Full-time comic artist

"Grandma Nohara, you're already opening your shop so early in the morning!"

Grandma Nohara smiled kindly and asked, "Shinzawa-kun, would you like to try some freshly baked bread?"

"When I run back, please be sure to save me a copy."

"Haha, okay."

"Mr. Long Er, the weather is so nice today."

"Grandpa Sato, please take care of yourself."

Because he often goes for a morning run, Xinze knows most of the elderly people on this street.

Greeting them every day has become a daily routine for Xinze.

Once they reached a less crowded area, Shinze began to ponder deeply.

"I wonder how the meeting between Mr. Omori and his online friend went? Did it go smoothly?"

Last week, Omori couldn't help but laugh while drawing comics.

When his assistant asked, he readily replied, "Because I'm meeting my girlfriend on Friday..."

Omori spoke with a shy expression, but at the same time, he also had a strong desire to share his joy.

If he wasn't worried about his mother overthinking, he would have called her to tell her the good news.

"Probably. They might get married soon."

After all, the teacher seemed so happy when she was telling the story.

Shinze believes that as long as you have a goal to look forward to, and you take the initiative to challenge it and have enough motivation, you will be rewarded.

"I need to prepare a congratulatory gift."

Thirty minutes later, he stopped.

"Shouldn't Weekly Shonen Jump be on the bookshelf by now?"

He walked toward the nearby supermarket.

"I'm so curious about how 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' will develop."

……

"The Mermaid Witch..." Shinze saw the latest chapter of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," and the first character to appear was a witch that hatched from Sayaka's soul.

"A mermaid? That's a perfect match..."

Like Sayaka, The Little Mermaid was someone who sacrificed herself for love.

The last one turned into bubbles, and the other became a witch.

"Sayaka is an idealist. When she wished for Kyosuke Kamijou's left hand to recover, she had the idea that Kyosuke Kamijou would fall in love with her because of it."

“This goes against her purity, and Sayaka is disappointed because she has selfish motives.”

"This is also a problem that Mami Tomoe once noticed."

"Sayaka made a wish with ambiguous thoughts, and ultimately, in her self-doubt, she succumbed to despair."

"She was like a mermaid, walking on land, experiencing the pain of stepping on knives. When faced with external pressure, this persistent suffering broke her down."

"As expected, the life of a witch corresponds to that of a magical girl."

After reading only one page of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," Shinsawa was filled with admiration.

The shrill screams of the witch in the manga reminded him of Sayaka, who was full of energy when she first appeared.

In the end, the righteous magical girl became a witch in the concert hall, wearing knight armor, with a jelly-like body, and constantly shedding tears.

Her chaotic and terrifying facial features, like the grotesque lines in a horror comic, represent Sayaka's despair.

"How pathetic."

Kyoko Sakura and Homura Akemi only managed to rescue Sayaka's body, preventing her from becoming a missing person unknown to everyone like Mami Tomoe.

"After her Soul Gem transformed into the Seed of Lamentation, a witch was born and was destroyed."

Upon hearing Homura Akemi's words, Madoka knelt on the ground and wept bitterly before Sayaka's corpse.

At night, Xiaoyuan couldn't sleep and became depressed, hugging her legs.

When Cupid arrived, he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

I still hope that Madoka will become a magical girl.

The existence of magical girls is to prolong the lifespan of the universe.

Energy is lost during transformations; the energy of the entire universe evaporates in one direction.

The goal of the Kewpies was to find energy that was not bound by the laws of thermodynamics.

The Kyubey civilization invented a technology to convert the emotions of intelligent life forms into energy.

But they have no feelings.

The human soul is powerful enough to be a source of energy that can overturn entropy.

Among humans, young girls are the most efficient.

The energy released when a magical girl transforms into a witch is enormous.

This is the meaning of magical girls' existence.

Shinze frowned, "What...what exactly is this...?"

"So 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' is a science fiction work."

He couldn't help but complain.

This setting is outrageous.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was barely acceptable.

When technology reaches a certain level, it becomes like magic.

"That's too much! That's too much!"

Kyubey has no human heart, and Madoka feels sorrow for the sacrifice of the magical girls.

Even at the very end, Kyubey still hoped that Madoka could become a magical girl for the sake of the universe.

"That scoundrel... no! I'm insulting dogs."

Qiu Bian is clearly worse than dog shit.

"However, I've figured out the basic premise of 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica'."

Kyubey, in pursuit of energy, lures girls into becoming magical girls by granting them wishes. At the moment the magical girls transform into witches, Kyubey collects their emotional energy to sustain the energy depletion that sustains the survival of all races in the universe.

The tragedy of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" stemmed from this.

"The setting suddenly became grander, expanding from the city to the universe."

……

"The progress of 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' is so fast, it's changing the established plot in almost every episode."

Each chapter contains new content, propelling the plot forward at a rapid pace; such comics are rare indeed.

In the Yamamura Morimichi studio, Yusuke Murata couldn't help but say.

This approach is such a waste of the opportunity to serialize the story.

Moreover, it is a test for brain cells.

"It's so difficult to do something like this once a week with new settings that still fit the previous content."

Mamoru Yamamura stood in front of the refrigerator, took a cup of black coffee, took a big gulp, and his eyebrows furrowed in bitterness.

“This is what Tori Akino has always done, there’s nothing strange about it.” He picked up another can of black coffee and looked at Murata Yusuke.

Murata shook his head, indicating his refusal.

The mountain village had no choice but to put the black coffee back.

He walked to his workstation and said, “Death Note is the same. It was a very popular manga, but it ended within a year.”

"How willful," Murata grinned.

"What about 'Little Circle'? How long will it take to complete?"

“I think…” Yamamura closed his eyes, recalling the rhythm of “Puella Magi Madoka Magica,” and then said with certainty, “Puella Magi Madoka Magica will end by the end of the year at the latest.”

"So fast?" Murata exclaimed incredulously.

"Just wait and see," the mountain villager said confidently.

“But…” Murata stroked his chin, “Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Tori Akino-sensei’s final work. After this manga is finished, he will retire from the manga industry. Doesn’t Tori Akino-sensei have even a little bit of regret?”

Yamamura Morimichi sighed; even now, he still couldn't believe it.

He heard from the editor that Akino Tori was going to retire from writing.

But... that person clearly loves comics.

He is a rare cartoonist who creates with genuine passion.

A person who does not dwell on past achievements but continues to climb higher and higher.

“A dramatic departure is much better than indecisiveness,” Yamamura said.

"I'm going to prepare a gift for him, a farewell gift."

As Shancun looked up at the sky, reminiscing about his past with Tori Akino, a sense of melancholy welled up within him.

……

Nighttime, at the Higashino family home.

Akemi Akemi watched the live television broadcast. On the mountain, a bonfire with the shape of the Chinese character "大" (big) was erected, measuring 80 meters horizontally, 160 meters horizontally, and 120 meters vertically.

This is the "Daimonji no Sareki" festival in Kyoto, which takes place simultaneously on five mountains and is also known as the Gozan no Sareki.

It was a ritual held in the past to ward off disease, and that's how it was passed down.

It was already spectacular to watch on television, and Akemi Akemi watched it with rapt attention.