Chapter 23: A New Stage in Life
Since the fight that day, Reina has unexpectedly become a popular person among her classmates, which Reina never thought of before. Not only was she invited by Saori to join the karate club, but she also became the object of worship of her classmates, which really made Reina feel very happy.
Shizuka is not the only one who is willing to have lunch with Reina now. In addition, no one dares to bully Reina, so many classmates will join them at lunchtime. Everyone talked about happy things together, and after a while, the time passed. Of course, there is one person who still has a cold attitude towards Reina, and she is Takasaka Kaede. Because Reina's popularity among her classmates is no longer what it used to be, since the last conflict, Takasaka Kaede has not been able to make any waves.
"Where did Reina-san learn karate?" asked a classmate curiously.
"In the club at my hometown school, I actually didn't practice for long, and I had to quit because of my family......" Reina smiled embarrassedly at the other party, and then replied seriously.
"Don't look at Reina-chan's karate, she can also cook delicious tamagoyaki, she really won't get tired of eating it every day......" Shizuka happily showed off to these new friends.
"Really? What a delicious way to eat? Sounds like I'd love to try it!"
"Yes, yes, the teacher in the last family skills class also taught us how to make tamako-yaki, but I won the first place?"
"Reina-chan's tamagoyaki is not that simple, and it is mixed with minced shrimp and taro puree, which has the taste of cake and tamagoyaki......"
The world of middle school students is so wonderful, they are hated by most people for no reason, and then they are liked by most people for no reason. And once you like it, no one can figure out why you hate this person in the first place.
"By the way, Reina-chan, it's almost the cherry blossom season, are you interested in going cherry blossom viewing with us? In this way, we can sit together under the cherry blossom trees and chat and eat delicious cherry blossom bento like we did today. ”
"Yes, yes! I begged my mother for a long time to buy me a new Wu costume, and I really want to wear it to enjoy the cherry blossoms!"
"Reina-chan's legs are so long, it's really a loss to take a photo with her!"
"But aren't all cherry blossoms with family?"
"Stupid, cherry blossoms don't just bloom for one day......"
"But I can't wear any more Wu clothes!"
"Let's lose weight, there are still ten days left?"
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At the same time that Reina's life has changed 180 degrees, Miko Fukuda, who has just won the Silver Tiara Award, is also trying to adapt to her new life journey.
In the days when she just won the award, Miko was really a little happy and carried away, even sleeping holding her certificate and trophy, and even almost missed the last serialization time of "Girl Criminal". Fortunately, her editor Kasumi Tsukimoto came to urge the manuscript and forced Miko Fukuda, who was playing in the dark at home, to finish the latest issue of "Girl Criminal", so she didn't make a big joke about breaking off just after winning the award.
Under the reminder of the editor of the month, Miko remembered that she still had an exclusive two-year contract with Shueisha. In fact, compared to the 2 million yen bonus, this exclusive contract is the biggest reward. How to make good use of this exclusive contract is a major event for Miko that will determine the development of her future comic career.
Since it's a two-year exclusive contract, it's too wasteful to continue to use it on the work "Girl Criminal". Because the updated serialization of "Girl Criminal" is on the right track, it is basically a work that is not popular. So both the editor of the month and the Miko have the intention to create a new work from scratch.
Recreating a new work is not an easy task. This requires a lot of upfront work on the part of cartoonists and editors. As for Miko, he needs to first set up the outline of the entire story and come up with a creative storyboard. But that's just the first step in creating a comic that can be serialized.
The so-called storyboard is to first draw a sketch of the comic that needs to be created, and once the storyboard has been approved by the editor, you can follow the storyboard to move on to the next step of creation, and until this time, it is the stage where the cartoonist goes all out to create the comic.
Tsukimoto knows that the biggest advantage of Miko Fukuda compared to other manga artists is that the stories she creates are very immersive, and although they are shoujo manga, they can attract a considerable number of male readers, which is a talent that other female manga artists can't match.
Because of this, after repeated deliberations, the editor of Tsukimoto and Miko still decided to create a female-oriented painting with a speculative theme. But the new work isn't just a shoujo manga.,Tsukimoto editor and Miko are now secretly harboring a little ambition.。 They all hope that the work will do well in the female-to-comic market, and at the same time open up the male-to-reader market. This requires Miko to put more effort into the reasoning part of this new work.
The tentative title of this new work that Miko plans to create is "Reasoning After Dinner", which mainly tells the story of a rich girl from a large family who joins the Metropolitan Police Department and uses various unbelievable methods to solve the case. However, according to Miko's design, this eldest lady is not a master of reasoning, but a reasoning idiot. The reasoning part of the scene has to be handed over to the eldest lady's only subordinate, a poisonous butler with strong reasoning ability, whenever the case in charge of the eldest lady is in trouble, the housekeeper will first poison the eldest lady at dinner, and finally point out who the real murderer is.
In a short period of time, Miko handed over the outline and storyboard of the new work to the editor of Tsukimoto, and now the new work has been handed over to the editors of Shueisha for discussion. So Miko finally had the last free time to find a new place to live.
According to Miko's idea, she originally wanted to move to the vicinity of the mansion where Lin Xiuyi was. However, although the environment there is good, the rent is high. This is not something that Miko can afford. So Miko simply moved to a remote office near Gotenyama, north of Inokashi's Onshi Park. It is a two-storey building, with the lower floor being a shop facing the street and being rented to a bakery, and the upper floor being used for both living and working. On top of that, it's far from Kichijoji Station, but it's right next to Inokashira Park. Without much hesitation, Miko decided to settle her new home here.