When Hidaka Tsunryo and Shimogawa Yoji were wandering downstairs of the Night Club, a young man with headphones hanging around his neck ran from the sidewalk and waved to them: "Oh hello! Yoji, Tsunara!"
Fumiya Takahashi.
Hidaka and Shimokawa's friends are also loyal fans of GENIE.
"Wen Zai, I thought you weren't coming."
"How come, today is Yoji's big day, and I also want to go to the Night Club. I just spent a little time editing the video of the review of the first season of "Katsutengu no Demon Retreat". I'm sorry.
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Fumiya Takahashi was out of breath from running all the way.
Just as he said, today is Shimokawa Yoji's "big day".
The origin of the matter has to be told when the first issue of "Hundred Demons Night Journey" was released half a year ago.
As fans of GENIE, these three young people immediately went to the nearest convenience store to buy a copy of the magazine for their collection.
After reading the journal, Yoji Shimokawa, who had some painting skills, suddenly came up with an idea -
"Can I also try a fantasy story comic with the protagonist talking about monsters and ghosts?"
He told two friends about the idea on LINE.
Tsunryo Hidaka immediately expressed his enthusiastic support.
"Didn't you like to draw since you were a child? You were very good at drawing before, so there must be no problem!"
"When your manga is serialized in "Hyakuki Night Walk", we will have to call you Shimokawa-sensei!"
Hidaka is a passionate fool who shows unconditional favoritism to his friends.
It’s hard to say how much reference value his words actually have.
However, what surprised Shimokawa was that Takahashi, who is always calm and has the most flexible mind, also expressed his support for his idea of contributing to "Hyakki Night Journey" after some thinking, and also gave some practical suggestions.
Views.
""Hyakuki Night Walk" has just been launched, and the standards for accepting manga manuscripts will definitely not be as stringent as those of mature journals. Anyway, the university studies are not too heavy, so you can really give it a try, Yoji."
"And I read in the journal that you can use some of the monsters that appeared in "Miss Mary" and "The Ghost Retreat of Karastengu" as the protagonists of the manga, which is similar to the spin-off manga of the main show. Yoji, please study it carefully.
A few likable supporting characters might really work."
After receiving encouragement from his friends, Yoji Shimokawa just did what he said.
After a period of consideration, he set the protagonist of the comic he wanted to draw as Wu-chan.
Enlightenment is a strange story that appears in the ninth and tenth chapters of "Uncertain Lady Mary".
It is based on the urban legend "Little Wu-kun who knows everything" and appears in the main drama as a poisonous-tongued lolita wearing a black and white dress.
In the story, Satoru has the ability to control electronic devices similar to Miss Mary, and is even better than Miss Mary in controlling the network.
Wu Jiang is keen on answering various calls for help and answering various online questions and answers.
But her strength is not strong, and the pranks she commits under various chances and coincidences continue to be "bad intentions but good deeds".
All in all, he's a very interesting character.
Although there are only two episodes in the main drama, it is quite popular among fans.
Therefore, using the character setting of "Satoru-chan" in the main drama as a basis, Yoji Shimokawa actually spent three months drawing a fifty-page short comic——
"Satoru-chan's Fall".
It tells the story of Xiao Wu, the most "intelligent" urban ghost in the world of monsters. He was too close to human society and addicted to online games, and he fell into ruin. In order to buy more games he liked, he was not allowed to use a virtual live broadcast image to debut.
A "monster ghost light comedy" about hard working life.
This short story itself does not conflict with the main plot of "Miss Mary", and the comic further enriches Satoru-chan's original character.
To sum it up simply, it is a cute comic that revolves around cute monster girls and focuses on relaxed daily life.
After reading the final manuscript, Hidaka and Takahashi both said that the story was very interesting and cute.
So, today the two of them accompanied Shimokawa Yoji to the Night Travel Club to submit articles.
…
The three of them entered the office building and took the elevator to the fourteenth floor.
There is the front desk of the Night Tour Club here.
The lady at the front desk received the three of them with a professional and polite smile: "Excuse me, have you made a reservation in advance?"
"Yes, I made an appointment with Mr. Mizushima from the Night Tour Club to meet at 2:30 in the afternoon. My name is Shimokawa Yoji."
