The atmosphere of the production team of "Winner is Justice" was a bit heavy, and many people were silent and did not speak.

The atmosphere was arguably heavier than when Higashino played table tennis and rubbed them back and forth on the ground.

Chixia Yamagami also felt the heaviness of the current atmosphere, and she had always been cunning, she didn't even dare to look up at Tsukasa Higashino's current expression, for fear that as soon as she looked up, she would find Tsukasa Higashino looking at her.

The results of "Winner is Justice" are indeed quite ordinary, 1.5W first day of sales, which is much lower than the previous expectations of Higashino Studio... If it's an ordinary animation.,This score is okay.,It's acceptable... But "Winner is Justice" is different, this is the work of Tsukasa Higashino, and each episode can be said to be a big production, with a production budget of more than 20 million yen... As a result, I got such an ordinary result...

Chinatsu Yamagami also understands this.

Don't look at the first day of "Winner is Justice", which sold 1.5W discs, this data seems to be very good... But as mentioned earlier, the Blu-ray discs of Japanese animation are all for those senior core fans, and most of this group of audiences will buy the Blu-ray disc of "Winner is Justice" as soon as possible, and as time goes on, the number of disc sales will only drop explosively...

Especially in 2004, when newspapers and television were still mainstream media... Only getting this result can really only be said to be average.

The situation of the employees of Higashino Studio is sluggish, and everyone is more or less depressed.

Tsukasa Higashino, who sat in the main seat, quietly observed the comparison of Blu-ray disc sales of "Winner is Justice" with several other companies.

MIC Animation Production's "Takagi-kun Next Door" sold 1.3W copies on the first day, which is a very good result for them, after all, the competition is fierce in October, and they don't make such a big investment like Higashino Studio, so it's completely acceptable.

The results of Westport Pictures, which are stretched thin, are average, with sales of only 9,000 copies on the first day, and there are too many high-quality animations this October, and they are killed by mistake.

The veteran Kawaguchi studio showed the heritage of the veteran studio at this moment, and the sales on the first day rushed to 1.98W.

In addition to that, what Higashino didn't expect is... The Asuka Society, which he didn't care much about before, actually touched the threshold of 1.6W sales unknowingly...

I have to say that there are indeed a lot of macho men in Japan, and there are actually many people who pay for the animation of Lily.

Tsukasa Higashino compared several companies in the same period, raised his eyebrows, and probably had the answer in his heart.

He also spoke highly of "Winner is Justice" before, but he didn't consider that the current Higashino Studio is just a small animation production studio that has just started, and it is a workshop to put it mildly.

Even with the name of Tsukasa Higashino, the number of loyal fans is still lacking compared to these established animation production companies.

Even Tsukasa Higashino's group of manga fans will definitely hesitate in the face of a Blu-ray disc that costs up to 5,000 yen.

Tsukasa Higashino understands this.

Here he thought, and it took a few minutes before he came to his senses.

"Higashino-sensei, do you have anything to say?" Yano Ryuichi asked in a whisper beside him.

Listening to Ryuichi Yano's question, the others raised their heads one step ahead of Tsukasa Higashino, and each of them looked at Tsukasa Higashino's face to a greater or lesser extent.

Feeling their gaze, Tsukasa Higashino also raised his head and squinted his eyes and smiled comfortingly at them.

But squinting and smiling, it made the hearts of many people present cold.

Whether it's scolding the original artist for not taking it seriously, or playing table tennis to crush and ravage others, Higashino Shiko laughs like this... Now he's laughing again... Is it trying to kill someone?

"Rest assured, guys? This was actually what I expected. Tsukasa Higashino said with a smile: "Our studio is just getting started? It's normal to have a gap with other animation production companies, and the sales of 1.5W discs are already very good. And that's just the beginning? It doesn't mean that we've been doing the same for the rest of the year. ”

Are most of these words comforting? The same is true of what Higashino said, 'The situation was as I expected', but he didn't expect this situation at all.

But the more this time? As the backbone of Higashino Studio, he is the absolute one who takes the lead? Naturally, he could not shake the morale of the army.

Do you hear him say that? The atmosphere in Higashino's studio suddenly became much more relaxed, and many people quietly breathed a sigh of relief while waiting for him to continue speaking.

