Tokyo 1970: I'll draw Doraemon?

"Oh, I remember now." He belatedly realized, took out a hundred yen from his wallet, and handed it to Matsumoto.

Ignoring his younger brother who ran out of the house like an arrow, Matsumoto's attention remained on the manga.

His wallet lay to the side, his mind preoccupied with:

"Is Parasyte going to end? This is so unexpected, I'm so sad."

Like parting with a friend, he felt only a sense of loss.

I don't even want to read the last few dozen pages; I just want to keep them to maintain the last bit of connection with my "partner," Parasyte.

He touched his chest, feeling the emptiness in his heart, and took a deep breath.

"Let's see."

He was still very interested in the final version of Parasyte.

……

The parasites have not disappeared; they lurk among the people.

Perhaps in order to survive, they learned to adapt to their human identity and eat human food.

Fearing human force, the two sides lived in peace.

After regaining his right arm, Shinichi Izumi chose to remain silent and spent a peaceful year.

What he's struggling with now isn't some grand problem, but how to get into the university where his girlfriend, Satomi Murano, studies.

Until... the murderer appeared.

This man had attacked a police officer guarding him during the chaos of the army's crackdown on the Guangchuan Group and escaped trial, but recently he was almost found by the police.

So after unexpectedly meeting Shinichi Izumi, he wanted to have a conversation with this oddball.

Chapter 148 The Reader's Disappointment and Sasuke's Appearance

The final episode of Parasyte is not complicated. The murderer Urakami kidnaps Satomi Murano and randomly kills two passersby. His face is expressionless. This behavior of treating human life as nothing is just his daily routine.

Urakami represents the darkest part of humanity. Compared to parasites, the parasites that kill the most humans on Earth should be humans themselves.

Therefore, the crisis he brought caused readers to shift their focus away from the parasites and back to humanity itself.

Parasites are only a temporary crisis; the darkness within humanity is eternal, and compared to this darkness, Shinichi Izumi is utterly insignificant.

With the help of his right-hand man after he regained consciousness, he narrowly saved Murano Satomi, preserving a tender spot in his heart. From then on, they would live together and depend on each other until the end of their lives.

Parasyte has ended.

"Huh?" Looking at this, Matsumoto was a little surprised. "The ending of Parasyte isn't the big battle between Izumi Shinichi and Goto, but with Urakami? That's such an unexpected turn of events."

His mind was in turmoil; he couldn't quite understand the ending, yet it felt incredibly real.

And there's one thing Matsumoto really cares about.

"Right chose to save Murano Satomi's life, disregarding the fact that its own existence would be exposed. You should know that at the beginning, it thought that if Izumi Shinichi told anyone, it would kill Izumi Shinichi's parents and perish together with Izumi Shinichi."

"So in the end, like a parasite that merges with humans, did Yu also acquire humanity?"

"It's ironic that the parasites that hunt humans have found peace, while Urakami, the human, was driven to desperation and was elbowed by Shinichi Izumi, falling down the stairs and dying."

The ending of Parasyte brought together all the foreshadowing, making it a satisfying story. After the author expressed all his thoughts, the manga landed smoothly.

Adding even a fraction would be too much, subtracting even a fraction would be too little; Parasyte tells a complete story in this way, with neither additions nor subtractions, just right.

This is very rare in commercial comics.

"That's decisive," Matsumoto sighed, though he actually wanted to see more.

"Parasyte is really fun, I don't want to forget it."

"I may never forget it."

He spoke with absolute certainty, but what he didn't know was that Oikawa's next work, serialized in "Seishun Future," was a story about how human emotions are incredibly insignificant in the vast dimensions of time and space.

After putting down "Young Future," Matsumoto closed his eyes and tried to feel his emotions. After watching "Parasyte," he felt a sense of loss as he tried to detach himself from the world of "Parasyte."

"My chest feels a little empty."

……

"I really regret that Parasyte, which was the flagship manga of 'Seishun Future,' has ended. I really wanted to see 'Yui' one last time, so I feel deeply saddened."

