On the question of whether "Midnight Bell" is over, many readers have disputed, and many newspaper reporters have approached Hosokawa Koharu to inquire.

And Hosokawa Koharu naturally gave a very official answer - there will be no spoilers, if you want to know the result, please wait for the result of the new issue of "Bad Cold".

In this situation where everyone is looking up, Tsukasa Higashino's "Midnight Bell" ushered in the final round.

"It's really over."

Everyone couldn't help but rub their eyes when they saw the big 'final return' sign on the cover of "Bad Cold", and finally they all exhaled with satisfaction and accepted the ending.

"Midnight Bell" is a perfect finish!

It's really a perfect close.

In the last five weeks, "Midnight Bell" has played beyond everyone's imagination.

A comic book that ends in such a perfect way...

To be honest, it's actually the dream of many comic book authors.

Even some popular manga authors have mentioned on the attached page of their serialized manga that it is my dream to be able to finish a work as perfectly as Higashino-sensei. ’

And after the end of "Midnight Bell", Urashima Publishing House also directly released the reader's praise votes for "Midnight Bell" from the beginning to the end of the serialization in its own manga review magazine.

When I saw this internal count of votes, both readers and editors below were taken aback.

"Midnight Bell" has been the first in readers' praise for 14 consecutive weeks! In "Bad Cold", you can't find anyone who can fight with a knife.

Especially the votes in the last few weeks, you're really not kidding? The number of readers' praise votes for "Midnight Bell" soared directly to 700, and the number of praise votes for the last episode reached 715 votes.

It's unimaginable.

The number of reader replies counted by "Bad Chill" is 1,000. (There are three boxes on a reader's reply letter to write your favorite comics, and you can't fill in them repeatedly)

So this is equivalent to more than 70% of people who like the work "Midnight Bell".

And it's this popular work... Is it over?

There is another very interesting phenomenon here.

That is, no one jumped out to question the authenticity of the reader praise data published by Urashima Press.

Because in good conscience, "Midnight Bell" is really good.

And it was in this discussion that Higashino did not express his position.

Because compared to such a non-existent thing as expressing a statement, he still has the original manuscript of "The Lonely Gourmet" to be completed.

The second episode "Lonely Gourmet" was soon published on "Aoba", which is still a serious Japanese humor, especially the interaction between a service staff and Party A is particularly interesting - in fact, the remote control of the air conditioner is out of power, but the owner thinks that the air conditioner is broken, so he has been complaining about the home appliance mall, saying that the air conditioner here is particularly easy to break.

This ironic humor has made "The Lonely Foodie" once again recognized by these service classes, who have said that they have indeed encountered this in their lives.

"After finishing "Midnight Bell", I was able to draw "The Lonely Gourmet" so interestingly, as if it was completely unaffected... It's a Higashino printer. ”

The male editor of the Urashima Publishing House next to him looked at the new episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" and sighed loudly.

Originally, some people were worried about whether the end of "Midnight Bell" would have an impact on the serialization of Tsukasa Higashino's "Lonely Gourmet".

But now, it seems that this is not the case at all, and Higashino printers are still able to produce a large number of high-quality originals without errors such as paper jams and malfunctions.

It just so happened that the male editor saw Hosokawa Koharu who had stepped down from the editor-in-chief's desk at the same time as he put down "Aoba", so he stretched out his hand to say hello: "Editor Hosokawa, are you free at night?" Let's take some time, let's go have a meal together. ”

"Uh... That one... I'm sorry, Oshima-sen. Hosokawa Koharu shuddered, and then hurriedly explained: "I'm going to go to Higashino-sensei tonight to celebrate, and then discuss the serialization of the new manga." ”

"Are you in such a hurry? Don't Higashino-sensei take a break? The Oshima editor was stunned.

After finishing a popular work, even if you take a break for a few weeks, it's no problem, but Tsukasa Higashino still wants to continue painting below?

Higashino Printer lives up to its name!

"It's not that I'm in a hurry... It's Higashino-sensei's... I'm so sorry. ”

After saying this, she bowed apologetically before returning to her seat.

Call...

She exhaled hard, and her scalp tingled.

In the past, she liked this kind of social type of drinking house activity when she was not sensible, but now she is sensible.

