Anime rating game

But after many attempts, I was still not satisfied.

I submitted my work online, but it was rejected three times in a row.

Not long ago, I suddenly received an email from a stranger in my inbox.

From that letter, she seemed to see many strange and intense colors.

The intense emotion conveyed between the lines gave rise to a thought in her mind:

Although I don't understand what that feeling is, it's probably something I'm missing.

So she tried entering the contact information left at the end of the email into the phone's dial pad.

From that moment on, life entered a different phase.

After returning to China, I met all sorts of people, but without exception, each one of them was very different.

A person with a clear goal, like Masamune, who single-mindedly strives for the highest peak, would be like a golden comet streaking across the sky on a canvas.

Like Aoi Miyamori, who is cheerful and positive, and takes everything she does seriously, she is like the orange glow of the morning sun.

Like Karasuma Chitose, who is emotionally rich and changeable, likes to say bad things, but is actually not bad at heart, he is represented by the blue-purple color, which symbolizes the universe.

"Mashiro, Muneko's anime has started again. Do you want to come to the living room and watch it with us?"

Hearing the sounds coming from outside, Mashiro stopped writing, her thoughts drifting back to her memories.

"it is good."

Mashiro responded, picked up the sketches she had accumulated and the oil painting she had just finished from the table, and slowly went downstairs.

In the living room, Masamune, sitting on the sofa, said with a smile:

"The third episode is on TV right now. I've already seen it, but my mom insists that this is the first time it's on TV and I can't miss it."

"If you don't mind, we can sit here, watch TV, and chat for a while."

Mashiro sat down next to Masamune, placed the sketch on the sofa, and slowly began to speak:

"I don't mind. Your work is very interesting, and I can watch it as many times as I want."

"Thank you for the compliment, but in terms of the story itself, this animation is only average."

"Hey... what's your favorite color?"

"White."

Why is it white?

"Perhaps it's because my heart is too murky that I yearn even more for the pure white of cleanliness."

"Won't it feel too cold?"

Feeling that she wasn't actually referring to color, Masamune pondered for a moment, then smiled and said:

"It's precisely because it's indifferent that we want to warm it up even more."

"Can I take a look at my comic after the anime ends?"

"no problem!"

Looking at the two people on the sofa, Hayase Kinue couldn't help but smile like an aunt.

Zongjun has always been bothered by his childhood experiences, and he maintains a lukewarm distance from everyone. In his interactions with others, he never takes the initiative to get closer to anyone.

But now, he is slowly emerging from the shadows of the past and gradually growing up.

"Zongjun, Dad has a day off tomorrow. Mom is going on a date with Dad. Why don't you all have dinner together at a restaurant?"

"No problem, have fun."

Shortly after the anime ended, Masamune turned off the TV and read Mashiro's manga with his young daughter's mother.

The art style is impeccable. Although it is a black and white drawing without color, it gives people a sense of splendor that is in no way inferior to colored comics.

While there were some issues with the storyboard arrangement, it still achieved a moderate level of performance.

And the plot is practically nonexistent.

All the dialogue is in short sentences, extremely concise, so much so that it makes the reader confused.

The background is excellent, but unfortunately, none of the characters have much expression, and they remain completely calm regardless of the content of the dialogue.

How's my comic?

Seeing that the two had finished reading, Mashiro asked softly.

Masamune unconsciously exchanged a glance with the young girl's mother, pondering how to say something without hurting her feelings.

"What's your opinion after you've seen it?"

"(The color) is too monotonous."

"That's right, that's the biggest problem. Have you tried to improve it?"

"Yes, but it didn't work."

Applying ink to white is what Mashiro has been doing these days.

But no matter what you draw, it will eventually become this monotonous, cold white.

After thinking it over and over, Mashiro said again:

“I tried to draw Miyamori and Ema’s smiles, but no matter how I drew them, I couldn’t see their smiles in the drawing.”

Masamune turned to the page she pointed to and carefully observed the characters modeled after Miyamori and Ema.

The conversation here is filled with laughter, and the two people are indeed smiling, but surprisingly, there is no sense of joy in the atmosphere.

"I'm sorry, Mashiro, I'm not good at drawing. I don't know what level of painter can infuse emotion into a painting."

"But as far as the comic itself is concerned, your biggest problem is the plot."

"If the story is too boring, no matter how you draw it, the comic will still give people a feeling of being extremely boring."

At this point, Masamune paused unconsciously.

What's causing this slightly anxious feeling?

If you have a daughter, should you watch her grow up slowly, or give her a push to grow up quickly?

"Mom, if you had a daughter who was too clumsy and couldn't do anything right, and hadn't learned to walk by the age of 3, would you personally step in to help her, or would you do nothing but encourage her from the sidelines and let her become self-reliant?"

What kind of weird metaphor is this?

Hayase Kinue looked stunned for a long time before she came to her senses and couldn't help but laugh.

I thought that Muneko was only being nice to Mashiro because he had feelings for her, but I never expected that he was treating her like a daughter.

Well, they're only three years apart, right?

"Of course I'll personally get involved and help. It would be so lonely just watching from the sidelines, I'd just have to lend a hand."

"Too."

Masamune hesitated for a few seconds, then shifted his gaze to Mashiro and said seriously:

"Mashiro, coming up with a good story is not an easy thing."

“Stories can be thought of slowly; there’s no need to rush them.”

"If you think of any interesting stories later, you can write them down. As you accumulate more interesting stories, interesting comics will naturally emerge."

"As for now, how about we take a story from me and gradually accumulate material during the comic's serialization?"

After a few seconds of silence, Mashiro slowly spoke:

Why are you so sure your story will be serialized?

"Haha... It's intuition, I guess. Or rather, it's something that comes from personal experience, 'Hayase Masamune's arrogance'."

"tell me the story."

"That's a long story. Before that, I want to make it clear that this is a story that will become a huge hit, so all profits will be split 50/50."

"Ah."

“Well then, I shall begin.” Masamune cleared his throat and continued, “In Fuyuki City, there is a boy named Emiya Shirou…”

Chapter 43 A Daughter Has Grown Up?

Before we knew it, the anime "Masamune-kun's Revenge" had already aired its fifth episode on television.

Thanks to the bonus poster drawn by Mashiro, the quality of the work remained unchanged, but the sales of the Blu-ray increased by more than 50%.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that many anime of the same period had broken plots and broken visuals. Compared with its peers, the stable production of "Masamune-kun" has slightly improved its reputation.

Meanwhile, the production of the two anime series, K-On! and Oregairu, is also proceeding smoothly.

Early August, Wednesday.

For students, summer vacation is a time when they have nothing to do.

Since she didn't have to go to school, Mashiro would go to Musashino with Masamune every day.

While providing guidance on drawing, he also created his own comics.

In order to turn Shirou Emiya's story into an interesting manga, she would consult with the director and director about storyboarding, and with the screenwriter about dialogue and character design in her spare time.

Around 10 a.m., in the president's office.

Mashiro sat on the sofa, quietly watching the two people opposite her.

After Masamune and Maizumi finished reading her latest manga together, Masamune asked first:

"Ms. Mai, what do you think?"

Maitake pondered for a few seconds, then slowly nodded:

"From my personal perspective, after multiple revisions, these five original drafts have fully demonstrated the charm of the story itself."

"It not only created vivid characters such as Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin, but also introduced the Holy Grail War, an unprecedented and unparalleled war."

“Famous figures from ancient times to the future, after their deaths, become heroic spirits and are summoned to the same era.”

"This setting is really interesting! Besides Shirou Emiya's story, I feel there's a lot more to write about."