Not to mention what Fujiwara Aoi, Ryoka Konoe, and Yumi Takahashi think.

The other side.

Kazuya Akasaka, the former chief writer of Fuji Press's manga magazine "Asahin", did something stupid after reading "Naoki Hanzawa".

"Why did I just call the editor-in-chief?"

Kazuya Akasaka slackened his strength all over, looking at the "Kazuyo" manga magazine at hand, his mind was full of confusion.

He couldn't help but comb through his memories and recall what had happened.

I remember that he had just gotten "Kazuyo" from Motobu, and the people in it asked him to write an article praising Tsukasa Higashino's new work "Naoki Hanzawa".

Kazuya Akasaka was also very happy at the time.

In his opinion, praising Tsukasa Higashino is much easier than making him scold Tsukasa Higashino's works before.

At least the work of Tsukasa Higashino... He didn't know from which angle and from which point to start scolding.

Plot? Storyboarding? Painters?

I can't spray it.

But if it's a compliment...

To put it mildly, he Kazuya Akasaka even praised the cover art designed by Tsukasa Higashino!

It's just too simple.

Therefore, Kazuya Akasaka was really happy and in a good mood, and on the way back, he was humming a minor tune that was popular during the Showa period.

Then he watched "Naoki Hanzawa" at home.

It is worth mentioning that after the baptism of "Midnight Bell", "Winner is Justice", and "Lonely Gourmet", now his wife will set aside a small room for him to read comics, and resolutely prevent him from reading comics in the living room - lest he go crazy.

Of course, Kazuya Akasaka has a lot of complaints about this.

He also threw out the TV before watching "Midnight Bell" before, and smashed the coffee table by the way.

But times have changed now.

Higashino Tsukasa is not a horror comic, a simple workplace comic, can there be anything wrong with him?

Does your wife look down on herself a little?

He thought so, but still argued with the other party over such trivial matters... After all, he is a 'prisoner' with a criminal record.

With this in mind, Kazuya Akasaka watched "Naoki Hanzawa".

Then I watched it for a while... He only felt a grievance in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

He used to conscientiously find a fork in Higashino Division, and even if he couldn't find it, he had been working hard, and later he treated him as a spy because of "Unnatural Death", which is simply unbearable.

So when his brain was hot, Kazuzu Akasaka also called his direct boss Shinji Furuta.

And then...

And then it's now.

Kazuya Akasaka held his head and stared speechlessly at the spread out manga magazine "Kazuyo".

Looking at the figure above Hanzawa Naoki who turned around and left in a dashing manner, he was so old that he almost didn't spit it out.

He just saw the rise, and he couldn't suppress the thoughts in his heart all of a sudden, so he actually mustered up the courage and called Furuta Shinji to protest.

Now that he calms down and thinks about it, he only regrets in his heart.

"Higashino-sensei, you're really my nemesis."

Kazuya Akasaka was a little speechless.

Whether it's praising Tsukasa Higashino or scolding Tsukasa Higashino's works, he finds it seem to be difficult to get it done.

Tsukasa Higashino can always give him a little bit of a moth.

There's nothing to say.

Kazuya Akasaka was full of helplessness in his heart, but he couldn't help but touch "Naoki Hanzawa" painted by Tsukasa Higashino.

Although he said so... It's uncomfortable too... But bar...

"The main thing is that "Naoki Hanzawa" is really good..."

Kazuya Akasaka muttered in a low voice.

He was fair to say.

As the chief writer of the review magazine "Chaojin", he has a lot of say in comics.

"Naoki Hanzawa" is really good, and in terms of quality alone, he even thinks it surpasses "Unnatural Death".

Kazuzu Akasaka can also feel that Tsukasa Higashino's painting and storyboard composition can be said to be on a higher level.

I really don't know how this person's brain and hands grow, and why he can take two steps, or even three or four steps.

Kazuya Akasaka shook his head.

Then he turned to look at the phone next to him and hugged his head helplessly.

He has already come up with an article about touting and elevating "Naoki Hanzawa".

But until then... He'll have to think about how he can keep his job... That's the most important thing.

And when Kazuya Akasaka was struggling in pain, Chihaya Higashino was also a little confused.

At this time, she was not with Aoi Fujiwara, Ryoka Konoe, and Yumi Takahashi, but with other girls.

