My girlfriend is Kusunoko Saiki

In fact, Qi Mu's father was also quite nervous at this time.

After all, Naoto did not sign the exclusive wife contract system, so the main responsibility lies with him.

As an editor, Saiki's father naturally knew how terrible this system was. When Naoto debuted as a new cartoonist, Saiki's father thought about it for a while and then did not mention it again.

At that time, Saiki's father was mainly afraid that Naoto, as a newcomer, would not be used to the habits of JUMP, and after the show was directly cut short, he would not be able to develop in other comics, so he did not let Naoto sign this.

But unexpectedly, in less than four months, Naoto became an ace cartoonist.

If Zhiren really ran away now, as Zhiren's editor, I would be the one with the greatest responsibility.

So at this time, Qi Mu's father was very nervous.

When Saiki's father found Naoto, Naoto had just finished talking to editor Ushijima and returned home.

"Naoto, why are you back?! Do you mean you've already agreed?!"

"Uncle, calm down! How could I agree so quickly? I'm not the kind of idiot who can't see the situation clearly."

Seeing that Saiki's father was about to cry, Naoto quickly began to deny it.

It is true that the conditions offered by editor Ushijima are very tempting, but Naoto also knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch.

The fact that the other party was willing to pay such a huge price to let me go proves that this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Besides, I am just a vampire at the moment and cannot be completed for the time being.

Who doesn't know how to be a bad guy? If he really couldn't make up any more stories, he could just ask Kusunoki for help, or he could pretend to be sick. As a person with memories of his past life, it would be too easy for Naoto to find a reason to end the story.

"Huh, that's good. By the way, Naoto, you should go talk to the editor-in-chief, because everyone is going crazy because of what happened today.

"Hehe, it looks like Editor Ushijima came over and did me a favor. It just so happens that I also have the idea of ​​looking for the editor-in-chief. Wait for me to get something first."

At this time, Naoto walked into his room amidst the puzzled look on Saiki's father's face, and took out a bag from inside.

When Naoto arrived at the editorial department and walked into the editor-in-chief's office, the editor-in-chief's gloomy face showed obvious signs of easing.

At the moment, since Naoto still comes to the editorial office, it proves that this matter has not yet been accomplished and there is room for easing.

As mentioned before, if Naoto really wants the series to end, although JUMP will be reluctant to let it go, compared to completely losing this talented cartoonist, ending is not something that is unacceptable.

And to be honest, there are writers whose previous comic was very popular and whose next comic will be even more popular.

For example, the famous old thief Togashi was very powerful in the previous Yu Yu Hakusho, and he became even more powerful in Full Time!

For JUMP, the manga artists themselves are the real wealth.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many cartoonists who often have their serials cancelled but still receive exclusive contract fees.

"It seems that the conditions offered by that guy Ushijima failed to impress you."

"Well, how should I put it? I am definitely moved. However, compared to this, my bigger dream is to become the world's number one cartoonist. To achieve this, I have to be published in the strongest comic magazine."

"Hmph, your goal has been achieved. The higher-ups have agreed that you can finish it, but we also have a few conditions that you must agree to."

"Let's talk about this later. Editor, please take a look at this first."

At this time, Naoto handed the bag he had brought to the editor-in-chief.

After the editor opened the contents, he discovered that this was actually the first chapter of Naoto's new work.

After seeing the above content, the editor's eyes began to widen slightly.

Chapter 67: The Appearance of Parasitic Beasts

"what is this?"

"The new comic is called Parasyte. Editor-in-chief, what do you think of it?"

When Naoto handed the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, he was actually quite nervous.

When talking about the anime Parasyte, we have to mention a comic magazine that most people are not familiar with, that is, Weekly Morning.

This comic magazine, which is not among the three major comic journals, was founded in 1982 and is a popular youth comic weekly.

Since this magazine is designed for office workers who squeeze into the train, the works published are mostly realistic themes, as well as works on history, politics, sports, etc. The main painters include Kenji Hirokane, Makoto Kobayashi, Takehiko Inoue, Shinji Mizushima, etc. In addition, the magazine also publishes works by European and American painters.

In recent years, the more familiar works include Cells at Work! Black and The Design Club. In the past, there were also popular works such as Sweet Home Cat. Even the famous Gou Nagai Go once serialized the work Female Devilman in this magazine. After leaving JUMP, Takehiko Inoue also serialized Rurouni Kenshin in this magazine. Although the magazine is not very famous, there are indeed many well-known works.

The masterpiece "Parasyte" was serialized in the supplement of Morning.

But why is it called a masterpiece?

Of course it’s because this comic is really powerful and magical at the same time.

The original author of this comic originally planned to finish it with only three chapters, but unexpectedly, due to its popularity, it was directly serialized into ten volumes, with cumulative sales reaching 11 million.

At the same time as the animation was announced in 1993, the live-action version was also announced at the same time. The manga also won the 17th Kodansha Manga Award in 1996 and the 27th Nebula Award in .

The Kodansha Manga Award is not worth mentioning, but the Nebula Award is very important. The two Nebula Award-winning works that domestic audiences are most familiar with are Tiga and Kuuga.

This work is not simply a comic book. Its content includes reflections on humanity, the handling of the relationship between alien races and humans, and even environmental protection, the meaning of survival, and so on.

However, the reason why Naoto was nervous was because it was hard to say that Parasyte was a boys' manga.

After all, it’s really hard to describe the bloodiness and content of the film.

