There is no such stalemate as you imagined that you were chasing me.

Some are just the crushing of the one-hour sales of "The Winner is Justice".

"Winner is Justice" sold more than 15,000 copies in one hour, while "Daedric Mecha S" sold 8,000 copies in one hour... This gap is simply visible to the naked eye.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this.

After all, the comic "Demon God Mecha S" Hosokawa Koharu has done his homework.

Judging from historical data, the number of single volumes issued in "Demon God Mecha S" is twenty-five volumes, and the sales volume of a single volume in one hour is basically maintained at about 10,000 copies, and the data fluctuates.

But anyway... None of its numbers have ever fallen to 8,000 volumes.

Not to mention the blessing of the second season of animation, it stands to reason that this comic should soar to the sky.

8,000 copies sold, which is definitely a record – but the lowest record.

But what's going on exactly?

After repeated comparisons, Hosokawa Koharu thought for a while before thinking of the recent manga plot of "Demon God Mecha S".

She pulled out the latest issue of Sunny Day, a weekly comic magazine published by Rock Cape Press, from her desk, and every editor basically had the habit of buying comic magazines from other publishers, one for reference and the other to find out if there were any novel comic ideas.

She quickly flipped to Ken Komori's "Demon God Mecha S", and this can be regarded as a sudden realization-

Oh... I see.

She finally knew why Ken Komori's single book sales were so stretched this time.

Because Ken Komori made a bold decision.

That's a change of role.

The original villain was killed by the new villain, but the performance of the new villain was completely inferior to his killing of the original villain BOSS.

This has led to a sharp drop in the new villain's B grid, and the originally fierce contradictions and conflicts have become very relaxed.

This is not to say that there is a problem with Ken Komori's plot, but a problem with the characterization.

A good character must spend a lot of effort to constantly use the plot to make it more three-dimensional, even if you want to change the role, you must spend time paving the way.

To put it bluntly, the character creation is not enough, and the details can actually be given examples, such as "Naruto Boruto".

After changing the villain, the entire comic of "Demon God Mecha S" seems to have a weird chemical reaction, and the originally good plot feels extraordinarily weird...

This made Hosokawa Koharu also a little dumbfounded.

She didn't expect it at all... I haven't made any efforts on my side, and "Demon God Mecha S" has already messed up, so it just blew itself up.

This result is really laughable.

On the other hand, when he got the news of Hosokawa Koharu, Tsukasa Higashino was also a little unexpected.

Such a mistake should not be made.

It may be that the Rock Cape Publishing House was a little upset when it saw him living so well, which eventually led to this result.

But since you have analyzed the enemy, you also have to look at yourself and look at the situation of Higashino-sensei on this side.

"Fifteen thousand copies an hour." Hosokawa Koharu reported to Tsukasa Higashino on the phone, but he was still surprised by the exaggerated data.

That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

You must know that during the period of "Midnight Bell", Tsukasa Higashino waited for three hours for a statistical flash report to sell 20,000 copies (at that time, Tsukasa Higashino was just starting out, and there was only one work, "Midnight Bell").

But now, how did Tsukasa Higashino get to this point in one hour?

Although the plot of "Winner is Justice" is fine, and it is very good... But that's not the case... The number of followers is fundamentally unequal.

Hosokawa Koharu repeatedly compared the plot, and after thinking seriously for a long time, he still couldn't think of a reason why the sales volume was so exaggerated.

Just as she was sighing, Higashinoji's voice came through the microphone in surprise: "Is it only fifteen thousand copies in an hour?" ”

Yes?

The word 'cai' is used so much that Hosokawa Koharu has an indescribable sense of grievance in his heart.

Isn't it...'It's only 15,000 copies?' It's not like a carbon-based organism can say it.

The first edition of your "Winner is Justice" was only 150,000 copies, and it sold one-tenth of it in an hour, you don't think it's awesome or even a little disgusted... Are you sure it's not your problem?

As if sensing Hosokawa Koharu's thoughts, Higashino Tsukasa smiled and said the reason.

As mentioned earlier, he has always been the type who must crush the other party to death if he can crush it, and he never likes to procrastinate.

So in addition to the promotion of Urashima Publishing House, Tsukasa Higashino even made a special trip to the Kumamoto Prefectural Government to help promote his "Winner is Justice" manga on Kumamon's official website.

