Chapter 118: The Taste Of Kissing
The next plot is everyone drinking together.
Then, one by one, they get drunk, but only Makima shows no sign of being drunk at all.
Natsume Mio pinched the end of her braids and murmured, “Miss Makima is amazing, she can drink so much.”
Next, while everyone was discussing high and low IQ with Power, Himeno suddenly leaned toward Denji.
She kissed him.
「She was seen! Seen by Miss Makima!!」
Denji! You guy! You know you were seen by Miss Makima too!
But why do you still look so enjoying!
「So soft! Super soft!」
「It melted in the mouth!」
What a huge pervert!
Seeing this, Kaji Keiko covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, saying, “Sakamoto Sensei, you’ve portrayed Denji’s personality very accurately.”
She turned to the next page.
“Eh?”
This manuscript paper wasn’t fully put down yet, and Kaji Keiko’s hand stopped in mid-air.
She widened her eyes looking at the illustration on the paper, the muscles at the corner of her eye twitched slightly, she was stunned for a full five seconds, then slowly turned her head to look at Sakamoto Ken.
“Sakamoto Sensei, this, this…” Her hand holding the manuscript paper trembled slightly.
“S-Spit it out?!?!” Natsume Mio exclaimed in shock.
Sakamoto Ken looked at the two calmly. Kaji Keiko silently put down this page of manuscript paper and looked at the next page.
The next page…
At this time, Power said: 「Denji will swallow nutritious things in his mouth!!」
“Cough, cough…” Kaji Keiko coughed lightly twice, as if choked by saliva, she said somewhat reluctantly, “Sakamoto Sensei, is this plot… this explosive?”
Sakamoto Ken said: “It’s to show Denji’s experiences, and the special nature of his relationships with the opposite sex.”
“Special nature? What is it?” Kaji Keiko asked.
Sakamoto Ken said: “Denji has never had pleasant experiences with the opposite sex.”
“Eh…?” Natsume Mio said, “A Jian, you did say something similar before, but, but… why? Won’t Denji be with Miss Makima?”
Sakamoto Ken said: “Of course he will be with Miss Makima forever, um… but that’s later. You’ll know when you see the ending.”
“So, Sakamoto Sensei has already thought of the ending?” Kaji Keiko asked.
“Correct.” Sakamoto Ken nodded affirmatively.
Kaji Keiko flipped page by page to chapter 22.
Denji and Makima stood outside the store.
Makima: 「I bought sobering medicine at the supermarket, remember to drink it with water before bed.」
Denji: 「Miss Makima, my first kiss is ruined…」
Denji: 「From now on, even if I kiss various women, I’ll definitely think of the taste of vomit as soon as I kiss…」
“Denji…”
Sakamoto Ken heard Natsume Mio sniff lightly, her expression a bit gloomy, tears welling up in her eyes.
She quickly stepped back a bit to avoid her tears dropping onto the manuscript paper.
Kaji Keiko quickly took out tissue paper from her bag, handed one to Natsume Mio, and patted her back.
“Mio… is it because of Denji’s experiences?” Kaji Keiko asked.
Natsume Mio took the tissue paper and wiped the corner of her eye, nodded lightly, and said: “Denji’s experiences are too pitiful…”
In the illustration, Makima was holding a Jujutsu lollipop in her mouth.
Makima: 「Open your mouth.」
Denji did so, and at this moment, Makima put the lollipop in his mouth.
Makima: 「From now until death, Denji will experience various firsts…」
Makima: 「In short, for indirect kisses… Jujutsu cola flavor.」
This lollipop was put in his pocket by Denji and taken back, and it was taken out of his pocket by the drunk Himeno. She wanted to do it with Denji, but in the end Denji refused.
Lying on the bed, Denji held this lollipop.
Denji: 「My first time, I still want to do it with Miss Makima…」
“A Jian drew it so well…” Natsume Mio said softly, “Denji and Miss Makima are so sweet, I want to see them together right away.”
The manuscript was in Kaji Keiko’s hands, she continued flipping pages.
