Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist.

For the next month, Eri Aragaki worked with the editorial team, including Masaya Sakurai, to prepare for the release of the collected volume.

But she was surprisingly relaxed during this period. She wasn't as busy as she had imagined, working seven days a week without a break, from day to night. That kind of thing had never happened before.

She originally thought that preparing for the single volume would be like those days of rushing to finish the manuscript, where she would be glued to her workbench with no time to even drink water. However, the actual situation was much milder than she had expected.

After she finished the cover and the color pages at the beginning of the book.

Besides Masaya Sakurai, another editor in charge of the new editors group, Yuuki Honda, sent her the initial revision requirements.

The email listed only four points for modification.

Two of the issues are that the positions of the speech bubbles need to be slightly adjusted to prevent them from being cut off during printing, and one is that the background lines of a certain panel are too dense, which may cause the ink to smudge during printing.

Another issue is that an extra page needs to be added as a transition page between Chapter 0 and Chapter 1 of the collected volumes.

Moreover, the amount of work involved in modifying the content is quite small.

Eri Aragaki spread the manuscript out on the worktable and worked through it item by item according to the revision list sent by Yuuki Honda. It took her about an hour to finish revising it.

She scanned the revised pages and sent them back. Honda Yuuki replied in the email, "Received, no problem," and that was the end of it.

This is also because Eri Aragaki's usual submissions are of very high quality, and this is due to her being on a winning streak.

Especially in his super creative state, the quality of his drawings is ridiculously high, with clean and crisp lines, and the rhythm of the storyboard and the completeness of the picture are far beyond the level of ordinary newcomers.

This left Masaya Sakurai and several other editors who were also in charge of the newcomers' works deeply impressed.

Especially the other senior editors who are also responsible for the works of newcomers.

When people bump into each other in the break room, they occasionally chat about the newcomers they are in charge of. Some complain that the newcomers under their supervision still can't get rid of the problem of disproportionate character proportions in the storyboards, while others complain that the teacher they are in charge of has been late for submitting drafts for three consecutive weeks.

As they chat, their gaze will inevitably fall on Masaya Sakurai, and they'll say something like, "Masaya, you've really struck gold this time."

Masaya Sakurai, holding his coffee cup, didn't deny it, but said something somewhat Versailles-esque... "It's mainly because of Riko-sensei's hard work."

The main point is that Eri Aragaki wasn't a so-called fully-fledged super rookie from the very beginning.

When she first submitted her work, her drawing skills were about the same as Hajime Isayama's.

Although her drawing skills are quite mature and impressive for a newcomer, there is still a clear gap between her and those comic artists who are known for their drawing skills.

However, Eri Aragaki's drawing skills improved very quickly. In less than half a year since the series started, her drawing skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

He might not be considered a top-tier comic artist, but he's certainly a first-rate one.

In the initial part of the serialization, because Eri Aragaki was isolated and working alone, there were some errors or shortcomings.

Back then, she drew a whole story by herself, doing everything from the line drawing to applying halftone dots to coloring in the ink.

Sometimes I draw until the middle of the night and my eyes are blurry. When I check the next morning, I find that the angle of a halftone dot is wrong, or that a line has overflowed when I fill in black.

But then...

My drawing skills have also improved, and with the help of Natsume Akane, Takeda Ayane, and Erina, there are naturally very few shortcomings.

There are very few things that need to be modified. Even if modifications are needed, it's not because of quality issues, but because of other issues that need to be considered when publishing a standalone book.

For example, when serialized in a magazine, the margins of each page are partially cut off in a single volume, so certain speech bubbles and important visual elements near the edge of the paper need to be moved inward by a few millimeters.

For example, the "Continue next week" prompt at the end of each chapter in a serialized version needs to be removed in the collected volumes and replaced with a natural transition between chapters.

These have nothing to do with the quality of the artwork; they are purely technical adjustments to the publishing process.

With the arrival of November, Tokyo has become completely cold.

Earth Online November 2007 Minor Version Update Announcement.

Temperatures continue to drop across Japan, with snowfall beginning in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, and temperatures in the Kanto region dropping to single digits in the mornings and evenings.

Forest Ape players are advised to change their external decorations from the Spring/Autumn style to the Winter style as soon as possible. Those who fail to do so will continue to be affected by the cold status ailment, which will reduce their movement speed by 5%.

The flu season has officially arrived. Infected individuals will randomly acquire negative statuses such as cough and fever, which will last for three to seven days. During this period, their social attributes will temporarily decrease and their physical exertion will increase by 20%.

Players are advised to visit designated supply points to get vaccinated against the flu and reduce the chance of infection...

Additionally, our team believes that the Insect Player's recent performance seems too strong, so we've decided to revert the original value of its skill "Nighttime Swarm Activity"...

The typhoon season has officially ended, random typhoon events in the Japanese archipelago have stopped being updated, and the safety of outdoor activities has improved.

We wish all players a pleasant gaming experience.

……

Although winter has arrived, Eri Aragaki is living a more and more comfortable life.

After becoming a cartoonist, I became more and more proficient at my work, unlike when I was a complete novice and I was always flustered and overwhelmed.

Moreover, her workload hasn't increased much recently. Revising the single-volume manuscript only took her a little over an hour, and completing the written interview took less than half an hour.

So she started to slack off again, for example... she stayed up all night again last night and wore herself out.

Because of her increased income, she recently bought a lot of things, such as the Nintendo DS, which is known as the national handheld console, and the Sony PS3 game console and controller that swept the world last year.

These two machines, along with a bunch of game discs, cost nearly 100,000 yen, but that's nothing compared to her current income; her weekly royalties from Attack on Titan alone are more than that.

This finally allowed her to experience what financial freedom truly means.

Although these consoles and the games on them were somewhat too classic, and the graphics couldn't compare to the next-generation AAA titles she was used to now, Eri Aragaki still had a lot of fun playing them.

Last night I also stayed up all night playing Dynasty Warriors 5, thoroughly experiencing the most primitive gaming joy of the ancient hack-and-slash games.

Using Zhao Yun to charge in and out of Changban Slope seven times, or using Lü Bu to sweep through thousands of troops at Hulao Pass, with the screen full of soldiers being cut down like wheat, this simple and brutal sense of satisfaction is a completely different kind of joy from the sense of accomplishment of drawing comics.

She played through the game, one level after another, and when she finished, she looked out the window and saw that it was already dawn.

However, she genuinely had no idea that she had worn herself out from staying up all night.

It wasn't until Erina got up and came out of her bedroom that she saw her older sister in the living room still wearing yesterday's clothes, sitting in front of the TV, holding the controller in her hand, with the "Dynasty Warriors" game's completion screen displayed on the screen.

Erina immediately said, "Sister! You've stayed up all night again."

"Huh? Erina, are you awake yet?"

Eri Aragaki then realized that it was already past seven in the morning.