Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

Then it pushes the steam turbine to turn, which in turn drives the generator to produce electricity!

Well, so the idea behind "boiling water" is actually nuclear energy theory!

But thinking about it, it makes sense... the essence of human civilization is just boiling water...

But is boiling water at Lv.2 nuclear fission?

Wouldn't it be like nuclear fusion taking off at Lv.3?

But after thinking about it carefully, I decided against it...

To come up with something like nuclear fusion theory... especially something that someone like her, who clearly didn't have formal training, suddenly came up with. Isn't she afraid of being captured and used as a guinea pig?

"Forget it... If I were old and dying, I could create something to benefit humanity, but right now... it's not something I can do."

Eri Aragaki muttered to herself.

If she were to die soon, she wouldn't need to worry about what would happen after her death, since she probably wouldn't leave any descendants in this life.

She can then max out her "Boiling Water" skill, since her popularity will likely be ridiculously high by then, allowing her to upgrade her ultimate skill multiple times.

By then, let alone nuclear fusion, we might even have controlled nuclear fusion, zero-point energy, Dyson spheres, and so on.

Now... she dismissed the idea of ​​taking such a dangerous approach and decided to just focus on leveling up her ultimate skill.

However, when Eri Aragaki looked at Super Creator, she also noticed a significant change: Super Creator had upgraded itself!

Chapter 102 System! Adding Skill Points! (Daily Routine)

Moreover, not only super creations, but artistic creations have also inexplicably been upgraded to a higher level, from Lv.7 to Lv.8.

This is a bit hard to explain. She hadn't added any points before, but this time she leveled up on her own without doing anything...

However, considering the inexplicable changes in his own attributes, those attribute numbers also increased on their own.

"Could it be... that these skills can also improve along with my own progress, instead of necessarily requiring skill points?"

Eri Aragaki muttered to herself.

Thinking about it carefully, she did feel that her thinking was much smoother when drawing recently, especially when drawing "Fog Hill of Five Elements".

The original work of "Fog Hill of Five Elements" is an animation. Animation and comics are two different languages, and the animation scenes can be directly copied as a reference.

But the arrangement of the panels, the sense of breathing space on the page, and the flow of the reader's gaze across the paper were all things she had to solve herself.

She had some trouble when she first switched to comics, but later she felt that it was getting smoother and smoother.

It felt similar to when I copied "Giants" and "Wu Song" before; before the pen even touched the paper, I already knew in my mind how to arrange each square.

Never mind, she doesn't know the truth anyway...

However, this is also a good thing, as it means that both your ultimate skill and minor skills have been upgraded to a higher level, which is perfect.

"Then let's add some more."

Eri Aragaki silently recited a phrase and added the ultimate skill points she had exchanged for 100,000 popularity points to Super Creation. The level number after Super Creation on the panel jumped from Lv.2 to Lv.3.

I also added the ordinary skill point I accumulated from the short story "Fog Hill of Five Elements" to Overclock Burst, raising Overclock Burst from Lv.5 to Lv.6.

Then the panel in front of me changed, and the attribute bar and skill bar were refreshed.

The most important ones are naturally those two lines.

[Professional Skill: Overclocking Burst (Lv.6): Chief, Chief, I've discovered that whenever I want, so many things just pop into my head!]

[Ultimate Job Skill: Super Creation (Lv.3): Chief, Chief, my super wisdom tells me to use Super Creation!]

……

"I'll give it a try."

Eri Aragaki first tried working in a state of overclocking bursts under normal conditions.

She picked up her pen and casually sketched a few lines on the blank paper in front of her, and a simple figure outline naturally took shape under her pen.

My thoughts became much clearer, and the original scenes from the previous Attack on Titan became much clearer. Every panel, every line of dialogue, and every detail of the characters' expressions floated in my mind like a high-definition remaster.

then……

"Use Super Creation".

She tried again, adding the super creation as well.

Then the image in front of her became clearer, and not only clearer, the image in her mind began to automatically optimize.

The panels in the original work that she felt could be improved were automatically rearranged and combined in her mind into a smoother version, and there was more than one version; a single frame could be given several different ways of expression.

She even suddenly had a strange feeling. When Lin Shiping suggested that she draw other stories such as the Snow Mountain Temple and Wu Song instead of "Goodbye Erii" because of the length of the story, didn't she say that she couldn't create them herself?

Because she only has a story without storyboards, it's difficult for her to create new comics on her own; her abilities have always been based on copying existing works.

But at this moment, she had a feeling that she was now able to conceive independent storyboards and visuals.

"Shall we give it a try?"

Eri Aragaki gave it a try, without referring to any existing works, and started conceiving directly from scratch.

She chose the story of Wu Song fighting the tiger...

