Tokyo 1970: I'll draw Doraemon?

This coincides with the current focus of people's attention in society.

When countries and businesses exploit the environment to develop their economies, the environment ultimately retaliates, bringing endless suffering to many.

Just like in Xin Xingyi's micro-fiction "Feed Out," people use bottomless holes to bury garbage, and eventually the garbage explodes, covering the sky.

In Parasyte, nature retaliates against humanity by creating parasitic monsters that infest the human brain.

The story unfolds from there.

Kitahara Shinsuke spent a long time reading through the eighty pages.

About ten minutes later, he excitedly asked, "Teacher, did you draw 'Tomie' to prepare for 'Parasyte'?"

This manga can be described as a hot-blooded horror manga, in which the parasites possess the ability to arbitrarily change the shape of the parasitic area.

For example, if it parasitizes a person's head, the entire head can split open, the shape of the human face completely disappears, and what appears in its place is a terrifying scene of a flower petal opening, filled with fleshy folds and surrounded by sharp fangs.

They hide among the crowd and can easily change their appearance.

With this ability, Shinsuke Kitahara can come up with many ways to fight.

Just as he had imagined, Oikawa used this rule to create a spectacular scene!

"The parasitized monsters lurk among humans, hunting them relentlessly. The protagonist's right hand is parasitized, granting him the ability to resist and recognize things. The story that unfolds from this is truly fascinating!"

Compared to Tomie, Oikawa's new work Parasyte is better.

The story needs to be even more engaging and the plot more complete.

It is also more likely to be accepted by a wider range of readers.

In terms of subject matter, Oikawa has indeed given more thought and produced works that are suitable for the market.

Parasyte is undoubtedly suited to a realistic art style and will not lose the essence of Weekly Young Future.

As long as Oikawa performs to his full potential, he will definitely surprise the readers.

Weekly Youth Future will also take off as a result.

Kitahara Shinsuke was excited and thought about many things.

"I will show it to the editor-in-chief. If there are no problems, Parasyte can be serialized."

He offered no suggestions, simply feeling that the story was complete enough.

The pacing of the story is also fine, with the protagonist's mindset gradually changing, and ultimately facing the crisis brought by the parasite together with his parasitized right hand.

He didn't know when Oikawa Ni started writing. If he had known it was after "Tomie", he would have been very surprised, since such content definitely needed to be carefully crafted and polished.

“Okay.” Fushimikawa stood up. “Then let’s leave the original manuscript here. Let me know when the results are in.”

"Yes." Kitahara Shinsuke stood up with him and saw him to the door.

During this time, Fushimikawa noticed that everyone at Mirai-sha was very busy, the company was bustling with activity, and everyone was full of energy.

With such an atmosphere, Fushimikawa felt that Mirai-sha would not have any problems even without him.

Chapter 83 Alien Monsters Hidden Among Humans

Some people chose to join the Future Society because of Maki Fujiwara's personal charm.

But most of them came for Fushimi River.

Because they believed he would create a bright future, everyone, including editor-in-chief Toshiki Takei, other editors, and many contracted manga artists, joined Mirai-sha's family.

Shinsuke Kitahara felt immense pressure from everyone's expectations and external scrutiny.

He disregarded his future and led the protest march on a whim.

He suffered immense psychological torment afterward because of this incident.

But when he thought about it, he realized that compared to the situation Oikawa was facing now, he had it much easier back then.

“Mr. Oikawa,” Kitahara Shinsuke suddenly said at the company entrance, “Don’t care about what others think. If you care too much about it, you will be swayed by other people’s opinions and end up doing things you will regret. Just move forward according to your own plan.”

"Thank you."

Fushimikawa didn't understand Kitahara Shinsuke's change of heart; he only sensed the concern his senior had for him. He nodded and then left the Future Society without Kitahara Shinsuke's notice.

……

It has been half a year since Oikawa left Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Over the past six months, Sunday's circulation has been declining, from a peak of 86 copies, approaching that of Jump, to the current 61 copies.

The popularity brought by "Doraemon" has completely disappeared, and the number of people who have fallen is still continuing to decline.

Shogakukan's warehouse is overflowing with returned copies of "Sunday," and the storage pressure is mounting, so the process of destruction has begun.

