Master of the Machete Style Manga

Chapter 17 I Want to See Ken Sakamoto

Back in the shop, Ken Sakamoto turned around to look, but Mio Natsume hadn't followed him in.

He tidied up the magazine shelves that had been messed up by customers, and looked through the glass wall at the sidewalk across the street once more.

Natsume Mio stood there quietly for a long time until the bus arrived, and she stepped onto it.

The bus goes to Takenozuka Station, and then she has to transfer to a tram, which will take her an hour to get home.

There were few customers at night, so Ken Sakamoto stood behind the counter, pondering what Mio Natsume had just said.

"Dream".

This is a key word in her story.

This word wasn't only heard by Natsume Mio; Mikazuki Haruna also mentioned it.

She has publicly stated that the manga "Young Lady, Sniper Rifle, and Pantyhose!" was given to her in a dream by Benzaiten-sama.

Ken Sakamoto experienced the first playthrough, and his feeling about it was like experiencing a completely real life.

The timeline begins on the day he was reborn in Tokyo and continues until the moment he lost consciousness.

Everything was a real experience, not a vague memory like a dream.

However, Natsume Mio does not seem to have a complete memory of the previous week's events, but rather some fragments.

Kenjiro Sakamoto was actually deliberately provoking Mio Natsume's emotions to get her into his rhythm.

If Natsume Mio had experienced the previous playthrough in its entirety, her reaction would definitely have been different.

From this perspective, the situation doesn't seem so bad?
It's a dream, so of course nothing is surprising.

For example, dreaming that he is dating several girls at the same time can be interpreted as her own dark side, maliciously imagining him as a scumbag.

He worked until the early hours of the morning, and after handing over to his colleagues on the night shift, Ken Sakamoto went home.

The progress of the comic drafts has been rapid over the past few days.

Editor Kaji scheduled his updates for midnight every Monday and Wednesday. Only two chapters have been updated on the JUMP+ website, while he has already completed six chapters of artwork.

The manuscript paper on the table is the seventh chapter that is currently being drawn.

Based on the progress of the previous "Chainsaw Man" series, the first volume consisted of seven chapters.

In this volume, the male protagonist's core idea is to touch breasts.

First Machima, then Power, and then together with Power, they went through the "Decision of Saving the Cat and Rubbing the Breasts," fought a bat demon, and at the crucial moment at the end of the volume, he suddenly became Chainsaw Man, ending here.

It must be said that Fujimoto Tatsuki's technique of using fragmented text is also very skillful.

Although it was already past midnight, Ken Sakamoto was still full of energy and managed to finish drawing the rest of the seventh chapter despite the sounds of lovemaking all around him.

When you stay up late, you may feel sleepy at first, but once you pass a certain threshold, you will feel more energetic.

Although this is taking a toll on his health, Ken Sakamoto really can't sleep right now.

The sky was already slightly bright when Sakamoto Kenji gathered a thick stack of manuscript paper, took the paper, USB drive, and coins with him, and headed out the door.

The convenience store where he works is open 24 hours a day, and there are still colleagues working the night shift at this hour.

Upon arriving at the store, Ken Sakamoto skillfully operated the coin-operated printer, scanning the original manuscript into an electronic document and saving it to a USB drive.

Night shifts are usually very boring. The occasional customers are either office workers who are working overtime to the point of exhaustion or office workers who have drunk themselves into a stupor at business dinners.

Ken Sakamoto greeted the shop assistant: "Shota, good morning."

"Good morning..." Miyamoto Shota replied weakly, "I thought you were here to take over my job."

"It's only five o'clock, you still have to hold on for two more hours."

"Yeah, yeah, another drunkard threw up in the shop tonight, and I had to clean up all night."

"Working the night shift is really tough." "Because they pay well."

As he spoke, he walked over and asked, "Jian, what are you scanning at this hour?"

He had barely spoken when he saw the manuscript paper that Ken Sakamoto had placed on the printer.

"A manga?" Shota Miyamoto said. "By the way, you mentioned before that you were drawing manga. Has it been published yet?"

"Come on, download JUMP+ for me right away." The two of them had been working at the store for a long time, and Sakamoto Ken didn't stand on ceremony. He told him directly, "Then search for 'Chainsaw Man,' add it to your favorites, and post a few more comments in the comment section. Remember to vote for me in the weekly poll."

“Sure, Ken!” Shota immediately picked up his phone to search and added Chainsaw Man to his bookshelf.

He scrolled through the comments section and said, "Were these comments posted by you, or by actual readers?"

Ken Sakamoto hadn't checked JUMP+ since last night, and when Shota handed him his phone, he leaned over and took a peek.

The number of comments has increased significantly, and those about the characters are mostly about wanting to see the male and female leads being affectionate.

Wow, I wonder what kind of shock you'll feel when you see what happens next.
After tidying up the scanned manuscript, Ken Sakamoto said, "Of course, the people who posted were real readers. I would never pretend to be a reader to brag. Who would do such a thing?"

……

"hateful!"

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Mikazuki Haruna woke up naturally early in the morning.

She hasn't been sleeping well these past few days; all she can think about is her comics.

She would check JUMP+ every now and then to see the reader comments. Most of the time, there were no new comments. Whenever she saw a new post, she would read it carefully several times before replying.

"The art style is nice, but the plot is so-so."

Haruna replied: "Hey upstairs, take another look! What's wrong with the plot? The plot is great, okay?"

"I feel like there aren't enough scenes with Se Se. Doesn't the female lead's skirt flutter during fight scenes?"

Haruna replied: "To the person in post #11, this is clearly a proper manga, why do you always want to see panties?"

"The person on the first floor is right. It doesn't feel as good as the Chainsaw Man next door. That's the best book in this series."

Haruna thought for a long time, but still didn't know how to respond to this.

After all, she also felt that she was not as good as the Chainsaw Man.

But I'm so angry!
Is there a possibility...

That Sakamoto Ken, is that the Sakamoto Ken I dreamed about?!
Mikazuki Haruna frowned in thought.

I dreamt that he created "Miss, Sniper Rifle, and Pantyhose!", and then I drew it and successfully published it.

Actually, I stole Sakamoto Ken's work, which prevented him from continuing to publish this manga?
That's why he turned to creating "The Chainsaw Man".

And they were in the same cohort as me!
You should thank me!
Otherwise, how would you have come up with such a great comic?
She rummaged through a pile of manuscript papers and took out a sketchbook.

She studied fine arts and had a habit of drawing down her inspirations. She would also draw down interesting things she encountered occasionally.

For example, seeing a cute cat, or a beautiful view.

On one of the pages is a portrait drawn in pencil.

She painted this close-up portrait with exceptional detail.

His handsome face, lively eyes, somewhat unruly hairstyle, and even a tiny mole the size of a sesame seed near his eyebrow were highlighted.

This is her dream lover.

"Although it's unlikely to be the same person, I still need to find a way to meet Ken Sakamoto, the artist who drew 'Chainsaw Man'!"

(End of this chapter)