Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 430 Intentions

  Buzz~Buzz~

  The phone vibrated unwillingly, and made a shuffling sound in the quiet conference room.

   Kato Yusuke put down the dip pen in his hand, kept it away from the manga paper where the ink had not dried, and took the phone out of his trousers pocket to check.

   Click the latest notification message on the lock screen interface, and the screen will be switched to Line's software interface in the next second.

  A contact's avatar is marked with a "1" number.

  【Sister Shiyu: Hi, are you home yet? 】

   Kato Yusuke picked up a bottle of oolong tea from the table in front of him, took two sips, and replied while leaning against the back of the seat behind him:

  —[I went back, and now I am here at the Manga Department of the Undead River. 】

  【Sister Shiyu: At this time...don't you take a break? 】

  【Kato Yusuke: (thumbs up)】

  【Sister Shiyu: What do you mean? 】

  【Kato Yusuke: Because you have to hand in the manuscript. 】

  【Sister Shiyu: I'm not asking this, but Yu-chan, you only replied with an expression, am I disturbing you? Or are you impatient with me? 】

   Kato Yusuke frowned and spent two seconds re-reading the news, confused as to how to respond.

  【Sister Shiyu: Why can't you read it? Did I say it? So which side exactly? Annoying or impatient? (weep)】

   "Master of Reading Comprehension" - Kato Yusuke thought aimlessly, and immediately started to reply.

  【What's the matter, senpai? 】

Messages sent by    are read in seconds.

   After an interval of three seconds, the other party sent a photo, or a group photo.

   Kato Yusuke's pupils shrank a little, and the dark pupils reflected the picture on the screen.

   The protagonists in the photo are him and Shi Yu.

  The two of them were covered with the same thin quilt, and they were sleeping hugging each other without any strands under the quilt up to the chest.

  "Morning for 2 people~" - The text texture on the photo blocked the key area, but you can still see the perfect curve of the semi-circular E-cup and the snow-white skin.

   If you want to describe it concretely, the content in the photo is exactly what a couple should look like.

  The boy hugs the girl, the girl rests on the boy's arm, and shares the same bed intimately.

  The picture looks fragrant and charming, which makes people imagine.

  【Sister Shiyu: Yesterday's commemorative photo, how is it, do you like it~? 】

   Kato Yusuke tightened his brows for three points, closed his eyes and carefully recalled what happened last night, reconfirmed it several times, and finally came to the conclusion of Christmas Eve.

  's brows relaxed a little, and then his temples throbbed again.

   He replied with a bit of a headache: [In every way, senpai is too fierce. 】

   and then no longer reply.

   As soon as I put down my phone, it vibrated again with a "buzz~".

   So he picked it up again, ready to mute it.

   And new chat messages also popped up from Line.

   [Shinjoka: President, would you like to go to Kala together, just the two of us~]

   also comes with a photo called "Day Class".

   The person in the photo was wrapped in a bath towel, her hair was wet, and her delicate skin was rosy. It was obvious that she had just taken a shower, giving her a watery feeling.

   I don’t know why, but Shinjoka has become a lot more docile and enthusiastic recently. He often takes some good-looking photos and invites him.

   Kato Yusuke read the message but did not reply.

   In the relationship between the two, this represents rejection, and Shinjoka will not ask more questions.

  Next second—

  Buzz~

   One after another, another new message was sent.

  【Mei: Good morning, Kako asked me to buy things for off-campus teaching. It seems that Yamaguchi-san and Takei-san are also there. Would you like to come with Yusuke? 】

  “…”

   Kato Yusuke pondered on the screen for a while, the off-campus teaching started the week before the end of the month, and there was still a week left, so he started to reply.

  —【I don’t have anything to buy, so I won’t go. 】

  【Mei: Hmm...I knew you would say that, but it’s not good to stay at home all the time. Remember to go out for a walk, okay? 】

  【Kato Yusuke: (thumbs up)】

   There was an interval of two or three seconds.

  【Kato Yusuke: Got it. 】

   After putting down the phone.

   Kato Yusuke started to draw the original manuscript, the conversation this morning could not help but come to mind, and he became a little more serious when writing.

