Gotta Go the Healing Route

"Sometimes, for creators, creation is not the whole of life. While drawing comics, we should also pay attention to the beautiful things in life."

Kitaoka Akira seriously exhorted.

"Give yourself a vacation from time to time, let yourself relax physically and mentally. If there is anything, you can talk to Aster Uemura. It's good to be a listener in that family."

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

Kazama Xi thought that it was because of Zhicheng's real matter that Kitaoka Akira was concerned, and he replied softly as he was worried about his double opening.

Watching the elevator doors slowly close, Kitaoka Akira's expression seemed a bit tangled.

Just at this time, the elevator door on the other side opened, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Atsushi Itakura walked out of it.

"Editor-in-chief?"

Seeing Kitaoka Kounari standing at the door of the elevator seems to be thinking about something, Itakura Atsushi couldn't help but speak.

Kitaoka Akira came back to his senses, turned his head, "Itakura..."

"Are you still worried about Zhicheng-kun?" Seeing Akira Kitaoka's appearance, Itakura Atsuya asked.

Kitaoka shook his head: "That matter..."

"That matter is no longer a problem, it has been perfectly resolved just now."

"I was just thinking about whether to set up a psychological counseling department in the editorial department and recruit a psychological counselor, especially for employees and cartoonists who are under pressure due to work."

Akira Kitaoka's voice was a little low, and Atsushi Itakura couldn't hear it too clearly.

"What?"

"Nothing?" Kitaoka shook his head and sighed.

"Maybe it's my illusion..."

Chapter 170 Two New Work Decisions

For Xi Kazama, the two things that came to Shueisha headquarters this time have all been resolved.

Walking out of the Shueisha building, Kazama Yuki first called Uemura Ziwan, explaining that the matter of Zhicheng Zhenzhen had been resolved, and then mentioned that her double-opening request had been approved.

He had already made it clear to his editor in charge about the double opening.After the Shueisha side is also settled, there will be no obstacles.

Then there are matters related to the serialization of comics, such as recruiting some assistants.

"Since we are going to double-open, the studio must not be manned enough now, so please ask Sister Ziwan to help me recruit a few more assistants."

After talking for a while about expanding the size of the studio, Kazama Xihang hung up the phone, and then called Wu Shanyun again.

Wu Shanyun is currently in the hospital, waiting in the ward of Zhenren Zhicheng nervously waiting for the news. He received a call from Kazama Xi and learned that this matter is over: Zhenren Zhicheng’s decision to suspend publication for one year has been withdrawn and turned into a suspension of publication. After the good news until he was discharged from the hospital, it was natural to celebrate with each other.

In the background of the phone call, Kazama Xi could even hear Qiaoba Yi's excited whistle.

"Thank you, Kazama-kun."

Wu Shanyun said softly, although the tone was very light, but Feng Jianxi could still hear a trace of joy in the girl's voice, as well as a feeling of relief.

Kazama Xi did not forget to remind: "Don't forget to go to the editorial department afterwards, this time because of this incident, it also brought a lot of trouble to the editorial department."

This incident has caused tension between the editorial department and the authors. Although it is not to the extent that the relationship is broken, it is still necessary to come to ease the relationship between the two parties.

"I know, we will go to the editorial department to apologize to everyone with Mr. Takano later."

"Also, Mr. Zhicheng wants to talk to you."

On the other end of the phone, Wu Shanyun's voice disappeared, replaced by Zhicheng's voice.What Zhicheng said to Kazama Xi was naturally a sincere word of thanks, and Kazama Xi accepted it calmly.

After telling Master Zhicheng to recover from his illness, the phone returned to Wu Shanyun's hands again.

"I'm going to trouble you this time," Wu Shanyun said.

"Why are you talking about this again..." Kazama Xi raised the corners of her mouth.

"If you insist on expressing your gratitude, treat Mr. Zhicheng to a meal when he is discharged from the hospital."

"No problem, you can choose any restaurant in Tokyo."

"So grand? I almost forgot that you are also a little rich woman, so I will definitely not be polite."

"Speaking of which, Kazama-kun, how is your new work going?"

Wu Shanyun had already walked out of Zhicheng's ward, which had become lively, and came to the window sill at the end of the corridor.On the windowsill, someone raised a pot of daisies here.

Wu Shanyun stretched out his hand, fingering the white petals with his slender index fingers.

"Zhicheng-jun and the others stopped publication, and you're finished again. Without you guys, my serialization on Jump would be quite boring."

"Don't worry, you will be able to see my new work soon. Miss, I will not show mercy..."

"Then I'll just wait and see, Great Demon King Kazama..."

Retaliating back to the nickname, Wu Shanyun hung up the phone without giving Kazama Xi a chance to speak, leaving Kazama Xi standing alone in front of the Shueisha headquarters building in a daze.

"The Great Demon King Kazama?" Kazama Xi shook her head helplessly.

Although it is a bit inconsistent, after all, I should be a warrior of love, not some kind of demon king.

However, this nickname seems to be quite touching.

..................

After leaving Shueisha, Kazama Xi returned home and began to prepare the character designs for the two comics, as well as the storyboards for the follow-up stories.

Fortunately, Aster Uemura was very efficient, and in just three days, he recruited several good players.Not only that, Uemura Aster also directly rented the room next to the studio as a new studio.It is planned to be divided into two groups at that time, to be in charge of "Flame Fist" and "Chain Saw Man" respectively.

Kazama Xi was originally a team member of the studio, the oldest Toshiyuki Fujino was singled out by Kazama Xi, and as the team leader of the entire studio, he was responsible for coordinating the remaining assistants.

