Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

Akira Toriyama seemed to understand something. He nodded slightly and then asked, "Aragaki-san, you really like the Republic, don't you?"

Eri Aragaki nodded without hesitation, "Yes, I like it very much."

Akira Toriyama finally understood, and then smiled and said, "I understand... You're really amazing. Aragaki-san, your idea is right, absolutely right! Use darkness to highlight the light, use cruelty to emphasize peace, and promote love and peace... This is what we should do."

He said with a smile, "Then I'll have to look forward to the story of the Titans..."

His words sounded like he was finalizing an agreement.

Eri Aragaki smiled and nodded. She could tell that Akira Toriyama wasn't just being polite. "I will do my best to draw this story well."

But Akira Toriyama suddenly smiled and said, "However, I'm still really looking forward to your next work, your new work after Attack on Titan..."

……

The night is getting darker.

The door to Eri Aragaki's apartment opened, and the lights came on; the four girls had returned.

"Okay, you're back..."

Eri Aragaki immediately said, "Everyone, go take a shower and get ready to rest. Akane, you have an early class tomorrow, right? I'll take you there."

"Ok."

Erina, Akane Natsume and Ayane Takeda all responded in unison.

Yes, they have returned from the year-end party.

Tonight's year-end party was quite enjoyable; there was delicious food, and I had a good chat with the cartoonists, assistants, and editors present.

Eri Aragaki talked a lot with Akira Toriyama afterward, and even took a group photo with Akira Toriyama and Oda.

However, Oda still wears his fish head mask.

Later, everyone gathered at the round table where they had been arranged to eat and have a party, and Eri Aragaki also got to know several manga artists.

Oda, Kishimoto, Tite Kubo, Kenjiro, Hanmaru, Akira Amano...

Because of her identity as a female manga artist, she even chatted for a while with Katsura Hoshino, the author of the seinen manga "D.Gray-man," and several other shoujo manga artists.

However, she also received some attention from other single manga artists, including Hideaki Sorachi, Tite Kubo, and others.

After all, Eri Aragaki is genuinely quite beautiful, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but her stats are truly stunning and she outshone everyone else.

Being good-looking and being liked by others is something she can't help but do.

However, Eri Aragaki genuinely had no intention of being stabbed in the back...

She chatted and took photos with these cartoonists with the intention of simply making friends.

Erina and her group have had their share of similar incidents, but generally speaking, those who come here are all reputable manga artists and their assistants, and everyone is very well-behaved, unlike some extreme otaku who cause trouble.

So everyone had a good chat, and Erina and the others relaxed afterwards.

Even in the final lottery, Natsume Akane unexpectedly won the grand prize, which was Sony's latest laptop, priced at 24 yen.

After the year-end party, Natsume Akane suggested that she go back to Aragaki Eri's apartment to rest that night, and that they wouldn't need to send her back to her rented apartment.

After all, there had been instances before where Natsume Akane and Takeda Ayane stayed overnight at Aragaki Eri's house.

Eri Aragaki didn't see anything wrong with it, and Ayane Takeda, seeing this, also took the opportunity to ask to stay overnight.

"By the way, sis, you're going to participate in the Jump Festa on the 22nd, right?"

Erina immediately asked, "Then I'll go with you."

"You don't necessarily have to come along."

Eri Aragaki immediately said, "That event is for fans, so it will be a bit more complicated..."

Unlike year-end parties, which are purely for having fun and eating.

Therefore, Eri Aragaki didn't want to trouble Erina and the others.

"It's alright, I can help you, senior."

However, Ayane Takeda was quite excited and said...

"Hmm, the 22nd? I don't think I had anything going on... except for one class in the morning..."

Natsume Akane, who was about to take a shower, also spoke up at this moment.

"All right……"

Eri Aragaki had no choice but to say that.

Chapter 114 Warm-up (Daily Life)

On Friday, Xiao Nanliang, a junior high school student, finally got a holiday and went home.

One downside of the second semester is that after the National Day holiday, there aren't many holidays in November and December.

Xiao Nanliang and his students could only anxiously await the arrival of the weekend each week.

Tomorrow is the weekend, so he doesn't need to do homework tonight.

He can leave his Friday homework until Saturday, which is an agreement between him and his parents. As long as his grades don't drop, the night before every holiday is his free time.

After finishing his meal, he went straight to his room and turned on his computer to play some games, as instructed by his parents. His mother called out from the kitchen, "Don't stay up too late," and he responded and closed the door.

