Chapter 19: Oda's Wonderful Life
"Ah? Boring space war? Didn't you notice? It's indeed in the story."
"Are you kidding me? Where is it? Isn't this just a common tragic story in a modern city?"
"Easy, easy, look at this line. Yes, when Oda wandered to the city square, he saw rich children playing with models."
"Playing with models?"
"Well, yes." Looking at Hakuseki who still felt confused, she sighed and said, "Don't you understand? Those models are spaceship models! They are the spaceships!"
Shimizu Hakuseki only felt as if he had been punched by someone on his stomach. He almost vomited blood!
"Okay, there are spaceships. Then, what about the space war?"
"There are a lot of rich children playing with spaceship models. These models are fighting in the air! Can't it be called a space war?"
Shimizu Hakuseki staggered back and slumped into the chair. If they were in a manga, he would have vomited blood by now.
He raised his trembling hand and pointed to Kasannoin Ayase, "Kasannoin Ayase! You didn't take our opinions into account at all. You just wrote what you wanted to write. You, you are too much…"
You're right, kid! Now you know how good I am?!
But, how can you blame me? It isn't my fault!
A story can only have one theme. If I surrendered to your opinions, I could never make it become a masterpiece!
Therefore, I won't write what you asked for!
Of course, I won't admit it!
Kasannoin Ayase was extremely proud of it, but still showed an innocent expression on her face, "Really? Haven't I finished the script in accordance with your requirements?" She touched her chin and continued, "You must understand, I'm the one who wrote the script, and you must continue according to the script I created. I am the general who is responsible for making plans and issuing orders, you are the soldiers who are responsible for executing them. Do you understand?"
"Ah ah ah! Kasannoin Ayase, you dictatorial general, I'll overturn your dictatorial ruling!" Takahashi Rumiko jumped up and chased after Kasannoin Ayase, running around in the room. After a while, both of them were panting.
"Huhuhu, Kasannoin Ayase, don't run, I will beat you to death!"
"Huhuhu, new transfer student, you are very arrogant. Do you know that I'm your senpai? I'm older than you, and I don't have any superiority at all?"
They quarreled and fought noisily for a while, and finally, they were tired. Finally, they sat down and talked again.
"In short, you will not change the script?"
"Yes, I will never change it. Besides, why should I change it?" Kasannoin Ayase said, "Can't you see the glory of humanity shining in the story?"
"Isn't this a story of a hapless child dying of misfortune?" Shimizu Hakuseki complained, "I haven't seen any glory of humanity yet."
"I hold the same feeling," Takahashi nodded, "I don't like such stories. I believe readers like more relaxed and happy stories."
"What do you say about it, Shimizu Hakuseki? A hapless child dying of misfortune? Can't you see his struggle in his tragic life? Destiny has been continuing to hit him, but Oda has not bowed to destiny, he fought to the end!"
"But he still died!"
"So it's a tragedy," said Kasannoin Ayase, who turned to Takahashi and said seriously, "According to the Greek philosophy, only tragedy can approach eternity. The tragedy is the real art, and comedy, this kind of relaxed things is just vulgar kitsch used to please readers. Aunt Takahashi, do you want to be vulgar?"
Takahashi lost in thought and didn't even mind that Kasannoin Ayase was calling her "aunt". After pondering for a while, she said, "I really like relaxed things, if the story can not bring happiness, then the story itself is not very meaningful. Let me be vulgar!"
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
Shimizu Hakuseki was applauding.
Kasannoin Ayase looked at them and said, "In a word, neither of you agree with me?"
The two responded and answered at the same time, "Absolutely not."
"Ah, then I have no choice."
"Will you modify it?"
"Absolutely not. I mean, you're not satisfied, so what? I'm the scriptwriter! Ha ha ha ha!" Kasannoin Ayase laughed and said, "So, you can stop to feel discontent and work hard to keep the project going! I believe that this manga will be very wonderful after it comes out. In the end, the readers will prove that I am right. Believe me, I will lead you to create real art!"
