What elements do you need for a good food comic?

Glittering delicacies painted with fancy paintings? The contrast between the exaggerated reaction of the surrounding spectators to the food and the calm and calm refreshment of the male protagonist?

No... Wrong. These can only be described as interesting elements of food comics.

For Hosokawa Koharu, a food manga that is qualified or even excellent should be a necessary ingredient - truth.

That's right, no matter how fancy you blow it or how fancy you draw, only by being based on reality can you make readers feel immersed.

In the eyes of Hosokawa Koharu, Tsukasa Higashino's "Lonely Foodie" is such a manga, real and bland.

Yes.

Tsukasa Higashino didn't draw a character like a genius chef in a big way, nor did he draw any colorful dishes.

Everything is plain, real Tokyo street view ... Real people and events unfold in front of Hosokawa Koharu like a travelogue-

Goro Inohatori is a middle-aged man who doesn't seem to be human.

He owns a grocery store in Tokyo, and as he travels for a living, he often meets quirky customers.

And today, it's also a day of Goro Inokashi's daily life.

"So, what kind of teacup do you want to make?" Goro Inohatori said to the customer in front of him with a commercial smile.

The other party is his regular customer, but Inohatoro knows in his heart that this customer is a bit difficult to deal with.

"Ah, it's best if it's a teacup of this style." The middle-aged customer smiled and pulled out a poster.

It was an abstract poster with lines and circles connected to it, making it seem dazzling to look at.

'That's the style I can't figure out the most...'

Seeing that it was an abstract painting, Inokashi's face suddenly darkened.

"Do you understand?" The customer next to him asked him with a solicited opinion.

You're playing a puzzle for me, right? I don't understand that...

At this moment, Inohatoro Goro didn't even feel that the other party actually didn't understand anything.

However, the other party was a customer and Party A, so he held back a bitter gourd face, and asked in a low voice after a while:

"That is to say... It's this silent, quieter style, right? ”

When the middle-aged customer heard this, the expression on his face was obviously stunned, and then he nodded distractedly: "So that's the case..."

"Huh?" Inohatori Goro obviously didn't expect the other party to say this, so he was stunned.

"Ahh I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but Gorou-san was right. It's the kind of very silent, relatively quiet style. The customer came back to his senses and nodded in the affirmative.

Belch...

Inohatoro was silent for a moment, without delving into it, before taking out his notebook and preparing to record: "So what exactly do you want to make a teacup?" ”

The customer paused for a short time before happily holding Goro Inotou's hand: "That aspect will be handed over to Gorou-san." ”

Yes? Leave it all to me?

"That is, according to my view?"

"Yes, it's just like to do it according to Gorou-san's ideas, Gorou-san, don't you understand it very well?" The customer added with a smile.

As you see fit... Do what you think... Look at your...

These are the fatal requirements of Party A in ordinary work.

How do I know what you want?

Inokashi's face did not change.

It's just that the forehead lines on the forehead are deeper...

Looking at the appearance of Goro Inokashi's doubts about life in the manga, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, it is a very ordinary meeting between Party A and Party B, and Party A's customer makes a request.

It's such a simple plot, but it was restored by Higashino Tsukasa to be extremely absurd, but it was very realistic, and the whole guest plot was full of humor and ridicule.

That's right, there is this kind of Party A in the world, and it will put forward a lot of requirements for you that you don't understand at all.

'You've got to do this first, then this, then again— you understand? There are actually a lot of people like this.

Because of the truth, Hosokawa Koharu laughed, but because of the truth, Hosokawa Koharu inexplicably felt the pressure of the working class living in modern society.

Yes, Hosokawa Koharu laughed at Inokashiguro because she wasn't Inokazu Goro, but in Japanese society, how many other characters resemble Inokashito Goro?

Even Hosokawa Koharu himself actually sometimes plays the role of Goro Inokashi, running for life.

Looking at Goro Inokashi, who was standing on the side of the street in the original manga manuscript, Hosokawa Koharu only felt as if he had become the other party, drifting with the tide on the isolated island of Tokyo.

The sense of substitution is very strong.

"It's okay, there's always a way."

Goro Inokashi, who was standing next to the telephone pole, muttered something quietly, as if to comfort himself.

Then, he raised his head and suddenly looked at the streets of Tokyo, and Mu Ne's face was also tense, as if something misfortune had suddenly happened.

This made the viewer Hosokawa Koharu's heart also tighten, and she hurriedly turned the original manuscript in her hand to the next page.

This is a long storyboard.

With the three crisp sounds of 'knock, knock, knock', the camera is also stretching.

The first shot is a close-up of Inonokashi's face with his mouth half-open, his eyes looking ahead in confusion, in a daze.

The second shot is a close-up of Goro Inokashi's entire body stunned in place.

The third shot is a close-up of the street scene behind Goro Inokashi, in front of him.

Under such a serious long shot, Goro Ininokazu on the screen finally spoke: "I'm hungry." ”

This sudden 'serious and funny' contrast breaks the depressing feeling of being embarrassed by Party A's customers in the past, and makes the overall flow of the story more relaxed.

And at this time, Hosokawa Koharu also thought of the title of Tsukasa Higashino's manga - "The Lonely Gourmet".

Looking at the appearance of Goro Inukami in the manga who is seriously looking for a street shop, he compares it repeatedly but still can't make up his mind.

Hosokawa Koharu suddenly became nervous for some reason.

She even thinks that Goro Inokashira, who is so serious about cooking, is a true gourmet.

And Inokashi's meal does not seem to be an ordinary meal, but to perform some kind of sacred ritual, giving people an inexplicable sense of ritual.

Will he be able to find a good store? Can you relax yourself with good food in a busy and difficult life?

All this affects Hosokawa Koharu's mood.

Eventually, Gorou stopped at a small street-side shop called Washotei.

In the comics, he seems to be full of ambition and confidence.

He was very energetic when he found a good restaurant.

It's like knocking down the giant of reality.

'You can't do anything with me. ’

In the manga, Inonoshi's energetic appearance when he discovers the food seems to be a declaration of reality.

And this... also pulled the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" to the climax.