I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

"for you."

Iwamoto Yu took it and paused for a moment: "The key?"

"Ah, open the door." Ryougi Kazuya nodded and said with a smile, "From now on, this room will be in your care. All my manuscripts are here and have been categorized. You can find some that interest you to serialize. Of course... except for JOJO. I will submit the manuscript for that on time."

Yu Iwamoto suppressed his surprise, nodded, and unlocked the door with his key.

boom--!

What appeared before my eyes was a very impactful scene: the entire room was filled with mountains formed by original manuscripts.

This room, whose exact size is unknown, has become an ocean of manuscript paper...

"These...these are..."

“They’re all original manuscripts.” Ryougi Kazuya said with a smile. These were the ones he had drawn over the past century. “Some are already completed, and some are not. It doesn’t matter which series you want to use. It’s up to you.”

These original manuscripts were all produced using a method similar to the 'Underground Spiritual Library Corridor' in Soul Society, so they will not decay even after ten thousand years.

Of course, these are just photocopies; he kept the originals for himself so that if anything unexpected happened, these things wouldn't be lost.

"You must be joking... These are all..." Iwamoto Yu swallowed hard. There seemed to be a faint glow on the manuscript paper, which was more than just reflection... It seemed to be some kind of special way to protect the paper?

Well, if it's Professor Kurokawa, he wouldn't be surprised.

“Ah...all of them.” Ryougi Kazumi nodded again.

"But... if there are that many, there's no need to submit to JUMC at all. With Kurokawa-sensei's influence and so many manuscripts, he could easily start his own magazine, right?"

"Isn't that too much trouble?" Ryougi Kazumi said with some confusion, "Wouldn't it be simpler to just acquire Yuei-sha directly?"

"...Mr. Kurokawa is right."

He was so surprised that he almost forgot the identity of the person in front of him. This person was now the deputy editor-in-chief, and might even become the editor-in-chief next. It was quite clear that Yu Rong Society, without realizing it, had already become... compared to this 'Teacher Kurokawa'.

It's probably something like an ant.

What exactly caused things to turn out this way?

Was it when Fullmetal Alchemist was released? No... not at all, it was more... some other time.

Although everything seems the same now, that's only if no one provokes him. If that situation were to actually occur, who knows what would happen...

"So, you mean I can just choose the right time to serialize all these comics on JUMC, right?"

“Ah, whatever you want.” Ryougi Kazumi nodded. “Besides, you can also give me a different pen name, or publish it under a different account or something. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. You can publish it as you see fit, since I’ve already finished drawing it.”

"Wait a minute, Kurokawa-sensei, you mentioned before that a part wasn't finished, so what about this part..."

“Oh, that part… I’m not going to continue drawing it. Anyway… I’ll teach it to you.” Ryougi Kazuya said with a smile.

To his surprise...

Iwamoto Yu didn't even ask how he obtained so many manuscripts when they hadn't seen each other for only about a year...

certainly--

Yu Iwamoto had indeed thought about this question, but he quickly put it aside.

After all, he's Professor Kurokawa...

Even if someone said they secluded themselves for a year and drew these, and they turned into tentacle monsters or something, it wouldn't be surprising, would it...?

Once surprise exceeds the brain's capacity, it will cease to be surprising.

Simply put, it's... numbness.

“Well then, I’ll leave the rest to you…” Ryougi Kazuya said with a smile, “Looking at JUMC every week and thinking about ‘what manga I’ll be serializing next’ seems like a pretty good experience, haha.”

"Does he not even know what he'll be serializing? That's just like Kurokawa-sensei's personality."

Yu Iwamoto smiled and looked at the room full of manuscripts, saying, "Alright, I'll take a good look at all of them... I'll definitely take good care of them."

"Ah, you don't need to rush that. Just upload it after you've seen a portion." Ryougi Kazumi smiled. After all, it was a work she had spent a hundred years creating, and judging by her own writing speed...

Even if you just stay here and watch it all the time, without doing anything else, it would take you several years to finish watching it.

Chapter 1137 Topic

"Hmm... This is going to be used for the next serialization, to replace the already completed 'BLEACH'... I guess this is what we'll use."

For the past month, he's delegated all his other work to others, and instead, he's been here looking at Ryougi Kazuya's manga drafts...

Most of the original manuscripts I've read over the past month have suited my taste perfectly. A small portion, while not to my liking, are still good works from an editor's perspective.

but...

After a month, all I've seen is a corner of this room.

The time required to watch all of them must be calculated in 'years', right?

He picked up the comic book draft he had prepared.

Yu Iwamoto locked the door and carefully put the key away.

Although he had other keys made, it would be terrible if this key were lost, so it's better to have some spares.

But... for some reason, none of the keys I made could open this door... I can only say that there is something I don't understand in this door, is it high-level alchemy?

Perhaps the shape of the key in your hand is just its appearance, and what truly opens the door is something else inside...

However, he was somewhat surprised that alchemy had developed to this extent.

Or... is this a technique that 'Kurokawa-sensei' already had from the beginning?

Soon, he returned to the Yourong Society.