"Wait a moment." The lady at the front desk dialed the internal number on the landline and briefly communicated, "No problem, Mr. Shimokawa. But who are the other two?"
"We are friends of Yoji, and we came with him... Well, if we can't go in, we'll wait here."
"Let the three of you go in together." The receptionist's professional smile remained unchanged, and she took out three visitor cards and handed them to the three young people, "After registering the information, please go to the reception desk No. 6 on the left and wait, Mizushima
Sir, he will be here in a moment."
"very good, thank you."
Hidaka and Takahashi looked at each other excitedly.
They all wanted to see what it was like inside the Night Club. Although this was not the GENIE headquarters, the visit was still exciting.
The three of them walked towards the reception desk.
This place is divided into compartments several meters square by opaque frosted glass, and each compartment is labeled.
Walking through the clean and reflective corridor floor, you can hear people talking in many cubicles.
Obviously, there are many cartoonists like Shimokawa Yoji who come to Night Club to submit their works——
"This doesn't work. This manuscript does not meet our requirements. Please take it back."
"..."
"I'm really sorry, but there is an obvious conflict between the character setting in the original drawing you drew and "Katsutengu no Demon Retreat House", which is against the rules. Moreover, since you have chosen this character, due to copyright issues, it means that
This comic cannot be submitted to other magazines. I suggest you revise the manuscript from the beginning and submit it to Night Travel Club..."
"..."
Busy, professional and efficient.
The Night Club feels like a precision instrument, running perfectly.
Before coming here, Yoji Shimokawa still had some confidence, but after coming in, he felt even more stressed and so nervous that he had trouble breathing.
GENIE's newly established night club is indeed not a small club.
Will your comics be read?
Or will the manuscript be rejected and deemed worthless?
The comics industry is very cruel.
Shimochuan felt unsure.
Hidaka and Takahashi, who were following Shimokawa, seemed to be nervous for their friend because of the atmosphere here.
"I thought we would pass by the editors' office area."
"Those who are just self-recommended contributors will definitely not be able to go to the office area. The editors should be upstairs."
"Yeah, ah... there are a lot of people here."
"Well, it's more than I thought."
Takahashi realized that there were some errors in his previous judgment.
Although the Night Tour Club has just been established, it actually seems to be quite large.
The ambition of the magazine "Hundred Ghosts of the Night" is probably not small either.
Competition in the comics industry is fierce, and those individual cartoonists who have not yet made their mark, as well as newcomers like Yoji who are just on a whim, can easily target this place and come to the Night Club to try their luck.
That’s why there are so many people submitting articles here.
Moreover, "Hundred Ghosts at Night" is not a small journal in the true sense.
No matter what, it is backed by the well-known GENIE studio.
If you achieve good serialization results in "Hyakuki Night Parade", you will naturally have the opportunity to be adapted into the GENIE anime.
This is beyond doubt.
Originally, both sides were telling monster stories.
This is a huge attraction for any cartoonist who has not yet become famous and has a good level.
Who doesn’t want their manga to be adapted into anime?
It seems that the competition in the night tour club will not be small either.
I really feel sorry for Yoji.
The three of them entered the glass cubicle marked with the number "6".
Shimogawa Yoji sat at the table in the cubicle, while the other two people pulled up chairs and sat down behind them with their backs against the glass.
This makes the priority between those who actually come to negotiate and those who come to accompany you appear clear.
The waiting process is very tiring.
Shimokawa put the file bag on the table and unconsciously grabbed his thighs with both hands.
Hidaka in the back listened to the conversations coming from other compartments from time to time, and tried to distract the three people by talking about irrelevant topics in a low voice:
"By the way, have you watched the latest issue of "Hakugui Night Parade"? The second episode of "Noodles" is very exciting. I didn't expect that the 'thin female noodles' I was looking for in the story would appear in that way.
"
"Of course I have watched it. It is indeed a script created by Mr. Suliu. In just two words, it has a fascinating climax."
The new Yokai comic "Moodle" they were talking about was only recently published in the two issues of "Hyakuki Night Walk".
GENIE's ace scriptwriter is responsible for writing the plot.
The story is set in a modern city.
At present, the plot of "Mian" has just begun.