For the talent of Fujino Toshiyuki, Kazama Xi still values ​​it very much.In addition to being very sophisticated in technology, his management skills are also very good.

During the serialization of "Magic Circle", Yuya Kazama took charge of the studio for a while, and later became the shopkeeper. Except for handing over the storyboard script to the three assistants, other planning work was arranged by Toshiyuki Fujino .And Toshiyuki Fujino lived up to his entrustment, and arranged the studio in an orderly manner.

For this incident, Kazama Yuta specially raised Fujii Yuta's salary, and the other party naturally accepted part of the extra work assigned by Kazama Yuta.

In this way, the number of studio assistants after Kazama Xi's expansion has reached seven.

I have to say that in terms of employment, this assistant team is indeed a bit too much.Generally, the assistant team of cartoonists is three to four, and the poorer or hardworking cartoonists only have one or two assistants.

Kazama Xi didn't care, anyway, his savings and remuneration could support a studio of this size.Moreover, he values ​​efficiency more than money.At Uemura Aster's suggestion, he also specially provided a sum of money as a bonus for his studio.

In this way, after "Chain Saw Man" successfully passed the serialization meeting, the studio rebuilt by Xi Kazama was completely on the right track.

The current Shonen Jump editorial department has officially changed the editor-in-chief, Akira Kitaoka was transferred, and Atsushi Itakura took over the original editor-in-chief position of Akira Kitaoka.

Because the rumors had been released long ago, except for the small episode caused by Zhicheng Zhenren and Wu Shanyun, the handover work went very smoothly.

Itakura Atsuya even invited Kazama Yu to the editorial department through Uemura Ziwan to discuss the relevant content of this manga and discuss the early stage promotion of Kazama Yu's new serialization.

Kazama Xi, as the pillar of the new generation of boy jump, is one of the well-known and popular manga. When a new manga is serialized, there will still be some pomp and circumstance.

In addition, the serialization of Kazama Xi's new work just happened to catch up with Itakura Atsuya's appointment.The new official took office three fires, and he naturally wanted to take this opportunity to show something.

This is not an area that Yu Kazama is familiar with, so I just listen, and Aster Uemura will discuss with Atsuya Itakura about the specific matters.He just needs to cooperate with Shueisha to carry out publicity.

The efficiency of Juvenile Jump is also very fast. After the "Chain Saw Man" serial meeting passed, at the end of the new issue of the journal, the promotional image of "Chain Saw Man" was released.

Chapter 170 Three Propaganda

Roaring monsters of the world.

If you want to use one sentence to describe this promotional picture, "monster roaring in the world" is undoubtedly the most suitable.

In the middle of the promotional picture, a monster with a triangular head is opening its mouth full of sharp teeth, and a chainsaw protrudes from its forehead like a devil's horn.The outstretched arms also extended two terrifying chainsaws from the flesh and blood.

The monster was wearing a white shirt, tie, and trousers.But the white shirt was already soaked with blood.It looks very tense and can bring people a visually shocking picture.

The demon of the chainsaw is also a good confirmation of the somewhat unclear title - "The Chainsaw Man"

It is undeniable that this promotional image has indeed attracted the attention of most readers.

"What a handsome painting style!"

Just like liking someone, is it a gradual process of "starting from appearance, falling into talent, and being loyal to character".

The same is true for a comic work, starting from the style of painting, stuck in the story, and loyal to the connotation.

In any case, the main audience of jump is teenagers, and the most favorite elements of readers in this age group are handsome and cool.

Most readers are attracted by this handsome chainsaw demon at first glance, and then they notice the name of the work and the author on the chainsaw demon.

"This is Teacher Yubiechao's new work? No wonder..."

"The teacher is really fast, the representative of the model worker..."

"Mr. Yubiechao's production must be a high-quality product."

"Has the painting style returned to the delicate style of the dead pen? It's great."

Because of the painting style of the previous work "Magic Circle", the readers almost split into two factions in the later stage.

One school is from accepting the style of figure painting to loving the round-faced god religion.

The other faction just can't accept this kind of cute painting style, and turns to die-hard fans who admire the exquisite and beautiful painting style of the previous work.

The new style of painting shown on the publicity map is undoubtedly the gospel of the latter.

"Besides, this is still a promotional picture of the fighting department's characters..."

The chainsaw man and the demon corpse under his feet seem to illustrate the theme of this work, and the promotional slogan further proves this: the boy who slays the devil is about to set off.

Kazama Xi's painting style has always been very good, and her painting skills are No.1 in the ranking of cartoonists in the comic section of the Internet forum.

However, what makes readers feel sorry is that excellent painters, Kazama Xi's battle scenes are rarely done.

Although there are many battle scenes in the magic circle, many readers think that the painting style of the little round face is always a bit lacking in fighting scenes.

However, the poster of Kazama Xi's new work caught the eyes of many readers, and they speculated whether this manga would be an evil manga focusing on fighting.

"The devil is mentioned in the promotional picture, and the protagonist seems to be crazy. I don't know what kind of story this new work by Mr. Yubiechao will be..."

"To be honest, when I saw the promotional picture of the teacher's new work, I was excited but also a little nervous."

"The sequelae of "Magic Circle", right? In fact, to be honest, I also suffered from ptsd."

In fact, in addition to this promotional image, there is also a message from Yu Biechao after the promotional image, looking forward to this new work.Of course, this was specially planned by Kazama Xi and the editorial department.