My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Asakura Kaede looked up and down at Eriri's figure. Under the hot pants and T-shirt, her arms and legs did not have any extra fat. Where was the fat?

Unfortunately, girls will not give in when it comes to weight. No matter how much they weigh, they always want to be lighter. They immediately and loudly retorted: "What do you mean only 45? 45 kilograms is already very heavy, okay? No, I want to lose weight!"

As he spoke, he walked over to the treadmill, turned on the machine and started jogging.

"...Are you serious?"

Eriri, with her back to Asakura Kaede, nodded menacingly.

Asakura Feng didn't care about this. He didn't think Eriri could really stick to losing weight.

Soon, breakfast was ready, two steaming hot egg and bacon sandwiches and milk.

"Eri, it's time for breakfast, please stop for now."

Eriri did stop, but she did not choose to have breakfast.

"I don't want to eat anymore, I want to lose weight!"

"..."

Asakura Feng looked at Eriri speechlessly and said, "Starving yourself is not the right way to lose weight. It will only wear your body down. Be obedient and have breakfast quickly. After you finish eating, I will give you a serious weight loss plan."

After hearing this, Ying Lili touched her stomach and found that she was really hungry: "Really?"

Of course it's fake.

But on the surface, Chao Cang Feng still nodded and said, "Of course, losing weight should be scientific. You can't just use dieting to lose weight. Healthy eating is the most important thing. Okay, let's have breakfast first. Let's take breakfast for example. In addition to bacon and eggs, I also added fresh lettuce and tomatoes to today's sandwich. In addition, the bread is whole wheat bread, which is healthier than ordinary bread!"

Only then did Eriri come over hesitantly and sat down in front of Asakura Kaede.

She said she didn't want to eat breakfast because she wanted to lose weight, but after seeing Asakura Kaede eating with relish, Eriri couldn't help herself and picked up a sandwich and took a bite.

“Delicious~~~”

With a happy smile, Eriri quickened her pace.

After a rare run just now, Ying Lili felt really tired, and her appetite seemed to have increased a little.

While eating, Asakura Feng said, "That's right. When it comes to losing weight, especially if you want to exercise, how can you have the energy to exercise and lose weight if you don't eat enough?"

"..."

The hand holding the sandwich paused, and Eriri felt something was wrong. But the rich taste of the sandwich in her mouth made Eriri forget her previous thoughts and concentrate on eating.

Then at noon, Asakura Feng stewed some pork ribs and winter melon soup, which once again broke Eriri's determination to lose weight. She happily drank three bowls of soup.

Ying Lili's weight loss plan 1.0 was officially declared a failure. It came and went quickly.

After lunch, the two did not start working immediately in the afternoon. Eriri played games in the living room with her NS, while Asakura Kaede took out tea leaves and made tea.

In the afternoon, guests are coming.

"Ding dong~~~"

At half past one, the guest arrived on time. After opening the door, Eriri saw the comic editor Kaori Iwa standing at the door.

"Good afternoon, Sister Kaori! Come in."

"Excuse me, Eriri."

Ibo Kaori walked in with a smile, looked at the house and said, "When I heard you say you moved to a new house, I was a little bit incredulous, but it turned out to be true."

"Hehe, for the sake of serialization. After school starts, there won't be enough time. We can't waste the time when two people are together."

Having had experience from previous times, Eriri was able to explain it easily and without any shyness.

Although this reason was good, when Iwa Kaori looked at Eriri's cool outfit at home and Asakura Kaede who had made tea and brought it to her, she knew that something was not simple, not to mention that she had known for a long time that the two had started dating.

It's great to be young.

After sighing in her heart, Ibo Kaori said hello to Asakura Kaede and sat down in the living room.

Asakura Kaede went to the studio to get the printed draft of the comic, while Eriri talked about the comic with the editor-in-chief.

In addition to picking up the draft today, Iwa Kaori also had another task on her plate. After checking the draft of the comic and confirming that there was no problem, she told it.

"It's like this. Although you two are newcomers to Jump, you are both well-known figures in the fan and light novel circles. This time, you have started serialization in Jump, and the quality of the comics is also excellent, and the momentum is very strong. Therefore, many readers have written to you and want to see an interview with you. After discussion, the editorial department felt that it was feasible, so they asked me to come to discuss with you. What do you think? Of course, it is just a text interview, not a video."

Interview?

Neither of them had expected that something like this would happen to two newcomers who had just started serialization. But after thinking about it carefully, this was a good topic that Jump was unlikely to let go of.

