Master of the Machete Style Manga

Chapter 1: Offering the Chainsaw Man for Rebirth
"The exam is over. Please put down your writing tools and turn your question booklet and answer sheet face down."

Having just woken from a coma, I heard a somewhat serious voice in my ear.

The bloodstains faded, the pain in my chest disappeared, and my vision gradually cleared.

Ken Sakamoto confirmed the current situation.

2015, October.

The scene after the final academic subject exam of the Kanzaki Art Academy entrance examination.

Thanks to his experiences over the years, he was able to skillfully control his expressions, which prevented him from bursting out laughing on the spot.

Ken Sakamoto took a deep breath, stood up, and walked towards the classroom door.

Fortunately, I was given another chance.

This time, I will never step into that abyss again!

As he stepped out of the classroom, Ken Sakamoto suddenly heard a girl's voice.

"Jian! How did your exam go?"

Ken Sakamoto reacted almost instinctively to the sound, quickly dodging to the side.

His eyes widened in horror as he stared at the girl in front of him.

Natsume Mio?!
The girl was wearing a familiar JK uniform, with a bag slung over her shoulder, shoulder-length short hair, and a slightly naive demeanor. If you only looked at her face, anyone would come to the same conclusion:
Cute, gentle, a Yamato Nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman).

But only Ken Sakamoto knew how crazy this girl would become later...

"I guess I did okay on the test."

Sakamoto Ken said a few words, turned around, and strode quickly out of the teaching building.

"Hey? Jian, wait!" The girl quickly caught up.

But Ken Sakamoto didn't stop; he quickened his pace.

So the boy lowered his head and charged forward, while JK chased after him, panting heavily.

Don't let the girl's seemingly dull and unassuming appearance fool you; she's a fifth-dan kendo player with exceptional physical abilities and incredible speed.

"Jian, Jian! I, I have something to tell you... Hey, you, don't run away!"

Upon arriving at the school gate, Ken Sakamoto glanced back and, to avoid being caught, flagged down a passing taxi.

"Please hurry up and get to the opposite side of Tachibana Hata Nishi Elementary School in Adachi Ward."

After getting into the car and giving the address, Kenjiro Sakamoto looked out the window at the puzzled girl standing by the roadside, patted his chest, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew what Natsume Mio wanted to say to him.

For the past three years, he had insisted on prioritizing his studies, which is why Natsume Mio had been able to endure until now.

If he walks too slowly, then what awaits him is Natsume Mio's public confession.

However, after the taxi started moving, he regretted his decision.

It was still because of the habit I developed in the later part of last playthrough; a certain girl gave me too much pocket money, so I didn't care much about the cost of the taxi.

Right now, I'm just a soon-to-be graduate living alone on a meager salary from working at a convenience store.

He's even carrying debts incurred by his gambling-addicted father, and is currently being sued by a public interest lawyer to try and clear those debts.

The tuition for Kanzaki Art Academy, where I'm about to enroll, is not cheap.

Ken Sakamoto took out his wallet from his shoulder bag and looked at it.

"Um, driver, please go to Nippori Station..."

The old driver turned his head to look at Ken Sakamoto, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say much, just drove silently.

Two minutes later, the taxi came to a stop on the side of the road in front of Nippori Station.

After all, it's only a distance of less than 2 kilometers.

Ken Sakamoto took out a 500 yen coin and a 100 yen coin from his wallet and handed them to the old driver.

"Thanks……"

Ken Sakamoto opened the car door and got out, blending into the crowd on the sidewalk.

If a driver initially gives a very far location and then suddenly changes their mind, it can leave them feeling confused.

But what's the point of saving face compared to a 5000 yen fare?
If you take the tram and then transfer to a bus from Nippori Station, it will only cost a little over 300 yen if you have a student card.

Standing in the swaying tram, Ken Sakamoto looked out at the city outside the window.

Ten years have passed, and Tokyo has remained largely unchanged.

In any case, being reborn is a good thing.

Looking back to last time, he entered the art club of Kanzaki Art Academy with excellent grades, and in the following years, he would encounter them one after another...

Ken Sakamoto admitted that he might have been a jerk in the past.

But that's not my fault.

After all, last week's game was the first time in my life I had been reborn in Tokyo.

Tokyo, back in junior high, I used to search online for keywords like "high-quality Japanese and Korean films online" to watch Japanese movies.

Reborn, with exotic scenery added, double the excitement, he started treating reality like a visual novel.

As a result, the Tokyo woman made him pay a heavy price...

