Back at Sakurazhuang in the evening, several girls from the private Sakuragaoka Light Sound Department were chatting with You Mubi and Higashiyama in the living room.

There's also a female student I haven't seen before.,It's probably a new student who joined the department this year.。

Yu Murakami occasionally heard Yu Mubi talk about it.

Their bags of instruments — except for the drum kit — are in a corner of the living room, discussing where to go for street performances tomorrow, Friday.

After Yu Murakami nodded and said hello, he sat down in front of the computer he used for live broadcasting.

After checking the reply of the editor Kawabata first, and confirming that the storyboard and line art of the last twenty pages of "Swinging Travel" were fine, he took out the pen display that Ai Nakano gave him.

After adjusting the height and position, and getting familiar with the software, start from the first page and immerse yourself in the big picture.

Halfway through, the cat hunched over, jumped on his lap, and settled down here and fell asleep.

When he looked around again, there was no one in the living room, coffee and snacks at the computer desk.

The right hand habitually pinched the neck and the left hand was raised, 12:35.

When I write, inspiration comes and goes, and it comes and goes. Now when the manga is drawn, the script and the storyboard are all determined, once the drawing is made, I forget the time.

Fifty pages of text, two pages of color illustrations, and a page of contents.

Fifty-three pages in total, although there are only lines, the illustrations are not colored, and the text is not filled with black.

But [the home of the strongest writer cartoonist in the island country!! When you compete again for the "Fastest Manga Artist in the Island Country", you may be able to elevate your status as a "third-rate manga artist in the island country" by trying to compete.

Yu Murakami drank coffee, stroked the cat's increasingly supple hair, thought about this and that, and emptied his brain.

Next, he is ready to complete all the tasks of the month in one go.

Not sleeping for a short time, for him, there are no problems.

Besides, on the first day of October, no, it's already the second day - it makes no difference, and completing all the tasks of the month will make him relive the old days: the early completion of his holiday homework, the strange feeling of accomplishment and emptiness.

"Haven't you slept yet?" Suzune Sakura walked into the living room in a dark sea-colored long-sleeved silk pajamas.

The woman's pajamas are incredible, loose and seem to fit closely, which makes her figure look delicate and plump.

"One more point. What about you, why haven't you slept yet? Yu Murakami turned around in a half circle and came face to face with her.

The cat yawned and went back to sleep.

"I'm going to the bathroom, I'm getting ready to sleep." She leaned over to Murakami and looked at the pen display, "Need help?" ”

"Huh?"

"Don't look down on me, it's still okay to fill in black!"

"It's not this," Yu Murakami put down his coffee cup, "how can you help me in a good way?" Don't you still look at me when you're live broadcasting? ”

Miss Sakura gave him a {knowingly} look.

"Get out of the way."

She wanted to reach out and hug the cat, but the cat didn't appreciate it and immediately jumped away and went back to her nest.

Miss Sakura sat down in a chair and scolded indignantly, "I brought you back!" Guy with no conscience! ”

With that, she picked up her pen and studied it before filling the character's hair with black.

"Is that so?"

Yu Murakami, who was standing by the chair, took a look at it and took the pen.

"Here, add a little gradient; Here, draw the boundary between light and dark, highlight and shadow, and that's it...... Are you listening? ”

"Huh? Yes! You're really good at drawing. Miss Sakura looked away from Murakami's lips.

After calming down, she took a serious look at Murakami's modified hair.

"Do you have to draw your hair like this?"

"Readers may not notice the subject matter of travel, but once there is no light, the senses are very different, and the scenery is not vivid."

"But it feels like it's time-consuming."

"There is no such thing as a matter of time and effort at work."

"Oh. By the way, I've heard that manga artists have a lot of assistants," Sakura said, with a small face raised, "I'll be your assistant, right?" What do you think? ”

Murakami said with a smile: "The popular voice actor is an assistant, and I don't have much money." ”

Miss Sakura reached out and patted him, then took the pen and filled the color of the character's hair in another grid.

"How was this time?" She said proudly.

Despite being confused by this guy, the general thing is still remembered, and with the foundation, it is easy to restore.

"This time, [Sakura Ayane] is standing in a different position, so you have to add a gradient here."

"It's annoying." Miss Sakura angrily hit Yu Murakami's chest with her forehead in front of her head, "And how can you remember the angle of light at each position!" ”

The cat in the corner barked.

The language of cats is very peculiar, and it is difficult to directly convert Chéng Rén-like languages, and after processing by Yu Murakami, it roughly means:

"You're so noisy, can you let me get a good night's sleep."

"Drawing comics isn't as easy as you usually draw and play." Yu Murakami teased, "Do you know what the standard for a manga artist is?" ”

"Best-selling comic books, and good equipment?"

