Tokyo 1970: I'll draw Doraemon?

Hiashi Hyuga knelt down before Neji, bowing his head to the ground.

"I am telling you these words not as the head of the main family, but as Hizashi's elder brother... Please believe me!"

At this point, Neji finally understood.

The person in front of him, whom he considered the biggest villain, was also a pitiful older brother who had lost his younger brother.

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Not only himself, but even Hiashi Hyuga, a beneficiary of the clan system, was a pitiful creature bound by constraints, timid and hesitant.

He was not the object of his rebellion, and the constraints of being a "caged bird" were not as complicated or unavoidable as he had imagined.

Neji shed tears; he had finally found peace.

Looking at the birds flying in the sky, he made up his mind to become a strong person, to challenge fate, to learn from Naruto, and to work hard towards his goal.

Despite Naruto and Hiashi Hyuga's attempts to comfort him, Neji's situation remained unchanged; he still possessed the "Caged Bird" curse seal, but his mindset had shifted.

From then on, I stopped following the crowd and had no goals; instead, I became a true strong person.

……

"Teacher, the Chunin Exams arc, besides the battles, is all about the psychological changes of each character."

"From Sakura Haruno to Hinata, Lee, and then Neji..."

As she counted on her fingers, Eiko Ueda seemed to understand something. "Does a good story have to depict the inner transformation of the characters?"

“Yes, that’s right,” Fushimikawa nodded, thinking about “5 Centimeters Per Second,” the three short scenes in his most unforgettable animated film that depicted the protagonist’s psychological transformation.

This makes it more realistic and easier for people to immerse themselves in the story.

It's just that it's difficult to do.

“Oh,” Eiko Ueda nodded, “I will try to understand and absorb it.”

……

Five days later, at the editorial office of Weekly Shonen Future.

"A print run of 110 million is no big deal; it was achieved easily."

"Don't say that, it's all thanks to Oikawa-sensei."

The editors were joking around, and Tomoyuki Fukuda was all smiles.

Although it was a typical gloomy winter day outside the window, with all the leaves fallen and only bare branches remaining, Fukuda Tomoyuki was in a good mood. Standing by the window, he took a deep breath, ignoring the car exhaust and smog, feeling a sense of peace and well-being wash over him.

"The weather is so nice today."

Beside him, Masahiro Noguchi and editor Sato were gossiping.

"I heard that before the Future Society was established, not only did Sunday magazine try to keep Oikawa-sensei, but even Magazine and Jump fought over who Oikawa-sensei would stay. Magazine's editor-in-chief, Miyahara, even ended up in the emergency room because of it."

"Huh? You're making it sound like gangsters are stealing sales targets!"

"More or less." Noguchi Masakyu nodded confidently.

Upon hearing his words, Sato couldn't help but imagine a comical scene: two Jump editors storming into the Kodansha building with guns, shouting, "I'm a member of the Jump team under the Hitotsubashi Group! Tell your editor-in-chief, Teruo Miyahara, to come out here and die!"

"Every organization is vying for Oikawa-sensei's manuscript; they all want to get their hands on the original copy of his new work."

"Scenes of people firing guns at each other, only to have their shots blocked by comic books on their chests."

"Hahaha."

The two editors summarized the details and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

An excellent work can be worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. If the policy were relaxed, such a situation might actually occur.

They spoke with increasing conviction, their words practically flying everywhere.

Fukuda Tomoyuki's face darkened: "With this kind of ability, why don't you guys go and draw manga yourselves? What a waste of talent."

His sarcastic remarks completely frightened the two editors. After a few lighthearted banter, they fled in the opposite direction.

"That Noguchi guy is so unreliable," Fukuda Tomoyuki thought, wanting to chase after Tezuka Osamu to ask about the situation. But then he heard his colleague next to his workstation shout:

"Mr. Fukuda, someone is calling."

"I'm coming!"

Fukuda quickly went over and answered the phone. The words on the other end of the line made him pause.

"Please bring me a copy of this week's reader letters and a summary of the reader survey feedback."

The caller was Oikawa, someone who frequently spoke with Fukuda.

But his request left Fukuda somewhat at a loss.

"What happened? This is the first time Oikawa-sensei has ever asked me for readers' letters."

……

Before long, without any screening, the readers' feedback was presented to Fushimikawa in a genuine and effective manner.

Fukuda Tomoyuki hesitated for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Mr. Oikawa, is there something wrong with the plot of Naruto?"

Unless he discovers a problem or encounters something he's unsure about, Oikawa would never proactively offer to read readers' letters.

