A middle school cartoonist

In order to complete the comic that can be regarded as a "masterpiece", Takahashi Makoto invited Eiji Nizuma and Mashiro to form a team!

As one of the popular cartoonists in the weekly magazine, Eiji Nizuma's strength is naturally beyond doubt. Putting aside those super long popular comics, the only one who can compete with him since his debut is Makoto Takahashi who has a plug-in; and Mashiro, who is not yet famous in the comics industry, is still a little immature or lacks the level to independently create comic plots, but if we only talk about the painting of comics, Mashiro, who has the strength of a "world-class painter", is the strongest among the three!

Although the lineup of the strong combination sounds very spectacular, just like the previous serialization of "Madoka" and "A Certain Scientific Railgun", the creation process of comics needs to consider the integration of comic styles and the cooperation between cartoonists...

Don't think that you can dominate the entire comics industry just by relying on a strong lineup... The game called "Life" in reality is not like in novels and animations, where it is very easy to achieve various achievements!

"...You've all finished, right?" Takahashi Makoto put down his brush, with an expectant look on his face, and said to Eiji Nizuma and Mashiro who had also stopped drawing, "Since ancient times, humans have been accustomed to hurting each other through comparison... No, it should be a showdown! So according to the battle rules that have been passed down from ancient times to the present, although there are many different ways of dueling due to different forms, the essence is still to judge the comparison of superiority and inferiority, such as the food battle between chefs, the [six-on-six] all-member battle between trainers, and the dark game between duelists! Therefore, as cartoonists, the way we now decide the outcome is naturally to use the method between cartoonists, that is, to compete through the quality of the comics!"

"Teacher Fenghuangyuan will provide the character design and plot, and then everyone will complete the comics with the same plot but different styles within the specified time, and finally we will decide based on the quality of the comics. ...Hmm...I see!" Nizuma Eiji squinted his eyes and looked at Takahashi Makoto seriously, and said the cruel truth without any malice, "Does Mr. Fenghuangyuan intend to use this method...to decide our status when the comic manuscript is completed in the future?"

"Of course!" Takahashi Makoto said to Mashiro and Nizuma Eiji while sorting out the comic manuscript he had just completed, "Considering that we will complete this comic together in the future, in order to be able to get familiar with each other's styles as soon as possible, and to decide the priorities of the comic manuscripts in the future, the victory or defeat of this duel...will be entrusted to each other to decide!"

"No problem!" Nizuma Eiji took the lead in pushing the comic manuscript in front of Takahashi Makoto, with a light in his eyes that reads [stubborn] and writes [unwilling to admit defeat], "Then...let's start with the comic manuscript I have completed!"

Compared to the good friends of Yacheng Mu Mengye, the current Nizuma Eiji wants to compete with Takahashi Makoto more!

The previous cartoonist Eiji Niizuma was very good at depicting battle scenes, but he was slightly lacking in plot... It's not that the plot of Eiji Niizuma's comics is not good, but because the comics that Eiji Niizuma has serialized since his debut are all of the [royal] type! Although Eiji Niizuma is not incapable of drawing [dark] or [depressing] types of comics, compared to Makoto Takahashi who calls himself a [warrior of love], the gap between Eiji Niizuma and Makoto Takahashi in this regard is quite obvious!

However, as Eiji Niizuma and Makoto Takahashi became [allies] and cooperated to form a cartoonist named [Makoto Shinkai], after creating and serializing comics together... Eiji Niizuma has gradually made up for the original defects through learning and reference during the cooperation period!

Good at [royal] comics but not good at [dark] comics?

No problem, after serializing "A Certain Scientific Railgun" with Makoto Takahashi, Eiji Niizuma learned how to integrate the "dark" plot into the "regular" comics...

Good at "hot-blooded" comics but not good at "depressing" comics?

There is also no problem, when he serialized "Madoka Magica" with Makoto Takahashi earlier, Eiji Niizuma learned the skills of how to open the door to the "true dark and depressing world" from this comic...

That's why Makoto Takahashi was so surprised when he knew that Eiji Niizuma started serializing "Hero Academia" in the weekly magazine!

Not only was he surprised that Eiji Niizuma created a comic that belonged to another world, but he was also surprised that Eiji Niizuma was able to break through the inherent constraints of the "regular" comics in the new serialization, and added some non-positive energy, full of "darkness" and "depressing" plot settings in the comics... Although this is just a small step forward for Eiji Niizuma, as a cartoonist, it means the beginning of a leap!

The transformation of a manga artist usually means failure. There are countless manga artists who have become devastated because of the failure of transformation... But Eiji Niizuma added the plot of "evil way" to the original "regular way" manga, not only did he not suffer a Waterloo, but he also further consolidated his position as a popular manga artist in Weekly Shonen Jumk!

So... how to verify your own progress?

The answer is self-evident, of course, to find an opponent that you could not or were not sure of defeating in the past, and try to fight head-on!

"Oh my, Black Flame King, you are so confident!" Makoto Takahashi naturally understood the information revealed in Nizuma Eiji's eyes... After all, although the two are nominally called [allies], they are actually more like [rivals]! "The blade is like a fang, exuding a sharp breath... Is this a test from you, the Black Flame King, or a demonstration?"

"Wait, wait a minute!" In the world of Sakurasou, the male protagonist, but now a passerby, Sorata, looked at the tense atmosphere created by Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji when they confronted each other, and then looked at the seemingly completely ignored Mashiro girl. After hesitating for a long time, he still plucked up the courage to raise an objection, "Because the plot and character settings are provided by you, uncle, so at the beginning, you have a certain advantage..."

