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Oh, I've arrived.

After buying Jump, Miyazaki Hayao was so curious that he couldn't help but start watching it, and before he knew it, he was still watching it.

"What about just now? Never mind, let's keep watching." Miyazaki Hayao lowered his head indifferently.

He didn't put down Jump until the first episode ended. After reflecting on it, he nodded and said, "The adaptation was truly brilliant."

Hayao Miyazaki certainly knew that the beginning of Paprika was set in Pinkawa's dream, where the female protagonist Paprika used "DC MINI" to treat Pinkawa's mental illness.

So this whole storyline happened in a dream.

No matter how bizarre the content, it's normal because dreams are inherently illogical.

Miyazaki extracted content from these dream fragments and compared them with what he knew of "Dream Detective," which made him even more amazed by Akino Toriyoshi's future genius.

In the storyboard of Funakawa's dream, his problems are described one by one.

He loved making movies and collaborated with friends on films. However, he gave up because he felt he lacked the talent, which left him with psychological trauma.

The comic strip contains references to Tarzan and Roman Holiday, subtly suggesting that Pinkawa still has his sights set on making movies.

His shame was evident.

As for the fight scene on the train, Miyazaki Hayao doesn't know which movie it's from.

It might just be something that Akino Tori wanted to draw.

This scene actually comes from another film by Satoshi Kon, "Mibeta's House," and this world doesn't exist.

Higashino Hibiki thought about it for a long time, but decided to keep it as a secret, an Easter egg known only to him.

……

"This page is wonderful." Miyazaki Hayao spent a long time looking at the 40 pages of the Paprika manga, savoring every detail.

After looking at it, he turned his attention to the distorted hotel corridor.

"The world seems to have turned into flowing water. The feeling I get here is like floating in a dream, with my feet feeling empty and unsteady."

The illustration on this single page vividly portrays the dreamlike scene.

"How could Tori Akino have come up with such a way of describing things? It's amazing."

Hayao Miyazaki slightly opened his mouth, applauding the scene.

This scene also appears in Nolan's Inception, but he claims he hasn't seen Paprika.

I don't know if this is a tacit understanding between masters, or if Nolan is just being stubborn.

……

Red Pepper's other identity is Atsuko Chiba, an ice queen and a genius psychiatrist.

The contrast between these two identities is striking: one is as fiery as fire, while the other is as cold and unapproachable as ice.

Hideaki Sorachi stopped paying attention to the parts he didn't understand and, with astonishing perseverance, continued to read the rest of the text.

I saw Atsuko Chiba.

“This looks much prettier.” Hideaki Sorachi chuckled. “A stoic beauty, I really want to be stepped on by her.”

"But at least Chiba Atsuko has two faces, which is also a problem. How can one person be so different?"

While riding the elevator, Atsuko Chiba discovers that her colleague, the genius scientist Kosaku Tokita, is stuck inside.

"DCMINI" was developed by the two of them together.

Tokita's physique was extremely exaggerated, shockingly fat, and he was overloaded in the elevator by himself.

Atsuko Chiba used all her strength to pull Tokita out, and learned from him that the three "DCMINI" prototypes he managed had been stolen.

"DCMINI" is a semi-finished product with no restrictions. It can invade the dreams of other users of "DCMINI". If it falls into the hands of criminals, it will be a big problem.

They discussed countermeasures with the vice chairman and two others.

They happened to bump into the chairman, Inui Seijiro.

Seijiro Inui does not support the development of "DCMINI".

He believes this machine is directly related to dreams and could involve violence.

Now, the prophecy has come true.

The vice chairman, who supported the development of "DCMINI", jumped out of the window after spouting some nonsense!

So, is the story all about the theft of the "DCMINI"?

This section is easy to understand; Hideaki Sorachi understood it by flipping through textbooks.

"Why not just use this as the starting point? I can understand it, so I'm not worried about the students' reading ability. I really don't know what Mr. Toriaki was thinking?"

He put a lot of effort into drawing the comic, but at the beginning, it left young readers completely confused and bewildered.

