Full-time comic artist

……

In the bathroom, Yoshida Koji looked at himself with bloodshot eyes.

"That's really dangerous."

He almost broke down in tears, kneeling on the ground, overwhelmed with emotion.

"How could I be so upset in front of Mr. Toriakino? Wouldn't that put pressure on him?"

"If the teacher wants to leave, they must have been preparing for it for a long time. I can't let the teacher suffer because of me."

He patted his cheeks and told himself, "Yoshida, smile, you have to smile."

……

Hibiki Higashino and Sasaki stood quietly at the bathroom door, waiting.

"He said that?" Higashino Hibiki smiled.

“He said that.” Sasaki, whose face was usually ashen, said through gritted teeth.

"So, Mr. Sasaki, what are your plans regarding my departure?"

"Of course not!" Sasaki shook his head vigorously.

"You seem very excited," Higashino smiled.

"...Yoshida is out."

Koji Yoshida calmed himself down in the bathroom, and only after five minutes did he manage to force a smile and leave.

"He actually dared to laugh!" Sasaki's anger level increased.

"Wow!"

Yoshida, who was closing the door with his back turned, was startled to see Hibiki Higashino and Sasaki behind him.

"Teacher, editor-in-chief...do you also need to go to the restroom?" he asked nervously.

"Yoshida, come here," Sasaki said coldly.

After saying that, he left.

His calm demeanor prevented Yoshida Koji from noticing the panic that preceded the volcanic eruption.

"Oh."

Sasaki led the way, followed by Hibiki Higashino and Koji Yoshida as they entered the studio.

Then the studio door creaked shut.

"boom!"

Chapter 354 Why doesn't he plan to stop writing?

After the door slammed shut, the studio became eerily silent.

Koji Yoshida noticed that Sasaki was staring intently at him, which sent a chill down his spine.

He didn't even dare to turn his head to look at Higashino Hibiki.

Time passed slowly until the clock struck the hour. Sasaki then looked up slightly and said to Yoshida Koji, who was sweating profusely, "Yoshida, do you find this interesting?"

Yoshida was terrified. "Wh...what?"

"Don't you know?"

"Editor-in-chief, just tell me!" Yoshida said in despair. "Just tell me what's wrong! Don't make me worry for no reason."

Sasaki frowned and looked at Hibiki Higashino. "Tori Akino-kun, can I use the computer for a moment?"

"Please." Higashino Hibiki extended his hand.

Sasaki turned on his computer, and Yoshida stood behind him, hunched over as he looked at it.

With his fingers tapping on the keyboard, Sasaki opened the official website of Weekly Shonen Jump.

The screen displays a group photo of the main characters from a Jump manga series.

Luffy, Naruto Uzumaki, Ryoma Echizen...

There's also Madoka Kaname, whose art style is particularly distinctive.

After entering the Jump website, Sasaki clicked on the next page of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," which contained information about the manga and recently created a section for user comments.

In Japan, this is already considered a very good webpage.

"See?" Sasaki stood up.

Yoshida leaned down and looked at the comments intently.

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica is ending, what a pity. I wonder what Homura Akemi's ending will be like? I hope it's not a tragedy, I've already suffered enough. It's been a series of heart-wrenching moments from beginning to end, I can't take it anymore."

"This?" Yoshida Koji asked, turning around.

"down."

"Oh."

The comments below have hundreds of replies.

"I'm an assistant to a manga artist in the Jump series. He told me that Akino-sensei is planning to retire after 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica.' He seems to be too tired and doesn't want to continue working so hard."

Hibiki Higashino leaned closer to look. "Hey, there really are comments like that."

"You guys are really something. Even I, the person involved, didn't know about this, and it's already circulating online."

"Huh?" Yoshida Koji turned around and glanced at Hibiki Higashino.

Sasaki said in a deep voice, "Keep watching."

"Yes."

Yoshida looked at the replies under this comment.

"Retiring from writing? Fake news!"

"He's only 28 years old!"

"They really love to show off."

"It seems unlikely... but I've heard about it, and the news came from Mr. Masashi Kishimoto. He said something like that at the class reunion."

"impossible!"

"I'm dying without reading Akino-sensei's manga!"

"I do not believe!"

"You're joking."

"Unless 'Kochikame' ends, I don't believe that Akino-sensei will give up drawing manga."

There were many similar replies, but most readers didn't believe them, thinking they were just rumors.

Some people are saying that it's better to believe Eiichiro Oda is getting married than to believe this.

"How is that possible? That's a cartoonist whose heart is only for comics."

"I've had enough fun today."

Higashino Hibiki's gaze sharpened.

"This!" he exclaimed, pointing at the screen. "Oda-kun is really getting married, and he even invited me to the wedding."

In November 2004, Eiichiro Oda announced his marriage to a female model named Chiaki.

"Don't interrupt." Sasaki waved his hand.

Oda and such are not important.

“Yes,” Higashino Hibiki lowered his head, looking aggrieved.

"Yoshida, what did you see?"

"Speculation about Oda-sensei getting married?"

"Bang!" Sasaki slammed his hand heavily on the table, making a deafening sound. His face was ashen. "I'm talking about Tori Akino Mirai retiring from writing! This kind of baseless news has been spread like wildfire through your mouth!"

"I'm sorry." Yoshida Koji lowered his head; he finally understood why Sasaki was angry.

The news that Akino Tori will retire from writing has leaked ahead of schedule, which is a loss for Jump.

He shouldn't have spoken so carelessly in the editorial department.

“However…” Yoshida looked up, “this news is so vague and unsubstantiated…wasn’t this something you, the editor-in-chief, confirmed?”

That day, he clearly understood the truth behind Tori Akino Mirai's retirement from writing in front of Sasaki, which meant that his thoughts were not wrong.

"Oh ho." Higashino Hibiki turned to look at Sasaki.

"Wait a minute..." Sasaki covered his forehead, recalling.

When he asked Yoshida, he said, "Did you know that Tori Akino-sensei is planning to retire from writing?"

The rumors circulating in the editorial department influenced him, leading him to conclude, after a preliminary assessment, that Tori Akino was indeed going to retire from writing.

The fact that Tori Akino hasn't stopped writing is definitely his own problem!

People tend to be certain of their own guesses.

The influence of the environment has further reinforced this idea.

If it weren't for Akira Toriyama's questioning, he really wouldn't have imagined that Akino Mirai wasn't planning to retire!

He looked at Higashino Hibiki, "Or else..."

"I don't want to!" Higashino Hibiki refused decisively.

"Could it be..." Yoshida Koji stared intently at Hibiki Higashino, "that you, sir, have no intention of leaving Jump!"

Hibiki Higashino spread his hands, "I still have some manga I want to draw."

"That's wonderful! That's wonderful!" Yoshida Koji cried tears of joy.

"You really are..." Higashino Hibiki patted his shoulder, "So sentimental."