I have to say that the Kumamoto County Government is also very concerned about this, not only to help promote it on the official website, but even made a special trip to take a photo of Kumamon holding a poster board of "Winner is Justice" and hang it on the official website.

How much traffic does Kumamon have?

This can be seen from the Kumamon stickers, pendants, and mobile phone chains on the little girls' shoulder bags on the streets.

After the last round of promotion led by Higashino Division, the 'Higashino Group' directly opened up, abandoning the traditional propaganda method before, and imitating Higashino Division to promote it several times, and the effect was quite good.

In addition, there are many advertisements about Kumamon on the Shinkansen now... The mascot Kumamon has finally begun to conquer the people of the island country as it did in his previous life.

And after the promotion of Kumamon's official website, it will naturally attract many people to buy the manga of Tsukasa Higashino, the 'father of Kumamon'.

Originally, Higashino Tsukasa thought it was expected to exceed 20,000 copies, but he didn't expect it to be 5,000 copies short.

"Sure enough, it's still a bit difficult for fans to buy across borders." Tsukasa Higashino said to Hosokawa Koharu on the other side of the phone.

Hosokawa Koharu's mouth moved, and he suddenly couldn't say anything for a while.

It's a bit difficult to get fans to buy across borders... But even so, fifteen thousand copies are already remarkable.

But anyway.

The sales of 15,000 copies of "Winner is Justice" can be regarded as completely beating "Demon God Mecha S" to a blue nose and swollen face.

For example, the steamroller "Winner is Justice" crushed the "Demon God Mecha S" motorcycle into thin slices, and then repeatedly crushed it.

After all, that's an hour's sale.

The further back the sales are, the more decaying it will be..."Demon God Mecha S" is almost impossible to surpass Tsukasa Higashino's "Winner is Justice".

This is completely enough to hold a celebration banquet, and it will have to be a big one.

At least when the editor-in-chief of Urashima got this data, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face and stood up and announced, "I'm going to have a work party today, and I have a drinking party after work, and everyone who has time can come over." ’

Urashima Publishing House really took a bad breath this time.

The other party took the initiative to provoke and fight in the ring, and then lost like this, why was he unhappy?

On the other side, Rock Point Press.

Gambling dogs have nothing - this sentence probably not only describes gambling dogs, but also uses it to describe the editor-in-chief of Yamano of Rock Point Press.

Looking at the one-hour data in front of him, the editor-in-chief of Yamano first took a hard breath, then exhaled heavily, then stretched out his hands, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and then put his glasses back on, and his eyes were back on this line of data.

At last... He put down this data sheet, and the whole person felt an inexplicable semi-floating state, very dreamy.

It's really fantastic.

He knew he might fall behind, but he never thought he would fall behind to the point of being crushed and crushed.

After all, there is animation publicity, which also doubles the lead of Tsukasa Higashino... It's too much of an exaggeration.

"Is it really the reason for the change of roles?" This is the only reason why the editor-in-chief of Yamano thinks about it.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have turned out like this.

But think about it the other way, Tsukasa Higashino has a total of more than 15,000 copies sold, even if "Demon God Mecha S" plays normally, it will definitely be incomparable in the end...

He somehow calmed down when he thought about it.

No way, no way... It's not that we don't work hard.

Instead, after the effort, we had a small pistol on our side, and the other side suddenly pulled out a Gatling.

"Winner is Justice" is estimated to have set a record sales in one hour, and Ken Komori's manga is completely reduced to a foil - although it also set a record, but it is the lowest record in history.

I really don't know how Tsukasa Higashino, a mud-legged, halfway monk, comic book author pulled out so many excellent manga plots out of his head.

Thinking so, the editor-in-chief of Yamano looked at his editorial office again.

Similar to Urashima Press, the editorial department of Iwakaku Press is also a group of people.

Many people are discussing Tsukasa Higashino at the same time as talking about Koharu Hosokawa.

Because Tsukasa Higashino is the author under Hosokawa Koharu, and the achievements of the manga author are basically tied to being the editor.

And before that, the editor-in-chief of Yamano once commented on Hosokawa Koharu, saying that she was an editor with no talent...

Now it seems that this conclusion is a bit early.

Hosokawa Koharu's evaluation in the industry has gradually improved.

