Full-time comic artist

He learned the price Akira Touya had paid to be able to play against Sai. After this match, Akira Touya would leave the Go club.

He gave up everything for this game.

If it were him, Akira Touya would be very disappointed.

Having understood this, Hikaru lowered his head and decided to let Sai play the game.

The competition officially began, but the comic strip only had one page left.

Nobuhiro Nishiwaki, however, did not notice that when Akira opened the lid of the Go container, he accidentally slipped and dropped it to the ground.

Xiao Liang's hands trembled as he awkwardly bent down to pick up the lid. At that moment, he looked at Hikaru Shindo.

He gave a look.

That look made Nobuhiro Nishiwaki feel as if he had been electrocuted, a tingling, indescribable shock running through him from head to toe.

"A gaze filled with fear, yet one that bravely faces it!"

Faced with the powerful Fujiwara no Sai, he was timid, his hands trembled, but he refused to admit defeat!

"Perhaps it also carries excitement, anticipation, and tension," Nobuhiro Nishiwaki murmured to himself, "It's so well portrayed! Just one expression, yet it completely brings the content of this chapter to life."

He turned to the next page, but the update ended there.

"Huh?" Nobuhiro Nishiwaki asked incredulously.

"That's it? That's all?"

He still has to wait another week!

"Tori Akino Mirai went too far, how could she end the story at its climax..."

How melancholy!

He was so angry he wanted to buy a razor blade.

Or go to the Jump editorial department and steal the next chapter of "Hikaru no Go".

After a long while, he finally calmed down.

“Tori Akino Mirai… This young man is truly amazing,” Nobuhiro Nishiwaki said, looking at the manga with deep emotion. “He’s just a high school student, yet his work is so complete. The story, the pacing, the character design—it’s practically perfect.”

"I really want to compete with him!"

Nobuhiro Nishiwaki has also participated in the Tezuka Award and won an honorable mention. He has been working hard for manga serialization.

Recently, he used the pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki and asked Hisashi Sasaki to attend the latest serialization meeting.

"Rurouni Kenshin is the work that holds my future hopes; it absolutely has to pass!"

This is the most interesting comic he has drawn so far.

If he still couldn't continue the serialization, Nobuhiro Watsuki would despair.

"Please, I'll have to compete with Akino Mirai! Rurouni Kenshin."

Just then, the landline rang.

"Congratulations, Watsuki-kun, the manga has passed the serialization meeting, and the first chapter will be serialized starting in issue 23."

Sasaki said.

Chapter 51's Animation Adaptation Confirmed

"Higashino, what do you think is the most distant kind of love?"

Higashino looked up, thinking it was Nishimura speaking, but it turned out to be the usually serious Kitamoto.

That piqued my interest.

He asked, "Beiben, do you know about the Andromeda Galaxy?"

Kitamoto said, "Of course."

Hibiki Higashino nodded. "The most distant love I know of is probably the Andromeda Galaxy's feelings for the Milky Way. It's approaching the Milky Way at a speed of 120 kilometers per second, and it might not be until 37.5 billion years later that they can finally embrace each other."

"This is probably the most distant love I know."

Kitamoto: (ー_ー)!!

"Higashino, are you awake?"

Higashino Hibiki laughed and put his arm around Kitamoto's shoulder. "So what do you think it is?"

He became curious: Who had she fallen in love with? Why was she so pessimistic?

“Age,” Kitamoto said.

"You were born before I was born, and I was born after you had grown old!" Higashino Hibiki was stunned. "Is there really such a big age gap between you and the person you love?"

"Only thirteen years apart!" Kitamoto retorted, but then realized what he meant and said, "This is my friend's business."

"This friend you mentioned—" Higashino Hibiki, seeing his nervous expression, had already come to a conclusion, "Could it be Nishimura?"

"Yes, it's Nishimura!"

Watching Kitamoto's flustered departure, Higashino shook his head speechlessly.

"He's really lost his mind; he's not as shrewd as he usually is."

He suddenly became curious: Who was the aunt that Kitamoto liked?

……

On Tuesday, Sasaki called ahead and said he would bring the director to "Yoshiwara-sou" at 6 p.m.

Higashino Hibiki was painting in the living room, so there was no need to wait for him.

