Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

He quickly added a sentence.

"This is the style of the author of this comic; he definitely didn't do it on purpose."

"Do you believe this wasn't intentional? This is so close to the edge that I'm speechless! It's not even intentional; the style is like it's been through the ocean."

The reviewers were extremely frustrated: "It's one thing for the female characters to be scantily clad, but why do they have to do a 'wall-slamming' gesture while speaking? And why do their breasts have to jiggle a couple of times..."

"..."

"The scene is so close to the truth, but the plot is about a cooking competition."

"..."

"Aren't you putting me in a difficult position? Should I approve the application or not?"

The reviewer paused, then thought about the comments in the comment section and was utterly speechless.

"What's most speechless is the comments section. He posted it for ten minutes and got eighty-nine comments, eighty of which were not serious."

"The atmosphere in this comment section... what if someone else saw this..."

Upon hearing that it was because of the comments section, not Xu Zhou himself, Qingshan immediately felt more confident.

"So it wasn't because of the author's content. As for the comments section, well, there's nothing I can do about it."

He straightened his back: "That's how comic book readers are. Sometimes the review process in the comments section can be a little more lenient."

"Where am I supposed to find a place to relax? See for yourself."

The review team sent over a few screenshots of comments that were not approved.

Article 1: [(*)L(*)]

Aoyama: "..."

Although it's a string of symbols, I understood it instantly for some reason.

Second comment: [The drawing is really good, but reading the comic is a bit tiring for me.]

Aoyama: "..."

It's almost unbearable to watch.

All I can say is how profound and extensive the written language is.

Although every single word is normal.

However, when combined, they don't look normal at all.

Upon hearing Qingshan's silence on the other end of the phone, the reviewer couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, a surge of resentment welling up inside him.

"Tell me, should I give them these things or not?"

"It's so hard for me!"

"This……"

Aoyama touched his nose and couldn't help but say a few words in Xu Zhou's defense: "But it's not the author's fault. The female character was just wearing a bikini."

"Okay, I'll tell him now, don't worry."

...

Xu Zhou receiving Qingshan's message was within his expectations.

Qingshan didn't hide anything and told the whole story of his phone call with the reviewer.

But fearing that his comic book author might have a meltdown, he immediately tried to calm him down.

[Qingshan: This isn't your problem. The comments section is the readers' business, don't worry about it.]

[Qingshan: I was just letting you know, and also wanted to ask you something.]

"Oh, that's how it is."

"It seems like this level of scale is fine."

Seeing that his editor had said so, Xu Zhou stopped worrying about the issue of leniency.

This food world seems pretty open!

Then I'll draw boldly!

While thinking, I replied: 【Shandong University, what's up?】

The person opposite Qingshan typed "[typing...]" several times before finally sending a message after carefully considering their wording.

[Qingshan: How's the level of explicitness in your next chapter? Of course, you don't need to change your art style just because I asked that question.]

"..."

Xu Zhou pondered these words for a long time.

understood.

The key point is in the second half of the sentence!

So I replied without hesitation: 【Don't worry, Shandong University, it's totally risqué! This character is definitely a popular female character!】

Change the art style?

nonexistent!

Since the editor has said that the content is acceptable!

Then what is there to be afraid of!

"..."

When Qingshan saw Xu Zhou's message, he was so worried that he lit a cigarette, but when he saw the confidence in Xu Zhou's words, he sighed again.

"never mind."

"I'll protect you more then."

"As long as the content doesn't cross the line, there's no problem."

A food-themed anime.

The plot will definitely not be offensive.

As long as the plot doesn't go too far.

There's no problem.

...

Comic book group.

When Mo Yue saw the appearance of Rou Mei in the latest chapter of Xu Zhou's story today, she immediately took a screenshot and sent it to the group chat.

[Mo Yue: This author really knows how to push the boundaries. The artwork is so captivating, yet the plot doesn't actually cross the line, so you can't report it.]

Li Mo was displeased to see that the ranking of his book, "From Imperial Kitchen Cook to First-Class Imperial Chef," had not only not risen but had actually dropped by two places.

They were sending messages in the group chat in a rapid-fire manner.

[Mo Yue: His ranking has risen another dozen places, reaching 155th. I'm really not happy about it. We honest cartoonists who don't cross the line don't get any collections, but he gets so many collections by taking crooked paths.]

[Sparkling Fireworks: His book review section only had over eighty comments in ten minutes, ha, that's laughable. From now on, nobody should draw honestly anymore; it's so much more fun to skirt the edge.]

[Starry Fireworks: Let's see. He's quite clever; he rubbed it just right.]

[Jiang Ling'er: Actually, I think the level of exposure is alright now. It's just a bikini, nothing special.]

[Hot-blooded Old Wang: ???]

[Hot-blooded Old Wang: You call this nothing? You've gone so far as to sell your body like that, it's disgusting. If he keeps this up in the next few posts, I'll expose him on the forum.]

Mo Yue gets excited whenever the topic of posting on forums comes up.

[Mo Yue: Yes, this unhealthy trend must be curbed!]

Xu Zhou was naturally unaware that the group was preparing to expose him.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

Hang it up.

My approach to cooking is simply to be honest and straightforward, so what problems could there be?

You can press the report button until it's worn out, but it won't do any good.

As for the suggestive comments...

That's a matter for the comic book readers in the comments section!

I haven't started reading the main text yet!

What Xu Zhou was unaware of was that news of a dark horse unexpectedly emerging at the food festival had already begun to spread like wildfire.

Chapter 82 I'll defeat you with your recipe!

Songbei City.

In the culinary research lab.

The large screen is enlarging the latest chapter of Xu Zhou's "Food Wars!" manga.

The comic strip prominently features a recipe.

Fried Beef Steak Rice Bowl

"Team leader, are you really going to learn how to make this dish?"

Looking at the picture, the group member's expression was indescribable: "I don't see anything special about this dish."

"Even when zoomed in on a big screen, there aren't many highlights to be seen."

"Even if you replace the pork chop with steak, the taste should be about the same."

In the culinary research lab, sitting among a group of team members was a sixteen-year-old boy.

He was wearing a black jacket that you could buy for a few dozen yuan at a stall, and his face was tense: "Are you sure that guy who defeated Senior Brother Jiang Wen used the recipe from this comic?"

"It's true."

The team member looked at Zhang Wanqiu and nodded: "It is indeed this comic book."

"Could this comic be drawn by that Xu Zhou? Look, the comic's author name is even 'Cartoonist Xiao Xu'."

Isn't Xiao Xu the same as Xiao Xu?

This must be the same person.

The more you look at the kid, the more he resembles Zhang Wanqiu.

Team member Li Sen directly denied it.

“Team leader, that’s definitely not the same person. I investigated before, and comic artists usually draw very slowly.”

"Not only do you have to come up with the plot, but you also have to draw sketches, storyboards, and only then do you draw the final piece."

He paused, then continued, "Xu Zhou usually runs a shop and doesn't have that much time to draw, but he updates very quickly."

Unless he's an octopus!

Where in the world are there so many octopuses?

"Is that so?"

Zhang Wanqiu flipped through the comic and still couldn't help but wonder, "What if he collaborated with someone else on the plot and storyboard?"

"That's impossible. I consulted a professional cartoonist."

"..."

"The cartoonist said that if he could still draw more than half a chapter of comics after closing the shop and returning to his home, that would be something no human could do."

After Li Sen finished speaking, he took out his chat history with the cartoonist.

The comic artist is not unknown; in fact, he is one of the top-ranked artists on Tencent Comics' new release list.

"Oh."

Zhang Wanqiu gave up the idea.