Full-time comic artist

The two of them exchanged a glance and sighed.

The reason why Onishi waited for Yamamura Morimichi downstairs was because he was a novice with no resources, so he wouldn't be valued by the manga artist. Therefore, he wanted to do his best in terms of attitude.

"I hope Mr. Shancun's new work will be a huge hit." He turned to look in Shancun's direction.

"Wait! Mr. Yamamura! What are you doing?!" Onishi called out urgently.

Yamamura Morimichi strode up to Sasaki with a very serious expression, looking as if he was about to force Sasaki to resign!

"Please calm down!"

……

"Editor-in-Chief!" Yamamura quickly walked up to Sasaki and bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle to the other's surprised gaze.

"Excuse me! Is it true that Death Note can't be serialized anymore?!"

Chapter 271 A Decisive Battle

Yamamura Morimichi questioned Sasaki, "Editor-in-Chief! Is it possible to stop serializing Death Note?"

Daishi rushed over anxiously, "Teacher Yamamura, what are you doing?"

He was in deep anguish. Why had things turned out this way? Joining Jump, working with talented manga artists—these two things combined should have been wonderful, a time that should have been as blissful as a dream, but…

"I'm so sorry! Editor-in-chief! It's all my fault!" Onishi quickly bowed to Sasaki in apology.

"Editor-in-Chief!" Yamamura ignored him and continued to ask Sasaki, "Why..."

"Teacher Yamamura!" Onishi grabbed his arm, trying to pull Yamamura away.

Sasaki remained expressionless and waved for Onishi to leave.

After hesitating for a long time, Da Xi gave Shan Cun a look before walking dejectedly into the group of dumbfounded editors.

“Mr. Yamamura,” Sasaki said calmly to Yamamura, “the serialization meeting was held on August 15th, and today is August 7th, so I don’t know the result and cannot answer your question.”

“You know that’s not what I’m going to ask.” Yamamura took a deep breath to calm down. “Would you refuse to give Death Note a chance to be serialized because of its dark content?”

Sasaki frowned and looked at the editors who had just been making a fuss.

Immediately, Yoshida Koji and the others fell silent.

"It is extremely unfair to let external interference affect Akino's future creative endeavors!"

Sasaki did not answer him, so Yamamura Morimichi took it as a tacit agreement and became even angrier.

After a long while, Sasaki asked Yamamura Morimichi, puzzled, "Yamamura-sensei, why are you so angry?"

Enraged, Yamamura strode over to Sasaki's desk, slammed his fist on the surface, and looked down at Sasaki, saying, "We've gone through so much trouble to come up with this manga, and it's being rejected because of this bullshit? I won't stand for it!"

"We are not pawns for you to weigh the pros and cons!"

Torishima Kazuhiko, who had remained silent, showed no alarm and observed Sasaki's reaction with great interest.

Sasaki was stunned by the repeated questions from the mountain village.

He subconsciously believed that Death Note was merely a testing ground for Tori Akino's future, and that the editorial department was suffering a great loss by maintaining this manga with no future at a high cost.

He's been pondering how to decide, the scales in his mind swaying back and forth, just waiting for the final decision.

Now, Yamamura's words made him suddenly realize that he was now the editor-in-chief of Jump, and his position was different from before.

When I was an editor, I naturally took it for granted that I should serve the cartoonists.

But now that he's the editor-in-chief, he subconsciously starts weighing the pros and cons for the sake of Shueisha's interests.

“I…” Sasaki opened his mouth.

He suddenly remembered a phrase he often said.

"As long as a comic is interesting, it can be serialized."

Death Note is a very interesting work; the content of its first three chapters is unmatched by any manga in recent years.

He was just worried that Tori Akino Mirai would mess things up later on.

The genre has shifted from intellectual battles and reasoning to other types.

"Phew," Sasaki let out a long sigh of relief, feeling completely refreshed.

He nodded to the village guard.

Then he stood up and said to Koji Yoshida, "Yoshida-kun, please come here for a moment."

"Yes, Chief Editor!"

……

Hibiki Higashino was drawing the manuscript for "Death Note" when he suddenly received a call from Koji Yoshida.

"What? You want the storyboards for episodes 4-8? Okay, come and get them."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at his phone with some confusion.