She's very adaptable.,Even now, although they still don't have any friends except for Fujiwara Aoi and Lianghua.,But there are still people who can talk.。

For example, today, the magazine "Kazuyo", which was serialized in Tsukasa Higashino's manga, went on sale, and she was pulled over by a few girls who had a good relationship to buy the magazine.

The most important thing is that Chihaya Higashino actually cares more about the situation of this "Hanzawa Naoki"... You must know that she played a good person like President Asano in it!

This is actually very face-saving among girls.

So she happily bought the magazine and started flipping through it.

And then... Looking at it, her happy expression gradually fell silent and became expressionless.

Great good guys?

Asano branch president?

Where does this look like a good person?!

Watching President Asano sneering at Naoki Hanzawa in the manga, Chihaya Higashino almost lost his strength at once and tore the manga in half.

What kind of Asano branch manager she plays... Isn't it just a supervillain?

Ace coaxed me?!

Higashino Chihaya only felt that he was holding his breath in his chest, and he couldn't cough it out or swallow it, which was very uncomfortable.

At this time, a few girls who were still able to talk to her at school were still smiling and making up several knives at this time.

"Wow... Higashino-san, look at this cartoon drawn by your brother... It's too pretty, right? This Asano branch manager is such a villain! ”

"Yes, the character creation is so good, the villain image of President Asano is in direct contrast to the image of Naoki Hanzawa who insists on himself and does not give up at all."

"I want to cheer for Naoki Hanzawa and defeat the villain of President Asano."

Higashino Chihaya opened his mouth, speechless for a while, unable to refute, he could only stare at the manga of "Hanzawa Naoki", as if he could see his younger brother through the comics.

Of course, a few girls next to him also noticed that Higashino Chihaya's face was wrong.

They looked at each other, a little unsure of how she looked a little unhappy.

One of the girls asked in a low voice, "Higashino-san... What happened to you? ”

"Huh?"

Higashino Chihaya reacted, only then did he cough dryly, and hurriedly raised his head and waved his hand:

"It's okay, it's okay... It's just that I'm thinking... That Asano branch manager... Will he be a good person after that? ”

"Huh? Good? How is this possible, I've already offended Naoki Hanzawa to such a point, and at first glance it's a big villain, and I'm still yelling at Naoki Hanzawa. ”

“... yes..."

Listening to the discussion of several girls, Chihaya Higashino could only laugh dryly.

No matter how you look at it, they are all villains, how can they still become good people?

But after laughing, she was so angry in her heart that she was going to die.

All right! Ace! How dare you coax your sister!

President Asano is a good guy with a ghost!

You actually sold your sister for your girlfriend!

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he took a step back, the more he lost money, and he couldn't wait to fly home with his wings in his wings now, and preach this younger brother who always treats himself as a stupid sister.

Guys!

I believe in your ghosts!

And Tsukasa Higashino, who was a few kilometers away from her, sneezed a few times loudly and couldn't help but rub his nose.

"Got a cold?" Tsukasa Higashino pulled a few tissues and didn't quite understand.

Although he stayed up late to draw the original manuscript these days, he usually did a good job of keeping warm, and often went out to exercise.

Logically speaking, you shouldn't catch a cold.

"Forget it, it's useless to think about it."

Higashino touched his forehead, but he didn't feel hot or unwell, so he left it alone.

After shaking his head, he calmed down again and began to draw a draft storyboard.

This is a little habit of his, the work is done in advance and done, so that when an emergency occurs, there will be time to deal with it.

On the whole, Tsukasa Higashino's mood is quite relaxed, although he is a little concerned about the results of "Hanzawa Naoki", but the statistics of Toshima Publishing House have not yet come out, and it is impossible for him to know the specific situation with great powers.

And at this time, the Toshima Publishing House...

"According to the data collected from bookstores around the world just now, the number of time purchases of "Heshi" is increasing!"

The editor-in-chief of Urashima came out with the form in his hand, with a little excitement on his expression, and announced directly.

Furuta Shinji, the deputy editor-in-chief who was in charge of appeasing the editors of "Washi", also exhaled a big sigh of relief and lifted his spirits!

The editors below are also a little excited.

