Full-time comic artist

"Only the sixth time taking leave? That's an interesting statement."

Morimichi Yamamura shook his head. Togashi-sensei's readers are too forgiving.

Yamamura Morimichi was also very angry about this.

Because he liked both "Level E" and "Hunter x Hunter," he had already worked hard enough back then. Now that "Hunter x Hunter" is becoming more and more exciting, Togashi is becoming more and more lazy.

He was having a really hard time reading it!

The Hunter world is unfolding, but it keeps stalling. He really wants to go to their door and ask for updates.

“Never mind,” Yamamura Morimichi shook his head, “Let’s look at the topic about Tori Akino-sensei instead.”

Yoshihiro Togashi could only make him sulk.

I'll definitely buy next week's Jump magazine as soon as possible!

"Tori Akino-sensei's manga are all very interesting!"

"I love both Hikaru no Go and Slam Dunk, and I have the complete set of the collected volumes. I can't miss this!"

They were eagerly anticipating seeing "Millennium Actress".

This kind of powerful appeal, just because of a name, is something that only Akino Mirai can achieve in Jump right now.

"How enviable!"

Mamoru Yamamura sighed, but as one of these readers, he could understand their thoughts.

"After all, this is Akino Miki's new work."

……

Higashino Hibiki couldn't hear the readers' voices, but Mirai-sha did make a phone call.

Judging by the timing, the DVD sales figures for "Anohana" should be coming out soon, so this should be the notification for them.

Higashino answered the phone knowingly and heard a lot of noise: "What's wrong? Are you renovating?"

There seemed to be shouts of "Refund!"

Higashino Hibiki wondered, "Could it be that the repair fees haven't been settled?"

Surely not?

The person on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, trying to control their emotions.

Kiko Takagi gritted her teeth, "Who do you think is behind this? It's all because of your script! Lots of viewers are protesting!"

Higashino Hibiki was taken aback. "That can't be right. It's not the weekend. Whose salaryman is protesting today?"

Kiko Takagi seized on this point and hurriedly asked, "Is your focus problematic, or did you already anticipate that there would be protests?"

"Of course, I have confidence in Anohana."

"What's with that smug tone?!" Takagi Kiko was exasperated; they were the ones being affected now.

“Many of the protesters outside are sports students, and even members of the national youth soccer team,” she explained.

“Oh,” Hibiki Higashino suddenly realized, “so they will have time.”

This indifferent attitude made Kiko Takagi even angrier; she was practically bursting with anger.

Their office phones kept ringing, and the employees had to bow and apologize to the audience, while the culprit got away scot-free.

Moreover, because of the upcoming release of her new work, Hibiki Higashino received a lot of praise, which made Kiko Takagi even more depressed.

“Let’s not talk about that,” Kiko Takagi asked. “Any new animation scripts? Mirai-sha has a new project coming up.”

Thanks to the popularity of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day", "Mirai-sha" has also gained attention.

Therefore, an animation committee contacted Kiko Takagi, wanting to commission Miraisha to produce Atashinchi.

Atashinchi is also an adaptation of a manga, based on a lighthearted, everyday family life.

It's relatively simple to make.

“I will be very busy for the next six months and will not have time to start new projects,” Hibiki Higashino replied.

“Okay.” Kiko Takagi nodded.

Hibiki Higashino founded "Mirai-sha" for the sake of his younger sister, Mei Higashino.

Thanks to the airing of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day," Mei Higashino, the voice actress for Mei Honma, finally became famous.

Higashino Hibiki also achieved his goal.

Now that Mirai-sha has begun to develop independently, that's just perfect.

Hibiki Higashino can remain unburdened and can start new animation projects whenever needed in the future.

Just don't get too comfortable.

Finally, Kiko Takagi brought up the topic that Hibiki Higashino had been concerned about from the beginning.

DVD sales of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day".

"The fifth volume of 'Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day' sold 56021 copies! The average sales volume was 40702! That surpasses the average sales volume of 'Dragon Ball Z'!"

