I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

"No, I happen to have some free time."

"Yes, so, the results for Xiaozheng this time are in." Iwamoto Yu said, listening to the silence on the other end of the phone, "This time he came in third place."

"Is that so? I understand. Thank you. Is there anything else?" Kurokawa Kazuya said, feeling relieved. Sure enough, after his drawing skills improved, his manga also became stronger, jumping from twelfth place to third.

Of course, the plot also played a significant role. Even without improving his drawing skills, he felt he should be able to reach around sixth or seventh place by now...

"Yes, that... it's the New Year's party. Are you attending this year's New Year's party?"

"A New Year's party..." Kurokawa Kazuya paused for a moment. He knew about this from watching the anime "Bakuman" in his previous life. He remembered that if a manga artist didn't attend, the editorial department would hold a punishment activity for the editor... something like a humiliating play...

"Yes, Professor Kurokawa should have time, right? Will he participate?"

"Hmm... let me think about it. I'll let you know before tomorrow." Kurokawa Kazuya said after thinking for a moment. If possible, he didn't plan to participate, but he felt bad about letting the editor be punished because of it... No, wait... thinking about the punishment, it's quite interesting.

In *Bakuman*, the editor was punished by wearing a giraffe mascot costume and dancing with only his head showing...

This time, there might be some other strange punishment...

Should I pretend not to go and then secretly take a look?

Just thinking about Iwamoto, a man in his thirties, dancing such an embarrassing dance in public... it's quite amusing.

"Yes! I understand." Iwamoto Yu said with a sigh of relief, "By the way, your cover page is due in a month, how's the preparation going?"

"Ah, it's finished." Kurokawa Kazuya nodded. This was his second color page, and it happened to be the end of the battle between the protagonist JoJo and the villain DIO. He drew a pretty good color page.

"Uh...that was fast..." Yu Iwamoto's lips twitched. He guessed that it was done within an hour of receiving the notification.

"Is there anything else?"

"Nothing."

"Okay, I'll hang up now." With that, the other end of the phone hung up.

"What's wrong? It seems like your tone has changed ever since you went to Kurokawa's house to pick up the manuscript last time..." an editor standing nearby said, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"I'm just giving the respect due to someone who deserves respect. He... I have a feeling he'll become a super popular manga artist someday!" Iwamoto Yu said, also feeling relieved. He hoped he could participate... With his drawing speed, there was no question of not having time. Besides, the JoJo content he'd already finished was enough to run for several years. In other words, Kurokawa Kazuya could just lie around and make money for the next few years.

Of course—that is, the premise is that it won't be canceled... But having read all the content, he was certain that such an excellent comic would not be canceled!

The concept of "no time" simply doesn't exist.

But... if he doesn't participate, the thought of being punished by the editors of comic book artists who don't show up at the New Year's party makes him feel really bad.

"However, there are many excellent comics in these two issues..."

"Ah, and there's also Akira Toriyama's new work... Dragon Ball, I think it's pretty good too."

"Iwamoto, come here for a moment," the editor-in-chief said, looking at Iwamoto Yu.

"Yes!"

Iwamoto stood up and walked over.

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The Dragon Ball manga didn't have a smooth start, and like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, it briefly dropped out of the top ten. However, its fortunes improved after transitioning from a comedy manga to a shonen fighting manga, and it reclaimed the number one spot in 1987, subsequently dominating the charts for a long time. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, on the other hand, stabilized after the introduction of Stands in Part 3. (Please feel free to add any corrections or omissions...)

[Manga from this period include: Captain Tsubasa (1981-ongoing), Saint Seiya (1986), Fist of the North Star (started serialization in 1983, then consistently ranked second after Dragon Ball topped the charts), and Cat's Eye (1981-1984, nearing its end). These are the more famous manga I know from this period; feel free to add more.]

I saw in the comments that someone said the protagonist's first manga, "Rohan Kishibe: Motionless," was finished in just over a month, which is too fast.

Let me briefly explain. *Kishibe Rohan wa Motionless* is a short manga series by Hirohiko Araki, with each chapter forming a complete story. The length is around 20-60 pages. The short story the protagonist chose is the first one, depicting Rohan's travels in Italy, which is over 40 pages long. The protagonist managed to finish it before the start of the Tezuka Award by drawing at a pace of about one page per day in the early stages. This is a very slow pace for a manga artist, especially considering he already had the entire original manuscript in his mind. However, it should be considered quite good for a newcomer. Of course, the protagonist later acquires Rohan's drawing abilities and can finally stop working at such a slow pace. (I just discovered that *Kishibe Rohan wa Motionless* has released a new chapter I hadn't seen before; Baidu shows it's chapter nine… although I couldn't find chapter eight…)

Then, I apologize for the misunderstanding caused to readers and ruined their reading experience.

