I am a literary giant in Japan

"A Beautiful Journey? The title sounds more like a healing novel.

But considering that Beichuan has had two previous convictions this month, I'd better treat this with caution!"

Jabami Rei said this but her actions were completely the opposite. She mixed in with a crowd of readers. Her two long legs, which were still extremely eye-catching in the severe winter, took a light step and brought her to the front counter of the bookstore.

Recently, she has been locked up in the film crew of "Confessions", conscientiously playing the role of Yuko Moriguchi, the nearly insane female teacher in the novel.

Since being banned by Toho, she has experienced more than half a year without any films to shoot, and has suffered the miserable life without income.

After returning to the film and television industry with the hit "The Little Namiya General Store", the always carefree Jabami Rei has become much more serious and is no longer so casual about her work. She finally has the demeanor of a top female artist in the industry.

The grown-up Jabami Rei perfectly demonstrated her amazing acting talent and smoothly completed the performance of "Confessions" with a terrifying "0 NGs".

After the filming of "Confessions" was completed, Jaburi Rei, who had been trapped for several months, immediately ran out to get some fresh air, and by the way, she inquired about the progress of the event of defeating the Ci Ai Group.

This was the only time in four years that Kitagawa Hide said to her in person, "Don't worry, leave this to me."

Although she didn't want to admit that this guy had already become an extremely reliable man, she acknowledged it in her heart.

"The Crucible" and "Children in the Dark" also confirm this from the side.

As the last part of the trilogy, Jabami Rei is both excited and afraid of "A Wonderful Journey".

Originally, she thought that the novel written by Kitagawa Hide could not only expose the dirty deeds of the Charity Group, but also comfort the young hearts of the injured children.

Looking at it now, "The Crucible" is already too much for them to accept, not to mention "Children of the Dark", which was directly rated R20 and children cannot even watch it.

The last hope can only be placed on "A Wonderful Journey", but the two "criminal records" make Jabami Rei extremely uneasy.

I really don’t know what this guy Beichuan will write!

She clutched "Wenyi", pulled her baseball cap down on her head to avoid being recognized by fans, and quickly returned to her new sports car.

"Huh..." Jabami Rei let out a long breath, put the magazine on the steering wheel, and handed another one to Kyoko who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Jabumi-sister, can you let me do the shopping next time? If we get recognized by fans, we won't be able to get away."

Kyoko, dressed in an OL professional suit, has swept away the childishness of her high school days and has become a professional agent who is neatly dressed and looks very professional.

In April this year, she, Kaoru, and Chihaya Ruri officially graduated from high school.

In the eyes of Jabari Rei and others, these three little guys are like the successors of their Dongda Beichuan fan group, and they have a sense of inheritors.

The two small groups of women often exchanged information with each other in online chat rooms and gradually became good sisters with a close relationship.

The sensible and well-behaved Kaoru has a better relationship with Yumeko and Saito Reina, and her career goal is to become a top female editor in the industry like Saito Reina;
The rich second-generation daughter Chihaya Ruri and the stupid Chizuru Megumi, who is also the heiress of the consortium, have become good friends;
Kyoko, who was born into a commoner family and seemed to have no advantages or shining points at first glance, inexplicably got along well with Jabami Rei.

At the end of last year, the independent enrollment examinations of several top universities had ended.

By accident, Kaoruko went to the Faculty of Literature at Kyoto University, while Chihaya Ruri, whose grades were slightly worse, was admitted to the newly established Ochanomizu University.

The ordinary Kyoko, like countless ordinary female high school students, was admitted to an ordinary girls' junior college.

In Japan, junior colleges are equivalent to technical colleges next door, but they are more targeted in terms of employment and students can basically find a job upon graduation.

But that was before the bubble burst.

After the bubble economy burst, the employment pressure of junior colleges also increased sharply. Many graduates from junior colleges ended up hanging around on the streets with nowhere to go.

Kyoko's admission score was average, and after comprehensive consideration, Jabami Rei suggested that she give up admission and just come to Kitagawa Entertainment to be her trainee agent.

The two hit it off immediately, and after Mengzi put his stamp on the deal, it was finalized.

Since the beginning of this year, Kyoko has been following Jabami Rei around and getting familiar with the job of an agent.

Seeing that she was able to smoothly fit into the role of agent, Jabami Rei smiled slightly.

"Kyoko-chan, I'll leave it to you next time." She did not reject the little guy's suggestion. It would indeed be easier to distinguish between superiors and subordinates at work.

