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"Puella Magi Madoka Magica is ending!"

"No!"

Throughout Tokyo, delinquents heading to fights in the streets of Ikebukuro, couples huddled together, teachers preparing lessons, and students on their way to school all cried out in anguish upon seeing the notice in Jump.

"I don't want to see this kind of thing come to an end!"

……

"It will probably be finished around mid-October."

Hibiki Higashino looked out the window. "Thinking back on it, it feels like just yesterday that I started serializing 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica'."

“It hasn’t been long, has it?” Sasaki said bluntly from the side.

"Ah, is that so?" Higashino Hibiki sat opposite him, staring straight at him. "Sasaki-san, what brings you here today?"

Sasaki paid no attention to his disapproving look.

Yoshida needs to flatter Tori Akino, but he doesn't.

"Some decisions regarding the conclusion of 'Little Circle'."

Sasaki told Hibiki Higashino that Jump would announce this widely in newspapers, television, and other media.

This is a perfectly normal job; why not take advantage of the free traffic?

"At the same time, the second volume of 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' will be available for sale."

"Ah."

"They will also release news that 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' will be adapted into an anime."

"It's being adapted into an anime!" Hibiki Higashino exclaimed in surprise. "How come I didn't know about this?!"

Haven't I told you yet?

"Of course not!"

Hibiki Higashino has always been very supportive of Jump's decisions.

The anime adaptations of manga like "Hikaru no Go" were quite successful, so Akino Tori didn't question it. This made Sasaki almost forget that the decision to adapt an anime should be made by the manga artist.

Sasaki acted as if nothing had happened. "Among the animation companies, I chose 'Madhouse,' and the director is Araki Tetsuro, whom you've worked with before. What do you think?"

"I can't give you a result right now," Hibiki Higashino said.

The success of "Little Circle" owes a great deal to its music.

However, the ability to supervise alone is not enough to create the atmosphere of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

Hibiki Higashino needs composers with a strong ability to evoke emotions.

Without achieving this, the anime adaptation of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" cannot proceed.

Sasaki was somewhat surprised, as Hibiki Higashino had always been a big fan of Tetsuro Araki's adaptation of "Death Note".

Death Note and Puella Magi Madoka Magica have some things in common, and he thought Akino would readily agree.

“Okay, I will inform Madhouse about this.”

After finishing discussing the work on "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," Sasaki relaxed a bit.

He talked to Hibiki Higashino about the past.

"Your manga always ends very quickly, like Slam Dunk."

Former editor, Takashi Sasaki, was very troubled by this.

"Death Note and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are still as good as ever."

"That's one of your rare flaws."

Chapter 353 I really hate to part with you! Wow!

"Some people say that the long-running manga series 'Tori Akino' is definitely the number one manga artist in Jump."

Sasaki almost laughed, but forced himself to speak in a serious tone.

Hibiki Higashino asked in confusion, "Nagatori Akino? What's that?"

“It’s because of Tori Akino Mirai’s long-running manga that she became number one in Jump,” Sasaki explained. “Every manga of yours always ends in a way that readers never expect, so people always say that if Tori Akino’s manga had been serialized for two more years, it would have caused a miracle.”

"Hikaru no Go" ended after Kondo Hikaru overcame the shadow cast by Sai's enlightenment; "Slam Dunk" saw Shohoku stop at the round of 16; "Death Note" saw Yagami Light and L die one after another; and now the very popular "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is also coming to an end.

This is something that readers can't help but regret.

The work you've just come to love is about to end.

"Can't Tori Akino learn from Oda?" Sasaki shrugged. "Anyway, that's it, I just said it..."

Sasaki's inner thoughts.

"Ah!" Hibiki Higashino was surprised, but he quickly extrapolated from the example, "If that's the case, then there should also be the diligent Akira Toriyama, the gambling-averse Yoshihiro Togashi, the woman-free Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, and the fashionista Tite Kubo..."

It's well known that Akira Toriyama was very lazy. The reason why most of the backgrounds in Dragon Ball are rural is because he didn't want to draw complicated cities.

Cell had too many spots on his body, which Akira Toriyama disliked.

Yoshihiro Togashi's neglect of his career due to playing mahjong is something that readers have consistently criticized.

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga was cancelled due to his involvement in compensated dating with a high school girl.

The characters in Tite Kubo's "Bleach" are incredibly stylish, with impeccably designed clothes that are among the best in Jump.

The works created by female manga artists, such as "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" and "D.Gray-man", are inferior.

“You,” Sasaki said, pointing at Hibiki Higashino, both amused and exasperated. He had tried to tease Akino Mirai, but Hibiki had caught him completely off guard.

However, he also realized that it is inevitable for cartoonists to have flaws, and that one cannot force them to be flawed.

Otherwise, the entire jump would need to be adjusted.

……

Yuki Kajiura is a Japanese songwriter, composer, and music producer. She was born on August 6, 1965, in Tokyo, Japan.

They were responsible for the songs and background music for the popular anime "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" a few years ago.

In response to Hibiki Higashino's request, Madhouse brought in this talented woman from the Japanese animation industry.

"This is fate," Higashino sighed.

Because Yuki Kajiura was the music producer for the anime "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

The collaboration between screenwriter Gen Urobuchi, director Akiyuki Shinbo, and composer Yuki Kajiura created the animated miracle of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

That's understandable, given that Japan has many great musicians. But considering the cost-effectiveness and the composer's suitability for the style of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," Yuki Kajiura is still the best choice.

"I need a strong sense of destiny, epic scale, and narrative. The melody must match the plot, conveying despair, struggle, hope, panic, and so on."

“I…” Yuki Kajiura was under immense pressure.

This person is asking for too much.

but……

"I'm counting on you for everything!" Higashino bowed before Kajiura Yuki could speak.

"Teacher, you agreed!" Tetsuro Araki was very excited.

He thought it would be a long and complicated process.

“Because Kajiura-sensei is here,” Hibiki Higashino said, “I feel there are no problems.”

"The soundtrack of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is amazing."

……

Soon, news of the production of the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" anime appeared in major media outlets.

"Wow, that's great! This is really good news!"

"If the director is Tetsuro Araki, who directed 'Death Note,' then there's no problem."

"Let's hope they don't let us down."

"The manga is almost finished and they're getting an anime adaptation..."

"Who told Akino-sensei to finish her work so early..."

"In short, I really want to make Xiaoyuan move!"

……

Ichiro Okouchi saw the news and exclaimed, "Hey, there's news that another of Akino-sensei's manga is getting an anime adaptation. What a prolific author."

"It's a real shame that the director is Tetsuro Araki."

He was looking forward to the anime adaptation of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," but was also somewhat disappointed.

Recently, Goro Taniguchi, the director of Sunrise, contacted him, hoping that he could serve as the original story writer and chief screenwriter for a work.

He already has a rough idea for this project; it's roughly a spy drama.

Death Note has this kind of plot, and Tetsuro Araki's handling of it is also brilliant. Ichiro Okouchi even thought of bringing Tetsuro Araki on board to work together on Code Geass.

It seems we'll have to wait until later.

Actually, he really wanted to work with Tetsuro Araki.

"I think I'd be a good match with... Director Araki."

……

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica is getting an anime adaptation! Oh!"

Akira Toriyama turned his face away in disgust; the older the child got, the more annoyed he became.

"You're so excited about a magical girl anime... really..."

However, he often reads this comic, and the treatment of the background makes his scalp tingle. The amount of work behind so many lines is astonishing.

If you let him draw it, it will definitely be changed to a rural story.

The chaotic elements within the witch's barrier have been transformed into a vast, open space, much like outer space.