……

I returned to my old, rented apartment.

Built 50 years ago, the room has 1 room and the entire floor has a shared bathroom.

Ken Sakamoto casually tossed his bag onto the tatami mat, sat down, and fell into deep thought.

With his mind a bit of a mess, Ken Sakamoto took out a pen and paper and wrote down three names.

Mikazuki Haruna. Natsume Mio.

Ai Hoshino.

These three people left him with unforgettable memories.

He only longed for love once in his life, and now he's tired of it.

Back in 2015, Ken Sakamoto's first thought was to make money.

After all, the reason I got caught up in the chaos last time was because I was poor.

With both parents deceased, no sister, and no house, he lived alone in a bustling metropolis like Tokyo, where all the extravagance and debauchery were irrelevant to him.

Ken Sakamoto's thinking was simple: as long as there was a large sum of money in his bank account, he would never be able to step into the battlefield again.

Take ten thousand steps back.

Even if you step into a battlefield, your bank deposits are your source of confidence, and you can rightfully take the upper hand.

At least... I don't have to live off a woman or anything like that.

Being a kept man is delicious, but dangerous!

You never know what kind of tricks a rich heiress is thinking!

Ken Sakamoto was an art student who drew manga to pay for his tuition at Kanzaki Art Academy.

However, I didn't know much about the comic industry at the time, and my work was published by an unknown small publishing house. It was far from becoming a hit and could only barely stay afloat.

That's why he cares so much about his few readers and attends offline gatherings.

At that party, I met my fan leader, Mikazuki Haruna...

Or perhaps "number one hater" would be a more accurate description.

Coincidentally, Mikazuki Haruna is also a student at Kanzaki Art Academy, in the art club, and is a year ahead of him.

But things are different now; Ken Sakamoto has complete memories of his past life.

Standing in front of the bookshelves in the room, I saw magazines like "Weekly Shonen Jump," "Weekly Shonen," and "Shonen Sunday."

It's packed full of all kinds of comic magazines.

Pick up a copy of Weekly Shonen Magazine, and the cover image is Attack on Titan.

This work began serialization in 09, was published as a standalone book in 10, and was adapted into an anime in 13. After its release, it quickly swept the entire market, and now in 2015, it is at the peak of its popularity.

This month also marks the release of the final volume of "Naruto". I originally had all 71 volumes of "Naruto" collected on the lower shelf of my bookshelf, but I sold them all for money, leaving only volume 72 sitting there all alone.

If old magazines weren't so hard to sell, he would definitely have sold those magazines he had already read.

The existence of these magazines and comics proves that I was reborn in the same world, not a parallel world.

Or at least in the realm of comics, nothing has changed.

Pick up your phone and search for a few more familiar names on the web.

Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Burial of Frillien, Chainsaw Man...

As of 2015, this book cannot be found anywhere.

With his eyes closed in meditation, Ken Sakamoto confirmed the cheat codes that came with his rebirth.

Everything I experienced last week, everything I saw and heard, every detail—if I recall it carefully, it will all come back to me in my mind.

This includes all the comic books he has read.

Storyboards, characters, scenes... I can completely replicate them myself!
It's a pity I didn't pay attention to the investment market at the time, otherwise I could have easily become rich by investing directly in the stock market.

But that's okay, as long as I draw these comics in advance...

He doesn't aspire to become a tycoon; he just wants to earn a few hundred million in royalties and enjoy a peaceful life.

Ken Sakamoto is very proactive; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hold his own against them for so long in the previous game.

He pulled out an old draft from his drawer, which he had already started drawing and was planning to submit soon.

"Young Lady, Sniper Rifle, and Pantyhose!"

The story of a useless high school boy who meets a killer heiress while sharing an apartment.

A pure virgin's fantasy!
A piece of garbage that relies entirely on borderline driving!

No wonder it couldn't be popular in its previous life.

Just throw it into the trash can.

I won't be going down any more unorthodox paths.

This time, it's the right way!
I closed my eyes and pondered for a moment, recalling the comic I had read in its entirety.

Perhaps it was because the male protagonist's situation was so similar to my own that a name popped into my mind...

He spread out a new sheet of paper on the table and picked up his pen.

[The Chainsaw Man]

[Chopping down trees could earn you 6 yuan a month, right?]

[I made 120 million from the kidney I sold before]

[Right eye, 30]

How much money did I get from selling one egg?

It seems like there aren't even 10...

The remaining debt is... 3804 million yen.

Woof!

[Pochita, I know it! Hurry up and kill it!]

(End of this chapter)