Full-time comic artist

Unlike the ancient Japanese, Zhuge Liang possessed a confident demeanor that allowed him to handle any situation with ease and composure, yet this confidence was not arrogant, making him incredibly charming.

It's a case of dimensional reduction attack.

Kazuya Takasugi was eating a couple of bites of rice when he heard the advertisement.

"Slam Dunk is getting an anime adaptation! It will officially premiere on October 1st, so please look forward to it!"

He stared wide-eyed, forgetting to chew the rice in his mouth, and stared blankly at the TV screen.

"Slam Dunk has been adapted into an anime!" He clenched his fist excitedly!

The advertisement also revealed the animation's cast: it's produced by Toei Animation, and the director is Kaede Inoue, a renowned and accomplished director, which relieved Kazuya Takasugi.

He was genuinely worried that the anime adaptation would be poorly received, and that his favorite work would suffer the same fate.

The advertisement revealed a powerful collaboration, which filled Kazuya Takasugi with anticipation.

However, the advertisement did not reveal any further information, and after it ended, it returned to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Kongming was still full of confidence and ambition, but Takasugi Kazuya's heart had already wandered away.

"I'm stuffed."

He called out, ran to the landline, and made a call.

The call was answered very quickly.

"Kazuya, what's up with the call?"

On the other end of the phone was Kazuya Takasugi's good friend, Hijikata. They had grown up together but separated after university.

However, they share similar interests; they both love comics.

"Hijikata! Did you know? Slam Dunk is getting an anime adaptation!" he exclaimed excitedly.

"Huh? You just found out?" Tsuchikata asked in surprise, "It's all over the internet, everyone's looking forward to the official release on October 1st."

After hanging up with Kazuya Takasugi, Hijikata turned on his computer and continued playing "Tomb Raider".

As his name suggests, he is a homebody. More than two years after graduating from high school, he was able to work online from home thanks to his self-taught programming skills.

Aside from Kazuya Takasugi, he has no friends in real life and lives a solitary life.

However, he is personally very satisfied with this situation.

He works a few hours a day and spends the rest of his time surfing the internet, making his life quite fulfilling.

Before we knew it, several hours had passed.

He looked up; it was 11 p.m., the most exciting time of his day.

Hijikata made himself a bowl of instant noodles, went to the living room, and turned on the TV.

Although late-night dramas are often poorly made and have a perfunctory feel to them, they also have their unique aspects.

When the children are already asleep, it's time for the adults.

The unrestrained, explicit, and perverse content always makes Tufangzhai (a popular online forum) very excited.

You might even see a girl with her underwear showing.

He rubbed his hands together, filled with anticipation, and clicked on TV Asahi.

Demons dwell in the courtyard.

All the companions I could rely on looked like they were about to die.

......"

Two people are in a rice paddy, one of them is singing a strange song, and the camera keeps switching between strange scenes. It's all very ridiculous.

It has a very Japanese comedic style.

"Huh? What's this?" Hijikata looked at the TV in confusion, but his otaku radar told him that he might have seen something interesting.

"Really?!" His eyes widened.

After the 30-second opening theme ended, he saw the name of the animation scriptwriter, which turned out to be Tori Akino Mirai!

He stood up, strode to the television, and held it up with both hands. "It really is Tori Akino Mirai!"

"It must be a counterfeit product! This must be a joke!"

He found it hard to believe that the name of the author of "Slam Dunk" would be associated with this poorly made anime.

“This is interesting,” he said, stroking his chin as he began to seriously read the plot.

In summary, the chocolate company plans to use card collecting to entice children to buy their chocolates in exchange for drawing cards.

result……

The shop owner slammed three stickers onto the table with exaggerated movements, exclaiming, "Only a fool would buy that!"

"What's the point of collecting stickers that only come in three types! Besides, why is it always this little kid with that sad face?!"

Hijikata was speechless, but after getting on the same wavelength, he became interested in the plot.

After the boss flew into a rage, the staff quickly made the changes.

Still three models...

"Pfft!" Hijikata laughed. "What's the difference from before?"

The same little kid put on a fake smile that was disgusting to look at.

I simply don't feel the urge to collect them.

Despite its simplicity, Hijikata Takumi unexpectedly liked it.

This elusive and nonsensical content aroused his intense curiosity.

The voice actor spoke very quickly, leaving no time to think, and the scene ended three minutes later.

It turns out that the boss fired a colleague, and the employees retaliated by using the image of the colleague's son.

"It's quite interesting." As this scene ended, the instant noodles were finally ready, and Hijikata ate them.

The second part of the story about stickers began on TV.

He ate while watching, and within two minutes he had finished all the instant noodles.

Hijikata decided to keep watching. He got up to get some tissues. But just then, the ending theme started playing.

"What the hell! Only five minutes have passed! It's just a short anime! Ugh!"

He imitated the gesture of the chocolate company president in the anime, slamming his chopsticks heavily on the table.

……

The next day, Asahi TV notified Hibiki Higashino.

"Gag Manga Biyori has a very good viewership rating, with 9% for a late-night drama."

As a short-form anime, it's really good.

But this is a late-night slot, and 9% is a very average result. After all, there aren't many competitive films in the late-night slot.

"Yes, thank you."

Without much publicity, Higashino Hibiki is very satisfied with this result.

If this can be maintained, DVD sales will be considerable, reaching 1500 copies, which will allow Hibiki Higashino to break even.

It seems there are no problems now.

The TV station does not notify the production team of the ratings results.

Typically, the animation company will go to the site to wait for firsthand information.

But with Higashino Hibiki, the staff contacted him directly.

“Tori Akino-sensei,” he said, “I have some things I’d like to discuss with you regarding Slam Dunk.”

Higashino Hibiki reluctantly stood up and walked to the balcony, so as not to disturb his assistant at work.

He then asked, "Please speak."

The other party seized the opportunity and contacted Higashino Hibiki. They did not make any excessive demands, but only hoped to get to know each other better through communication.

In this situation, Higashino Hibiki could only let him waste his time.

We discussed the time arrangements, the voice actors' schedules, background music, and interesting anecdotes about Toei Animation's production process.

He only suggested hanging up the phone after he sensed Higashino Hibiki's impatience.

Chapter 168: The Anticipation of "Hikaru no Go"

A hotel in Shibuya.

The employees of "Future Society" sat in a private room. Because they were all like-minded classmates, the atmosphere was great, and they chatted with their arms around each other.

"I never expected 'Gag Manga Biyori' to be doing so well!"

"The viewership rating is a whopping 9%! I was on tenterhooks the whole time because the characters we drew weren't even as detailed as those in hentai anime."

"Idiot, of course it's a different style! We win with our storyline."

"It's so popular with the audience, no wonder it's written by Tori Akino."

They laughed heartily, feeling that the future was bright.

Service staff overheard the conversations of these people as they came in and out, and found it strange.

The students didn't act like students, and the employees didn't act like employees.

The person sitting in the main seat was a girl, wearing a black coat, silently enjoying her food, not fulfilling her responsibilities as a leader, and acting like a nobody.

"Hello, this is your Mapo Tofu. Please enjoy."

"Thank you." Asahina's eyes lit up as she sincerely expressed her gratitude.

"You're too kind." The waiter took two steps back, knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and closed the sliding door.

Asahina watched her leave, then picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of red tofu.

Just as she was eagerly bringing the tofu to her mouth, Gao Xueji suddenly asked, "Isn't Teacher Toriya Akino attending the celebration party?"