"It's a women's fashion magazine."

Miss Sakura's dry and small lips were slightly open: "Why?" Are they all perverts like you? ”

"In order to dress the clothes of the female characters." After speaking, Murakami Yu explained, "I don't have fashion magazines, both men and women. ”

"In this way, every line is really not easy." Miss Sakura suddenly said as if she remembered something, "No wonder the civilian clothes of these characters are so familiar, take a closer look, aren't they all our usual outfits?" ”

"yes. Reality is a library of materials that the creator can take and want. ”

"Then, the person who draws that kind of comic will also use the material?"

"Probably." Yu Murakami is also not sure, "In "Cartoonist and Assistant", there is no plot where the male protagonist wants to draw that kind of plot from the female assistant in order to draw that kind of plot well. ”

"That's just plain lust!"

"Didn't you also say above that after taking the material, you drew a popular plot? It's kind of useful. ”

"What do you mean?"

Miss Sakura clutched the collar of her pajamas with a look of alarm.

"Isn't that why you're a cartoonist? In the future, we will be drawn to go to the hot springs or something, and really let us soak in the pool for you to draw materials?! ”

"While the reasons are equally absurd, they are not in this aspect. Besides," Yu Murakami stretched out an index finger and tapped his temple, "what do you look like, I've already taken the material." ”

"You! Forget about it for me! ”

That being said, Yu Murakami knew she wasn't really angry.

On this damp and windy autumn night, Miss Sakura's voice was so soft that it was only for him to hear.

"Sakura, have you seen Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country?"

"The first sentence at the beginning is 'Through the tunnel, it's Snow Country]?"

From her expression, it can be concluded that she has not seen it.

It's just that like many people have heard of [this sister I have seen] - only the world knows the sentence that the work is familiar with.

It's starting to rain outside.

The cat comfortably adjusts its sleeping position.

Xingxing opened her eyes suddenly, looked at the rain outside the window and watched for a while, and then lay down again as if nothing had happened, her tail wagging and shaking.

"The original saying is: "Passing through the long tunnel at the county border is the snow country.] 】。 ”

"Huh?" Miss Sakura said, "In the second chapter of the third volume of "The Love That Never Comes", there is a sentence that says, "When you cross the border between wards, you are Setagaya Ward." You plagiarize! ”

Murakami smiled and said, "How can you say plagiarism when you write?" Reference, quote, no matter how bad, pay tribute. ”

"Sophistry!" Miss Sakura pursed her lips and laughed.

The wind is getting louder and louder, and the sound of the rain hitting the floor-to-ceiling windows is not small.

Murakami saw that it was not too early, asked her to pull up, sat down again, picked up the pen and began to color the painting.

"You're not done yet? Okay, what did you suddenly mention "Snowpiercer"? Miss Sakura pulled over the chair next to her and sat down next to him.

"There's a plot in there."

"Huh?" Miss Sakura asked in a nasal voice.

She seems to enjoy the inexplicable atmosphere at this moment more, and she is not interested in "Snow Country" or Kawabata Yasunari.

"The male protagonist, Shimamura, meets the geisha Komako again on his second trip to Snow Country. He held out his index finger and said to the foal, 'It remembers you best.' ”

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Probably, even after a long time, Shimamura still remembers the feeling when he stroked it."

After hearing this, Miss Sakura gradually widened her eyes, and her expression made people laugh for a while. In short, whether it is a delicate young woman or a popular female voice actor, it is an expression that should not be made.

"You pervert! You pervert! You pervert! ”

"Sketch, be careful!"

The small fists that were as urgent as the rain outside kept falling on Yu Murakami.

After a long while, Miss Sakura stopped panting, blushed, and said:

"Great pervert! What island village, what village, with [village] in the name, is not a good thing! ”

"You say I'm perverted, forget it, Shimamura is different, he's the hero of the Ruobel Literature Prize winner, he's art."

"Bullshit art! It's a pervert! ”

"Gotcha, yes, I'm a pervert, Shimamura is a pervert, Yasunari Kawabata is also a pervert, and all men are perverts."

"No, you're a pervert."

Murakami smiled and said, "It's not up to you to decide. ”

Miss Sakura slumped down on the table in satisfaction, staring at Yu Murakami earnestly coloring the characters.

After a while, just as she was about to fall asleep, she remembered: What did the two of them mention "Snow Country" for?

The rain outside Sakura Village was dense and windy, and before she could think clearly, she had already fallen asleep.

After a while, the cat finally let out an even breath, and the tail of [Xingxing] stopped shaking at some point.

Yu Murakami found a blanket to cover her, and still worked in the darkness of the night.

October 2nd, fine, Friday, last night's rain has stopped, but the wind is still very strong.

"Murakami-kun, when did you sleep last night?" Nana Higashiyama asked as she brushed her teeth.

