My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

Although I knew that many JUMP manga artists were under a lot of pressure, I never expected that someone would actually be forced to this point. However, it is indeed quite embarrassing to be canceled as the last-place artist.

It's probably quite normal to lose confidence after being hit so hard, considering that Japanese readers can be just as verbally abusive as some forum users. Most people probably couldn't handle that.

As for Yuankou's experience, the Ashirogi Muneha duo and other comic artists standing nearby also felt quite sympathetic. Thinking about it, if it weren't for the elimination of the bottom-ranking system this time, they probably would have really started working as Jun.

In short, all the authors that JUMP can currently participate are here, and what the future holds is still unknown.

Hopefully today will go smoothly.

Chapter 52: The Shocking Naoto

"Yamamoto Isoro".

"Xiao Zhou Pingtai".

"Shinta Fukuda".

"Chika Ogigami."

"…………"

After Mr. Yuankou finished his introduction, the other writers and assistants also began to introduce themselves.

What caught Naoto's attention was that, unexpectedly, among these losers and assistants, there was one who fried fish.

Naoto looked at Fukuda Shinta, surprised that this guy had also come over. Fukuda Shinta, the future leader of JUMP's sports manga, the second-in-command of the Fukuda Group, first appeared as Eiji Niizuma's assistant.

At that time, Shinta Fukuda had already won the Tezuka Award multiple times and was highly regarded by the editors in the editorial department.

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he, like Niizuma, left his hometown alone for Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming a manga artist. He has won the Tezuka Award multiple times but lost to Niizuma twice. He is considered by Akito to be one of the authors with a better chance of serialization than himself and Moritaka. Furthermore, although he calls himself "the Romeo of Hiroshima," he seems to have no romantic experience.

Although she really wanted to defeat Eiji Niizuma, she always regarded Eiji Niizuma as her boss.

Despite his seemingly petty thug appearance, Fukuda Shinta is actually quite righteous and loyal, and among manga artists, he's practically a leader.

However, whenever an author needs help, this person is always the one who takes the lead, making him an extremely promising individual.

Naoto originally thought this guy wouldn't appear for several more years, but I didn't expect him to start drawing comics now?

"Strange, Ms. Chika, you're here too? I remember there's a comic convention coming up soon, right? Is everything alright with the club?"

"It's alright. After all, all the work that needed to be done has been done. And Sasahara said that if you want to become a professional manga artist, it's best to observe how real professional manga artists work so as to accumulate some experience."

"Wow, I didn't expect that Editor Sasahara would actually send his girlfriend over. Tsk tsk tsk."

"Hey! Mr. Enguchi!"

After Enguchi finished speaking, Sasahara and Ogigami Chika both blushed.

These two young people are still a little unaccustomed to being called a couple in public.

"Eh?! Ms. Chika and Editor Sasahara are actually a couple?!"

"No, isn't this a huge difference?"

“Ms. Chika, you should only be in high school, right… Mr. Sasahara, this is…”

"I'm a college student! A sophomore! What are you guys thinking?!"

Chika was so angry at these people that she almost cried. Although she was often called "junior" by her juniors, she was already a sophomore!

"Actually, Ms. Chika was Sasahara's junior in college. They were in the same club. Ms. Chika really was a college student."

Looking at Ogigami Chika, who was only about 1.5 meters tall, everyone, including Naoto, felt a bit overwhelmed. Could there really be someone that young?

"Huh, I remember that Professor Takasaka was also a classmate of Editor Sasahara in his university club. What kind of club was Editor Sasahara's? It seems like there are so many talented people in it?"

"Uh, it's just a small club, there aren't many people here usually, and everyone's a bit weird. It's okay, it's okay."

After rambling on for a while, everyone quickly got to work.

During this process, Chika Ogigami, who was acting as an assistant, was also observing the working conditions of the teachers around her.

Most cartoonists at this time are racking their brains trying to come up with a good storyline, and hardly they've started drawing.

Some artists who already had ideas have started drawing. For example, Moritaka and Akito, almost like a duo, Moritaka only needs to draw, while Akito basically manages the plot, so both of them are progressing very quickly.

As for Eiji Niizuma... well, because he likes to play rock music loudly while drawing manga, he's now been locked in a separate room by the editors.

However, after taking a look, someone discovered that this person was also a monster.

Without needing to think about the plot at all, he used several pens simultaneously and finished the draft in no time, making one wonder just how much plot he actually had in his head.

When the teachers, assistants, and even editors looked at Naoto, their expressions were as if they had seen an alien.

Naoto was just smiling and casually drawing comics.

But everyone seemed to see a thousand-armed Guanyin behind Naoto.

This person even skipped the drafting step and drew a perfect painting in one go.

Even though everyone is being extremely critical, they still can't find any flaws in the drawings by the straight person.

If their assistants hadn't been so heartbroken and begged Naoto to leave them a way out, they wouldn't even have the job of posting website addresses now.

"Although I had heard that ONE-sensei only wrote two comics a month, and the quality was exceptionally high, and that he never needed any so-called assistants, it was just a joke. I didn't expect it to be true."

