My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

Whether it's Longyin's teacher, the quirky elven archmage, or the battle nun who only has two legs and stands up by her own abilities, these characters are all very endearing.

The shift from initial exhilaration to present-day despair keeps readers hooked, eager to know what happens next.

The number of people speculating online about how the story would unfold went from a hundred to a thousand, then to ten thousand, and the website dedicated to it almost crashed.

Its immense popularity even caused another surge in sales of the Blood Clan manga.

A group of people even bought more than a dozen copies of the book to support the straight man.

Just as Saiki's father had predicted, everyone became even busier after the manga was released.

If people could leave work before 7 p.m. before, now it's considered lucky to finish work before 9 p.m.

However, at least in terms of everyone's wages, there has indeed been a significant increase.

This should offer some solace to everyone's wounded hearts.

However, everyone only wants to know one thing right now.

That is, ONE teacher, when are you going to stop?! If this keeps up, everyone will end up in the hospital!

It hurts, my heart aches so much. Does this mean we're all going to die here from working overtime?

However, it can only be said that one wave subsides only for another to rise.

Just as Naoto was about to seriously consider how to continue writing this vampire comic, a phone call came in, leaving Naoto dumbfounded and the editorial staff in tears.

"Is this Naoto-sensei? I'm a staff member from JCSTAFF. Could you come to the JUMP editorial office this weekend? We'd like to discuss the anime adaptation of 'Bloodline' with you."

"Eh?"

Chapter 36: News of the Animation Adaptation

"JCSTAFF?" The organization behind this?!

When Naoto first heard the name JCSTAFF, he was a little confused, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized, "Isn't that the famous JCSTAFF?"

JCSTAFF was founded in 1986. The company's president, Tomoyuki Miyata, was originally a member of Tatsunoko Production, but after witnessing the rapid development of the animation industry, he started his own company, JCSTAFF ("J" and "C" are abbreviations for "Japan" and "Creative," respectively).

This company first gained fame by winning the Best Animation Award at the ANIMATION Kobe Awards for "Revolutionary Girl Utena", and then became more widely known for adapting light novels and manga such as "Shakugan no Shana" and "A Certain Scientific Railgun" into anime.

If Bones is the industry benchmark, then J.C. Staff is the industry workhorse.

However, as a workhorse in the industry, J.C. Staff releases at least six or seven anime series every year, and sometimes even more than ten. This has led to some works being sacrificed every year.

Although J.C. Staff produced a series of anime such as "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.", "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou", and "Toradora!", they also sacrificed many well-known anime.

For example, works like a certain date, One-Punch Man Season 2, etc.

Naoto was both excited and somewhat worried about J.C. Staff taking charge of the animation production.

Although J.C. Staff is a top ten animation studio in Japan, sacrificing several anime series every year due to work and funding issues is truly heartbreaking for manga authors.

As for Naoto himself, he prefers more responsible animation studios like Trigger or Bones. He'd even be willing to work with Madhouse, the studio that produced the first season of One-Punch Man.

However, for a new writer, being taken on by a major publishing house like J.C. Staff is already a very difficult thing.

If some animation company that has no idea what it is were to take over, it would probably be so badly ruined that even its own mother wouldn't recognize it.

"But, it's being adapted into an anime? I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."

Thinking that his serialization had only lasted four or five months, and it was already going to be adapted into an anime, Naoto couldn't help but sigh, "This speed is probably going to break records."

The news that Vampire Clan was going to be adapted into an anime quickly spread within the small circle of JUMP manga artists.

Among them, Akito and Moritaka probably had the strongest reactions.

"What?! The Bloodline is getting an anime adaptation?!"

When Akito and Moritaka heard their editor mention this, they were completely dumbfounded.

While the two of them were still struggling with their serializations as floppers, their older brother had already taken off and was preparing for an anime adaptation.

Are you trying to mess with them? The gap between them is just too big!

There are currently twenty serialization slots in JUMP, and our two manga are struggling to get into the top fifteen, facing the possibility of being canceled at any time. We are both manga authors, so why are you so much better?

Akito is currently fifteen years old, and Naoto is almost seventeen.

All things considered, it's less than two years. Is it really possible for the two of them to reach number one in JUMP?

"Hey! Supreme, what are you doing?"

At that moment, Akito, who was deep in thought, saw Moritaka stand up from the sofa without saying a word. He then ran straight to the drawing table and began drawing manga.

Akito had absolutely no idea how his best friend felt at this moment.

All I can say is that the current top leader must be really devastated.

Speaking of which, the Ashirogi Muto pairing has had a lot of troubles.

Originally a mainstay of JUMP, it was eventually surpassed by a large group of younger artists.