This group of seniors asked her at every turn if she had any tricks, let alone drinking, she didn't even want to eat a bite of food, as soon as she arrived at the drinking party, she was the object of the fire, who would want to go?

"Fortunately, Mr. Higashino is a shield." Hosokawa Koharu thought to himself.

She wasn't lying, she did go to dinner with Tsukasa Higashino tonight to celebrate, and at the same time she had the idea of discussing a new manga with him.

Of course... If you look at it according to Hosokawa Koharu, it must be to let Higashino Tsukasa rest for a while.

He has been serialized at the same time for so long, and others may seem remarkable, but Hosokawa Koharu clearly knows how much time Higashino Tsukasa has spent in it.

Basically, young people go out on Saturdays and Sundays, but he stays at home all day drawing manga, and he doesn't have much time off except to accompany Higashino Chihaya.

It can be said to be a ruthless manga drawing machine.

"I'd like to talk to Mr. Higashino a little bit." Hosokawa Koharu thought so.

Two hours later, Hosokawa Koharu, who had already completed all the work, was allowed by Urashima to leave work early and go to Higashino's house.

"Hello? Higashino-sensei. Hosokawa Koharu stopped the car and called Higashinoji: "I've arrived downstairs for you, how are you preparing over there?" ”

"Well, it's almost done... Come down right away. Higashino replied on the other side of the phone.

Hosokawa Koharu called him before, saying that he was going to celebrate, so Higashino Tsukasa was not particularly surprised.

Almost another two minutes passed, and Tsukasa Higashino appeared downstairs in the apartment with Chihaya Higashino: "Sorry to keep you waiting, editor Hosokawa." ”

Tsukasa Higashino walked over and greeted Hosokawa Koharu with a smile.

"No... What's the long wait? That's right. Hosokawa Koharu turned to look at Chihaya Higashino standing next to Tsukasa Higashino, and was just about to compliment the other party for being dressed beautifully-

"Koharu, you haven't soaked Asa yet?" As soon as Higashino Chihaya saw her, he asked in shock.

Uh-

Hosokawa Koharu was directly blocked by this sentence, and before he could open his mouth, he heard Higashino Chihaya say seriously in a tone of elders educating juniors:

"That's not good, Xiaochun, Ah Si is so good-looking, there must be a lot of girls in the school who like him, you can't fail to seize the opportunity."

"......" Hosokawa Koharu was really crying and laughing, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, Higashino Tsukasa also smiled beside him and arched a fire: "Yes, editor Hosokawa, you have to seize the opportunity, I also think a good man like me is rare." ”

Chihaya Higashino, who was next to him, also naturally echoed his sister: "Look, Ace gave you a chance to use a little bit, Koharu." ”

Then she turned back and reprimanded Higashino: "You too, Ace, you can't always make girls too positive, right?" You have to be proactive, too. ”

Listening to Higashino Chiha's blaming voice, Higashino Tsukasa naturally smiled and nodded; "I'll do my best."

In this regard, Hosokawa Koharu did not say anything.

After all, she is also a mature social person, and she knows clearly what is a joke and what is the truth.

Tsukasa Higashino was obviously joking, so she naturally wouldn't take it seriously.

Tsukasa Higashino and Chihaya Higashino said a few more words outside the car before getting into the car.

About thirty minutes later, Hosokawa Koharu took Tsukasa Higashino and Chihaya Higashino to a Japanese-style restaurant with special decorations.

This Japanese restaurant has a small tree in the atrium and a pond, which looks very elegant.

When Higashino Tsukasa and Higashino Chihaya sat down completely, Hosokawa Koharu asked with a strange expression: "Higashino-sensei, I saw you carrying a bag just now... What's in there...? ”

Yes, from just now she found that Higashino Tsukasa was carrying a paper bag, and she didn't know what it contained.

"Ahh This one, this is a draft storyboard for a new manga serial. Tsukasa Higashino didn't hide Hosokawa Koharu, and simply took out the contents of the bag.

The draft storyboard, also known as the name, is actually a very rough original manuscript, which is used by the comic book author to show the story to the editor, and the characters in it have not undergone any refinement, and the drawing is particularly rough.

