Full-time comic artist

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In the latest episode of Paprika.

Koyama and the senior chairman are out of the closet.

He, like the chairman, also hated [DCMINI].

However, the chairman believes that the machine has invaded people's sacred place—the dream world.

Koyama was jealous of Tokita Kosaku. He liked Chiba Atsuko, but Atsuko liked Tokita, which made him hate "DCMINI".

Now that Koyama has caught Red Pepper, he caresses her body from her hips to her chest, his touch filled with love and possessiveness.

Finally, Koyama cut open the skin of the red chili pepper and embraced Atsuko Chiba's body from within.

The chairman stopped Koyama, wanting to kill Chiba Atsuko quickly so she wouldn't interfere with his plans.

Within the small hill, however, there is only desire.

While they were struggling, Police Officer Funakawa rescued Atsuko Chiba.

Ken Miyano is still watching "Paprika," and his face is now red.

The close-up of naked bodies in the comic was too embarrassing for him, a little boy.

Chapter 309 Read more of Paprika.

Ken Miyano was watching "Paprika" in the living room when Atsuko Chiba's naked body made his heart race and his face turn red.

"Tori Akino-sensei's drawing skills are excellent, and they're perfect for this!" He licked his lips, unable to resist thinking.

Just like Fubuki in Yusuke Murata's works, she can evoke primal desires.

The interactions between young Goku and Bulma in Dragon Ball didn't have this flavor.

“Paprika is a work of art, I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?” He looked around and, finding no one else present, nodded confidently.

Just then, a sound came from the villa's gate; his parents had returned home.

Ken Miyano quickly hid Weekly Shonen Jump.

……

At the gate, the Miyano couple walked home together.

Mr. Miyano said, "There's a work in shonen manga that's causing a sensation in the literary world. It's been quite a hot topic lately, and even Mr. Miura says it's a masterpiece."

Mrs. Miyano was taken aback. "Eh? That's surprising."

Young adult comics are often the subject of complaints from their hometowns, who believe that these comic magazines are corrupting their children. They never expected that a work of art would be produced now.

She couldn't help but look at her neighbor, having heard that the man in that house was a cartoonist.

"Why are you suddenly paying attention to this?" Mrs. Miyano asked.

"Because everyone's talking about *Paprika*, all that stuff about 'reality and dreams,' 'dreams and aspirations.' Even Mitsui, the director at the company,' is trying to sound sophisticated, always telling me his thoughts." Mr. Miyano gritted his teeth. "They're clearly bloated and bloated, but they insist on pretending to be so cultured. I have to watch it, or I'll be left behind."

Mrs. Miyano shook her head. "It must be really hard work."

They walked through the front yard and pushed open the front door to enter the living room.

Mr. Miyano took off his suit and said with a smile, "No, it is indeed a good work, and I have benefited greatly from it."

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When his parents arrived home, Ken Miyano had already hidden the copy of Weekly Shonen Jump, but he was still very nervous.

"Mom, Dad, you're back." He stood up, but didn't leave; he remained next to the sofa cushion where Jump was hidden.

"Ken, have you been behaving well at home?" Mrs. Miyano took the suit jacket handed to her by Mr. Miyano, hung it by the door, and asked Ken Miyano with a smile.

"Very good!"

"That's good. We'll have beef stew with potatoes for dinner tonight."

"Great!"

He breathed a sigh of relief when his mother didn't notice anything amiss.

“Oh, by the way, Ken,” Mr. Miyano walked up to Ken Miyano and asked casually, “Do you read Paprika? You usually read manga magazines, right?”

Ken Miyano's heart clenched, and he forced a smile. "N-nothing? What book is 'Paprika'?"

"No?" Mr. Miyano asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course not!" Ken Miyano's voice was firm and resolute.

"I see." Mr. Miyano patted him on the shoulder and smiled as Miyano Ken was extremely nervous. "Then take a look. Reading more works of art like this will do you good."

“Yes,” Miyano Ken said somewhat dejectedly, but after realizing what he meant, he exclaimed in surprise, “Eh!”

"Take more...look at it more?"

……

Make-up classes during the holidays.