In this story, in the world of humans and monsters, there are many different types of "ghost masks". The exact number of them is unknown and has not been fully explained.
But just the setting of the last page of the first episode shows——
White Fox God's joyful side, Prajna Neng's side, Tengu's raving side, Bodhisattva's walking side, Nio's dancing and dancing side, and Garuda's playing side.
these six categories.
Under each mask type, there are many "small faces" subdivided.
The protagonist of the story calls herself "Prajna". When she first appeared, she had a "weak mage" type of nun.
At the end of the second episode, I got the "Skinny Girl" face again.
In short, in the story of "Mian", the core revolves around the theme of "putting on a mask and becoming a god".
The many different masks, what abilities they have, and how they will collide with each other are one of the highlights of the story.
The masks of the "Weak Mage" and the "Slender Girl" that appeared initially are probably because they are both of the Nami type, so their abilities are very strange and weird.
At the same time, the characters in the story compete to possess the masks of ghosts and gods, especially the humanity revealed when "putting on the mask" and "taking off the mask", which also makes the plot very rich.
It's wonderful, it's the same "traditional" style as always.
Hidaka Tsunryo: "The scene where Miss Hannya puts on the mask is really beautiful and weird. And her line - 'From a human perspective, it may be forgivable, but God won't.' It's so cool."
Come on! I like this character so much!"
Fumiya Takahashi: "You will like each one of the protagonists in Mr. Susu's story."
"Isn't this a matter of course?"
"You seem to be right to say that..."
"Although there are only two chapters now, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the story. Didn't the end of the second chapter mention something about 'drinking and eating noodles'? I don't know what it is. Anyway, I'll wait until the single book of "Noodles" is released in the future.
Yes, I will buy it as soon as possible!"
"Of course I have to buy it."
When it comes to the plot of "Noodles" and the teacher Su Liu, the three young people don't seem to feel that the atmosphere in the cubicle is tense and depressing.
"Speaking of which, how did Mr. Su Liu do it? I mean, the two GENIE dramas and the new comic "Mian" were all plots that Mr. Su Liu was responsible for."
"Anyway, it was like this during the promotion, and judging from the plot, it should be true. It has a very obvious personal style."
"How can you arrange this time? I think Yoji has been very busy in the past few months just conceiving the plot of a short comic such as "Satoru-chan's Fall" and drawing storyboards."
"I heard that many cartoonists only sleep four or five hours a day, and Mr. Susuru may be the same." Yoji Shimokawa, who has been drawing cartoons in the past few months, took over.
"Working twenty hours a day is too much for your iron-clad body."
"It won't be a full 20 hours, after all, people need to eat and go to the toilet."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That is also very scary."
"And even if it is operating at full capacity, it can still ensure that the plot has extremely outstanding quality..."
The three young people discussed quietly for a while, and finally came to the conclusion——
Mr. Suliu is simply superhuman!
The chat had just ended when a man came in from the door of the cubicle.
The man wore a white mask on his face, covering the lower half of his face, giving the impression that he was in his mid-twenties.
If he is the editor of Night Travel Club, he is a bit young.
The man walked lightly, pulled out a chair across from Shimochuan, and said, "Is this Mr. Shimochuan? Please bear with me."
"I am here to ask for your advice!"
Shimochuan quickly stood up and bowed, and his two friends behind him also stood up.
"Haha, please sit down."
The man sat down.
His eyes fell on the file bag on the table.
Very strange.
He couldn't tell, but his vision felt like he could see through the kraft paper and see the original manuscript inside.
However, Yoji Kawakawa was naturally unable to notice such details.
He just felt as if the temperature around him had become a little colder.
Maybe the air conditioner in the nightclub is turned on too low.
Maybe I am a little too nervous.
"Mr. Shimokawa, can I see the original manuscript of your comic?"
The man spoke again, but he seemed to have no intention of taking off his mask.
"Please take a look."
Shimochuan quickly opened the file bag, took out a stack of drawings, and handed them over respectfully.
At this time, the three young people headed by Shimokawa had not yet realized that the person who suddenly walked into cubicle No. 6 to read the manuscript was not the editor Mr. Mizushima who had made an appointment with Shimokawa.
But they just discussed, who is known as Superman——