Just two hours after Yoshii Yamahisa and Akemi Akemi got into work mode, they arrived.

"You've really worked hard, Mr. Toriakino." Director Tetsuya Endo glanced at the studio in the lobby, bowed politely, and said.

He was born in 1960, 16 years older than Higashino Hibiki, and was in the prime of his life.

Having just finished producing Gosho Aoyama's "Dragon Ball," and having previously worked on Rumiko Takahashi's "Ranma 1/2: Hot Fight," he is a very talented and renowned director.

Upon hearing Sasaki's introduction, Higashino Hibiki politely shook hands with him, indicating that Pierrot had not been perfunctory and had made thorough preparations.

Afterwards, Hibiki Higashino talked to him about the details of "Hikaru no Go", and he answered fluently, showing that he was well prepared.

“In Go, one flower does not make a spring,” Tetsuya Endo said eloquently. “Only when two outstanding young people complement each other can they develop higher skills. Hikaru Shindo and Akira Touya are like that, and I suppose the story will continue to revolve around these two.”

Higashino nodded; he agreed with this statement.

Afterwards, Tetsuya Endo explained the other details one by one.

The team consists of three directors, three screenwriters, a producer, and an animation supervisor, all of whom are industry elites. The budget is ample, with a current plan of 1350 million yen per episode.

This is within the normal range, and considering that "Hikaru no Go" does not require special effects or large-scale battle scenes, it is already very good.

It is tentatively scheduled for 24 episodes, a half-year series. From the start of the project to the broadcast of the show, more than half a year of preparation work is required.

It will premiere in January next year.

Higashino Hibiki has a general understanding of these points, and there are no problems with them.

However, he has a suggestion to make.

"Could we add a two-minute Go lesson after the ending credits? To explain some basic Go knowledge."

When Hibiki Higashino watched the anime "Hikaru no Go", he was very interested in the little lesson at the end. The Go player Yurika Umezawa was very beautiful, so it left a very deep impression on him.

If you're going to copy something, just copy it all; it would be a shame to miss this step.

“Teaching Go? What a great idea!” Tetsuya Endo slapped his thigh and stood up. “It will further stimulate interest in learning Go, and most importantly, it can shorten the production time by two minutes!”

"You're a genius, Mr. Torino!"

Tetsuya Endo paced back and forth hurriedly, extremely excited, wishing he could start implementing it right now.

"The manga is still in a very early stage, so if we shorten the anime content, we won't need to create original storylines."

"It's killing three birds with one stone."

Higashino facepalmed. "As expected, directors are all heartless."

My main concern is compressing the content.

When he used to watch One Piece, what he hated most was the recap of the previous episode. Before he could see any new content, more than five minutes had already passed.

I watched it over and over again, and there were quite a few stop-motion animations.

The reactions are shock and emotion; each person takes a turn, and it's over in half a minute.

In other words, after waiting for a whole week, all I got was nothing.

Sasaki understood that Hibiki Higashino had agreed to the anime adaptation, so he produced the authorization letter.

Before Hibiki Higashino could even watch, he heard a surprised voice.

"Director Tetsuya Endo!"

Sasaki interrupted Hibiki, who was explaining the terms to Higashino.

Higashino looked up and saw Asahina Yuko.

He never imagined that such a loud sound would come from Yuko Asahina's mouth.

At this moment, she was covering her mouth, with a slightly surprised expression.

"Who are you?" Tetsuya Endo asked, puzzled.

He didn't recognize the little girl in front of him.

“I…I am Yuko Asahina,” she explained. “My dream is to become an animation director, so I have benefited a lot from watching your interview, and I am really happy now.”

"Entering the animation industry?" Tetsuya Endo was slightly surprised. Although he loved the industry, he had to admit that animation had become synonymous with vulgarity and corrupting children. It was a despised profession, a form of entertainment favored by criminals and a source of negative social influence.

"Thank you very much," he said.

There are fewer and fewer newcomers, and the industry suffers from low benefits, low wages, long working hours, and women are treated like men, while men are treated like Gundams.

When faced with a high school student who wanted to enter the animation industry, he immediately felt grateful.

"Why did you want to become a supervisor?" he asked curiously.