Tanaka looked up and asked, "Tori Akino-sensei, isn't the serialization meeting only supposed to require three chapters of manuscript?"

“I don’t know either.” Higashino Hibiki shook his head. “However, it’s just a small matter.”

Regardless of the editorial department's decision, Death Note will continue to be serialized.

Even without Weekly Shonen Jump, there is still Seinen Jump.

If it doesn't pass the review of Youth Jump, then there's Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Excellent people are not confined to any particular platform; that's how it is.

“Let’s get back to work.” He looked down, picked up his G pen, and began to sketch the outline of Leuk.

But then his phone rang again.

Higashino Hibiki sighed. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Yamamura Morimichi.

"Why did he call me?"

Hibiki Higashino answered the phone, still puzzled.

"Tori Akino Mirai, let's settle this once and for all!"

"You're definitely stronger, having transitioned from sports comics to detective mystery comics!"

"I'm stronger now that I've abandoned my life of drawing detective and mystery comics and started drawing sports comics!"

"Let's start with this piece!"

He spoke passionately and in rapid succession, ending the call before Higashino Hibiki was even fully dazed.

Hibiki Higashino lowered his head. "Mr. Yamamura... you might still have the potential to become a voice actor."

He looked up and asked Tanaka, "Is this what a rapid-fire recitation is?"

"Huh?" Tanaka tilted his head in confusion.

……

An hour later, Koji Yoshida arrived at the Red Maple Villa. He pushed open the door, his forehead covered in sweat, but he looked overjoyed and in high spirits. "Teacher Akino, you and Teacher Yamamura have such a good relationship."

"What did you say?" Higashino Hibiki looked up. "I have a good relationship with Yamamura? How come I didn't know that?"

He wondered to himself, is a competitive relationship really a good one?

"That's strange." Koji Yoshida went to the kitchen, took out a bottle of ice-cold cola, and drank it down. "Ah, that's refreshing."

He sat down on the sofa in the studio and vividly recounted the scene in the editorial department.

"Upon learning that Death Note might be unable to continue, Mr. Yamamura was extremely angry and severely reprimanded Editor-in-Chief Sasaki."

"His words made the editor-in-chief realize that he wanted to know the plot of the next few chapters of Death Note, so I came over."

Higashino listened to the whole thing with a furrowed brow; he hadn't expected Sasaki to react this way.

In the previous world, Death Note was only able to be serialized thanks to the efforts of the editorial department.

There's also the matter of guarding the way in mountain villages.

So many years have passed, yet he's still so sharp-edged. No wonder he called me to challenge me to a duel.

“I will thank Mr. Yamamura.” Hibiki Higashino’s brows relaxed, and he nodded. “However, as for competing with Death Note? Your defeat is inevitable.”

“Yes, yes!” Yoshida Koji agreed repeatedly. “I wholeheartedly agree.”

The first three chapters of Death Note were amazing, and the later episodes were just as good. If Akino Tori can maintain this level of quality, it will be a classic.

“That’s right,” Tanaka agreed, gritting his teeth, “but Mr. Sasaki is going too far! He feels like a complete stranger to me.”

Hibiki Higashino shook his head. "It's probably because of his change in status."

……

Jump Editorial Department.

Torishima Kazuhiko looked up at the unmoving Sasaki.

He was able to swallow his anger and remain unperturbed even when reprimanded by a cartoonist; that shows remarkable magnanimity.

"Sasaki, do you know about Yoshihiro Togashi?"

"Togashi disregarded the editorial department's objections and forcibly ended 'Yu Yu Hakusho,' which caused a lot of unpleasantness during that period."

"After that, Dragon Ball also ended."

"The relationship between cartoonists and editorial staff is more strained than ever before."

Torishima Kazuhiko kept talking, and Sasaki listened attentively.

"Ignoring the feelings of manga artists for the sake of profit is a major mistake by Jump."

Chapter 272 Through the Serial Meeting

As the editor-in-chief of a business magazine, one must naturally prioritize the magazine's interests.

However, the pros and cons should be weighed, and the cartoonist's ideas should be taken into account.

If we only focus on exploitation, we may lose both people and profits in the future.