And since it's just a text interview, there's no problem with that.

Chapter 167 Interview or showing off your affection? (1/3)

Seeing that Asakura Kaede and Eriri agreed to the interview, Iwa Kaori happily took out a recorder and turned it on, saying, "I will write down the content of the interview. It's okay if you answer casually. I will reorganize it later and send it to you. If you have any questions, I will hand it in. Then, I will start asking questions!"

So you have already prepared the questions?

Asakura Feng smiled and nodded, "But Editor Yibo, please don't ask questions that are too difficult."

"Don't worry, it's about comics."

Iwa Kaori smiled and asked the first question: "Then first of all, I want to ask Kashiwagi Eri, how did you come up with the idea of ​​becoming a cartoonist?"

Sure enough, this is definitely the question at the beginning.

Eriri thought for a moment and said, "As for this, it was Feng-kun who first told me about it. He asked me if I was going to be a fan artist in the future, and then I started thinking about it. After careful consideration, I decided to give it a try. Of course, the first time I submitted my work, it failed as expected."

After hearing this, Iwa Kaori looked at Asakura Kaede who didn't say anything in surprise, and continued to ask Eriri: "So, after the failure of your first submission, did you feel disappointed or thought about giving up?"

"That's not the case." Eriri shook her head and said, "I actually expected the first failure, because the script was really not that good. It doesn't matter if it's just for my own amusement, but if it's serialized, it's normal for the quality to be rejected. Now I regard that script as a black history and don't let anyone know about it."

"So, later on, you found a partner, and the two of you worked together to make comics?"

At this point, Eriri blushed shyly, glanced at Asakura Feng and said, "Hehe, actually this script was given to me by Feng-kun. When I saw the script, I was shocked. I didn't expect that he had already prepared it for me. I was originally thinking about how to prepare for the next script."

She got to know some unknown secrets, but Ibo Kaori always felt that after this interview was released, she would feel guilty about showing off her love for her.

But then I thought, I can't be the only one suffering, so I decided to temporarily change the topic of the interview and make it more serious.

Looking at the two people in front of her, Ibo Kaori said, "By the way, since this is an interview for the two of you, can you please reveal your current relationship?"

"Ugh?"

Eriri didn't expect to be asked this question, and looked at Asakura Kaede at a loss.

Asakura Feng had no objection to this, and said with a smile: "Eri, you just said that. If we just copy and publish it, people will speculate about our relationship. It's better to say it now to save readers from guessing or asking us on Twitter."

"Oh... that seems to be the truth."

Ying Lili thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I won't hide it."

After getting the permission, Ibo Kaori smiled even brighter. "Don't worry, I'm just giving you some information. I won't ask you about the specifics. I'll only ask you about the comic creation. Then I want to ask you, Mr. Hong Fengye, why did you choose to create a story like Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan?"

Asakura Kaede thought about it for a while and replied, "In fact, when I first chose the topic, I also did a lot of considerations, combining the current serialized comics in Jump and the comics in recent years. Since the goal is to serialize, I can't choose a topic that is too homogeneous. After much deliberation, I chose a topic like monsters. First of all, monsters are folk legends and are still widely circulated. Many legendary monsters are said to be named, even if people don't understand them, they roughly know their names, such as Crow Tengu and so on. Then, based on this topic, I began to expand the world view little by little and determined the tone of the story."

"So, Mr. Hong Fengye thinks that the subject matter is important in order to qualify for serialization? How does it compare to the drawing skills?"

"We have to take both into account." Asakura Feng said without hesitation, "There are very few comics that can succeed by relying on good stories rather than drawing skills."

Eriri said without hesitation, "You mean One Punch Man?"

"Yes, the drawing skills of ONE teacher are more... well, abstract. But undoubtedly, the story is great. But such success is really only a minority. If someone wants to rely only on drawing skills, or only on the story, it is really difficult. When you look at a comic at first glance, the cartoonist's drawing skills will make people have the first impression, but if you want people to follow it, whether the story is attractive is really important."

Seeing that Asakura Kaede had a lot to say, Ibo Kaori took the opportunity to ask a few more questions about creation.

Gossip is necessary, but professional issues are also indispensable. After all, they are not gossip magazines but comic magazines.

The interview lasted for about an hour. All the prepared questions and the questions that came to mind were asked. Ibo Kaori did not waste time and finished today's work directly.

After confirming that there were no omissions in the recorder, she smiled and said, "Thank you for troubling the two teachers today. I will sort out the text version and send it to you after I go back."