Makima was on the shinkansen heading to Kyoto, the scene shifted, four assassins with guns appeared, firing at Makima and the others.
The last page of this chapter, Makima was shot multiple times, lying in a pool of blood.
“Ah…?”
This was the sound from both Natsume Mio and Kaji Keiko.
The two looked at each other, then both turned to look at Sakamoto Ken in unison.
Sakamoto Ken kept smiling.
Kaji Keiko immediately flipped to the next page.
Starting from chapter 24, it was relatively simple storyboard drafts, but the plot could still be understood.
Kaji Keiko widened her eyes and kept flipping, although she wasn’t as easily affected by emotions as Natsume Mio, she was also immersed in the plot.
The Knife Demon appeared, everyone fought hard.
Then, Himeno gave everything, using the ghost’s full power, her entire body disappeared…
Finally, Denji transformed into Chainsaw Man and fought the Knife Demon.
The storyboard draft ended here.
“It’s over?” Natsume Mio looked at Sakamoto Ken, stared at him for several seconds, her lips moved slightly, and said, “A Jian, what about Makima? Miss Makima she…”
“Need a spoiler?” Sakamoto Ken said.
Natsume Mio grabbed Sakamoto Ken’s arm and quickly said: “Please! Please A Jian! Just tell me, that is… is Makima still alive…”
Sakamoto Ken gave an affirmative answer: “Of course she’s alive, and she’ll soon show her abilities, look forward to it.”
“Phew…” Natsume Mio let out a long breath, “Good, good, I thought you were going to draw Miss Makima dying…”
Kaji Keiko said: “To be honest, if Sakamoto Sensei really arranged for Makima to get the bento, I wouldn’t agree, such an important character, just at the beginning… good thing you’ll arrange a twist, right.”
“Of course.” Sakamoto Ken nodded and said, “How could Makima die so simply.”
“That’s good.” Kaji Keiko said, “Actually, I initially thought the kiss between Denji and Himeno was too much, but after seeing the later plot, if Sakamoto Sensei was considering portraying Denji’s personality, it’s somewhat… um… a cringeworthy scene…”
“I can already predict how readers will discuss it on social media…”
The studio’s equipment was quite complete, with a brand new scanner purchased.
In the following time, Kaji Keiko operated the scanner right there at Sakamoto Ken’s, scanned the manuscripts of the first two chapters, and saved the digital files.
As for the storyboard drafts, no need to take them back to the office, they would be used by assistants as reference for drawing next.
Kaji Keiko lightly tossed the USB drive in her hand, looked at Natsume Mio sitting on the chair biting her lip, head down not knowing what she was thinking, she chuckled and smiled slightly, saying to Sakamoto: “Sakamoto Sensei, then I’ll head back to the office first.”
Sakamoto Ken watched Kaji Keiko walk out of the studio main entrance, with a “bang” of the door closing, Natsume Mio’s shoulders trembled slightly, and she suddenly raised her head.
She looked around, blinked her eyes, and looked at Sakamoto Ken: “Editor left?”
“Mm.” Sakamoto Ken said, “When do you plan to go back?”
“Me…”
Natsume Mio’s hands clasped together, actually just now she was still reminiscing about the plots she watched with Editor Kaji.
Denji’s memory of his first kiss was so awful.
But Makima gave him lollipops every day.
Makima is so nice…
The girl pursed her lips again, the lipstick having a faint peach sweetness.
Sakamoto Ken was at the drawing table, sitting on the chair with his back to her, organizing the drawings.
Natsume Mio felt her heartbeat accelerating rapidly, her breathing becoming rapid.
A bold idea occupied all her thoughts.
She clenched her fist, made up her mind, carefully pushed the chair, and stood up lightly.
The girl tiptoed, her feet covered in thin white stockings stepping on the wooden floor, without making a sound.
Just like that, she quietly approached Sakamoto Ken.
When she was still one meter away from him, Natsume Mio took a step forward and hugged Sakamoto Ken tightly from the side behind.
Just as Sakamoto Ken instinctively turned his head to look at her, a pair of moist lips came forward.