"It's good to start the season, at least that's what I think? The same? I'm also confident in the next development and sales of Winner is Justice. Tsukasa Higashino continued: "Or are you not confident in the finished film of "Winner is Justice"? ”

Everyone shook their heads when they heard this, "Winner is Justice" is so well produced that even Kawaguchi Studio's "Guns and Fire", which has the highest disc sales today, cannot have the production quality of "Winner is Justice".

"In that case, it's better to calm down and observe the next developments. It's not much use to be depressed now. "Tsukasa Higashino knocked on the table? Said with a smile.

That's true.

Everything has already happened, and you are downcast? It is also pointless to lose one's soul.

"It's not much of a problem if the situation is a little bad, when you first took over "Winner is Justice"? The situation is much worse than it is now, and most people think that it is impossible for us to make "Winner is Justice"? But have we overcome all these sufferings? Then winning the animation season crown is definitely not a problem. ”

Tsukasa Higashino's voice is not loud? But people can't help but listen to it, maybe this is the person who can sing, the voice is so beautiful and transparent.

And if these few words were placed elsewhere, they might just be pure chicken soup for the soul, but in Higashino Studio, it is completely different... Originally, Higashino Studio was formed by the original PW animation production company, and the employees here did follow Higashino Tsukasa through a lot of difficulties.

These words did poke them in the heart - now let them give up? That's impossible just to think about!

The employees below are in spirit again.

As the pillar of Higashino's studio, Higashino's needle did not fluctuate at all, and the employees below naturally stabilized their emotions again.

Ryuichi Yano next to him glanced at Tsukasa Higashino from time to time, and felt that this young man was indeed amazing.

At least he didn't have the prestige that Tsukasa Higashino has in the studio today.

The sales analysis meeting ended quickly.

In fact, there is no analysis, after all, "Winner is Justice" has been polished perfectly in all aspects, and the problem has already been picked at that time.

On the other side, Tsukasa Higashino, who had let them return to their posts, took a sip of water.

As he said, he is very confident in "Winner is Justice", after all, compared horizontally, there is indeed no company with a higher production quality than "Winner is Justice", animation is this good, unlike TV series, good and bad can be seen at a glance.

And Tsukasa Higashino also read some reviews on the Internet.

"Winner is Justice" is mostly praised, there are few bad reviews, and the quality of the episodes is absolutely fine, so the problem is probably the popularity of Higashino Studio.

After all, Higashino Studio doesn't even have a decent official web page, and it's cold to look at it, such a thing made by an animation studio that almost not many people know... Of course, it is not as good as several other animation production companies.

Thinking about it this way, Tsukasa Higashino's brain became much more active, and he felt that it was not much of a problem for him to estimate that "Winner is Justice" would have to play two or three more episodes before the sales of Blu-ray discs began to gradually rise.

At that time, it is estimated that it is the time to shine the sword.

As for some people who may say that Tsukasa Higashino is a little arrogant, and now his grades are generally so blindly confident in the follow-up development... This Higashino Tsukasa thinks it's nothing, he is a professional painter who is serious, and those who engage in art must have self-confidence, if they don't even have confidence in their own works, then what kind of art is there to engage in?

He has a good mentality, and he doesn't look like the staff in the studio, because this thing looks like the end of the world.

Just before he could catch his breath... Hosokawa Koharu made a phone call.

"Mr. Higashino, the first volume of "Winner is Justice" has average sales results, is this true?"

Hosokawa Koharu on the other side of the phone was a little concerned in his tone.

"It's really average." Tsukasa Higashino did not sell the off-the-segregation and put the results directly to Hosokawa Koharu.

“... Is it? Hosokawa Koharu on the other end of the phone looked a little hesitant.

In her impression, this is probably the first time that Tsukasa Higashino has been deflated since his debut, right? I don't know what Higashino's mentality is now...

In short, it's always right to comfort first.

Hosokawa Koharu groaned, and was about to open his mouth to comfort, but was directly interrupted by Tsukasa Higashino.

Higashino Tsukasa on the phone actually took the initiative to comfort her:

"I'm sorry, editor Hosokawa, you helped me a lot this time in "Winner is Justice", not only the original artist but also the supervisor... It can be said that the success of the production of "Winner is Justice" this time is due to the editor Hosokawa, and the results of the first day of sales are not very good, so you must be a little disappointed, right? But it doesn't matter..."