She is carefree herself, but she cannot expect others to be so undisciplined.

"Yes!" Kyoko really likes this way of communication.

She doesn't want others to think that she became Jabami Rei's agent because of connections. She must rely on her own efforts and strength to prove to others that she is no worse than anyone else!

If I can achieve something at work, I won't have to worry about drifting apart from Kaoru-chan and Ruri-chan in the future.

"Well, it's settled then. Let's read the novel first. I can't wait to read it when I get home." Jabami Rei couldn't wait to tear open the transparent film on the outside of "Literature and Art".

The cover art by Hayao Miyazaki was very much in line with her aesthetic, and she couldn't help but touch it many times.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time in the literary world that a cartoon anime picture was used as the cover image of a pure literary magazine.

Japan's anime culture is deeply rooted in the nation's bones. In the 1980s and 1990s, masterpieces emerged one after another. Even many people who don't watch anime are familiar with their names.

Hayao Miyazaki is the "best in the world" in the field of animated films. His fresh and unconventional painting style and profound plots are deeply loved by the general public.

But even so, the pure literature world, which has always been arrogant and regards other entertainment products as inferior, still looks down on the animation world.

Previously, the collaboration between the animation and literary circles was generally that well-known animators would draw illustrations for popular literature magazines, or for popular literature novels.

No matter how famous an artist is, he or she cannot get involved in the cover art of literary works, let alone pure literary magazines with wider direction and circulation.

"Beichuan is a guy who always has some wonderful ideas."

The more Jabami Rei looked at the cover, the more she couldn't put it down.

I have to say, this combination sounds weird, and it is highly likely that no publishing house would dare to take such a risk in changing the cover of a magazine.

But Shizuko Kawaide dared to let Kitagawa Hide do what he wanted, and he was right.
Kyoko on the side was also repeatedly looking at this cover picture of Hayao Miyazaki.

The girl in the white dress painting under the parasol looked more like a girl who had just left high school. The youthful aura instantly infected her.

After looking at the cover for a long time, the two of them reluctantly turned the pages and came to the serialized page of "A Wonderful Journey".

The new issue of "Wenyi" adheres to the principle of change, and has also made substantial adjustments to the magazine's internal layout design, illustrations, bottom bars and other details.

Overall, the new version of "Wenyi" is more youthful, younger, and more "anime-style".

This is obviously an experimental "learning" by Kawaide Shobo in response to a series of light novel magazines that have recently emerged.

There is no doubt that the inclusion of so many "anime-oriented" things in a pure literary magazine that everyone thinks is relatively serious must have been another "inspiration" of Hide Kitagawa.

Jabami Rei glanced at the younger Kyoko out of the corner of her eye and found that she was quite impressed by this. She couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart at Kitagawa Hide's keen perception of the market.

Since he started to engage in entertainment, finance, technology and investment, Jabami Rei has vaguely felt that this "number one" in the Japanese literary world is a bit of an all-rounder. There is really nothing he can't do!
Because of the addition of these minor details, the overall thickness of "Wenyi" has increased a bit, and the price has also increased from the original 880 yen to 900 yen.

This is probably the only magazine in the industry that continues to increase in price during an economic downturn!
After appreciating these scraps, the two of them began to read the main text attentively.

“.The stationmaster’s home is very close to here, just past the crossing.

Hearing that a guest was coming, Hanako's mother hurriedly made the bed, and Hanako came in as soon as she finished.

Hanako stood there blankly, looking around the room.

Akiko saw Hanako immediately, and she thought Hanako was a little shy, so she didn't say hello when she saw her.

"Ah, what a beautiful girl, come here." Mingzi smiled and waved to her.

But Hanako remained silent with a stern face.

Mingzi was stunned for a moment and immediately felt very strange.

Because she felt that the beautiful girl in front of her was like a soulless doll.

But if you look more closely, you will find that the child is looking for something seriously, like a big white flower with its neck tilted.
The child looked at himself motionlessly, but seemed unable to see himself.

Akiko wants to get closer to Hanako.

Hanako was very timid. When she found someone approaching her, she subconsciously stretched out her arms as if to push something away, and finally grabbed her father.

"This child can't see, can't hear, and can't speak?" Akiko finally understood Hanako's problem, feeling a little horrified and a little sad.

Akiko's younger brother Tatsuo was still suffering from stomachache.

