Higashino Kanade looked at Bin-kura Kōryū across the small table and had the servants bring tea and snacks.
"It's important, but also not that important. I came to ask for your opinion."
As he spoke, Bin-kura Kōryū poured a pile of letters out of the bag on his back, then took out a report.
"The first issue of your work, 'Naruto Zero,' received an excellent response. According to the report, its approval rating is very high. These are letters your fans sent you. Shueisha talked with me—they promised to give your manga more pages and move it closer to the front."
"You've worked hard. I imagine that cost quite a bit of money."
"I did spend some money greasing the right palms, but more importantly, your work is genuinely outstanding. I only gave it a little push."
Boom!
The moment Bin-kura Kōryū finished speaking, an explosion sounded from inside the house, making the entire residence shake several times.
"Another clone failed? Looks like my control over Mana is still far from sufficient."
Feeling the memories enter his mind, Kanade lowered his head and muttered to himself before looking up. "Is there anything else?"
"There are two matters that require your opinion. First, an editor from Shueisha wants to meet you and ask about your work. Second, Shueisha asked whether you need a manga assistant. If you do, they'll send someone over."
Kanade considered it for a moment. "...Decline the meeting with the editor. If they have questions, they can write to me. As for a manga assistant, no."
Many manga artists needed assistants to help shoulder the workload, such as drawing backgrounds and handling miscellaneous tasks.
But Kanade did not need one. He already had enough Shadow Clones and could complete the work entirely by himself.
Besides, Kanade was a