On Saturday, when someone and a beautiful girl share their joy to the fullest, the faithful little brother Tesaki Tetsuta is not idle. Because the Runaway Angels are all people who don't usually read comics, he sent a large number of people to teach them to fill out the reply letters.

There is also the constant promotion of Kyosuke Hojo as the prototype of Saitama, which is an important part of the propaganda plan he drew up with Tetsuya Shimomura at the beginning. The neon people were originally in the second and strong.,Pure fictional comics can be read with enthusiasm.,Now I know that there is such a powerful person as Kyosuke Hojo in reality.,And he also drew a comic based on himself.,Even people who are not interested in comics can't help but buy it.。

On Sunday, Kyosuke Hojo walked out alone after breakfast.

This sunny morning is the most suitable time to go out for a walk with your puppy. Walking on the road, there are still some cherry blossoms left on the cherry blossom trees next to the sidewalk, and they will fall with the wind when the wind blows, which makes Hojo Kyosuke's walking pace slightly faster.

The place he was going to was the "Neon Medical University Affiliated Hospital" not far from his home, which was really close, and the place where he lived was Sendaki Shikubanji, and the place where the hospital was located was Sendaki 1-chome, even if it didn't take ten minutes to walk.

All the way to enjoy the energetic and beautiful body of female college students who get up early to exercise, this is a neon education town, and the universities that can be said to be famous are crowded here, although according to the general impression of students from prestigious schools, most of the girls who will study hard look mediocre, but isn't there also a big beauty like Sister Okuji? So as long as the base is large enough, there will always be a few good-looking.

Slowly came to the hospital, and after some understanding, he knew that he had come in vain.

Neon Medical University Hospital is one of the leading university hospitals (designated function hospitals) in Neon and designated hospitals for cancer care in the region. At the same time, he provides the most professional "人間ドック診断", that is, physical examination. Not only routine physical examinations, but also genetic testing and precision physical examinations can be done.

However, an appointment is required, and the examination is not done at the main department, but at the Neon Medical University Health Examination Medical Center, which is located a few hundred meters from the hospital. He didn't inform Sakura and the girls of a series of fasting and other precautions before the examination, and even if this examination does not stop, it will take 4-6 hours to end, so it is best to divide it into two days.

So today's plan to take Sakura for a physical examination was in vain, so he had to make an appointment for a physical examination for four people and do it again next Saturday. Then I went home and asked Sakura to eat the promised sukiyaki pot at noon.

On the other hand, Tetsuta Shisaki discovers that after a day of fermentation on Saturday, things have developed to a point that he can't even imagine.

"One Punch Man", a comic that responds to ecological and social issues through eccentrics, caused a huge response in just one day, quickly spreading from the group that reads comics to the groups that don't read comics at all.

Why is this so? The subordinates spare no effort to promote it on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have to mention the country and society of neon.

Neon has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, but it is also the country with the highest life expectancy. Why is this happening? Is it because the young ones are committing suicide that the average is raised? Of course not, longevity is due to the development of medical technology.

Just like the sophisticated medical examination that Kyosuke Hojo wanted to take Sakura to do, even in the world, neon is at the top in this regard. This technology can detect almost all early-stage cancers, and early detection means a high probability of surgical cure.

It should be emphasized here that even if cancer is detected at an early stage through examination, and "surgical cure" is declared, the patient's life expectancy has only increased from a few months to five years. As long as you survive for five years after surgery, it is a "surgical cure" in medicine, and it does not mean that the disease is cured......

In short, the high life expectancy is due to the development of the medical system, and the high suicide rate is due to the social level. With the prevalence of "predecessor culture" and the economic recession, young people have developed a unique "mourning culture", low desire, and lying flat. Even so, they still feel depressed, so they lie down even more, choosing to take a leap of faith outside of the rush hour of the subway, or find a forest that they want to try their courage for a long time but dare not go to hang the southeast branch.