As a manga author with serial experience, Tsukasa Higashino naturally allows Hosokawa Koharu to watch draft storyboards, which is also a privilege for the elderly.

Rookie comic book writers can only bring the original drawings to the editor.

"New manga..."Hosokawa Koharu muttered as he felt a sigh in his heart - sure enough!

She knew that Tsukasa Higashino was not an idle person.

I might pull out some comics this time.

But—

Hosokawa Koharu did not rush to look at these storyboard drafts, but carefully sorted them out and persuaded them:

"Higashino-sensei, aren't you thinking about taking a break? Isn't it hard to finish "Midnight Bell"? Aren't you tired? ”

"I'm not tired." Tsukasa Higashino is still very grateful for Hosokawa Koharu's concern: "Thank you very much for editing Hosokawa's relationship, but I'm not tired, and now I want to come up with another good work than rest." ”

As soon as Higashino Tsukasa said this, Hosokawa Koharu didn't know how to refute it.

Tsukasa Higashino is also the number one, and even the editor persuaded him, hoping that he could rest.

As a result, the printer was not happy and said that it still had to work.

What else can I do...?

Hosokawa Koharu said he was helpless, but said anyway; "In that case, let me see your new work, Mr. Higashino."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was about to pick up the thick pile of draft storyboards, and then she was stopped by Tsukasa Higashino-

"Wait a minute, editor Hosokawa, please start with this one."

Tsukasa Higashino gave Hosokawa Koharu a thick draft storyboard in order.

But after hearing Higashino Division's words, Hosokawa Koharu instinctively felt that something was wrong, she raised her head and showed a surprised look: "Let's start with this one...?" Belch... Mr. Higashino, is it possible for you...? ”

"Yes, here's a draft storyboard of two comics."

Tsukasa Higashino smiled and nodded.

"......" Hosokawa Koharu.

I thought it would be difficult to get a draft storyboard of one of your comics, but you ended up getting me two comics?

It's really a printing press!

Hosokawa Koharu was a little slanderous, but he quickly threw himself into the three manga at hand.

The first is the first manga.

The name of the first manga is "Building Block Collapse", which is an adaptation of Higashino Tsukasa Higashino's adaptation of the Japanese national hit drama "Building Block Collapse", which scored 45.3% of the high ratings in Japan that year.

It mainly tells the story of the conflict between Japanese delinquent girls, teenagers and their parents.

The plot is naturally exciting, and there are various reversals -

Under the education of her parents, the rebellious girl Tomomi gradually corrected her bad behavior, no longer sucked du, no longer fooled around with the drag racing party, and everything seemed to return to square one.

Until Tomi's parents wrote a book about their educational process.

The book directly ignores the fact that Tomomi was ignored by her parents and lacked family affection, leaving only the hard work of her parents and Tomomi's violent rebellion.

All these factors have forced Tomomi to the brink of rebellion again...

It's a rather ironic manga work, and the plot is also interesting, with quite a lot of flips, if you can draw it... It's definitely another particularly good work.

But...

It's too heavy.

"Chill" is indeed a horror manga, but like this, it puts a social phenomenon directly on top of the manga that is supposed to be a pastime... This sense of oppression is a little too great.

In addition, the sense of substitution of Higashino's painting skills is already very strong... This makes the comic "Building Blocks Collapse" as a whole present a gray feeling, which makes people breathless at all.

Hosokawa Koharu looked up, looked at Tsukasa Higashino, and then at the draft storyboard of the second manga he had placed on the table.

There are a few big words left in the title bar -

"Winner is Justice".

She glanced at the title, and then looked through it very seriously at the suggestion of Tsukasa Higashino.

Hosokawa Koharu was quickly fascinated, and only at the end did he raise his head and react, with a stunned expression: "Higashino-sensei, do you want to draw professional type manga?" ”

The so-called professional type of manga is actually based on the professional lives of doctors, chefs, and bank clerks.

A manga based on the stories they can encounter in their profession.

As mentioned earlier, although "Bad Chill" is a horror manga magazine, there are also some professional types of manga as a spice.

The comic, titled "The Winner is Justice", tells the story of lawyer Gu Meimen and his assistant Smoke, who complete the process of overturning the case in various ways.

And the plot... It's really interesting!

Could it be that Tsukasa Higashino is aiming for this?