I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

Right now, I'm actually a complete beginner.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure doesn't count. His next manga, an original work he's preparing, will be the real test of his paneling and original creation abilities.

Once the current seven installments are completed, he should be a very experienced comic artist.

By then, I should have the ability to continue drawing the unfinished parts of Part 8 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and even to draw Part 9.

"Then, could you tell me about the general idea for the fourth part?"

Yu Iwamoto sighed softly, feeling utterly useless as an editor—well, maybe not entirely useless, mainly because he was there to collect the manuscripts...

None of the cartoonists I've worked with before have ever encountered a situation like this... It really makes me unsure whether to be happy or frustrated.

"I'm back--"

Just then, a sound came from the doorway.

"You're back, Kazumi." Kurokawa Kazumi smiled as he saw Kazumi walk in and said, "Perfect timing. Dinner has been ready for a while now, it'll get cold if we don't eat it soon."

"Yes, Onii-chan..." Kazumi said, looking at Kurokawa Kazuya in front of her and lowering her voice, "Hey, Onii-chan, I found two shoes at the door that look like someone else's... Did someone come to the house?"

Even so, recalling the phone call that day, she roughly guessed that it must have been that editor...

However, to her surprise, those people were still there.

"Ah, it's because your comics are so captivating that they've been drawn in. They just finished reading them and haven't eaten yet, so they're staying for a meal. How about it? If you don't like them, you can kick them out."

"No, no, it can't be." Kurokawa Kazumi quickly waved her hands: "It's that... I found this on my way back..."

As Kurokawa Kazumi spoke, she opened her backpack and took out a chubby little tabby kitten: "This... looks like it was abandoned, so I brought it back..."

"Meow~~"

"Is that so..." Kurokawa Kazuya thought for a moment, "Do you have any thoughts?"

"I?"

"Ah." Kurokawa Kazuya nodded: "Do you want to raise it yourself, or what?"

"Can I raise it myself?" He Mei asked with some surprise.

“That’s right, it’s up to you.” Kurokawa Kazuya nodded. “If you want to keep it, then keep it. But you have to get it vaccinated first.”

"Yes! I understand!"

"Meow meow meow~~"

Chapter Eleven New Comic

"Meow~"

The kitten lay on the balcony sunbathing, yawned, and squinted at Kurokawa Kazuya, who was sitting behind the drawn curtains drawing comics.

'Finally, things have settled down...' the little kitten yawned slightly and thought to itself.

"My name is Olina, from the noble Cat Planet. Due to various accidents, I ended up in this place called Earth, suffering greatly from hunger, but finally, I was rescued by some decent natives. But, meow, they look down on me so much! They actually thought I had some kind of germ and insisted on getting me vaccinated, which hurt so much... But oh well, I'll forgive them since they fed me!"

"Hmm..." Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the kitten he had casually scribbled on the sketchbook in front of him while relaxing, pulled out the paper, and slowly walked a couple of steps to place it next to the little tabby cat on the balcony: "Here, it's for you. Do you like it?"

"Meow~~ (What?! It's so ugly!)"

"Hmm, it seems like it likes it a lot." Kurokawa Kazuya nodded. He didn't really care about keeping a cat, but he did like how well-behaved this cat was; it wouldn't move around and disturb his drawing or shed fur everywhere.

That's why I was able to keep it in my studio; otherwise, I would have kicked it out long ago.

However, what he found interesting was that the cat didn't eat cat food, but insisted on eating the same things as them.

"Meow meow~~ (Who said they liked it! Don't guess if you don't understand!)"

"Hmm? What's wrong? Are you hungry? Or thirsty?"

"Meow~ (Tch, Earthlings are trash, they can't even understand cat language.)" The little kitten meowed and turned away. Like it, a noble feline, it possessed powerful racial talents; it could understand all the languages ​​on Earth!

"Here you go." Kurokawa Kazumi poured some water and placed it in front of him: "As for dinner, let's talk about it when Kazumi comes back."

"Meow~ Meow~ (Seriously, fine, I'm a little thirsty anyway, I'll give you a break.)"

Looking at the little tabby cat Kurokawa Kazuya who had gone to drink water, he nodded. It seemed that it was indeed thirsty. Although he had never owned a cat, it seemed that he could roughly understand the habits of cats.

After everything was settled, he continued drawing his comics.

The comics he drew were based on the content of "Battle Royale".

He's not in a rush with "JOJO" in the short term; he'll just draw a couple of color pages when needed. Right now, he needs to draw his own new manga.

That is, the content of "Battle Royale".

Recently, the person he's been following happens to be the last survivor, which means he can finally draw a comic book with that person as the protagonist.

However, it needs to be modified appropriately.

For example, in her dream, the last person to survive was a veteran, around thirty or forty years old. He was also very experienced, and she was discovered several times while trying to follow him.

