Full-time comic artist

Hiroshi Motomiya said, "Don't rush the food. He's still a high school student. Get him some milk."

The shop owner shook his head. "Coming to an izakaya to drink milk, you're something else."

This place really does have milk, it's in glass bottles, and it's served right there.

The shop owner then went to cook.

He didn't ask about the menu in detail, which suggests that Hiroshi Motomiya is a regular customer and understands the situation perfectly.

"The wine here is very good; it's brewed by the owner himself. It's a pity you can't drink it." Taking a sip of the wine, Hiroshi Motomiya sighed contentedly. "But the food is also very good; you'll be surprised when you try it."

“That’s not necessarily true,” Hibiki Higashino said. “I’ve eaten some really delicious food, so my threshold for it is very high.”

The two of them were like friends despite their age difference; they chatted non-stop as soon as they met.

Hiroshi Motomiya is very interested in politics, and he is very unhappy because he has read the latest textbooks.

"Many parts were deleted and revised," he said, his face flushed with the effects of alcohol, "especially Jinling, which was not mentioned at all."

"Although we're in a honeymoon period now, it will end sooner or later. Given the attitude of our country's politicians, how can we maintain good neighborly relations when we're with those scoundrels!"

It seems that men really enjoy discussing these things. Many old-school cartoonists are left-wing and are anti-war, not anti-defeat.

This is reflected in Fujiko F. Fujio's "Doraemon".

By the time of Higashino Hibiki, the works of the older generation of authors were still shining brightly, but the ideas in their works could no longer be accepted by the public.

Even statements about Japan's defeat in the war have been repeatedly criticized by netizens.

This is precisely because of Japanese politicians.

“I couldn’t agree with that any more,” Hibiki Higashino said with disgust. “The idea that you have to admit your mistakes as if they never happened is shameful and disgusting.”

“I like you even more now,” Hiroshi Motomiya nodded and exclaimed in admiration.

Raising his glass, he said cheerfully, "Sooner or later, I will draw historically accurate cartoons to tell the people what real history is like."

In the future, Hiroshi Motomiya will draw a manga called "The Nation Burns".

He truthfully depicted the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in this work.

Crimes against humanity, violence, whipping, and massacre.

Face history squarely, confront history.

Unfortunately, the Japanese who have been brainwashed, or rather, who do not want to inherit the guilt, believe that this did not happen.

"The Burning Nation" is considered a fabrication.

Even after it was published, the content was deleted and modified, leaving only a few original pages to be published.

Ultimately, it was even taken off the shelves.

It wasn't until several years later that the final chapter was re-serialized.

The world is becoming increasingly extreme in the future, precisely because of these blindfolded people.

Higashino looked at the impassioned man in front of him and sighed.

A fire seemed to burn within me, so I snatched his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Chapter 78 What does Toriya Akino think of me?

Higashino was drinking, but Motomiya Hiroshi didn't mind and picked up his milk to drink it.

Things shouldn't be said in detail. Three hours later, the two left with a sense of loss.

After drinking, Hiroshi Motomiya walked straight towards his motorcycle, and Hibiki Higashino prepared to persuade him not to drink and drive.

Unexpectedly, Hiroshi Motomiya waved his hand and pushed the motorcycle into a nearby house.

Hibiki Higashino: "..."

No wonder he's drinking here; it turns out it's near his house.

Higashino looked up at the sky; it was already completely dark at seven o'clock in winter.

With a grumbling in his heart, Higashino hailed a taxi and returned to his dormitory dejectedly.

Because he smelled of alcohol, Akemi Akemi complained about him for a long time.

It was truly a heart full of bitter tears.

……

Higashino Hibiki is heartbroken. He had just gained some favor from Akemi Akimiya because of "The Garden of Words," but because he was underage and drank alcohol, she temporarily stopped paying attention to him.

However, with his career going well, Sasaki sent a message saying that the reprint of 300,000 copies of "Hikaru no Go" was almost sold out.

The editorial department has decided to reprint the book a second time, this time for 600,000 copies!

The initial print run of 100,000 copies, plus the reprint of 300,000 copies, totaled 400,000 copies sold.

They also wanted to try to break the million-copy mark.

If possible, then Hibiki Higashino, a genius who appears only once every ten years, might become a genius who appears only once every fifty years.

"I've never seen such an amazing high school student before."

Sasaki's words were tinged with a smile.

At the same time, he brought another piece of news.

The release of the second volume is also in preparation, so Hibiki Higashino is ready.

This was indeed very good news; Higashino Hibiki seemed to see a shower of banknotes rushing towards him.

The 2 yen he spent on taxis yesterday finally didn't hurt him so much anymore.

……

On Monday, Weekly Shonen Jump was released.

Xiaochun is currently working at a construction site.

At his age, besides Go and his considerable strength, there's not much else to say about him.

So he went to the construction site. One advantage of the construction site was that he could resign at any time.

Every July, there are exams for professional Go players.

Confident in passing the preliminary rounds, he knew that the professional exam would take two months, a vacation he couldn't take under normal circumstances, so he simply came to the construction site.

After finishing his bricklaying work, he sat nonchalantly on the dusty steps.

After stroking his beard a couple of times, he took out Jump and prepared to check for the latest update of "Hikaru no Go".

His coworkers saw him and jokingly teased him, "What age are you? Still reading shonen manga."

"Hahaha," Xiaochun laughed loudly, "I'm still a boy at heart."

He had been looking forward to Hikaru Shindo's Go preliminary exam for a long time.

Turning to the third manga in the magazine, it was "Hikaru no Go".

He only glanced at it before exclaiming, "Hey!"

The sound was almost as loud as the sound of the excavator's hydraulic breaker working next door.

"What's wrong with you?" His coworker was surprised and came over to take a look.

“The person in this comic looks just like you.” He stroked his chin. “And the name is Chun, the pronunciation of the Chinese characters is the same, what a coincidence.”

Xiaochun shook her head repeatedly; this was definitely not a coincidence.

He recalled in his mind that the boy was the one who was causing trouble.

I never expected to be drawn into a comic book.

He began to wonder what kind of person Hibiki Higashino had portrayed him as.

So I patiently read on.

After a while, his face turned red.

He was portrayed as someone who got through the qualifiers by scaring children!

The protagonist, Hikaru Shindo, faces a burly man with a loud voice and a rough manner.

A-Guang, a junior high school student, lost two games in a row after playing chess with Chun, a man from society.

If he loses again, he will lose his eligibility to take the professional exam.

Fortunately, the next three games were against familiar opponents and players of similar age, allowing him to perform normally and win all three.

I barely passed the competition.

Xiaochun felt embarrassed after reading this.

Given my current condition, I definitely have an advantage when playing chess against the children at the chess academy.

Upon first seeing himself in the comic, Haru felt a sense of shame, like Torishima Kazuhiko, and wanted to kill Higashino Hibiki.

However, I realized this while pouring concrete.

The character in the comic is taking a professional exam, so what will be his fate?

Is it possible to become a professional Go player?

What are Tori Akino Mirai's thoughts on this?

He couldn't help but become curious and looked forward to the upcoming comics.

……

In March, Yan Yan High School began its spring break.

Graduates like Hibiki Higashino also had to start making room for first-year students and moved out.

Everyone in their dorm happened to be a graduate; no one was retained, and they all got into the same university.

That is, Musashino on the opposite side.

only……

"Goodbye, Akimiya-sensei," Hibiki Higashino said.