It can make Sorata forget the fear of being dominated by a certain middle school devil, and raise objections bluntly... At this moment, should we praise the greatness of the power of love, or should we praise the magic of love that makes people lose their IQ?

"Young man, are you trying to say that this competition seems to be quite unfair to Mashiro?" Upon hearing this, Makoto Takahashi jokingly looked up and down at the young boy Kota, nodding and praising him, "Yeah, although you are a little immature and a little reckless... but now your performance as a [wife-protecting maniac] is quite similar to my style in the past!"

"...Um, uncle, please don't change the subject!" In response to Makoto Takahashi's praise, the young boy Kota, who had very little life experience, instantly lost most of his anger. The momentum that he had just mustered up with great difficulty was consumed in the blink of an eye, "Just as you said, , using the same character to complete the same plot, compared to you who have already conceived it, both Mr. Nizuma Eiji and Mashiro are at a disadvantage! "

"Yeah, Sorata boy, although your statement sounds a bit biased towards your girlfriend, it seems to be right if you think about it carefully..." Seeing Takahashi Makoto pinching his chin and posing in a thoughtful look, Sorata boy's face was filled with the joy of success of "I can actually kill back"... Of course, if Sorata boy could see the sympathetic look on Sorata Eiji's face, he would probably know that fantasies such as "I can kill back" are just illusions of life! "But... so what?"

"Eh! ? That... this..." The smile on Sorata boy's face froze when Makoto Takahashi actually said such a shameless answer so frankly... So Sorata boy, you are really too young!

"A group of magicians hidden in the other world, in order to make a wish to the legendary [Universal Wishing Machine] Holy Grail, summon the souls of ancient heroes to the real world, fight, compete, and war! Before the Holy Grail War begins, seven participants summon seven Heroic Spirits of different ranks..." Takahashi Makoto ignored the confused look on the face of the young boy Sorata, and repeated the plot and character settings he had provided to Shinzuma Eiji and Mashiro girl before, "Based on the character settings of the Heroic Spirits and their Masters that I provided, the cartoonists instinctively drew the scene when the Heroic Spirits and their Masters met... From this point of view alone, everyone is in a stage of fair competition!"

" But uncle..."

"Compared to Mashiro and the King of Black Flame, I do have the advantage of [pre-knowledge]..." Takahashi Makoto tapped the comic draft completed by Nizuma Eiji with his fingers, and a [pleasant] smile appeared on his face, "But boy, who told you... or are you so sure that the comic plots created by the King of Black Flame and Mashiro will definitely not be as good as me who has the advantage?"

"This..." Denying Takahashi Makoto's point of view means admitting that Mashiro is not as good as a certain middle school cartoonist... This is definitely the most difficult choice in the life of Sorata, no doubt about it!

"If the plot I created is likened to [the real thing], and the plot completed by the King of Black Flame and Mashiro is likened to [the fake], according to your idea, the [real thing] will definitely be better than the [fake], right?" Takahashi Makoto did not give up the attack because of Sorata's silence, but continued to use the [pursuit] skill to further increase the damage! "But boy, who says that [fakes] can't compare to [genuine]? Talent, ability, hard work, confidence, luck... When these immeasurable hidden abilities are added together, even a mere [fake] can crush the so-called [genuine]! Have you never heard of the story of [fan fiction killing the original]?"

"That's right!" Nizuma Eiji took over Takahashi Makoto's words, reached out and took the comic draft completed by Mashiro, and showed an extremely confident and dazzling smile on his face, "That's why I said that drawing comics is a super interesting thing!"

"Yeah! Comics... are very interesting!" Mashiro, who had been silent all the time, stood directly against Mashiro as soon as she opened her mouth... By the way, Mashiro, have you ever considered Mashiro's feelings when making such a choice?

"Well, since Mashiro has agreed..." Mashiro said that he was really tired of Mashiro's behavior of selling out his teammates!

"Don't be discouraged, intern assistant cat number two! Your performance today has been quite outstanding!" Takahashi Makoto patted the young boy's shoulder in a comforting manner, stood up, took out a box from behind the bookshelf and handed it to him, "Although I have given you a special title before, I have not given you enough power to match the title, so I will give you the reward in advance!"

"That, uncle, thank you... Hey!?" Looking at the green beret in the box, the words of thanks that were about to come out of Kota's mouth turned into an exclamation mixed with anger, "Why is it a hat... and it's green!?"

"Intern Assistant Cat No. 2, this is not an ordinary hat!" Takahashi Makoto said to Kota solemnly, "Although you still can't perform operations such as transformation after wearing it... But you will be able to feel the power of forgiveness!"

"No, no, no, this color and this style..." Kota was about to cry! "Excuse me, I can't accept it, uncle! Why do you have to choose..."

"Because all of this is the choice of Steins;Gate!" Takahashi Makoto was the only one who gave such an answer...

No... It seems that today, Eiji Niizuma seems to have been infected by a certain chuunibyou manga artist, and he actually agrees with Takahashi Makoto and said this answer in unison!

Sure enough... This is the choice of Steins;Gate!

The way chefs compete is food battle, so what about manga artists? Man battle? Huaji Huaji, uh, is Lord Lu Bu, who uses Fang Tian Huaji, considered a cartoonist during the Three Kingdoms period? Hahahahahaha