Whether it's the upper management or the lower-level editors, everyone in the editorial department of Sunday magazine is having a tough time.

Shizuo Watanabe is criticized by Shogakukan executives every day, and it's possible that he will have to retire from his position as editor-in-chief soon.

The editors are also reflecting on whether there's a problem with their magazine's strategy.

Being overly concerned with the feelings of top manga artists and neglecting the cultivation of new talents led to a talent shortage in Sunday. After Oikawa Ji, this "gift from heaven," left, it was difficult to find someone to replace him.

Now, Toshiki Takei, a reformist, has also passed away.

This left the editors quite bewildered.

"The sales of Weekly Youth Future have stabilized at 15 copies."

In the editor-in-chief's office, Watanabe Shizuo was recently in a state of great distress and increasingly regretted his past actions.

His mood only improved when he paid attention to Oikawa, who was also hitting a wall.

"I really don't know what he was thinking, actually drawing horror comics. This kind of comic genre is okay as a mid-level work, but it can never become a mainstay."

He decided that after a while, when Future Publishing started to lose money, he would invite Oikawa back to continue serializing "Doraemon".

"Our two sides working together are the only complete entity."

"By then, shouldn't he have given up on horror comics?"

When facing the higher-ups, he spoke with certainty that Chuan Er would return to Sunday sooner or later, which temporarily spared him from punishment.

However, Watanabe Shizuo could sense that the higher-ups were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his abilities.

"Hurry up, Oikawa, stop wasting time on horror manga."

……

Fujiko Fujio Studio.

Aren't you worried about your disciple at all?

Motoo Abiko quite likes "Tomie." The dark style of this manga is very interesting, and it's a masterpiece without any substitutes.

However, the results were not ideal.

It's highly unlikely that it will be drawn into a long story.

Oikawa's new work has suffered a major setback. Having never failed before, he must be feeling terrible.

However, his friend Fujimoto Hiroshi didn't care at all and was busy with the serialization of "Doraemon" every day.

During lunch that day, Abiko Mokuo couldn't help but ask.

"What's there to worry about?" Fujimoto Hiroshi shook his head. "Oikawa is a genius. It's strange that you're so worried about the experimental manga's failure to meet expectations.

He had great faith in his disciples.

"Just you wait and see, he'll come up with an amazing new work."

……

It had only been a month since the serialization of "Tomie" began.

A manga suddenly appeared in Weekly Young Future, serialized as a long-term series, and even graced the cover of Future.

It was a face hidden in the darkness, its exposed eyes filled with indifference.

It is worth noting that his right hand looks like a monster.

The thumb is the claw of a wild beast, the middle finger is a blooming flower, and the little finger is the tentacles of a monster.

It's very unconventional, yet it has a touch of artistry.

"Huh? What kind of comic is this?"

Someone bought it and started reading it.

The comic begins by depicting human destruction of the environment.

Humanity faces punishment for failing to properly protect the future of living beings.

Dandelions the size of tennis balls fell from the sky, and upon landing on the ground, long, snake-like worms emerged from within them.

They roam the city, sneak into residents' homes, crawl to the ears of sleeping people, and then... suddenly burrow into people's brains through the ear canals!

Pain, screams, struggles, then calm returned.

As if nothing had happened, the night remained silent, concealing countless such life forms.

I wonder how many people have had insects crawl into their brains.

From that day on, a group of aliens began to control human bodies, hiding among humans, and it was unknown when they would reveal their true forms.

Perhaps there are such creatures living near you.

A teenager is wearing headphones and listening to music with his eyes closed, while a parasitic organism tries to burrow into his brain through his nostrils.

"Achoo!"

Feeling itchy, he pulled the worm out of his nostril and threw it away.

The life form persisted, continuing its advance towards his brain.

In desperation, the boy tried to block with his hand, but the creature made a hole in his palm, then burrowed into his body and traveled up his arm toward his brain.

He quickly tied his arm with the headphone cord. He didn't know how much time had passed when he looked at his palm and found that there was no hole. He just thought he was confused from sleeping.

With the faint sound of "What a pity... failed... what a pity" in his ears, the boy named Shinichi Izumi drifted off to sleep.

He was very lucky, but some people, though they may still have an ordinary appearance, have changed at their core.