   After talking with Shi Yu, he has been thinking about this aspect, and the other party's remarks really touched him in a certain way.

   At least after paying off the debt, he felt that he should think about something else, so the studio and game plan that had been temporarily shelved came to mind...

   While thinking about related things, I continued to write.

that's it.

   Kato Yusuke stayed from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon.

During the    period, apart from going to the curry shop downstairs to settle lunch, the rest of the time was basically drawing manuscripts.

   Thanks to such efforts, the progress of the manga manuscript has also been smoothly advanced to the thirteenth chapter.

   And since the last submission, he has drawn a total of ten chapters in the past two weeks.

   After finishing the original draft of Chapter 13, Kato Yusuke found the deputy editor-in-chief of Kimura.

   The two of them printed out the manuscripts saved in the USB flash drive, and then brought these manuscripts back to the conference room for him to look over.

   Kimura was surprised when he first saw the thick stack of "storyboards" on the table, but it was still within the acceptable range.

   However, when he discovered that these "mirror drafts" were all originals...

   The whole person was instantly stunned on the seat, and he didn't calm down for a long time.

   It wasn't until Kato Yusuke called his name twice that he agreed as if he had just woken up from a dream, and the questions in his heart blurted out without hesitation.

   "—Isn't what you've been drawing just now a draft????"

   Kato Yusuke shook his head in denial: "No, it's the original manuscript. There are a total of 10 episodes here. From episodes 4 to 13, editor-in-chief Kimura can see if there are any problems."

   "This, this this this this this..."

  Kimura stared in astonishment, opened and closed his mouth, then swallowed hard and asked, "Before that, can you allow me to ask a question? Mr. Fujimoto..."

   "Of course, there is something you can say."

   "Then - huh... How many words did you draw during the time you were here just now?"

   "Two words."

   "In such a short period of time! Did you draft in advance!?"

   Kato Yusuke glanced at him, didn't say anything, just nodded in response.

  Kimura felt a little better when he saw his reaction, and the expression on his face slowly relaxed, revealing a self-soothing smile.

  People only want to believe what they want to believe and understand.

   In any case, he can't imagine that Kato Yusuke can draw the complete two-part manga content in a few hours without a draft, unless he draws it in Natsuki Eight.

  Thinking of this, Kimura hurriedly lowered his head to check.

   Kato Yusuke didn't rush this, just sat calmly aside, let him check, and drew the original manuscript of the next chapter without hesitation.

   swish, swish,

   rustling, rustling.

   The sound of turning the pages of the paper and the sound of writing the pen rang out quietly.

  Kimura's inspection was very fast. It only took about half an hour to look at it roughly, mainly to check if there were any broken places in the painting. As for the storyboard and the plot, he planned to watch it later.

   I don't know whether to be happy or disappointed. The possible collapse of the painting that he guessed did not happen, and the painting level of each page was the same as before.

   On this basis, if there is no problem with the plot, it basically only needs a little modification of the picture to publish it. It is definitely a qualified comic manuscript.

   When he realized this, Kimura's heart was shocked and puzzled, and the current situation really shocked him.

   After all, just a week ago, he was still discussing with the old editor-in-chief of Suzuki about adding a supervisor to Kato Yusuke.

   But now, the other party suddenly and silently gave him such a big surprise!

   Ten words! This is a whole ten chapters!

   The amount that other comics writers need to hand in for ten weeks, put it here, but it seems to be changed in the blink of an eye.

   As long as there are no errors or logical flaws in these manuscripts.

   Even if this Fujimoto teacher does nothing from now on and immediately gives himself a month off, these manuscripts are enough to support ten issues of the magazine serialization.

   When such a dreamy reality is in front of you, how can you not be confused?

  "—Editor-in-chief Kimura." Kato Yusuke saw that he was falling into a state of absent-mindedness again, so he couldn't help but reminded:

   "If you don't plan to continue reviewing the manuscript now, I have something to discuss."

   "Ah, yes!" Kimura was refreshed, "Is there any problem?"

   "Well, it's about the serialization of "Chainsaw Man", I have two questions to ask."

   "Teacher, please speak!"

   "Then the first is the first one. Including the original manuscript here, the current plot of "Chainsaw Man" is enough to support a single book. Have you considered the plan to make a single book?"