"Uh...?" Listening to Tsukasa Higashino's words, Hosokawa Koharu took the initiative to open his mouth.

No, I'm here to comfort you? Why do you want to comfort me in turn?

"It's not... Higashino-sensei, I have a lot of confidence in Higashino-sensei..."

"I know what Hosokawa Editor is trying to say, but I hope you can have some confidence in me, and the final result of "Winner is Justice" will definitely not disappoint you."

"It's not... I know, I'm not disappointed..."

Hosokawa Koharu was dumbfounded, what she was going to say was directly preempted by Tsukasa Higashino, who originally came to comfort Tsukasa Higashino, but was actually comforted by Tsukasa Higashino in turn.

What the hell is this?

She hurriedly adjusted her pace, ready to say that she would always support Tsukasa Higashino...

"Please rest assured, I can see the support of editor Hosokawa for me, and I will counterattack next."

Uh-ahem...

Mr. Higashino, you have such a good attitude...

Listening to Tsukasa Higashino's incomparably confident voice, all the words that Hosokawa Koharu wanted to comfort disappeared - Tsukasa Higashino was so confident, if she said something more, wouldn't it be that she didn't have confidence in Tsukasa Higashino?

So Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but nod with a smile, she originally came to comfort Higashino Division, but in turn she was held down by Higashino Tsukasa and poured a wave of spiritual chicken soup: "Then I'll wait for your good news from Higashino Sensei." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Hosokawa Koharu took the initiative to hang up the phone.

It's just that Hosokawa Koharu here just hung up the phone, and Riko Hasegawa on the other end also took the initiative to call.

This made Tsukasa Higashino really a little crying and laughing.

Why did you call yourself at this time? Are you such a psychologically fragile person?

He was a little funny, but considering that Riko Hasegawa also came to care about him, he took the initiative to answer the phone.

But while answering the phone, he didn't hesitate to speak: "Miss Hasegawa, I'm in a pretty good mood now, I don't have the heart to seek death and life, "Winner is Justice" is in good condition, and it doesn't seem like the sky is about to fall as it is said outside." ”

Higashino paused, and then continued: "Similarly, you don't have to worry about the sales of "Winner is Justice", your voice acting is already perfect. Well... I'm done talking, is there anything wrong with Miss Hasegawa? ”

"Huh? Oh... It seems to be gone..."Riko Hasegawa was stunned by Tsukasa Higashino's combination punch, and when she heard the other party's question, she subconsciously responded.

As Tsukasa Higashino said, she did come to comfort Tsukasa Higashino... Similarly, she is also a little worried about whether there is a problem with her dubbing, which has led to the poor situation of "Winner is Justice" now...

Unexpectedly, before she could open her mouth, Higashino had already blocked everything she wanted to say... even comforted her in turn.

Riko Hasegawa scratched her head, and Kako Mizuguchi, who was next to her, turned her face sideways and asked a little curiously, "How is it?" What did Higashino-sensei say? ”

Kako Mizuguchi didn't feel the need to call Tsukasa Higashino, after all, she felt that her voice acting was not much of a problem, and options such as apologizing basically did not exist.

But she couldn't persuade Riko Hasegawa, the donkey—she had to call Tsukasa Higashino to apologize.

And judging by the results ... It seems that Riko Hasegawa is still deflated?

This makes Mizuguchi a little incomprehensible.

Could it be that Tsukasa Higashino showed Riko Hasegawa his face because of the bad results of "The Winner is Justice"?

It won't be like this, right?

Kako Mizuguchi can't stand it anymore, Riko Hasegawa is one of the few friends she can make friends with, since Riko has been wronged, then she can't just sit idly by.

So she couldn't help but ask next to her: "Is it because Mr. Higashino doesn't have a good attitude?" ”

“... No. Good attitude. Riko Hasegawa had already hung up the phone at this time, and when she heard Kako Mizuguchi ask, she replied stupidly.

Well? Good attitude?

"Is that Mr. Higashino making things difficult for you? Dumping the underselling black pot on you? ”

"No... Higashino-sensei is not that kind of person. ”

Riko Hasegawa shook her head again, and then whispered, "I feel like he's too good." ”

Yes?

Mizuguchi Kako's face was inexplicable.

Others are too nice?

Then why do you still look confused?