“No,” Fushimikawa shook his head. “I just wanted to take a look, just to take a look.”

Upon opening the envelope, Fushimikawa continued reading the readers' comments.

Gradually, a "mountain" of letters rose up around him.

About an hour later, Fushimikawa stopped what he was doing, nodded in satisfaction, and began to collect the letters.

"I'll do it," Fukuda Tomoyuki quickly took over the task.

Oikawa's hands are very precious; they mustn't be scratched by letters.

Fushimikawa didn't stand on ceremony and sat down to the side.

He was somewhat satisfied at this moment, because he did not see any complaints from readers about the third generation.

The reason this character became the subject of the biggest conspiracy theories in "Naruto" is because Kishimoto positioned him as the strongest Hokage in history, the ninja prodigy Hiruzen Sarutobi.

If he was so capable, why did so many tragedies occur during his tenure?

The deaths of White Fang, the Uchiha clan, Hizashi Hyuga, and the Fourth Hokage...

These things are completely inconsistent with the established storyline, so the third generation was forced to turn to the dark side.

Fushimi's character is portrayed as the Third Hokage, the patriarch of Konoha, who loves every villager, but he is also unable to observe the problems beneath the surface of Konoha.

For example, when faced with difficulties from Raihime Village, he chose to withstand them head-on.

The manga also features a quote from the Fourth Raikage: "The Hokage's attitude is very firm."

It was the Hyuga main family that chose to hand over Hyuga Hizashi's body to quell the war.

Fushimikawa acknowledged Hiruzen Sarutobi's shortcomings, revealing his helplessness as the fourth Hokage, who had to step up once again after his unexpected death, was left without a successor.

There are many benefits to doing this.

Firstly, it allows readers to feel the pressure of the situation, and secondly, it lets them understand that the Naruto world is not peaceful and war could break out at any time.

Konoha was merely a utopia under Hiruzen Sarutobi's rule.

So now, the third generation is being evaluated fairly well, and he hasn't been misunderstood as a villain.

"Thank you, Fukuda-san."

After clarifying everything, Fushimiwa expressed his gratitude to Fukuda Tomoyuki.

"The teacher seems to be in a good mood," Fukuda Tomoyuki said, relieved. "Anyway, it's good that nothing's wrong."

……

For the next two weeks, the circulation of Weekly Shonen Future stabilized at 130 million copies. Instead of laughter and joy, the editorial department was filled with determination to make Shonen Future even better.

They wanted to see what Shonen Future could achieve before the oil crisis ended.

"Sunday is no longer a problem, next up are Jump and Magazine!"

Before anyone knew it, Future magazine surpassed Sunday magazine in circulation, becoming the third-ranked shonen manga magazine in Japan!

Sunday once again experienced the bitterness of being surpassed, and that sense of resentment and bitterness spread throughout the Sunday editorial department.

Keizo Inoue's strategy was successful, attracting a group of female readers.

But all the romance comics in Sunday magazine combined don't compare to one Touch, let alone Naruto, which surpasses Touch.

Therefore, at present, Sunday is no match for Future.

"What should we do?"

Keizo Inoue was worried.

Even with some changes to Sunday, comics with the potential to become wildly popular are rare. Although the platform was set up, there was nothing he could do if Phoenix didn't come. You can't cook without rice.

Even now, Doraemon still leads the way in Sunday magazine, accounting for the entire magazine's circulation.

"There are very few manga artists who can create hit works. On the contrary, Oikawa is a guy who creates one masterpiece after another."

Not only Doraemon and Naruto, but even Parasyte is terrifyingly funny.

Although he depicted the story of Tamura Reiko, showcasing the brilliance of maternal love and seemingly trying to convince readers that monsters can also possess humanity, Oikawa did not choose to depict a story of humans and parasites coexisting.

In Parasyte, the police and Self-Defense Forces quickly assembled and, using X-ray scans that can identify parasites, successfully identified the outcasts hiding in the city government building and eliminated most of them.

There was no room for sympathy; it was a battle between natural enemies.

Even if they mistakenly kill a human, they show no mercy.

Under this principle, this ambitious parasitic group, vying for mayor, is utterly powerless against human firearms.

Even Mayor Hirokawa was blocked by the dark muzzle of a gun.

"I thought he was going to cause something big, but it turned out to be just this."

However, no matter how powerful the parasite is, it still needs to live inside a living organism. Apart from its head, it has no natural resistance to acute iron poisoning.

"One day, humanity will understand that littering is a more serious crime than murder; humanity will eventually understand the significance of the existence of natural enemies."