He held his belly, jumped to Hanako like a frog and said, "Girl, am I funny?"

Feeling Tatsuo's movements, Hanako let out a weird cry and then started scratching Tatsuo like a monkey.

Tatsuo was surprised. But he also guessed Hanako's situation, so he stretched his face towards Hanako and said, "You scratched me, but I didn't feel any pain, because my stomach hurt even more."

Hanako was pleased with Tatsuo's lack of resistance, so she hit him hard on the head.

"Hanako! This is not right! You can't hit guests!" The father grabbed Hanako's hands.

Hanako's hand was grabbed by her father, but she quickly broke free and hit her father on the head.

The father closed his eyes, and a feeling similar to pain came from Hanako's small fist.

After reading the second chapter, Jabami Rei and Kyoko could clearly feel that Hanako, the disabled girl, was different from others.

“She is already sixteen years old, but her mind is still at the age of six, like a pure flower.

I really can’t imagine how she spent the first half of her life, and how her father and mother established her basic cognition.”

Jabami Rei has come into contact with a large number of deaf and mute children over the years and has deep feelings about this.

These children have been disabled since childhood and are generally mentally unhealthy. Many of them are more naive and stupid than their peers.

But this was the first time that Jabami Rei met a child who was deaf, dumb and blind at the same time.

This level of disability is rare in many welfare institutions in Yamanashi Prefecture and Nerima Ward, and it is unknown where Kitagawa Hide got the material.
Judging from the lifelike image of Hanako, Kitagawa Hide has definitely come into contact with and understood similar children, which is why he was able to write Hanako's words and actions so realistically.

The consistent exquisiteness and solid writing skills make Jabami Rei a pleasure to read.

There are many terrifying details in the novel that made Kyoko, who was also reading the novel, admire and be shocked.

For example, Hanako liked to put her fingers on other people's lips. Her father and mother always thought this was naughty behavior and often apologized for her doing this to others.

But Akiko and her brother said: “This child vaguely knows that we are talking about her, so she always touches our lips when we talk.

But she didn't understand anything we said, and she was very anxious.

However, she is just beginning to realize that she is different from other children.”

For example, Hanako likes to lick other people's necks with her tongue, just like puppies and kittens.

Sometimes, the closer the behavior is to that of a "beast", the more it reflects Hanako's true thoughts.

This is something that can never be written or felt by people who have not had in-depth contact with deaf and mute children!

Even Jabami Rei, who has spent several years understanding and interacting with this special group, sometimes cannot express such details so meticulously.

The two of them became more and more absorbed in the reading, and before they knew it, they had finished reading the first ten chapters of the series "A Wonderful Journey".

This time, Kitagawa Hideichi broke with his usual style and neither wrote any eye-catching bloody violence nor exaggerated the overly depressing atmosphere.

The story of the first ten chapters is very simple, and the whole chapter slowly unfolds around the daily life of Hanako's parents, Akiko, Tatsuo and Hanako.

They played with Hanako, ate with her and slept with her, and Akiko occasionally taught Hanako how to write. These were all comfortable little plots that seemed boring but made people feel calm when reading them.

At the end of Chapter 10, Akiko is both delighted and worried.

Under her guidance, Hanako was finally able to write words like "Hanako" and "river water".

But does Hanako know that those are words that express language?

Mingzi didn't know and didn't dare to delve into it.

"A Wonderful Journey" gives people a faint sense of sadness, but in this sadness, Jabami Rei and the others can clearly feel the hope that is entwined around them.

Hope, beauty, future.

This is the ultimate image that Hide Kitagawa wants to convey to readers in "A Wonderful Journey".

"What a unique and memorable novel." Kyoko couldn't help but admire it in a low voice.

She is a loyal fan of healing novels and a die-hard fan of the healing queen Mayumi Aso.

Now when I read "A Wonderful Journey" with the same flavor, I was instantly captured.

At the same time, in various parts of Japan, there are tens of thousands of readers like Kyoko who are captivated by "A Wonderful Journey".

The most exciting thing is that the deaf-mute people, whose quality education has not kept up with that of their peers and who even have problems reading, have, for the first time ever, walked out of their homes and went to bookstores and newsstands. Almost everyone of them had a copy of the latest "Literature and Art", and then immersed themselves in "A Wonderful Journey" like a madman.

In this new novel, which is far from being finished, they find their past, their destiny, and their future between the lines! (End of this chapter)