The vice chairman jumped off the building because his dream was invaded by thieves when he used "DCNIMI".

Violence has already occurred.

The vice chairman did not die after jumping off the building; he is now in a vegetative state and cannot move.

His consciousness was imprisoned in dreams.

In his dream, he became a king, leading a magnificent procession.

The team had everything: furniture, color TVs, plush toys, monsters, buildings, shrines...

After analyzing the case together, Atsuko Chiba, Tokita, and another medical professional at the company, Koyama, concluded that the perpetrators also experienced dream-like experiences.

In the screen display of the vice chairman's dream, the face of Himuro, Tokita Kosaku's colleague, appeared, which means that the person who stole "DCMINI" was Himuro.

"Ugh," Hideaki Sorachi rubbed his head, feeling a terrible headache.

In just one episode, quite a few characters have already appeared; the pace is too fast.

The plot took many twists and turns, and progressed at a rapid pace.

"It should be slower, at least so that the readers can understand..." he thought weakly.

As a newcomer, he naturally dared not point out his seniors' mistakes, and in the end, he just thought that perhaps there were things he couldn't understand.

He was too shallow to appreciate the charm of Paprika.

In Himuro's house, there are many items that appeared in the vice chairman's dream.

Chiba Atsuko was searching for clues when she unexpectedly discovered a secret passage. She walked through the secret passage to the balcony, and the scene changed to an amusement park.

"Chiba beauty's dream has also been invaded!"

In the amusement park, as Atsuko Chiba climbed over the railing, space began to distort, and she returned to reality, finding herself jumping off a balcony, just like the vice chairman.

Fortunately, Koyama stopped her.

The first episode ends here.

“Hmm,” Hideaki Sorachi said, swinging his thigh as he pretended to analyze, “So Paprika is about a series of events that occur after a scientific creation is stolen.”

As for the rest, he didn't see Sorachi's expression.

"Do you want to watch the next few episodes?"

"Or, will Paprika continue to be serialized?"

Chapter 305 Falling from Grace X Orochimaru, whom readers hate

"So what's the meaning of this manga? Did you understand it?" Minami Kana, a loyal reader of Higashino Hibiki, was completely baffled after reading "Paprika" and called her academically gifted friend.

"No," replied Keiko, the top student. She took off her glasses, rubbed her temples, and felt that she had overworked her brain. "We don't need to pay attention to the opening content for now; let's see how it is corroborated later."

Xia Nai exclaimed in surprise, "Are you still going to watch this? This kind of..."

What's so interesting about dog poop comics?!

That's what she meant to say.

but……

This is, after all, the work of Mirai Tori, the manga artist who brought her countless moments of emotion and excitement.

So, because of her affection for the house, Nan Natsumi held back.

“Of course I’ll watch it,” Keiko replied. “Paprika is very interesting. It has so many metaphors, and it’s a pleasure to think about it.”

"I really don't understand you," Xia Nai shook her head.

……

In Bird Autumn Studio.

Hibiki Higashino is drawing "Death Note," and the most recent chapter he has serialized is about Light and L teaming up to investigate the third Kira.

L was testing Yue again, saying he wanted to give up.

He had been investigating diligently, risking his life all along.

If Light weren't Kira, it would be a huge blow to him.

L became disheartened.

Bai Yue, however, was full of a sense of justice. He punched L, sending him flying.

"Just because you deduced wrong and I'm not Kira, you've lost your motivation?!"

"Who was it on TV who said that Kira had to be sent to the guillotine?"

"And what about those police officers and FBI agents who were implicated as a result?!"

L and Yue started fighting, and he became increasingly confused. Could it be that his reasoning was wrong?

However, L still harbored doubts about Yue.

……

Akemi Akemi thought about the contents of this chapter and couldn't help but say, "Light without the Death Note is indeed a good boy. He is full of a sense of justice and is not afraid of danger to judge evil."

"It shines like Soichiro Yagami."

"What a pity, if only the Death Note didn't exist."