Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

She doesn't need to come tomorrow, and she doesn't need to rush to finish her manuscript next week, so she can think about it...

Should we go on a trip or something?

Eri Aragaki began to think about it seriously.

Chapter 120 Domestic Enthusiasm

After the autograph session, Eri Aragaki prepared to leave Jump Festa with Erina, Ayane Takeda, and Akane Natsume and drive back home.

Actually, she was thinking of exploring other parts of Jump Festa as well.

She saw several unreleased titles when she passed by the game demo area, and one of the JUMP-style fighting games looked pretty good.

But considering that she'll probably be surrounded by enthusiastic fans without security personnel at this moment...

Okay, let's put that dangerous idea aside.

She decided to go back directly with Erina, Ayane Takeda, and Akane Natsume, mainly because she was a bit tired.

The beginning was fine; for the first two hours, she even found it easier than drawing comics, and she could chat with fans while signing autographs.

But after signing autographs for three hours, even she, who was made of iron, felt tired.

Her right wrist had been aching slightly since earlier, so she decided to go back and rest properly.

Right now, all she wants to do is go home, change out of her dress, put on her old cotton pajamas, and curl up on the sofa with a hot cocoa.

So she suggested to Erina, Ayane Takeda, and Akane Natsume that they go back.

"Why don't we go back and rest first? Everyone has worked hard today."

Eri Aragaki immediately looked at Erina and Akane Natsume and said.

"All right……"

Erina, Ayane Takeda, and Akane Natsume had no objections, although Ayane Takeda was somewhat inclined to continue browsing.

Eri Aragaki asked Erina to help her put the several fan gifts she received today into the trunk of her car, including handmade cookies and handwritten cards.

She opened the car door herself, got into the driver's seat, started the engine, rested her aching wrist on the steering wheel for a moment, and then shifted gears and drove out of the parking lot.

After dropping off Ayane Takeda and Akane Natsume at their rented apartment, Eri Aragaki and Erina returned to their apartment.

Upon returning to her apartment, the first thing Eri Aragaki did was go to her bedroom and change out of her purple A-line skirt and stockings.

She folded her skirt and stockings and placed them on the corner of the bed, changed into the loose gray cotton loungewear, walked barefoot into the living room, and collapsed onto the sofa.

"He's alive."

Erina came out of the kitchen carrying two cups of hot cocoa. She placed one on the coffee table for Eri Aragaki and sat down on the other side of the sofa with the other cup in her hand. "Sis, how many did you sign today?"

"The staff said there were about eight hundred..."

Eri Aragaki immediately said.

"what?"

Erina exclaimed, "Ah! Eight hundred? Sis, is your wrist alright?"

"It's okay, it's just a little sore. It should be fine after a good night's sleep."

Eri Aragaki yawned and said, "But let's eat something first. Erina, what would you like to eat..."

……

Eri Aragaki went home to rest after the autograph session.

Meanwhile, Lin Beimiao, who was still at Jump Festa, was...

After getting Eri Aragaki's autograph and a photo with her, I lined up at several other manga artists' autograph sessions, hoping to get their autographs too.

Unfortunately, he was a bit greedy.

In addition to getting Eri Aragaki's autograph, he also wanted to collect the autographs of three manga artists: Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece, as well as the autograph of Hiroyuki Asada, a manga he also liked.

The result was that... although the line for Eri Aragaki was also long, she got hers much earlier because she had queued up in advance.

But to then join the queue for Death and Fire is just too greedy.

He waited in line for almost an hour to get Oda's autograph, and it was already quite late by the time he finally got it.

He then went to see Kishimoto's team. Although the team wasn't as long as the one in One Piece, it was still frighteningly long.

By 4 o'clock, he still hadn't gotten a turn to get an autograph...

After queuing for three hours, he only managed to get autographs from Eri Aragaki and Oda.

When I got to the line for Kishimoto's autograph, the staff announced the end of the autograph session at just four o'clock.

Kishimoto stood up from his chair, bowed to the fans who were still in line, and apologized. Lin Beimiao could only leave empty-handed.

He stood outside the Kishimoto booth watching the staff begin to tidy up the tables and partitions, sighed inwardly, and put the book back into his backpack.

Forget it...

Two autographs and a photo together, especially one with Pear herself, that's enough for today.

He then continued to wander around the venue at his leisure.

He went to the cosplay area to collect photos with various cosplayers. There weren't many people cosplaying Titan characters today, but there were still quite a few.

After all, it was a manga that even surpassed Naruto and Bleach in its previous life. In this life, with the help of Eri Aragaki's drawing skills, it is also a popular manga that can fight its way into the top ten in Weekly Shonen Jump, a fiercely competitive magazine.

In fact, whether it was the previous Attack on Titan before it was animated, or this Attack on Titan with Eri Aragaki's drawing skills and marketing support, it has a large number of fans.

It's just that before it was adapted into anime, it couldn't compare to manga like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, and The Prince of Tennis, which had already been adapted into anime and had massive IP influence.

