Kenichi Kitamura took the crowded subway and returned to his rental house in Adachi Ward. This is an old dilapidated house with only a dozen or so, less than 20 square meters.

The reason why he chose to live here was not because he liked it, but because he was poor and had no choice at all.

Kenichi Kitamura is one of the many young Japanese people who have left their hometowns and gone to Beijing to work hard. They have neither family background and connections, nor the aura of the protagonist, just countless ordinary little people.

Kenichi Kitamura's main way of earning a living at the moment is doing odd jobs at convenience stores. With the money you earn from drawing comics, you can't survive at all.

His dream was to become a cartoonist. For this reason, I am really striving for personal reason. He only slept four or five hours a day.

Although Kenichi Kitamura has submitted a lot of papers, very few have been accepted by publishers. Even if the manuscript is accepted, it is published in the form of serialization at the lowest price.

Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump", Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen SUNDAY", and Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine" have not been featured once.

Kenichi Kitamura's manga will only appear in the manga publications of small and medium-sized publishers. Sometimes, when he is short of money, he will take the initiative to take over the comics of those workers.

Of course, in Japan, this is not illegal. Even so, he has never finished a single comic, and all of them have been cut in half or forced by the editors of the publishing house.

Kenichi Kitamura's trip to Tokyo Comic Con in Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward gave him a lot to gain. Even if you don't have enough money, you will buy and buy.

On the one hand, this is due to personal hobbies, and on the other hand, it is to spend money for the ideal of his cartoonist, after all, he needs to collect a lot of materials.

With the changes of the times and the advancement of technology, Kenichi Kitamura is not unaware that nowadays drawing manga does not have to use ink and pens as in the past, but directly uses a computer and a drawing board.

Not only that, but it can also directly transform the scene captured by the digital camera into the background of the comic. I also have a broker myself.

To be precise, every cartoonist can find an agent. The only difference is that unknown cartoonists like them naturally can't find any good agents.

The manager of the cartoonist will visit N cartoonists regularly every month, not only to give them relevant information and advice on the comic industry, but also to actively contact the editors of different publishing houses.

As for the purpose, it is nothing more than to make the comics of these little-known cartoonists in the publishing house can be greatly improved.

All of this is not free, but it is necessary to charge a certain fee to the manga artist, and it is not necessary for the manga artist himself to actively submit the manuscript, contact the manga editor of the publishing house, and so on.

Acting as an assistant or a teacher to a well-known cartoonist has been and is still becoming.

When Kenichi Kitamura was sorting out his "loot", the line on his mobile phone sounded a phone connection.

Kitamura Kenichi was reflexed by this condition, so he naturally found his phone and took another look. He saw that it was Kentaro Miyamoto calling.

Kenichi Kitamura answered, "Hello." What's the matter? ”

Kentaro Miyamoto is naturally familiar with the new friend he made today, and he said, "Hello." In the Tokyo Comic Con venue, we haven't talked about it in depth. ”

Kenichi Kitamura was also a little unsatisfied, and said politely: "Today, I was fortunate to meet you, and it was really in vain that I went to the Tokyo Comic Con." ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said truthfully: "One of the feelings you give me is that it's not like an ordinary otaku like us. Could it be that you are an anime-related practitioner? ”

Kitamura Kenichi had to admire the other party's eyes in his heart, and said without beating around the bush: "I won't tell you the truth, I am indeed drawing comics."

Although some works have been published by publishing houses, they are small and medium-sized publications, and they are not very popular. Say it and make you laugh. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said bluntly: "It turns out that you are a professional manga artist!" ”

Kenichi Kitamura said with self-knowledge: "Don't dare to be." Personally, in my opinion, a cartoonist has to publish at least one single book. For this, I have not yet reached.

For now, I'm making my official debut in the manga industry at best. Or maybe it's an underground debut. The profession is even more daring.

Profession! It's completely possible to support your family by drawing comics. I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, but my main business is doing odd jobs at convenience stores. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto wasn't fooling him and said: "Those who dare to chase their dreams are the most handsome." ”

Kenichi Kitamura blurted out, "Thank you." By the way, what kind of work do you do? ”

Kentaro Miyamoto has told the truth: "I don't have a job yet, I'm studying at university. ”

Kenichi Kitamura understood, "You're a college student! Just today, I saw that cute girl next to you is your girlfriend, right? ”

Kentaro Miyamoto was full of confusion and said, "It shouldn't be counted." No, it seems to be again. I can't even figure out if it's true? ”

Kenichi Kitamura was the first time in his life that he encountered this kind of boy who couldn't even tell his girlfriend stupidly and said, "How far have you developed between you? First base, second base, third base, or home run? ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said, "We haven't even held hands yet." ”

Kitamura Ken kept going straight and said, "Then it's not a boyfriend and girlfriend!" After all, not even the first base has been played. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto also understands these things. Some people are marked by going to bed and doing something, which is to achieve a home run.

Some people are just able to get up and down on the girls as a sign, that is, on third base. Others are marked by kisses and hugs, which is to go to second base.

Kentaro Miyamoto said unhappily: "Confession." ”

Kenichi Kitamura mistakenly thought that he confessed to the girl and said, "Did the other party accept your confession?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto didn't correct and said, "Accept it!" ”

Kenichi Kitamura analyzed him from a rational point of view: "What you mean is that the other party has neither a clear promise nor a clear refusal, is that so?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto felt that his attitude towards Ayaka Kato was like this: "Mmmmmmmm ”

Kitamura Ken got serious at first and said, "In your case, it's basically not a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship. A girl's attitude towards you is neither annoying nor liking.

She still wants to see how you do in the future. Otherwise, it is deliberately hanging your appetite and making you honestly make a spare tire. ”

(End of chapter)