by the strong smell of coffee in Koharu Hosokawa's office—

Although coffee itself has a rich fragrance, it is not as good as it is...

Higashinoji almost thought that Koharu Hosokawa had been soaked in a coffee jar these days.

This taste...

Higashinoshi didn't do anything like pinching his nose, but just helped her open the ventilation window behind her: "Editor Hosokawa, why are you wearing coffee?"

He was teasing his tone, after all, the two of them were familiar with each other, so it was okay to make a joke.

But what Higashinoji didn't expect was.

As soon as he finished speaking, Koharu Hosokawa on the other side stared at him with an extremely resentful look.

The eyes that were usually dim and dull were at this time, and there were thick dark circles underneath, but they were covered by foundation just now, and with their heads lowered, Higashinoji didn't see clearly.

"Editor Hosokawa, what's wrong with you?"

Hosokawa Koharu's face, which seemed to have been in a few days and nights, was shocked by Higashinoji when he saw it.

Those who don’t know thought the other party was a female ghost who came to take his life.

"..." Hosokawa Koharu didn't say anything, but just rubbed his eyes, and wanted to complain to Higashinoji.

Yes!

Just complain!

Because she can be said to be both a father and a mother these days.

"Hanzawa Naoki" broke the record, and Toshima Publishing House needed her assistance to sort out all the documents of honors received by "Hanzawa Naoki".

Akisaki Nakano's "Grudge" submission was uploaded, and she was busy helping to review and promote it.

Then she has to submit her own resume...

In addition, all the miscellaneous things accumulated. She went from being mixed every day at the beginning to working overtime until more than ten o'clock every day, and only after sorting out the documents, she dared to get off work.

He turned into a top and was being whipped.

And the culprit that causes all this...

There is no doubt that it is Higashinoji in front of him.

She naturally wanted to complain to Higashinoji.

Of course, this is just thinking about it in my mind.

Higashinoji is her capable leader, and many people still can't do this job as the editor of the "No. 1 Japanese" comic.

This is also a sweet worry.

"No, I just don't feel energetic recently, so I drank coffee to refresh myself."

Hosokawa Koharu wanted to rub his face, but he felt that the action was not very elegant, so he looked up and asked, "By the way, Mr. Higashino, is there anything you have to do here this time?"

"I want to see the original manuscript of "The Curse" drawn by Asaki."

Higashinoji saw that Hosokawa Koharu didn't want to explain too much, so he went straight to it.

"Oh...that's right."

Hosokawa Koharu suddenly realized.

Nakano Yusaki is Higashinoji's apprentice. Although he cannot reach the level of entering the house, he can still be considered half of the apprentice.

It is certain that he will care about the development of his apprentice.

Thinking of this, Hosokawa Koharu didn't hesitate and moved out the original manuscript from the bottom of the desk, not a copy, but an original.

"This is the original manuscript modified by Sakura, and the final manuscript is this one."

One box with one copy...

This number is actually not too exaggerated for a comic author.

After all, Higashinoji's pencil draft was piled up in just three years and could fill a room.

Nakano Yusaki worked hard for a month or two, and it was normal to have a box.

Higashinoji took out the original manuscript from the box and flipped it over roughly, then he realized that Nakano Akisaki was making progress very fast.

If there are problems with the movement, there will be red pen markings, if there are lines that need to be considered, there will be yellow pen markings, if there are problems with the character hairstyle and clothing, there will be green pen markings...

Higashinoji looked at the green color of the character above and couldn't help but cough.

To be honest, if Japan hadn't had the Celestial dynasty saying "cuckold", Shima Higashino thought that Akisaki Nakano did it on purpose.

Putting aside this...
To be continued...