Is it okay not to want to work hard?

"Yeah, Xiaozou, I like you the most."

Izumi Konata happily hugged Tono Kanade and rubbed his face against hers.

"Don't be so sudden."

Dongye Kanade turned his head away embarrassedly. He felt embarrassed by Chi Fang's sudden confession and coquettishness.

Although he is a super pervert, innocence and perversion are not antonyms.

"You're shy again."

Quan Cifang smiled mischievously, his eyes narrowed.

Dongye Kanade didn't say anything, but turned his head to look at Izumi Konata in front of him. Without giving Izumi Konata a chance to react, he moved closer to Konata's face.

"Well!"

Izumi Konata was speechless and looked at Higashino Kanade with wide eyes in disbelief.

A minute later, the boy and girl who had been supporting each other separated.

"How is this..."

Just as Dongye Zou was about to provoke Quan Konata, he didn't expect Konata to come closer.

"Come again!"

Quan Chifang interrupted Dongye Zou's words.

Although they are too old to do anything sexual, they can do something sexy but not too sexy, like kissing.

As for the next step, Higashino Kanade cannot take it.

It's not that you can't use verbal attacks, physical attacks, etc., but the problem is what to do if you can't stop it. Once something starts, it's hard to stop it in time.

Be patient, be patient at first, a little impatience will ruin big plans.

Next year, he can’t say that he can do whatever he wants completely, but at least he won’t have to worry about being punished. It’s others who will be punished, not him.

The junior high school that I will attend is Higashino Kanade, and the location of the studio has also been determined to be Shimokitazawa. The next step is to look for a suitable house to rent in Shimokitazawa as a studio. Also, I have to wait for the confirmation of my assistant and the release of the first volume of the "False Hero" book in October, as well as study, study, and study.

Learn to paint, study ancient and modern Chinese and foreign works, and learn the knowledge needed for further education.

By October, Yoshida Koji from the studio helped Higashino Kanade take care of it.

Higashino Kanade went to see the rented studio and was very satisfied with it.

Move all kinds of books in the study, buy new painting materials, a drawing table, a printer, a digital screen, bookshelves, a figurine display cabinet, and a new computer...

Taking the opportunity of renting a studio, Higashino Kanade told his parents everything he wanted.

Perhaps it was because he changed his mind and decided to go to school, and perhaps because he was sure that they were all required for work, with the help of editor Yoshida he easily convinced his parents and obtained the right to use the funds to buy these things. Some of them were for drawing comics, while some were not necessarily needed for drawing.

Relying on his financial ability, Higashino Kanade decorated the studio the way he liked.

The studio is on the third floor of an apartment building. The living room is both a study and a studio, and the study has become a game room. The bedroom is a lounge for him and his assistants. If you want to stay overnight or for a long time, there is no problem, there is an independent kitchen, independent bathroom and independent toilet.

If he had the money, Higashino Kanade wouldn't have wanted to rent the house but would have bought it.

This house can be used as a wedding house for my wives in the future.

Chapter 144 Cartoonist and Assistant

studio.

Higashino Kanade was sorting the books, classifying comics, comic magazines, mystery novels and other books into different categories.

I put my school books in my backpack and use them when I need them, so that I don’t have to bring my bag home and forget the books in the studio.

Today is the day his assistant comes. Editor Yoshida will bring two assistants to the studio, let them get to know each other, and then start working on comics.

"Ding dong~!"

The doorbell rings.

Higashino Kanade put down what he was doing and went to open the door. As expected, he saw Yoshida Koji standing outside the door, and two assistants behind him.

One is slightly shorter but fatter; the other is taller but thinner.

"Good morning, Editor Yoshida. Hello to you too."

Higashino Kanade didn't call Yoshida as usual, but gave Yoshida Koji face and called him editor. He waved to the two assistants behind Yoshida Koji and invited them into the room.

Both assistants are men, not young, and look to be over thirty years old.

"Let me introduce."

As he spoke, Yoshida Koji first introduced the fat uncle who was slightly younger than the two assistants.

"Mr. Nakai is an excellent painter, good at drawing backgrounds and effect lines."