Of course, this is the more extreme option. Some people choose to become a family squat, or choose to vent their depression in another way like the bad in the rampaging angels. In the general environment, no one will think about changing the status quo of society through hard work, to solve problems, and to save the neon society.

In such a social environment, why "One Punch Man" resonates with people can be seen only from the discussion on the anonymous website "knock", which is loved by neon people. Knock is a forum-style website characterized by anonymous speeches, and because of this, it has become a place for the socially fearful and repressed neon people to vent.

After a series of developments, the otaku who have been in the house for a long time have successfully turned this place into a base camp, of course, these otaku are not only squatting at home, but also passively transformed scholars, office workers, critics, etc.

Since it's an anonymous website, there is naturally no shortage of some violent and extreme remarks, after all, Neon also has a bestseller called "Others に攻撃せずにいられない人" (People who don't attack others and feel uncomfortable), which means that Neon has a lot of people either out of venting, or out of boredom, and likes to attack others when they have nothing to do.

But it doesn't matter, soon there will be more boring and irritable dudes attacking him, so the environment of the whole site is still dominated by friendly discussions.

Tetsuta Misaki is now browsing through the newly opened discussion module of One Punch Man.

Saitama, the protagonist of "One Punch Man", is obviously also a decadent young man who is unemployed, but in the face of the crab monster who let him go, he should have fled quickly, returned to the rental house and watched two episodes of cartoons with Coke to calm down, and then continued the next day's interview, failed, and he was in the cycle of interviews.

But for the sake of the "declining birthrate", he fought desperately with the terrible crab monster, which is really incredible. But although I was very moved when I read the manga, there is absolutely no such person in reality! ”

"What is the low birthrate, do you know that without that child, neon may perish! Neon is the lack of people who are as socially responsible as Saitama to become so bad. ”

"If you understand it so well, why don't you get married and have more children to relieve social pressure?"

"If I were Saitama, I would definitely do it."

"But I've heard that the author of 'One Punch Man' is a great person in reality."

"What?"

"According to my friends at Dongcheng High School, the author is only in the first year of junior high school, and he has already defeated three bad organizations and become the protector of Bunkyo District."

Since it was anonymous, Shisaki Tetsuta didn't know if this insider was the promotion officer he sent out. But that didn't stop him from happily continuing to watch, because that's what he wanted.

Just like the idolization of voice actors, what he wants to do is to idolize the manga author, linking Kyosuke Hojo with the manga protagonist Saitama, so that the two complement each other. first boosted the manga through the fame of Kyosuke Hojo, and then fed back Kyosuke Hojo through the manga.

"It's true, the author and I are elementary school classmates, and when he was in elementary school, he beat up the people in the class who wanted to bully his classmates."

"Is he really a neon man?"

"Of course, if you see the Saitama he draws, even if he has such great power, he still lies flat at home and only strikes when the city encounters a major crisis, isn't this just like us?"

"It's true that I'm lying flat at home now just because I don't have the power to change the world, and if I had that power, I would probably choose to be a 'hero of interest' like Saitama."

"Doesn't anyone want to use that power to rule the world?"

"Why rule the world, in order to make the anime update faster?"

"Seems like a good idea."

……

The comments that followed began to crook the building, and sand sculpture netizens began to imagine what they would do if they had such a powerful power. Tetsuta Misaki is very pleased to see it, because this is the charm of the comics, which can make people feel a sense of substitution, as if they have started another life.

Then he clicked into another thread, where the source of Saitama's power was discussed.

"Is it scientific to get so much strength just by doing a little exercise every day?"

"Bastard, what is 'just', even if you divide it by a hundred, you can't hold on. The point is not the amount of exercise, but persistence! ”

"That's right, if you don't turn on the air conditioner for three years, what kind of torture is this, Saitama must have broken through the limits of human beings with this!"

"It's decided, I'm going to start exercising like Saitama tomorrow."

"Will it really work?"

