Full-time comic artist

Death Note has gone on hiatus!

What constitutes "personal reasons"?

Ken Miyano stared wide-eyed at the line of text, feeling utterly bewildered.

Why didn't Jump provide a detailed explanation?

Hunting, skiing, injuries, etc...

Jump will always tell readers why a manga goes on hiatus.

Filled with annoyance and curiosity, Ken Miyano opened the forum to see what other users were thinking.

"Tori Akino-sensei rarely takes a break from publishing, what's going on now?"

"It's probably because they were criticized too harshly a while ago."

"These irresponsible experts and professors have been slandering Death Note."

"Parents are also speaking out through various channels, hoping to ban 'Death Note'."

“My brother-in-law’s friend who works in Tokyo told me that the editors at Shueisha Jump handled several large boxes of complaint letters, including some that cursed Akino-sensei with extremely vicious language.”

"Reading this kind of talk for too long can lead to depression."

"It's normal for a teacher to take a week off. Let him adjust his state. The serialized work itself is a depressing type."

Looking at the forum comments, Ken Miyano nodded as if he understood, which made sense.

Jump didn't want to directly say it was a manga artist's psychological problem, so they just brushed it off.

"Tori Akino-sensei..."

Ken Miyano was deeply worried, saying, "He must be very sad right now."

Thinking this, he suddenly stood up, walked to the side, picked up his schoolbag, tore a page from his notebook, and began to write down his thoughts to comfort Higashino Hibiki.

"Hello, Ms. Torino Mirai..."

As he wrote this, Ken Miyano looked at the "Death Note" beside him and fell silent.

"Tori Akino Mirai must be a pen name. If it's a pen name, then there's no problem. Besides, I don't know what the teacher looks like. Hmm, it's fine."

Despite thinking this, he still awkwardly crumpled the paper with the line written on it into a ball and tore a page from another notebook.

"Hello teacher, I am Miyano from Meguro First Noble Elementary School..."

……

Higashino looked at Akemi Akemi's belly and waist, which were still as flat and slender as before.

It was completely unexpected that a tiny life was growing inside.

What name should we give him?

After that, the children will go to school, finish their studies, get jobs, and find partners, and then Akemi and I can retire.

Hibiki Higashino felt incredibly happy, knowing he could see the end of his life at a glance.

His superficial feelings turned into a sense of security and reality that captivated him.

"Hehe." Higashino Hibiki chuckled foolishly.

His mother, Dongye tide, came over and nudged his head. "Don't get in my way. Go check my email for the 'Pregnancy Food Selection' I ordered."

"Yes, yes." Higashino drawled, then reluctantly got up and walked towards the door.

The February sky was somewhat overcast, and Higashino Hibiki hummed a tune as he slowly walked toward the mailbox.

A little boy came running over in a hurry and almost fell to the ground. Higashino quickly caught him.

"Be careful," Higashino Hibiki said, looking at the envelope in his hand.

He wondered to himself who the little boy next door was delivering the letter to, given how impatient he was.

"Thank you." Ken Miyano looked up; it was a stranger. Judging from his loose clothing, he was probably a neighbor, but he had never seen him before and didn't know what he did for a living.

I was probably too busy before and didn't go home often.

He hurriedly delivered the letter to Shueisha, thanked them, and then ran off again.

"Kids are so energetic."

Higashino smiled slightly, took out the books his mother had ordered, and walked home while flipping through them.

……

"Is Toriya Akino on hiatus?"

Yamamura Morimichi's eyes lit up; his chance had arrived.

Although "Blind Soccer" had a mediocre start, sports comics have great staying power.

Just like "Slam Dunk", as the competition in the manga began, the passionate struggle unique to sports manga was displayed, and the ranking of "Blind Soccer" started to rise slowly.

"Murata-kun's drawing skills are very good, and my plot is also fine. 'Blind Soccer' will definitely be a success."

Excellent artwork can immerse the reader, and this is especially important for sports comics.

The mountain village is increasingly grateful for the choice they made back then.

What he needs to do now is to continuously flesh out the characters of the main characters in the competition, giving readers a feeling that they will be moved when they appear.