But halfway through the painting, Naoto remembered that JUMP himself was not an innocent person.

For example, the bloody Chainsaw Man and the awkward Immortality and Misfortune in recent years are all works of JUMP.

Although he was a little worried, Naoto still chose this.

Maybe it’s because there’s a certain sentiment involved.

After hearing Naoto's words, the editor immediately started reading the comic in his hand.

As soon as he saw the cover, the editor was shocked by the abstract picture.

The strange head had completely changed its appearance, like a ball of liquid.

On that hideous mouth, there was a crazy smile and sharp teeth. No matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like a normal human being's picture.

When seeing this, the editor's first reaction was that Naoto was planning to start drawing horror comics.

In the early days, the parasitic beasts did indeed exude a terrifying aura everywhere.

But this kind of horror is different from that of Junji Ito. In the creation of horror, Parasyte is more inclined to think about various issues.

The horror elements are just a foil to the comics.

Apart from the horrific scene at the beginning, the story begins immediately.

At the beginning, as a bystander, he talked about the huge damage that humans are currently causing to the environment.

The pollution caused every year alone has already caused people's mentality to become extremely unbalanced.

Finally, a simple narrative is used to say how much less damage the environment would suffer if the human population suddenly decreased by half.

The next moment, a special life like a seed slowly broke out of its shell in the water, and it looked like an earthworm.

Just when the editor-in-chief didn't understand what this was.

In the next moment, these earthworm-like worms appeared around the city.

On the ground, in parking lots, in trees...

These insects seem to be looking for something and even sneak into people's homes.

Soon, the editor understood what the so-called parasitic beast was.

I saw an unidentified creature that looked like an earthworm coming to a man's ear, and the next moment, it went directly into the man's brain through the ear.

Seeing such a scene, the editor felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, especially when combined with Naoto's amazing painting skills, which made the environment reach its extreme.

It felt like watching a horror movie late at night.

After being invaded by this kind of insect, his face immediately became extremely frightened.

On the other side, another bug also came into the male protagonist's room, but unexpectedly, this bug failed to invade the male protagonist's brain because the male protagonist had a cold.

Faced with this situation, when the male protagonist woke up and looked at the insect in front of him, he thought it was a snake that had run into his house, and hurriedly picked up a baseball bat to stop it.

But then, this strange insect drilled into the male protagonist's arm.

Regarding this situation, the editor-in-chief doesn't know what is going on.

Considering the ugly expression on the middle-aged man’s face after being invaded by strange bugs, could it be that this person who is suspected to be the male protagonist is not actually the protagonist?

The protagonist's parents heard the noise and came to his room. Seeing him making a lot of noise, they hurriedly asked him what had happened.

However, when the male protagonist came to his senses, he found that there was nothing wrong with his arm, and he didn't even see a wound.

This situation is just like a dream.

But unlike the male protagonist, the middle-aged man who was invaded before had become very strange when he woke up the next day. His expression was like some kind of twisted plasticine.

When the middle-aged man's wife wanted to inquire about the situation, the man's head suddenly bloomed like a flower.

He simply ate the woman's head.

The editor-in-chief who saw this scene almost threw the comic manuscript in his hand away.

But although he was very scared, the editor still held the drawing tightly in his hand.

Interesting, really interesting.

Just by seeing this, he was already attracted by the content of the comic.

At this moment, the editor-in-chief looked at Naoto with a gleam in his eyes.

Naoto Yamashita is indeed a genius. It seems that my worries are unnecessary.

This man will definitely become the best cartoonist.

Chapter 68: Interview with Naoto

Although Naoto has submitted a new work to the editor-in-chief, and Shueisha has also agreed to let Naoto finish it.

But the current chaos in the comics industry can only be solved by Naoto.

At present, apart from Naoto himself speaking out to stop those people with ulterior motives, even JUMP will find it difficult to stop the madness of this group of people.

This is also one of the conditions that JUMP requires Naoto to agree to - to accept an interview with a reporter.

It was not difficult for JUMP to find a reporter to interview Naoto.

After all, Naoto is no longer just an ordinary person.

He became famous at a young age and was quite successful. He even led JUMP to defeat two other comics. With such a high level of topicality, reporters had long wanted to interview him.

However, these interviews have always been rejected by the JUMP editorial office and the school.

Because they think it's not a good thing for Naoto to be too famous nowadays.

Similar stories like the story of the injury to Zhongyong exist in every country.

But the reason why it turned out like this this time can only be said to be a helpless move.

If Naoto hadn't spoken up about this matter, who knows what would have happened.

Naoto also understood this kind of thing. After all, there were some things that were useless to hide from.

Besides, Naoto didn't want to be blamed for such trivial matters.

Today, I wasted most of my day just on editing Niudao.

We don’t know who will come next, so it’s better to express our attitude directly.

Moreover, it is indeed time for him to accept an interview. The speculation about him on the Internet has reached an outrageous level.

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When it was time for the interview, Naoto changed his clothes early and came to the JUMP editorial office.

In addition to Naoto himself, the editor Saiki Dad also participated in this interview.

Naoto was quite surprised to see that the editorial office had actually cleared out a room for him to be interviewed.

An interview with a manga author is nothing more than a casual chat with the manga author, an interview about his recent developments, and then watching him create a manga on the spot. This is probably the process. Although this time, the purpose is more to show the current attitude of JUMP and Naoto.

But judging from the current situation, the other party is quite concerned about this interview.

Originally, this interview was to be conducted at Naoto’s home.