"Do you want to draw professional comics? Mr. Higashino?"

Faced with Hosokawa Koharu's question, Higashinoji just nodded: "I do have this idea."

"Really...?" Hosokawa Koharu lowered his head and glanced at the draft storyboard of "The Winner Is Justice" in his hand, looking a little hesitant: "Why not continue drawing horror comics? While "The Ring" is in the works,

The heat hasn’t gone away yet.”

As the editor of "Cold", Hosokawa Koharu naturally hopes that Higashinoji will continue to draw horror comics step by step.

Higashinoji shook his head kindly at first, and then added a rhetorical question: "What does Editor Hosokawa think of the current "Midnight Ring"?"

How about it...?

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned: "Of course it's perfect."

She took a special look at the publication history of "Abominable Chill" and found that there was basically no comic that topped the list every week like Higashinoji's "Midnight Ring" did for fourteen consecutive weeks.

Even if there is.

No one can break Higashinoji's record of more than 700 votes.

"Yes." Higashino took a sip of water and continued: "It will be very difficult to break through the "Midnight Ring" based on horror comics."

It's not that he can't draw it, after all, there is also a horror movie as famous as "The Ring" as "The Grudge".

It's just that "The Grudge" focuses more on the horror of ghosts, which is completely different from the depressing atmosphere and imminent threat of death in "The Ring".

"So you want to draw professional comics?"

Hosokawa Koharu muttered.

"Hmm... But it's not just "The Winner is Right", there's also "The Block Collapse". Which one does Editor Hosokawa think is better?"

Higashikata asked tentatively.

Although the "Winner is Right" on the left was a popular drama in Japan in its previous life, it is really difficult to compare it with the 45.3% ratings of "Bulk Break", which is one of the milestones of Japanese dramas...

.

But...it's not unreasonable for Higashinoji to bring out "The Winner Is Justice".

Under Higashinoji's gaze, Hosokawa Koharu just thought about it for a while, and then without hesitation stretched out his hand and pressed it on the draft storyboard of "The Winner Is Justice".

"If I really have to choose, I will definitely choose "The Winner Is Justice"."

Seeing Hosokawa Koharu's determined look, Higashinoji sighed inwardly.

Hosokawa Koharu is worthy of being an editor who came from a prestigious university. Although she seems to be very unreliable at ordinary times, she also has the eye of an editor - she saw the weaknesses of "Block Collapse" at a glance.

"Can you let me hear the reason?" Higashino asked simply.

"The next one, "Bulks Collapse," mainly tells the story of bad girls and sharp conflicts between teenagers and their parents, but to be honest, this kind of story has too heavy an educational meaning. Although the plot is very exciting, the overall atmosphere is too heavy and it is not fun at all.

It’s not suitable for a youth comic magazine like Chill.”

Hosokawa Koharu explained the reason very simply.

And what she said also touched Higashinoji's heart.

Yes, not all works from the past can be adapted into comics without thinking.

The success of a comic depends on its audience.

This is something Higashino noticed when he started drawing the draft of the storyboard.

At the time, there were actually three draft storyboards filed for Higashinoji's drawings.

They are "Naoki Hansawa", "Builds Collapse", and "The Winner Is Justice".

The first two are popular national dramas, the kind that are extremely popular in Japan.

"Block Collapse" set a record for the highest ratings in Japanese drama series, and its influence was terrifying. After that, many Japanese families began to pay attention to their children's family education.

The most famous line of "Naoki Hansawa" is the classic line of the protagonist Naoki Hansawa, "Tit for tooth, repay tenfold" - which also set off a wave of tenfold repayment in Japan at that time.

Although "Winner Is Justice" is also considered a popular drama among the people, it does have some shortcomings compared to "Naoki Hansawa" and "Block Collapse".

At first, Higashinoji felt that the final result should be to choose between "Naoki Hansawa" and "Brick Collapse".

But during the process of painting "Builds Collapse", Higashinoji became sensitive to a problem.

That is, whether it is "Naoki Hansawa" or "Block Collapse", the audience groups they target are basically parents and working employees. But Urashima Publishing, the manga magazine that Higashino is submitting to, has

It is mainly aimed at the majority of young people, or at least employees who are a little older and have just entered society.

This is somewhat inconsistent with the audience.