It's a relatively niche field, but it does have a loyal following, which is why you can see Attack on Titan character cosplays at Jump Festa.

Moreover, the quality was quite high. Lin Beimiao even met a guy cosplaying Levi, who wasn't very tall... well, that alone made him quite a good fit for the character.

He then went to the game demo area and waited in line for half an hour to try out a JUMP fighting game that hadn't been released yet. After that, he went to the new product launch event to watch trailers for several new anime and theatrical films...

And then I went to the main stage to watch the afternoon's special program featuring popular voice actors, which was also very interesting.

Finally, the day came to an end, and he, along with Wang Haoxuan and Xu Shaoze, concluded their journey for the day.

Wang Haoxuan had a good day. Besides getting an autograph and a photo with Eri Aragaki, he also knew when to stop and didn't join the long queues for autographs from Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. Instead, he went to get autographs from two other popular manga artists.

He later managed to snag the last limited edition Chidori Stream keychain in the surrounding area.

Xu Shaoze, besides getting Kubo Tite's autograph, also spent most of the afternoon in the game demo area, playing all the games that were available for demo.

However, since Jump Festa is still a day away, they agreed to come together again tomorrow.

Jump Festa doesn't have the same content and program every two days. Apart from the fixed venues for popular manga and anime, other things like the guests and programs on the main stage will change.

Today it's a popular manga artist from Weekly Shonen Jump and the author of Shaman King; tomorrow it will be other popular manga artists under Jump, such as Hanmaru and Norihiro Yagi.

There are also rumors that there will be a teaser poster for the new Claymore manga at the booth tomorrow.

In short, as long as it's not a manga artist like Akira Amano who doesn't want to appear on camera, other popular manga artists will be scheduled to appear on the show.

Many more popular voice actors will also appear as guests and perform in voice actor-related programs. Tomorrow, there is reportedly a meet-and-greet with Tomokazu Sugita, the voice actor for the main character of "Gintama".

After leaving Jump Festa, Lin Beimiao, Xu Shaoze, and Wang Haoxuan went out to eat together.

The three of them were starving after walking around the venue all day. After all, they were all rich guys who had studied abroad and didn't care about money.

The three of them found an izakaya near the venue and ordered Wagyu beef, a salmon platter, and ramen.

While eating his noodles, Wang Haoxuan laid out the autographs he had received that day on the table one by one, looking quite pleased with himself.

Lin Beimiao simply took out Eri Aragaki's autograph and Oda's autograph and compared them side by side, then specifically took out the photo of him and Eri Aragaki to show Xu Shaoze.

Lin Beimiao was quite satisfied today, mainly because he met Eri Aragaki, and she was indeed beautiful in person. He even unexpectedly discovered that Eri Aragaki really liked the culture of the Republic and could speak Chinese.

He still remembers how shocked he was when Eri Aragaki said "Thank you so much" in Chinese. His mind went blank for a moment before he realized she was speaking Chinese.

He was quite satisfied. As for not getting any other autographs he wanted later because he was too greedy, it was just a minor regret.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

So Lin Beimiao, with satisfaction for today and anticipation for tomorrow, bid farewell to Xu Shaoze and Wang Haoxuan.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

"It's still the same spot, the same place..."

……

After a day of excitement, Lin Beimiao returned smoothly to his rented apartment.

He put his backpack on the shoe cabinet in the entryway, changed into slippers and went into the room. He took the autographed board and the photo of Eri Aragaki that he had received that day out of his backpack and placed them on the table, then turned on his computer.

He immediately recalled his interaction with the group members last night. He had mentioned that he would be going to Jump Festa today and that Pear Girl would be attending. The group members must be waiting for him to come back and report.

Perfect timing... He also had the urge to show off!

He chuckled, picked up his digital camera, and took a picture of the Attack on Titan manga he had received that day, along with Eri Aragaki's autograph and a photo of him with Eri Aragaki, against the table.

Then he took out the camera's memory card, turned on the computer, and transferred the photos to the computer.

He then went into the group chat, which was still quite lively, since it was the weekend.

On weekends, most people don't have to work or go to school, especially students. After all, some working people might not even get a single day off a month, let alone a two-day weekend.

Not everyone gets the benefit of working five days on and two days off, or working six days on and one day off.

Although the 996 work schedule hasn't been officially regulated yet, the culture of voluntary overtime has been spreading for quite some time now.

But the students weren't in such a bad situation after all; for example, Xiao Nanliang was constantly interacting in the group chat.

He played two games this afternoon and then chatted in the group chat from afternoon until evening, having a lively conversation with other group members.

"If Annie is a Titan, then Reiner and Beckham aren't clean either."

"Speaking of Annie being the Female Titan, and the Colossal Titan was previously said to possibly be a human, then it must be Reiner."

"That's for sure. Reiner is obviously the leader of the trio, while Beckham doesn't seem like it. He seems too indecisive."

"Why isn't the Chinese translation ready yet? Even though last week's issue was a combined issue, this is taking way too long."