Chapter Six: The Dream World

The editor-in-chief watched as Iwamoto Yu placed the manuscript of the second half of the first part of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" that he had brought on the table and said, "Take it back and have him redraw it!"

"Ugh?"

Iwamoto Yu was stunned for a moment.

"You know how devastating it is for a manga to have its protagonist die. Does he want to end it here?" The editor-in-chief frowned and said. He had only found some free time yesterday to read through all the copies of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" that had been brought to him all at once.

I was genuinely quite surprised by the situation between the protagonist JoJo and the villainous boss DIO.

This was the first time he had ever seen a comic like this.

But—the protagonist died...

It was clearly unnecessary, but they still died! This is a very bad thing to do.

“Well… the fact that the protagonist is dead is probably unchangeable…” Iwamoto Yu sighed. “According to Kurokawa Kazuya, he will change the protagonist in each installment, and he’s already working on the third part. I guarantee it will be an absolutely fantastic story!”

Yu Iwamoto hopes this manga can continue serialized indefinitely, otherwise it would be such a shame. Especially the third part...

The introduction of the Stand concept, the variety of Stands, and the exotic customs from all over the world.

The idea of ​​a wicked savior.

Each character is distinct.

Quirky but refreshing lines.

All sorts of strange and inexplicable positions, but they're getting more and more interesting!

All of this completely immersed him, and after watching it, he felt... like he was sick, suffering from a condition where he felt uncomfortable if he didn't watch JoJo!

“One protagonist per book…” The editor-in-chief paused slightly, “Do you know Kurokawa’s house?”

"Yes, I know!"

"Let's give him a call now and find some time to visit him together!"

“Yes—” Iwamoto Yu nodded.

......

Buzz————

On the plane.

One hundred passengers are sitting together. Each person has a parachute next to them.

His face displayed a variety of expressions.

Kurokawa Kazuya, too, although he knew that even if he died, he would just wake up, he still tried his best to show a hint of fear on his face.

Because his facial expression was perhaps too calm on one occasion a while ago, he attracted a lot of attention...

"Jump now! Throw everyone who hasn't jumped by the time we reach the finish line. Anyone who resists will be shot—speed! Speed!"

The organizers shouted in front of the plane.

The first thing you see on the plane is the platform where the organizers are located, surrounded by a railing. Behind it, besides the organizers, are several fully armed men carrying guns.

Next were their seats, and further back was the open skydiving area.

As the first person jumped, the others gradually made up their minds and began to jump as well.

Kurokawa Kazuya kept glancing at a voluptuous woman out of the corner of his eye, watching her tremble but muster the courage to walk to the parachute landing spot.

The woman walked to the parachute landing site, her face filled with fear. The rows of guns she occasionally glanced back at told her there was no turning back.

"Oh God."

Reaching the edge of the plane, before she could even make up her mind, she saw the height below, her legs went weak, and she plummeted to the ground.

Kurokawa Kazuya took a deep breath and walked over as well.

His goal this time was simple: keep a close eye on this woman, observe every choice she makes, every decision she makes, watch her expressions, and... ultimately, determine how she looked when she died.

That's right, he would spend a lot of time staring at everyone on the plane.

We admire every choice they make.

Then draw it.

Before this woman, he had already set his sights on nineteen other people; this woman was the twentieth.

He knew nothing at first and thought that if he died here, he was really dead, so he struggled with great effort.

Then, he confirmed the situation a second time.

He was the last one to jump from the third to the fifth time, observing everyone's expressions throughout the process.

Then, starting from the sixth time, I specifically focused on one person and followed him.

During this process, there were several instances where the person I was monitoring was still alive, but I died instead. Or I was discovered by the person I was monitoring, and had to engage in some kind of interaction or simply kill that person, which did nothing to benefit my observational philosophy.

He is an observer.

I observed everyone's appearance and expressions, and then drew them as my first comic!

And—after so many times, he has made great progress.

That's at least true for skydiving.

He was terrified at first, but now he's used to it.

There's also the knowledge of firearms and vehicles, and methods of concealing oneself...

Compared to these complete novices, they have already grown a lot.

Sometimes when I get tired of keeping an eye on things, I treat it like a game and try to kill everyone to be number one—after all, it's just a dream, and I've seen all the people in it countless times.

No matter how many times you kill them, they will reappear when you go to sleep the next night.

As for what will happen after I become number one—the original plan was that a plane would appear to pick me up after I got first place, but later I felt that this plan was not interesting and wanted to change it.

So, for now, before I've figured it out myself.

After winning first place, the dream ended.

He hoped to come up with a shocking ending. Although he had some ideas, they were still immature.

He doesn't plan to serialize this comic for a long time; he'll just draw a few dozen chapters as a practice piece for his initial work.

Unlike "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".

The composition of this comic has a template that can be used as a reference, namely the original comic, or even the anime.