School was almost over, and the teacher had finished working on the lesson plan. Nan Xia Nai was very excited, staring intently at the clock on the wall, ready to run out as soon as possible.

With one minute left, the homeroom teacher knocked on the door. The teacher who was teaching the class went out for a short while and then followed the homeroom teacher back into the classroom.

With a sense of apology, he handed the classroom over to the homeroom teacher amidst the students' disappointed gazes.

"Ahem, let me say a few words briefly," the homeroom teacher coughed, and began the class meeting.

At that moment, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class.

"Our school is playing basketball with 13 other schools, including Cangnan Junior High School and Macang Middle School. Zerui, you're in the basketball team, so get ready."

"Yes!"

"There's an essay contest in the city, so I'm leaving it to you, Saito."

"clear."

"And another thing..." The homeroom teacher flipped through his notebook and went on and on about a whole bunch of things.

Time slowly slipped away, and Nan Xia Nai gradually fell into despair.

Half an hour later, the homeroom teacher finally said, "Okay, that's all."

"Long live!" Nan Xia Nai shouted in her heart.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," the homeroom teacher added.

This sentence angered Nan Xia Nai again. "Will this ever end? It's always like this."

"There's a manga in Weekly Shonen Jump called Paprika. It was recently selected as a recommended reading by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Although it's a manga, it can broaden one's horizons, improve one's character, help one see the world more clearly, and establish correct values..."

"You all need to read this and share your thoughts at next Wednesday's class meeting. Okay, that's all."

As soon as the homeroom teacher stepped out of the classroom, a huge commotion erupted inside.

The students didn't leave; they shouted incredulously.

"How is that possible!"

"Is Weekly Shonen Jump a recommended read?"

"Am I awake? It hurts so much!"

Nan Xia Nai also pinched her thigh, and the pain made her gasp.

She looked at her best friend Keiko and asked loudly in astonishment, "Paprika is a recommended read? Isn't that the manga by Akino-sensei that I can't understand?"

She read the beginning but couldn't understand it, so she put it down, thinking it was an experimental work by Akino Tori.

Keiko beamed, "This is the first time everyone has truly understood the teacher's masterpiece. Paprika deserves this. This manga is wonderful; every time I read it, I get a different feeling."

“But…” Nan Xia Nai wasn’t in a hurry to go home. She hesitated and said, “At the beginning of the year, our homeroom teacher heavily criticized Death Note, saying that the author of this manga was a ruthless person who would stop at nothing to grab attention, and told us not to read his manga. But now…”

“Times change,” Keiko said with a chuckle. “Besides, maybe my teacher has never read Death Note or Paprika. She probably doesn’t even know that both of these works were drawn by the same manga artist.”

Nan Xia Nai grinned upon hearing this, her worldview completely shattered.

……

"Don't read comic books all the time. When you have free time, read that red... 'Paprika'."

"But Mom, Paprika is a comic book too."

……

"Death Note and Paprika are both comic books. Why doesn't the author of the former learn from the latter and draw more literary works?"

"But Dad, both of these comics are by the same author."

……

Teachers and parents alike followed the trend, urging their students and children to watch "Paprika".

They've all forgotten about Death Note from a while back.

But how should I put it? In the past and now, a bad reputation and a good reputation are actually the same thing.

Facing public opinion without discernment, and taking a stance based on others' comments.

On Friday, Koji Yoshida received the weekly rankings and was surprised to find that Paprika had risen to eighth place, below Naruto.

"That's strange." Although this manga has generated a lot of buzz, the main readership of Jump, young people, wouldn't like Paprika. Its sudden rise in rankings is really odd.

With these questions in mind, Yoshida turned on his computer and began to search for detailed records.

"Your magazine should publish more comics like 'Paprika'!"

"Red Pepper can cultivate students' sentiments."

"My child was very satisfied with it."

Upon seeing these testimonials, Yoshida couldn't help but chuckle; it turned out they were all written by parents who were readers.

“It’s so rare to see comments like these on Jump,” Bottle patted Yoshida on the shoulder and said quietly behind him. “In fact, this is the first time I’ve ever seen them.”

This startled Yoshida Koji, who quickly turned around.

The bottle said, "As expected of Akino-sensei, his manga is truly unique."