As long as the sales of "Kazuyo" increase, they will not be thrown away by "Chiyo", and they will still have a chance to fight back.

"I'm going to send the statistics form right now."

The editor-in-chief of Urashima said directly, and at the same time sent the table statistics sheet in his hand.

As the editor in charge of the main manga, Hosokawa Koharu was of course the first person to receive the form.

She gave it a cursory glance.

According to the sales volume of the period just counted, it can be seen that at the beginning, the sales of "Chiyo" by Shiniwazuki Publishing House were ahead of "Kazuyo", not to mention two or three streets, but it is not a problem to say that it is a large lead.

But at this time period, although the purchase volume of "Chiyo" has not decreased, it has not increased, and it has remained at an average level, while the sales of "Kazuyo" have increased slightly...

But...

"Readers of young age should have been robbed of "Chiyo" and "Kazuyo"... But why does "Heshi" add new readers? ”

Hosokawa Koharu noticed something was not quite right.

Yes.

The number of manga readers of each age group is 100% fixed, but according to the statistics of the past, it has basically remained at an average number.

This time, "Wayo" and "Chiyo" were released at the same time, and naturally the readers of the young age group were divided equally in an instant.

If this calculation continues, "Heshi" should be the same as "Chiyo", neither decreasing nor increasing, but just maintaining an average line.

But...

Where does this segment of readers come from?

Hosokawa Koharu subconsciously flipped a few pages back and found a statistical form of age composition...

And then she found out...

"Is it the increase in the number of young people between the ages of twenty and forty?"

But why?

Own this magazine... Is there anything that attracts them?

As we all know, comic magazines mainly include children, teenagers (junior high school students), girls (junior high school students) and young adult comics, and a few publishing houses will set up middle-aged and elderly comic magazine departments (also known as the sunset red zone).

Hosokawa Koharu's "Washi" is a youth manga, which logically appeals to young people in their twenties and thirties.

If you are thirty or forty years old, you don't like to read comics very much.

After all, at that point, they have a job, a family, and work honestly to support their families, and they don't have time to read comics at all.

But "Heshi" attracted these people to come and buy it?

Hosokawa Koharu only thought it was incredible.

But soon, as if she had thought of something, she saw the cover of "The World" -

With a grim expression, Naoki Hanzawa didn't know what he was staring at.

"Could it be that "Naoki Hanzawa" attracted them?"

Hosokawa Koharu thought about it and thought that this was the only possibility.

The positioning of "Naoki Hanzawa" is a workplace comic, and it is also a very real workplace comic genre.

It's not Hosokawa Koharu touting Tsukasa Higashino.

This manga is really of a high level.

And the workplace life in it, the change in the mentality of the male protagonist Naoki Hanzawa, and his way of behaving, are different from the protagonists in ordinary youth manga magazines.

"Is it "Naoki Hanzawa" that has played its role?"

Hosokawa Koharu muttered to himself.

There is still too little information.

Even if she has confidence in Tsukasa Higashino, she can't tell for the time being whether it is the credit of "Naoki Hanzawa".

Maybe the market elasticity is shrinking or something?

Hosokawa glanced at the line of data, then shook his head and put it down.

......

Yosuke Oshio is a middle-aged man of forty-one years.

As a man who has been in the water since the Showa era, he doesn't understand the thoughts of young people in the Heisei era now.

Naturally, he also couldn't understand the thoughts of his son, who was now seventeen years old and in a rebellious period.

In particular, he always spends money on some comic magazines... This is a very incomprehensible thing for Yosuke Oshio, a middle-aged man who came from the Showa era.

After all, in his opinion, it is more cost-effective to save some money to buy a new dress if he has time to buy discs and magazines.

And in his eyes, the current entertainment method is actually more like a plaything and discouragement, not doing his job.

Therefore, he also often criticized his son, the Great Salt Bear One.

But today seems to have gone too far, and his son was very angry by himself, so he gritted his teeth and went out angrily.

Look at the comic magazines scattered on the ground.

Yosuke Oshio couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, recalling his son's sentence - 'You didn't even think to understand my thoughts'.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

Indeed, he is usually busy with work, and his boss, neglecting his views on the child ...

Maybe this is an opportunity to get to know my son.

Yosuke Oshio thought for a long time, and then stretched out his palm to this magazine called "Washi".

.......