Tokyo 1970: I'll draw Doraemon?

Even Dorami helped the thief who stole her body.

No one knew his suffering, no one understood his grievances.

Doraemon's life is now hanging by a thread, like a candle flickering in the wind, with no hope of recovery.

He closed his eyes, ready to give up the struggle.

until……

"stop!"

Just then, a light appeared, illuminating the dark world before Doraemon's eyes, and a human boy in his pajamas rushed out.

Ignoring the police's warnings, he stumbled and ran headlong towards the villain who was destroying world harmony.

After catching his breath, Nobita didn't ask why or about "Dai Enjia's" identity. Instead, he smiled and asked with concern:

"Are you alright, Doraemon?"

"what!!!"

When this line appeared in the comic, the three girls couldn't help but cheer excitedly.

The oppressive atmosphere created by the comic strip was completely swept away at this moment.

"Waaaaah, I really want to cry."

"Doraemon cares about Nobita, and Nobita understands Doraemon; they are the closest of friends!"

While Dorami was still unaware of the truth, Nobita recognized Doraemon's identity.

"Because Doraemon is Doraemon."

In order to make the readers accept the story, the red marble is a recurring prop.

But the truth is, even if Doraemon changes his appearance and becomes a bad guy, Nobita will still recognize him and choose to stand by his side.

There's no reason, he's just Doraemon.

After hearing this, Dai Enjia felt completely relieved.

"Listen, I'm the prisoner!"

"I am Dai Enjia!"

In the silent forest, he shouted at the police.

By exchanging ropes, he returned Doraemon's body to its original owner.

"I really envy you," he said to Doraemon.

Afterwards, she returned to the identity he had once despised.

At this moment, Dai Enjia accepted her wrongdoing, surrendered, and stopped running away.

Under police escort, he was to travel to the future to enter prison for rehabilitation and atone for his mistakes.

"Why did Dai Enjia suddenly change her mind?" Sato Masako asked.

Rumiko Takahashi sighed, stood up, looked out the window, and said softly:

"Dai Enjia desperately belittles himself as a criminal, but he actually has a clear understanding of himself. So he gives up on himself and chooses to continue down the wrong path. But at this time, Nobita Nobi enters his world."

"Even knowing his past mistakes, I still feel sorry for him and pity his plight. This empathy is just like Naruto accepting Gaara. Dai Enjia, who already has a kind side, changed in the face of Nobita's brilliance, which is only natural."

"When he realized that Nobita's friendship with Doraemon couldn't be taken away by simply changing the outer shell, but was an emotion that touched his soul, he chose to give up."

"That's a great story."

Wiping away her tears, Rumiko Takahashi poured out her heart in one breath.

“Hmm,” Masako Sato said thoughtfully, “that’s how it is.”

She lamented, "Many people in the world envy Nobita for having Doraemon, but only this wanted criminal envies Doraemon for having Nobita."

Besides telling the story of a criminal who turns over a new leaf, "A Long Day" is also about the friendship between Nobita and Doraemon.

It's so pure that it's touching and enviable.

It's definitely not inferior to any of the previous episodes.

Yoko Kondo wasn't really interested in shonen manga; she was immersed in the pain of being completely unable to beat Katsuhiro Otomo.

This is something that no amount of effort can overcome. The gap between her and Katsuhiro Otomo is greater than that between a person and a dog.

She felt deeply hopeless and began to think that perhaps she was not suited to drawing comics.

But "A Long Day" is different; it's a work that resonates with children, teenagers, and young adults alike.

While reading this comic, she temporarily forgot the bitterness of her failure to be selected and had a good cry. Now she feels relieved.

"If I could create a comic like that, it would have a place in any magazine."

She decided to take "A Long Day" as her goal, and when she could create such a harmonious and touching work, she would compete with Katsuhiro Otomo again.

“That’s right,” Rumiko Takahashi nodded. “I’m afraid only by creating a work like this can I be sure that I will win the award.”

“In other words,” she pouted, heartbroken, “I’m sure I’ve lost.”

In the end, in "A Long Day," Dai Enjia accepted his punishment, but that doesn't mean that he could erase the past simply by turning over a new leaf.

This is the true approach to redeeming a character: after describing the villain's mental journey and allowing readers to deeply understand him, then making him pay for the mistakes he made.

Instead of ignoring or running away.

"Waaaaah, what did I even draw before?!"

Covering her face, Rumiko Takahashi burst into tears.

……

Worried about her condition, the two members of the manga club took her back to the Takahashi house.

Upon arriving at her front door, Rumiko Takahashi casually opened her email and saw the message she had been longing for.

The thick stack of emails finally put her mind at ease.

"As expected, I was not selected."

If they advance, Future Publishing will not need to send the original manuscript of "Dog Adventure" back.

Understanding this, Rumiko Takahashi felt relieved at this point.

"That's great, I don't have to live in fear anymore."

She was smiling, so why did it make people feel sad?

Yoko Kondo completely understood Takahashi's feelings at that moment, and she couldn't help but comfort him, "Why don't you open the envelope and take a look first, so you can give yourself some closure."

"Yes, that's true."

Rumiko Takahashi nodded, opened the brown paper bag, and took out a "Notification of Unsuccessful Selection".

"Your submission, 'The Great Dog Adventure,' has not been selected this time after review..."

Rumiko Takahashi didn't want to hear the words of comfort that followed.

"All that's left is the original manuscript... Huh?"

She found a postcard in the email that seemed out of place.

"why?"

After flipping the postcard over, Rumiko Takahashi finally found the phone number left by the editor, Sato.

"Although I wasn't selected, they saw my creative potential... Hooray!"

She cheered.

"That's great!" Her companions were happy for her.

The three girls in high school jumped and skipped around, enjoying the joy of the moment.

……

"All 140 million units were sold out, and the distribution channels did not request any refunds."

On Friday, Keizo Inoue learned of this situation through Toruji Company.

He wasn't surprised.

The daily circulation of "Sunday" is 120 million copies, which is very stable.

However, when publishing the first issue of the monthly "Doraemon" magazine, an additional 20 copies need to be printed to meet the demand of readers.

20, or even more, this number of readers all came for Doraemon.

"How annoying."

Rubbing his hair, Inoue Keizo felt utterly helpless.

Even though two years have passed, Sunday is still inseparable from the support of Doraemon.

The sense of urgency that the magazine's Achilles' heel had been gripped by its rivals constantly weighed on Keizo Inoue's mind.

In the past, he would have already used his past friendship with Mitsuru Adachi through "Sunday" to poach him.

Touch is a perfect fit for Sunday. If Sunday could have this powerful tool, Keizo Inoue is confident that he could catch up with Jump and even surpass Magazine.

But in order not to anger Oikawa, he had no choice but to endure it.

Watching Future grow stronger and stronger, even surpassing Jump, Inoue Keizo felt extremely frustrated.

"How come Oikawa is so lucky?"

"Easily discovering a hit comic artist makes the works in 'future' more diverse and suitable for all kinds of readers."

“We at Sunday magazine have gone to great lengths to cultivate one new talent after another, but we still haven’t managed to find a single one like Mitsuru Adachi.”

"Back then, Future magazine didn't even have a newcomer award."

"hateful!"

Chapter 164 Morning Mist Returns Home

"Sasuke has an older brother who appears as a villain, but he's actually... um..."