Don't want to lose......

Tanaka's eyes widened slowly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Seems like that's really the case?

Yes, that's it.

This mood, as the other party said, is actually very simple.

I just don't want to lose!

"You're right, Mr. Kishibe. He smiled innocently and differently from the complex meaning he had just had.

"I just don't want to lose...... I want to illustrate a novel I love, and I want this job. ”

"I don't want to lose to anyone else, even the author of a novel - you!"

Harusa smiled.

"I'm glad that 'Brother Story' has been so loved by you. ”

"I didn't write this work alone, and the partner wanted me to illustrate the novel. ”

"I said yes, and it became what I wanted to do as well. ”

"I don't want to lose, even if I'm not even an artist, and I'm up against you, the ghost soldier teacher of a first-class illustrator. ”

The two looked at each other, and each other's wills collided in their eyes.

"Let's get started. ”

"Hmm. ”

Tanaka and Harusa each took out their own paintings, put them on the table, and moved them to each other.

Harusa picked up the painting of the ghost soldier teacher and looked at it carefully.

Terrible!

This is the first thought.

The ghost soldier teacher drew a picture of the hero and the villain fighting with weapons, and the composition was very well done, and it felt quite imposing at a glance.

The picture especially highlights the villain's hideous expression after revealing his true face, half of his face is a terrifying ghost, and half of his face is still a beautiful girl's appearance.

The villain described in the novel article does not look like this after revealing his true face, but it is within the scope of description when drawn like this, and it obviously works very well.

Harusa had the idea of changing the description of the novel according to this painting.

That's what a top-notch illustrator is all about!

Not only did he draw a picture that conformed to the description of the novel, but even surpassed the author's imagination to the extent that it in turn affected the author.

In addition to the villain, the actor's demeanor portrayal is also excellent, you can feel the strong battle intent contained in his eyes, and the heraldic-like stripes on his face are also cool.

Action, costumes, weapons, rendering...... Harusa took a closer look.

On the other side, Tanaka carefully looked at the painting of the shore sensei.

So fine!

This was the first thing Tanaka marveled at.

The other party drew a confrontation between the male protagonist and the villain, and at the moment when the war was about to start, the whole picture revealed a sense of tension that was about to explode.

Characters, costumes, weapons, shadows, renderings...... The level of detail of the picture is obviously one level higher than what he painted!

The higher the fineness, the better the look at a glance, which is the so-called "texture" is higher, or the "finish" is higher.

Tanaka could have painted his own drawings to this level of detail, but he didn't have enough time.

In other words, the other party can draw much faster than him!

Lose in speed...... In terms of fineness, it's like being punched hard, and the feeling of being suppressed by hard power.

What about the content of the picture?

Tanaka saw three figures.

The male protagonist who draws his weapon, the villain who transforms into a demon, and the heroine who watches from the corner.

I actually drew the heroine as a bystander!?

When Tanaka first saw it, he thought it was a point deduction, but after a closer look, he realized that it was not the case.

The heroine is in the shadows, and it is not easy to notice at first glance. The first thing readers pay attention to must be the hero and the villain, and when you look closely, you will find the girl in the shadows.

The heroine is the narrator and at the same time the biggest suspense of this novel. When you see this beautiful girl in the illustration, readers who haven't finished reading the novel will think that she is just a bystander, a character background.

However, if you look closely at this character, or look at this illustration after reading the novel, you will feel a little strange.

Her expression was strange, as if she was caring about the hero, and as if she was wearing a mask, her eyes were deep, she seemed to be smiling, and she felt weird and mysterious.

This feeling is in line with the overall atmosphere of the work, which sublimates the look and feel of the whole picture, not just the protagonist and the villain, but also contains something else...... Something that runs through the whole work, but is always indescribable.

Tanaka could only marvel at this.

worthy of the author of the novel...... This is an excellent illustration that can only be drawn by a novelist.

……

"It's me who loses. ”

Tanaka came to this conclusion after comparing the other party's paintings with his own.

He puts the painting back on the table and moves it in front of the other person.

"You won, Mr. Kishiba...... I will give up this job as agreed. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Ghost Soldier. ”

Harusa handed the painting in his hand back to the other party.

"Don't say 'thank you'...... In this competition, I was convinced. ”

Tanaka picked up his painting, looked at it, and was about to tear it off.

"Wait!" Harumi said to stop.

"This is a very good painting, if you don't want to keep it, can you give it to me?"

Tanaka was surprised.

"You...... Why ......"

"I said, it's a good painting, I love it. Harusa said sincerely, "Teacher, the villain you drew is even better than I imagined, and I want to change the description of the novel with the image drawn by the teacher." ”

Tanaka blinked.

Then a faint smile appeared.

"That's right...... Then I painted this picture in vain. ”

He glanced at his painting again, then handed it to the other party.

"Thank you. Haruji politely accepted it.

Tanaka took a sip of the cold black coffee, felt the bitterness in his mouth, and then looked at the boy opposite.

"Shoreside-sensei, I would like to ask, how old are you now?"

"I'm sixteen. Harusa replied.

"Sixteen years old...... A freshman in high school. Tanaka sighed.

"That's amazing. In his first year of high school, he was able to write such a good novel and draw such a good picture...... It's called genius. ”

"I'm twenty-two years old, I've been drawing seriously since junior high school, I've been submitting comics in high school, I've won an award in my third year of high school, and I've been standing still ever since...... One could even say that it was a step backwards. ”

"I saw the limits of what I could do...... Although I don't want to believe that this is my limit, it does exist, like an insurmountable wall. ”

"I used to think I was very talented. ”

"But it was just an illusion, and the moment I thought I was talented was actually the moment when I came to the end. ”

"I'm just a mediocre ...... A real genius is someone like you, Mr. Kishi. ”

"You can write a good story and draw a good picture, but if you aim to draw manga, it won't take long for you to make your debut and even serialize. ”

"And I'...... How long will we have to struggle, will we succeed in the end, and should we give up...... What about the so-called dreams?"

Tanaka leaned back in his seat, his eyes a little glazed.

He wasn't actually talking to Harusa, he was talking to himself.

As a failed painter, he is expressing his confusion, no matter who is listening.

"Dream is a beautiful and cruel word. ”

Harusa looked at each other and said calmly.

"If you really don't want to be miserable anymore, give up. ”