"I will climb to the top step by step, step by step, step by step! I will take the number one spot in Jump!" Yamamura stood with his hands on his hips, his hands raised high, pointing at the light bulb.

“Impossible,” Murata calmly waved his hand. “No one can replace One Piece.”

The mountain villager was disheartened. "What you said is too realistic."

Murata spreads his hands.

Even dreams should be grounded in reality.

……

Hibiki Higashino has started working with his assistants to draw manga. Yoshida will be coming to pick up the manuscript this Friday, so there's no time to lose.

"Teacher, are you still not in a good mood?" Tanaka asked cautiously.

Hibiki Higashino shook his head. "I'm counting on you guys this time."

Omori gave a thumbs up, his teeth gleaming.

This once greasy middle-aged man is now surprisingly energetic.

Hibiki Higashino couldn't help but marvel at Yoshida's magic.

With just a few punches and kicks, he completely transformed a person.

Tanaka was still somewhat unwilling, "Then could I write about everyday life? It would be a relief for me to break free from the oppressive atmosphere of the main storyline, and for the readers to catch their breath as well."

The pacing of Death Note is too fast, like dominoes, one thing leading to another, with the previous incident causing the next collision.

Never stopping, always on edge.

If readers relax even slightly and don't read with their brains engaged, they will miss the mystery plot and their understanding of the subsequent content will be affected.

"Let's write a lighthearted and fun story."

Tanaka looked at Higashino Hibiki with shining eyes.

"I'm already a married man, don't look at me like that," Higashino Hibiki joked, fidgeting slightly.

“However, don’t think like that,” Hibiki Higashino advised seriously. “The constant tension and excitement is what makes Death Note what it is. Don’t let it lose its essence.”

“I understand.” Tanaka nodded seriously.

……

“We should definitely lighten things up in the next part.” Higashino coughed and explained the plot. “To act like a high school student, Light will look at explicit adult female photos in his bedroom, which, combined with Souichirou Yagami’s shocked expression while watching the surveillance footage, is a comedic moment.”

"And this is also one of the few fan service scenes in Death Note."

"I'll leave the photo shoot of big-breasted, long-legged beauties to Omori."

"Yes." Omori nodded. "Do you have any reference points?"

Hibiki Higashino said, "Just draw the women you like, but don't let the readers know."

One's private stash cannot be exposed; in the days to come, one will still need to rely on it to alleviate the man's financial burden.

Da Sen licked his lips, his desire to share growing stronger.

"Yes!"

Then Hibiki Higashino saw a model who was filled with desire, and Tanaka blushed uncontrollably.

She was wearing a white swimsuit, either lying down or raising her right leg, showing off her voluptuous figure and slender, fair legs.

Her face held a flirtatious expression, sometimes winking, sometimes parting her rosy lips.

Tanaka turned his head away, then glanced over again without making a sound, snorting.

"Oh, that's a really good drawing!"

Koji Yoshida ran away. Akino Tori wasn't the lead writer for "Death Note." He was worried about the quality of the original manuscript and decided to keep a close eye on the studio's situation from now on.

He glanced at the model's portrait and gave it high praise from both an editor's and a male perspective, asking, "Who drew it?"

Higashino pointed at Omori and said, "Mr. Omori, although you haven't drawn manga for a while, your work has really opened my eyes."

“He’s a character with a lot of soul.” Yoshida nodded in satisfaction, which made up for the fact that Death Note didn’t attract the lecherous crowd.

"Haha, is that so?" Omori covered the back of his head and laughed triumphantly.

"How did Mr. Omori come up with this idea?" Tanaka asked. "Does she have a real-life counterpart?"

Sailor Moon's appearance in the audience at the Slam Dunk concert caused quite a bit of trouble back then.

There are still readers who hold conspiracy theories, saying that the reason why "Slam Dunk" ended so early is because Akino Mirai lost to Yoshihiro Togashi in love and failed to win the heart of the beauty.

In his despair, he began drawing the unorthodox manga "Death Note".

“Of course not,” Omori denied categorically, looking at the figure in the painting with a silly grin. “That’s exactly what Sweet Sauce looks like in my mind.”

Yoshida, who was smiling, was stunned.

He glanced at the scantily clad model, then at himself, and fell silent.