Full-time comic artist

But seeing Mr. Akimiya's face darken, he immediately sat up straight, no longer daring to be playful or joke.

“Yes, I am 29 years old.” Akemi Akemi nodded with a troubled expression.

Before I knew it, five years had passed since I met Tori Akino Mirai.

Over the past five years, she has remained radiant, but she is now approaching 30.

“I haven’t been pressuring you, but you should consider marriage,” Mr. Akimiya said. “I know you’ve never thought about this before, but the Akimiya family’s legacy still needs someone to carry it on.”

"so……"

“I have a boyfriend,” Akemi Akemi replied, swallowing hard.

She felt a little embarrassed that she had finally reached this point.

Mr. Akimiya's expression did not brighten. He remained silent for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.

After a long silence, Mr. Akimiya looked at Akimiya Akemi, closed his eyes, and asked, "Who...who is he?"

“A painter,” Akemi Akemi said, “a very renowned painter.”

Are cartoonists also painters?

Chapter 205 Torii Akino Evolved

"So, Akemi, you really have a boyfriend?" Mr. Akimiya's feelings were complicated.

In his mind, Akemi Akemi was still a child; he was just asking her a routine question, but he didn't expect this result.

“Hmm,” Akemi Akemi nodded, and seeing Mr. Akemi’s conflicted expression, she felt a little happy and burst out laughing.

Mr. Akimiya, puzzled, asked, "What's wrong?"

“No,” Akemi Akemi smiled and waved her hand. She moved her legs while kneeling, moved to Mr. Akemi’s side, and patted his shoulder. “So, Dad, you don’t need to worry about it.”

"Hmm." Mr. Akimiya nodded, pursing his lips. After a long while, he made up his mind. "Arrange for him to come and see me."

Now it's Akemi Akemi's turn to be conflicted, since Hibiki Higashino is still just a student, and it wouldn't be good if her father misunderstood her.

I don't have any strange sexual fetishes.

So she said, "Please give us some more time."

At least until Higashino Hibiki graduates.

Mr. Akimiya frowned. "Is there something you're worried about?"

“Well…” Akemi Akemi’s eyes darted around. “He’s currently in the prime of his career and is very busy. I’ll come see you with him when he’s free.”

Mr. Akimiya's lips drooped down, and he was very unhappy.

In her daughter's heart, her boyfriend is more important than herself; he's practically the death of her.

No matter what he said, Akemi Akemi wouldn't allow it, and in the end she shut her mouth and remained silent.

She left home early the next morning.

"Musashino is on summer vacation, why are you in such a hurry to go back to school?"

On the second-floor balcony of the villa, Mr. Akimiya frowned as he watched Akemi Akemi drive away.

……

After buying a mixed sandwich at the supermarket, Akemi Akemi rushed back to Hibiki Higashino's dormitory, eager to communicate with him as soon as possible.

But the moment she saw Higashino Hibiki, she burst out laughing.

"Your dark circles look like those of the giant panda Lingling."

Hibiki Higashino was drawing a manga and, after a moment of dazedness, looked up at her.

"Hmm." He nodded vaguely, too weak to speak.

"Didn't you sleep last night?" Akemi Akemi asked helplessly. He had only been home for a short while, and now he was in trouble.

Hibiki patted his cheeks, trying to wake up a bit. "I've been so inspired that I just can't fall asleep."

Akemi Akemi came up behind Higashino Hibiki and touched his temples with her cool fingertips, massaging them.

Higashino Hibiki tensed up with a start, but then relaxed under Akemi Akemi's gentle massage.

My tense nerves relaxed, but fatigue followed.

A few minutes later, Higashino Hibiki closed his eyes, his head sank uncontrollably, and then he suddenly woke up.

Akemi Akimiya said with concern, "Go get some sleep first, leave the work to me."

"Thank you for your help," Higashino said, ate the sandwich, and dragged his heavy body toward the bedroom.

“Higashino used to be so composed,” Akemi Akemi wondered.

Hibiki Higashino is not as mature as before; she's become more childish and doesn't know how to take care of herself.