"Mom, I saw a fairy! Help!"

"No, why did I have to come here? What kind of tentacle monster is this?!"

"Aba aba aba, compared to ONE-sensei, how come I'm so useless?"

"Is this person really human? Could their true identity be some kind of slime?"

At this moment, the expressions on these people's faces were exactly like those of the 4,000 people who were just lazing around online seeing the ultimate ten-thousand-word monster who could write 10,000 words a day... no, 100,000 words a day (don't be honest, when I saw someone in the group writing 100,000 words a day and finishing a million words a month, I had a similar expression).

In their view, this person had transcended the human species. It was a difference in social hierarchy.

Faced with such a non-human creature, all people can say is, "I can't learn it, I can't learn it."

Some even suspect that this person might be capable of producing three or four comics all by themselves, which is simply terrifying.

"Huh? Why is everyone looking at me? Does that mean everyone's finished their work?"

Naoto noticed that everyone was looking at him with strange expressions, which he found odd.

Naoto didn't feel anything at all about his speed.

I have to say, having an assistant has made things much easier. Before, the thing that took up the most of my time was probably dealing with those annoying branch offices; I spent almost all my time there.

Moreover, the atmosphere of this intensive training is really good; it feels like when we were all doing surprise training together to prepare for exams back in the day.

Faced with Naoto's question, everyone had no choice but to return to their posts.

Everyone thought that with the elimination system gone, they would finally be free from mental exhaustion, but it seems that the mental exhaustion has become even more severe.

To compete with such a monster is practically suicide.

As expected, their first-place finish wasn't just luck at all.

Chapter 53: Are all the manga artists in JUMP monsters?

"What on earth are these JUMP manga artists doing?! Are they all on steroids?! They're so intense! Are they trying to kill us all?!"

While the manga artists at JUMP were recovering from their mental exhaustion, the other manga artists were starting to break down.

Ever since JUMP temporarily shut down the elimination system, this group of people has gone completely mad.

The overall quality has improved by a tremendous amount.

Not to mention every single one, but at least 80% of the authors have seen their plots become more interesting.

The plot twists and turns are so dramatic, it's like a completely different artist is drawing it. If it weren't for the fact that the art style of these people is still the same, they would have thought that the JUMP editors had secretly replaced all these authors.

Now, JUMP is starting to exert its strength, and they're about to collapse.

I thought they would be defeated by JUMP soon, but it turned out that these guys were all fully revived as if they had bought a resurrection cross, and they were even stronger.

What is this? A hero battles a demon king and comes back fully healed? Good heavens, is this supposed to be a main character in JUMP?

What can we do now? Others have rested and started working hard, but we have to work overtime.

It was already life-threatening, and now it's even more life-threatening.

What can we do? We can only go crazy with the JUMP crew.

Among them, the straight vampires are the most crazy, and the whole plot is incredibly exciting.

Without the constraints of animation, Naoto went all out.

From the start of the great battle, the entire process was flawless, a pure and satisfying story.

Liloai's use of the new Bloody Nightwish, Nightblade's brand-new magic and weapons, has ignited the passion of readers.

Later on, Nightblade even gained a female admirer and acquired a new magic spell, Fireball, as if he had cheated.

Once it was launched, it was like a super missile.

The ensuing battle of wits and courage, where Destroyer Ronne loses all his equipment and is turned into a cute little boy, is even more hilarious. He has no choice but to follow Nightblade and the others to Italy, which is like getting on a pirate ship.

At this moment, the authors of the other two comics finally understood what the terror of a straight person truly meant. This one person could completely overwhelm them.

Are all the manga artists at JUMP monsters?!

However, what these people don't know is that things are actually quite dire for JUMP as well.

Now, above the editorial office, the surrounding comic artists are practically like students, being subjected to a barrage of criticism from Naoto.

"Hey, Gaozui! What is this you drew? Your style isn't exactly sunny and handsome, so why is it so flashy? Who taught you this style?"

"And you, Akito! What's with this plot? The female lead sacrifices herself to save the male lead by going to the villain's side? I'll kill you! Of all things to learn, why imitate that blond guy?! Surely no one can actually be moved by this kind of plot? No way, no way!"

"Mr. Yuankou, please be serious! If you're going to be erotic, then be erotic in a real way! Stop with all the hiding and covering up. Showing panties is erotic? Are you a primary school student? Since the story and art style are like this, just go for it! This is what the readers like! Yes, make it even more erotic. You know what doujinshi is? Just do it like that! A little bit of clothing and stuff is enough!"

"Eiji Niizuma! Keep your voice down! And tell me, what's the plot of this? Are you just letting loose? Huh?! And what's with this painting? Is the male lead dead? Get this straight!"

Inside the editorial department, Naoto had already transformed into a master of trolling, spewing nonsense like a machine gun.

Regarding the strengths and weaknesses of this group of authors, Naoto can only say that they are all too obvious.

Just like Moritaka and Akito.

These two have always been somewhat unclear about their own roles.