"Three o'clock."

"Why did you sleep so late?" Ai Nakano stopped wiping her face, "If you want to be a monthly, you still have a lot of time." ”

"I don't have a lot of work, so I just want to solve it all at once, and I don't have to worry about it for the next month."

"That's right. But you also have to pay attention to your body. Would you like me to make you a cup of coffee? ”

"Don't be that troublesome."

"Don't ride a motorcycle today, right? Take a break on the tram. Ai Nakano asked on the one hand, turned her face sideways, and put the hairpin above her left ear in front of the mirror.

This casual movement naturally exudes her unique gentle atmosphere, like a mother in her early twenties, caressing her newborn baby.

There is a sexy side to the inclusiveness.

"Okay." Yu Murakami nodded.

"Good morning." Suzune Sakura yawned and staggered into the bathroom.

"Suzune, what's wrong? Did you not sleep well last night when it rained? Ai Nakano said with concern.

"Did it rain last night?" Suzune Sakura squeezed toothpaste into the toothbrush and brushed it again and again.

Dongshan held his hands on his chest, and said affirmatively: "Suzune must have secretly done something bad in the bed last night." ”

"Bad things?" You Mubi asked suspiciously.

"Huh?" Ai Nakano also looked puzzled.

Miss Sakura put the toothbrush in her mouth and went to pinch Higashiyama's face.

"Ahh

"Don't run!"

"Be careful, there's water on the ground, don't slip!"

"Sister Suzune! My stool! I'm going to use it again! ”

"Hey."

A group of people were noisy, and it was only after Yu Murakami took off his toothpaste-stained clothes and changed into a black shirt that he finally went out.

October began to be broadcast.,The animation in which Murakami Yu participated,Wherever there is a promotional activity,No matter how many scenes he has,Before and after the appearance,There is his share.。

Although the remuneration for appearing in the event has risen a lot compared with before, considering his hot popularity, it is still the best and most cost-effective choice for capital.

After a busy day, in the evening, after dinner, Murakami got on the train and prepared to go for a drink with Shimazaki Nobunaga.

Perhaps it was due to a typhoon during the day, but the sun was no longer visible in the sky, but it was still orange and red.

When I arrived at Ginza Shukiya, I walked into a store that they used to visit.

Nobunaga Shimazaki and Yuma Uchida are already waiting for him.

The three of them sat at the bar drinking and chatting with the owner who was planning to renovate the storefront.

"Why, isn't it great now?" Shimazaki Nobunaga said.

"Not good, not good." The store manager shook his head, "Now the consumption is more young people, and the decoration of my store does not conform to their style." ”

"Well, if it's a little more modern, simpler, and more intimate, there should be more customers coming to the door." Uchida agrees.

"I'm feeling good." Shimazaki Nobunaga asked Yu Murakami, "Murakami, how do you feel?" ”

"It's not bad to decorate, it's either modern or antique, and the most afraid thing is that it is not distinctive." Yu Murakami took the Margaux Castle wine in his mouth and took it into his mouth.

Haruko Ichikawa was a big seller because of "The Land of Jewels", and the bottle of red wine that he gave him really tasted good.

Mellow and mellow taste, refreshing.

This wine was originally intended to be given to Ai Nakano, but because the recording of "Sweater Wine Tasting" was too slow and there were too many wines, she asked him to take it and drink it with his friends.

"What Murakami-san said makes a lot of sense, but now I'm afraid it won't be distinctive." The store manager picked up the bottle and poured the wine for Murakami, the blood-like vermilion, into the round and large wine glass.

"Thank you." Yu Murakami brought the cup to his nose and could smell the mellow aroma.

The three of them, plus a store manager, drank up the Margaux castle before leaving the store.

It's all dark.

"Next time I go to a shop in Sensoji Temple, I heard that there is a shamisen show." Uchida was blown by the wind, and his face, which was unresponsive in the store, turned red.

"It sounds high-end, but I can't appreciate it." Nobunaga Shimazaki's face was as usual, but his mood was a little high.

"I want that atmosphere, I'm in for a treat!"

"You said earlier, I like shamisen the most!"

"Come on, you!"

"Hahaha!"

After saying goodbye to them, Yu Murakami walked alone to the Imperial Palace, and while enjoying the night view, he prepared to use the material for his "Swaying Travel".

The Imperial Palace Outer Garden is also a famous free attraction, while the Inner Garden requires advance reservations.

Needless to say, after the visit time, I couldn't get in, but I saw a lot of people running around the Imperial Palace at night.

I couldn't go, but I saw a scene that was not written in this travel book, and this scene can also be drawn into a comic.

Reality is a library of materials that the creator can take and want.

At Nijubashi Station, he took a ride back to Sakuraso.