"They really can't live without me," she sighed.

Not long after, the two assistants arrived, an hour earlier than usual.

They were breathing heavily, and their clothes were all wrinkled.

"Where's the teacher?" Tanaka asked, startled by the empty main seat.

Akemi Akemi replied, "He went to sleep."

"Honestly," Yoshii Yamahisa sighed, "He said he was going to do something big, but he's still sleeping..."

Akemi Akemi handed him the original drawing by Hibiki Higashino, smiling without saying a word.

"What's this?" Yoshii Yamahisa was taken aback. "Did they redraw the storyboard?"

If the storyboard changes, the original artwork naturally needs to be redrawn.

“He said he had some inspiration,” Akemi Akemi said. “He’s probably more satisfied with the current storyboard, so he’s discarding the previous one. He was still working on it when I came over this morning.”

Yoshii Yamahisa clicked his tongue in astonishment. "So he redrawn all five original drafts he had done yesterday in one night?"

Tanaka leaned over to look and said, "It definitely feels like the current shots are smoother."

They both said in unison, "That's really quite willful."

……

Two weeks later, Weekly Shonen Jump went on sale.

Kuraki Riko bought Jump early on and has been watching it obsessively lately, especially since it's a match between Ryonan and Shohoku.

In the first half, Ryonan dominated Shohoku, with the score exceeding six points. Regardless of other readers, she thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

However, Rukawa Kaede started to show his strength in the second half of this episode.

Due to his physical limitations, he was unable to maintain a high level of efficiency and could only play half the game. This time, he saved his energy for the second half to compete with Sendoh.

"Bang bang bang!"

Rukawa Kaede tightened his wrist, and the basketball slammed onto the floor with a rapid, loud thud; he had changed the speed of his dribbling.

Sendoh, who was defending him, also noticed this. His eyes were sharp as he kept a close eye on the movement of Rukawa's right hand, ready to react at any moment.

As expected, Rukawa dribbled even faster, bent down, and quickly broke through Sendoh's right side.

Sendoh also retreated towards the basket, looking for a defensive position.

But at that moment, Rukawa Kaede suddenly stopped, and amidst the gasps of the crowd, he jumped high and scored with a basket!

In the subsequent storyline, with Rukawa Kaede's explosive performance, Shohoku's score continued to rise.

He had barely received the ball when he immediately took a shot, scoring when everyone thought it was impossible to make it.

From passing to shooting, he was quick and accurate. This first-year student would later become an ace who was no less than Sendoh.

"That damned Rukawa Kaede!" Kuraki Riko clenched her fist tightly.

Thanks to Rukawa's performance, Shohoku has caught up.

In the manga, Coach Taoka recalls unpleasant memories from the past.

"What! Going to Shohoku? Why? Because of Coach Anzai?"

He invited Rukawa to join Ryonan but was rejected. He thought of Mitsui and Miyagi, both of whom rejected him because of Coach Anzai.

"Because it's close to home."

Recalling Rukawa's answer, he flew into a rage and rebuked Sendoh, telling him to make a proper move.

Sendoh is Ryonan's trump card. If he falls into a slump, the entire Ryonan will be uneasy.

Sendoh received a pass from his teammate and, while dribbling, said to Rukawa, "That practice match was about three months ago, right?"

"You've improved so much in just three months."

"You're like the ace of high school basketball now, Rukawa. Back then, you were as green as a middle school student."

"Damn it." Rukawa Kaede's gaze was cold.

The two were evenly matched, and a major battle was about to break out.

……

"Huh! It's gone?" Kuraki Riko was taken aback.

"I only read a few pages and it's already over? It's so short, Mr. Torino Akino."

The exciting plot was just beginning.

"30 seconds? Or a minute?" Kuraki Riko calculated. She had just picked up the comic book and finished reading it in no time.

"Did Akino-sensei only draw 10 pages of original manuscript?"

She checked the time and froze. "Three minutes have passed!"

While I was reading the comic, the wall clock struck the hour, and the minute hand had now moved three notches.

"Time flies! It feels like I haven't been watching for very long!"

She was surprised.

……