Next, the plots of "Naoki Hansawa" and "Block Collapse" are too serious, too realistic and depressing plots, which are somewhat incompatible with the exaggerated artistic processing style required by comics-after all, Japanese dramas and comics... this

There is indeed a big difference.

This is not to say that the plots of "Naoki Hansawa" and "Brick Collapse" are not as good as those of "Winner is Justice", but that their plots are not suitable for adaptation into comics.

Higashinoji was aware of this, so he put down "Naoki Hansawa" and after finishing "Brick Collapse", he switched to "The Winner is Justice".

Because compared to "Naoki Hansawa" and "Brick Collapse", the exaggerated style of the comic "The Winner is Justice" is particularly outstanding.

To paraphrase the words of some Chinese viewers in previous lives, 'The Japanese drama "The Winner Is Justice" is very cartoon-like, with perverse techniques, and it is particularly enjoyable.'

Have you ever seen a handsome lawyer who likes to use his fingers to make gestures in court and always talks nonsense? This is not the case in normal lawyer dramas.

But in the Japanese drama "The Winner Is Justice", such plots can be seen everywhere.

The male protagonist Kensuke Komimon, who always talks nonsense, and the heroine Dai Machiko who plays a funny role next to him... This makes the overall atmosphere of "The Winner is Justice" very absurd and funny.

, full of comic sense.

Finally, coupled with the indescribable gray area in the legal industry, this makes this comical absurdity cast a gray shadow.

And this is also the main reason why Higashino chose "The Winner is Justice".

"The Winner Is Justice" is currently the best solution to turn it into a comic.

But just like this it still doesn’t work.

Although Higashinoji is very satisfied with the effect of the adaptation of "The Winner is Right" into a manga, the most important thing is to see the attitude of Koharu Hosokawa.

You must know that although there are some professional comics being serialized in "Cold", the essence of those professional comics still relies on horror and blood.

For example, "Scary Doctors" and "Scary Law Firm", which performed well on "Chill"...these all have more or less supernatural elements.

For a purely professional comic like Higashinoji... To be honest, even Hosokawa Koharu didn't know how to reply for a while.

But as a professional editor, Hosokawa Koharu can clearly feel the potential of "The Winner is Justice".

Some of the above ideas and concepts were refreshing to her.

Perhaps the most impressive thing among them is this sentence uttered by the lawyer Komemon Kensuke created by Higashinoji - 'Justice can be bought with money.'

Justice...can money buy?

Although he is reluctant to admit it, Hosokawa Koharu also knows some laws.

Just like the title of Higashino Tsukasa's comic "The Winner Is Justice".

The law does not seek the truth, but only chooses to speak with evidence. Even if a person really kills someone, he cannot be charged without evidence.

Because the law itself does not tell the truth.

This concept is really too novel.

And it is this novel concept that collides with the concepts of Japanese youth who are pursuing new trends... What kind of sparks will be produced?

To be honest, Hosokawa Koharu is looking forward to it.

But just hoping is not enough.

but--

Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a while, and then replied very seriously: "Teacher Higashino, let me tell you how I feel first."

"Please tell me."

"I think "The Winner is Right" is a particularly interesting comic. Although it only has draft storyboards now, I can still see its potential."

Hosokawa Koharu took a deep breath and continued: "But I don't know whether the editor-in-chief Urashima will serialize this work. Although there are indeed some professional comics in "Cold"... But people like you, Mr. Higashino

Comics... this is indeed the first time I’ve seen them.”

Urashima Publishing House is not the author of her Hosokawa Koharu, she will serialize it if she says it will be serialized.

But...

Hosokawa Koharu lowered his head and flipped through the draft storyboards of "The Winner Is Justice". He felt more and more that this work was very beautiful, and he was reluctant to let such a good work go.

"Is there hope?" Higashinoji obviously saw what Hosokawa Koharu was thinking, so he asked.

"There is still hope, and I will work hard to fight for it."

Hosokawa Koharu answered without hesitation, and then took another look at the draft storyboard, gradually gaining confidence.

This is a particularly outstanding work, and Chief Editor Urashima has no reason to give it up!

"Then I'll trouble Editor Hosokawa." Higashinoji was still very confident about the quality of his work, and seeing that Hosokawa Koharu didn't refuse, he nodded.
To be continued...