Dramatic Blade

Asahikawa put down his pen for a moment and stretched.

The editor sitting on the side immediately got up and approached: "You have worked hard!"

Asahikawa heaved a sigh of relief, and handed over the storyboard draft he just drew in his hand to the other party: "Huh, editor Yamada is too, and I kept you waiting for a long time."

"It's what we should do if we can personally accept the teacher's manuscript once and get to know everything about the teacher's creative environment!"

"This answer is too reliable." Asahikawa said with a smile.

After the serialization of the short story collection is confirmed, today is the day when the editor-in-charge visits in person.

The "reliable" Asahikawa said is not a polite word. In general manga serialization, the storyboard drafts of the next few episodes are usually handed over to the editor for review in advance, and then the editor and the author discuss the development and changes of the new plot together. After finalizing the final storyboard draft, I started to draw the official draft.

The headquarters of the magazine is in the Chuo district of Tokyo, which is a certain distance from Ukiyo-e Town. Before that, he used a fax machine to submit the storyboard manuscripts to the editor, and the two discussed it on the phone, but he did not think of his responsible editor. In the past few days, I happened to be visiting my hometown in the town next to Ukiyo-echo, so I took some effort to come to collect the manuscripts in person.

He has drawn comics for so many years, and he often wears a vest to engage in forums and fan creations. When the comic industry was just emerging in the Showa era, a cartoonist could even be serialized in many magazines, so the people he met It is not an exaggeration to say that there are seventy or eighty editors if there are no more than one hundred.

His surname is Yamada, the editor in charge of "Shounen BC". He is a man who has been the deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine since he was 30 years old. He wears a pair of glasses and looks a little serious. , this behavior is undoubtedly a plus item.

Editor Yamada finished reading the storyboard after a few brushes, and sighed after putting down the drawing paper: "As expected of Mr. Asahikawa NO. There's nothing wrong with getting up."

The fact that Ichiji is Asahikawa NO.1 Asahikawa did not intend to hide the fact from insiders, Asahikawa did not pretend to be a newcomer in front of editor Yamada, and said straight to the point: "That is to say, there are still some problems that need to be corrected. Yes, just say it directly."

"Yes," Editor Yamada nodded, and then smiled, "Because the teacher looks very young, so I unconsciously paid attention to the words, I was too worried... That's it, your world background switch Soon, the second world only showed a Japanese-style garden. The freshness of filling the repeated pictures with cherry blossoms will undoubtedly make people's eyes shine. The rhythm of the storyboard is also very good, which fully reflects Asahi's strength.

"But regarding the scene where the heroine and the heroine's friend are the male number two, I hope you can make a modification here."

The first episode of "Three Thousand Worlds" is already the solo show of the male protagonist. In the second and third episodes, new characters must appear. Asahikawa arranged for both the first female lead and the second male lead. He planned to give the first female lead a very beautiful character. The whole body spreads, and the male number two is a half-length single page in a fighting posture. After all, the male second must not compete with the female first. This is a normal operation and there should be no problem.

Asahikawa was puzzled: "What do you want to modify? Could it be that the heroine's appearance is not eye-catching enough?"

"Of course not." Editor Yamada waved his hand, showing a properly intoxicated expression: "Your drawing is impeccable, and the scene of the girl with a sad past walking down the cherry blossom tree is really great, absolutely It can satisfy men's fantasies about beautiful girls, so the part that needs to be modified is the appearance of the second hero..."

"Then what is your opinion?"

"I hope you can make the appearance of the second male lead equal to that of the first female lead, so that readers feel that these two are 'important people' to the leading actor!"

Asahikawa was surprised by this request for a moment: "Could this be the legendary...JUMP-style friendship?"

"Yes!"

JUMP-style friendship is a well-known stalk. For reading, different readers definitely have different reading preferences. Some people like to read love stories, some like to read adventure stories, and in more detail, some people like to read male protagonists. The emotional interaction with the heroine, and some people like to watch the emotional interaction between the hero and the second male lead.Then the reader's imagination is terrible. How to interpret and analyze the emotions in the interaction is very interesting.

Because "Shounen Jump" is the most popular boy-oriented manga, there are basically more male characters than female characters, so even if the author does not deliberately arrange, the interaction between the same sex will inevitably be more than the interaction between the opposite sex. The heroine in the plot The roles may not be as many as the male second role, such a comparison, over time, there will be such a title——

"Jump style friendship!"

Although in Asahikawa's mind, the term is directly equated with being gay.Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect the main plot, it's no big deal to add a little character interaction. He is a pure plot party. In terms of emotion, whether it is BL elements or BG elements, they are added to meet the needs of readers.

Editor Yamada said solemnly: "Another point is that your heroine has already told the past in these few words, but the second male lead only revealed a suspenseful identity. There is still a lot of room for manipulation in the past story. If the status of the male second and the female first are kept at the same level, it will be easier to attract people's curiosity about the story of the second male, and..."

Asahikawa had no choice but to interrupt him: "Editor Yamada, this is a collection of short stories..."

Editor Yamada's eyes lit up: "If Mr. Chichi wants to turn it into a novel..."

Asahikawa Ichiji's current pen name "Ichiji" is the Roman spelling of "one o'clock", so it is not a problem for Editor Yamada to call him Ichiji teacher directly.

Faced with this invitation, Asahikawa laughed for a while: "I refuse."

Since he has Asahikawa's No. 1 qualifications, he doesn't need to fight wits with the editor. This time, he just wants to do whatever he wants in the manga.He can accept the proposed changes within his ability. On the contrary, if he does not accept the request, it is useless to persuade the editor-in-chief of "Youth BC".