The second meeting of the Manga & Literature Research Club was successfully concluded.
When leaving the room, Kasannoin Ayase was high-spirited; Takahashi was depressed; only Shimizu Hakuseki looked thoughtful.
He should be thinking about drawing the manga in a better way.
Kasannoin Ayase thought, and was satisfied with his attitude. In order to show her encouragement, she patted him on the shoulder before going out.
Shimizu Hakuseki was indeed thinking about how to draw the manga, however, he was definitely not a person who would lie down after being beaten.
Ayase senpai stiffly made such a story of a hapless child dying of misfortune, but, why do I have to follow your story?
When writing the script, you were the one who held the pen; but when drawing the manga, I'm the person who holds the brush. Let me make the story complete!
There were two points in this story which made Shimizu Hakuseki feel very uncomfortable. One was that there was no space war in the story.
Shimizu Hakuseki had been conceiving his own manga in class recently. His mind was full of galaxies, stars, warships, fighter planes, and all kinds of other pictures. Now he couldn't bear to draw a story without a war in space.
Secondly, the story was too tragic. It should be a juvenile comic, why is the story so tragic? Oda, you are not a little match girl. After escaping, you should sneak back and kill all the bad guys instead of just wandering around on the streets!
In a word, Shimizu Hakuseki planned to reshape the story according to his own understanding.
Huhuhu, senpai, don't blame me! You made the inauspicious start first!
A week later.
Shimizu Hakuseki took out his manuscript.
Kasannoin Ayase and Takahashi gathered together to read the manuscript.
The story in the manga manuscript was like this…
Oda was kidnapped by bad guys, then he escaped and met a kind doctor, who gave him a space fighter. Oda drove the space fighter to kill all the bad guys, and unexpectedly, the boss of the bad guys appeared and drove another space fighter. Firstly, they drove the space fighters fighting in the atmosphere, then for some reason the space fighters flew to the universe. Finally, Oda killed the boss.
The last scene in the manuscript was that Oda drove the space fighter and flew away, disappearing in the dark universe.
Oda became a cosmic hero and began to crack down on child trafficking criminals in the universe.
"What the hell are the child trafficking criminals in the universe? Who will these alien children be sold to?!" Ayase complained.
"Literally, it's a crime syndicate in the universe. They kidnap and sell children all over the universe."
"Bullshit! The reason why I write about urban abduction and trafficking groups is that there are such things in the real world. I am exposing the dark side of society and appealing to everyone to pay attention to vulnerable groups, okay? What's your alien child abductor in the universe?"
Cough! Cough! Oh, there was a deep meaning behind the script! But I must not admit defeat at this time!
"How do you know that there are no criminal groups that abduct and sell children in the universe? I'm exposing the dark side of the universe and appealing to everyone to pay attention to alien kidnappers!"
"There is no alien who abducts and sells children in the universe at all!" Kasannoin Ayase snapped at the table and shouted, "I've never heard of such a thing!"
"You're wrong. UFO kidnapping is often reported in the United States, this is what the alien kidnappers are doing. My painting is also an attempt to awaken the conscience of the aliens so that they can stop making mistakes. It is also a reminder to the law enforcement agencies of the universe to pay more attention to our vulnerable earthlings!"
"I… I…"
This time, it was Ayase's turn to feel the depression. She covered her chest and breathed deeply. After a long while, she said, "Well, let's put this aside. I want to say another thing. Oda is just a street urchin, why does he understand how to drive a space fighter? It's not logical!"
"No, it's very logical and scientific, because it's a space fighter built by alien technology. Don't think in your shallow Earth mind. It's easy to operate."
"Ok, ok, well, but in the end, he killed the enemy and directly left, how can such a story touch the soul? Shouldn't he be killed by the boss, or at least, shouldn't he perish together with the boss, so as to show the glory of humanity?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because there are still many criminals in the universe, Oda has to fight evil all over the universe."
Kasannoin Ayase was silent for a moment, and finally shouted out, "Shimizu Hakuseki, I'll fight with you!"