In the original work, Eiji Niizuma directly stole the identity of the genius young manga artist.

The manga artists who emerged afterward were all geniuses. Their works were either adapted into live-action films, broadcast on radio, published as light novels, or adapted into animated films.

Originally, the protagonist and the female lead planned to get married after the female lead graduated from university.

And then? High school passed, college passed, and finally, even Akito's child was about to be born, before the two of them finally got married. It was enough to drive anyone crazy with anticipation.

In the original work, the protagonist was almost driven to despair by the breakdown of his defenses. If he hadn't come to terms with it in the end and created a masterpiece along the way, we don't know when he would have had a chance to get to the end.

Although the two haven't yet made that terrible agreement.

But Gao has always had a dream of adapting his own work into an anime.

That's why she was so distraught after hearing that Naoto was going to be adapted into an anime.

All I can say is that the current best is still too young.

"Akito! Naoto-nii has already moved ahead! Why are we still dragging our feet here? Didn't we already agree that the work would be animated before we graduate high school?!"

"Ah! Yes, as Naoto's biggest rivals, how can we still be dragging our feet here? Leave the script to me!"

Following the first call from the top, Akito also got fired up.

The two of them began to paint and draw tirelessly in the studio.

Of course, Ashirogi Muto's reaction represents only one aspect of the JUMP community. For many other manga artists, however, this incident is like a nightmare.

"Is 'The Bloodline' getting an anime adaptation? Really?"

"No, is it so fast?"

"No way! This game is already dominating us even before it's been animated. If it's animated, what will happen?"

"Oh no! What should we do now?"

For JUMP manga artists, the anime adaptation of *Vampire* might only be a minor setback. After all, *Vampire* is currently JUMP's number one manga, and even if the anime adaptation boosts its popularity, the impact on them won't be significant. In fact, the popularity of their work has also increased considerably due to the large following generated by ONE.

But for comic book artists in other weekly magazines, this is not an interesting thing.

The recent popularity of JUMP has led to a decline in the popularity of other weekly magazines.

The popularity of the Bloodline manga even caused sales of other manga volumes to decline.

If ONE continues down this path, will anyone else have a chance to survive?

Under these circumstances, the other weekly manga magazines that were on par with JUMP finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Episode 37: An Unexpected Encounter on the Train

"Brother, what brings you here today? Why are you leaving so early?"

Early on a weekend morning, Naoto's younger sister, Reika, saw that Naoto was already dressed and looked like he was about to go out.

"Oh, I have to go to the editorial office for something. You'll have to take care of lunch by yourself today."

Naoto didn't hide anything from his sister when she asked him.

After learning that "Bloodline" was going to be adapted into an anime, Naoto and Nanako made plans to go to the editorial department together today and have a little date while they were at it.

To be honest, the two of them only recently had some free time. Even during summer vacation, they didn't go out for a single trip, which is quite unbelievable for a couple in love.

When Reika heard that Naoto was planning to go to the editorial office, she couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

After all, that's the legendary JUMP editorial office. Many people might never get to go inside in their entire lives. Reika, being a manga enthusiast herself, naturally wanted to visit it.

But Lingxiang hesitated when she thought about Nanzi going along too.

What if I get into trouble again if I go with Nanzi? It's probably better to stay home today.

"Well then, you guys go ahead. Oh, and by the way! If you run into any of those teachers, remember to get me some autographs!"

"I see."

After saying goodbye to his silly younger sister, Naoto went to Nanako's house, where Nanako had been waiting for him for a long time.

During summer vacation, Nanzi wore a white dress and a cool straw hat, giving off a quiet and gentle feeling, while also adding a touch of warmth to her icy demeanor.

This isn't the first time Naoto has seen Nanzi in this outfit.

However, when Naoto saw Nanko, he felt that Nanko became even more beautiful.

Perhaps it's because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but every time they met, Zhi Ren felt that Nanzi exuded even more femininity.

"Let's go together."

The two walked hand in hand to the Tokyo subway station.

What soon appeared before everyone's eyes was an ocean that could be described as a human-made ocean.

If we were to say that the most terrifying time in China is the Spring Festival travel rush...

So Tokyo's subway is like the Spring Festival travel rush every day.

According to the latest data from 2022, Tokyo has a population of over 40 million, accounting for one-third of the national population. It's worth noting that even the business world in Tokyo only has a population of over 20 million.

The entire Tokyo subway system, spanning nine lines, handles at least ten million passengers daily. This demonstrates just how terrifying the situation is.

In this situation, it's not surprising that you might miss your stop or be pushed out of the car.

Given the crowded conditions, why not have Nanzi take the two of them directly there?