"Mr. Azuma, he's very good at drawing cute girls, and he used to be the assistant of the manga artist Taro Kawaguchi of The Legend of Super Heroes."

Because both assistants were older than him, Yoshida Koji addressed them as "Mr." (さん), which means "Mr." Although as an editor, he could address them as "Kun," he was a junior in terms of age and the length of time he had been in the industry, so addressing them as "Kun" was too rude.

As soon as he saw the bad Ringo teacher, he realized that he couldn't be so rude and couldn't be too Tono Kanade.

Taro Kawaguchi...

Higashino Kanata glanced at Mr. Higashino. He had seen the animation "Dream Eaters". He used his supernatural powers to recall and found that he had no impression of Mr. Higashino. However, he found that another assistant, Mr. Nakai, had appeared in the animation and had a large role.

When Higashino Kanade was looking at his two assistants, the two assistants were also looking at him, the talented cartoonist.

He won the Tezuka Award at the age of 10, and was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump at the age of 11. He needs a dropout elementary school student to be respected as a teacher by them. Isn't this world too crazy?

Nakai's full name is Nakai Kyoro and Higashi's full name is Higashi Mikihiko. Their thoughts coincided at this moment.

Being an assistant to an 11-year-old cartoonist, you will have to call him "teacher" in the future. It's really embarrassing to think about it, but what else can they do? It's their fault that they have been cartoonists for so long but have not been able to serialize in "Weekly Shonen Jump" and can only work as assistants to make a living.

Fortunately, the assistant's work provides food and travel expenses. I heard from editor Yoshida that it is no problem for the teacher to stay in his studio for a long time.

Nakai Kyoro looked at Higashino Kanade with envy in his eyes. This was talent, the talent of a genius. If he also had the talent to draw comics, he wouldn't still be working as an assistant at such an old age. The only thing that made him happy was that he was doing better than the "senior" next to him named Higashino Norihiko.

He had won the monthly prize at least once, although that was many years ago, but compared to Tomi Norihiko, who had never published a short story in Weekly Shonen Jump, he won much more.

Unfortunately, this achievement is not as good as the one in front of me...

Seeing the genius, Nakai Kyoro couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

The gap between people is really bigger than the gap between people and pigs.

“What a nice environment.”

Seeing the studio environment, Higashi Mikihiko sighed sincerely. This working environment is better than the best studio environment he has ever seen, that of Mr. Taro Kawaguchi. All the equipment is brand new, the lounge is a spacious bedroom, there is a place to cook, take a shower, do laundry, a balcony for smoking, and drinks, coffee, tea, and snacks are also prepared.

I'm not kidding when I say you can stay for a long time, you really can. But people can't, or at least shouldn't. It's okay when you're busy, but it's shameless to stay for a long time when you're not busy.

"Can I see the teacher's original drawing?"

After looking at the studio environment, Higashi Mikihiko was ready to start work. Since he was an assistant, he had to show an attitude worthy of the salary.

"No problem, I usually put my original drawings here."

Higashino Kanade took the comic book out of the cabinet on the drawing table.

Yoshida Koji doesn't know much about Tomi Norihiko's assistant, Nakai Kyōrō. Although Tomi Norihiko has no experience in serializing in "Weekly Shonen Jump", he is an old manga artist who can make a living in second-rate magazines, and he is also a professional manga artist who has had assistants.

Just now, when Higashino Norihiko and Nakai Kyōrō were visiting the studio, Yoshida Koji quietly pulled Higashino Kanade to a corner and told him in more detail about the two assistants, so as to prevent Higashino Kanade from accidentally making the assistants angry and going on strike.

An 11-year-old genius cartoonist and two assistants who are over and still can't serialize in Weekly Shonen Jump. The former can hurt the latter's heart if he is not careful.

Yoshida Koji repeatedly told Higashino Kanade to be polite, to respect others, and to think carefully before speaking and not to say things that offend the meat eaters.

These two assistants are the best assistants he can find. One is good at drawing backgrounds, and the other has rich experience as an assistant and has serialized comics in other comic magazines. Their role as assistants to Tono Kanade can somewhat improve the comic skills of Bad Ringo Sensei.

After giving instructions on various matters to the cartoonist and his two assistants, Yoshida Koji left as he had other cartoonists to take care of.

