Four days after Tokyo's successful Olympic bid.

Located at No. 2, 2, 2, 2, Kasuno 3, Chiyoda District, Tokyo, the Cultural Hall Building is an ancient building built during the Meiji period, with the unique romantic temperament of that era.

However, in recent days, the civil servants inside have been busy and have no time to care about the Meiji style.

As a subordinate department of the Ministry of Culture and Culture, the Department of Culture must be fully responsible for the important part of Olympic propaganda - the "cool-japan" strategic planning.

The one who undertakes most of the work is the cultural activity revitalization room under the Art and Culture Class.

At this time, in the office of the Cultural Activities Revitalization Room, several civil servants who had been living with energy drinks and coffee for three days and nights were arguing about a list.

"Akiyama, should we consider this list again?"

"That's a big deal! It's been rejected by the head of the class four times, and it's the limit!"

"The head of the section is really, and he always says, "to reflect diversity" and "to show the spirit of free creation." Isn't it good to explain it clearly? Just let him just ask the name directly. Anyway, we little civil servants are all working hard all their lives."

"Don't say that. It's useless to ask a title from the section chief. In the end, you have to pass the review committee."

The young civil servant has a section chief on his head, and the minister is on his head, and the minister is pressed on the subordinate. The deputy chief is under the jurisdiction of the chief, and the chief is the Minister of Science of the Ministry of Culture and Science. Even the Minister of Science of the Ministry of Culture and Science, he still has to be responsible to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

The bureaucracy at each level crushes people, and it is the same in any country.

So the young civil servants were silent.

At first, their classroom took over the work of "cool-japan" promotion, and they were extremely excited and felt that it was time to achieve great things. As long as they did well, it was not difficult to get promoted and make money.

The first task in the classroom is to work with NHK to shoot documentaries introducing the entire Japanese comics industry.

This documentary is planned to be filmed in four episodes, showing the full picture of the comics industry from four perspectives: cartoonist, magazine editorial department, bookstore sales channels, and readers.

However, when discussing the filming candidates for the cartoonist in the first episode, something went wrong.

A documentary lasts fifty minutes, and it is impossible to introduce all famous Japanese cartoonists.

According to NHK, introducing three cartoonists is enough.

As the god of Japanese comics, Osamu Tezuka must be on the way. Although the old man is already in a semi-retired state, no one can shake his status in the world - even Akira Toriyama can't do it.

The second place is Rumiko Takahashi.

Comics are not only for boys, and comics are not only for men.

In order to consider diversification, this female hero who could face Akito Toriyama was naturally selected.

However, when the third person was determined, there was a problem.

I don’t know when the news leaked, including Shueisha, Primary School Pavilion, Kotanshe, Kakugawa, etc., publishing groups of all sizes all called with their relationships and recommended cartoonists under their own magazines.

It's annoying, but you have to deal with it carefully.

Although as a glorious civil servant, I am not afraid of those publishing houses, but my relationships are broken and I will not be able to do my job in the future.

The cultural activity revitalization room is very efficient, and soon came up with a plan:

Led by the Department of Culture and cooperated with NICONICO to hold an online painting competition.

Cartoonists upload their own painting videos and voted by the general public. The first place is qualified to participate in documentary shooting.

In this way, those publishing houses have nothing to say.

After this plan was reported, it was praised and was considered to have "full use of the advantages of new Internet media and improve public participation."

So the encouraged civil servants rolled up their sleeves and started working hard.

But soon, they encountered new problems.

When holding an online painting competition, you can’t be without any threshold. Learn from Akimoto Yasushi and choose idols and play national auditions?

This is a matter of collaborating with NHK to shoot documentaries and linking with Olympic propaganda, which represents the face of Japan. There is no way that a cat or a dog can participate, right?

So, after some discussion, it was decided to invite 20 people from many cartoonists to participate in the competition.

However, how to formulate this invitation list is also a very troublesome thing.

Since we decided to use the decisive game to choose the documentary candidate, those top cartoonists who pay taxes of more than 100 million yen per year will naturally not be invited.

There is a place where people have a place in the world and are so busy at work, so it’s okay to invite them to participate in documentary shooting. If they still have to participate in an online painting competition, how could they have that skill?

When the list was first drawn up, Akiyama and others were very satisfied.

The invited cartoonists come from major publishing houses, and no one will offend them. They also cover all kinds of types, from teenage comics, girl comics, and all the way to youth comics, and also reflect diversity.

Who knew that the head of the department was not satisfied and repeatedly asked to start over.

Now, the poor civil servants are about to collapse due to continuous high-intensity work.

"Ah, I'm going to die. If I had known that it would be as hard as being a social animal, why would I have to take the civil service exam at the beginning?"

A man with glasses complained.

"I don't want to resign." Akiyama, the head of the entire project, said angrily.

The entire office was in a strange silence.

At this time, a fat and white boy stood up.

His name is Kaichi Asano. He graduated from Waseda University two years ago, passed the civil service exam and entered the Cultural Department. He is the least qualified person in the office.

In a society like Japan where seniority is extremely serious, he can be regarded as a soy sauce role in his work.

"Is there anything wrong?"

"This, Senior Akiyama, the head of the department, emphasized several times that the candidates should reflect the spirit of 'free creation', which shows that we have not done enough."

"What's not enough? People who paint sports comics, combat comics, food comics, love comics, and even niche serious historical and local real-world comics. The candidates on our list are not enough to reflect the so-called 'free creation'?"

"Akiyama, don't be excited. Listen to Asano first." Maeda, the oldest qualified office, said.

"Okay. I'm too tired, so I have a little irritable temper. Asano, don't mind." Akiyama sighed.

Asano nodded and continued: "When we drafted the list, although we fully considered the diversity of candidates, we did not have the time to ignite the 'free creative spirit'. The list is full of commercial cartoonists. However, in the comics world, it is recognized that the word "freedom" is the fan aspirations."

Although these civil servants have a certain understanding of the comics industry, Asano is a real and experienced otaku, with a 18-year-old home.

Because he knows the world of comics better than others, his perspective on issues is more special and deeper.

Asano suppressed his nervous mood, his hands trembled slightly, and handed over the list he had already planned.
Chapter completed!