"If you would ask like this, you must not know how powerful the author of "One Punch Man" is!"

"Pictures, pictures, pictures......"

Some of the pictures are photos of Kyosuke Hojo practicing one-to-many at the Tojo Kendo Club and then slashing the person in front of him with one sword, some of him swinging his sword with a terrifying momentum, and of course, the most handsome is a photo of him standing on a mountain with a comet as a background.

Well done, Tetsuta Samisaki applauded inwardly, this person is 100% his promoter. Since it is said that it is going to be idolized, how can it not take advantage of the handsome face of his eldest brother.

Anyway, should you sign a brokerage contract with your eldest brother next, it's more convenient to do so.

Not to mention that Tesaki Tetsuta was thinking nonsense there, after the string of pictures was sent, the discussion thread that had been discussing continuously for a second paused, and then began to scroll again.

"It's so strong, you can feel the incomparable power just by taking pictures!"

"So he just relied on Saitama's workout to become so powerful?"

"Is there anyone with you going to Yoyogi Park tonight for a run?"

"We meet here for Ikebukuro running."

……

A trend is quietly formed, and once there is a trend, the masses will begin to blindly obey, and Hojo Kyosuke will make a fortune.

Chiyoda-ku Hitotsubashi 2-chome 5-ban, where the editorial office of "Weekly Shonen High" is located.

"It's really worthy of being the chief editor, the vision is too powerful, I found such a powerful comic at once, and the praise rate of the reply letter is as high as 70%!"

The editor, who had been supporting his own author at the editorial meeting and wanted to secure a good position for the magazine for "The Ski Prince", changed his face at this moment, and praised loudly in the editorial office with the reply report in his hand.

"Wherever and where, the strength of the author himself is very strong, and I only made a small effort." Lifting the thermos cup and taking a sip of hot water, Tetsuya Shimomura said with a reserved smile.

"With such good results, you should launch a single book, right?" A new editor said.

"It's just an issue of how to publish a single book, haven't you slept for too long, and your head is not good!" The senior next to him rolled up the paper in his hand and gently tapped his head.

"But it's a pity that such a good result is not out of a single book, you have all seen the discussion on the Internet, if a single book is launched now, 200,000 copies will definitely be sold out immediately!" Of course, the new editor knows this, but it's just to pat the editor's ass.

"Yes, yes, not only on the Internet, but even some anime review magazines have mentioned "One Punch Man", saying that he is the conscience of neon youth. It's incredible, it's only been serialized for one issue, and there are a lot of other comics that discuss social phenomena, why is he so popular? ”

"The point is the author, don't you see, the author is ......"

……

"The top priority is the content of the next issue, as long as there are still 80 pages of content in the next issue, and then let the author prepare an additional article, you can make up the content of a single book." The deputy chief editor also turned his head to look at his boss beside him.

"Actually, I've got the next installment." Tetsuya Shimomura still has a steady smile on his face, he who is well versed in the way of the workplace will not start to be proud because of such a little praise, at least he will have to wait for Kyosuke Hojo to become a palace-level manga artist!

"How? The quality of the comics. The deputy editor hurriedly asked, if it was just a flash in the pan, maybe his authors would be able to take over the baton!

"It's still as high as ever, whether it's storyboard, plot, or painting skills, it's as perfect as the first issue. The weirdo is still the embodiment of social imagination, but the lines are still humorous, which connects the plot well and dilutes the seriousness. ”

Facing this old partner and old competitor around him, Tetsuya Shimomura also showed a little self-satisfaction: "I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW EGOIST TEACHER MADE SUCH A MANGA AT SUCH AN AGE." ”

This bastard, what a smug, it wasn't your son who picked up such a treasure. The deputy editor sneered, still talking about business:

"What about the single book? Have you communicated with him? ”

"I've already said that the other party said that he would draw an article in the near future, and if nothing else, he will be able to catch up next week. But I'm still a little worried, other manga are serialized for at least two months before they are released, and I don't know what the results of "One Punch Man" will be. ”

Tetsuya Shimomura put down the thermos cup and said worriedly.