"Huh, she's finally gone. She was so nagging, even more nagging than my mom."

Higashino Kanade breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the door close.

His editor is becoming more and more like a nagging old lady. A simple sentence can turn into three sentences of nagging.

The two assistants did not respond. One of them was 33 years old, and the other was 42 years old. In terms of age, they could be the father of Higashino Kanade. There was a generation gap between them and this cartoonist who was too far apart in age.

“Can I play some music?”

Higashino Kanade asked for the opinions of his two assistants. When drawing battle scenes, he likes to play some exciting music as the background music of the comics, so that he can imagine and draw the most exciting scenes and pictures in his mind.

"I'm OK."

"I'm fine too."

Perhaps because they had just painted together, Tomi Norihiko and Nakai Kyoro were a little cold towards each other.

“Then I’ll play rock and roll.”

Higashino Kanade turned on the record player and put on a rock record.

The record player is actually a vinyl record player.

Nakai Kyoro was surprised to see that Higashino Kanade was not playing songs on a CD player, nor on a mobile phone or computer connected to speakers, but on vinyl records.

This teacher's hobby is a bit old-fashioned.

As expected, are all geniuses so weird?

Now, Nakai Kyōrō has just met Higashino Kanade, and he considers Higashino Kanade a genius because she can be serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" and maintain a good ranking. He will soon realize that if she works hard, Higashino Kanade is definitely a hardworking person.

Chapter 145 The Theory of Sadness

Painting in a studio is not that different from painting at home.

I draw comics in the morning, cook and eat with my two assistants at noon, draw in the afternoon, and study and read after a half-hour nap.

With an assistant, Higashino Kanade was much more relaxed. He didn't need to draw the background, and the outlines could be handed over to the assistant. He didn't need to do blackening or dot paper. This gave him a lot of time to study, learn to draw, and learn knowledge. If he wanted, he could even play games.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Higashino Kanade prepared to go home.

He didn't make dinner for his assistant because he had to go home to cook for Xiaoling.

He put on his shoes and reminded the two before leaving, saying, "I'm going home first. Don't forget to invoice your meals. I can reimburse you."

"Okay, teacher."

"See you tomorrow, teacher."

Nakai Takara and Azumi Norihiko bid farewell to Higashino Kanade.

The door closed gently, and the two assistants in the room, who had been silent for almost the entire day, began to chat.

"Bad Ringo-sensei, that's amazing."

Higashi Mikihiko sighed as he looked at the comics he was drawing.

"Yeah, he's worthy of being a once-in-a-century genius. I heard Jump has a 15-year-old genius named Shin. What's Shin?"

When talking about geniuses, Nakai Kyoro's tone became more and more frustrated. There was nothing he could do. He was just envious and jealous. He envied others for being cartoonists and hated himself for not being a genius.

"Nizuma Eiji, Editor Yoshida said the editor-in-chief went to Aomori to invite him personally."

I don’t know if it was influenced by Nakai Kyoro, but Azumi Norihiko also became dejected.

"So, it's good to have talent. It's good to be valued by editors, unlike us..."

As he spoke, Nakai Qiaolang became so sad that he didn't want to talk anymore.

"The teacher is not only talented, he is also very hardworking."

Although Nakai Takakiro was painting all day long, he would observe Higashino Kanade when he stopped to rest.

He found that Higashino Kanade rarely took a break when painting. He was fully immersed in the painting and kept painting. Even when he took a break, he would just shake his hands, stretch, or be in a daze for a minute and then start painting again quickly.

Unlike when he was serializing comics, he would slack off for a long time.

"Yeah." Nakai Kyoro nodded. He agreed with what he said. This bad teacher Ringo was a genius, but he also worked hard. "You saw the drawing on his computer."

"I see. The spatial perspective is very strong. It's either fisheye perspective or wide-angle lens. The teacher actually said he is still learning perspective."

"I'm learning. His perspective drawing is very good, but because it's so good, I can see the problems in the painting at a glance."

"Then why don't you tell the teacher?"

"I dare not. I am just an assistant. How can I dare to tell the teacher that his painting is not good? I can't stand being laughed at by elementary school students."