"I never dreamed that Urakami would appear again. As the final episode that concludes everything, it is truly touching."

At a company in Kanagawa, President Yahari is surprised to find that his subordinates are not working, but chatting instead.

He was initially furious, but upon hearing from his subordinates that Parasyte had ended, his anger instantly subsided.

"Huh?" He was taken aback. "It's over so quickly? That's really unexpected."

A sudden separation is more disorienting and heartbreaking than a well-prepared farewell.

Yabari grew up reading Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy" and has never given up his love for manga over the years, only his interest has shifted from children's manga to seinen manga.

Parasyte is undoubtedly his favorite work.

"Pity."

All good things must come to an end.

He glanced at his subordinates, thinking that there wasn't much work to do today, and waved his hand listlessly.

"That's how I'll leave work today."

After saying that, ignoring the astonished expressions of his subordinates, he turned and left, leaving behind only a lonely figure.

"Another interesting comic has come to an end."

……

There are many readers like Yahari. Weekly Youth Future's circulation has only recently reached 80, while the average sales per volume of Parasyte's collected volumes have already reached around 72.

It is the number one selling comic for young adults and has accompanied many young people in their spare time.

However, at this moment, it resolutely disappeared.

"What was Mirai Publishing thinking? Letting their ace magazine end."

"There's nothing we can do about it, after all, that person is Oikawa Ni."

So on this day, many young readers who were excited to see Sasuke's charm in Weekly Shonen Future saw their sickly older brothers and sisters.

But they didn't pay attention; all they could see was Sasuke's appearance.

……

As the wind rustled through the leaves, Sasuke and Kakashi, who were much late, finally arrived.

They made a dashing entrance, back to back, amidst the astonished gazes of the entire audience.

"Wow, that's really cool! The paneling is amazing!"

After returning to Oikawa Studio, Akira Toriyama started watching Naruto.

He was very concerned about this episode because he wasn't involved in it, so everything was unknown.

I wonder what the battle scenes of Sasuke and Gaara would look like without him.

Back in his hometown, he told his friend Horikawa, "I played a part in the success of Naruto!"

His strength refers to the combat storyboard.

Oikawa would always ask him for advice on how to draw the dynamism and fluidity of characters' fights, something Akira Toriyama was always very proud of.

After all, that's Oikawa Ni. Even he's not as good as me. What an honor that is!

Unfortunately, Horikawa said he was "bragging!"

At that moment, watching Sasuke make his dashing entrance, Akira Toriyama thought wistfully, "If I appeared in front of Horikawa like that, he would definitely believe me."

Eiko Ueda shook her head as she listened.

"Sasuke is handsome, but you..."

Looking at Akira Toriyama's face, she said regretfully, "I'd better not discourage you."

“Yes,” Akira Toriyama nodded, “If it were Ueda-senpai, it would be very suitable.”

“Haha,” Eiko Ueda laughed smugly, “you have a good eye.”

"After all, Ueda-senpai looks like a handsome guy."

"Gah!" Eiko Ueda's laughter stopped.

Overwhelmed with grief, she felt an urge to cry out loud.

Heartbroken.

……

"I also want to have a showdown with you!"

"Ah."

Naruto won, and Sasuke was happy for him. The two made a promise to meet again in the finals.

This is also what many readers are looking forward to.

A battle between teammates on the same team, where a winner is decided, is sure to be incredibly exciting.

However, the battle between Sasuke and Gaara was not over yet; the Chunin Exams had ended due to the invasion of foreign enemies.

"what?"

Chapter 149 An Abrupt End, The Konoha Collapse Plan

Ninja battles are battles of intelligence. Sasuke's growth is unknown to outsiders, including the readers. And what about Gaara?

He has already revealed too much information about himself in his battle with Xiao Li.

So Sasuke, with his unimaginable speed, broke Gaara's sand armor without any probing.

After just one month of training, Sasuke's speed was basically the same as Rock Lee's speed after he dropped his weights.