Eri sighed in relief and looked at Hasegawa with a little gratitude.
This is why Eriri tried her best to hide her identity. After all, although the job of a comic book artist makes a lot of money, it is inevitable that it will be a bit embarrassing when it is said. Especially since she is still a high school student and has a lot of popularity in high school. If other people knew the truth, who knows what Eriri would face.
Machida Sonoko took the drawing from Hasegawa and flipped through it. It was just one chapter and not many pages, so it didn't take Machida Sonoko too long to read it from beginning to end.
"Well, although I'm not a professional comic editor, I personally feel that it is still very good. It should be said that it is quite good. It doesn't seem to be much different from the picture I imagined when reading the novel." Machida Sonoko replied.
"In that case, then, from a reader's point of view, there should be no problem." Hasegawa said to Machida Sonoko with a smile.
"Well, it does feel good, but in some places, it feels like I'm reading a doujinshi?" Machida Sonoko said, and she looked at Eriri again.
Eriri blushed a little. This is a professional habit, and it's hard to change it so quickly. When drawing comics, if you don't pay attention, it will naturally become like this.
"In general, I agree. After all, Kashiwagi Eri's strength is beyond doubt, and the author Hasegawa also agrees. There shouldn't be a big problem, but I still need to discuss this with the publisher. But there will be a result soon, and I will notify you then." Machida Sonoko put away the drawings in her hand and said.
"Really? Thank you, editor Machida." Eriri thanked sincerely.
"Don't thank me, thank Mr. Hasegawa. After all, he is the author of "Tokyo Ghoul", and his opinions are more useful than mine. Maybe you can treat Mr. Hasegawa to a meal or something." Machida Sonoko said, winking at Hasegawa. There was a bit of ambiguity in her eyes.
Hasegawa couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw this, and he knew that Machida Sonoko was overthinking.
Although Eriri couldn't make a decision on the spot to be the artist of "Tokyo Ghoul", in fact, the problem was not big. After all, the publishing house has not found a suitable candidate yet. Eriri has already taken out the draft of one episode, and Hasegawa, the original author, has agreed. This itself has no impact on their publishing house, so naturally they will not block or refuse.
It's just that the specific details need to be discussed in detail.
However, this was already a problem between Eriri, the artist, and the publisher, and it had little to do with Hasegawa, so Hasegawa did not continue to interfere, and just let Eriri negotiate with the publisher.
The publisher was not slow either, and everything was settled in less than a week. Eriri officially became the artist of the manga "Tokyo Ghoul".
"Teacher Hasegawa, please take a look, this is the drawing I modified according to your requirements." Eriri took a stack of drawings and found Hasegawa during the lunch break.
"Did you modify it so quickly? Then I'll take a good look, but forget about the name Hasegawa-sensei. You can just call me Hasegawa." Hasegawa said to Eriri with a smile.
"How can this be. You are the author of "Tokyo Ghoul." Eriri shook her head.
"Then should I also call you Kashiwagi-Sawamura-sensei?" Hasegawa smiled, and in fact, he didn't care how to call him, he just said it casually. At the same time, she was flipping through the comics that Eriri had revised.
After hearing what Hasegawa said, Eriri was slightly stunned, and then a little embarrassed: "Then, should I call you Hasegawa?"
"Okay. Sawamura."
Eriri breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was drawing Hasegawa's novel, her relationship with Hasegawa was still a little distant and unfamiliar, and there was no closer relationship, so it was more appropriate to be polite when addressing each other.
Hasegawa didn't care what Eriri was thinking, but just flipped through the comics that Eriri had revised, and nodded with satisfaction: "Sawamura, you are indeed a genius painter. Great, the previous ones have been revised very well, but in terms of the plot connection, I think you should make some appropriate revisions. Look here, isn't the amplitude of the jump here a little too large? Look, the plot here is like this, but if so..." Hasegawa had no other distractions at all, and told Eriri his opinion very rationally.
After hearing what Hasegawa said, Eriri began to calm down and think about the rationality of what Hasegawa said.
Although Eriri is very good at drawing and has even drawn many books, there is still a difference between books and normal comics, especially in terms of plot.
After listening to Hasegawa's suggestions, Eriri actually felt that if she did what Hasegawa said, it would really be better and look smoother.
"Hasegawa, you are really amazing. Moreover, I always feel that you not only know light novels very well, but also comics very well. I even mistakenly thought you were a cartoonist." Eriri couldn't help but praise Hasegawa.
"Not a cartoonist, but I am actually learning how to draw comics. It's just that my drawing skills and other aspects are still lacking." Hasegawa said with a smile.
From the beginning, Hasegawa lit up the skill of drawing, or more accurately, drawing comics. It's just that because he focused his main energy on kendo and novel writing, and later because of Yuigahama Yui, he invested part of his experience in music again, so his painting skills improved relatively slowly.
"Hasegawa-san can also draw comics?" Eriri was a little surprised.
"Because I'm interested, I learned it. In fact, sometimes I also think about drawing comics for my own novels. But this time the publisher informed me of the comic adaptation too quickly. If it could be delayed by half a year, maybe I would draw it myself." Hasegawa said with a smile.
"Huh? Draw it yourself?" Eriri glanced at Hasegawa, probably thinking that Hasegawa was joking.