   "Ah, it turned out to be this matter, of course! Considering the popularity of your work, teacher, the release of the single edition must be within the established matters, you don't need to worry about it."

   "I know this." Kato Yusuke nodded slightly, "What I want to know is about the production of the one-off book, can you advance it?"

   "Ahead of time??" Kimura was shocked, and immediately pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose a little overwhelmed, and asked:

   "Could it be that... Sensei, do you think that the serialization of the magazine is too slow, so you want to issue a single edition directly...?"

   "Well, after all, the price of a single book is higher, which is also beneficial to you."

   "Uh... I'm afraid..." Kimura wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, wondering if:

   "Sorry I can't give you a specific answer. If you insist, teacher, I can convey your wishes to the editor-in-chief Suzuki..."

   Kato Yusuke saw that his words were insincere and did not push too hard, and then he brought up another matter.

   "Then, if it's difficult to decide on a single book, can the number of pages and length of each serialization of "Chainsaw Man" be increased?"

   "Improve?? How much do you want to improve??"

   "It's like five episodes in one issue or something."

   "—Five, five!" Kimura suddenly stood up from his seat and said in shock, "According to your usual length, teacher, isn't that nearly a hundred manuscripts!?"

   "If it's too much, it can also be reduced."

   "Let's not talk about this, the problem is that this is a weekly magazine! Teacher, can you draw it!?"

   Kato Yusuke looked calm and responded, "If you agree, I will find a way to complete it."

Although the words of    are euphemistic, the tone is full of certainty, which makes people want to convince subconsciously.

  The meeting room suddenly became quiet.

  Kimura sat down slowly, his expression seemed to be greatly impacted, and he was speechless for a long time.

  Don't look at the competition in the comics industry, although it is fierce, it is actually a rather slow-burning industry.

   Limited by many factors, the serialization of comics is a long process.

  A popular medium-length novel usually takes about two years from the start of serialization to the end without being cut in half.

   In order to create a popular comic work, although the editor will put pressure on the author, but it will not require immediate results.

   In the matter of giving the author time to grow, both the editorial department and the company will give tolerance and help.

   And Kimura has long been accustomed to this pattern, until today's event happened...

  After all, in this industry, it is normal for editors to urge comic authors to draft, but the reverse situation is really incredible and extremely new.

  Kimura couldn't help smacking his tongue when he thought of this, and looked at Yusuke with a strange look.

   I wanted to ask "Are you serious?", but neither the other party's previous words nor the calm expression at this time seemed to be joking.

   After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but say it with a wry smile.

   "I'm really sorry, but this matter of adding space is not something I can decide on my own."

   "Unfortunately, the editor-in-chief Suzuki went to attend the industry seminar today, otherwise, when he comes back, can I convey your meaning to him?"

   Kato Yusuke didn't have any opinion on this, and he didn't expect to solve this matter at one time, so he agreed with understanding.

   "Okay, then I'll trouble you."

   "No no no no, please don't say that, teacher, you are too polite." Kimura waved his hands again and again politely, and admired him for making such a decision without changing his face.

  After all, the pressure of weekly serialization is much greater than that of monthly serialization, but this teacher seems to be dissatisfied, and it is rare that he has to put more burdens on himself.

   In the end, I can only sigh with emotion that it is worthy of the person that Xia Shizi values, and neither of you can consider it with common sense.

  Similar thoughts are not only of him, but also of many others.

   After talking about the business, Kimura also began to chat with this pillar.

   "Speaking of which, Mr. Fujimoto, have you heard that Kasumi Shiko's work will be animated?"

   "Well, I've heard this before."

   "Hahaha, like this~ The debut work can be animated, which is really an amazing achievement. But according to your teacher, it is entirely possible to do this in the future."

   "You're welcome."

   "No, I really think so...and thanks to you, our manga department is also a little confident to hold a thank you party this year. Although it is held together with the light novel department, please be sure to attend!"

   Kato Yusuke didn't ask much about this, and directly equated it with the company's annual meeting.

  Since today's affairs have been done, he has no intention of staying any longer, so he quickly left the Undead River after saying goodbye to Kimura.

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   (end of this chapter)