Full-time comic artist

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His tone suggested an untouchable height.

However, no matter how angry the mountain village was, it couldn't refute this statement.

Because he understood that this statement was not wrong; it was all true...

"Anyway! I will draw sports-themed manga! I will surpass 'Slam Dunk' with it!"

The villager said something again, then fell silent for a long time.

Hibiki Higashino shook his head and moved the phone away from his ear.

"There's one more thing!" Yamamura still hadn't hung up the phone, disturbing Higashino Hibiki's ears.

"Please finish what you're saying!" Higashino said through gritted teeth.

"Um..." Shancun hesitated for a moment, fidgeting for a long time before finally asking the question.

Higashino urged, "Hurry up!"

"Inhale... exhale," Yamamura said, fully prepared, "When will the Slam Dunk anime resume airing?"

“Early October,” Hibiki Higashino replied.

"Great!" came cheers from the phone.

"what?"

"Uh... I mean, okay, got it." Yamamura said, "Thank you, Tori Akino. I'm hanging up."

"Wait a minute," Hibiki Higashino said hurriedly, "Slam Dunk..."

Higashino paused.

In another six months, Slam Dunk will end.

Sports comics from mountain villages don't offer the opportunity for athletes to compete on the same stage.

"What's wrong with Slam Dunk?" Higashino Hibiki didn't continue for a while, so Yamamura asked.

“It will be very interesting,” Hibiki Higashino continued.

Let it go, don't discourage his efforts.

Chapter 254 Drawing is quite interesting and at the end of the year

Shancun hung up the phone without hesitation.

Next Saturday, Sasaki and Hibiki Higashino discussed the storyboard for the next chapter of "Slam Dunk" and brought up this matter as well. Yamamura has already taken action.

Hibiki Higashino thought to himself, "He's still so decisive."

The matter of Yamamura Morimichi has come to an end.

Hibiki Higashino turned to look at Akane Nakajima, a puzzled look on his face.

"It's been eight days, hasn't it..."

After that day, Akane Nakajima spent much less time reading comics when she visited Higashino's house, and Hibiki Higashino often saw her drawing and writing.

When I looked at it today, I saw that Akane Nakajima had made a lot of progress compared to eight days ago.

There is a big difference between a complete novice and someone who studies painting diligently.

For example, when drawing figures now, Akane Nakajima will draw the head-to-body ratio and outline.

Although it is still a very rough drawing, the distorted figures of the past are gone.

When painting landscapes and objects, she also learned about shadows.

Hibiki Higashino was taken aback; she was actually really focused on learning to draw.

"Why did you suddenly start learning to draw?"

Hibiki Higashino walked over to Akane Nakajima and asked in a low voice.

During this period, Akemi Akemi was teaching Akane Nakajima how to draw, and Hibiki Higashino wanted to know Akane Nakajima's motivation for drawing.

When Akane Nakajima heard Hibiki Higashino's question, she pouted and said, "It's all because of my teacher."

She told Higashino Hibiki about how her teacher had scolded her.

"I'm going to study painting hard, and one day I'll make her look at me with new eyes!"

"That's ambitious," Higashino Hibiki patted her head, "but your teacher went too far."

For a moment, it reminded him of his former teacher.

Saying things like "it takes two to tango" or "why doesn't he come to you and go to someone else?"

Such teachers impose their own ideas on students without asking them in detail, and rely on their own experience to make judgments.

In other words, the teacher did not treat himself and the students equally.

“Yes!” Akane Nakajima nodded vigorously.

Hibiki Higashino asked her if she wanted to learn to draw manga with him, and Akane Nakajima shook her head.

"Mingmei's drawing is better."

Hibiki Higashino: "..."

He looked to the side, where Akemi Akemi held up two fingers and made a "V" sign.

……

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Akane Nakajima had to go home to study and do her homework.

Before leaving, Higashino called her back and gave her a drawing.

"This is a painting I gave to your teacher."

Akane Nakajima took it and looked at it curiously, discovering that the drawing depicted Rukawa Kaede and Sendoh Akira playing one-on-one on a baseball field.

There is also Tori Akino Mirai's signature in the bottom right corner.

"Teacher Akino, why?" Akane Nakajima asked, puzzled.

"That's fine then,"

Higashino Hibiki didn't answer her, clapped her hands, and went back to work.

……

on Monday.

Teacher Tian Ze stormed into the office.

"This is utter chaos!"

"What's wrong?" A colleague who was watching Jump next to her looked away and asked with concern.

“Nakajima Akane from our class,” she said, handing the slightly crumpled manuscript to her colleague, “I said a couple of things to her, and she lied to me.”

After her colleagues gradually learned what had happened, they comforted her, saying, "Don't be angry, it's not worth it."

But when he saw the original drawing, he was stunned. "It's really well drawn."

In the painting, Rukawa Kaede is holding the ball and trying to break through Sendoh's defense.

The character's expression, the direction of his steps, his disheveled clothes, and even the sweat stains were all clearly drawn.

This is not something an ordinary person could draw; it has the style of Akino Mirai.

"Even if it's a good painting, it's still fake!" Tian Ze said angrily.

"Hmm," the colleague nodded, looking thoughtfully at the original manuscript. "Isn't this...?"

He flipped through Jump, pointing to a large picture for Tazawa to see, "Is this the content of this chapter of Slam Dunk?"

After Shohoku made it to the national tournament, Rukawa wanted to go to the United States.

Coach Anzai persuaded him to stay.

And then he said, "You still... can't compare to Sendoh-kun..."

Because of this sentence, Rukawa Kaede found Sendoh and had a one-on-one match with him.

They fought from day to night, and neither could gain the upper hand.

My colleague looked at the signed drawing of Akino Mirai in front of him, which contained the plot of the latest episode.

“It would take at least 40 minutes to draw a picture like this, and the ink would have dried by then.” My colleague asked, “Tianze-san, when did you get it?”

Tazawa opened her mouth; she got it at 8:30, and Weekly Shonen Jump was released at 8:00, which meant...

With a cold face, she snatched the painting back, intending to stuff it all into her bag, but then stopped and tucked it into a book, carefully preserving it.

She then snorted coldly and walked out of the office.

Her colleague watched her longingly until she left, then couldn't help but scoff.

"Judging from her attitude, she definitely won't apologize."

"But that's a signed drawing by Tori Akino Mirai."

……

After school on Monday, Akane Nakajima excitedly ran to Hibiki Higashino's studio.

She said that it seemed like Teacher Tianze apologized to her.

"Thank you for the drawing you gave to the teacher."

This sentence must be her apologizing, right?

Akane Nakajima smiled foolishly.

However, she will still not give up learning to draw.

Being accused of lying, yet unable to prove it, she felt more distressed and powerless than ever before.