Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?

In the basement of the Qunyingsha Building, in the small meeting room of the main magazine department of "Jump".

More than 20 editors and department heads are waiting for the results of the popularity vote.

"The data analysis of this issue's popular comics voting has begun." The old editor said nervously in front of the large display screen.

According to his qualifications, this is simply a small scene, and he is not nervous at all.

But this time, the popularity vote is related to the bet between the former director Hayato Hyakki and the genius Shingo Oda.

No one denies that Shingo Oda is a genius.

Two works are serialized at the same time, and the quality is so high that the second work has even gone viral!

An editor looked back nervously below, and behind him was the office of Junto Hyakki.

Hayato Hyakki did not sit out, but the door was open, and he could clearly see the screen from a distance and hear the number of votes clearly.

The editors did not dare to speak, and even did not dare to make big moves.

[Something might happen, the performance of "Parasyte" is too good. ] An editor secretly chatted with an acquaintance on his mobile phone.

[Yeah, originally it was said that we would be in the top three in popularity within two months. I thought it was impossible, but now it seems possible?]

The top three in popularity is not just the top three in a certain issue, but a quarterly selection similar to the new animation series of "Jump".

The data relies on the sum of the ranking points of the previous 13 weeks in this quarter, and the top three comics are the top three.

The comics that become the top three will be introduced on the special page like the top three, and there will even be author interviews and special pages for SP chapters.

Since "Parasyte" is a new comic and has insufficient previous accumulation, if it wants to become the top three in popularity, it needs to always occupy the second place or above after its debut.

Since "notouch" has always dominated the first place, other comics have different performances, but Parasyte has been making great progress.

Now according to the average score of the third quarter, as long as "Parasyte" ranks first, it will most likely be in the top three of the quarter!

A nervous atmosphere began to spread in the main magazine.

The old editor swallowed his saliva and began to import the data provided by the technician.

[It won't really rank first, will it? The winner is decided in just one month? ]

[Not necessarily, "notouch" is also the climax of Koshien recently. ]

[But "Parasyte" is really coming on strong. ]

The editors chatted privately on their mobile phones.

"Parasyte" has no more than 10 episodes since its first serialization!

Who has ever seen such popularity that readers blocked the door of the bookstore to buy "Jump"? Or even read it directly in the store? This is a grand occasion that has not appeared in many years.

As for the industry's evaluation, various accounts that comment on and talk about comics have almost made related videos, not to mention the website rankings.

There are rankings on the hot-blooded list, the alien list, and even the love list. This is obviously a manifestation of the dominance of big IPs!

"Manatsu no tsuiri rain" is still on the music website list. There are rumors that it may be used in a prime-time big-budget TV series as an interlude or the ending theme.

Who can believe that this is a song written by a cartoonist?

Data began to appear on the display screen.

Progress bars began to appear one by one for more than twenty comics, which was a growth-type performance of the number of votes.

An editor cursed in a low voice, "What are the technicians doing! They also show the reading bar, which makes people anxious!"

"That's right, it's too abominable!"

Everyone looked at several bar charts that emerged suddenly, which continued to grow.

Sitting in the office, looking at the screen from afar, Hayato Hyakki rubbed the exquisite and expensive porcelain cup until it almost made a sandpaper sound.

Could it be that Oda Shingo really won the first place in advance and won the bet with me?

Hayato Hyakki already had some regrets in his heart.

The top three places that were originally as difficult as ascending to heaven were actually won by this disobedient new cartoonist?

Could it be that the unspoken rule that the big boss of this magazine department can play with cartoonists at will is so easily overturned?

Hayato Hyakki was unwilling to accept it.

"Sword of the Goddess", "Parasyte" and "notouch" are the most prominent three.

Representing the works of the annual genius cartoonist Kousuke Watsuki, the annual dark horse genius Shingo Oda, and the veteran cartoonist Yutaka Adachi.

"Goddess Sword has stopped growing!"

"Only Parasyte and notouch are left!" The editors exclaimed without even bothering to chat privately.

Seeing that more than 20 comics have died down, only two heroes are left to compete for supremacy.

Two columns, one red and one blue, continue to extend to the right side of the screen.

Slowly and stubbornly, it is difficult to tell who is better.

I don't know how many editors at the scene want to strangle the technician to death, but I'm sure that the former director Hayato Hyakki, who is watching from a distance, must be eager to fire this technician...

"Oh! Stop!"

The old editor couldn't help but exclaimed.

The red column of "Parasyte" and the blue column of "notouch" have stopped.

Whose is longer? !

Everyone's eyes are focused on the intersection of blue and red.

At this time, no one is considering whether red and blue will be a CP, everyone is eager to see the result.

But the lengths of the two colors are too close! At first glance, you can't tell which one is longer.

Just when all the editors were going crazy, numbers suddenly appeared on the right side of the bar graph.

The number for "Parasyte" is 9143 votes!

The number for "notouch" is 9178 votes!

"Wow!" An editor exclaimed.

"Hahaha! Parasyte didn't get first place!"

"It's incredible! It didn't get first place, I'm scared to death!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's obviously because Mr. Andafu is so awesome! Such a fierce Parasyte was suppressed by him!"

The editors were talking about it.

Soon, they gradually stopped and looked at the minister's office with the door open at the back.

"Well, this issue's popularity list can really reflect the author's true strength!" Hayato Hyakki walked out with a smile on his face, holding a high-end porcelain cup in his hand.

In the eyes of everyone, he seemed to have no psychological burden and took a sip of tea leisurely.

Uh... Hayato Hyakki was a little panicked.

He suddenly found that there was no tea in his porcelain cup, only tea leaves that were barely wet and stuck to the bottom of the cup.

I was so nervous about the ranking that I accidentally drank all the tea without realizing it...

However, Hayato Hyakki's acting skills are superb. He held the empty cup and pretended that the tea tasted good.

At this time, the new technician jumped out and asked for credit to his colleagues around him: "How is it? The bar growth chart I made this time is good, right?"

"..."

The editors looked at him as if he was a fool.

Some people wanted to beat him up.

Some smart editors were secretly happy: If Oda Shingo rushes to the popularity list, will all technicians in this magazine be fired?

At least this guy will not pass the probation period...

The data of the new popularity award list was announced soon.

Mikami Saburo quickly got it, and then frowned.

Damn! I didn't expect that Mr. Andachi Yutaka's work is so strong that he can withstand the fierce battle situation of Oda Shingo's "Parasyte"?

This is probably a blow to new cartoonists!

He had seen many geniuses who played beautifully in favorable situations, but would never recover once they encountered setbacks.

Sankami Saburo quickly called Oda Shingo: "Hey, Shingo, there is something regrettable..."

He tried to be more tactful and told the other party that he was still ranked second.

But Oda Shingo's reaction surprised him.

"Oh, second, OK, I get it. Then I'll go on vacation with my assistants!"

His nonchalant voice came from the microphone of the mobile phone.

"Hey, Fujido Kaoru, don't hug your neck, I can't breathe, I can't breathe..."

His voice seemed to be blocked.

At the same time, the microphone was mixed with a few shouts of joy from girls.