Not to mention the mood of the person concerned, Ken Komori, looking at the dismal sales volume, he could only sigh, and at the same time picked up the "Bad Cold" at hand, and couldn't help nodding while watching.

Tsukasa Higashino is really powerful, and he didn't lose unjustly this time...

......

Hanging up the phone, Higashino just nodded, satisfied with the result, but didn't show much joy.

This result was expected, and although 15,000 copies per hour was a small amount, it was much better than the previous average of more than 12,000 copies per hour.

Compared to this...

"'Summer is Over' is almost going to be handed over to the Art Creation Awards." Looking at "Summer is Over", which had changed a lot in front of him, Tsukasa Higashino put down his brush.

The feeling that the woman in the suit has just woken up, the hazy sense of color...

If "Tokyo" is a fierce contradiction and messy and orderly composition, then this "Summer is Over" is a rigorous composition, with a detached color, but extremely realistic characters and backgrounds.

Looking at this painting, there is an inexplicable sense of powerlessness and suddenness as you watch your youth pass away.

The "Summer is Over" in front of him has been scribbled and altered to the limit of what can be improved so far, and no matter how much or two less strokes will destroy the wonderful balance in this picture.

Tsukasa Higashino put down his pen and filled in the title of "Summer is Over", then took two steps back to look at the whole.

"Very good, very good." Tsukasa Higashino was very satisfied.

It's officially entered February today.,Now hand it in for the selection in March.,At the same time, I will take advantage of this month's window period to think about what kind of new comics to draw... It was just perfect.

He stood up and was about to leave "Summer Is Over" to Yoshiko Okano for safekeeping.

The guard Ryoka next to him looked at it curiously: "Ace has finished painting?" ”

She is also going to participate in the art creation competition this year, and she is also actively rushing to work.

To be honest, if it weren't for Ryoka Konoe's insistence, Tsukasa Higashino would have picked up the canvas and helped her paint one.

After all, Tsukasa Higashino looks at what she draws... To be honest, it can be a bit difficult to even make the second selection.

But since Ryoka Konoe insisted, Tsukasa Higashino didn't do this kind of thing that she didn't want to do.

"It's done." Tsukasa Higashino replied with a sentence of Ryoka Konoe.

"Huh? Can... Isn't there still a month left? Don't you need to revise it? As? Konoe Ryoka curiously stretched her head over to take a look, but she didn't think it was polite, so she retracted her little head again and asked incomprehensibly.

yes, isn't that a month away? Isn't it natural to revise and modify more?

Regarding Konoe Ryoka's statement, Higashino Tsukasa also shook his head with a smile, and at the same time touched her head to explain: "This painting is already the limit of my painting skill modification... Lianghua hasn't reached this point yet, so I don't understand it. ”

Some people can change it for the better, but Tsukasa Higashino belongs to the type of painting that gets worse and worse if he is uncomfortable.

Now that it's been drawn to this point, Tsukasa Higashino prefers not to touch it.

"Really...?" Konoe Ryoka had an expression that she understood a little, but still didn't quite understand.

Just as the two were talking, there was also an art student in the studio next to him who curiously leaned his head from behind the canvas: "Speaking of Higashino-san, what is your ranking goal for this art creation award?" ”

They only looked at Higashino's paintings, and they didn't ask him what his goal was this time.

But since it's Higashino Division, it must be for the gold reward, right?

They were all a little curious.

In the face of their curious eyes, Higashino Tsukasa also waved his hand, but still explained: "Actually, I didn't think about it that much. After all, this time the scope is all over Japan, and there must be a lot of good players among them, so we still need to be modest. ”

Tsukasa Higashino nodded modestly and said, "It's enough to get a gold reward from the oil painting department for our North Ishi Juku, and I don't think much about it any more." ”

That's the gold reward...?

Listening to this sentence, the art girls in the studio looked at each other for a while, and they didn't understand what 'modesty' was at all.

Gold Reward... Isn't that the highest award at the Art Creation Awards?

Higashino said hello to them with a smile, and then walked out of the studio to find Ryoko Okano.

But before he could take two steps, his phone rang—

Tsukasa Higashino glanced at the phone number, it was a call from Riko Hasegawa.

Well...?

Why did she call herself all of a sudden?

Tsukasa Higashino was a little confused.