After the negotiation, editor Yamada took away some original manuscripts and storyboard drafts that did not need to be revised, and Asahikawa began to revise the appearance of the second male lead.

"Well, JUMP-style friendship...The male lead can be drawn more handsomely. A handsome character with a different temperament from the male lead will be more impactful, and the two can also be matched in a complementary manner."

Drawing manga is a time-consuming job. After Asahikawa entered the working state, the day turned into night when he looked up, and this time was no exception.

The second world that the hero comes to will only appear in a Japanese-style courtyard. He is trapped in the courtyard from the beginning to the end, looking for a way to get out. Obviously, the story of the second world refers to a few days ago at Domeki’s house What happened is that many places have been magically modified and expanded.

The male protagonist is trapped in the courtyard alone, and has the same dream every night. The plot of each night is a continuation of the previous night. The content of the dream is the death of the girl in reality. From the dream to the girl, the girl began to get sick. From that day until she died, there were seven days.

For a while, Asahikawa painted the cherry trees in the courtyard as huge as the scene remained unchanged, so he had to draw various perspectives to express the cherry blossoms and blank space so that readers would not feel bored.

Then, in order not to let the male lead a one-man show of a dreaming tool man, Asahikawa left him a notebook for a while, and let him find that this notebook can communicate with the outside world. When the male lead writes the first line, it will Another person's handwriting slowly emerged below, responding to what he wrote.

The cherry blossom garden, the girl's story, the mysterious pen pal, and the lonely victim are the keynotes of this story.

It wasn't until the last night, when the girl's dead figure turned into a very strange shadow and hovered over the treetops, that the male protagonist heard the groaning of the cherry tree being hurt by the girl's obsession, and realized that the reason for his being trapped was here .

[I think I have found the reason for being trapped! 】

[You are leaving here, right? 】

[If you can convince the girl's obsession, yes, although I don't know where you corresponded with me, I can't take things from other people's yards at will. 】

[It's a pity, I still want to hear you tell the story of the world you have experienced. In my world layer, stories are more valuable than money. 】

[Your experience is also very interesting, but I still need to find my past, and I can't stand still. 】

【It would be great if I could know where you are. 】

The boy smiled unconsciously, and wrote slowly with a taste of parting.

[This is someone else's courtyard, it is illegal to break into a private house rashly in my original world! 】

【Alright alright. 】

Then the male protagonist picked up the knife and walked towards the cherry tree in the courtyard.

If human obsession could be easily persuaded, the hero would not be trapped in the courtyard for so long. After a few conversations, the girl's obsession that he felt was not understood by the hero appeared as a dark shadow like a ghost. Avoiding all the moves of breathing swordsmanship, let the hero use more basic swordsmanship to deal with ghosts.

The plot has only progressed to the second world, and he is still not good at cheating on the male lead, so when the male lead finds that he can't cut the ghost at all and is about to be killed, an arrow feather flies from a distance.

A girl holding a huge bow and arrow suddenly appeared high in the sky. After she jumped up and shot the arrow, she loudly asked the male lead to cut off a red eye on the black shadow.

The magical power attached to the arrow feathers made Li Gui immobilized for a while, and the red-eyed weak point was hit, and Li Gui yelled unwillingly.

The girl with a bow and arrow is the heroine, with a high ponytail and a sassy witch costume, walking towards the heroine in the falling cherry blossoms.

Asahikawa drew here for a while, rubbed his eyes, and felt that it was too tiring to draw every petal, but the story was not over yet.

The hostess is the exorcist witch of this world, and the girl on the tree was once her friend. She has tried many methods outside the courtyard because she wanted to save her friend and let her successfully become a Buddha.The male protagonist explained his dream to her, and the witch explained to him that it was a psychic phenomenon, because this explanation was very similar to that given by his pen pal, when the male protagonist thought his pen pal was the female protagonist.

There was a chuckle from the cherry tree.

The witch was surprised: "Ah, it's the guy from another world who sold me the Broken Arrow!"

Merchants who travel in different world layers have many incredible props, and the magic-breaking arrow that can break the strange enchantment is one of them.

The girl asked curiously: "Didn't you say you were leaving this world today, why did you appear here again?"

The person on the cherry tree jumped down gently as if there was no gravity. He was wearing a shirt, vest and suit jacket that were different from the Japanese-style courtyard. He was holding a shiny black cane in his hand. He looked like a visitor from another world. .

The businessman who travels around with stories as currency raised his hat to the hero with a smile.

Male protagonist: "Are you...?"

The second male: "Sorry, I really want to see you so much, so I didn't invite you."

his pen pal.

……

Asahikawa finished drawing the last line in a moment, and felt a gay air blowing towards his face, but he was still out of breath, when the crow outside the window suddenly croaked, which made his hands tremble in fright, and he was surprised by the male lead accidentally Ink spots were left on his face.

"What's going on?" Asahikawa raised his head annoyed.

His window is facing the weeping cherry tree as a reference object, and the crow that helps him guard the door can hear it squawking from the top of the tree.

"Gah - there are guests, there are guests, you have guests here!"

Asahikawa frowned: "Who will visit me at night!?"

He put down his pen, stood up, and was about to go downstairs, but suddenly stopped sharply, with his fingers close to the back of his neck, and turned around vigilantly.

At this time, there was a chuckle from the cherry tree outside the window.

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The author has something to say:

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Young Master: Thank you for the invitation, but I don't wear a three-piece suit and vest

感谢在2020-03-2020:57:19~2020-03-2318:41:44期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Qi 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 12 bottles of Shi Chen; 10 bottles of Hefeng Cherry Blossom Festival;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!