Full-time comic artist

"Higashino," Hanako grinned, "How was my performance?"

"That's amazing!" Hibiki Higashino gave a thumbs up. "A future version of Sakuragi Hanamichi."

"That's a really great compliment," Hana said happily. "Whether it's drawing comics or playing basketball, doing what you love makes you happy."

Hibiki Higashino: "Whatever makes you happy."

Everyone else looked at Higashino Hibiki with curiosity. Akagi Kyoko winked at Higashino Hibiki, who shook his head.

He felt that half the people in this basketball arena had seen "Slam Dunk".

If their identities are exposed, the entire game could be affected.

He suddenly had a feeling of being the "Dragon King" in urban web novels.

Hibiki Higashino introduced himself, "Hello everyone, I'm Hibiki Higashino, Hanacho's high school classmate."

Then the Donghai basketball team players announced their names.

Baba, Kobayashi, Yagami, Tanakita...

“I saw Hua Chao practicing basketball when he was in high school. Now he can finally experience the joy of basketball games. Thank you all very much.”

Higashino bowed.

Then, so as not to disturb their rest, Higashino took his leave.

Watching him walk away, Baba sighed, "He was a very good friend. Don't lose your friendship."

Hua Chao nodded.

……

The second half has begun.

Hibiki Higashino returned to the edge of the mountain village, curious about the relationship between the two people.

He noticed that Shan Cun looked a little shy and said to the girl next to him, "I've known you for so long, but I still don't know your name."

Higashino Hibiki was taken aback. So you didn't even know his name?

"Didn't I tell you?" The girl was taken aback. "Excuse me, my name is Kikuchi Hidemi. What's yours, sir?"

"Mountain villages, mountain villages keep the road."

After solemnly stating his name, Yamamura Moromichi was filled with anticipation, hoping she would recognize him.

But Kikuchi Hidemi simply nodded, "What a strange name."

I don't care anymore.

The villager pressed further, "Don't you usually read comics?"

“Look,” Kiku nodded, “I especially love Sailor Moon and The Rose of Versailles.”

The mountain villager grew impatient. "Don't you read shonen manga?"

"I'm not really interested. But I love Slam Dunk the most!" she said excitedly.

The mountain village was disheartened.

Higashino Hibiki had never seen a mountain village resident like this, so anxious and uncertain.

I simply couldn't stand it anymore.

He simply turned around and left, going to another place to watch a basketball game.

Let's give this vulnerable man some space.

Twenty minutes later, the game ended.

Meiji University won by more than 5 points.

In the second half, they staged a remarkable comeback, reversing the score difference, thanks to several key players coming on...

It's just like a sports anime from a comic book.

After much effort, they defeated the substitute opponents, and finally the main players came on and turned the tide.

The only difference is that the main characters in sports comics can have a power spike, but unfortunately, that doesn't happen in reality.

Seeing the Donghai basketball team's dejected and tearful faces, Higashino felt that the next time he watched their game, he would see a completely new version of them.

Chapter 134 The Cowardly Male Protagonist Takes the Stage

Higashino saw Hanacho with tears streaming down her face. He was really unwilling to accept defeat. He thought that if he had worked harder during training, he might have been able to win.

Unfortunately, reality doesn't offer "what ifs".

Kyoko Akagi went to comfort him, and Hibiki Higashino left Meiji University.

Hua Chao certainly didn't want to see this vulnerable side of him.

……

Hibiki Higashino returned to Musashino and sketched Hanacho with tears streaming down her face. Such a wonderful match gave him a lot of inspiration.

Jump will be released on Monday.

Slam Dunk has released a new chapter, which is very interesting.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's shot was blocked by Uozumi.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and snatched the ball back into his hands.

At that moment, everyone present thought he would pass the ball to Rukawa, after all, Rukawa was the absolute ace. But Sakuragi Hanamichi passed the ball to Kogure instead.

Muki scored two points with a successful shot.

Taoka couldn't help but feel nervous. He thought that Sakuragi Hanamichi was an amateur and couldn't possibly see through his plan to keep a close eye on Rukawa Kaede!

But I was also puzzled as to why he didn't pass the ball to Rukawa.

Once again, Sakuragi dribbled the ball to Ryonan's basket, and Taoka still believed that Sakuragi would pass the ball to Rukawa.

While Ryonan continued to closely guard Rukawa, Sakuragi passed the ball to Kogure once again, narrowing the score to three points.

Taoka gritted his teeth, having to admit that Sakuragi was a man of substance, extremely talented.

What he didn't know was that Sakuragi Hanamichi would never pass the ball to Rukawa Kaede; that was his bottom line.

I'd rather lose the game than let Rukawa Kaede be smug.

Sendoh once had a remarkable record of scoring 47 points on his own. The reason he didn't perform as well as before in the game against Shohoku was because Rukawa was there.

Meanwhile, during the intense match between the genius Rukawa Kaede and Sendoh, Rukawa Kaede became exhausted, suffered a leg cramp, and fell to the ground, allowing Sendoh to easily score a layup.

Last time, it was Rukawa who saved Sakuragi. This time, Sakuragi did the same, kicking Rukawa in his cramped calf. Surprisingly, this made Rukawa recover, and the game continued.

The Shohoku player missed a shot, but Rukawa Kaede leaped high and scored on the putback.

This jump left Sakuragi Hanamichi utterly shocked.

Because the rebounding technique that Rukawa Kaede used was the same one that Akagi Takenori taught him last night.

"Whoever controls the rebounds can decide the outcome of the game!"

Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi was deeply moved. He realized even more the importance of rebounding.

……

"Damn it!"

In the pink room, Kikuchi Hidemi rolled over.

She put Weekly Shonen Jump aside, her hair disheveled, and looked up at the ceiling.

"It's so short!"

She is very interested in comics as a reading material.

The wait was just too long.

I had this idea when I watched Sailor Moon in junior high school.

"It would be amazing if we could lock up the author and make them draw comics 24 hours a day."

“However,” Kikuchi rolled over, touching her jump, “male manga artists draw really well…”

Every time she sees Akino Mirai's paintings, she feels a sense of awe.

Unlike the blank space style of Naoko Takeuchi, the author of "Sailor Moon".

Tori Akino's paintings are incredibly realistic; the muscle lines, facial features, and movements are all exceptionally lifelike, robust, and vivid.

This was an art style she had never experienced before when reading shoujo manga.

For a moment, I had the feeling that comics could be drawn with such detail.

"The workload must be staggering."

From the comics, she saw a diligent and hardworking cartoonist who never slacked off, and she immediately admired him.

"He's probably been locked in a dark room by the editor to draw comics now, how pitiful," she thought.

Although Kikuchi Hidemi is a girl, she is exceptionally cheerful and lively. Her parents often say that she was born into the wrong family and should have been a boy.

When she was little, she often caught toads to scare the boys in her class.

He was the one who climbed the tree the highest, and also the most lively and mischievous one.

Kikuchi has loved playing basketball since elementary school. Because her parents work in Tokyo, they can only return to their hometown a few times a year. The first time they came back, they brought her a basketball.

"Kids in Tokyo are all playing this."

She later discovered that her parents had been lying.

Because there are very few children playing basketball in Tokyo.

However, because of that sentence, she developed a great interest in basketball and played with her younger brothers, becoming invincible throughout the school.

However, when she entered junior high school, the physical gap between boys and girls forced her to give up her basketball dream.

At that time, or even now, there was no girls' basketball team in the school. With nothing else to do, Kikuchi started watching basketball games.

From the countryside to Tokyo, she has watched no fewer than 100 matches.