As I passed by, I was slightly surprised to see two boys walking out. Judging from their expressions of 'anxiety', 'surprise', and 'longing' for the future, I could probably assume that their comic manuscript had been approved by an editor.

"I'm so surprised... Are you two high school students?" Iwamoto Yu asked, looking at the two boys who came out of Yueisha.

"No, well, I'm still a junior high student... but I'll be a high school student after this summer vacation." The blond-haired boy, Takagi Akito, quickly waved his hand and said.

"I see... Coming here at this age... are you planning to submit your work to JUMC?"

Mashiro Moritaka frowned and said, "That's true, but who are you?"

Mashiro Moritaka glanced at the documents in Iwamoto Yu's hand. "Is he also a manga artist submitting his work? But he doesn't seem like it..."

“Me?” Yu Iwamoto smiled. “I’m a JUMC editor… Ah, you seem to care a lot about that?”

Yu Iwamoto looked at the folder in his hand and said.

Those are two files.

He has two comics. One is already finished, and he plans to serialize it under the name 'Kurokawa Kazuya'. The other is not finished, and he plans to randomly choose a name to serialize it under.

Meanwhile, we'll look around to see if there's anyone suitable to continue the comic's creation. If not, then so be it. We can just cancel it...

However, it is precisely for this reason that it cannot be serialized under the name of 'Kurokawa Kazuya'.

Even if the things drawn under this pen name are a complete mess, there are still a lot of people willing to study whether there are hidden things like alchemy or Ripple breathing techniques in this 'mess'.

If JUMC were to be disbanded at this point... nobody knows what that would mean...

"You...you're the editor—?"

“Ah, that’s right.” Yu Iwamoto nodded. “I was a little surprised to see two such young boys come out of there, so I took the liberty of coming over to talk to you. You didn’t seem to have been rejected… To have such potential at this age, you can say you have a bright future. Anyway, good luck.”

Yu Iwamoto smiled, waved, and went inside.

JUMC has been extremely competitive over the past few years...

As for these two young people, whether they have a bright future or a bleak future, no one can say for sure right now...

After all, JUMC is quite competitive now.

'Speaking of which, I remember there was someone named Eiji Niizuma a while ago... There seem to be some really talented young people appearing lately...'

Mashiro Moritaka paused for a moment as Iwamoto Yuu walked into Yueisha, then tilted his head and said, "That editor from earlier... he looked kind of familiar... haven't I seen him somewhere before?"

"So that's how it is... It was him all along!"

"What? Takagi, do you remember who he is?" Mashiro Moritaka asked with some confusion.

Takagi Akito nodded: "Of course, I didn't think of that before, but thinking about it, he's been on TV before, right? I remember TV Tokyo did an interview with the manga artist 'Kurokawa Kazuya', right? He was on TV then!"

“Ah... Now that you mention it, I remember.” Mashiro Moritaka nodded. “Because I heard it was an interview with Kurokawa-sensei, my uncle and I watched it. But that person didn’t even appear. The only people who appeared were some junior manga artists related to him, and the editor... At the time, because ‘Kurokawa-sensei’ didn’t appear, my uncle was quite angry and said, ‘Why is it Iwamoto-san? Let me see Kurokawa-sensei!’... things like that.”

Masashi sighed, "But it really has been a long time. He looks much older than I remember. No wonder I didn't recognize him..."

"Your uncle... I remember he was a manga artist at JUMC back then, right? Did he not know if Kurokawa-sensei would appear?"

"Well, I heard from my uncle later that even the editorial department seemed unaware of Kurokawa-sensei's whereabouts. He always seemed to be traveling the world with his wife. After all, he's known for his lightning-fast reflexes and supposedly enormous assets that could buy ten Yuei-sha companies..."

“Yes, he is a role model for manga artists in every way.” Takagi Akito said with a smile, “Actually, at first I thought all manga artists were like Kurokawa-sensei, until I later realized that’s not the case. Not everyone can complete two perfect manuscripts in twenty minutes.”

"Wrong."

"Hmm? Are there any other people?"

“No, it’s not ‘not everyone can do it,’ but rather ‘except for Kurokawa-sensei,’ no one else can. That’s not even within the realm of humanity. In the end, he’s not even human, but some kind of ultimate life form.” Makoto sighed and said, “After all, the abilities of other people in the manga can’t possibly appear in reality.”

Chapter 1138 New Serial

"It is said that there was no alchemy in this world before Fullmetal Alchemist appeared..." Akito Takagi said. "Of course, some people say that the profession of 'alchemist' originally existed in this world, and that Kazuya Kurokawa was a powerful alchemist. But everyone hid this ability until Kazuya Kurokawa revealed the existence of alchemy to this world through the manga 'Fullmetal Alchemist'."

Takagi Akito paused for a moment, then asked, "Speaking of which, what score did you get on the alchemy exam?"

"Ah, it's B-rank, not bad. Akito, I remember you were A-rank, right?"

"Ah, that's right. It would be great if we could use alchemy to create comics."

"That's impossible...at least not now." Masato smiled and said, "Alright, let's go back."

"what."

......

Meanwhile, Yu Iwamoto arrived at the editorial office and knocked on the door of Takashi Sasaki, the current editor-in-chief of JUMC.