Full-time comic artist

……

The editorial department fell silent.

"The editor-in-chief is in a bad mood," Onishi Kohei whispered to Keiji Yoshihisa.

"Don't talk back!"

The bottle was even more shocking.

He arrived very early this morning; only Editor-in-Chief Sasaki was in the editorial department.

He actually saw that cold-hearted man's smile!

What exactly happened over the weekend?!

Bottle Yoshihisa had absolutely no clue.

……

Katsura Hoshino Studio.

"This is the storyboard for 'D.Gray-man'."

Katsura Hoshino tied her hair into a small bun. She was used to having short hair and hadn't cut it in a long time. Her hair had grown long and she wasn't used to it, so she could only tie it up simply.

"Hmm." Yoshida sniffed the air and said calmly, "Living environment is very important for health."

"Hmm?" Hoshino Katsura tilted her head, her nose twitching, and then she seemed to be deep in thought.

"Excuse me!"

She got up, ran to the bathroom, and took out a laundry basket.

There were two white threads inside, emitting an unpleasant odor.

"I forgot to wash it, hehe."

"Hey, what are you talking about!" Yoshida snapped.

“Because I kept thinking about attending Akino Mirai’s farewell ceremony, I forgot about everything else, Yoshida-san,” Hoshino Katsura said, holding up a white silk dress, “How about I wear this on that day?”

"As for the farewell ceremony... you should just forget about it."

"Hey!" Hoshino Katsura approached, surprised, and asked, "Wasn't this the editor-in-chief's decision? Has he changed his mind?"

Yoshida's face darkened. "Step back."

Only when the air was fresh did Yoshida say, "Editor-in-Chief? What editor-in-chief? I've never said anything about editor-in-chief."

Chapter 355 The Workplace is Complicated, Witch's Night Appears

"Forget about this," Yoshida Koji said coldly.

He was somewhat troubled, realizing he shouldn't have been talking nonsense everywhere.

It's too late to correct it now.

Tell others it's the editor-in-chief's mistake? How could the editor-in-chief be wrong!

He can only be the one in the wrong.

He decided to brush it off.

"How could this be!" Hoshino Katsura almost cried. "Just because Tori Akino-sensei can't bring any more benefits, are they going to give him a desolate exit? Jump is too cruel."

She could almost see Torino Mirai, her body hunched over, departing amidst the snowflakes.

"Don't overthink it..." Yoshida had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Tori Akino-sensei did not intend to retire from writing; I misunderstood his meaning."

……

"Teacher Akino has no intention of retiring from writing; it's all because Koji Yoshida misunderstood him."

Sasaki spoke seriously to Yoshihiro Togashi.

Last time he came to Togashi's house and invited Togashi to join the farewell to Akino, now he has to face Togashi directly and tell him the "back and forth".

Fortunately, he was the editor-in-chief, so he could shift the blame to his subordinates.

It has nothing to do with Sasaki.

Yoshida dared not speak carelessly, as long as Tori Akino kept quiet.

Yoshihiro Togashi listened and nodded, "Oh, I see. I've known for a while now that Yoshida is unreliable. He made me sad for so long for nothing."

He turned to look at Naoko Takeuchi, "So, there's no need to worry."

Naoko Takeuchi nodded with relief.

To be honest, among the manga artists published in Jump, her favorite is Akino Mirai, even more so than Yoshihiro Togashi, the artist of "Hunter x Hunter".

Akino Tori possesses a unique spirituality that shonen manga artists lack, and her short comics always manage to move viewers.

The forbidden love in "The Garden of Words", the love that ended without a trace in "5 Centimeters Per Second", the legendary story brought to her by "Millennium Actress", and the intoxication she felt in "Paprika".

“Mr. Sasaki,” Naoko Takeuchi asked him expectantly, “Does Toriaki-kun have any plans to draw short manga?”

In recent years, Tori Akino has not drawn any short comics.

It was a great pity for her.

She really wants to see works that will surprise and delight.

"As far as I know, no," Sasaki said.

Naoko Takeuchi was very disappointed.

……

"Have you heard? Tori Akino-sensei has no intention of retiring from writing."

"I knew it, he's a person who loves comics."

"Where did you say that? You're just being wise after the event."

"It's all just that big mouth of Koji Yoshida talking nonsense."

Inside the Jump editorial office, several editors were discussing in hushed tones.

"Yoshida is really unreliable."

Everyone has made a decision.

By the second day, even the cartoonists had received new information.

Eiichiro Oda, in particular, was furious.

Sometimes when he goes to sleep at night, he silently sheds tears when he thinks about Jump losing Akino-sensei.

When he got married in November, he prepared a thank-you speech for Tori Akino Mirai. It was all very cheesy stuff, and he felt embarrassed thinking about it now. It was so unmanly.

After his assistants left, Oda pulled out his speech. He looked at it for a while, but couldn't bring himself to tear it up. These were his heartfelt words. In the end, he put it in the storyboard collection box at the bottom of his drawer.

This place can be considered a grain of sand hidden in the desert.

No one will find out.

"My beloved Akino-sensei, when I heard that you were preparing to lay down your manga burden and move forward lightly, I was truly saddened. I will miss you so much; so many marks of time have been left behind, and in the future, we can only reminisce..."

……

"No?"

Masashi Kishimoto scratched his head; he had already told his old classmates…

I've really embarrassed myself this time.

……

Yamamura Morimichi was overjoyed upon hearing the news.

When Tori Akino left the manga industry, he felt a sense of desolation, as if his era was coming to an end.

Because they entered the comics industry together and have always been rivals.

In a comic book, that's called a nemesis.

"That's good." Shancun said casually.

"Mr. Yamamura," Yusuke Murata asked, looking at the storyboard, "are you planning to finish 'Blind Soccer'?"

He sensed the plot was nearing its end.

“Yeah, the Paralympic Games are coming to an end in the manga too,” Yamamura said.

Before the serialization of "Blind Football," this sport had not yet been included in the Paralympic Games. However, when the comic was in its middle stages of serialization, the decision was made to include blind football in the Paralympic Games.

The mountain village was also unsure whether there were any reasons for this.

However, he was still very proud and happy.

He finally achieved the same level that Tori Akino reached when he serialized "Hikaru no Go," bringing positive development to society through his work.

"And then what?"

"What happened next?"

"Can we still work together?"

"We'll see," the villager said coldly.

"Oh! I'm so sad!"

"You can't say everything," Yamamura said angrily. "Like that editor named Yoshida Koji!"

……

"Yoshida-kun, sigh." Onishi Kohei patted Yoshida on the shoulder and sighed.

Yoshida's reputation within Shueisha is completely ruined.

Not only did the editors shake their heads at the sight of him, but even the cartoonists realized how unreliable Yoshida was.

This has led to Yoshida's current weakened will, making him appear several years older.