Without staying any longer, Ibo Kaori immediately said goodbye and left the apartment.

After seeing off the guests, Eriri leaned back on the sofa with a sigh of relief: "Ah, I finally got it done. I handed in another draft."

"Don't let your guard down, Eriri."

After pouring a cup of tea for Eriri, Asakura Feng sat down next to her and said, "There's not much time left in the summer vacation. Let's try to draw more in the remaining days, so that we can be more relaxed after school starts. Then, we can also occasionally draw some time to go out and play."

"Yeah, that's right!"

After taking a sip from the cup, Eriri raised her fist and said, "Our goal is not just to serialize, we can't give up on the ranking in subsequent magazines, we must rush up!"

After resting for a while, without Asakura Kaede's reminder, Eriri took him to the studio to start today's work.

After the initial run-in, Eriri and Asakura Kaede have now become very familiar with their partnership. As long as they are in good shape, they are very efficient.

After working for more than two hours, it was evening and time to prepare dinner.

The two stopped writing, stretched their bodies, went to the kitchen, and took out the ingredients from the refrigerator.

Just after washing the vegetables, Ying Lili looked out the window and said in surprise: "Feng Jun, it's going to rain!"

"Ok?"

Asakura looked outside and saw that the sky had indeed darkened. He took out his cell phone and saw that there would be a rain shower.

After thinking for a while, Asakura Feng suggested, "Eri, if the rain stops soon, how about we go shopping and buy some clothes after it's over?"

Chapter 168 Shopping (2/3)

Coming over, she glanced at the weather forecast on Asakura Kaede's phone. After knowing that it was a short-lived shower, Eriri nodded happily, "Sure, the weather will be much cooler after the rain, so let's go out for a walk!"

I mentioned before that I wanted to buy a yukata. It would be uncomfortable to go out shopping when it’s hot. Today’s weather is just right!

After dinner, I took a short rest.

Today's rain is indeed over soon just as the weather forecast said.

Seeing that the weather was getting cooler, Eriri excitedly took Asakura Feng's hand and said, "Feng-kun, you can go out now!"

"Don't worry, there's plenty of time. Go change your clothes first."

Compared to Eriri, Asakura Kaede was much more leisurely. He had changed his clothes long ago and now all he had to do was sit on the sofa, drink tea, and wait for Eriri to come out after changing her clothes.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, Ying Lili finally came out of the bedroom.

Looking at Eriri who had changed into a dress, Asakura Feng smiled helplessly and said, "Just change your clothes, why are you putting on makeup? It's already evening."

Although it was just light makeup, Asakura Kaede could still tell.

"what!"

Walking in front of Asakura Kaede, Eriri put her hands on her hips and said seriously: "What's wrong with the evening? If you go out, of course you have to dress up!"

"I don't have to."

"It's different for boys! And Feng-jun, you don't even have any decent makeup!"

"No, there are still some." Asakura Feng stood up and said, "Facial cleanser, it's very expensive to buy things."

"Facial cleanser doesn't even count!"

As Eriri once again tried to educate Asakura Kaede about cosmetics, the two left the apartment.

It had just rained and the surface was still noticeably damp outside, and the temperature had dropped to a level that made people feel cool.

Holding Asakura Kaede's hand, Eriri said happily: "Finally, we can come out!"

"Isn't it okay at other times?"

"It was too hot those days before. I didn't want to go out unless it was necessary to go shopping!" Ying Lili said with a puffy face, "But, I have been staying at home painting these days, and I like the feeling of going out for a walk even more."

After hearing this, Asakura Feng nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it's not good to stay at home all the time. The weather was hot before, but after summer, the temperature should drop a little bit. Eriri, how about we go out for a walk after dinner tonight?"

Asakura Feng felt that sitting in front of the computer all the time without exercising was really not good for Eriri's health, not to mention that Eriri didn't exercise much.

It seemed that she really felt that painting at home all the time was boring. After hearing Asakura Kaede's suggestion, Eriri readily agreed: "Okay! Let's go out for a walk and find something delicious!"

"...I see you're just looking for something to eat?"

Asakura Feng smiled and pinched Eriri's cheek: "Who was the one who was yelling about losing weight this morning?"

"Wow... wasn't it you, Feng-kun, who said I wasn't fat?"

Eriri glared at Asakura Feng and said, "Anyway, you said I'm not fat anymore. If anyone thinks I'm fat, I'll hold you responsible!"