During this period, Xiao Nanliang also developed a liking for playing games under the influence of his classmates, and he played games that were popular in China at that time in 07.

Fantasy Westward Journey, KartRider, Warcraft III – these are all the games the boys in my class talk about during breaks.

However, he mainly uses his computer time to catch up on anime, read comics, and chat with others. He only plays games occasionally, and his skills are so-so. His best friends often complain that he's bad at the game.

Besides the group for finding comic resources, there was also a group created by more than a dozen classmates who had QQ accounts, and he also chatted with some friends he got along with.

Most of the messages in the class group are about copying homework, making plans to go to internet cafes on the weekend, and discussing which teacher went overtime again today.

He would occasionally chime in, but most of the time he just watched from the sidelines.

He went online and contacted his best friend Wang Jiahao, whom he had known since junior high school and who was already online.

[Nanwang: Log in! Mouse, hurry up! Let's do a dungeon together tonight!]

His nickname uses the trendy Martian language, and he followed suit by choosing a name like that. Several boys in the class also use this combination of symbols and Chinese characters in their IDs, thinking it's really cool.

Then he waited for his best friend's reply, but strangely enough, he didn't receive a reply for a while.

Wang Jiahao's profile picture was lit up, but the chat box was quiet.

Xiao Nanliang waited for about two minutes and sent another message, "Where are you?", but still received no response.

Ok……

He didn't intend to just wait around.

So he went to check out the Chinese localization group's resource group, which he had been very active in.

Open the QQ group list, and the pinned Orange Cat Translation Group icon is flashing, with hundreds of messages already piled up.

As before, the group chat was lively every evening.

But right now everyone is...

"Where are the translated resources from last week? Please hurry up, everyone!"

"Yeah, it's been almost two weeks, and the Chinese translation resources from last week still haven't come out? Aren't they usually released on Mondays?"

"Are you guys busy this week? @OrangeCatTranslationTeam-DaNiu @OrangeCatTranslationTeam-FeiFei @SOSTeam-XiYang"

"This week is a bit special. Last year, around this time, the localization resources were released rather slowly. I remember the year before last was the same."

"What's the rush? They don't owe you anything. You're just doing this out of love and you're still urging me? If you're so capable, go learn Japanese and watch the raw videos yourself."

"I'm only waiting for the Chinese translation because I can't learn Japanese. If I knew Japanese, why would I be waiting in the group chat?"

……

Soon after, because someone tagged members of the translation team, several people in the group who were mentioned probably received a notification.

After waiting for a few minutes, someone finally replied.

However...

[SOS Brigade - Orange: We had a lot of resources last week because it's the end of the year. Last week was a combined issue, which is equivalent to two weeks of serialization. Please give Sunset and the others some time.]

[SOS Brigade - Orange: The workload for translation and typesetting has doubled, and their school finals are approaching soon.]

[SOS Brigade - Orange: Please be understanding.]

……

Generally speaking, although Orange is the leader of the Orange Cat Translation Group, everyone in the group knows that Orange went to study in Japan, so she doesn't usually take charge anymore.

Most of the time, when Orange comes out, it's just to chat, talk about life in Japan, complain about his mentor, or recommend a few good comics he just read.

So we never tag him in the group chat.

But unexpectedly, the oranges appeared instead.

Lin Beimiao has always been very popular in the group, not only because he was the one who created the translation team, but also because he is very approachable and can chat with anyone.

The news immediately caused an uproar, and those who were previously arguing about why the Chinese translation hadn't been released all shifted their focus to it.

Xiao Nanliang and the other group members excitedly greeted Lin Beimiao, who had popped up in the chat.

"Boss! Long time no see! The last time I saw you was last month when you posted Fog Hill of Five Elements!"

"Hey Orange! It's almost New Year's, are you coming back for the holiday? You were in Japan last year and didn't come back for the New Year."

"What does 'combined issue' mean? Does it mean a two-week serialization? Does it mean last week's magazine is twice the size of the usual one?"

“That’s right, that’s why I told you not to rush. Last week was indeed the time when many manga magazines in Japan released their year-end combined issues. Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan all released their combined issues this week, doubling the volume.”

"Wouldn't that be even better? After all, it's a two-week serialized story! Now we should be able to see the results of capturing Annie, right? Last week, the Titans were stuck on the trapping of Annie."

"This is bad... because it means that the magazine will be suspended for the next two weeks. The combined issue is the content of two issues in one issue, and the magazine will be on holiday for the next two weeks."

"Huh? Does that mean there won't be any comics to read for the next two weeks? Is there a break after the combined issue?"