…… Bastard, don't think I don't know that you want to hear me continue to praise "One Punch Man", but the deputy editor, who scolded in his heart, said with a "this is wrong" expression on his face:

"The editor's words are not right, One-Punch Man is a hit with a praise rate of more than 70% in the first issue of serialization, and it can't be used as common sense at all, and a single book will be launched together with the second issue, which can just meet the needs of readers who didn't buy the first issue, and the sales will definitely not be bad."

"But it wouldn't be good if the magazine's sales suffered." Tetsuya Shimomura still looked worried.

"Hey, it's only a comic that has only been serialized, and it won't have an impact on the original buying group at all, and people who would have bought magazines in the past will still buy magazines. You can buy such a large manga for 230 yen, so what do they do to pass the time without this book? ”

The deputy chief editor waved his hand, they can sell so cheaply, the low cost of paper and printing is one thing, and the income of the magazine is not only composed of selling magazines. From the time the author chose to serialize the comics in their magazines, the cartoonists and the magazine could be said to have formed a community of interests, although one side was relatively strong.

The magazine society helps excellent comics to contact animation production companies, as well as companies specializing in peripheral products, etc., and a large part of this money is a large part of the magazine, of course, it is also a great wealth for the author.

Therefore, as long as the comics are popular, the magazine will be happy.

"I'm much more relieved to hear you say that, and I'll urge Mr. EGOIST again to ask him to finish drawing the extras as soon as possible." Tetsuya Shimomura said as if he had finally made up his mind.

Bastard, don't think I didn't hear you talk to the author on the phone this morning, but I just asked if the manuscript was ready for the next issue, and the manuscript was immediately passed on to the other side. Where to find such a worry-free author! The deputy editor was full of envy.

The fact is indeed as the deputy editor thought, and when the morning reply report came out, Shimomura Tetsu immediately reported the good news to his writer, and the other party said that he was in the hospital, so frightened that he immediately planned to drive to condole. Fortunately, Kyosuke Hojo was just going to go for a physical examination and had a false alarm.

It's good that writers should pay attention to their bodies in this way in order to create better and more works. He also kindly asked if he wanted the magazine to reimburse him for the cost of the physical examination.

"Huh? Is there still this benefit? ”

"Of course you have something to say about Hojo-sensei."

"Is it okay for me to do a precision medical examination? Is it okay to have three other family members with you? ”

……

A sophisticated medical examination that starts at 500,000 yen, if it's just Kyosuke Hojo, Tetsuya Shimomura can grit his teeth and take it out of the funds, but if it's four people, it's still okay. Fortunately, the other side of the phone was just joking, and he asked about the comics in an empathetic manner.

"Great victory, Mr. Hojo, the praise rate of the reply letter is more than 70%, an unprecedented good result!"

"That's great."

Although it was a happy word, Tetsuya Shimomura could hear that the first-grade junior high school teacher on the other side of the phone was still very calm, which made him blush, he had been an old social animal for so many years, why was he still so calm.

"Well, are you done with the next issue?"

"It was done yesterday, I'll send it to you by email." Yesterday I returned to Eiriri's home from Akihabara.,The two of them worked overtime to finish the content of the next issue.,Of course,The rest of the time Kyosuke Hojo was still taken a lot of photos as a model.。

It's really touching and worry-free, and after hanging up the phone, Tetsuya Shimomura was still deeply moved. He also came all the way from a rookie editor, and it is not easy to even get the author to deliver on time, and an active author like Kyosuke Hojo is really like the gospel of editing.

In the afternoon, Tetsu Shimomura also held a meeting to discuss the single book of "One Punch Man", although he didn't even get all the content, but it didn't prevent him from doing the preliminary work first. For example, determine the number of printing, the needs of the bookstore, the plan of publicity, whether to hold a book signing, etc.