As a result, I gained a lot of experience in this area.

But...this person is incredibly tall...

That won't work. Supporting characters can be kept in their original form, so we only need to focus on their expressions. But turning three-dimensional characters into two-dimensional ones means they can't be considered very good-looking.

But the main character is different; even if he's not good-looking, he has to have some unique characteristics.

Even their clothing must be noticeably different from others, and even their names should not be too ordinary, but also not too flamboyant.

So, from the beginning until now, he has been designing the main character's image, and then preparing to find one that he finds pleasing to the eye.

The same goes for the name. After flipping through the dictionary for a long time, we finally settled on "Horikawa Akira," which seemed pretty good.

Not only the main characters, but also the female characters.

Beautify everyone.

For male characters, it's enough to beautify one or two main ones, or even make a few others ugly.

However, regarding the female characters... after careful consideration, he finally decided to beautify all the female characters.

The bust area should be drawn fuller, but not excessively so; two flat-chested characters were added. The face should be drawn better, the legs longer, and the overall silhouette more graceful...

Half a day for character design.

Finally, he began to write.

He started drawing his first original comic.

Aside from not having to think about the plot yourself, it's time to test your skills and imagination in areas like storyboarding and character development.

"Ring ring ring ring ring—"

"Hmm?" Kurokawa Kazuya looked up at the time. "Wow, it's already this late..."

He frowned, looking at the unfinished manuscript for the second chapter in front of him: "As expected, original artwork is so slow... several times slower! It looks like it'll take about three days to finish one chapter. So slow." This speed was vastly different from when he used to draw JoJo... He could finish a chapter in just a few hours back then. Now it would take several days!

"Well, let's stop here for now. We can continue tonight after Kazumi falls asleep."

After tidying up the manuscript, Kurokawa Kazuya cleaned the table: "Hana, go out. It's time for dinner."

"Meow~"

......

Time flies, and almost a month has passed in the blink of an eye. 1984 has come to an end. 1985 has arrived.

The most representative example is the start of the New Year's party in January this year.

After thinking about it, Kurokawa Kazuya decided to go and take a look at the manga artists of this era.

"Brother, have fun!" Kurokawa Kazumi said to Kurokawa Kazuya.

"Ah, I'll be back soon. Is Hua alright at home all by herself?"

"Mmm, it's okay, I have Xiaohua with me."

“Is that so…” Kurokawa Kazuya sighed, “That’s good, it would be great to take care of him.”

With a smile, Kurokawa Kazuya walked out.

"Are you Mr. Kazuya Kurokawa? Please get in the car."

"Ah, thank you." Kurokawa Kazuya nodded as he looked at the car in front of him, slightly surprised by JUMC's grandeur. He hadn't expected JUMC to have developed so well in this era.

"If we leave now, we can arrive about 20 minutes early, or we can arrive at the appropriate time. How should we proceed?"

"Just go straight there," Kurokawa Kazuya said. He mainly wanted to meet people there; staying home alone and being so isolated wasn't good, so getting to know other colleagues would be nice.

"I see."

Kurokawa Kazuya breathed a slight sigh of relief; it was impossible not to be nervous about such a gathering.

If we're talking about this era, there's probably only one manga artist he's truly familiar with: Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball. He doesn't have a particularly strong impression of Fist of the North Star, which was a huge hit at JUMC, or Cat's Eye, which recently concluded its serialization.

Dragon Ball... was definitely one of his childhood masterpieces.

He still finds it very interesting to be able to meet Akira Toriyama in person.

Chapter Twelve Tokiomi Tohsaka

"Kurokawa Kazuya..." Tokiomi Tohsaka smiled slightly as he looked at the name of the manga artist on the Shonen Jump website.

"When did you start paying attention to this kind of thing, darling?" Aoi Tohsaka said, pouring Tokiomi Tohsaka a cup of black tea.

"Thank you." Tokiomi Tohsaka smiled and said, "It's nothing. However, I heard the name 'Kurokawa Kazuya' on my way back from the Clock Tower today, so I paid some attention to him. After all, he's just an ordinary person who dares to casually step into the mysterious realm."

"Oh, you mean the one from over a year ago?"

“That’s right.” Tokiomi Tohsaka nodded. “But, he somehow found out that our Tohsaka family is a family of magicians, so he’s using the identity of a future manga artist to gather material… Honestly, if it were the old man from the Matou family, he’d probably be dead by now.”

He still has a deep impression of it.

Over the years, he wasn't a magician, nor anyone from the mystical world, but an ordinary person who dared to step into this realm...

The only word to describe him is "bold." No, even "bold" is not enough to describe this; it can be called "reckless."

Moreover, that person seemed to know about the Holy Grail War.