Then, out of nowhere, a vivid comic book image appeared in her mind...

On a dark and windy night on Jingyang Ridge, a foul stench swept through the dense woods, and a tiger pounced out of the bushes. Wu Song dodged it and then mounted the tiger's back.

Several versions of the approach appeared in her mind at the same time: how to draw the tiger pouncing to increase the sense of urgency, whether the moment the fist landed should be from the front or from above...

Then she chose the version that had the most impact in her mind, and used the same ink painting style as "Fog Hill of Five Elements".

With one stroke, the texture of the rocks appears; with another, the stripes of the tiger appear; and then, with ease, a picture of a boy fighting a tiger is sketched out...

After it was finished, Eri Aragaki looked at the scene before her.

A figure, like a demon god, appeared in the dark and windy forest. The shadows of the surrounding trees were bent by the gale, and the moonlight shone through the broken clouds onto the tiger's stripes.

He pressed his left fist down on the tiger beneath him, his five fingers digging deep into the fur of the tiger's neck, and the muscle lines of his arm seemed to be right in front of him through the torn sleeve.

His huge right fist was raised high like the Sword of Damocles, the knuckles of his fist sharp and angular, ready to fall!

The tiger rolled over and roared at him, its mouth wide open, revealing a mouthful of fangs, but all he could see was a face with bright eyes and black features!

tension!

What is tension?

This is it!

Eri Aragaki even felt that what she had drawn was no less powerful than the famous scene in Murata's version of "One-Punch Man" where Saitama delivers a serious punch.

The image freezes at the moment when pure physical force is about to erupt, with the fist only inches away from the tiger's forehead, leaving the tension in the next frame for the reader to imagine!

This wasn't her boasting; it was simply that she felt this way just by looking at the image. She held the manuscript a little further away, then a little closer, and looked at it repeatedly.

"Did I draw this?"

Eri Aragaki could hardly believe it.

The main point is... this is no longer the visual impact she showed when copying the original work, but a real impact that bursts out of her mind.

The artwork is entirely original, conceived, designed, and drawn by her own hand, stroke by stroke.

Moreover, she unexpectedly discovered that the boxing skills and knowledge she had acquired through her boxing training had also been incorporated into the comic.

The trajectory of that punch, the shift in the center of gravity, and the subtle rotation of the waist and hips were all drawn with perfect precision, as if someone who had practiced boxing had designed the move.

So it gives people the feeling that "if a fist like that were to come down, it might actually kill a tiger," not just bluffing, but a real sense of power.

"As expected! Using cheat codes is truly amazing!"

Eri Aragaki gradually accepted the situation, looking at the still-dampened drawing of a boy fighting a tiger on the table, and thought to herself with a sense of satisfaction.

Being able to cheat is really impressive; it's much more solid than practicing on your own (just kidding)!

She was surprised by the speed at which she progressed from copying to creating her own content, but who would complain about becoming stronger?

"But let's finish the storyboards for these two weeks first. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can take a vacation."

She quickly focused on the next drawing, carefully placing the picture of Wu Song fighting the tiger aside, and then pulled out a blank sheet of paper and laid it in front of her.

Because of the skill upgrade, her thinking was smoother than before, she could recall the original scenes from her previous life faster, and her ability to optimize herself was stronger. The sound of her pen gliding across the manuscript paper was almost continuous.

She also drew the storyboards very smoothly, completing this week's work almost twice as fast as usual.

Chapter 103 is on the list!

12 month 4 day.

2007 is almost over; in about 27 days, we'll be welcoming the new year.

Year-end promotional flags have been hung up on the streets, convenience stores are displaying New Year's shimenawa (sacred rope) decorations for reservations, and the TVs are repeatedly playing previews for the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle).

The weather is nice today, but there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

The sky was unusually clear for the first time in a while; the sunlight was a bit dazzling on the road, and the wind was still cold on my face.

Actually, today is a bit special because a special magazine will be available for sale on the shelves of major bookstores.

"This comic is amazing! 2008".

This is an annual magazine that has been published since last year. It includes 100 comics selected by industry professionals, including editors, well-known comic artists, bookstore staff, and reader representatives.

The comics on this list are selected without regard to real-world popularity, focusing only on the more essential aspects of comics to identify truly outstanding ones.

The rankings are not based on sales figures or reader votes, but rather on the choices made by people who actually work in the industry.

For example, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece, which are incredibly popular in real life, only ranked between 10th and 20th in last year's "This Manga is Amazing! 2007", and did not become the first or second work.

Conversely, Death Note came in second place last year. At that time, the work had not yet been adapted into an anime. Although the sales of the collected volumes were high, they were not on the same level as Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. However, people in the industry recognized its intellectual battles and storyboarding.