When Higashinoji stopped writing, the delicious Mapo Tofu remained on the draft paper.

This mapo tofu seems to be able to become three-dimensional through the medium of 'paper', making people salivate at first glance.

"This is too evil." Higashino stopped writing and thought to himself.

Yes, this is too weird. The dishes drawn on the paper are supposed to have no smell, but at a glance, Higashinoji can smell and even taste the proper flavor of Mapo Tofu.

It's as if the empty mouth is actually eating something from the painting.

Same as 'empathy'.

The things painted by Higashinoji seem to be able to seduce the taste and smell of diners.

He even wondered if someone would eat the scratch paper if this thing was hung out.

"Probably not?" Higashino shook his head.

That would be too exaggerated.

But...

Tonoji looked at the mapo tofu he drew again and swallowed slightly.

This...is really delicious.

The numbing aroma of Mapo tofu seems to be swirling in your mouth.

He shook his head and did not continue reading. He folded the draft paper and put it in his pocket. Then he heard someone next to him say "Hey".

The voice still sounds very regretful.

Higashinoji looked up strangely, only to realize that when he was concentrating on painting just now, a group of people had gathered around him.

There were male and female shop assistants, and even a few customers stopped nearby and secretly swallowed their saliva.

They looked at Higashinoji.

His gaze didn't look like he was looking at a painter.

It's like watching the great chef in an izakaya.

This made Toyoji couldn't help but look at them twice.

This 'painting taste recognition form' is really amazing.

It can actually fascinate so many people.

Just like a certain line, "It's a special effect, I added special effects." The food drawn by Higashinoji seems to be able to come out of the plane and soothe everyone's stomach.

He smiled and said hello to the waitress beside him who was secretly licking her lips and swallowing her saliva, returned the ballpoint pen, and then turned and left.

When Higashinoji left, he could even feel the piercing sight from behind.

"This is really..." Higashinoji walked back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and took out the piece of paper with Mapo Tofu on it as he walked.

"Drawing smell recognition" seems to be a skill that can express the smell or taste of drawn things.

Looking at this skill, Higashino couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Naturally, skills that can restore smells or smells cannot be applied to horror comics. Otherwise, in horror comics, people die every now and then. If readers smell the smell of blood, why don't they call the police immediately?

But it would be a bit wasteful not to use this skill.

Higashino thought, and then an excellent Japanese drama that was loved and hated by Japanese friends and even the Chinese audience came to mind - "The Lonely Gourmet".

"The Lonely Gourmet" tells the story of the grocer Inokashira Goro who searches for various delicacies during his work breaks. He usually eats alone, so the Japanese drama "The Lonely Gourmet" is titled.

The plot structure of this Japanese drama is actually very simple. It is nothing more than the story of Inokashira Goro running around for a living, dealing with troublesome customers at the same time, and finally looking for street food to taste when he is exhausted.

But this is not the highlight of the show.

What is really crazy is that this Japanese drama called "The Lonely Gourmet" was released late at night. It is a night drama.

Think about it, at night, "The Lonely Gourmet" is playing.

Looking at Goro, a middle-aged man with a dull personality but a serious attitude towards food, chewing and swallowing delicious food with an expression as if he has eaten the most delicious thing in the world, and you can only look at the empty hands, but there is nothing to satisfy your craving.

when something——

This is as cruel as torturing the stomach!

The actors' exaggerated interpretation vividly expresses the "happiness of eating delicious food".

So, is there any work better than "The Lonely Gourmet"?

To be honest, Higashinoji doesn't know this.

After all, there are so many Japanese dramas in the past life, maybe there will be one or two that are better than "The Lonely Gourmet"?

But in 2020, the most popular Japanese food drama among the young generation must be "The Lonely Gourmet"!

Eight seasons of continuous filming! As a night drama, it even gained 5.1% of the ratings!

You must know that this is the ratings of a night drama. Other night dramas generally only hover around 2.0%.

This may also be because everyone is a bit masochistic and likes to torment their stomachs at night.

And Higashinoji can barely be considered one of them.

What he likes to see most is the way Goro eats the food with a happy expression.

Because human beings’ pursuit of the concept of ‘food’ is actually common.

Higashinoji also heard that "The Lonely Gourmet" in his previous life actually had an original comic book.

But in that era of information explosion, Higashinoji naturally didn't want to read comics anymore, so he chose the TV series "The Lonely Gourmet".

all in all.

If he wanted to express the characteristics of his skill of "painting taste and recognizing form", Higashinoji felt that "The Lonely Gourmet" was his unique choice.

He had even thought of it.

A Japanese friend who was living a good life opened the comic book "The Lonely Gourmet" late at night. He saw that the comic showed delicious and delicious dishes, but he could only use the skill of "drawing to recognize the shape of the taste", which made him want to eat it.

The expression of eating all the comic paper...

This is simply an artifact for poisoning late at night!

Higashikata decided.

After torturing the souls of his Japanese friends with "The Ring", he will torture and grind the stomachs of his Japanese friends with "The Lonely Gourmet"!

This is his other goal besides "The Ring".

Although I want to talk about "The Lonely Gourmet", Higashinoji also has "Midnight Ring" being serialized...

Therefore, the serialization of "The Lonely Gourmet" is also something that Higashino needs to consider.

This is not to say that Urashima Publishing House has a contract with him and cannot draw two comics at the same time, but if he draws two comics at the same time, Higashinoji will definitely not have enough time.

Submitting a manuscript for "Midnight Ring" once a week is already very taxing for an average comic book author. If another "Lonely Gourmet" is published...

"Then I can only submit it to the monthly magazine."

Higashinoji has an idea.

That's right. Monthly comic magazine, this is Higashinoji's choice.

Unlike weekly comic publications such as "Khan", which must submit manuscripts once a week, monthly comic magazines are of the type that require manuscripts to be submitted once a month.

This way you have a lot more time.

However, although there is plenty of time, the number of pages in Japanese monthly manga magazines is actually much more than that of weekly magazines.

For a comic like "The Lonely Gourmet", it is estimated that more than forty to fifty pages of content will be submitted at a time.

"Editor Hosokawa seems to have said that Urashima Publishing seems to be planning to open a new monthly magazine category...if possible..."
Chapter completed!