Great Mangaka

On Thursday morning, mangaka Sakura walked into the bookstore and bought a copy of Weekly Shōjo Manga.

"Is Mirai-sensei going to draw a girls' manga? Really?"

she asked. "It starts next week! I'm really looking forward to it!"

Many excited girls gathered around the shelf. Sakura left with a smile. She understood the girls' excitement, as she was also a fan of Mirai-sensei and eagerly awaited the new series in Weekly Shōjo Manga.

This issue of Weekly Shōjo Manga announced Mirai-sensei's arrival in large red letters on the cover.

"The brilliant Mirai-sensei joins Weekly Shōjo Manga, a mysterious new series to debut next week!"

As a popular mangaka, now so well-known, the editors of Weekly Shōjo Manga no longer needed to use additional words or images to introduce this new series. A preview with the words "Mirai-sensei" was enough to drive many people crazy.

Sakura is a professional mangaka who has been publishing in Weekly Shōjo Manga for a long time. She hopes that Mirai-sensei's inclusion will boost the magazine and encourage the original mangaka to progress. She feels truly fortunate to be Mirai-sensei's assistant this time.

It was her first day of work since the last meeting. Sakura didn't dare to delay and entered the building where Takumi was located early.

"Good morning, Sakura-sensei!"

The elevator door was about to close, and those inside saw Sakura open it again. It was Alice.

"Good morning, Alice-san."

Mangaka usually call editors "Editor so-and-so," like Kurosawa's title is "Editor-in-chief Kurosawa" and Sun-san's is "Sun-san," but it felt really strange for Alice to be called Alice-san.

Sakura entered the elevator, Alice pressed the floor button, and they chatted.

"Is Tomato coming today?"

"No, Tomato's work this week is already finished."

"Finished?"

Sakura asked, surprised. She and Tomato were assistants for different manga. Tomato was responsible for Detective Conan and she for the new series Inuyasha: "Tomato started working on Monday. Did he and Mirai-sensei finish Detective Conan in just three days?"

"Not three days, it should be two,"

Alice replied with a smile. Takumi and Tomato finished their work on Detective Conan on Tuesday: "They cooperated very well. I deliberately gave Mirai-sensei the day off, and today I started preparing Inuyasha." Alice was

in a good mood. If all went well, Takumi and Sakura could also finish next week's Inuyasha series in two days. This way, there would only be four workdays a week, and she could assign Takumi to study for the remaining three days.

Takumi was very hardworking. Alice wanted to give him a day off a week, but he refused.

"It only takes two days!"

Sakura exclaimed, stunned. She knew that Tomato's speed was not very different from hers. The reason Mirai-sensei finished the work in two days must have been his great efficiency. This excited her again. Besides being an assistant, Sakura also had to do serialization. If she spent four or five days a week as an assistant, serialization would be very dangerous.

But in the morning, shortly after starting work, Sakura's excitement disappeared...

"Sakura-sensei, please help me draw the speed line here!"

"Okay, right away!"

"Sakura-sensei, the light and shadow effects here aren't very good, can you help me fill in the shadows?"

"Okay!"

"Sakura-sensei..."

Takumi, who entered a state of work, didn't feel young at all. He gave orders one after another. Sakura was so busy that she sweated and didn't have time to wipe it away. She felt that this wasn't like painting, but like exercising.

"Mirai-sensei's speed is too fast!"

Sakura finally understood why they completed the task so quickly. Mirai-sensei was simply a workaholic.

But this situation is very normal for Alice. Sakura's cooperation is better than Tomato's. It seems that the Inuyasha manuscript can be completed in a day and a half.

Alice turned on the computer to work without worries. Now, part of the work is transferred to Takumi's computer at home, so he doesn't have to carry a notebook and can contact the editorial department at any time via chat.

The documents provided by the editorial department, including various rapid reports, reader questionnaire results, etc., would be sent, but Alice had added passwords to prevent Takumi from seeing them.

After finishing work and sending some reports to the editorial department, the two continued working, and Alice opened the reader group to read them.

"Does anyone have any information about Mirai-sensei's new work in Weekly Shōjo Manga?"

"No, it's so mysterious..."

"Don't worry, you'll know next week. I'm really looking forward to the new work!"

"Me too!"

Indeed, the group was very lively discussing the news of the new work, and not only that, Alice also realized that they were hotly discussing another topic.

"So Mirai-sensei is a boy!"

"Yes, yes, it's said he's not an adult yet, a handsome boy."

"Oh my God! A genius boy? Is this news reliable? Who spread it?"

"Totally reliable, a great god saw it with his own eyes... Do you remember the doctored photos that bastard Mach made a while ago? Mirai-sensei said then that he would use a mysterious gift to thank the fans who helped him, and that gift was a date!"

"Wow! Really? How envious! What does Mirai-sensei look like?"

"I don't know. There's no news yet..."

Was Takumi's identity revealed? Alice's heart pounded. She opened other fan groups. They were also talking about the topic. Similar news was seen on Twitter and forums. Fans were very excited. There were even many messages on the official website asking for photos of Mirai-sensei.

However, Alice saw no sign that Takumi had been discovered. Although she felt relieved, she also felt disappointed. The outfit Takumi wore to meet the fans that day had been prepared by her. He wasn't wearing much makeup at the time. He could have been exposed by taking off his mask, which also hid his thoughts.

In fact, there were major disagreements within Hinotori Publishing about Takumi's hidden identity.

Mirai-sensei's reputation was already very famous. If he were put on stage at that moment, Detective Conan and Hinotori Publishing would benefit. This kind of publicity has appeared many times in other industries, such as "star high school student," "student writer," "student singer," etc. Every time it appears, it generates a huge social impact.

"High school student" is an attractive brand, and for a high school mangaka, this publicity is unprecedented; it is definitely more eye-catching than that of an idol mangaka!

"It's a shame Aika-san refused to give in..."

thought Alice. In fact, she felt that Takumi wouldn't mind being exposed. The key was Aika's firmness.

Shaking her head and sighing, Alice continued Browse the internet. She found another important piece of news: Tatsuryū Publishing was preparing to launch three boys' manga and two girls' manga, all original, conceived by the novelist himself!