"Hiss~" Upon hearing this, Higashino Hibiki gasped.

There are no Blu-ray versions of these discs now, yet they've still achieved average sales of over 40,000.

It exceeded Hibiki Higashino's expectations.

"One reason is that viewers really like the art style of 'Anohana'," Kiko Takagi explained.

In 1999, the cute art style of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" was indeed rare.

Mature older women are the current trend.

"Is Volume 5 56000?" Hibiki Higashino exclaimed before Kiko Takagi could answer, "They said it would be depressing, but Volume 5's DVD sales were the highest. The audience is so arrogant."

Saying one thing and meaning another.

"Tsundere?"

"Yes, it's a character like Vegeta and Asuka."

"I really don't understand you." Kiko Takagi shook her head, said that, and hung up the phone.

……

July arrived, and the students were on holiday. Hibiki Higashino and Akemi Akemi were making invitations.

It includes the names of the couple getting married, as well as the date and location.

For the woman, Hibiki Higashino will draw a chibi version of Sai, while for the man, it will be a chibi version of Sakuragi Hanamichi, to distinguish them.

The share is not large; the two parties combined only have about 40 shares.

He was a friend of Akemi Akemi.

As for relatives, the two sets of parents will invite the guests.

This reduced their workload.

"Millennium Actress is released today," Akemi Akimiya said, looking at Higashino Hibiki's calm demeanor with some concern. "Its content is not popular with young people."

“Don’t worry,” Hibiki Higashino shook his head. “We’ve done our best, haven’t we?”

Right now, he's thinking about who he should give it to.

There must be one of Nishimura's photos, I wonder how he's doing in Hokkaido?

He also needs to have a bachelor's degree from Taipei University. He's currently a graduate student at the University of Tokyo. I don't know if he has the time.

Asahina and the others also need to have them.

After much deliberation, Higashino Hibiki was afraid of leaving anyone out, as this was much more troublesome than drawing manga.

"Oh, right," Higashino Hibiki hurriedly asked, "Who should we choose as the wedding emcee!"

It was his first time getting married, and although he wanted to keep it simple, he was still a bit flustered.

"Didn't Mr. Torishima agree to your request?" Akemi Akemi retorted.

“Oh,” Hibiki Higashino recalled, recalling how he had earnestly invited him, and Kazuhiko Torishima had readily agreed.

"Ugh, getting married is such a headache."

But from now on, we'll be family.

……

Mrs. Nakajima prepared breakfast, watched her daughter go to school, and then began cleaning the room. It wasn't until 10 a.m., when she looked at the clean room with satisfaction, that she remembered it was the day Jump was released.

She wiped the water off her hands on her apron, took it off, went into the bedroom, and began to put on makeup.

At 11 o'clock, Mrs. Nakajima left her house and went to the nearby supermarket.

"Jump is sold out," the sales clerk said.

Mrs. Nakajima's eyes widened: "(⊙o⊙)"

It's only 11 o'clock now, isn't it?

Are jump phones selling so fast?

Seemingly noticing her confusion, the sales clerk explained, "Because of Akino-sensei's new work, everyone is eager to see it, so it sold out this morning."

"Wow, I've never seen anyone so enthusiastic before."

"I see." Mrs. Nakajima said with some disappointment. "I'm sorry to have bothered you."

"Wait a minute," she said, looking disappointed. The saleswoman felt bad and took out an open Jump magazine, saying to her, "I've read this one before. Would you like to buy it?"

"Great!" Mrs. Nakajima clapped her hands in front of her chest and cheered softly.

Despite being a middle-aged woman, this kind of girlish playfulness doesn't seem out of place at all on her.

Instead, it made the salesperson's eyes linger on it.

"It'll be 230 yen in total," he said after a long pause.

Mrs. Nakajima took the comic book and prepared to leave.

Just then, someone barged in. He was about thirty years old, around 180 centimeters tall, with a great physique and handsome looks, giving off an idol star vibe.